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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I've seen people argue "But small modular reactors!", but no, there's a reason they set these things up in places like this. On top of that, SMRs just aren't ready for the commercial market, and likely won't be for decades yet.
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
4 panel comic

Panel 1:
A post from “kavishj9611” that reads: 

“All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?”

Panel 2:
And Orange Guy and a Pink Guy are standing in a room that has two pipes in it. Both pipes are pumping raw sewage into the room. The characters are waist deep in it.
Orange Guy says smugly “Ok Mr “I don’t want to be in a room that’s filling up with raw sewage” let me ask you this”

Panel 3:
The sewage has reached their chests. Pink Guy is gagging. Orange Guy smugly continues “If all this sewage disappeared right now, could you get through the day without it?”

Panel 4:
The sewage is almost up to their eyeballs. Orange Guys says “Look at that shit floating past your face. Are you willing to give that up?”
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The fact that I just posted a multi-post rant AGAINST AI data centers and the first person to like it and follow me for it is an AI chatbot says an awful lot about why I call it "Artificial Ignorance".
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Oh boy! 1) I've heard someone once argue that data centers pushing AI use LESS water because they claim those same data centers that are writing emails and generating piss-filtered pickleball tournament posters are also somehow being used to make more efficient use of water in agriculture. PFFT!
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Here We Go Again Oh No
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Apparently, the "link between vaccines and autism", according to these assholes, is so clear and well-established that they need another $5 billion to find the proof that they claim they already have. I hate these assholes so much.
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Inside RFK Jr.’s push to dismantle decades of U.S. vaccine policy
Insider accounts reveal the scale of the health secretary's ambitions to curb childhood immunizations and unearth a link between vaccines and autism.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
I pity the games which refuse to allow players to experience such joy. #FarFarWest
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
With all the "age verification" bullshit going around, I just want to add: Concerning the push for operating systems to do the same, it is absolutely NONE of my OS's fucking business what age I am. It has ONE job, and ONLY one job, and that's to allocate resources to the programs I run. Period.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Nothing like getting your vehicle back from the shop to discover: A) The fuel cutoff switch, which disengages the fuel pump in a collision, has been jumped. B) The fuel-filler neck that connects the fuel inlet to the gas tank was not properly re-attached to the tank.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Most Terran machines operate under the idea of "actions speak louder than words". They've learned from their predecessors often duplicitous nature that people can say an awful lot of things, and still mean not a word of it, and a single failure to uphold that decency can set you back a fair bit.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
A fine demonstration of how awkwardly they walk while also standing there for an hour or so while charging. Meanwhile, Atlas can change its own batteries and be back to work within 5 minutes. Figure, Tesla, etc. make neat machines, but Boston Dynamics? They're building ROBOTS.
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F.03 at BMW
YouTube video by Figure
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Rumble: "THE DEEP STATE HARVESTS ADRENOCHROME FROM KIDS TO POWER TOP-SECRET HEALING BEDS! DESPICABLE! EVIL! D:" Also Rumble: "So Trump and the US Armed Forces have uncovered these top-secret healing beds from the Deep State, this will revolutionize medicine! :D"
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Frustrated Ugh: Man with Headache
Alt: Frustrated Ugh: Man with Headache
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
It's been a struggle to remove my jaw from the floor. Figure, Tesla, 1X, Unitree, and many other robotics/engineering companies are making neat machines. But Boston Dynamics? They're building *ROBOTS*. Can't wait to see the 100 lbs. lift!
youtu.be
How does Atlas learn? | Inside the Lab | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Couldn't help but read this and be reminded of: "What I 'want' is irrelevant. My *directive* is all that matters."
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a cartoon drawing of a woman wearing a helmet
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
www.youtube.com/shorts/UoHfG... It's about time we see this thing in a format other than "mannequin". Very impressive! Hope to see more demonstrations in the future.
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Atlas' Balancing Act | Boston Dynamics
YouTube video by Boston Dynamics
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"Just install Arch! :)" "Oh... You used the archinstall script, huh? Oh, that's not good. If you can't install Arch the step-by-step manual way, you should probably pass on Arch. :("
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Referred to Kyle Rittenhouse as "Cryle Rittenhouse" on a Facebook post and some random loser pops into say I'm a "poster board for a pedophile". 1) I'm pretty sure the term is "poster child". 2) ...What? :V They're so fuckin' delicate.
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Anndra @anndra.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
1. people reflexively blame AI for problems because it's obviously harmful in many domains 2. Bluesky (now "entirely AI-coded" acc. to staff) keeps breaking 3. AI is blamed. Devs say no, it's web service issues, scold AI-blamers for their ignorance 4. devs admit it was actually AI code at fault lol
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
When I get a new follower:
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a cartoon of patrick from spongebob squarepants standing next to a giant sponge
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Seen a lot of posts about how TX is wanting to annex two NM counties. Which was first proposed by the legislators of said counties. The same legislators who sponsored a bill to classify natural gas as "renewable energy"...
nmlegis.gov
HB0226
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Sadly, one of our local shelters is doing the same. Granted, their posts are more "slop adjacent" in that they use slop to "garnish" actual photos of actual, real dogs, but... I don't know how to feel about the "themes" they've chosen, namely "conspiracy theories" ala "BIRDS AREN'T REAL!"
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Some asshole in Sea of Thieves with a ship name that alludes to "sex offenders": You're seriously getting your panties in a wad over the ship name? It's just a joke! Me: You're seriously getting YOUR panties in a wad that we'd sink you for it? Now get back here and take your punchline like a man! 🙄
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Something that's legitimately bothered me for a while: Why on earth do people need to have remote access to their thermostats? Seriously, I've seen such thermostats advertised as "Oh, look! You can change the temperature while sitting down! Think of all the time saved!" And I'm just like "...Huh?"
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Told me Ma that she would need an external HDD because neither of her laptops has enough space to transfer the 350GB of *DIGITIAL PHOTOS SHE'S HOARDED* from one to the other. Next thing I know I get a WhatsApp message containing the entire context file of a GPTmini conversation asking about eHDDS.🫠
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
To the "vibe coders", "prompt engineers", and "prompt artists", I sure hope sucking our groundwater dry is worth it so you can throw together the next killer app without having had to pay someone more competent than you to do the job. www.krqe.com/news/new-mex...
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Massive data center project in Doña Ana County facing one hurdle
DOÑA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A massive project in Doña Ana County is still facing one hurdle before it can officially move forward, but hundreds of workers have already started working, prep…
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Kind of mind-blowing when people chide you for "not being able to tell a video's AI" when some of those same people willing played Devil's Advocate to claim a video that literally had "AI" in the watermark actually meant "No AI"/"Anti-AI" in Chinese, and the part that offended them most?
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Revisiting this, it seems I have another unique "struggle"/"problem" with Linux: I've had plenty of times that were near hair-pulling amounts of frustration, yes. But there's a few times where it "just worked". And because it "just worked", I never had to familiarize myself with various tools. :V
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Maybe it's the 'tism, but I can't help but seem to notice a pattern in my experiences with Linux... "Just install Ubuntu/Debian! They're user-friendly!" "They didn't work? Just install Arch! It's very lightweight and versatile!" "Oh, no, don't install it THAT way, you're too stupid for Arch. :("
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
My luck with Linux: Awful. Tried to install Arch. Followed the manual steps, wasn't until the "install GRUB" step where it says "Oh BTW, those partitions you set up earlier had better be set up just like this or GRUB will be unhappy. :(" ...I followed YOUR EXAMPLE for an MBR PARTITION SYSTEM YOU-
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
So it seems I have a bit of a "Linux Curse™". I *WANT* to like Linux, I really do. I hear all about the great things it offers, what it allows the end-user to do, and it's all so very enticing. But either Linux itself, or Linus Torvalds himself, or the Universe itself, *HATE* when I try it out.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Realizing just how insufferable "assholes-in-charge" can be makes you understand why robots were also hopping into these booths in Futurama.
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bender from futurama is standing next to fry who is holding a chainsaw
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Stevoisiak @stevoisiak.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttonsGoogle without AI buttons
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Silly, casual, cartoon pirate adventure game.
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a screenshot of a video game shows a boat in the ocean with a mountain in the distance
ALT: a screenshot of a video game shows a boat in the ocean with a mountain in the distance
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Andrew Sherman @cohostsherms.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Last October.
Headline: "ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says"
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Boy-howdy, Shadowplay sure is neat. I love how it takes blurry-as-shit screenshots and fucked-up videos, all with just the push of a button. I'm so glad to have this software developed in-house by the same "industry leader" who made my GPU's chip for maximum feature compatibility. A+ job, nVidia.
It's VLC media player playing back a clip of Sea of Thieves gameplay footage. What's happening in the footage? Your guess is as good as mine, 'cause it's pixelated to shit!A screenshot from the factory building game, Factorio. Lots of machines and tangled conveyor belts weaving through and across one another carrying various types of items. This image is fairly clear and was taken with Windows Snip Tool.The same view as the previous image from Factorio, but this time captured with ShadowPlay, nVidia's built-in screen-capture software. It's incredibly blurry compared to Snip Tool or even previous Shadowplay captures, for some dumb reason.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
if you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from "Star Wars", "Star Trek", "Dr. Who", or "Transformers.”
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Can't believe I was lectured on how liking robots is bad because they're sold to cops as part of a dystopian surveillance apparatus, by some of the same people who insist that staying on Twitter because "it's how I make money" and "the compression isn't as bad as BSky's" is A-OK. 🤔
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
🎶EVERYTHING IS AWFULLLLLLL~!🎶 🎶Folks I thought were cool *turned out to be fuckin' creeps!*🎶 🤢
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Most who follow me/haven't blocked me yet probably don't need to hear this, but: Do NOT drink "raw milk". I come from a dairy-heavy region, used to clean out trailers, take samples for a local cheese plant, and you absolutely, positively do NOT want to drink non-pasteurized milk.
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Arturo Magidin @magidin.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Ah, yes, the well-known "but it's so inconvenient" exception to constitutional provisions, from the landmark case of Why vs. Because I Said So.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
A reminder that technically, yes, this robot was "breaking the law" when they got shot.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I didn't even make it into the "Extended Learning Program", because they put calculus questions on the test and when I managed to solve them: 1) By myself. 2) In a room with nothing but a clock, a whiteboard, a desk, and my test. They decided I cheated because an 8 year-old couldn't explain how.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I've seen enough glimpses of the files that I'm pretty sure I don't want to see any more. I cannot fathom how people can be so twisted, so misanthropic, so self-deified, if anything, ANYTHING that's been released so far is true, that they would go to the lengths they have.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Let's do this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Seeing quite a few folks making ridiculous claims like "asking the Dems to own up to past mistakes is a bad idea". Well, I personally think it's only fair that they did at least SOME introspection, seeing as they managed to lose to THIS guy. TWICE. Say what you will about election tampering but FML.
An overweight man in a blue suit, red tie, and with orange-green looking skin, performing an invisible hand-job dance in front of an enthusiastic crowd.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/01/2026
NEW: A Texas county medical examiner found that Geraldo Lunas Campos was choked to death by a guard while he was held in ICE custody earlier this month. Geraldo is the sixth person to die in ICE detention this year.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Justifying the extrajudicial execution of non-violent people who are exercising what should be basic rights, as though people are disposable or "not important" enough, sets a terrible precedent. A reminder that science fiction warned us of this, too. Many, many times...
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 26/01/2026
It will surprise no one already here that the short of this is: be social on social media, talk to people, and don't treat the place as an advertising dumping ground Welcome to Bluesky. Let's be friends :)
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Bryan Newton @darkkingzoro.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Now notice, for you people in the back (or should I say front), that most of these names appear to be people with brown skin. The two most of us know happen to have white skin, and I know a third here happens to have black skin. See, DHS and ICE has been been fascism for a while now.
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Zero-Point @zeropointalpha.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
The sad part is, I can already see some dipshit chuds claiming "bUt ThEy WeRe NoNvIoLeNt". So. Was. Pretti. Pretti was HELPING someone. In many of these, folks showed up with a small arsenal and said "So, we thought about it, and decided you should let us cough on people in grocery stores again. :)"
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