simey (original)

selfie model

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

algorithms are thalidomide for the 21st century. they need to be regulated as such

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

Three years on from the Jan. 6 insurrection, a good time for a reminder that insurrections have always looked like they did on Jan 6 and are only farcical until they work.

And that insurrectionists tend to keep trying until they succeed or are stopped.

https://t.co/oAk68xxVUv

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@marrowing I thought I was the only one who ever used a paint scrapper to clean the kitchen floor

["Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @BretDevereaux]

This is actually a fair question.

The short version is: the USA wrote the rules of the international system after WWII in ways that benefit us, including the average American.

Consequently, defending the system is good for Joe Taxpayer.

The long answer is longer! 1/

[Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000]

Professional armies should take on risk to protect civilians, the IDF has proven its complete disregard to how many civilians are killed to nominally reduce risk to troops. Hiding behind difficulties operating in Gaza ignores the systematic disregard for civilians we are seeing.

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@cameronwilson @hingo I’m hearing that clover Moore has already canceled plans to build a new school in favour of a hot dog stand

[Mick Ryan, AM @WarintheFuture]

4/ But we have seen how this centralised decision making in Russia and China has not led to good outcomes. The tension inherent in democratic civil-military relations can be painful but leads to better (and more creative) long-term solutions if all actors have input.

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@bencjenkins I was just thinking about the breakfast at fast eddys yesterday

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

Alright then, do the Belfast agreement next

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

This is Israel’s Bloody Sunday.

@U2

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@tedhosmann @owlneverforgetu @ApplePodcasts That form doesn’t have an iOS 17 option

[Tyler Glaiel @TylerGlaiel]

what if we used AI to replace CEOs instead of artists

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@Milo_Edwards Every post I’ve seen about this guy makes me more and more convinced that brits desperately want their own Ned Kelly

[TomWalker.bsky.social @tomwalkerisgood]

KOKO: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@dannolan they already made young einstein

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

Australia is going to become a soccer country and the riots will be like wwiii

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@seejanecricket We’re doing the paperclip experiment but without the ai part

[Gabriella Paiella @GMPaiella]

I need to sit down

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@marrowing A cat king?

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@ukraine_map Himars strike at morning,
Russians warning.
Himars strike at night,
Ukrainians delight

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

Jesus was only angry at the vendors outside the temple because they were selling bangalores

[octopus/caveman @octopuscaveman]

In LA there’s a church where they lay razor wire across the stoop to keep the homeless people away. Just like Jesus says.

[simey (original) @simonseeber]

@DavidZabinsky Whoever suggested Coober Pedy is not well informed. It’s not even close to “very hard” to visit