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Alexander

@alexm920.bsky.social
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Optical scientist, engineer, maker, and enjoyer of various nonsense. Magic the gathering, genre films, video games, sci-fi, fantasy, and nonfiction antiquarian books.

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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 41m
ngl I did click through because the Explosions & Fire guy is awesome. Very good write-up, treating experimental AI with the same mindset as other dangerous science makes good sense, particularly when the same people building it keep giving interviews where they wax poetic about how dangerous it is.
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James Turner @james.loadingreadyrun.com · 54m
Did you know if you go to scryfall.com, scroll to the bottom, there’s a “Donate to Scryfall” link? Can’t think of a better way to show your support on their 10th anniversary. As both a player and creator I couldn’t imagine this game without this incredible resource.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Drink Hogwater. It’s on your side.
A can of "Hog Water Green Flavor" is displayed with text that reads, "Contains the same chemicals as chemtrails. But this time they're on OUR side." A plane is depicted leaving a trail in the sky.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 17h
Oh we're deep into Harlan Ellison territory now.
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
you and my both, dwarf fortress vampire
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Kimmy W @ghostynewt.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
sheesh, the only thing worse than getting kicked out of the polycule is finding out via jira ticket 😣
Screenshot of an email:

Subject: [PIPEXP-1192] Login Access Request
To: me

Good morning Kimberly! =^uwu^=;;

I’m sorry to hear that you’re having trouble logging into Jellyfin! It looks like your SSO account was indeed deactivated on 2025 Dec 15.

According to our records,

1. On or about 2025 Nov 15, you were broken up with by ___, who noted this as a “final break” on vis event report sheet. I’m also seeing that Ve ticked the “Unilateral” box, meaning it isn’t contestable.
2. Our Salesforce shows you aren’t close to any other polycule members

Unfortunately, our solo-poly access policy doesn’t allow us to extend resources to unpartnered members after the 30 day grace period following your break. This includes entertainment resources (Jellyfin / *darr / nzbget / Pornhub for Enterprise™ seat), as well as O365™, Adobe CC™, and shell access on the Nix clusters. We’re so sorry for your loss, cutie!! 😭💜

If you have any questions, you can reply to this email to generate another ticket, or you can contact zzzoeee@ from our Partner Infra team (note: three Zs and three Es in their LDAP, we have a lot of Zoes here!)

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Regards,
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   Partner Infra Platform Experiences team

As a courtesy, a copy of this email has been sent to your manager listed in Workday™

New name or pronouns? Dating someone new? Just visit go/update-me to update your account!

Include this line in your email to comment on the ticket: 250e084a-b937-47a6-948d-b519112ad35a
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Gory Thing @korybing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"you could just watch the regular version of This Island Earth, it's actually a pretty good movie without the commentary" NO I WANT THE VERSION WITH WEENIE-MAN.
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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I want to thank whoever made this image. Still one of the funniest things I've ever seen.
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
all hail physical media about things you really dig
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
How would you describe your social media reach?
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Milhouse Van Houten Playing Frisbee Alone
Alt: Milhouse Van Houten Playing Frisbee Alone
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Evie! @eve865.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
But I was told Tallarico was extremely smart for turning on trans people and it was necessary to get elected in Texas. Could Bluesky's most annoying liberals really be wrong?
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
timeless gif continues to deliver
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It's Always Sunny: I'm Playing Both Sides
Alt: It's Always Sunny: mac saying I'm Playing Both Sides
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James O’Loughlin @jamesoloughlin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
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matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.

Absolutely wild. 1/2

[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]

Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]

$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.

10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.

Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.

I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?

[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me

[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…  Screenshot of a tweet from Ray Wong @raywongy:
    Deleted Muse after seeing this post on Threads about how it told some Facebook Marketplace sellers the guy’s address and they showed up at his door

    Dangerous and creepy

    This would have been 1000x worse if the person was a woman
    4:35 PM · Sep 27, 2026
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barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If AI it's not, the project is hot. If AI they use, then just play The Ooze.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.
Line chart titled "Revenue per audit," subtitled "In-person audits, 2010-2014." It plots average revenue and average cost per audit by taxpayer income percentile, poorer to richer, from the 0–5th percentile to the top 0.1%. Source: Boning et al. 2023, "A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution."

Across the bottom half of the income distribution, revenue and cost track closely, both around $3,000–$6,000 per audit. Above the median, revenue pulls ahead of cost: about $10,000 vs. $5,000 near the 90th percentile, and about $17,000 vs. $8,000 at the 95th–99th. At the top, revenue jumps to about $31,000 for the 99–99.9th percentile and about $90,000 for the top 0.1%.
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CASCADE CASCADE - SUMMER VACATION @cascadecascade.com · 21/09/2026
CASCADE CASCADE ISSUE 2 Physical edition goes up for preorder from Oct. 1-31st!!! - All 28 articles from ISSUE 2 on CASCADECASCADE.com - A physical exclusive article from a very special guest - a fun bonus or two. :) - 8 1/2"x11" magazine with THICC paper - $19.99 (+ shipping) see u there
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Cage @ridiculouscage.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"why would I deceive you?"
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
today’s a great day to delete your facebook account. i’m downloading all my photos and pulling the trigger today.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
if i’ve said it once, i’ve said it a million times: don’t care if you’re using it to depict horrible people in jail, if you post ai slop that’s an instant block from me. i know i’m not a big name account, i just don’t want to see that trash.
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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
20 year-old me would be pretty impressed, I’d like to think. Doing better than expected, particularly in my relationships and outlook compared to back then. My 30s, paradoxically, have been mostly kind to me. The state of the world would be rough for them to learn of though, christ.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
unironically I could see this radicalizing car-brained americans for whom the genocide feels distant and unfamiliar and being told they can’t drive certain places is an affront to human dignity.
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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/09/2026
Once you understand the corporate culture of AI hyperscalers is everyone cooking their brains by locking themselves in the bathroom, holding flashlights under their chins, and saying "Aaaaaaaaaay Eyeeeeeee" until they wet themselves in terror, things snap into focus: pluralistic.net/2023/06/04/a...
A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Saw this clip on Reddit and in my head I heard @philistulok.bsky.social ‘s voice whisper, “which makes it… a secret starting class?”
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From the Eldenring community on Reddit: Tried Roleplaying as "The Avatar" fun playstyle honestly.
Explore this post and more from the Eldenring community
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
@kpkboogie99

Horror movies used to be about a freaky alien that was gross or there was a fucked up kind of guy. Now they're all about the 5 stages of grief chasing you through your 500k apartment
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 11/09/2026
"These fringe upstarts are speaking unabashedly about our country’s crushing affordability crisis and utter lack of a social safety net. That’s the kind of frank, uncompromising honesty that scares independent voters away." buff.ly/tt1slzK
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These Exciting Progressive Candidates Who Might Lose Must Be Replaced by Boring Moderates Who Will Definitely Lose
“Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher...
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/09/2026
#LestWeForgetTheHorrors buff.ly/jHPTXGO
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Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
big news from your hometown, that guy from high school who said the pyramids were alien batteries is homeschooling his kids now
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
It’s interesting to me that so many articles focus on the “people are never gonna see this money” part (which is obviously true, fwiw), and not the, insanely corrupt illegal vote buying part. I guess this is what we get for not criminally charging Musk for doing similar shit last time.
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InfoWars @realinfowars.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Hear the new song "WE ARE ALL JIM HAGGERTY" right now. bit.ly/4dbAao5
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WE ARE ALL JIM HAGGERTY
Hear the new song "WE ARE ALL JIM HAGGERTY" right now.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
hot damn, here’s hoping vinegar syndrome restocks this one soon. until then it’s going on my list.
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Dolly Parton's take on AI in 2023: “I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing. I’m sure it’s a good thing for scientists or medical things. But when it comes to trying to duplicate a human being and every little thing they are, it don’t seem right to me. It’s too much.”
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Dolly Parton's Sister Asks People to Stop Posting AI Slop of the Legendary Singer
"I hope nobody can ever replicate me or what I do. AI is a scary thing," said Dolly Parton in 2023.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
why are there so many images of link that look like a weird oiled up infant? did nintendo decide to dlss5 him?
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
🚶👌👀😔🤘👑🫡🤔🐓🤦‍♂️ Really tells a story
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
After months of waiting, ScalableVideoSwitch's components are back in stock today! They're not cheap, but it finally seems like a bulletproof way to manage my mountain of retro consoles. #retrogaming
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barleybap but she's dressed as a spooky skeleton @barleybap.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I saw this list and I honestly haven't seen as many martial arts movies as I'd like, so I decided I'm going to slowly watch them all in order.
The title card to Ninja Terminator, number one hundred on the list.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Federal minimum wage in: 2009: $7.25 2010: $7.25 2011: $7.25 2012: $7.25 2013: $7.25 2014: $7.25 2015: $7.25 2016: $7.25 2017: $7.25 2018: $7.25 2019: $7.25 2020: $7.25 2021: $7.25 2022: $7.25 2023: $7.25 2024: $7.25 2025: $7.25 2026: $7.25 Folks, it's time to raise the damn wage already.
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The first movie of swords & sorcery September was Legend (1985). It’s not the best fantasy film, but it is far hornier than most (esp. for PG), and Tim Curry and the Tangerine Dream soundtrack make it work.
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Baphomet Hail Demon
Alt: Tim Curry as Darkness in Legend (1985)
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve been cracking a MB2 pack each day I manage to keep on top of my goals, finally hit the foil and it’s a doozy. Still chasing the vanguard-arts, but this made my week.
A foil future-sight frame dark ritual card from Magic the Gathering’s Mystery Booster 2 set
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s that time again, #LastFourWatched It’s rough because we’ve got two memorials in one screenshot, but also you can tell I haven’t been watching enough movies lately.
Letterboxd screenshot showing Coyote vs Acme, 9 to 5, In the Mouth of Madness, and Hellbender
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Alexander @alexm920.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The biggest downside to letterboxd is it reminds me how long it's been since I actually took the time to watch a movie. For how much I love movies, I ought to find more time for them, but multi-hour video essays aren't going to watch themselves. (Yes, I should block YouTube on all my devices)
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Micah @rincewind.run · 03/09/2026
every single day elon musk says or endorses stuff on x dot com that is worse than any of the quotes they've pulled up for hasan piker and he will be the single biggest political donor in the entire country, supporting republicans up and down the ballot somehow none of them are asked about it
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Evil Con Fettie @spacebeer.net · 02/09/2026
news
US map with a Skeleton burning in hell overlayed on it. NYC is marked with a puppy and a rainbow
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