Reposted by Tim MilliganChristo Silvia @christosilvia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI makes it easier to write software, and that's bad 411318
Reposted by Tim MilliganBrandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 01/10/2026Several weeks ago, Phil Tippett's legendary animation studio in Berkeley, CA closed. An anonymous hero noticed a folder of CDs. This turned out to be hundreds of unseen hi-res images and videos from Star Wars, Robocop, Jurassic Park, etc. ~90 isos for you to browse: archive.org/details/tipp... 5052252308
Reposted by Tim MilliganRyan Broderick @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Wow, it's true lol. If you ask the Trump administration's new stupid America.gov chatbot to "play Minecraft" it goes completely insane. Just tried it. 3015842
Reposted by Tim MilliganJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115282862
Reposted by Tim MilliganThe Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 30/09/2026Fact. Also its Æ. 2030368
Reposted by Tim MilliganPete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026- Ah, a delicious square of dark chocolate as a reward for a hard day’s wor… - THIS IS DOG-ERASURE 1501
Reposted by Tim MilliganDr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What makes it funnier is that I responded with the comment that gluten free scones are a thing, and he came back saying “yes, they are, and the National Trust is better than most places at supplying them.” My dude…. 12044
Reposted by Tim Milliganbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 29/09/2026Permissions list on the Independent website looks like washing machine instructions on a clothes label 1114
Reposted by Tim Milliganspoopy susannah @susannah.codes · 14/09/2026reject modernity embrace tradition 162
Reposted by Tim MilliganTate Collection @tate.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nicholas Monro, Sheep, 1970 botfrens.com/collections/14375/cont… 010229
Tim Milligan @timdiggerm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Last week's New Yorker crossword has the following clue, much to my disbelief: Competitions such as the Boonta Eve Classic on Tatooine (8) 010
Reposted by Tim MilliganNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Greatest trick AI leaders have pulled is convincing many people—especially influential people in govt, media, and business—that their software is intelligent, independent, yet never culpable. Humans build it, humans deploy it, but no one bears responsibility for the things that happen when they do. 421664464
Reposted by Tim MilliganRyan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano 11767611625
Reposted by Tim MilliganTom @zenithedtom.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Okay so the British Museum is very fancy and everything but does it have a pocket potato 2234
Reposted by Tim MilliganWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026like, what would matter to *you* if you needed to take the bus to work every day? what would matter to *you* if it was your kid in that classrom? what if it was *you* that was waiting in holding to talk to a public defender? 627320
Reposted by Tim MilliganWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026becoming a vulgar rawlsian. the veil of ignorance isn't perfect, but 'is this how you would design things if *you* thought you might end up here?' is a test that way too many people fail. on everything from criminal justice to public transit, across the ideological spectrum. 1051457
Tim Milligan @timdiggerm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026@totalvibration.bsky.social I kinda assume that someone at your workplace is already aware of every "up and coming" musician playing in DC for the next several months, but if you guys _aren't_ having Jackie Evans play in your office when she's in town in early November, that would be a big miss imho 000
Reposted by Tim Milligandepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 21/09/2026it's fun that wikipedia has an exhaustive list of this 440325
Reposted by Tim MilliganBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 22/05/2025IMPORTANT: When cities create new parking strategies, they should specifically state that they will NOT expand required parking space sizes to accommodate bigger personal vehicles. Just like more lanes induce more driving, bigger parking spaces induce bigger vehicle purchases. 723342
Reposted by Tim MilliganBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/05/2025SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely INSANE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEoyoutu.beThese Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing UsYouTube video by Not Just Bikes 17361174
Reposted by Tim Milligankate conger @kateconger.com · 17/09/2026OpenAI disclosed several new alignment failures today and uhhhh... is this good? 2372392
Reposted by Tim MilliganMichael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days 6246911587
Reposted by Tim MilliganAnimation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Disney renaissance movies used to look different. They were planned to be printed on 35 mm film -- that's how they were first released. Modern editions skip that last step in the process. It was a highly developed, overlooked craft, as we explore: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/disneys-fi... 4540011230
Reposted by Tim MilliganRabbit Hole Studios @jenpallante.bsky.social · 12/09/2026So my former boss- when an employee has an event (birthday, retirement) he will buy his favorite cake. He brags he "never" buys a cake they like. So they will leave it and he will get credit for the gesture, but get to keep the cake. My last day was no different. But, knowing this, I took the cake 99195276
Reposted by Tim MilliganPaul Ford @ftrain.com · 12/09/2026You know the Milgram experiment where people hit a button and heard people screaming in the other room but they kept doing it because they felt they had to? That’s actually how posting works on here. 912718
Reposted by Tim MilliganSteve Flack @vitaminsteve.com · 11/09/2026it doesn't top the "exhibition of paintings of soldiers he sent to their deaths on display in disney world" 739532
Reposted by Tim MilliganBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"GE warns its toaster may grow human arms and shoot you with a gun" Ok that sounds like their fault. They should do something about that 292671273
Reposted by Tim MilliganBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you made software not intended to kill everyone and now you think it might kill everyone that sounds like a product liability issue. You should go fix it and stop bothering me 365224746
Reposted by Tim MilliganJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 11/09/2026I banned Meta glasses in my classes because students told me they are hesitant to speak up and engage if they think they’re being recorded. Apple releasing this feature is just another tech company setting off yet another bomb on young people trying to learn things and join society. Really gross. 220273
Reposted by Tim MilliganSimon @hungryhatter.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'll be honest with you, I was as surprised as anyone to find out what was at the very end of the Bayeux Tapestry. 27717
Reposted by Tim MilliganRuth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I used to know within 5 seconds if a song on the radio was Christian. I can no longer tell, which I thiiiiiink says something more about contemporary music than my own degrading cultural radar 3361
Reposted by Tim MilliganJohn @notheotherjohn.bsky.social · 08/09/2026A weird thing that really happened around the year 2000 was that mainstream news ran and pushed a story for MONTHS that there was a secret new invention that was going to be revolutionary and then it turned out it was the Segway 581656192
Reposted by Tim Milligancaroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️ 70149223717
Reposted by Tim MilliganAllan Faulds @afaulds.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Good afternoon, I've just discovered as a result of seeing this post that there's an absolutely exasperated community page with advice about how to deal with Trump pronouncements and actions 5771113
Tim Milligan @timdiggerm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTORS: After success with films such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, he went on to provide ventilation from atop a high roof. 121
Reposted by Tim MilliganArbaz Kakkar5 @arbazkakkar5.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Online betting is this decade's OxyContin. It should be universally banned. 1193433534
Tim Milligan @timdiggerm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026my school's 70+ year old USMC Master Gunnery Sergeant (who everyone just calls "Master Guns") is yet again leading the NJROTC cadets in cleaned-up call-and-response running chants while jogging through the halls 010
Reposted by Tim Milliganbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 03/09/2026Sounds terrible, imagine someone doing that to your country? 2173
Reposted by Tim Milliganbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 03/09/2026It's possible that John Lennon would have gotten really into acid house and become a pioneering DJ. Admittedly, it's more likely that he would have made the worst reggae of all time. Unfortunately, we'll never know. 3273
Reposted by Tim MilliganDaniel Moser @dmoser.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Pollution levels in London after 10 years of advancing sustainable transport. 164115633176
Reposted by Tim MilliganSam @samd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026i genuinely fucking hate Luigi (a Elon-musk loving nepo baby) for opening this Pandora’s box of edgy faux-leftists who have never worked a desk job in their life celebrating the murder of anyone with a moderately successful private-sector career 2359875
Reposted by Tim MilliganBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026reskeeting with alt text bc this is a funny as hell way to dismiss someone's dumbass argument to their face 464242782
Reposted by Tim Milliganbleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 30/08/2026The only people who know how to do computer are people who were doing computer between 1980 and 2005. iPhone kids are as baffled by technology as their grandparents. 1265
Reposted by Tim MilliganStephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Only video game hardware maker to do this, as far as I'm aware... 235167