Reposted by Pete McDonaldDavid Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 25100623263
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Neat!static.klipy.comStar Trek Discovery KrostoriAlt: Star Trek Discovery - Tilly exclaiming "You Guys... This is so fucking cool!" 000
Reposted by Pete McDonaldSusan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026not to mention it's looking like the ponzi scheme might collapse any moment so getting out now for "ethics" is laughable on its face 23610
Reposted by Pete McDonaldGlendon Mellow @flyingtrilobite.com · 02/10/2026EVEN IF generative AI... had guardrails against abuse (it doesn't) was good for the environment (it's not) and was accurate all the time (not even close) it was still created by scraping billions of works of creative labour without consent, compensation, or even notification. 213855
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAnfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In 1888, a graffito was found on a hallway wall in Pompeii. Called CIL 4.5296, this is a love poem, one of the longest and most elaborate surviving graffiti texts in the city. A poem written by a woman, and addressed to another woman ("pupula", my little doll or darling) 212959
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAnfor @anforsorrow.bsky.social · 08/05/2026You might have heard about the Garderobe, the toilet in a medieval castle. But there was another type of castle toilet facility, specially used in German Ordensburgen, called a Dansker. This was a whole toilet tower, separated from the castle by a bridge, and placed over a river or stream. 1310717
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If anything, hiding rates is a big red flag to me - not listing your rates tells me that you are lowballing and I will have to waste a ton of both of our times to find out you don't value my work. I spent far too long trying to get rates info out of a guy recently who wanted to pay $50 for 6k words 120
Reposted by Pete McDonaldThe Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026Creatively Tapped-Out Peter Thiel Launches Startup Called ‘Frodo, But Evil’ theonion.com/creatively-tapped-out-… 263115469
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So, obviously this is bollocks, but has anyone maybe told the companies claiming to be building WMDs that they're not allowed to do that? Like if they say "we're building a death ray, and we WILL use it" and nobody is responding by shutting them down permanently, what are we even doing here? 110
Reposted by Pete McDonaldDavey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam 161943593
Reposted by Pete McDonaldRaphael van Lierop 🇨🇦 @raphlife.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is. GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart. But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end. 127111774659
Reposted by Pete McDonaldJamie @fctwentebenson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026More than half of the original €100 million subsidy given to placate these clowns wasn't even claimed 45617
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 27/09/2026You know you're hitting middle age when you can't paint a commission quality 40k unit in a poorly lit room, on the coffee table, while half drunk. Now I can't paint a decent edge highlight in those conditions while totally sober. Unrelated, my latest 2e Black Templars Assault Squad are doing fine. 011
Reposted by Pete McDonaldMatt 'Wib' Ward @wib.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The new Total War: Warhammer III expansion 'Lords of the End Times' is out and Creative Assembly has asked us to talk you through the origins of the 4 new legendary lords. Which we will do in a series of shorts! Today we start off with Boris Todbringer! #ad #sponsored youtube.com/shorts/6tBAP...youtube.comThe Origins of Boris Todbringer #sponsored #ad #warhammer #totalwarYouTube video by Snipe and Wib 47216
Reposted by Pete McDonaldJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 17092963068
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Had a chance to try the new Tone Pro paints from GW today, instantly wanted to try the white right on to black primer... It is good. It covers right out of the pot like 2-3 layers of (thinned) standard layer paint. #warhammercommunity 100
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Had to double check this was The Onion and not a thing that really happened, because, you know... Sounds about right. 000
Reposted by Pete McDonaldDr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Which means "AI" systems don't "go rogue". Careless people who don't give a damn about anyone but themselves build rubbish, dangerous systems and use them harm people and infrastructure. 17219
Reposted by Pete McDonaldThe Journal @thejournal.ie · 24/09/2026The study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built, or tens of thousands of jobs created across education, health or social sectors, if the resources used to expand data centres were directed elsewhere. jrnl.ie/7165266tjrnl.ieGovernment report on data centres was 'flawed' and 'exaggerated', new research claimsThe study also suggests that nearly 50,000 homes could have been built if the resources in the data centre build-out were directed elsewhere. 33424
Reposted by Pete McDonaldEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/09/2026AI has not made us better, more productive, more successful or grown the economy outside of GPU sales and data center construction. It has also made the price of every single device of every kind more expensive, depressed the housing market, and increased literally everybody’s cost of debt. 7581157
Reposted by Pete McDonaldJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026When you want to write, "The AI wants to hurt people," remember that you mean to write, "The AI company profits off of hurting people." 1370176
Reposted by Pete McDonaldNick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Quite the contrast between the PM’s words in NY last night (left) and those of the govt’s spokesperson in response to the latest Daniel Thomas outrage 1119249
Reposted by Pete McDonald👻 🎃 🦇 Bela Lughosti's Dad 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 @belalugosisdad.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Over 3,500 people are currently facing terrorism charges in the UK for holding signs saying "I support Palestine Action".theguardian.comFar-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboardThomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover 11346154
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAsh @fishyash.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Friendly reminder that Duolingo was initially concieved to trick people into translating articles for free, which they later used as training data for MTL algorithms. Duolingo's primary purpose has NEVER been about teaching you a language, even from the start! slate.com/technology/2... 2227041662
Reposted by Pete McDonaldWillard Foxton @willardfoxton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed. 25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it! Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess. 641821419
Reposted by Pete McDonaldJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 21/09/2026“Everything is 40% more expensive because of AI” is a great line for an opposition party trying to unseat the AI-supported incumbents, if any Democratic consultants wanted to take a short break from dehumanizing trans kids to actually try winning a contested election. 12036642
Reposted by Pete McDonaldThe Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 21/09/2026For All Mankind Joel Kinnaman: "It’s an optimistic show. We’re bombarded with bad news, with grim predictions of the future. This is a serious show, and not every single moment is rosy and optimistic. But overall, it’s a very hopeful show, and I think that’s part of why it’s found an audience."static.klipy.comJoel Kinnaman in For All Mankind SpacesuitAlt: Joel Kinnaman in For All Mankind Spacesuit 811717
Reposted by Pete McDonaldSalvatrix @devsalvatrix.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Finished the Wraithlord I started over the weekend! Set out simply to use the axe from the avatar kit, and ended up having a bit more fun with it. Final result is almost a Wraithseer vibe. 🌞 #warhammer #40k #aeldari #eldar #warhammercommunity #nerdlings 918940
Reposted by Pete McDonaldNash @radiodeadair.com · 21/09/2026This. Mother. Fucker. He had the option when a billionaire put pressure on him to turn it all around. Give the stadiums the finger. Get a groundswell. Have concert venues falling all over themselves to be replacements. Get the people on his side. Instead he's whining about how his tour was hurt.standard.co.ukDevastated Ed Sheeran claims his own family ‘abandoned’ him amid Gaza row‘I'm feeling all of my friends and family and people I know abandon me,’ said Sheeran 991707370
Reposted by Pete McDonaldIron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It's like they WANT people to go "welp" and fire up Bittorrent again. 51190153
Reposted by Pete McDonaldInsomniac GM @insomniacgm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Look what they took from us! Every once in a while I stumble across some #oldhammer stuff I either didn't know about or just plan forgot about. 26714
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAnna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Not only is illustration art, WSJ has artfully illustrated that no matter how rich you get, you’ll never be accepted in old money circles. They think they make culture. We all do, for better and worse. 281107320
Reposted by Pete McDonaldCount Trashula @trashmobminis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Gonna’ say something controversial here: Illustration IS art 🤯 11151950
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAnnalee @flowerhorne.com · 19/09/2026Insisting that LLMs are Not People is not an academic argument about the nature of sapience or free will. It's a rejection of accountability laundering. If non-determinism made machines responsible for their own actions then revolvers used in Russian Roulette should be indicted for murder. 137484
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Absolutely human error. "Computer algorithm does exactly what it was programmed to do, exactly per the instructions provided." Computers are spectacularly good at doing this, and only this, it is why we created them and why they are widely used. 000
Reposted by Pete McDonaldJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by Pete McDonaldalex䷰trismegistus @technihilism.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"we asked a statistical model of the english language whether we should bomb a boat" what the fuck are we even doing here 7436135
Reposted by Pete McDonaldSpencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This is a really important story. You know how over reliance on AI makes you lazy and stupid? This shows how that’s happening within the military — a military, it cannot be pointed out often enough, that’s growing ever more reliant on AI. The children of Shajarah Tayyebah Elementary paid the price 291926810
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oooooh, neat. I wish there was a Van Saar mini in there, but this looks cool AF. 010
Reposted by Pete McDonaldBat Terror @mattthr.bsky.social · 18/09/2026We're in the early stages of a fascist takeover. Seems pretty obvious if you're even passingly familiar with the history of Weimar Germany & the way established interests excused & legitimised Nazis, mistakingly thinking they could control them for their own ends & see off the threat of socialism 2215
Reposted by Pete McDonaldThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/09/2026Barefoot Ed Sheeran Introduces Sock Puppets That Will Open For Him On Tour theonion.com/barefoot-ed-sheeran-in… 554606763
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It sounds like, were he a Star Trek character, this engineer would get on great with Chief O'Brien - up to their elbows in busted flux-thingies and jargon-coils and happily cobbling it all back together while pretending to hate everything and swearing endlessly. 010
Pete McDonald @pete-mcdonald.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Hang on, I missed this so had to scroll through a fair bit of reactions to it to find out what the story is... they've held a village hall vote to leave the UK? What the fuck? These racist bellends are... I am speachless at their absolute lack of sanity. 010
Reposted by Pete McDonaldAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 16/09/2026All four supporting acts have backed out of Ed Sheeran’s tour, including his own backing band. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comAll supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with MacklemoreFour openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments 42182781587
Reposted by Pete McDonaldMichael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Notice how those “apolitical” people ALWAYS end up siding with the oppressors 584663921
Reposted by Pete McDonald"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This isn't a rant with a purpose, I don't have some larger thesis here, except that I think this speaks again to both 1) the real demand for this kind of historical content and 2) the failure of trained historians to deliver it, leading to 3) efforts by enthusiastic but untrained amateurs to do so. 533123
Reposted by Pete McDonaldanti-school teacher @anarchodaoist.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Yes, support trans ppl or go fuck yourself you bigoted asshole. I'm not trans but that is my message. Why should trans ppl have to put up with anything less? 310319
Reposted by Pete McDonaldLegal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The nail on head issue is that if you can’t pay your bills on minimum wage there is no point in working. The minimum wage ought to guarantee food, shelter, welfare, and a bit of pleasure and self-indulgence. 311827
