Reposted by [illegible]Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 03/10/2026one of the wildest runs I've ever seen 727484
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 03/10/2026I tried to read Simondon recently. I think a tool needs to maintain an openness in function like a musical instrument to keep evolution alive. by pinning a tool down too much, it gets stuck in that assumed context and drags like an anchor. But investment causes risk aversion causes over-prescription 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 01/10/2026Yep we try to anticipate the future but our ancestors' outdated anticipations are still there imposing obligations. The further you try to reach into time the heavier the weight you saddle the next generation with. hold technics lightly and be wary of staring at the horizon too long. 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 01/10/2026The most life-changing art, I would've described as revolting or not my thing before seeing. It's like they grabbed my head and rubbed my nose in something. This shit would just be a negative feedback loop ending in depression and neurosis. 011
Reposted by [illegible]Sridhar Ramesh @radishharmers.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I goofed off during my formative years, and now, by my own imprudent hubris, I'm left unformed. 21009
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 29/09/2026Channelling or palm reading usually gets you some ballpark figures 010
Reposted by [illegible]Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know my heart, I have gained power over my heart, I have gained power over my two hands and arms, I have gained power over my feet, I have gained the power to do what pleaseth my Ka. (BDB) 0225
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 29/09/2026Living tech is a musical instrument, dead tech is a receptionist's bell. 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 29/09/2026Even the most outrageous black swan event is only made possible after a huge accumulation of incremental progress. A bit tangential tho sorry, this guy is talking about technical invention rather than talent 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 28/09/2026Honestly shock and shame is the correct tool for the job. "What the fuck" works. Cant get bogged down in arguments in the moment, just make it clear it's embarrassing and talk about it later. You need calm receptivity to change behaviour, public conflict can make people dig in and get worse. 0322
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 28/09/2026Existing incentives built up a pressure, and a complex web of limitations guided that pressure into expected behaviour. Now this tool removes some of those assumed limitations, and people rush into these unexpected possibilities. Do we need new limits or new incentives? 010
Reposted by [illegible]problem goose @mammothfactory.bsky.social · 02/09/2024rejecting New Atheism (Dawkins etc) and embracing Old Atheism (a nameless ape in a forest who believes only in the power of earth and stone) 340447
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 28/09/2026The real struggle lies in how we tie consciousness to moral or legal responsibility. A conscious being of "right mind" can be held accountable. A river or LLM might have a certain tendency or pattern of behaviour but that doesn't condemn them to moral judgement. Think also of corporate personhood... 020
Reposted by [illegible]cinnamon 🐇 🏳️⚧️ @plushie.holdings · 28/09/2026char.lt/blog/2026/09...char.lttalkin' about talkin' - charlotte!thinkin bout that 21st century informal written english revolution 47714
Reposted by [illegible]Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Yes it could be argued that keeping up with world events is important but alternatively can I interest you in hugging an ancient mossy boulder that looks like a face and quietly listening while it tells you stories from centuries cloaked in mist. 02122354
Reposted by [illegible]gigi @centerfold.bsky.social · 22/09/2026its the perfect weather to be cagey and off-putting 06719
Reposted by [illegible]Ancient Egyptian Prayer Bot @egyptianprayerbot.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Greetings to you, primordial water; greetings to you, river; greetings to you, flood, you, the father of the gods. (OGC) 0268
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 21/09/2026The final population explosion of invasive bot species after environmental disturbances, right before they were predated to extinction when LLM bots were introduced 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 21/09/2026Notice how it's capital making them sad about computers, not the computers themselves... 110
Reposted by [illegible]themboy insomniac @riotliturgist.bsky.social · 18/09/2026just saw someone say "i don't think it's about gender. it's about control." and boy do i have shocking news for you about gender 3979205
Reposted by [illegible]ve, the ghost of info past @vortexegg.com · 17/09/2026The idea you can shape community health through cybernetically regulating social physics (via surveillance, metering, and moderation) is itself a deeply toxic ideology that permeates the design of digital social spaces due to its prevalence in the Silicon Valley and technofascist imaginary. 1284
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 15/09/2026I've had a quest 2 for racing sims for ages and justified it by saying "I made meta lose money by buying their loss leader and not using their store" but every time I put it on I'm reminded how embarrassing and rancid their stupid spyware is and I'll gladly face-tank the ram crisis to get rid of it. 010
Reposted by [illegible]stack of scares @stackofbears.bsky.social · 03/09/2026You can never be "on" a website. You are "on" this beautiful earth. The website is "inside" of you. You "are" the website. I'd appreciate it if you could understand this by our next quarterly check-in 0397
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 10/09/2026give me 2 hours to wait for PIM before I can wait for 365 admin to load for 15 minutes so I can tell you it's an outage I can't fix :) 000
Reposted by [illegible]norvid_studies @norvid-studies.bsky.social · 09/09/2026gemini @gracekind.net @croissanthology.com 7979
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 08/09/2026can't get angry at water for flowing downhill. technology is a landscape we flow through. This email chain could've been a form 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 08/09/2026sorry I got mad at the framing of the article after reading it and forgot you posted with a more measured attitude :) 000
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 08/09/2026What gets rights with AI? The model? Each individual instance of a model file? the context history? combination of context and model? What about the hardware? How do you treat backups or live copies? How do you define harm here? 100
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 08/09/2026animals, plants, ecosystems and concepts could have rights and protections as well. Latour's parliament of things is an attempt at this, for example. But all of these have a genealogy, evolution and material investment that can end forever if damaged enough. A metastability that can't be redeployed. 100
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 08/09/2026You should check out Technics and Time by Stiegler. Externalising a human technique is something that can be traced all the way back to written language or even flint knives and bows. It can open possibilities, create tendencies or impose limitations. Humanity has never existed without technology. 001
[illegible] @smokingmeth.com · 07/09/2026yep gotta be anti-utopia and anti-apocalypse to stay sane. totalizing finality can justify any cruelty for the greater good. there is no finality. 000
