Thread— a lot of things we already knew or suspected but now confirmed by Jacob Magid of the Times of Israel

It can do some really nifty things and none of them are useful enough to risk opening a back channel into your brain for the billionaires to pour their poison in. Look, it's honestly not worth it. A toy at best, and a hijacking of humanity at worst (and it's designed for the latter).

I don't care if you think that AI can do some really nifty things. It's being rammed down our throats by obscenely wealthy men who are also, obviously, both dangerously right-wing and mentally unstable, and no rational society should be allowing that to happen. End of discussion.

Pardon incoming. Crime is legal if you're doing it for the king, or doing some grift the king is also guilty of.

My first permadeath No Mans Sky run ended ignominiously when I was on my inventory screen getting cookies and a firestorm came along. I was two days in and was black hole hopping and stopped to get resources. Second run ended in 15 mins to cave flora while I was seeking shelter from a storm. Oof.

the Victorian government amended bail laws to ensure that more presumptively innocent people are incarcerated for longer periods, causing more trauma and poverty. The system is working as designed. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Girl Guides of Canada has made a statement, likely in response to the cowardly decisions of Girlguiding UK. 🏳️‍⚧️

Or this pivot-to-ai.com/2025/05/25/a...

Autistic person here with just one question: who gets to decide what “desired genetic characteristics” are?

AFAB? no, i’m APHAB - assigned politically homeless at birth

if all the people who thought this way disappeared the world would be unequivocally better in every way

Let’s see, Galloway: - uses research from Jonathan Haidt’s Anxious Generation - has a “surprising amount of respect” for Jordan Peterson - centers sex in his idea of masculinity - makes the entire idea of a relationship transactional That’s gonna be a hard no from me

“Also, Galloway tends to see the “protect” element in the context of men using their physical strength for good – “real men don’t start bar fights; they break them up.” How about you just unload the fucking dishwasher.

hey @nytimes.com i had the scoop on this story hours ago. add a reference in your story to my name and outlet. thanks. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Call me old-fashioned but I don't think machines should have a "do crimes" button

48 years. That's how long trans women have been eligible to compete in tennis.

OpenAI and Sam Altman can't keep your kid's chatbot from encouraging them into suicide, but apparently don't have as much of a problem keeping a chatbot from encouraging political assassination. Almost as if genAI is an instrument of fascism and power.

bsky.app/profile/pook... The guardrails they talk about are literally: the AI outputs this mass of words, we search the words for these keywords, and if they appear we don't show them to the user.

People need to understand that the neoreactionary movement is one thing with different faces it presents to the public, as demonstrated in the recent BBC shenanigans: the gender crackpots, domestic fascists and genocide enthusiasts are all on the same page with the international fascists.

hey i know you have anxiety issues but you don't have to worry about me unleashing my charge kick. i'm holding down and back for unrelated reasons. you can approach me

"The games industry in particular is at the intersection of entertainment and tech...there are a lot of connections between the games industry and the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people." kotaku.com/no-games-for...

When the AI bubble does bursts, we’ll have think pieces reflecting on how the totally predictable thing happened, with zero accountability. This con is a media-driven one, and it will take down the last remnants of trust in the media with it.

Lithgow saying that a family friend with a trans kid came to him and literally said “please don’t do this” and he did it anyway really gives the game away. they don’t not know

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In Space no one can hear you yell “Objection!” *finger to ear piece* I’m actually being told by our guest that there is just so much shit up there. The Honorable Judge Link* resides as we take up a full docket of SciFi Television Cases and get a final verdict with REAL SPACE LAW! *Yes that one

Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars. She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:

I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).

nose down ass up that's the way we cyberstuck

My Minneapolis neighborhood will be targeted.

Dedham Priest pissing off all the right people by removing Jesus from the church's nativity scene and putting up an ICE WAS HERE sign in His place. www.boston25news.com/news/local/i...

If you’re like me and saw their statement without knowing the context (and yes it’s bad): www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!” “I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

Die hard isn’t a Christmas movie because all Christmas movies suck shit and die hard rules thank you for coming to my ted talk

Hey cool I love starting my day and thinking things are gonna be all right then suddenly having a gut flare that sends me right back to bed

ai will never make art for me. it’s unable to be even a tiny bit perverted

i refuse to call the slop that these flawed correlation models output “hallucinations”, that is an insult to anyone who has ever actually experienced hallucinating.

On World AIDS Day, remember this bit, please

Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.

*BMO voice* who wants to play video games??

Capitalism is so cool

the year is 2026. the disney-nvidia merger has been approved. erika kirk is the new head of cbs news. bill kristol is extolling the necessity of a vanguard party and permanent revolution

This provides an excellent opportunity to draw a clear distinction between garden variety fascists and Nazis. Once your garden variety fascists start blaming their perceived persecution or the flaws or problems of society on Jews, that's when they become Nazis.

“Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case," Jeffries said at a press conference Monday. Okay but why not…….. try anyway?

FYI as you head into the holiday season: Shopify is a Canadian company, but its CEO Tobi Lütke is Maple MAGA in both words & monetary support (under the guise of “free speech” & “open commerce”).

From the inbox: local activists have taken it upon themselves to print and distro this story to the community. Absolutely love to see it.

Autism diagnosis quiz where the first question is "do you try to open the microwave at 1 second because you hate the beep" and if you say yes it just skips the rest of the quiz and says yeah

I wonder what this one's about

Why does what other people claim to “sincerely believe” matter to my rights and liberties??