Reposted by atomicgeek5000Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 8hthe “Miss Nelson Is Missing” energy of this 124025
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 10hsuper high guy on the street looks at me and goes—where am I? Is this the end of the rainbow? and I said I don’t know man, that’s the US Capitol over there And he just goes “oh shit then no” 11227151
Reposted by atomicgeek5000bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 13hah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare... 86118424104
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 06/10/2026You don’t arrest reporters for telling the truth in a free country. Dictators do that. 313331
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 18hHonestly this feels like The Issue. Most of this country did a bipartisan shrug when a health insurance CEO got popped. I have tried to explain deductible resets to @kristadb1.bsky.social like 3 times and I think she's about to call for a priest to exorcise America. We're all so tired & mad!!! 41058
Reposted by atomicgeek5000DOG of BLUD @dogblud.myatproto.social · 20hThe crying about finances really got me. That they expected people to sympathize with it is even funnier. Like yeah ok you were the dipshits that thought you could monetize this, perhaps you in fact deserve every stupid thing that's happening to you. 0412
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 20hThe collapse of NaNoWriMo is really interesting to me. They said they were financially insolvent and… this thing used to just literally be a message board to discuss producing a first draft in November. Then it got gussied up, got too big (I suspect financial shenanigans) and died of AI indigestion 1328849
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Sequential Scholars @sequentialscholars.bsky.social · 19hIn eschewing shonen-style depictions of epic battles (despite telling a story that is full of the opportunity to do so) Frieren instead builds its narrative tension through the Japanese concept of “yomi,” the art of knowing the mind of your opponent and anticipating their next move. #frieren 1/11 1164
Reposted by atomicgeek5000John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 19hNone of this is healthy or normal. The tech right is in the throes mass disorder, a folie a plus. And they are getting more and more money and power. 1521351
Reposted by atomicgeek5000ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 22hfeels like we should make a larger talking point out of the fact that AI is just another attempt to consolidate wealth for billionaires 22744153
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Mo @kidmo.blacksky.app · 21hI had a ‘friend’ say something similar to this in the GC. I got her out immediately. Came back, me and other people in the chat beat his ass. Called the cops. He’s currently in California State Prison L.A.C. 0326
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 22hYeah, I'm Gender Critical. The scientists say if I take on any more gender, it could trigger a meltdown for the entire system 1746089
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Citizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Many never forgave Biden for that btw. 0101
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Nilah "Nine Jobs" Magruder @nilahmagruder.com · 20hayyyyyyy while fascist billionaires are speed-running the collapse of the TV/film industry, I hope artists and writers in Hollywood are thinking about what they want the industry that rises out of its ashes to look like bcuz this industry is going to need leaders that give a shit about making art 2400113
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 20hGood morning team. ICE must be abolished. 05813
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 22hI went the NHS emergency room in London over the weekend, it was free. Free to anyone. I'd have been charged only if I was admitted to the hospital. A cart in the waiting room went by me with some nice sandwiches, and I chose one. Before I could try to pay, the cart moved on. Sandwich also free. 25740138
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Preacher Casy @captainnapalm.bsky.social · 22hTout le monde deteste la police 1173
Reposted by atomicgeek5000More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20hThe workers who make Dungeons & Dragons and Magic: The Gathering are unionizing. The teams behind these famous games would join United Wizards of the Coast, a union established earlier this year by Magic: The Gathering Arena developers in partnership with the Communication Workers of America.kotaku.comThe Dungeons & Dragons And Magic: The Gathering Teams Are Forming A Union - KotakuIf successful, this unionization effort would bring almost every Wizards of the Coast IP under union representation 6628157
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 20hNo child should need a lawsuit to get out of government custody. Right now habeas petitions have helped some kids get home, and I talked with Acacia and the National Center for Youth Law about how they work. austinkocher.substack.com/p/no-chil… 18142
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20hAs a technology it is an absolute blight and the companies that own and control it should be held fully responsible, including criminally responsible, for every single harm. 492193
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20hAI has talked kids into suicide, fueled paranoid delusional that led to murder, degraded education quality in both k-12 and higher ed, run roughshod over copyright law, increased spam, fueled spam, fueled fraud, degraded the environment, put people out of work, the list goes on and on. 81314260
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 20hIn both cases, life has been drastically reshaped for the worse and society is taking it with a shrug. In both cases, reasonable concerns and radical demands are treated as equally ignorable. AI is making everyone's life worse, both boosters and critics acknowledge that, but nothing is done. 286061
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 21hI'm increasingly frustrated that people who are anti-AI aren't being taken seriously, and taking a page out of my thoughts on why the anti-trans backlash got as far as it did I'm starting to think the anti-AI side isn't extreme enough. 471779317
Reposted by atomicgeek5000I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026Nor am I the person arguing that it’s necessary to maintain the institutions doing so or saying that’s is “crazy” to suggest otherwise. 1979
Reposted by atomicgeek5000I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026People get upset when you state it plainly but I’m not the person bankrupting cities, and commanding billions in federal budget while targeting marginalized people with routinized violence. 112614
Reposted by atomicgeek5000I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026They’re going to keep making it impossible to ignore how half measures to address state violence simply aren’t up to the task. 4392119
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Piper @the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 20hICE are the most effective anti-police messengers in a generation, perhaps ever. It feels like a manifestation of the hyper-aggro masculinity the neoreactionaries are obsessed with. Daring us to call them out for how blatant they are. Terrifying that it might not be enough to move public opinion. 23810
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 21hMe, returning from yet another seven day suspension: 630434
Reposted by atomicgeek5000The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 21hThe Potterhead Prayer: JKR isn’t funding anti trans laws. And if she is, it’s not genocide. And if it is, she’s rich anyway so my money doesn’t matter. And if it does, pirating & promoting HP is still ok. And if it isn’t, I’m still an ally. And if I’m not, then you trannies are mean, fuck you. 411632
Reposted by atomicgeek5000dearbhla @dearbhlala.bsky.social · 07/10/2026sometimes you just gotta draw the silly thing in your head to get out of a creative rut 223696
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Hell-a Bambust 🏳️⚧️ (alleged transsexual)(spooky) @ela-bambust.bsky.social · 21hCode is art but it is art in the same way that the written word is art, or GUI design is art, which is that to most people it is part of the wallpaper of the universe, not conscious of the fact that someone still has to design their wallpapers 329766
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Tara Wine-Queen Writes @tarawinequeen.bsky.social · 21hJust go ahead and lure me into your catacombs with the promise of Amontillado at this point, I’ve seen enough 0143
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 06/10/2026Norway plans to introduce a law to parliament that would temporarily ban the tech at places such as parks, beaches, schools, and kindergartens, while also setting up an expert group to propose permanent national rules: arstechnica.visitlink.me/5Agx05arstechnica.visitlink.meAI glasses face their first major government crackdownNorway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders. 351616507
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 07/10/2026you're telling me this is how you built the city 42470112
Reposted by atomicgeek5000United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...unitedwizardsofthecoast.comDungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWAToday, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli... 10674262707
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.thecut.comThe Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual ViolenceThe “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail. 211209445
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026I missed the part where banning trans people would create a magical barrier preventing cis men from entering a locker room to sexually assault women. None of the policies Rowling advocates for would have stopped this, which is already illegal! 8105451
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/10/2026Cis guy walks into a women's locker room and immediately proceeds to sexually assault women. JK Rowling: this is trans people's fault. 582746445
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Billie Jean Sweeney @billiejsweeney.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I’ve been tracking Rowling’s posts for 5 months. She does not ever post about women’s rights or the threats women face in real life. Women are just a prop for her transphobic obsession. Her indifference to women was illustrated recently when she likened herself to Mike Tyson, a convicted rapist 323451
Reposted by atomicgeek5000John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/10/2026Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...courthousenews.comAI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third CircuitUsing someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found. 603842909
Reposted by atomicgeek5000John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead 10993922946
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Micah @rincewind.run · 05/10/2026the reason these people need to be stripped of almost all of their money is so that they stop thinking that it gives them the right to nominate themselves for the "benevolent dictator" position 412684560
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 05/10/2026WELL NOW, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality. 4939651240
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Danielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Every single rapist, sexual assaulter and domestic abuser I'm personally aware of in my life continues to walk free and easy. At my college, the punishment for rape was being moved to a less-nice dorm room. What about this world has ever taught a man he'd be held accountable for harming a woman? 411823
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026Begging news media to stop making themselves unwitting NPCs in a weird cult's alternate reality game You do not need to breathlessly repeat claims that LLMs will end the world or create utopia with handwavy details or abstract philosophical arguments Ask follow-up questions or hire people who can 2690160
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Annalee @flowerhorne.com · 05/10/2026If a startup CEO were in your DMs claiming that there was a real risk of a computer virus "jumping the species barrier" and creating a pandemic in humans, would you believe that? What if their startup sold viruses? 114113
Reposted by atomicgeek5000mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 05/10/2026no....no!!!!! 4973921456
Reposted by atomicgeek5000Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 03/10/2026people are really showing their whole asses over that YouTube rapist huh gross 61577
