gem
@spurll.com
Family doc doing primary care and low risk obs in Treaty One territory. Former software dev. Host of the Life, the Universe & Everything Else podcast. On Mastodon @[email protected]. Trans rights are human rights.
Website: https://spurll.com
Website: https://spurll.com
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gem
@spurll.com
· Nov 24
Free Palestine.
Protect trans kids.
Be kind to each other.
Protect trans kids.
Be kind to each other.
to anyone in the medical field (or anyone who has struggled with mental health) "SI" does actually mean something, and it is a bit of a red flag
actually the funniest part about this feeble attempt to rename "AI" to "SI" is that the entire reason it's called "AI" is to create a false link to fictional depictions of AI and the term "SI" doesn't mean anything to anyone
October 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
to anyone in the medical field (or anyone who has struggled with mental health) "SI" does actually mean something, and it is a bit of a red flag
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It's crazy how "mass immigration is legitimately an issue" is almost never followed by "like figuring out how to provide them with health care, easy access to education, and good-paying jobs just like everyone else should have"
October 1, 2026 at 12:10 PM
It's crazy how "mass immigration is legitimately an issue" is almost never followed by "like figuring out how to provide them with health care, easy access to education, and good-paying jobs just like everyone else should have"
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i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
September 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
i should clarify, when i write people doing bad things, it's because i am bad. they are me. more importantly, when you read about those bad things, they also become you. that's how story works. in fact, you are going to think about murder before this skeet ends. how's that feel, sicko.
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you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
September 29, 2026 at 6:49 AM
you will encounter more opportunities in life to change the batteries on a smoke alarm than you will to run into a burning building and no one gives a shit you changed those batteries but it is still very important and why are you waiting on a burning building, know what i’m saying, it’s a metaphor
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i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
September 29, 2026 at 5:02 AM
i worry that men think being A Good Guy is dramatically and heroically intervening on behalf of an endangered woman and then being publicly rewarded on a grand scale when actually being A Good Guy is just usually saying, “hey man that’s not funny” or “wow that’s fucked up” and there is no reward
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"does this also apply to a combine soldier from half life 2" is my "AI" news bullshit test
Can the new cutting-edge AI models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study.
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA
The work, which has not been peer reviewed, has divided #AI researchers. https://scim.ag/4hHU6BA
September 27, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"does this also apply to a combine soldier from half life 2" is my "AI" news bullshit test
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"we can't uninvent this" we can't uninvent my car either but it still doesn't go anywhere without gas in the tank
"ai" is not a genie that can't be put back in a bottle, it's a pillar of smoke that dissipates unless you keep burning money
September 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
"we can't uninvent this" we can't uninvent my car either but it still doesn't go anywhere without gas in the tank
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The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk that Rolling Stone called “a nonfiction horror movie” following its film festival debut earlier this month.
Watch ↓
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Elon Musk Is in the Business of Selling Dreams in Trailer for New Doc
Filmmaker Alex Gibney has shared the first trailer for 'Musk,' a two-part, four-hour deep dive into Elon Musk.
www.rollingstone.com
September 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
The trailer for my new film, "Musk," has just been released.
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hating ai is a pro-social activity
May 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
hating ai is a pro-social activity
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In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard.
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
Inside Bobby Kotick's Campaign Against the Press
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
In recent years, the media has quietly begun to change the way in which it writes about Bobby Kotick, the former CEO of Activision Blizzard.
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
PMG investigates how Kotick used the threat of defamation to reshape his legacy in the games business, one article at a time.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...
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ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
September 24, 2026 at 8:35 PM
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
evergreen
Imagine if anyone with any power stopped being a coward.
It would be just terrible if this caused a Streisand effect 🤭
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
September 25, 2026 at 11:16 PM
evergreen
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It would be just terrible if this caused a Streisand effect 🤭
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
The Alex Gibney doc has received denials from YouTube, Meta, TikTok and X on running the trailer. Its U.S. distributor is appealing.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
September 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
It would be just terrible if this caused a Streisand effect 🤭
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
Comrades in Winnipeg, come hang out with the Wobblies and a bunch of other leftist friends on Sunday 15 November 2026!
September 24, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Comrades in Winnipeg, come hang out with the Wobblies and a bunch of other leftist friends on Sunday 15 November 2026!
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The thing about living in a society where we need to throw people into the volcano every day, is that you can't really be the one to say "maybe we shouldn't do that" or you get thrown into the volcano.
September 24, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The thing about living in a society where we need to throw people into the volcano every day, is that you can't really be the one to say "maybe we shouldn't do that" or you get thrown into the volcano.
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12. it is usually better to focus on people, and why people are doing things
a) why are tech CEOs saying these things?
b) why are bosses so excited about it?
c) why do we write, draw, and make art?
d) what is the fucking point?
a) why are tech CEOs saying these things?
b) why are bosses so excited about it?
c) why do we write, draw, and make art?
d) what is the fucking point?
September 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
12. it is usually better to focus on people, and why people are doing things
a) why are tech CEOs saying these things?
b) why are bosses so excited about it?
c) why do we write, draw, and make art?
d) what is the fucking point?
a) why are tech CEOs saying these things?
b) why are bosses so excited about it?
c) why do we write, draw, and make art?
d) what is the fucking point?
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3. LLMs are ill-suited or dangerous for many of the purposes for which they are advertised
4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice
4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice
September 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
3. LLMs are ill-suited or dangerous for many of the purposes for which they are advertised
4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice
4. there has been a heavy top-down push for institutional adoption by bosses and administrators, which has reinforced public perception that using them is a safe, responsible choice
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1. most people do not know how LLMs work, or what inherent limitations might exist as a result of that approach
2. companies that make LLMs describe what they can do and how they work in misleading and often contradictory ways
2. companies that make LLMs describe what they can do and how they work in misleading and often contradictory ways
September 21, 2026 at 10:54 PM
1. most people do not know how LLMs work, or what inherent limitations might exist as a result of that approach
2. companies that make LLMs describe what they can do and how they work in misleading and often contradictory ways
2. companies that make LLMs describe what they can do and how they work in misleading and often contradictory ways
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Ally McBeal was a questionable show in many respects but my personal beef with it is that it set back normalization of unisex bathrooms terribly.
September 21, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Ally McBeal was a questionable show in many respects but my personal beef with it is that it set back normalization of unisex bathrooms terribly.
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"You're absolutely right, there was indeed another commercial jet on the runway. That's my fault, I should have checked before assuming that runway was clear to land on.
Since the runway is now closed, let me know if I can help with anything else. Do you know how runway numbers are selected?"
Since the runway is now closed, let me know if I can help with anything else. Do you know how runway numbers are selected?"
September 20, 2026 at 3:58 AM
"You're absolutely right, there was indeed another commercial jet on the runway. That's my fault, I should have checked before assuming that runway was clear to land on.
Since the runway is now closed, let me know if I can help with anything else. Do you know how runway numbers are selected?"
Since the runway is now closed, let me know if I can help with anything else. Do you know how runway numbers are selected?"
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every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
AI ‘Actor’ Tilly Norwood Abruptly Switches Languages Mid-Interview
Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
www.forbes.com
September 19, 2026 at 4:29 AM
every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
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This is the way LLMs could cause human extinction.
It’s not fucking Skynet, it’s humans putting LLMs in the process of shit it has no business being involved in.
It’s not fucking Skynet, it’s humans putting LLMs in the process of shit it has no business being involved in.
CNN's sources claim the US nearly attacked a Chinese ship it believed was carrying nuclear weapon components.
AI almost led the US military to start a war with China, report says - Engadget
www.engadget.com
September 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
This is the way LLMs could cause human extinction.
It’s not fucking Skynet, it’s humans putting LLMs in the process of shit it has no business being involved in.
It’s not fucking Skynet, it’s humans putting LLMs in the process of shit it has no business being involved in.
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My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:56 AM
My grandfather, who is 102 and a medical doctor, has told me about the times before polio was cured. Most years, upon returning to school after summer’s break, there would be some children would didn’t make it back to school because of polio.