Tequila Sunset
@barbelith.bsky.social
Some guy on the internet.
Books, Comics, Board Games, some screaming into the void, a little climate and political doom here and there.
Skeets in English, Deutsch, or Denglisch.
Austria
he/him
Books, Comics, Board Games, some screaming into the void, a little climate and political doom here and there.
Skeets in English, Deutsch, or Denglisch.
Austria
he/him
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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
September 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Economist John Kenneth Galbraith didn't live to see the "effective altruism" movement, but he knew the type and read them for filth.
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Ein (leider notwendiger) Longread zur aktuellen KI-Doomer-Panik. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Von wegen KI-Apokalypse: Das Problem sind verantwortungslose Unternehmen, nicht magische KI
Warum die Diskussion über existenzielle Risiken durch KI an den realen Problemen vorbeigeht und die Hersteller von ihrer Verantwortung befreit
www.derstandard.at
September 15, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Ein (leider notwendiger) Longread zur aktuellen KI-Doomer-Panik. www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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hello im the CEO and i can’t do anything without the support of the simpering vizier that lives in the computer. in order to keep collecting an offensively meager paycheck you too must consult the vizier regularly. don’t worry he has lots of uses other than just hopefully putting you out of a job
September 8, 2026 at 2:09 PM
hello im the CEO and i can’t do anything without the support of the simpering vizier that lives in the computer. in order to keep collecting an offensively meager paycheck you too must consult the vizier regularly. don’t worry he has lots of uses other than just hopefully putting you out of a job
This thread explains a lot of what I'm seeing in my work environment currently. A lot of people in IT are just going mad antropomorphizing the text extruding machine.
This really is the fundamental toxicity of this technology that just can't ever be escaped; even if it wasn't the object of economically destructive hype, even if it wasn't being overdeployed in environmentally harmful ways, etc, it's like asbestos for the brain
I was trying to get through to one of the staff of this site yesterday but like, this is psychosis. The people who run this site think AI is alive. How do you come back from this
September 8, 2026 at 9:58 AM
This thread explains a lot of what I'm seeing in my work environment currently. A lot of people in IT are just going mad antropomorphizing the text extruding machine.
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
September 8, 2026 at 6:07 AM
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
Should probably decorate my workplace with those. Getting increasingly convinced that getting fired would be worth it by now.
August 21, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Should probably decorate my workplace with those. Getting increasingly convinced that getting fired would be worth it by now.
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Es gibt viele Gründe "KI" abzuschalten: Extraktivismus, Neokolonialismus, Lohndruck, Deskilling, Verdummung uvm. Für die @taz.de habe ich einen anderen Aspekt fokussiert: Die entmenschlichende Gewalt, die in jeder Musterreproduktion liegt.
taz.de/Denken-wie-d...
taz.de/Denken-wie-d...
Denken wie das verbreitete Mittelmaß
KI ist fundamental unvereinbar mit emanzipierten, egalitären und freiheitlichen Gesellschaften. Dabei handelt sich nicht um einen Designfehler, sondern sie ist so gedacht
taz.de
June 20, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Es gibt viele Gründe "KI" abzuschalten: Extraktivismus, Neokolonialismus, Lohndruck, Deskilling, Verdummung uvm. Für die @taz.de habe ich einen anderen Aspekt fokussiert: Die entmenschlichende Gewalt, die in jeder Musterreproduktion liegt.
taz.de/Denken-wie-d...
taz.de/Denken-wie-d...
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Just shouting out Libro because I do love buying an audiobook and having the money go to my local indie bookstore 💖
Seeing a ton of folks wondering where to get audiobooks these days 👀 We are an audiobook company that share profits with 4,000+ indie bookshops across the globe. Every time you buy an audiobook with us—there are over 600,000 to choose from—your indie benefits. (Which we think is pretty cool.)
June 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Just shouting out Libro because I do love buying an audiobook and having the money go to my local indie bookstore 💖
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“Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy”
https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
> The slowness was not a tax on the real work; the slowness was the real work. It was how the work got good, and how the people producing the work got good
https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
> The slowness was not a tax on the real work; the slowness was the real work. It was how the work got good, and how the people producing the work got good
Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy
AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.
nooneshappy.com
May 28, 2026 at 9:53 AM
“Appearing Productive in The Workplace — No One's Happy”
https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
> The slowness was not a tax on the real work; the slowness was the real work. It was how the work got good, and how the people producing the work got good
https://nooneshappy.com/article/appearing-productive-in-the-workplace/
> The slowness was not a tax on the real work; the slowness was the real work. It was how the work got good, and how the people producing the work got good
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The seven step “They nerfed my AI!” cycle:
1. An LLM tool is released. The company claims it’s a miracle that will change everything
2. Early adopters try it on straightforward tasks, find it seems to work, though they don’t really check it. “OMG! It’s a miracle that will change everything!”
1/5
1. An LLM tool is released. The company claims it’s a miracle that will change everything
2. Early adopters try it on straightforward tasks, find it seems to work, though they don’t really check it. “OMG! It’s a miracle that will change everything!”
1/5
April 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
The seven step “They nerfed my AI!” cycle:
1. An LLM tool is released. The company claims it’s a miracle that will change everything
2. Early adopters try it on straightforward tasks, find it seems to work, though they don’t really check it. “OMG! It’s a miracle that will change everything!”
1/5
1. An LLM tool is released. The company claims it’s a miracle that will change everything
2. Early adopters try it on straightforward tasks, find it seems to work, though they don’t really check it. “OMG! It’s a miracle that will change everything!”
1/5
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I've been seeing people say the harms of "AI" comes from shitty people, not the tech and that the shitty people will go away after the bubble pops. While the first part is true in the strictest sense (contrary to claims, these are not autonomous systems) it's not really true in a practical sense
April 5, 2026 at 11:03 AM
I've been seeing people say the harms of "AI" comes from shitty people, not the tech and that the shitty people will go away after the bubble pops. While the first part is true in the strictest sense (contrary to claims, these are not autonomous systems) it's not really true in a practical sense
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I’m completely sick and tired of hearing about HP but this article is excellent.
“What you feel in your heart towards the series is almost entirely irrelevant. What matters is what you do, because J. K. Rowling is out there doing a lot of things.”
defector.com/its-time-to-...
“What you feel in your heart towards the series is almost entirely irrelevant. What matters is what you do, because J. K. Rowling is out there doing a lot of things.”
defector.com/its-time-to-...
It’s Time To Grow Up | Defector
HBO’s new Harry Potter TV series is premiering this Christmas Day. Under current plans, it will last at least a decade. The trailer looks like the original films were run through an AI generator, but ...
defector.com
April 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I’m completely sick and tired of hearing about HP but this article is excellent.
“What you feel in your heart towards the series is almost entirely irrelevant. What matters is what you do, because J. K. Rowling is out there doing a lot of things.”
defector.com/its-time-to-...
“What you feel in your heart towards the series is almost entirely irrelevant. What matters is what you do, because J. K. Rowling is out there doing a lot of things.”
defector.com/its-time-to-...
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I know a number of authors, being one myself. Know how many of them are using AI?
Literally fucking zero. But "AI evangelists" have a vested interest in pretending otherwise because "everyone is doing it and lying about it, so YOU should definitely do it" is the only angle they've got left.
Literally fucking zero. But "AI evangelists" have a vested interest in pretending otherwise because "everyone is doing it and lying about it, so YOU should definitely do it" is the only angle they've got left.
Authors are using AI. Publishers know it. And now, says publishing consultant Thad McIlroy, authors are being forced to lie about it. One cancelled horror novel didn’t just end a career—it exposed an industry-wide reckoning. https://thewalrus.ca/new-york-times-ai-generated-shy-girl-mia-ballard/
April 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I know a number of authors, being one myself. Know how many of them are using AI?
Literally fucking zero. But "AI evangelists" have a vested interest in pretending otherwise because "everyone is doing it and lying about it, so YOU should definitely do it" is the only angle they've got left.
Literally fucking zero. But "AI evangelists" have a vested interest in pretending otherwise because "everyone is doing it and lying about it, so YOU should definitely do it" is the only angle they've got left.
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March 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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"The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions"
www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two...
It comes down to whether you think "more of the same" is a good thing or a bad thing for software.
www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two...
It comes down to whether you think "more of the same" is a good thing or a bad thing for software.
The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions
Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland
www.baldurbjarnason.com
March 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
"The two worlds of programming: why developers who make the same observations about LLMs come to opposite conclusions"
www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two...
It comes down to whether you think "more of the same" is a good thing or a bad thing for software.
www.baldurbjarnason.com/2026/the-two...
It comes down to whether you think "more of the same" is a good thing or a bad thing for software.
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The expression!
March 15, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The expression!
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LLMs exaggerate and exacerbate existing market and industry dysfunctions. They've hastened media's descent into fabrications and clickbait, accelerated the devaluation of writing and illustration. And in software it has fuelled an existing crisis and exposed a divide at the core of the industry 1/n
March 9, 2026 at 4:31 PM
LLMs exaggerate and exacerbate existing market and industry dysfunctions. They've hastened media's descent into fabrications and clickbait, accelerated the devaluation of writing and illustration. And in software it has fuelled an existing crisis and exposed a divide at the core of the industry 1/n
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Didn't know I needed this today, but turns out I did. Maybe you do too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyu...
ROSALÍA - Berghain (Live at The BRIT Awards 2026) ft. Björk
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Didn't know I needed this today, but turns out I did. Maybe you do too.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fyu...
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So don't feel like you cannot be a luddite if you like technology, like working on it.
Caring about your fellow human beings' wellbeing and not some corporations bottom line makes you one. Believing that tech needs to be evaluated on what effects it has and that we have a choice makes you one.
Caring about your fellow human beings' wellbeing and not some corporations bottom line makes you one. Believing that tech needs to be evaluated on what effects it has and that we have a choice makes you one.
I am a luddite and to me there is a lot of joy in technology. In technology that we deploy for all our wellbeing. Solar panels and vaccines, high-speed rail and wikipedia.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
But they joy stems from the feeling of being able to be part of humanity in an embedded, meaningful way. Not from buying shit.
February 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
So don't feel like you cannot be a luddite if you like technology, like working on it.
Caring about your fellow human beings' wellbeing and not some corporations bottom line makes you one. Believing that tech needs to be evaluated on what effects it has and that we have a choice makes you one.
Caring about your fellow human beings' wellbeing and not some corporations bottom line makes you one. Believing that tech needs to be evaluated on what effects it has and that we have a choice makes you one.
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Die Gefahr, dass AI euren Job macht, ist verschwindend klein im Vergleich zur Gefahr, dass euer Chef glaubt, dass AI euren Job machen kann.
February 19, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Die Gefahr, dass AI euren Job macht, ist verschwindend klein im Vergleich zur Gefahr, dass euer Chef glaubt, dass AI euren Job machen kann.
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🔵 This week's comic
IN WHICH
Mickey Mouse is reunited with his dog in the public domain, but it doesn't go quite like either expected...
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
the Inner Hive, including long-time member Steve Alcott & new member Billie on Thames
( patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership )
READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
IN WHICH
Mickey Mouse is reunited with his dog in the public domain, but it doesn't go quite like either expected...
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
the Inner Hive, including long-time member Steve Alcott & new member Billie on Thames
( patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership )
READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
February 13, 2026 at 6:09 PM
🔵 This week's comic
IN WHICH
Mickey Mouse is reunited with his dog in the public domain, but it doesn't go quite like either expected...
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
the Inner Hive, including long-time member Steve Alcott & new member Billie on Thames
( patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership )
READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
IN WHICH
Mickey Mouse is reunited with his dog in the public domain, but it doesn't go quite like either expected...
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
the Inner Hive, including long-time member Steve Alcott & new member Billie on Thames
( patreon.com/rubenbolling/membership )
READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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Truth.
The unexamined life is not worth living but measuring it out in coffee spoons ain't it either
The unexamined life is not worth living but measuring it out in coffee spoons ain't it either
February 14, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Truth.
The unexamined life is not worth living but measuring it out in coffee spoons ain't it either
The unexamined life is not worth living but measuring it out in coffee spoons ain't it either
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Die Version der Gestapo in Medien prominent als legitime Schilderung zu einem Vorfall zu wiederholen, wenn Videos sie als absolute Lüge entlarven, ist kein Journalismus.
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Die Version der Gestapo in Medien prominent als legitime Schilderung zu einem Vorfall zu wiederholen, wenn Videos sie als absolute Lüge entlarven, ist kein Journalismus.