Reposted by a_dontignySantana Abraxas @slime-golem.biz · 22/08/2025Did I ever post this collage I made of Death from "The Seventh Seal" standing in front of a huge modular synthesizer 13841189
a_dontigny @a-dontigny.bsky.social · 27/09/2026can’t stop playing control resonant and now my hands hurt 😔 032
Reposted by a_dontignyllllll__lllllll @crashtxt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ 011
Reposted by a_dontignyJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3233931262
Reposted by a_dontignyllllll__lllllll @crashtxt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026ㅤ ㅤ ██◤ ◥████ ██ ██ ██ ████ ██◣ ▜▜ ◢███ █████ ████ █████╏╏╎╎╏╏█████ ㅤ 011
Reposted by a_dontignyAmy Jo (AJ) Cousins @ajcousins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is not deporting people. Literally. Legally. There is a deportation process and this isn't it. This is rendition. This is disappearing people. 172058806
Reposted by a_dontignyJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There are convoy clowns outside of Parliament Hill every single day with deeply offensive signs, awful flags, bigoted sidewalk chalk, and giant megaphones, screaming conspiracy theories at people walking by. And the police don't touch them. MEANWHILE, look who is getting arrested today. 18224
Reposted by a_dontignyJudy Trinh @judytrinh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Seniors who were protesting Mark Carney’s Bill c39 and fast tracking of environmental reviews arrested and charged with trespassing on Parliament Hill. 56506267
Reposted by a_dontignychris @yrpalchris.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Dinosaur Jr. did a Perfect 10 for Pitchfork and particularly after Murph picked Mahavishnu Orchestra and Lou picked Panda Bear the reveal of Mascis' pick got a huge, delighted laugh from me 082
Reposted by a_dontignySenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 21/09/2026If European countries & other signatories to the International Criminal Court have any self-respect, they'd sanction Rubio & Trump for obstructing investigations of Netanyahu's war crimes.wsj.comExclusive | Trump Ramps Up Bid to Dismantle International Criminal CourtThe U.S. administration is preparing sweeping sanctions that would cut the court off from much of the global financial system. 742105562
Reposted by a_dontignydr. hazel 🕯️ @hazelmonforton.com · 20/09/2026Warhammer is for the girls, the gays, and the theys. 2888
Reposted by a_dontignyShepseskare in Love @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026keith haring, grace jones, fela kuti, and jean-michel basquiat photographed by andy warhol. at mr. chow, nyc (june 1986) 62901633
Reposted by a_dontignyMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026bootlicking will not save you. 503079559
Reposted by a_dontignyVicky ACAB @vickyacab.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I actually think Ai hype is a direct form of climate denialism which is one of the reason it has legs beyond some of the other tech hype bubbles, it grants permission for folks to look away from the environment literally making them sweat 062
Reposted by a_dontignyStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots. 15786362556
Reposted by a_dontignyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026i'm not over Alito saying we shouldn't count ballots that are mailed on or before Election Day but arrive shortly afterwards bc they can “radically flip” the “apparent outcome” cannot stress enough that, until all ballots are counted, there's no outcome to flip! ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/alito...ballsandstrikes.orgA Brief History of Sam Alito’s Delusional Obsession With Voter FraudHis conduct in several recent cases suggests that Alito is deep in the right-wing conspiracy theory weeds. 409104902652
Reposted by a_dontignySmack Barm Pete Wentz @stopmakingsnes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026CALL J. G. BALLARD! 877-CRASH-NOW! 0105
Reposted by a_dontignyImani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it. 6673032109
Reposted by a_dontignyJulie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I will trust a co-op of in-fighting lefties who are in a polycule together over a collective of fucking billionaires. 313424
Reposted by a_dontignyThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 07/09/2026'It’s become a cliché to talk about Ballard’s prescience – the so-called ‘seer of Shepperton’. But it’s also an inescapable fact that even in his 80s, he could identify currents in our culture that were yet to break.' J.G. Ballard’s Kingdom Come & England’s Slide towards Fascism buff.ly/fAUErsZ 1422
Reposted by a_dontignyJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A "radical intentionalist," writes Eryk Salvaggio, treats an AI model as a 'mind' to be interpreted rather than a product that was designed. It is "a strange and dangerous relationship for designers to have with a product they are literally designing," he writes — and worse as a basis for policy.techpolicy.pressTo Make AI Rules, Policymakers Must Resist the Influence of ‘Radical Intentionalists’In industry rhetoric, a radical intentionalist stance dominates any interpretation of model behavior, writes Eryk Salvaggio. 16922
Reposted by a_dontignyLindsay Ellis @lindsayellis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“I’m not complicit, I was just following orders.” 301427173
Reposted by a_dontignycait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 14/09/2026why is it not enough that vulnerable people must give up their rights for the greater good? why must they also accept their own sacrifice quietly and graciously? ask yourself if you would be so forgiving if you were the one expected to suffer for the greater good 221898397
Reposted by a_dontignyMatt Bors @mattbors.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online. 484297717662
Reposted by a_dontignyderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13/09/2026IMO, the solution should not be to browbeat people into an old standard, but rather allow people to wear whatever they want. If someone can wear ducky pajamas in public, you can wear tailoring in any cut, color, and material. As options open up, dress can then be a source of pleasure. 494942374
Reposted by a_dontignyUrsula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words. 41414491
Reposted by a_dontignyThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2026MAGA is siding with the AfD *because* it is a rightwing extremist party - *because* it is aiming to bring liberal democracy down in Germany. That is the shared goal; liberal democracy is the shared enemy. 113030
Reposted by a_dontignyIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 11/09/2026I think Hunter S. Thompson's column in the immediate aftermath pretty much nailed it www.espn.com/espn/page2/s... 261804365
Reposted by a_dontignyEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026“To be gripped by another person’s inner life is old equipment built into us. … AI slop feels like betrayal. There is this haunting feeling when you lean toward a face and then find only a mask, with no person behind it.” www.noemamag.com/a-new-kind-o...noemamag.comA New Kind Of Creative Poverty | NOEMAThe Simplified Chinese Internet ran on reward and punishment. LLM training feels uncomfortably familiar. 1227
Reposted by a_dontignyKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/09/2026If you put ten children in a room with a single large red button that launches all nukes, it would be a genuine threat to humanity. But it doesn't mean children are a human extinction risk. It means the person who puts them near the nuke button is a human extinction risk. 18829154
Reposted by a_dontignyHamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026There is zero reason for politicians to be talking about "trans issues" except as a result of a 100% bad faith campaign of bullying and bigotry and it is important to point that out whenever the topic is raised, or you grant bigots legitimacy they don't deserve. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-have-t...hamiltonnolan.comYou Have to Call Bigots What They AreStop treating trans people’s rights as a legitimate issue to debate. 7686204
Reposted by a_dontignyJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026There are already articles circulating trying to rewrite history and say America was great after 9/11 and united and thoughtful and just a reminder that that period was marked by intense and insanely racist hatred, paranoia, and a frothing desire for unhinged violence and oppression. 17053051518
Reposted by a_dontignyA CLOSER LISTEN @acloserlisten.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Low key misogynist Gen X takes will get you blocked. 071
Reposted by a_dontignyspaces how Vmd™ @vmdtm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Cinema Normandie, Bayeux, France. 061
Reposted by a_dontignyMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If only the media had as much interest in the world's richest person, the primary funder of the Republican Party, who spoke at Trump's Inauguration and gave a Sieg Heil, once again declaring his belief "white solidarity is the only way to survive" as they do some Twitch streamer. 322675672
Reposted by a_dontignyThe Nerdskull @nerdskull.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The way certain Nu-atheist types just wholesale embraced evangelical christian culture war bullshit when they got mildly criticized by feminists and LGBTQ people was extremely revealing. 39011
Reposted by a_dontignyCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 08/09/2026Look if chatbots are sentient and feeling then the people using it are enslavers and the entire concept of what we are doing is horrifying, not enlightening. 101184252
Reposted by a_dontignyThe Quietus @thequietus.com · 06/09/2026"Ballard’s premise is that we recognise the signifiers of 20th-century Fascism but not its 21st-century equivalent, which arrives in a cheap suit and smuggles in its agenda through banal entreaties to “common sense.”' J.G. Ballard’s Kingdom Come & England’s Slide towards Fascism buff.ly/fAUErsZ 0416
Reposted by a_dontignyGil Durán @gilduran.com · 06/09/2026Silicon Valley's effort to destroy democracy is the biggest story of our political moment. Beware of those who have nothing to say about it. 131528383
Reposted by a_dontignyEryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I understand that one functions as the other, but LLMs work by printing a path through a process that arrives at a completion point by tightening the tension between word salad and a legible destination. They are not “thinking” about anything in any human-comparable way. 31299
Reposted by a_dontignyspaces how Vmd™ @vmdtm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"It encompassed European, American, and Asian avant-garde music and represented a wide range of movements, including post-serial composition, electronic music, tape productions, performance, and improvisation." www.fidelity-magazine.com/deutsche-gra...fidelity-magazine.comDeutsche Grammophon Avant-Garde Remasters - Fidelity MagazineDeutsche Grammophon treats its Avant-Garde archives to a spectacular restorative treatment courtesy of the Emil Berliner Studios. 0113
Reposted by a_dontignyDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 03/09/2026Zero of the center-left people who helped amplify this moral panic will engage in any self-reflection or accept any accountability. 21285
Reposted by a_dontignyJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 03/09/2026YOU DON'T "CONSUME" ART MOTHERFUCKER. YOU EXPERIENCE IT. YOU FEEL IT. YOU ENGAGE WITH IT. YOU WRESTLE WITH IT. YOU LIVE IT. ART ISN'T A LITTLE MORSEL YOU GOBBLE UP. 81214316314