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william light

@wrl.sh
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"the phase is constant, modulate the rest of the universe instead." i made st4b. musician and audio/dsp developer. he/him, pan. blm, trans rights. american living in the netherlands. lhiaudio.com soundcloud.com/williamlight

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william light @wrl.sh · 29/09/2026
4'33" (bass boosted) 4'33" (slowed and reverbed) 4'33" (sped up) 4'33" (speedcore) 4'33" (noisia remix) 4'33" (chopped and screwed) 10 hours of silence randomly interrupted by 4'33"
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/09/2026
i think this is correct, and it's why everything is a fucking platform
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 27/09/2026
✨if you use LLMs you are dead to me✨ ✨if you use LLMs you're a piece of shit✨
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/09/2026
ai doesn't "hallucinate" it's structurally indifferent to truth ai doesn't give people "ai psychosis" it automates cult dynamics it's a bullshit engine that makes people go auto cult
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fox noises @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's 2026. Over half the new plugins coming out are slop coded shit. The grifters are charging for it and the rest have absolutely zero idea how music software development actually works. They should be paying you to install this shit at this point.
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/09/2026
oh cool google maps has started insisting that i log in to view opening times we need to normalise hazing the people who implement this horseshit i swear to god
a google maps modal disallowing viewing opening times for logged out viewers
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blep @amee.ee · 18/09/2026
made a new plugin! its a spectral morph plugin and it is currently on sale (first week only)! fx.amee.ee/plugin/spectra
fx.amee.ee
spectra
spectra is a spectral morphing/envelope transfer engine that lets you freely merge and mix two audio signals in interesting and unique ways!
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 11/09/2026
Just trying a new marketing trick
a picture of a wind farm that says

WIND POWER

Crossed out: It generates clean energy, lowers your power bills and gives back to your community


instead (in larger not crossed out) There’s a 10% chance it will kill off the entire human species in just a few years!!
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Jekky🇵🇸 @jekky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
They dont even try to hide the fact that they track everything you search and talk about like crazy now. A family member of mine is currently in emergency care and half the google news thingies on my phone were about people in hospitals. Like bro cmon
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tante @tante.cc · 11/09/2026
How a laxer "AI" contribution policy ruins a creative project environment: "caustic, antisocial behaviour causes people who previously were valued in the space to leave. When these people have left, the behaviour of the persons whose caused them to leave becomes the new community norm"
blog.fallible.net
It Breaks a Village: Bevy's 6th Birthday – fallible
This post, like all my posts, was written by me. It came out of a lot of conversation and reflection with many people. It is long. I promise you there's valu...
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william light @wrl.sh · 11/09/2026
cultural heritage
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is, BTW, why they want to replace actual web searching with AI generators that they can program to tell whatever lie they like best.
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Vorso @vorso.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ACID CLAVICHORD TILT
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gabby @fullmoon.id · 08/09/2026
Wow, two researchers were tackling the Navier-Stokes problem for a year without advertising their approach while using OpenAI models for assistance. When OpenAI hears of this they “discover” the exact same approach and won’t disclose whether their model plagiarized the researchers’ private sessions
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 08/09/2026
so what openai has done is spend "$2000" (let's pretend their numbers aren't also fake) to rob a bunch of math grad students, postgrads, and professors from the enjoyment of solving a fun puzzle and opportunities for learning. the social value of doing this is entirely negative.
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tante @tante.cc · 08/09/2026
The most surprising realization I had in the last years was how important it is to be public about your refusal to participate in harmful acts therefore giving others "permission" to do so as well. It really matters.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
In a more civilized age, the fact that actors refused to be in your racist movie might have forced some introspection, but now, thanks to AI, you can just do digital blackface.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A perfect example of what AI is really for: removing consent, removing the social safeguards that used to keep the worst ideas at bay, and doing racism at scale. theplaylist.net/paul-schrade...
theplaylist.net
Paul Schrader Says He Turned To AI Because “No Black Actors Wanted To Play In A Movie Where There Are No Good Black People”
Paul Schrader explains why he turned to AI actors for ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ after Black actors rejected the original roles.
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william light @wrl.sh · 04/09/2026
hey @pkirn.bsky.social: spektroaudio.com/blog/2026/9/...
spektroaudio.com
Introducing Recorte Sample Editor — Spektro Audio
After two years in development, we’re happy to announce that our new project called Recorte is now available!
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william light @wrl.sh · 03/09/2026
when any millennial hears or reads the words "out of context" their brain autocompletes it to "in this gaudy apartment complex"
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william light @wrl.sh · 02/09/2026
this is the future that ai pushers are fine with us living in www.cbc.ca/news/science...
cbc.ca
For the first time, a key UN report says the 1.5 C global warming threshold is lost | CBC News
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming's harms. Officials say the...
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aly @aly.codes · 24/08/2026
re: omarchy trying to create parallel infra to subvert the linux community and kick trans/female/black people out i know some people think that sounds crazy but DHH literally is doing a podcast tour saying that is exactly what he's doing lol
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william light @wrl.sh · 02/09/2026
if a developer either only showed up after february 2026 or their output increased significantly after february 2026, now you know why
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william light @wrl.sh · 02/09/2026
if you use gemini this is what you're funding btw
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william light @wrl.sh · 02/09/2026
i don't know anybody who shares my love for brad neely's humour and i just think that's a shame
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DEI Speedwagon @myrrlyn.net · 01/09/2026
saw a ruined shell of a man in a cybertruck shirt at the gas station today. what are you doing at the gas station buddy
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 01/09/2026
The quotable Tarn Adams: "It just reminds me of like a fucking Dead Kennedys song or something."
pcgamer.com
Dwarf Fortress' creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis'
"They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
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william light @wrl.sh · 30/08/2026
can't wait to read the posts from staff about why this outage wasn't vibecoding related
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gabby @fullmoon.id · 30/08/2026
tech company: we are going to begin recording everything you do on your computer in perpetuity me: to train your LLM? tech company: … sure
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 29/08/2026
It's called irony because the Coyote ends up perfectly flat
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 28/08/2026
having automated tools of any kind generate a bunch of PRs that smell like you've not read them and then spamming them at maintainers shows such a basic lack of respect for people's time
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Federal Bureau Of Controlling The Run @swolecialism.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
White people be named Barton Swaim
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william light @wrl.sh · 26/08/2026
poob... has it for me... 😭
a screenshot of a product page for an open-source ticketing system called "Qisutu". the header reads: "A modern alternative to OTOBO, Znuny, Zammad, and other ticket systems"
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Chaos @shed.gay · 22/08/2026
This has been on of those posts which has lived in my head rent free to the point that when I DJ'd last month I made sure to reference it, I'm not sure if anyone at #EMFcamp got the joke or not but it was for me so that's not the point.
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 26/08/2026
the people who keep insisting that AI is actually the future of software and critics are just being stubborn and ignorant do need to content with the fact most people's experience of AI sucks. extremely often I look up something I know about on google and the AI text is factually wrong or irrelevant
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absolute horses @jcoglan.com · 26/08/2026
LLMs are not abstractions, they are not analogous to compilers, and anyone claiming otherwise is being basically dishonest about the basic nature of computer programming
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 25/08/2026
the way computers got vastly more powerful only to devote nearly all of that power to accommodating wasteful ineffective software is some real monkey's paw shit
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 24/08/2026
They've rewarded DHH's call for killing Romani people with $10 million dollars. omarchy.org/news/2026/08...
omarchy.org
Omacom Foundation launches with $8 million
It’s time to dream big. Omarchy Quattro has given people a chance to experience what the malleable computer of the future looks like, and they like it (a lot!). It now feels like a moral obligation to...
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Benjamin Riley @benjaminjriley.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I had a long conversation with a member of the Amish community recently. “If you make your world about efficiency, eventually efficiency will come for you,” he said, and I have not stopped thinking about this since.
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jenn schiffer 😎 @jennschiffer.com · 20/08/2026
whenever a class traitor logs on to do their quarterly rage bait at those who challenge the propaganda that ai under capitalism will improve society, i use it as an opportunity to take a break from here. that's how i manage to have so many hobbies.
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GlassShine @glassshine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Nicholdav @nicholdav.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Frustrated after I spent 4 days figuring out that my C compiler can't see my system libraries because my path makes it use the wrong linker So I made a very niche "Playing X?" meme
Playing X? I'll show you something interesting meme, but Calvin's dad says The two types of build tools are make and autotools. All build tools fall into these two categories. Cargo? Make. Meson? Autotools. Rake? Make. Bazel? Autotools. Ninja? Make. GN? Autotools. Despite its common use to compile C code, CMake is actually an autotools.
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Vorso @vorso.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
heLP i hAVE lfO toOL oN me aND i cAN't tuRN it oFF
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william light @wrl.sh · 19/08/2026
emailed @frame.work about dhh after his most recent "wolves" post asking for clarification on their business relationship with him no word yet!
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/08/2026
evil
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✧𝔪𝔲𝔡 𝔰𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔭✧ @altaudge.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
girls be like “i know a spot” and then take you here
a staircase leading down underground surrounded by water with tree branches reflecting in it
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
hey, if AI proponents hadn’t been making up nonsense about AI tools while forcing them on us, then maybe people wouldn’t reflexively block AI tools, even when they actually work. that’s not on normies for being rational consumers. that’s on AI proponents for being systematically full of shit
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 17/08/2026
It turns out that when your marketing plan is “hahaha, we’ll destroy humanity and your future” people don’t like that very much
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