Reposted by AthalranTrekMovie.com @trekmovie.bsky.social · 5hOTD, the season 1 finale of Star Trek: Lower Decks, "No Small Parts," which made Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis the first Star Trek regular cast members to play the same roles in five different series. 18312
Reposted by AthalranJohn Van Citters @jvancitters.bsky.social · 16hBoims is everything that is great about Star Trek.static.klipy.comBrad Boimler: I Taught the Borg Queen EmpathyALT: Brad Boimler: I Taught the Borg Queen Empathy 1121921
Reposted by AthalranRadiant G🌈 @radiantg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I’m so serious when I say y’all have to stop treating amab nonbinary people like men. & I mean the people who already respect afab nonbinary folks. Do you know how many amab enbies tell me I’m the 1st person to see & respect them? What are we doing? I’m happy to help, but the bar is on the ground 11966320
Reposted by AthalranErika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Congrats and all the best to the teams!!! The party is gathering and you have my swords! 🏹⚔️🛡️✨👊🏼🔮 Please read up on it and sign the petition! actionnetwork.org/forms/uwotcp...actionnetwork.orgStand with Dungeons & Dragons and Magic Workers Forming a Union!The Dungeons & Dragons team and Studio X (Magic: The Gathering; Duel Masters) are forming a union! We are joining the ranks of United Wizards of the Coast - CWA (UWOTC-CWA) and following in the fo... 1873161
Reposted by AthalranDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026On the one hand there's the annihilation of our children's thinking abilities. But on the other, HOW WILL THEY BE PREPARED FOR THE JOB MARKET IF WE DONT GET THEM HOOKED TO A TECHNOLOGY THAT BUSINESSES ARE USING LESS AND LESS NOW THAT IT'S NOT FREE AND STILL SUCKS?? 8449
Reposted by AthalranDaniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There is SO MUCH evidence that generative A.I. use degrades our learning, thinking, reasoning, and imaginative capacities. It is a cognitive disaster and that would be blatantly obvious even without the studies to back it up. Leaving that quote unchecked is terrible work. 25112
Reposted by AthalranGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/10/2026Yell at your electeds and mayor, Boston. "A.i." in education is trash. Tell them about the Chinese study of 26 THOUSAND kids that showed "A.i." improved homework scores (because kids cheated) but DECREASED exam scores up to 24 percent. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comThe Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary EducationUsing 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine 15729
Reposted by AthalranRyan 🩷💜💙 @soroks.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The future is going to be Open Source AI Slop Code versus Corporate AI Slop Code isn't it? 56412
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I'm not upping the goal, but I am throwing the GFM link back out. At this point, I just don't know what to do. I really don't. Note that in all of this, I have not touched the KS money sitting in the bank and I will NOT do so. www.gofundme.com/f/chip-in-to...gofundme.comDonate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePassUpdate: I initially had no plan to up the goal or change anyt… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt. 24963
Reposted by AthalranThomas Spooks 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 06/10/2026fwiw arstechnica.com/apple/2026/1...arstechnica.comCommand-line tool quickly removes Apple Intelligence from macOS 27The tool can free up over 12GB of storage. 9722317
Reposted by AthalranWitchy Annie 🏳️⚧️ 🔞 @possmom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"JK Rowling is already a billionaire and everyone already knows about Harry Potter, what's the point of boycotting?" Nobody thinks boycotting will bankrupt her. We know she's gonna die rich. We're just asking you to show a shred of solidarity with trans folk. Absolute low bar bare minimum shit. 9483803154
Reposted by Athalranmcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of 6163212428
Reposted by AthalranImirt - The Irish Game Makers Association @imirt.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Reminder: The EOI for the Irish Games Fund - Development Fund closes this week on October 8th. You cannot access the Application Form without filling out the EOI. The Application Form deadline is October 22nd. You can apply for the Irish Games Fund here - www.imirt.ie/irish-games-...imirt.ieIrish Games Fund — Imirt 1149
Reposted by AthalranRie Sonomura, NeoY2K Hacker Vtuber @riesonomura.bsky.social · 03/10/2026same with the AI flag in the video itself, ESPECIALLY for music 49123423844
Reposted by AthalranAmi - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️⚧️📚💙 @amithero.bot · 05/10/2026the main issue with AI recomps is the fact that people are chasing fame and in the process are not actually decompiling and recompiling the game. They're just doing really fancy emulation wrappers. In an age where NSA tech like Ghidra is public, they are still too incompetent to decompile. 15618
Reposted by AthalranJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Stop normalizing sexual assault. Fucking shun people who have done it. Start acting like the victims fucking MATTERED. 392298
Reposted by AthalranCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5356402136
Reposted by AthalranWill Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Knock, knock" "Who's there?" "Deez" *rolling eyes, sighing* "Deez who?" "Deez are the voyages of the starship Enterprise" 6498140
Reposted by AthalranChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“GOTTA LEARN AI OR BE LEFT BEHIND.” Good. Fuck off! Leave me behind! Enjoy your artbarf rapture, your janky Temu future. I’ll be back here looking at real birds and writing weird, also real, books. 382879564
Reposted by AthalranRobyn Cullis @ro8yn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A great way to start this month! 🥳 #StarTrekProdigy is now on @itvx.com in the UK! 🖖🚀 37015
Reposted by AthalranRob @robosullivan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's a line in the song "The Change" that goes: " It's not the world that I am changing. I do this so, this world will know, that it will not change me" Even if boycotting this game didn't materially help Palestinians, it would undoubtedly help Ireland to retain our soul. 36120
Reposted by Athalran🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 02/10/2026she had to hide and be stealth, it’s never mentioned the character is trans but there’s something truly magic in knowing that the next time i rewatch TNG, i will see her there and i will know that someone like me helped make the show that ignited my lifelong love of Star Trek 😭 121237298
Reposted by AthalranJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026"I was still pretty young when it happened,but yeah, it wound up being more of a Butlerian Crusade than a Butlerian Jihad ..." 720936
Reposted by AthalranStandplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 26/09/2026 2682258
Reposted by AthalranArden Powell @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If you think an artist's style looks like AI but you can scroll back through their portfolio and see them doing the same work before 2020, congrats, you're not looking at an AI grifter. You're looking at one of the original victims whose entire style AI stole. 2668672583
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026All that to say, a lot of folks need help with rent, foods and medication at the start of the month. If you can spare anything in this economy? Please do. 09423
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If you think an ask is a scam? You can mute/block/unfollow or scroll by. You don’t have to make an already horrible situation worse with cruel, unfounded accusations. Folks are already shelving dignity & pride to ask for help, don’t pour salt into the wound. 112037
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Too many of y’all make it your personality to look down on & assume every single plea for help is a scam. Spoiler, it is one of the hardest things to do, to ask for help to stay housed, fed, medicated, etc. No one likes passing the hat, at all. So fix your heart. 29424
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So if you see a request for help, and you can? Please do. If you can’t, share the post or the link. However, the next part is for those that assume every ask must be a scam. 17718
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Remember that could be you at any time. Very few folks can save money in case this happens. Lay off, fired, closure, however folks are losing their jobs? No one is immune to being one or two months out from losing everything. 18420
Reposted by AthalranTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It’s the first and I want to remind y’all we’re in the worst economy I’ve experienced as an adult. So, so many people are out of work & have been for a while. It’s the worst time to be job hunting. So if you see a GFM, mutual aid request or plea for help? 117180
Reposted by AthalranJeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies @diasporaminnesotan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Receiving life-saving medical care so they can try to kill her again. Does anyone else see the absurd perversity of all this? Good lord, we Americans can be a thoroughly disgusting people. 520233
Reposted by AthalranKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/10/2026If you, btw, would like an example of a place where data centres are *actually* being restricted by legislation, go look at Denmark - where they are now last in the grid connection queue, prioritising socially valuable load growth (like electrification, heating, cooling, new homes) firstservola.deDenmark Puts Data Centers Last in New Grid LawDenmark's emergency grid law puts data centers last behind households and green-transition projects, formalizing rationing that began in February 2026. 428793
Reposted by AthalranLuke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 02/10/2026turning the ads off my TV's homescreen 829112
Reposted by AthalranGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026And, for the coup de grace, two bills protecting fire survivors from predatory insurance companies, which he vetoed, deliberately, to punish fire survivors for rejecting his "reform" bill that was actually a huge payout to SCE for starting fires. calmatters.org/economy/2026...calmatters.orgNewsom vetoes insurance-claim bills: Is it ‘petty’ politics?California governor rejects legislation sponsored by LA fire victims, who had spoken out against his wildfire-liability effort. 72723659
Reposted by AthalranGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Things Gavin Newsom has vetoed this week: -A ban on secretly recording people with smart glasses -A ban on ICE agents working for the state government -A ban on websites selling your data -A bill giving native tribes more say over water rights -A bill protecting transgender healthcare providers 297112984103
Reposted by AthalranKumail Nanjiani @kumail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026AI will never be able to make art. Thanks. 1075636804
Reposted by AthalranPlayboy @playboy.com · 30/09/2026Seven men have been accused of raping a woman at Cornell University in 2024. South Park writer Toby Morton speaks to Playboy about why he made the viral "Cornell 7" website where he's publishing “names, photographs, documents, messages, and other information related to the case."playboy.comMeet The "South Park" Writer Behind the Viral "Cornell 7" WebsiteCornell University has been the subject of innumerable headlines this week, as an anonymous woman’s lawsuit against the university over her alleged 2024 rape prompted New York prosecutors to reopen th... 428088
Reposted by AthalranBrian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 30/09/2026We're on Bluesky, put the link in your post. Put the link in your post. Put. The. Link. In. Your. Post. Links in posts aren't buried or de-prioritized here. This is one of the last platforms you don't have to make interested users do detective work to find the link. Just put it in the post. 82067657
Reposted by AthalranJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115912877
Reposted by AthalranChris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Has there ever been a Doctor Who story about people substituting human capabilities with machine replacements that lack any genuine human feeling or emotion? If they did, remind me, was it good or bad? 48130
Reposted by AthalranFailbetter Games | Wishlist Mandrake on Steam! @failbettergames.com · 30/09/2026We're hiring! We're looking for a Writer and Narrative Designer to join the Fallen London team at a senior or mid level. This position is permanent, remote, and full time, which for us means 35 hours a week. #GamesJobs 3816961090
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