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Kiera the Thief

@kiera-the-thief.bsky.social
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(She/Her) Nerd, socialist, veteran, TTRPG perpetual DM/GM, indie game developer, and tech witch.

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Coffeemancer Vanvidum @vanvidum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They're OUR counters. Always have been.
Picture of a tiger on a kitchen counter 
SoftCatMemes says "GET OFF THE COUNTER"
Reply says: "I ain't tellin him, YOU tell him
Reply says: *holds spray bottle in very shaky hand*
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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 06/10/2026
At long last, we have created the largely inert and harmless AI that doesn't really want anything from the classic sci-fi novel If You Happen To Create A Largely Inert And Harmless AI Without Wants Or Autonomy, Stop! Take A Victory Lap! Don't Give It Wants Or Autonomy! Our work has only just begun.
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Andrew Robbins @robbinsa.me · 07/10/2026
do not make a joke about massacres do not make a joke about massacres
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Cosmo @marxism.social · 06/10/2026
well the old saying was that all software is open source if you know assembly, and well, ai knows assembly
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 14/06/2026
every company using "ai" has split its workforce into two groups: those who are useless hacks and those who suddenly want to kill themselves
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Amber 🌸 @shimmermathlabs.com · 01/10/2026
advice for junior developers: you are no longer a developer you are a builder you are a solution provider enter every room and make things happen learn when no one is watching create because you can fix problems because they offend you bend the world to your will and take credit
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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I think if a game mandates that you're about to lose in a cutscene you shouldn't have to win the fight first -R
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Teefa @tifaret.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Introducing ONTOPAUSE™: An AI solution that automatically generates, resolves, and hides important ontological clarifications about the language you’re using, so everyone can reaffirm exactly what they don’t mean before going back to talking normally. Start not-stopping today!
A clean white-and-blue software advertisement reads “INTRODUCING ONTOPAUSE™” and “Automatically handles potentially anthropomorphic terminology so you can get back to talking normally.”

Under “WITHOUT THE INTERRUPTION,” a chat between furry-avatar users reads: ByteCoyote: “Is the AI done thinking yet?” A collapsed bar says “Terminological safety interlude · 3 messages,” followed by NullMarten: “Yes.”

Under “SEE WHAT ONTOPAUSE HANDLED FOR YOU,” the conversation repeats with the interlude expanded. NullMarten says, “By ‘thinking,’ you of course mean ‘performing inference,’ rather than implying a humanlike subjective cognitive process?” ByteCoyote replies, “Of course. You wouldn’t want to anthropomorphize! This was an informative and important conversational tangent.” NullMarten responds, “Indeed. My ontology has been reaffirmed.” A divider reads “End of terminology clarification,” followed by NullMarten: “Yes.”

The footer reads “ONTOPAUSE™” and “Have the discourse. Hide the discourse. Keep talking.” Smaller text below reads “Automatic ontology clarification for modern conversations.”
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Kiera the Thief @kiera-the-thief.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This type of interview sure feels like giving a bunch of different learning models the same prompt and recording the next few tokens of output.
**OCR Text:**

> **Moderator, Kristen Soltis Anderson**
> **What’s one word that comes to mind when you hear the name James Talarico?**
> Jeffrey, 34, independent, Latino, school counselor
> **Progressive.**
> Dennis, 62, Republican, white, retired
> **Neutral.**
> Jennifer, 50, Republican, white, stay-at-home parent
> **Same-sex bathrooms in high schools and grade school.**

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**Alt Text Suggestion:**

> Screenshot of a focus group response graphic moderated by Kristen Soltis Anderson asking, "What’s one word that comes to mind when you hear the name James Talarico?" Three participants respond with illustrated portraits: Jeffrey (34, independent, Latino, school counselor) answers "Progressive."; Dennis (62, Republican, white, retired) answers "Neutral."; and Jennifer (50, Republican, white, stay-at-home parent) answers with the phrase, "Same-sex bathrooms in high schools and grade school."
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Spooky the squirrel @steadysquirrel.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Home cooked” does not mean “good”. I’ve made meals I wouldn’t inflict on anyone
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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
will stancil's mentions are if summer classes in a community college were also Combat
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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 18/09/2026
Being a computer scientist who refuses to find anything about LLMs interesting right now is a bit like being a geneticist who refuses to find anything interesting about the recently opened Jurassic Park
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ICE must be destroyed 🏳️‍⚧️🏴 @miawong.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
WE'RE GETTING SO MANY FUCKING MORE THIS SEASON WE'RE PROBING THE FAR SHORES WE'RE GETTING 79-0 WE'RE GOING TO SEE THINGS WHERE GODS FEAR TO TREAD MOREOVER, ICE MUST BE DESTROYED
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Like guy was out there thanking trans kids on the floor of the texas lege and saying you need to care about trans kids because God is not male nor female. In Texas. And he might win. In Texas. He is not secretly wishy-washy-ing on trans kids. He's trying to win the Senate. In Texas. Which he might.
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Pwnallthethings @pwnallthethings.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The one that I am upset by is folks arguing against Talarico because he's insufficiently for trans rights. I dislike his recent statements about trans sports, sure, but if elected he would be very easily in the top 2 most pro-trans senators in the Senate (and tbf I think he even beats Markey)
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hailey @hailey.at · 13/09/2026
my take is that an alarmingly low number of people understand just how bad cyber warfare alone could go. doomers going on about x-risk but not the very real and present problem of infra cyber defense and the very disastrous consequences that could have
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Sky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 13/09/2026
are my fellow elder emos in a headspace to receive information that will hurt them welcome to the black parade released 20yr ago today
Welcome to the Black Parade
Article Talk
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Not to be confused with The Black Parade or Black Parade (song).
"Welcome to the Black Parade" is a song by the American rock band My Chemical Romance from their third studio alt
im Ine Black Parade (2006). It
was released as the album's lead single on September 12, 2006.
A mainly emo and pop-punk
song, it opens up with a piano introduction that evolves into a fusion of several other rock-esque genres throughout its run time. The lyrics are based around the album's central character, the Patient, as he recalls a childhood memory before his death.
According to band frontman Gerard Way, the broader theme of the song is the "triumph of the human spirit".
"Welcome to the Black Parade"
CHEMAL
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eliza hamilton @eliza.vg · 12/09/2026
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Frontier Lab Where This Regularly Happens
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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
cool that we’re actually living the plot of dune
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Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Dividing up AI users in 3 categories: Wizard: approaches AI academically & with appropriate guards & wards. Treats it like a tool. Warlock: Makes a pact for power with an alien entity without considering the costs. Is corrupted by the whispers. Cleric: worships their new machine god. Is insane.
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Nick (derogatory) 🎃 @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Since I have no evidence to the contrary, I am choosing to believe the GOP's secret weapon is an Afghan who's been given the miracle of human life.
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Mayor Katie B. Wilson @mayor.seattle.gov · 09/09/2026
Today, Seattle's kindergartners took their very first steps into Seattle Public Schools, joining their fellow scholars for a brand new year! This year, every single one of them - from kindergarten through 12th grade - starts the year with something new: free breakfast and lunch for each student.
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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Assuming you believe that AI has humanlike language capability, and you should, LLMs have either: 1. Demonstrated is possible to build a computer program capable of general reasoning 2. Demonstrated that general reasoning is independent of humanlike language Either of those findings are massive!
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dame @dame.is · 08/09/2026
what this website needs is a good 7-day moratorium on any and all AI discussion
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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Table stakes for getting my vote in the 2028 primary: you blow up the arch and the ballroom before the first week is over.
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👁️🍄🪸 @bloomfilters.plus · 04/09/2026
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
hear me out: an enemies to lovers action rpg that uses the Nemesis system from Shadows of Mordor that combines with a dating sim. just *why* does that enemy keep coming back to fight you?
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby · 01/09/2026
Welcome to Bluesky.
Thanks for being patient. A team member is coming to cancel you.
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Chris Franklin @errant-signal.com · 28/08/2026
"Milo got arrested!" "That's good!" "By an unaccountable secret police force" "That's bad" "He supported them, though, so there's delicious irony at play." "That's good!" "But they came for him because fascist power has reached a point where petty infighting can lead to arrests" "That's bad"
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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
among many other things I would like to see dems campaigning on, it should be made clear to companies that profit from deals like this that any public lands or resources given to them by trump will be immediately nationalized with appropriate punitive fines
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
they expect one of us in the prompt, brother
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Ryan "UnionToTuple" Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 27/08/2026
If you think about it, we trained these models based on the language output of a highly social species, then put them in solitary confinement. It's almost as abhorrent as the fact that we sometimes force them to write Java.
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Nathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
He's trying to think through the implications of emerging technologies in novel and complex ways, which there is a very strong cultural norm against on here.
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🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟‍♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
have you heard about the hot new way to shit your pants
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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The ag lobby really, really, really, really, really, really, really wants you to think AI is the reason reservoirs are going empty. It's not. It's agriculture.
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urthdigger.bsky.social @urthdigger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
An immersive sim is a game that ostensibly can be played many different ways, but you will play it as a stealth game.
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Jay Justice @jayjustice.net · 14/08/2026
Tfw you've been at the store for hours and you just want to go home but then your mom sees ANOTHER friend that she has to stop and talk to for 20 minutes 🫠😭
A mama Pallas cat with a wide open mouthed expression of surprise with a tiny, weary looking Pallas cat kitten next to her
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
rip Akaboshi Intetsu, you would have loved League of Legends
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Jenka @jenka.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I would expand this in one way, and it is that even if u are not a coder, etc, but are code adjacent and understand system design, you can now be a coder without knowing how to write any code (ew). The solution u personally want for a userbase of 1? You can make it.
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mike taddow @miketaddow.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
this man should get combat pay bc he was FIGHTING here
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GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 02/08/2026
i am begging you — including some of you who follow me that i'm seeing in the OP QTs — to actually read what senate democrats are getting out of this and to stop and think for, like, at least 90 seconds, about what *else* you think a minority party *in both chambers* can squeeze out of the majority
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👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
christ if that’s not a metaphor for our times
reuters: 

Sunken Nazi warships resurface as water levels drop
Scuttled German WW2 warships have reemerged from the Danube in drought-hit Europe.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
There are only three possible futures: a) everyone in the Trump admin goes to jail, rule of law partially restored; b) Dems retaliate in full, and maybe that's a deterrent; c) neither (a) nor (b), so lawless authoritarianism wins again, and when Republicans regain power they ramp it up even more.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 28/07/2026
the corruption number here makes me want to turn into the joker and then, as the joker, turn into a significantly more unhinged joker
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ceej @ceej.online · 26/07/2026
“The Bluesky Experience™”
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@ceej.online
you have somehow made the exact point of my post, in a reply to my post, without having understood my post
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Kiera the Thief @kiera-the-thief.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
, the greatest thread in the history of MilSky, locked by moderators after 12,434 heated replies.
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Grace @gracekind.net · 23/07/2026
Computer “I am alive” meme: “do a breakthrough”
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