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butterworth.bsky.social
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Current tech scene has me so disillusioned.

the social consequences of people replacing human connection with a hallucinated connection with a chatbot are going to be genuinely horrendous

That the whole Katy Perry space tourist publicity stunt didn’t work the way any of those idiots intended is why the ruling class is desperate to make our kids into mouth-breathing, anti-intellectual zombies.

every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now

When it detects fire it locks the doors and does that clear to frosted glass trick from modern offices now

They’re just adding back the sliding doors

rfk jr. and his stupid skinny ties wants to kill you to vindicate his conspiratorial and eugenic belief system

Elon's latest strategy to save Tesla is to slowly morph into the same shape as a Cybertruck

Sometimes when I’m having trouble with a sudoku I have to remind myself that the work is important and mysterious

A truly evil time

I respect the folks on here who are trying to stay positive (like @pronounced-ing.bsky.social and @neighbor.bsky.social) in spite of so many things, but the task is Sisyphean and the weight of his stone seems to be progressing on an infinite curve.

Still wild to me that so many "savvy" folks on left and right have bought into the idea that online misinformation is overblown and doesn't really matter. From lies about migrants to transgender people to crime to election denial to climate denial, it's literally driving our country's politics.

Brian Eno on AI is spot on

old potatoes is old potatoes

finally, a place where i can share my thoughts with others online