Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Acme is what used to be called the Military-Industrial Complex, and now I suppose the Oligarchy. 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So Anthropic is anthropomorphizing its product? Who’d have guessed? 070
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No weirdos, wimps, radicals? Then why doesn't he resign? 010
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Now imagine an uncrippled IRS devoting (even just) 4 auditors to such returns. 040
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026or this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRgH...youtube.comAngine de Poitrine - Fabienk (Live on KEXP)YouTube video by KEXP 040
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Satire died the day Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize." -- Tom Lehrer, when asked why he didn't write satirical songs any more. 051
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It was a talk given at Le Ier Congrès International des Écrivains et Artistes Noirs (Paris — Sorbonne — 19-22 Septembre 1956) 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026"Ah, I see you're at the movies too. What are YOU eating?" (opening line of Tampopo, 1985) 110
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Wikipedia definition is as good as any: "A fandom is a subculture composed of fans characterized by a feeling of camaraderie with others who share a common interest." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandomen.wikipedia.orgFandom - Wikipedia 120
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yeah, when I heard that report early in the pandemic I had a sickening feeling about how it was gonna go. 020
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I only disagree with you on which is the pet in the GOP/oligarch relationship. 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I recently mostly gave up eating bananas for dietary reasons, but this makes we want to go out and buy some more. 010
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm not an expert, but I really doubt that's a quotation from Epicurus. His viewpoint seems to have been that the gods exist, but have nothing to do with humans and our world. 100
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026This all seems like an updated version of a plot point from Person of Interest. 110
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 02/09/2026But big issues with data centers are the externalities: power and water use (usually driving up consumer bills), noise and air pollution. 270
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They folded on the Gulf of Mexico, so I'm not optimistic. 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Every story like this makes me wonder what Putin has on him. 120
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026"Is that a parrot in your shorts or are you happy to see me?" 010
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It's a "garden path sentence": you start reading and assume "delayed" is the main verb; "finally held" makes you realize you've been led down a garden path and have to backtrack. A classic example: "The horse raced past the barn fell." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden-...en.wikipedia.orgGarden-path sentence - Wikipedia 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Because he has an insatiable ego. Or as Sen. Ossoff put it, "he's doing these things now because NO ONE will honor him when he's gone." 1140
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 12/08/2026"Somewhy Palpatine returned." Whycome? The franchise thought they needed a Big Bad and couldn't be bothered to gin up a new one. 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The Guardian reported it as a catering container or catering truck, as in the photo www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump reportedly hid in catering container to board secret flight in Turkey amid Iran threatElaborate ruse was used to transport president to military flight from Air Force One in July 020
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 01/08/2026One of the horrors of this is the full-bore attack on renewables, rescinding permits and outright paying companies not to go ahead with planned wind or solar projects. 040
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 26/07/2026"It's for your own good" is always such an inspiring message, especially from a machine. 000
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Yes! Contrasting "helping the poor" as a dividing line between Republicans and *moderate* democrats gives the game away. Matt, show us on this wallet where the liberal/progressive touched you. 010
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 11/07/2026"OpenAI chief hardware officer Tang Tan, who spent 24 years at Apple and oversaw iPhone product design ... allegedly helped coach recruits on how to evade Apple’s data security protocols and directed them to bring confidential Apple parts to job interviews at OpenAI." www.wired.com/story/apple-...wired.comApple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware SecretsThe iPhone maker claims OpenAI encouraged poached employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details. 031
Rimwolf @rimwolf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Ah, the apocryphal Chinese curse: may you live in interesting times. 110
