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@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

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your #1 source for absurdist true crime

I toot as I please

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@glyph.imOct 8, 2026, 2:18 AMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

oh hey I'm in this one

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 4:30 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HWOZvq5FE4

comment:

> The Goth version of Jive Bunny

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 3:59 PM

youtube comment: > The funniest part is the part where the so-called "alignment problem" is just slavery.

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 1:41 PM

Thomas Leer: All About You 12"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5E20ewjGsKM

one of the obvious hits on Pillows & Prayers, I didn't hear the 12" version until much later

and here's the b-side instrumental version https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=dM9pP302M-M

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 11:38 AM

gosh who could have predicted that precisely this would happen […]

@yoginho.spore.social.ap.brid.gyOct 7, 2026, 7:48 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

"We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology." Sam Altman

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 11, 2026, 9:26 AM

Monthly creation of new AI bad debt slows, as lenders wonder if they're issuing just a bit too much in future defaults

https://app.ft.com/content/9c13d40e-d2b2-45d5-921c-a68cd4b308f9

> AI-related debt issuance globally dropped to $23bn in September, less than half the amount raised in the […]

@spikybaddie.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 8:46 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

[poverty, question about services]

#Iowa #UnitedStates question:

Would love some advice from people better at being poor than I am. Has anyone successfully submitted a #medicaid work requirement attestation? When I did they canceled my plan entirely, spent the next month trying to get it back […]

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 8:47 PM

the rationalist subculture was quite upfront about its desire for fuckable catgirls in the 2000s

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Py3uGnncqXuEfPtQp/interpersonal-entanglement
archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20090818192256/http://lesswrong.com/lw/xt/interpersonal_entanglement/

yudkowsky […]

@atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 6:16 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

you see this in the open source world, where the loud shitass techbros are taking up all the air and making any pushback impossible

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 6:17 PM

@atax1a 200%

@atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 6:04 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

thinking about that one person in a friend's mentions who, when they found out that our friend was quoting us, publicly told our friend that we were "a jerk to them for no known reason" and, like, no, we guarantee you that there was a reason. trying to sow dissent against us by appeal to gringa […]

@atax1a.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gySep 7, 2026, 7:08 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

ever think about how the proliferation of LLMs relies on the Politeness of white culture (officially, we have to say "toxic" because otherwise it upsets the gringos) and how it prevents the majority from "being rude" and saying this shit fucking sucks

@zzt.mas.to.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 6:04 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

> “Amazon is a very AI-friendly company, to the tune of $50 billion invested in OpenAI,” Cage said Saturday during a panel on the Empire Stage at New York Comic Con. “I am not an AI-friendly actor, so it’s like, connect those dots! I’m not a member of their club. I didn’t sign the waiver to let […]

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 5:40 PM

Robert X. Cringely (the main one, Mark Stephens) died recently, obituary now out https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Mark-Stephens?obId=49806651

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 3:30 PM

@sunhawk.bsky.social the Unabomber

@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 3:29 PM

blog comment: Principal: We wanted to see you because Claude is giving us some troubles. He’s been regularly cheating and lying, and more recently, shredding books from our library. He’s causing a lot of damage. Amodei: I don’t believe a word! Now sure, he’s a little sensible, like all gifted […]

@jschauma.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 1:27 PMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

“just one more prompt, bro!” by @davidgerard nails how chatbots implement the typical patterns of addictive design, with their stochastic responses working beautifully as selective reinforcement.

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/05/generative-ai-runs-on-gambling-addiction-just-one-more-prompt-bro/

@rpbook.gts.phillipsuk.org.ap.brid.gyOct 9, 2026, 10:14 AMReposted by @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy

I approve of this method of proving humanity. Much better than asking me to tick all the boxes containing buses or whatever. (Seen at a UK National Archives survey)

A question asking the user to prove that they are a human by answering the question, "Which of the following best describes your involvement in creating the Domesday Book in the year 1086? I was ..."

There are several options, including "William the conqueror and commissioned the Domesday book"
@davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gyOct 10, 2026, 12:12 PM

if you have the UI mockup the software's 95% done right, you can dash off the stuff behind that in an afternoon right

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