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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It is interesting how many people connected to/invested in the tech industry are spending time today trying to gaslight people over the fall in far-right engagement on social media everyone can see for themselves.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

No, you are displaying confirmation bias. You are disregarding what people can see, because for some reason you prefer it to not be true.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

So, the people who have been told there is no difference in pro far-right activity, but have not seen anything are right, but the people who have seen a drop in said activity are wrong... Try thinking.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

But, you have the stats of everybody's FB pages, so you know the real story, right? You really are a dumb fuck.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Could it be that the far-right bots on Xitter are not run from Russia? There is an observable difference in far-right comments on local FB groups.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It is noticeable on Facebook. Local groups have less commenters posting far-right drivel, and are generally a lot quieter. People are definitely not imagining this. Could be a coincidence not related to the Russian data centres of course, but something has happened.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Not sure what you are replying to, because what you have posted has absolutely nothing to do with people noticing a change in activity on pages they run.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How many times does that make that (a) Le Pen has been "projected" to become president now?

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You are defending slave labour.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

How many positions are available is irrelevant. What is relevant though, is if the prisoners are paid the same as non-prison employees, because if they are not they are slave labour.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

People in prison do absolutely not have an opportunity to freely consent to work like this. Prison labour, of this type, is generally considered to violate human rights.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Well, saying "[t]here are pros & cons to this practice" when we are talking about hiring slave labour is certainly a bold move...

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

2/2 boycotting the companies that have supported Orange Shitler in any way, and any company that still does trade in Israel must be out of the question for you. Snce you are mentioning slave labour, anything produced in China would be out of the question. You should not even be online.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

You really don't understand anything about 20th century history, and your attempt at attacking people for what they ancestors fid is truly bizzare. I guess you are an USAian, who prefers to focus on Germany, instead of the Gascist country he lives in. Due to your rethoric, you should be 1/2

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I am not saying it should be forgotten, (but it has to be understood in context). I am saying it is stupid to use it as a basis for present day decisions - which is what the account I replied to is explicitly saying you should do.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

You seem to be completely missing my point. Looking at what German car manufacturers did 80+ years ago is as relevant to what they are doing today as looking at what the US government did 80+ years ago is to what they are doing today.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

You don't think looking at WWII history is a bit stupid, considering that will teach you the USA fought Nazis...

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

They are called Wankpanzers.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

BMW learned from history. Adolf Musk is to dumb to learn anything from anywhere. Watch him make supplying Teslas to the Neo-Nazis in the AfD a freedom of speech issue.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Just saw that Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine posted this on Facebook. Looks like "AI" generated BS to me. Like we have not had SFFH magazines with cover illustrations inspired by stories for ~100 years.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

It has been obvious from the start that to train a Generative Algorithm to be useful, you have to vet the training material before you train them. I am starting to think that The tech industry leadership may be the dumbest people on the planet.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I don't know much about SF propert prices, but the little I know suggests this is just political theatre.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Good luck with your decision of going through life getting angry when you learn something new.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alternate History is a SF genre, and using alternate in the context of SF genre definitions is clearly related to that. If you look up the meaning of historical, you'll find out Historical Fantasy is an oxymoron. In both cases the defining sub-genre words do not retain their common meaning.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

You are simply wrong. I take it you have not read any Alternate History.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Yes, words have meaning. But, here you are rejecting the meaning of words because you did not understand them. I read both Historical Fantasy and Urban Fantasy, and also Alternate History. The two former are Fantasy, the latter Science Fiction. There's no value judgement in using genre definitions.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Alternate History is a Science Fiction genre that requires larger events to have been different - WWII being the most common. Historical Fantasy, and Urban Fantasy, is fantastical elements in our world. Although HF and UF can have elements of AH, that will not be the focus.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How about your link... Seriously, just sod off with you BS.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Life expectancy specifically excludes infant and early child deaths, so high mortality at birth and in early childhood does not skew the figures. It would absolutely make no sense at all to include it.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No. Life expectancy is calculated on people who live to five years old. This online thing where people claim it includes infant deaths is false.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not sure many fans know anything about running what is in essence massive corporations. I understand the sentiment, but don't think it would work on a practical level. Non-profits would be a better solution in my opinion.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They are bought as investments by foreign investors. They are making profits. The money just disappears abroad. If bonuses, dividends, and stock buybacks were only allowed on after tax profits, most corporations would be posting massive profits.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maybe we should make all sports clubs non-profits - by law?

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Iran has stood up to the US. That is a huge victory.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

They've been defending their pervert glasses by saying there is a light that makes it obvious you are recording, and now they are launching a device where it looks like it is not obvious you are recording. They are insane.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is a genocide supporting Nazi who claims to be named Carl on Threads. Make sure he gets arrested if you ever encounter him.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you are so invested in being a fan of anyone that you are not able to admit they might have been toxic even when the evidence show they were, you are a brainwashed extremist.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

This is why I am still on Shitter:

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sam Altman should die in prison. People have been extradited to stand trial for far less than teh tech industry is doing these days. The legal precedent is pretty clear. Running a bunch of criminals usually leads to harsh sentences.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have not edited PDFs in that sense, but PDF24 can do anything I need. Working for somewhere as a temp now that would not allow installation of PDF24, but installed a paid for PDF programme that looks like a mix of PDF24 and Acrobat...

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If you really think being a condescending dickhead and explaining to me what a term I am using correctly means is clarifying anything else than you being a massive arsehole, you need professional help.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

According to people who think Hard-SF is a meaningful category, the science has to be explained(, and plausible), explaining science instead of advancing the story is called technobabble. Worldbuilding by painting a picture of the setting in prose, is absolutely as much a part of SF as Fantasy.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Democrats as far too socially and culturally conservative to want change.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The US government is controlled from the Kremlin, so why would they operate differently to other Russian assets.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

What a fucking stupid thing to say, but then again we have already established you are a moron.

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Weirdmage @oleimsen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

No, that is not the definition of Science Fiction. That is the "official" definition of "Hard SF", which the vast majority of books Hard SF fans consider Hard SF does not fall under. Anything happening in the future, or an alternate past/present, is Science Fiction.

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