Akrasia
@akrasia.bsky.social
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
So is openai not doing an ipo because cortana is going to launch a nuke or because the financial disclosures of an ipo would reveal some deeply disturbing things about their business model
Who can say
Who can say
September 13, 2026 at 6:27 PM
So is openai not doing an ipo because cortana is going to launch a nuke or because the financial disclosures of an ipo would reveal some deeply disturbing things about their business model
Who can say
Who can say
Reposted by Akrasia
Possibly the most American news of all time
Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to pay children's school lunch debt
Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.
local12.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Possibly the most American news of all time
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
The last time we nominated a candidate to Joe Biden's left was the only time we held the presidency for consecutive terms this century. We're over a quarter of the way through this century
September 5, 2026 at 4:10 AM
The last time we nominated a candidate to Joe Biden's left was the only time we held the presidency for consecutive terms this century. We're over a quarter of the way through this century
Reposted by Akrasia
we have had extensive ratfucking campaigns run by foreign countries in support of the republican party and it is high time the world's liberal democracies got in on the ratfucking in the other direction
it's an existential issue for them
it's an existential issue for them
jesus fucking christ
Trump is using our taxpayer dollars to create a global fascist movement
Trump is using our taxpayer dollars to create a global fascist movement
September 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
we have had extensive ratfucking campaigns run by foreign countries in support of the republican party and it is high time the world's liberal democracies got in on the ratfucking in the other direction
it's an existential issue for them
it's an existential issue for them
Reposted by Akrasia
They call him Batman Beyond because he's made entirely of plant proteins
September 2, 2026 at 5:00 PM
They call him Batman Beyond because he's made entirely of plant proteins
Reposted by Akrasia
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: *totally calm after throwing a hit man over a railing into a mall atrium, where he smashes through a table where people are playing d&d, causing them to scatter in fear* encountah table
August 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER: *totally calm after throwing a hit man over a railing into a mall atrium, where he smashes through a table where people are playing d&d, causing them to scatter in fear* encountah table
Reposted by Akrasia
Alien Wikipedia entry that's like "Earth Civil War, 8,000 BC - ongoing," and the most incomprehensible and lengthy belligerents sidebar imaginable that when you untangle it really does show the United States and Ur are on the same side in a longue durée sort of way.
August 21, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Alien Wikipedia entry that's like "Earth Civil War, 8,000 BC - ongoing," and the most incomprehensible and lengthy belligerents sidebar imaginable that when you untangle it really does show the United States and Ur are on the same side in a longue durée sort of way.
Reposted by Akrasia
All the people who want blood and guts are playing OSR where fighting is basically a fail state and all the people who want Hello Kitty Island adventure are playing what is essentially a skirmish game. What are we even doing here, you know?
August 20, 2026 at 10:17 PM
All the people who want blood and guts are playing OSR where fighting is basically a fail state and all the people who want Hello Kitty Island adventure are playing what is essentially a skirmish game. What are we even doing here, you know?
Reposted by Akrasia
"To make our game less morally problematic, we made there be less people worth killing. Yes, all the rules still revolve around longswords, fireballs, and so forth. Why do you ask?"
Ok seriously, Hasbro is making Dark Sun and removing the whole "evil mass slavery" from it? *Seriously*?
August 20, 2026 at 10:07 PM
"To make our game less morally problematic, we made there be less people worth killing. Yes, all the rules still revolve around longswords, fireballs, and so forth. Why do you ask?"
Reposted by Akrasia
year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on
year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"
year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"
Scoop: For nearly a year, NSF has struggled to make new grants. Now we know that it will not catch up.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
In fact, NSF will award just 6,100 new grants—a 30% y/o/y decline, itself down from a previous avg. of 11,000+. In fact, the last time NSF awarded so few grants was in the early '80s.
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
www.nature.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
year 1: there's still grant funding, but we may need to change how we talk about our work, or what we work on
year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"
year 2: the government has disappeared one billion dollars of science funding. it is unclear why they did that or where that sits within concepts like "the rule of law"
Reposted by Akrasia
Harris was/is a dogshit candidate who sucks up to rich ppl & can’t answer a direct question to save her life.
Oakland, CA resident during her ‘Top Cop’ years 🤮 , btw, she was hated for a reason
Ever consider a basically honest, decent candidate? It’d immediately change the dynamic
Oakland, CA resident during her ‘Top Cop’ years 🤮 , btw, she was hated for a reason
Ever consider a basically honest, decent candidate? It’d immediately change the dynamic
August 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Harris was/is a dogshit candidate who sucks up to rich ppl & can’t answer a direct question to save her life.
Oakland, CA resident during her ‘Top Cop’ years 🤮 , btw, she was hated for a reason
Ever consider a basically honest, decent candidate? It’d immediately change the dynamic
Oakland, CA resident during her ‘Top Cop’ years 🤮 , btw, she was hated for a reason
Ever consider a basically honest, decent candidate? It’d immediately change the dynamic
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.
If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.
Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.
August 10, 2026 at 8:38 PM
You don’t have to like this guy‘s politics to recognize that everyone who has insisted for decades that The Issues are almost all too complicated and too nuanced to explain to voters let alone address was lying to you.
Reposted by Akrasia
"Look there is a lot of red tape, we can't change things over night"
Zorhan: Hey so I just pushed the "Stop being shitty" button and it stopped
Zorhan: Hey so I just pushed the "Stop being shitty" button and it stopped
August 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
"Look there is a lot of red tape, we can't change things over night"
Zorhan: Hey so I just pushed the "Stop being shitty" button and it stopped
Zorhan: Hey so I just pushed the "Stop being shitty" button and it stopped
Reposted by Akrasia
Every time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years"
Trials found that Carevix — a portmanteau of “care” and “cervix" — reduced pain during IUD insertion by up to 73 percent and bleeding by 78 percent, compared to the tenaculum.
Why is gynecology still using a Civil War-era tool?
A new medical device is part of a broader effort to make gynecological care less painful — and to take patients more seriously.
bit.ly
July 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM
Every time I read a story about gynecology it's always something like "doctors discovered women could experience pain in 1989 but decided not to act on this knowledge for 20 years"
Reposted by Akrasia
Iranian media god damn
July 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Iranian media god damn
Reposted by Akrasia
Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.
July 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Deeply saddened to learn of the loss of my dear friend Satan, the Prince of Lies. Though we often disagreed about matters such as the appropriate role of torture in the afterlife, I will most remember how his quick wit and affable nature made our weekly golf outings a ritual. He will be missed.
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory
July 12, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Bringing one of the best tweets of all time over to Bluesky in honour of the Three Lions QF victory
Reposted by Akrasia
Reposted by Akrasia
A man who publicly was doing something which, when done wrong, can cause graft-vs-host disease, an autoimmune disease which can attack, among other things, your GI tract, now has an autoimmune disease which is attacking his GI tract.
What a coincidence.
What a coincidence.
July 6, 2026 at 4:24 PM
A man who publicly was doing something which, when done wrong, can cause graft-vs-host disease, an autoimmune disease which can attack, among other things, your GI tract, now has an autoimmune disease which is attacking his GI tract.
What a coincidence.
What a coincidence.