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Jackbooted Thot

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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 10h
I have a Moonlander and looooove it. the only thing i’ve ever been tempted to replace it with is a voyager. i tried two DIY kits and didn’t love either of them even though the layout seemed better in theory. easy if use with Oryx is really nice
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 15h
one of the most popular apple accessory companies just made a $10 We Supports Stalkers device for airtags
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 29/09/2026
they do not
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 29/09/2026
Opus 5.5 is incredible but it still can't perform miracles (making xcode work properly)
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 29/09/2026
Just found out they haven’t put an accelerometer in the siri remote for years. where did joy and whimsy go?
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 28/09/2026
very, very cool
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 26/09/2026
Primetime was incredible holy shit
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 25/09/2026
local tv news cannot die fast enough
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 24/09/2026
I’m going through the app review process for Apple/Google and holy shit this is so awful. why do you need apple to review apps on TEST FLIGHT
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 22/09/2026
you this take all the time about using small fees to deter AI behavior but, even ignoring the inequality part, this has been tested before by different people for different things and afaik it basically never works
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 19/09/2026
i was laughing my ass off at the trailer for this in the theater
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 18/09/2026
Resident Evil movie was solidly Fine but felt like a videogame let's play (derogatory)
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm back, I missed you all. Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult. I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?) (alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
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21st Century Schizoid Tran @grayathena.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
mrw the Houthis are advancing and the Iranians are hitting more tankers
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 10/09/2026
this has been a major impediment to me personally; claude/codex seem to suffer in many of my use cases from not being able to search Google/YouTube/Reddit already. what happens if Google decides first-class features are only for them like they do in Workspace?
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
SPECIAL REPORT Last month, Alpha School invited people to follow student social media accounts "if curious about life in our high schools." I accepted their offer. What I've found shocks me. Forget the AI and ask instead: Is Alpha Schools a cult? Follow along for a summary of my findings.
buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com
SPECIAL REPORT: My So-Called Alpha School
What is it like to be a student in Alpha School’s high school boot camp?
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
also how awkward would it be to stop talking to someone, click your watch, and then stare at it while they wait for you to respond
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
now we wait for an android oem to copy the features with like 30% of the privacy protection and then we've got always on invisible mics everywhere!
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
"Send a message to Donald Trump about AI risk!" Donald Trump is busy sleeping, shitting himself, and forcing everyone around him to eat hotdogs and wear Florsheims
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
there's an AI lab (cult) that "calculates" your risk of dying from AI and the younger you are the higher it goes. mortalityrisk.ai Mine is 62%. The solution it provides? Donate money to the AI risk foundation and - if you laugh you lose! - message the President of the United States, Donald Trump.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
the color is so bad it’s like matte old piss
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 09/09/2026
cybercab in chicago
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 08/09/2026
this is also very interesting to me - the "make anything" robot has the same UX problem as a blank command like, so we came right back to Canva But More
Structure your prompts for better results
At times you may have a clear idea of what you want to make—you just need some help getting started.

We’re introducing templates for some of the most popular creative formats. Instead of starting with a blank canvas, you can choose a template like “Poster” or “Merch” and add details like information to convey, design elements, or styles to personalize your results.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 08/09/2026
if the style examples here are real / easy for normal people to achieve ... i am very interested to see what happens openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com
Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5
ChatGPT Images 2.5 helps turn your ideas, sketches, and reference photos into more personalized, polished images that better reflect your ideas.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 05/09/2026
you can still install it as an unpacked/developer extension
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 03/09/2026
yes!!! yes!!!!! I will never have to learn CAD, thank you God
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 03/09/2026
ARC AGI 3 results? who cares. I don't want my AI to be gaming. the real good news?
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DSA National Tech Committee @tech.dsausa.org · 02/09/2026
Excited to share an upcoming reading group for AGAINST TECH OLIGARCHY by JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine around the tech worker activism and class struggle in Silicon Valley. The virtual kickoff call is September 14th, join us to get a copy of the hardcover book for free! RSVP here: tinyurl.com/ato-914
Against Tech Oligarchy book launch image. A grey background with a white book that says "Against Tech Oligarchy: Worker Resistance in the World's Most Powerful Industry by JS Tan & Clarissa Redwine. It features images of JS Tan and Clarissa Redwine. 

Flyer reads: Book Club: Monday 9/14,. Join us for a FREE copy of the book! https://tinyurl.com/ato-914

Images from DSA's National Political Education Committee, Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee, Haymarket Books, DSA National Tech Committee, and Tech Workers Coalition are below as cosponsors.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 02/09/2026
rahm youll be delighted to know DSA has a snazzy website for our ideas program.dsausa.org
program.dsausa.org
DSA Program
Workers Deserve More!
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Dan Luu @danluu.com · 01/09/2026
How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been? danluu.com/zitron/


    Feb 2024: "I believe we're reaching the upper limits about what generative AI can do and how accurate its outputs can be."
        Wrong4
    March 2024: "Have We Reached Peak AI?"; another prediction that hallucinations mean that AI progress is limited to then-current levels
        Wrong
    April 2024: "As I previously warned, artificial intelligence companies are running out of data ..."; another prediction that models can't improve because there's no more data
        Wrong
    June 2024: OpenAI growth is stalling (with the implication it will continue to stall), which will lead to some kind of collapse of OpenAI
        Wrong (it could be the case that OpenAI will collapse but, if so, it won't be due to any kind of growth stall from 2024)
    July 2024: "Generative AI, as I said back in March, is peaking, if it hasn't already peaked. It cannot do much more than it is currently doing, other than doing more of it faster with some new inputs"
        Wrong
    July 2024: "Generative AI models aren’t getting more energy-efficient, nor are they getting more “powerful” in a way that would increase their functionality, nor are they even capable of automating things on their own [July 2024]"
        Wrong5
    August 2024: "generative AI is a dead-end technology that has peaked”
        Wrong
    August 2024: re-iteration that the AI bubble has 3 quarters to prove itself (from March 2024) or there will be a collapse
        Wrong6
    September 2024: "o1 shows that OpenAI is both desperate and out of ideas", with a re-iteration of the idea that models can't improve due to lack of data
        Wrong
    Oct 2024: OpenAI's forecast of $3.7B revenue in 2024 and $11.6B in 2025 and $100B in 2029 are absurd, "a statement so egregious that I am surprised it's not some kind of financial crime to say it out loud"
        Wrong (2025 goal exceeded, 2029 TBD but not an egregious financial crime level of implausible)
    Oct 2024: "[OpenAI revenue] growth is already slowing…
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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
STEPHEN A: Skip I want to ADDRESS this issue. [BAYLESS nods] You KNOW I am sensitive to the Gestapo-like unaccountable ICE army brutalizing immigrants and citizens alike BAYLESS: Absolutely STEPHEN A: BUT!
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/08/2026
The lab is a mysterious place--where some people have "magic hands," and some experiments just won't work. Here's my story about the unspoken knowledge of science, and the struggle to share it. Gift link: nyti.ms/3UccF7Z
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 27/08/2026
Company X has announced an all-new way to work: a no-code app builder powered by AI. It's simple, easy to use, doesn't do like 20% of what you need, has little to no logging and auditing built in, and doesn't let you export the code
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026
DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover. Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing. 👂 Listen to the full episode:
podcasts.apple.com
The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m
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Jake Gold @jacob.gold · 26/08/2026
The answer to "why now" for Linux on the desktop is that coding agents could make Linux's flexibility a major advantage and its complexity mostly a non-issue. But I don't really think it matters all *that* much which operating system you use to run your web browser.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 27/08/2026
this isn't even a US-specific thing, this is college almost everywhere
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 27/08/2026
the most important product of a college education is/has always been the little token that says "I graduated from Prestiguous_University" that they will use to gain access to large sums of money. the real education is a nice, and wholly optional, part of that experience.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 27/08/2026
convincing students something both they and faculty know is false is gonna be a tough sell. MIT is $66,720 a year for tuition alone.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 25/08/2026
user: it's ridiculous basic extensions are blocked. i need this for my job the extension: Bob's cool extension that changes, and has host permissions to, the most sensitive possible systems a user can have access to you might as well just downloading a gambling .exe atp it might be safer
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 25/08/2026
fake industry
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 25/08/2026
you know the film is gonna be good when there’s three dozen logos that flash by before it begins
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 24/08/2026
it’s impressive cable television is so evil it gets within two points of a website run by an open white supremacist
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 21/08/2026
using the Algorithm site where you get mad because you’re interacting with stuff that makes you mad all day
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 21/08/2026
“why is X so full of nazis” probably because you follow a bunch of people who scream at them all day and post about them nonstop. I blocked Elon on X years ago and only see his posts when someone i follow screenshots him into my feed
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 21/08/2026
reading about people who resuse to use X is really obvious that a lot of them don’t understand X, and twitter, show you stuff you engage with. hate-QTing is engagement. liking a tweet about someone talking about the topic is engagement.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 19/08/2026
yeah I spent too long setting up Hermes only to realize I was basically reinventing a coding harness but worse and it just wasn't worth it. the regular tools were more effective at basically everything
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 19/08/2026
macOS smb caches (?) aggressively or just doesn't work. luckily there is a solution that works 60% of the time. it looks like this.
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 19/08/2026
after weeks of experimentation on my homelab I have discovered the most difficult challenge in computer science is local file sharing. "edit the file on the smb share reliably" is, somehow, not a solved problem for anyone, even paid software, in the big 2026
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Jackbooted Thot @socialism.tools · 18/08/2026
I love getting 5,000 prompts a day for access to "documents" and "downloads" it definitely does not train me to simply hit allow by muscle memory
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drewtoothpaste @drewtoothpaste.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
mozart's advice
Wait, y’all got drum
machines, but you
still listen to
people play my
old sheet music?
No offense, but
did you ever hear
an 808 clap? You
don’t even need a
real 808. Just use
the one in Ableton
Live. It’s fine. That’s
what we do in heaven.
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