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Jaded Cynic

@jadedcynic.bsky.social
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Walking paradox: Would-be writer but chronic procrastinator, Pet lover with a dander allergy, Admirer of old things from 'new media'. Newfie; ask me how!

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The Onion @theonion.com · 16h
Studios Enter Bidding War Over Napkin Stephen King Wrote ‘Ghoul’ On theonion.com/studios-enter-bidding-…
Studios Enter Bidding War Over Napkin Stephen King Wrote ‘Ghoul’ On
Film Rights To Word Jotted Down Over Breakfast May Go For Record Sum
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Sasquatch @sasquatch1.bsky.social · 20h
“We need people to accept the harm we are causing for the sake of our business model” is the same rationale used by oil and tobacco companies. When the revolution comes, Techbros are going to be in line right after politicians and the billionaires who bought them. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...
politico.com
Sam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AI
The OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 22h
Toddler Scientists Finally Determine Number Of Peas That Fit Into Ear Canal theonion.com/toddler-scientists-fin…
Toddler Scientists Finally Determine Number Of Peas That Fit Into Ear Canal
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matte jones @pillowfort.bsky.social · 22h
without any doubt:
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 21h
Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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Jon Tetrino @tetrino.com · 20h
So in an effort to know my enemy, I've been experimenting with local LLM "AI" for programming and it's been interesting learning just how wasteful these things are first hand. It checks, rechecks, verifies, reverifies. You fucked up a perfectly good Markov chain. Look at it. It's got anxiety.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 20h
This 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
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Ships don't sink because of the water around them. Ships sink because of the water that gets in them. Says Skeletor hoping you keep the water out and keep sailing.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Múmer @mumermao.eurosky.social · 04/10/2026
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
oh no. the Tortie thinks she's Fremen. i have made a terrible mistake.
silhoutte of a tortie, focused on watching Dune 2
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Cameron Lauder @unarmedoracle.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is probably nothing new to most people but I've spent the last couple of days sick enough to watch american political journalists on youtube and it's impressive how unequal they are to the task. Like, stenographers have to accurately transcribe things and sports commentators have opinions.
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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Great chance to post my all-time favorite headline
The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If not us, then who? If not now, then when? Says Skeletor getting real tired of the bystander syndrome. Get off your asses and help each other.
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Zyxst @zyxst.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sass Jordan gone. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
cbc.ca
Juno-award-winning singer Sass Jordan dies at 63 | CBC News
A post on Jordan's social media page on Saturday says she died the day before, "surrounded by her loving family" and calls her an "inimitable force of nature" and "irreplaceable being of light and joy...
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Jon Tetrino @tetrino.com · 04/10/2026
Last night's stream was a wash so let's try again. Back to the cinema with Alan Wake 2. Want to come chill with a Finnish horror movie? twitch.tv/MooseAndTato
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Sam Lake Alan Wake 2
ALT: Sam Lake Alan Wake 2
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Jaded Cynic @jadedcynic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mac: "....Hey, Farva - what's the name of that place you like with the mozza sticks and all the shit on the walls?" Farva: *chew-chew-chew* "Oh, Shenanigans?" All: "Oooooooooh!"
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
she now has a TV box to add to her dining chair box. Almost three yeats ago today, she turned up on our doorstep a tiny, terrified and desperately ill little kitten. Now she has ALL THE BOXES. She is the happiest little kitty.
tortie rolly around happily on a collection of boxes
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/10/2026
The rush to accuse, without anything approaching due diligence, artists of using "AI," should be treated with contempt. An artist gets their work *ripped off* to train a plagiarism machine, which then shits out inferior versions of that work, so then you accuse the artist of using "AI"? Fuck you.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Gary Brannan @garybrannan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Watching Quatermass and the Pit at the minute
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/10/2026
Cashier Forced To Incorporate Humiliating New Phrase Into Every Customer Interaction theonion.com/cashier-forced-to-inco…
Cashier Forced To Incorporate Humiliating New Phrase Into Every Customer Interaction
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 02/10/2026
If you want non-citizens to visit your country, a good first step is to stop imperilling non-citizens who come to the country!
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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i would rather remove my eyeballs than witness an AI tingler cover
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/10/2026
Ground Effect xkcd.com/3305/
Comic. [Two people flailing high in the air. Three people on the ground running ahead of them. Arrows and a dotted line indicate that this second group is within roughly one body length of the surface.] [caption] The “ground effect” explains why sprinters can run most efficiently if they stay within roughly one body length of the surface.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i can 100% say right now that i will never purchase an AI-read audiobook. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
theguardian.com
Audible unveils plans to use AI voices to narrate audiobooks
Amazon brand will offer more than 100 artificial intelligence-generated voices in English and other languages
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Darío @dariosamo.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Just a warning for everyone, since Video Game Slopterica keeps being the most irresponsible YouTube Channel to exist these days. The Banjo-Tooie Recompilation is NOT associated with us. It is entirely AI-generated. Both Zelda: Recompiled and Banjo: Recompiled have very clear No AI stances.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
bin lorry just turned up on the wrong day, and i have never seen my cat so OFFENDED by something.
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Big Fat Socialist @bigfatsocialist.blacksky.app · 02/10/2026
Anyone describing welfare cut proposals as 'socialist reforms' because they're an inch further to the left of the same shite policy Starmer's premiership died on either doesn't know what socialism is or has never had to claim benefits in their life.
The trending page on Bluesky, number one topic, reads 'Andy Burnham pushes Socialist Reforms.'

Context: Discussion is around proposed cuts to the UK Welfare Bill.
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George Sinnott @gsinnott85.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Excellent episode. A useful reminder as well about how the Royal Navy used to be so big you routinely had small ships with frankly less than scary names doing their level best to mix it with much bigger ships with much fancier names!
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Danspur @danspur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've had to tell off my Year 6 class for insulting each other when they make a mistake. The insult in question? You Donald...
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
this is a symptom of what i say on here a lot: stuff u know that feels like stuff "everyone knows" usually isn't. so share it when it comes up.
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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 01/10/2026
waking up every day in 2026 like:
a construction sign on the side of the highway that says "IT'S COMING IT'S BAD"
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Jaded Cynic @jadedcynic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you see this, post a vampire that isn't Dracula
The cast of "What We Do In The Shadows"
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The Scamperbeasts @scamperbeasts.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ask not for whom the Smudge lurks, he lurks for thee
Smudge at the top of the stairs, lurking, face only half visible
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The Onion @theonion.com · 01/10/2026
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him theonion.com/man-who-lost-everythin…
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him
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Tato @thepotatocat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Also Scooby with big brother
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 01/10/2026
New Tim Hortons pizza made with 100% Canadian cardboard
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New Tim Hortons pizza made with 100% Canadian cardboard
OAKVILLE, ON - Heralding its new offerings as the culmination of nine years of intense laboratory research, Tim Hortons president Axel Schwan proudly announced that the franchise’s new lineup of pizza...
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Inspirational Skeletor @skeletorinspires.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No one has ever become poor from giving. Says Skeletor reminding you extra literal people that poor and rich and even giving don’t necessarily mean the monetary or physical senses of those words. Know what I mean?
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 01/10/2026
Can't work, have a cat on me, could be here all day
Spice the cat, laying on my legs whilst I am in bed, looking out the window
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The Onion @theonion.com · 30/09/2026
God Could Have Sworn He Put More Gorillas Down There theonion.com/god-could-have-sworn-h…
God Could Have Sworn He Put More Gorillas Down There
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Chris Ogilvie @ogilvie-chris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Turned on CNN, and it’s bizarro world. It’s “normal washing” top to bottom. Everything going on is largely being reported, but the framing is that everything is fine. Normal. Status quo. No challenge to the way things are. You’d never know the global order has collapsed. It’s maddening.
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Benjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 30/09/2026
Werner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict
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