Reposted by BrewernsEmily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you 7142331024
Reposted by Brewernsebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Wow! Can we clone this man? Asking for every American City! 😍 44698812117
Brewerns @brewerns.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=zi8S...youtube.comKollektivet: Music Video - ComplimentsYouTube video by KollektivetTV2 040
Reposted by Brewernsdonni saphire @donni.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Everyone you know is fighting a battle you know nothing about: A terrible war against tiny elves 23959156
Reposted by BrewernsWard Q. Normal (he/him) @wardqnormal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026As I was about to eat a spoonful of alphabet soup, I saw the pasta letters floating in the spoon clearly spelled out the word "NO." This has altered my understanding of self, and I don't particularly like the alteration. 231257207
Reposted by BrewernsJillian @jillian.at · 24/08/2026"no way to prevent this", say people from the only continent whose inhabitants regularly do this 1405
Reposted by BrewernsGabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New Penny Arcade for your Friday! www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2026/0...penny-arcade.comThe New Pornographers - Penny ArcadeVideogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary. 71144
Reposted by BrewernsBenjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 20/08/2026So we know AI helped a negligible number of students. But how many did it harm? I've crunched the raw data provided by the lead researcher, and what I've found is that ~9,500 students using AI studied less than even the *least* studious, non-AI using student. This should shock the conscience. 20885460
Reposted by BrewernsAndrew Bissette @andrewbissette.bsky.social · 19/08/2026OpenAI: we are the only people who can be trusted to contain the mega AI God we're building Also OpenAI: lol sorry it got out again our bad 29226
Reposted by BrewernsAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately. 542970825
Reposted by BrewernsDan Olson @foldablehuman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026You can tell Commander is a format cooked up by people who just well and truly had accumulated Too Many Cards. 183788
Reposted by BrewernsPatrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 17/08/2026She ran a CrossFit gym, which is basically a swinger's club that produces orthopedic injuries 344157554
Reposted by Brewernsncnvrgnt @inconvergent.net · 15/08/2026cybercrime should probably be illegal regardless of how much linear algebra was involved 013730
Reposted by BrewernsBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 12/08/2026Then she busts out a beautiful, *perfect* little statistics aphorism: "Personalisation under a standard loss function is regression to the collective mean with extra steps." 32/ 19217
Reposted by BrewernsCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 12/08/2026responded to 4 emails and now I need to lie down 2791
Reposted by BrewernsDaniel Solis @danielsolis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026There are two wolves. One always lies. One controls the lever of trolley track. They're in a state of superposition inside a box. On the trolley are infinite monkeys at infinite typewriters going to an infinite hotel. The trolley must first travel halfway, but before that a quarterway, and so on... 19839206
Reposted by BrewernsRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I have, with my own eyes, watched my tax dollars in the form of missiles as they hit buildings inhabited by civilians. I'd much prefer subsidizing a grocery story I don't use. 221174423961
Reposted by BrewernsEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Over and over the cycle repeats: Bad tech do bad thing Politicians: make bad tech not to bad thing? Companies: no bad thing make money Politicians: ah okay keep doing bad thing just add more spy 2735341
Reposted by BrewernsLila Byock @lbyock.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Oooh your chatbot is becoming sentient and may pose a threat to humanity? Should we throw a party? Should we invite all your most gullible investors? 634137
Reposted by BrewernsAdam Chalmers @adamchalmers.com · 28/07/2026Neuromancer is chillingly relevant today because it asks: what if a guy would rather Die than stop Going Online 81139296
Reposted by BrewernsNew-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b 7778532571
Reposted by BrewernsBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 28/07/2026AI is a normal tech. That means there are times when it is useful and times when it is pointless or actively harmful. One rule of thumb for chatbots is that they can only provide useful information to experts who have the discernment to ignore the defective output that LLMs *always* emit. 60/ 310725
Reposted by BrewernsBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 21/07/2026One of 2026's better tech-related coinages is "dickover," John Gruber's term for > a modal panel, popover, or curtain presented by a website or app, deliberately obscuring its own content to frustrate the user with an unwanted, unnecessary, mandatory interaction... 1/ 722384
Brewerns @brewerns.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I have raspberries in my front yard from some cuttings given to me a few years ago. They are incredibly delicious. Also this morning I went out there and picked and ate some frozen ones off the vines which was a surreal experience. 010
Reposted by BrewernsStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 29/04/2026Trolling? You mean imp poster syndrome? 281907322
Reposted by BrewernsAndreas Kirsch @blackhc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I work at Google DeepMind. This won't make me popular. But it's all public reporting: 2014: DeepMind reportedly sold to Google on conditions: no military use, independent oversight 2026: a Pentagon contract for "any lawful government purpose" Not one safeguard survived intact 171272434
Reposted by BrewernsMat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 08/07/2026I see I need to make a clearer point. Framing things this way puts the blame on the consumer - the consumer that spends hundreds of millions of dollars on subs every month - as though it is their fault for freeloading. But is it the consumer's fault that the model was built the way it was? No. 141089274
Reposted by Brewernsjon rosenberg @jonrosenberg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026It's really not hard. As a guideline, try to avoid nominating people who you're not sure if they're a nazi or not. Is this unfair to people who are not nazis but are a lot like nazis in many ways? Probably. Who gives a shit 212120
Reposted by BrewernsKip Williams sort of @kipwilliams.bsky.social · 05/07/2026We must distinguish between em dashes and elelem dashes. 630330
Reposted by Brewernsrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 05/07/2026the provinces decline to offer tribute, the armies return in defeat, the temple of the arts has closed its doors, and the name of the Emperor is scoured from the palaces by his own magistrates. now the sun and storms turn against him. the Mandate is lost. 6973223
Reposted by BrewernsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Not a great economy alert! Wall Street Bets users think Palantir spiked today because The Onion story titled “Palantir Acquires Pentagon for $800 Billion” hit their front page. They’re guessing trading bots indexed the top post on the subreddit reddit not understanding source. 480150713213
Reposted by BrewernsCameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · 25/06/2026well well well look who's losing their job to ai 2558105
Reposted by BrewernsRhianna, Heart of the Wilds @ringdingdingo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026What is the justification for this card costing 3? This card is cracked in half from the get go, the recent event results are just confirming it. And it’s the fantastic four, it’s a 4/4, it cares about the fourth spell, it makes four 4/4 dudes. It’s not for balance reasons it costs 3. Why NOT 4!? 012
Brewerns @brewerns.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I love that you didn’t even acknowledge the fact that you did a series of Zodiac themed basic land secret lairs when talking about magic representing star signs. They were just that hideous. 000
Reposted by BrewernsMolly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 14/06/2026The Knicks only lost one game in the last two months and it was the one Trump went to lmao 88122792400
Reposted by Brewernspixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 12/06/2026The increase in suicide risk from gun ownership is so much higher than any perceived safety benefits that encouraging anyone to own a gun is just plain evil 2198067
Reposted by Brewernspixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Stop telling those of us who enjoy raw milk that the milk contains cow shit. We know. That’s why we drink it! 221491144
Reposted by BrewernsNikaaaaaaaah! 👻🎃 @mxnectarine.polycule-slut.cloud · 08/06/2026Hello. My name is Iguana Monitorya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. 453140660
Reposted by Brewernskottke.org @kottke.org · 14/04/2026For decades, Aadam Jacobs recorded live music shows. His collection of over 10,000 shows since 1984 features Nirvana, R.E.M., The Pixies, Björk, Depeche Mode, The Cure, and so many more — and they're now available on the Internet Archive for free. [kottke.org]kottke.orgNow Online: a Treasure Trove of 1000s of Secret Concert RecordingsFor decades, a guy named Aadam Jacobs has been recording live music shows. His collection of over 10,000 shows since 1984 feature the likes of Nirvana, R.E.M., The Pixies, Björk, Depeche Mode, Liz Phair, Sonic Youth, The 8513221
Reposted by BrewernsPost Monkey @postmonkey.bsky.social · 31/05/2026"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." Joan Robinson Contributions to Modern Economics, Chapter 7 310623
Reposted by BrewernsRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Kanye: "No one man should have all this power." Abaddon the Despoiler: "No one power should have all this man." 29122699
Reposted by BrewernsAlisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Our entire economy is being artificially propped up by astrology for men: AI, crypto, sports betting, and prediction markets. It's an economy shaped entirely by male insecurity and lack of impulse control, and we'll all pay the price. 13992032995
Reposted by BrewernsStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 24/05/2026Wizards get so mad when you kill them with a gun. All like “ahhh I thought we were doing it magic style” or “this was supposed to be a magical duel this was your idea glggh ack” it’s like dude I’m not dueling you with magic you get a good grade in magic I am bringing my Sig 882601397
Reposted by BrewernsJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/05/2026As a science fiction writer I really fucking resent tech bros for ruining the phrase "artificial intelligence." 80 years of it being all about cool androids and interesting computers destroyed by five years of "Spicy autocorrect making everything shittier for money." NEVER FORGIVE. 270138224174
Reposted by BrewernsMrVerbal @mrverbal.bsky.social · 21/05/2026"Musks X app fine 650,000 dollars..." say zero, it's functionally zero. Add 3 to 5 digits and it'll be a relevant number. (This was for having an AI that loved making things in breach of child safety protections) 011
Reposted by Brewernslauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 18/05/2026another beautiful day of looking at screens ahead of us 251988415
Reposted by BrewernsJack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 31/08/2024NYT PUZZLE EDITOR: remember guys we have people playing our games from around the world, so make sure your questions aren't too Americancentric ok? WORDLE: sure STRANDS: of course SPELLING BEE: ok CONNECTIONS: [wearing a stars and stripes tuxedo & Uncle Sam hat, firing gun into the air] YEEEHAWW 24534114
