Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherMaterialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 6hRationalists have a classic autodidact problem where they have applied STEM techniques they haven't really learned to philosophy problems they haven't really been taught and come away with conclusions that are mostly completely insane 1556
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 4h“surely heated rivalry without the homosexuality will be a sure-fire hit” is the glorious apogee of Moron Media Executive Brain 7908
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 13hi get the impulse (and don't want to call this wrong) but this happens three or four times, and then you're done being close to anyone who will do it again ever again. i feel like what you have to do is is sort of weirder in that it isn't motivated by any event in particular bsky.app/profile/hann... 91763
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 14hThinking about this old quote in the context of certain people - professors, nyt contributors, etc - who see casual misgendering as a reasonable response to a lack of respect for their claimed epistemic authority 448396
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherLara Seven @laraseven.bsky.social · 22hPDX MAX story: 20ish white dude watching vids with loud speaker. I say, "hey, could you use headphones?" He looks at me like I'm from Mars. Says nothing. I repeat, "please use headphones, no one wants to hear your tiktoks" His reply is "why are you choosing violence?" 3104
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Man in a Blue Mantle, by John Singer Sargent, 1891, 📸 via @cjzero.bsky.social 304944722
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherRyan Moulton @moultano.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A political social network has latched on to a handful of politically active academics whose views are the vast minority in their field, who keep making wrong predictions and denying verifiable facts, but retain a large following. Bluesky recognizes this pattern with climate denial, but not with AI 1131243
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the problems with "breaking the AI safety cartel" is that virtually everyone who wants to do that was saying that AI didn't work six months ago, and that for all their bad policy ideas most of the world's technical knowledge about reinforcement learning is at least in its membership's social circle 1833927
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026On this matter, the Codeless Code tells this story: thecodelesscode.com/case/111thecodelesscode.comThe Codeless Code: Case 111 LabyrinthAn illustrated collection of (sometimes violent) fables, concerning the Art and Philosophy of software development 040
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026honestly mad big X didn't just use that first paragraph as the game title 050
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 27/09/2026You taught me language, and my profit on’t Is, I know how to curse. 443084
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026Imagine if instead of regulating drone risks the normal way (which we did), we instead paid weird bloggers lots of money to worry about superintelligent dogs sprouting thumbs and using drones to kill us. This is pretty much how the US is approaching AI risks and regulations. My latest:little-flying-robots.ghost.ioWhy We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AIImagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation... 25930267
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yeah even when conversations head towards areas of my interest and/or knowledge (and they rarely do) i just sit up because i don't need Shailesh to know that i know anything about anything in that arena 040
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 27/09/2026yes, i am saying this. literally this. i am saying that you should not care about water for 16,000 people when "growing alfalfa for export in deserts with approximately zero precipitation" is literally orders of magnitude more water and vastly more pointless. 3198291
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherBEAT @beatskelton.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I OBVIOUSLY LISTEN TO ABSOLUTE SHITLOADS OF MUSIC, AND I ONLY LEARNED ABOUT CHOOSING TEXAS AND THAT PEOPLE HAVE OPINIONS ON ME JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT TODAY. I'M NOT GONNA LISTEN TO IT. THE TITLE SOUNDS LIKE SOME REACTIONARY SHITHEAD NONSENSE. I COULD BE WRONG. I DON'T CARE ENOUGH TO FIND OUT. 191
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 27/09/2026word for word this applies to aespa's "Lemonade" but i don't expect anyone but a fellow kpop degen to know what tf that is because i know even a mass cultural Event can be bubbled up and unknowable to non-cognoscenti 251
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026mfer we were very much not ok with marley & me. i remember. i was there. it was literally a cultural touchstone for a while, sitcoms used it as joke foundations 040
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 26/09/2026once again insisting that the term 'postseason games' makes no sense. if you're still playing games, the season is still happening. obviously. 151
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherFight for the Future @fightforthefuture.org · 25/09/2026The connection between online ID check policies and restricting VPN use is an unholy marriage. Rather than admit that censorship and social media bans doesn't keep us safe, lawmakers have put VPNs on the chopping block. Explore the toolkit to find ways you can help stop this: DefendVPNs.comdefendvpns.comDefend VPNs from government bans!VPNs make it safer to use the Internet. Governments are trying to ban them. Sign to renew your commitment and tell world leaders: using the Internet safely and privately is a human right. Don’t ban VP... 0175153
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherU.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · 24/09/2026One time, CPSC hosted a carbon monoxide safety poster contest for students, and the kids came in with absolute bangers. 15534117
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026reminder that it is bad on purpose to make you click 073
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherMike Stabile @mikestabile.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Adult content creators are seen as real people by fans, rebutting years of anti-porn claims that sex work strips creators of humanity. In fact, OnlyFans creators were percieved as having more self-control, free will and capacity for independent thinking than other women.psypost.orgSexual objectification does not erase the perceived humanity of OnlyFans creators, study suggestsPeople who sell explicit digital content online are heavily sexually objectified by observers, yet they are still viewed as capable individuals with free will. These findings challenge traditional psy... 121555605
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherprettysmart games @prettysmart.bsky.social · 24/09/2026THE SPIRIT LIFT is on Sale for Spooky Season! Starting with our 20% sale with Game Devs of Color Expo! Read all about it on Steam: steamcommunity.com/games/1727590/an… 044
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 24/09/2026talking about Microsoft wanting something, about Amazon having plans? sorry bruh that's LLC psychosis you're literally anthropomorphizing a stack of paperwork and legal instruments do you need a wellness check 1132160
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Seems like it should be part of the "are phones ruining the kids" debate that every marker of teen mental health has improved since 2021 www.cdc.gov/yrbs/youth-h... 47892181
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherJohnny Normality @probgobl.in · 24/09/2026Yes Talarico may have squandered a lot of good will, respect, and enthusiasm by retracting his support of trans people but at least it got him further shit on by his opponents. 05511
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherRiver Side Casino @riversidecasino.bsky.social · 24/09/2026New in our lost & found: —One (1) Tupperware container filled with pennies —Index card with a recipe for mashed potatoes, with the words "DO NOT MAKE. REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO NATHAN, HE STILL GETS SEISURES" [sic] written at bottom —Eyeglass case, empty 715416
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Knowin' you're hiding what no one else sees Close-lipped smile 'cause there's blood on your teeth (oh) What you forget, you are gonna repeat You don't get to make amends like your hand's still clean #mynoise 000
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherJohnny Normality @probgobl.in · 23/09/2026I love "Bisexual Visibility Day" because the rest of the year I have to rely on thermal imaging to fight my many enemies who have bisexuality. 427549
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 23/09/2026been following dev on this for a while, it should be a blast 030
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 23/09/2026However they’re designed, age gates undermine civil liberties, reduce safety, and create barriers to internet entry, often at the expense of marginalized groups. We call on the EU Parliament to fix the flawed EU Kids Act proposal eff.org/deeplinks/2...eff.orgEU Kids Act Won't Keep the Internet Accountable and TrustworthyThe EU Commission draft law to restrict young people’s access to the internet that it presented last week will come at a high cost: it will make internet access contingent on age, expand the use of 215882
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Ueciphervideogame history @vghistory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026yuki takashima, president of irem corporation of japan (1991) 'irem stands for "innovations in recreational electronic media"’ archive.org/details/euro... 0475
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherarr @arr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This makes me hopeful. This number is aspirational but nowhere near out of reach: a working professional could realistically cash out their 401k and buy off a public official. Owning a senator is more attainable for most Americans than home ownership. 6246781031
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026help i want to go back to school specifically to produce a single thing, an indepth comparison of parallels and contrasts between Kemalism and Meiji-era reforms, a thing about which literally no-one cares except me 030
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherJared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 21/09/2026if you can kick Gavin Newsom in the shins it is your moral duty to do so 1508
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026There's a bullet in the gun, the gun went missing Suspicion blew up like a shotgun shell Zipping your lips, keep the truth in prison Gonna throw away the key like you can't make bail #mynoise 010
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipher"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Decades and decades of a national policy and zeitgeist that amounts to 'nobody needs to care about social studies' and we're now in an unwinnable war with a foreign country whose culture and leadership we did not understand based around geography we ignored. 🤷♂️ 271026183
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherEd @ed3d.net · 20/09/2026you do not have to tolerate people with rancid vibes, you do not have to courtesy-like trauma dumps, you do not have to legitimize one-way behavior of any kind 1916
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 19/09/2026porn parody called The Apple Humpling Gang 120
Reposted by Rev. A. l'UecipherAri Cohn @aricohn.com · 19/09/2026AI hatred continues to expose how many are so poorly-read that they don't recognize proper punctuation and writing styles. The problem is less AI and more idiots who are more obsessed with rooting out its use than being semi-literate. And that's from someone who refuses to use AI for writing. 3387
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026brief panicky 5 minutes trying to figure out how and when version 5.5.1 of a thing got released when we are officially only up to 5.3 quickly resolved by learning the guy typo'd for 5.1.1 #daygig 020
Reposted by Rev. A. l'Uecipherhikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 18/09/2026since rationalists are taking shit I might as well point out a pet peeve with the other (broadly speaking) side: doing the whole "these are low-status morons who think scifi is real" bit makes me think less of you as a person. There are more serious critiques to be made, learn to be a better hater 1126537
Rev. A. l'Uecipher @revaluecipher.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Something in my head feels broken I'm a gas from a burner left open I'm a tightrope held up by a clothes pin Holding out but the pressure keeps growing #mynoise 120