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Not your average pirate

@ahoytherematey.bsky.social

169 followers 275 following 192 posts

Humanist, evidence based, anti-fascist, AI sceptic - or should that be PI? (pretend intelligence)

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 11/09/2026

Creating an AI agent and asking it to email strangers on your behalf is like forcing strangers to watch you masturbate. Incompetently.

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A. Marmot 🌱 @aminus.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

BREAKING: a whistleblower has just quit company wikiHow, warning that within ten years, advanced wikiHow illustrations may kill us all

wikihow tutorial illustration with a man in baseball cap and pink shirt partially crouching, hands on thighs, and pivoting counterclockwise as shown by red arrows. Caption reads, "how to discretely get your balls unstuck from your thigh"

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Is he dead yet?

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Is he dead yet???

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

What desktop distribution should I install as my daily drive? And why? I have a fairly decent spec Dell laptop, and want to duel boot win10. Want up to date packages, wayland, multi monitor/kvm, nvidia. Tried Mint & opensuse - didn’t have what I need. Thinking of trying Fedora. Thoughts?? 🧐

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

The AUKUS deal will cost taxpayers at least $368bn to build nuclear submarines for the U.S. with zero guarantee of a single submarine for Australia. Join me in signing the @australiainstitute.org.au petition demanding more scrutiny nb.australiainstitute.org.au/aukus_parlia...

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Petition: Launch a parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Received my first ‘Your home network connection is at risk’ scam call today! I was too busy laughing at his ineptness to string him along 🤣

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

news.slashdot.org/story/26/01/...

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Richard Stallman Critiques AI, Connected Cars, Smartphones, and DRM - Slashdot

Richard Stallman spoke Friday at Atlanta's Georgia Institute of Technology, continuing his activism for free software while also addressing today's new technologies. Speaking about AI, Stallman warn...

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 18/01/2026

A joke for the history buffs: Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com titles: “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student — They don’t want to get blamed again“

A much-liked post by Germany’s satirical newspaper @der-postillon.com with the titles “Vienna Academy of the Arts offers Trump admission as a student” and the caption “They don’t want to get blamed again“

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Not your average pirate @ahoytherematey.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

So, Sky News Australia have confirmed their true colours - they are Nazi supporters. www.theguardian.com/media/commen...

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Sky News Australia sends neo-Nazi rant from court doorstep live to air | Weekly Beast

News Corp channel puts to air statement from extremist just days after alleged attack on Indigenous protest site. Plus: 4BC’s typo to end all typos

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?

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