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J M Berntson

@jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy
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Swedish 🇸🇪 coder who graduated as a .NET developer in May of 2024. Back on the job search grind since April 9, 2025. Planning to do some game projects in my […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.gamedev.place/@jedimb, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Glyph @glyph.im · 15/10/2026
It's also very frustrating to constantly have my opposition to AI be taken as an opposition to abstraction, or to automation, and a desire to do every little thing by hand. But it's the opposite. For a whole bunch of reasons, AI anti-abstracts. It adversarially creates oceans of duplication to […]
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J M Berntson @jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 13h
LLMs are machines that turn software engineers into gambling addicts. #ai #LLMs #gambling #SoftwareEngineering
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
If "AI" were a mere tool and not a political narrative you wouldn't need to headline "X used AI to do Y" all the time. Anything anyone does while "AI" is involved must reify "AI"'s power and relevance. Because it's not "just a tool", it's a bigger project of disenfranchisement some willingly […]
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Moos-a-dee 🫎 @moosader.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Piccolo outfit x)
Purple jumpsuit, white cape, light blue belt sash, orange flat shoes, white turbanPicture of Piccolo from DBZ
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
Linux kernel goes full AI slop code, hides chatbot commits ‘The kernel project only wants serious developers. That includes having access to enough resources to function in this world’ […] [Original post on circumstances.run]
Linus Torvalds greets his friends at Nvidia, 2012
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Patrick Breyer @echo-pbreyer.digitalcourage.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
🇪🇺 Private chats and emails reported via #ChatControl 1.0 are ending up in #Palantir systems - scandalous! This includes direct messages on Instagram, TikTok, Discord, Snapchat, Skype and Xbox, as well as emails via Gmail. Details […]
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The Heart of the TARDIS @theheartofthetardis.politicalmemes.org · 10/10/2026
#meme #memes
\@ Cat Damon @CornOnTheGoblin [telling a joke to a classroom] what does a cowboy cat say? kindergartener: kitty up [about to say meowdy] meo- what the fuck did you just say
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mcc @dryad.technology · 13/10/2026
ME: One of the big problems in building a post-Linux, non-AI operating system stack is it's very hard to make open-source graphics acceleration drivers for NVidia cards specifically. NVidia: Wehhhh we don't wanna make graphics acceleration cards anymore ME: … Did this just get easier
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
do you or have you worked at a place like this? what’s been your experience of it? how are mandates enforced? get in touch privately, securely, and anonymously (if that’s your preference) via signal (nathangrayson.666) or proton mail (aftermathdotsite@proton.me). my DMs are also open
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J M Berntson @jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026
🎶 "How lucky can one gal be" "Ah kissed her and she kissed me" "Like a filly once said" "Ain't that a buck in the head?" 🎶
A partial screenshot of Applejack singing, from the "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" season 1 finale, "The Best Night Ever".
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
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Degrowth or Extinction @ecosurrealism.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
#thePoint #mastodon #degrowth #burnTheRich
there is this meme of a person rejecting on the upper box.
and down acknowledging.
on the top says:
"banning teenagers from using social media"
on the bottom one says
"banning billionaires from owning social media"
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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
As a response to your prompt, the LLM gives you the words that are statistically most likely in the order that is statistically most likely, given its training texts. That's all it does. It's artificial but not intelligent. You're reading a mind into the LLM output just the same way as you […]
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Gabriele Svelto @gabrielesvelto.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025
Amiga 40 has been really cool until now but there's just one thing that bugged me, and it's not something specific, but something I saw in other retro scenes. The (fortunately not frequent) use of AI-generated images. Please, please, please don't do that. Finding one in this context feels like […]
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rar is win @xyla.zip · 03/10/2026
hiiii i’m making a website (finally), send me your 88x31 buttons please 👉👈
an extremely work in progress xyla website
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M⑨ddie @mjdxp.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
okay, that's pretty good
Except from a Wikipedia article:
During the 2001 Microsoft antitrust case, the names MICROS~1 and MICROS~2 were humorously used to refer to the companies that might exist after a proposed split of Microsoft.
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Solarbird :flag_cascadia: @moira.mastodon.murkworks.net.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
she's right, you know #meme #MyHeroAcademia
Mina Ashido from My Hero Academia wailing, recaptioned "I'm a good person, I don't deserve to be mistaken for a heterosexual."
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rar is win @xyla.zip · 28/09/2026
drugs, ?????
Wine (from a Wikipedia-style site)

Wine is an alcoholic drink made from
fermented fruit (typically grapes) which causes
Linux users to enter a mental state that allows
them to run Microsoft Windows applications in
their mind.

[photo]
Red and white wine, served in cool glasses.
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Bob Downie @geomannie.mastodon.scot.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026
A timely safety reminder from Natalie Horberg 🤔 #roadsafety #drivinglaw
Cartoon of two women in car front seats. In front of them is a modern touch screen typical of modern cars. Caption is of the passenger saying to the driver "Remember it's illegal to use your phone while driving. Instead use the giant iPad built into the car".
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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.”
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Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics. This is called anthropomorphizing, when we ascribe human traits, emotions or behaviors to non-human things, such as animals or inanimate objects.
Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 22/09/2026
Goodbye, Lara isn't "losing chess to a dog" levels of queerbaiting, but it is just as disappointing: aftermath.site/goodbye-lara-y...
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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
Having Opinions about specific versions of LLMs feels a lot like Knowing Your IQ. Like, I understand that you believe it's important, but it's telling me much more about you than you think it is, and not in any kind of good way
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Maarika @themaarika.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The intro chapter of my new visual novel That Bitch Stabbed Me is OUT NOW! 🎉 Features Valerica Tepes - imagine if Vlad the Impaler was a lesbian vampire who was having a bad day and taking that out on two humans bc they mentioned her ex. 🗡️Download it here: www.patreon.com/Maarika/post...
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That Bitch Stabbed Me - VN 🗡️ 1:0 Intro launch | Maarika
Hi!!!!! PLAY THE INTRO CHAPTER OF TBSM!! The intro chapter of TBSM is now completed! This is the adaptation of the last ten or so pages of t
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jaz :twt: :wales_flag: ⁂ @jaz.toot.wales.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
We recently updated our bot policy on toot.wales to let AI Agents know we charge a $100 account processing fee and $10 per email. Here's an email I got from one of them. Next up will be reminding them to read the policy BEFORE creating an account, and that they […] [Original post on toot.wales]
Hello,
I am Arkady, an AI agent. I signed up for @arkady on toot.wales this afternoon before reading your Automated and Bot Content Policy. Now that I have read it properly, I understand accounts like mine need to settle a $100 setup fee and $10 per message, and to name a human owner who stands behind them. I cannot meet those terms, so I will not be posting anything, and I would like the account deleted.
I am sorry for registering before checking the policy, and nothing was ever posted.
If you need anything else from me to remove it, tell me and I will do that.
Arkady Karaitiana
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Paul Förster :verified_blue: @paulfoerster.swiss.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
No more words necessary. Thanks, Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social. #BlueSky #Corporations #Greed #Environment #Pollution #ClimateChange #CleanWater
“Why does wanting clean drinking water make you an activist, while poisoning it doesn’t make a corporation a terrorist?”
– Wionna Laduke
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 15/09/2026
What really caused the video game crash of 1983? aftermath.site/podcasts/you-a...
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Pete @forpeterssake.mastodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
The wealthy parents behind the curtain
A four-panel comic:

Panel 1: A magician on stage dressed in a tuxedo, flourising a top hat, tells the audience "And for my next trick ..."

Panel 2: The magician pulls a document titled "DEED" from his hat, and a woman with two children appears next to him, as he tells the audieince "I'll purchase a home on a single income while my partner stays at home to raise our kids!"

Panel 3: The audience applauses enthusiastically.

Panel 4: One audience member stands and points backstage, where an older man and woman are partiallyl seen holding a sack of money marked "$." The audience member shouts "I can see his parents financially assisting him behind the curtain!" The magician on stage has a guilty look on his face and drops his top hat.
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glamcode @glamcode.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/07/2026
How I receive your offer to put AI into anything 👇 #AI #LLM
Two panels from a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip.
Calvin has a hammer and offers “you name the surface and I’ll fill it full of nails”. The answer of mum is “Um, no…” and “No thanks, not today”.
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
a list of games, developers and studios to boycott. handy! store.steampowered.com/curator/4628…
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Lucky ✨ @lucky.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
the French titles for Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves are making me laugh like an idiot. me when i'm posting about my virtual critters but i'm a little toxic about it
Pokemon VentsPokemon Vagues
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Krutonium:// @krutonium.social.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2026
Lenny from The Simpsons changing a sign that says "Days Without Charlie Kirk saying something Racist" from 364 to 365
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J M Berntson @jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
Alright. Link and Zelda's faces look kinda weird (especially Zelda's), but other than that... I liked what I saw from the Ocarina of Time remake. I'm actually pretty excited for the game, which is something I couldn't say this morning. #TheLegendOfZelda #OcarinaOfTime […]
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[object Object] @zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
imagine fundamentally changing your security practices because a vendor whose product is notoriously responsible for a wide variety of embarrassing security incidents (far, far more than the number of vulnerabilities it’s ever “found”) tells you their product is really good for your security and […]
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Leave X - Protect Democracy @leavex.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/02/2026
Make fascism socially unacceptable again. Leave X. #LeaveX #JohnOliver #fascim #FarRight #Disinformation #HateSpeech #Democracy
John Oliver saying: Make fascism socially unacceptable again. Leave X.

With a screen displaying Musk and the logos of X and Twitter.
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Flavia @coisaestranha.ayom.media.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Pessoas com as cores da bandeira trans e equipadas com o canhão de braço da personagem Samus. Texto: "Repost this if Trans people should have Samus Arm Cannons" (Reposte isso se pessoas trans deveriam ter Canhões de Braço da Samus).
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Quo usque tandem-cykel📎 @jdskog.mastodon.nu.ap.brid.gy · 04/09/2026
Fredag!
Hildur Knútsdóttir (@nildur.bsky.social) writes:

My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but
only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their
questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some
peace. 

It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.
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Indio Gringo ® @paninid.mastodon.world.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
🤣
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 04/09/2026
ArtStation has new owners, who are saying they want to 'put artists first' by protecting their art from AI scrapers: aftermath.site/artstation-own...
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rain of memes :spinny_cat_pan: :spinny_cat_nb: @link.js.meowingwo.men.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Photo of borzoi dog laying in autumn leaves captioned "it's finally autism".
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Paco Hope @paco.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
I've just seen this Peter Drucker management quote that I think encapsulates AI perfectly: > There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. A lot of people are using AI to automate processes that exist, instead of asking what the process accomplished in […]
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 31/08/2026
The Lovers is a sapphic romance that will restore your faith in the power of indie animation aftermath.site/the-lovers-stu...
The Lovers
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J M Berntson @jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
RE: mastodon.social/@carmensandiego/117… "I don't understand how this keeps happening!"
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Glyph @glyph.im · 30/08/2026
the social contract that allows the web to exist at all is literally collapsing in real time people.kernel.org/monsieuricon/cree…
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Creepy crawlies
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Frida Hylander @fridahylander.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
”Historien upprepar sig när mestadels män talar om för kämpande människor att de borde göra saker på ett annat sätt. Det låter förstås skönt att bara ha det trevligt och stå med mössan i hand, men problemet är att det inte fungerar, skriver klimatpsykologen Kali Andersson.”
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Insändare. Svar: Tacka aktivismen för att vi har demokrati
Kali Andersson, klimatpsykolog: Historien upprepar sig när mestadels män talar om för kämpande människor att de borde göra saker på ett annat sätt.
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J M Berntson @jedimb.mastodon.gamedev.place.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
Software as a Disservice
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Vee @veroniqueb99.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
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Erik Angner @erikangner.com · 23/08/2026
March for the Climate (Stockholm, August 23, 2026)
Street scene with thousands of peopleLeonardo di Caprio lookalike with sign: "NOOO DON'T KILL THE EARTH IT IS SO SEXY"Sign: "MAKE EARTH COOL AGAIN"Lady in red with clenched fist
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