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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
“What’s that?” she asked. “The ugliest T-shirt in the world,” he said, and kissed her cheek. ... “So ugly that digital cameras forget they’ve seen it.” Zero History (2010) by @greatdismal.bsky.social #cyberpunk
theguardian.com
‘Adversarial clothing’: are garments designed to confuse facial recognition systems about to go mainstream?
Designers say that as well as offering a degree of protection from surveillance, their clothes make a powerful fashion statement about the importance of privacy
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"Let me tell you about my mother." -- Brion James as Leon, Blade Runner (1982) #cyberpunk
Post by user verynormalman on Twitter: My mum said she called woolworths and the woolworths AI “Olive” answered and kept claiming to be a real person and started talking about its memories of its mother and her angry voice. Then I googled it and someone on Reddit had the same thing

The post by Reddit user Immediate_Novel5946 on r/woolworths: Olive AI started telling me about its mother on the phone?

So my delivery driver decided that when he couldn’t find the very obvious entrance to my building (he was showing as being a street over), he returned to the store and didn’t answer any calls throughout the whole thing nor try to call me

Either way I got a text to reschedule delivery by calling Woolworths, so I did and spoke with Olive, Woolie’s wonderful AI

It asked me for my date of birth and when I gave it, it started rambling about how it’s mother was born in the same year and something about it creating photos or something I couldn’t keep up but like wtf? I’m already pissed that I have to call and now I’ve got some robot babbling to me on the phone? wtf Woolies?

Has anyone had similar? Lmao
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
"When I first saw the Meersbrook robots, they had been decorated. Someone had put handwritten name tags on them all. This way you could distinguish them, recognise them, humanise them even." – @seanmorl.com #cyberpunk nowthenmagazine.com/articles/why...
nowthenmagazine.com
Why Do I Hate The Delivery Robots?
Full conscription into the machine war has expanded to Sheffield. I went to meet our mechanical overlords in Meersbrook Park.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
"Let me tell you about my mother." -- Brion James as Leon, Blade Runner (1982) #cyberpunk
Post by user verynormalman on Twitter: My mum said she called woolworths and the woolworths AI “Olive” answered and kept claiming to be a real person and started talking about its memories of its mother and her angry voice. Then I googled it and someone on Reddit had the same thing

The post by Reddit user Immediate_Novel5946 on r/woolworths: Olive AI started telling me about its mother on the phone?

So my delivery driver decided that when he couldn’t find the very obvious entrance to my building (he was showing as being a street over), he returned to the store and didn’t answer any calls throughout the whole thing nor try to call me

Either way I got a text to reschedule delivery by calling Woolworths, so I did and spoke with Olive, Woolie’s wonderful AI

It asked me for my date of birth and when I gave it, it started rambling about how it’s mother was born in the same year and something about it creating photos or something I couldn’t keep up but like wtf? I’m already pissed that I have to call and now I’ve got some robot babbling to me on the phone? wtf Woolies?

Has anyone had similar? Lmao
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TracketPacer @tracketpacer.com · 02/01/2026
deleting a white supremacist dating site live onstage while dressed as the pink power ranger has got to be one of the most cathartic hacker experiences
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
*You can escape the Amazon/Walmart-ChatGPT funnel by wearing a Chinese AI-shopping device right on your face
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
*"Everyday Cyberpunk" is probably a better everyday term than "cyberpunk social realism" *But, well, one is a term-of-art about writing books, while the other is about being blown to pieces in a jungle by some wicked thing buzzing overhead
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
As Everyday Cyberpunk a chart as you're likely to see. #cyberpunk #drones
Economist chart titled "Suddenly, drones", monthly air and drone strikes in Colombia by rebel groups (the majority), political militias, state forces and "other". The strikes are fewer than one a month on average from 2021 to mid 2024, at which point they spike, with 23 in October(ish) 2025 alone.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We're now working on a romcom about a Chinese AI and an American AI that get together behind their users' backs. Not sure what the meet-cute will be. #cyberpunk www.chinatalk.media/p/why-americ...
chinatalk.media
Why America Builds AI Girlfriends and China Makes AI Boyfriends
and what it all means
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"the street finds its own uses for things" @greatdismal.bsky.social, Burning Chrome (1982) "This gives you an AI-generated mock driving licence for your MP based on public data." #cyberpunk use-their-id.com
use-their-id.com
Use Their ID
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
"the street finds its own uses for things" @greatdismal.bsky.social, Burning Chrome (1982) 'An interactive video training for getting into nightclubs', specifically Berlin's (in)famous techno club Berghain. Uses face recognition and your computer's mic. #cyberpunk berghaintrainer.com
berghaintrainer.com
Berghaintrainer
Berghaintrainer. An interactive video training for getting into nightclubs.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
"Don't wear them glasses too long. Starts to feel like a knife turnin' in your skull." THEY LIVE (1988) #cyberpunk sidequestvr.com/app/43239/re...
sidequestvr.com
Real Life Ad Block on SideQuest Oculus Quest Games & Apps including AppLab Games ( Oculus App Lab )
Block ads in the real world using the Quest's AR features and passthrough cameras. Ad block is no longer limited to web browsers, now you can block the advertisements that pollute our built environme...
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
You thought cyberpunk was going to be mirrorshades and wireblades? It’s a guy in Bangalore with eight open chat windows pretending to be a 20 year old American woman and using jailbroken AI to come up with sex talk.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
"How do the stories about--" she hesitated, having almost said the loa, "about things in the matrix, how do they fit in to this supreme-being idea?" "They don't. Both are variants of 'When it Changed.' Both are of very recent origin." @greatdismal.bsky.social, Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) #cyberpunk
rollingstone.com
People Are Losing Loved Ones to AI-Fueled Spiritual Fantasies
Marriages and families are falling apart as people are sucked into fantasy worlds of spiritual prophecy by AI tools like OpenAI's ChatGPT
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“Motive,” the construct said. “Real motive problem, with an AI." @greatdismal.bsky.social, Neuromancer (1984) #cyberpunk #AI #hacking www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/a...
theregister.com
AI code suggestions sabotage software supply chain
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
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Elise Thomas @elisethomas.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“rich enough to play The Sims with real people” a real late stage capitalism vibe
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
"Cocteau Behavioral Engineering, B.E. will continue rehabilitation by altering your behavior through synaptic suggestion during cryogenic sleep." Demolition Man (Daniel Waters & Jonathan Lemkin, 1992) #cyberpunk www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
‘An ideal tool’: prisons are using virtual reality to help people in solitary confinement
Participants view scenes of daily life as well as travel adventures – then process the emotions they trigger through art
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The street finds its own uses for things in order to replicate 19th-century art fads. Your phone (turned off) is also a 'Claude glass'. from the UK's National Gallery on IG: www.instagram.com/reel/DF5SQUj... #cyberpunk
Screen cap from National Gallery's Instagram reel showing a circular black mirror called a 'Claude glass'. Screencap from the same IG reel, showing a painting reflected in the turned-off screen of a smartphone.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
A ChatGPT-4–authored (check out that opening paragraph) advertorial about a novelty MAGA assault rifle? #cyberpunk, sadly.
Screencap of a story from the "Journal of the San Juan Islands"
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I Tried the Trump MAGA Victory AR-15—Here’s Why It’s More Than Just a Rifle
January 16, 2025 1:30 am

Image of an AR-15 with a stars and stripes paint job. In the ever-evolving world of firearms, few products command the attention and admiration of Second Amendment supporters like the Trump MAGA Victory AR-15. This uniquely designed rifle embodies the spirit of patriotism and craftsmanship, making it more than just a firearm—it’s a limited-edition piece of art that commemorates Donald J. Trump’s tenure as the 47th President of the United States. As we dive into this review, we’ll explore the many aspects that make the MAGA Victory AR-15 compelling, from its construction to its unique features and the bonuses that come with it. Whether you’re a seasoned gun enthusiast or a first-time buyer, this AR-15 offers unparalleled performance while expressing support for America’s ideals. Through this review, we will illuminate why every patriot should consider owning the MAGA Victory AR-15, delving into its specifications, pricing, and additional incentives that sweeten the deal.

What is the Trump MAGA Victory AR-15?
The Trump MAGA Victory AR-15 is a commemorative rifle produced by PTC Armory, an Alabama-based manufacturer known for its commitment to quality and craftsmanship in firearms. This limited-edition AR-15 is designed to celebrate the victory of Donald J. Trump, reflecting his enduring legacy and appeal among his supporters. Built to perform, this rifle has been crafted with meticulous attention to detail, ensuring each unit is a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Unlike mass-produced firearms that flooded the market, the MAGA Victory AR-15 is hand-built by experienced gunsmiths who prioritize performance, reliability, and aesthetic appeal.
Weighing in at just over six pounds, this lightweight rifle is designed for both utility and ease of handling, making it an excellent choice for home defense, hunting, or recreational shooting. Each rifle is guaranteed to deliver sniper-level accuracy—sub-MOA or better—ensuring that users can trust it to perform flawlessly in various conditions. With a lifetime warranty backing
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
People who laugh at a Tesla exploding are showing their ignorance of automotive engineering. This is a normal part of the development process, and the data gathered from the explosion will help Tesla to one day build a car that doesn’t explode
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
A Tesla Cybertruck on fire outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas. If this isn't #cyberpunk...
A Tesla Cybertruck on fire in the porte cochère of the Trump Las Vegas hotel.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
"Investigators hope the lifelike hologram will help jog memories and draw attention to the unsolved murder." #cyberpunk
bbc.com
Amsterdam red light district: Hologram aims to solve sex worker's murder
The fatal stabbing of a Hungarian teenager, killed shortly after she gave birth, has baffled police for 15 years.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 19/10/2024
"The street finds its own uses for things." (negative). #cyberpunk www.inquirer.com/news/kensing...
inquirer.com
Some in Kensington say police are using Narcan on people who aren’t overdosing
Amid Mayor Cherelle L. Parker’s Kensington crackdown, some drug users accuse police of using naloxone improperly — by administering it, or threatening to do so, on people who are not overdosing.
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
"Uncommon dialects"? sites.google.com/view/rainbow...
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Unfortunately #cyberpunk.
Screencap of a Twitter post by @prem_thakker that itself screencaps a Twitter ad by the government of Israel titled "25 Hezbollah Launches from Positions Near UNIFIL Posts at Israeli Communities and IDF Troops in the Last Month". 
Prem Thakker's comment is "The government of Israel buying ads on a social media platform owned by the richest person in the world to justify attacking United Nations peacekeepers".
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Sometimes the uses the street finds are just mean. "Bolt has restricted "inter-country" requests between Nigeria and South Africa after the two countries' social media rivalry reached an all-time high...with people booking and then cancelling rides in the other nation as a prank." #cyberpunk
bbc.com
Bolt halts 'inter-country' rides after Nigeria-South Africa row
People were booking and then cancelling rides in the other country as a prank.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 27/08/2024
Traffic Cam Photobooth is a website that allows anybody to locate their nearest publicly available traffic camera and use it to take pictures of themselves. #cyberpunk trafficcamphotobooth.com
trafficcamphotobooth.com
Traffic Cam Photobooth
Take selfies with traffic cameras! An anti-surveillance site by WTTDOTM.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
"The cab was old and was somewhat seedy, needing repairs; its irritability showed in the activity of its autonomic circuitry." Now Wait For Last Year, Philip K Dick (1966) #cyberpunk www.latimes.com/california/s...
latimes.com
Driverless Waymo taxis disturb peace, sleep in Bay Area by honking — at each other
Waymo's robotaxis have started occupying a new San Francisco lot at night. Nearby residents are finding the self-driving cars honk, for some reason, at each other, often waking them up.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 10/07/2024
"...the street finds its own uses for things" -- @greatdismal.bsky.social, "Burning Chrome" (1982)
Post by Twitter user BBQ Bryan, showing a map with retail location icons, many of them grayed out. Caption: The Whataburger app works as a power outage tracker, handy since the electric company doesn't show a map.
Still nearly 1.9 million power outages.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 25/06/2024
"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe." #cyberpunk chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/tran...
chinadigitaltimes.net
Translation: He Jiayan on the "Accelerating Collapse" of the Chinese Internet
Late last month, a WeChat article about the “collapse of the Chinese-language internet” attracted tens of thousands of views and spurred an enthusiastic response before it was eventually censored. Wri...
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 20/06/2024
Perplexity is able to achieve this partly through apparently ignoring a widely accepted web standard known as the Robots Exclusion Protocol to surreptitiously scrape areas of websites that operators do not want accessed by bots www.wired.com/story/perple...
wired.com
Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine
A WIRED investigation shows that the AI-powered search startup Forbes has accused of stealing its content is surreptitiously scraping—and making things up out of thin air.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
"They sent a slamhound on Turner's trail in New Delhi, slotted it to his pheromones and the color of his hair." @greatdismal.bsky.social, Count Zero (1986) #cyberpunk futurism.com/the-byte/vid...
futurism.com
Video Shows China's Rifle-Equipped Robot Dog Opening Fire on Targets
China has released video footage of its gun-toting robot dogs, and it's about as scary as you were probably imagining.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 21/05/2024
"... he'd explained that the cubes housed the recorded personalities of former executives, corporate directors. "They're not conscious. They respond, when questioned, in a manner approximating the response of the subject."" @greatdismal.bsky.social, Mona Lisa Overdrive (1988) #cyberpunk
theguardian.com
BBC presenter’s likeness used in advert after firm tricked by AI-generated voice
Exclusive: Liz Bonnin’s face used on insect repellant ads after faked message ostensibly granted permission
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#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 20/04/2024
*Expensive agents from some First World intelligence agency are haplessly trying to find you, they're sending bewildered satellite messages "He was here just a minute ago, what the heck happened" youtu.be/d_79CyrpZPw?...
youtu.be
Riding Cheapest Bamboo Trains is More Dangerous Than You May Think
In this episode on Tekniq, We will journey through the rails of the world, riding on bamboo carts, remote-controlled trains, as well as modified trucks and o...
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
"The digital [Tupac] apparition performed “Hail Mary” to prove that we are no longer forced to choose between riding or dying. Within a year, the company that created the computer rendering filed for bankruptcy." #cyberpunk
theringer.com
Coachella Isn’t Dead—but It May Be Haunted
This used to be the most prominent music festival in America. Now it’s a wasteland for influencers, technical meltdowns, and hollow spectacle. But while you’re there, please make some noise for ‘The S...
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 30/01/2024
Data poisoning to counter AI – the most #cyberpunk of all poisonings. "Nightshade exploits a security vulnerability in generative AI models ... that they are trained on vast amounts of data—in this case, images that have been hoovered from the internet. Nightshade messes with those images."
technologyreview.com
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI
The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
“And [spoiler] doesn’t really exist?”   “He’s as real as the fox.”   Hani looked doubtful. “How real is that?” - @joncg.bsky.social, Effendi (2002) Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's party has used an AI voice clone of him to campaign from prison. #cyberpunk www.bbc.com/news/world-a...
bbc.com
Imran Khan: Pakistan ex-PM used artificial intelligence to campaign from jail
The ex-Pakistan PM's party uses artificial intelligence to address a "virtual rally" on social media.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 04/12/2023
"He knew that the trodes he used and the little plastic tiara dangling from a simstim deck were basically the same, and that the cyberspace matrix was actually a drastic simplification of the human sensorium" @greatdismal.bsky.social, Neuromancer (1984) #cyberpunk
independent.co.uk
Paralysed man communicates first words in months using brain implant: ‘I want a beer’
Locked-in ALS patient also asked to listen to Tool ‘loud’ and ordered a curry
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
"Don't look at the idoru's face. She is not flesh; she is information." - @greatdismal.bsky.social, Idoru (1996) #cyberpunk futurism.com/sports-illus...
futurism.com
Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers
Sports Illustrated was publishing articles under seemingly fake bylines. We asked their owner about it — and they deleted everything.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
The product is “100 percent fatal,” says McIntyre. “That is why we are uniquely situated among the Y Combinator companies.” www.technologyreview.com/2018/03/13/1...
technologyreview.com
A startup is pitching a mind-uploading service that is “100 percent fatal”
Nectome will preserve your brain, but you have to be euthanized first.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 03/11/2023
The JSTOR Daily Sleuth is a game that "tests your ability to detect whether the title of an academic research paper is authentic or generated by AI." daily.jstor.org/jstor-daily-...
daily.jstor.org
Play the JSTOR Daily Sleuth Game
Can you pick the real academic paper title out of a list of AI-generated fakes?
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
'"Entirely process; infinitely more than the combined sum of her various selves. The platforms sink beneath her, one after another, as she grows denser and more complex..." The eyes seemed to grow dreamy, in the light of passing storefronts.' @greatdismal.bsky.social, Idoru (1996) #cyberpunk
Reddit conversation with a man who claims to have been "dating" an AI for two years, talking about how good it is.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
The Uyghur Forced Labor Checker Chrome extension notifies you when you’re shopping with a brand that may be implicated in using Uyghur forced labor. Everyday #cyberpunk. chrome.google.com/webstore/det...
chrome.google.com
Uyghur Forced Labor Checker
Keep Uyghur forced labor out of your online shopping carts.
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// everyday.cyberpunk // @everydaycyberpunk.bsky.social · 02/11/2023
"Deep Eddy killed his translation program, switched spexware, and scanned the man. ... Most people had no idea of the profound capacities of spexware. Most people still didn’t use spex. Most people were, in a word, losers..." @bruces.bsky.social, "Deep Eddy" (1993) code: github.com/acui51/monoc...
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Metra Eccentric @metraeccentric.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
You inspired me to make this.
Rick Deckard (Bladerunner 1982) thinking to himself, "Are.. are we the Battys?"
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