Chris Cunningham
@chris-cunningham.bsky.social
opinions not my employers etc. he/him/his
formerly @thumperward, @chris_purgatory on hellsite. also @[email protected]
formerly @thumperward, @chris_purgatory on hellsite. also @[email protected]
After months of procrastination i finally did the marie kondo thing for a single drawer and i am irrationally angry. This didn't fit before and there's space now? I can see everything? anyway this is my personality now
September 24, 2026 at 6:10 PM
After months of procrastination i finally did the marie kondo thing for a single drawer and i am irrationally angry. This didn't fit before and there's space now? I can see everything? anyway this is my personality now
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as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
October 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.
We know exactly how LLMs work.
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If $150 million salary is what happens when you get canceled, well, cancel me, daddy.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If $150 million salary is what happens when you get canceled, well, cancel me, daddy.
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went to view a room in london it was just a mattress up a tree £950 p/w
February 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
went to view a room in london it was just a mattress up a tree £950 p/w
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Two years into a genocide and people are still asking others to condemn Hamas, demanding to know whether Israel as a right to exist, and denying the war crimes we've been watching as they livestream them.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Two years into a genocide and people are still asking others to condemn Hamas, demanding to know whether Israel as a right to exist, and denying the war crimes we've been watching as they livestream them.
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If by now you question whether it's a genocide at all, you don't deserve to be a part of the conversation anymore.
October 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
If by now you question whether it's a genocide at all, you don't deserve to be a part of the conversation anymore.
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there was so little pornography in the 60s that a bikini from a james bond movie became so famous that it has its own wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_b...
White bikini of Ursula Andress - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
there was so little pornography in the 60s that a bikini from a james bond movie became so famous that it has its own wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_b...
"those useless entities will be removed in the name of progress" says the united kingdom's foremost fan of nancy astor
I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer
Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"those useless entities will be removed in the name of progress" says the united kingdom's foremost fan of nancy astor
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first time as tragedy (mortgages) second time as farce (tensor multiplication)
JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
first time as tragedy (mortgages) second time as farce (tensor multiplication)
it's good that in this age of increasing intolerance they made an imagine dragons for girls
I swear this is not just because I’m the father of a five year old girl but the k-pop demon hunters soundtrack has got to be the pop record of the year, right? it’s like, weaponized pop production. violating the nuclear non-proliferation treaty pop production
October 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
it's good that in this age of increasing intolerance they made an imagine dragons for girls
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I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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its funny how not a single actual journalist has been like, “actually she’s good at journalism”
October 7, 2025 at 12:40 AM
its funny how not a single actual journalist has been like, “actually she’s good at journalism”
stewart lee did a great article about understanding german humour and how heavily biased it is towards absurdism. "did you hear about the man with an orange for a head" is by far the best success I've ever had with a joke in germany
Pudding mit Gabel has been my FYP for like a month. They’re gathering in groups of thousands. People are showing up with meter long telescoping forks and tuning forks. Oh so you don’t think Germans are funny? Ok well you are correct. Don’t even act like they’re not eating pudding with forks though
I refuse to read any further
www.the-berliner.com/english-news...
www.the-berliner.com/english-news...
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
stewart lee did a great article about understanding german humour and how heavily biased it is towards absurdism. "did you hear about the man with an orange for a head" is by far the best success I've ever had with a joke in germany
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Bring back inscrutable security posters
October 7, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Bring back inscrutable security posters
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guy got mad at me for sharing this comic on twitter back in 2017, but it's still one of my favorite exchanges. (he was not kidding, btw.)
October 7, 2025 at 3:13 AM
guy got mad at me for sharing this comic on twitter back in 2017, but it's still one of my favorite exchanges. (he was not kidding, btw.)
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We get these stunning images of the Black Panthers, but I was an adult before I learned about the free breakfast program. Or that the Young Lords were out there picking up trash and taking over Lincoln Hospital to push for better care and services.
October 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We get these stunning images of the Black Panthers, but I was an adult before I learned about the free breakfast program. Or that the Young Lords were out there picking up trash and taking over Lincoln Hospital to push for better care and services.
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I also think part of the problem is we're taught the telegenic shit but not how it's in service to larger political or economic gains. Like we don't really talk about how the Montgomery Bus Boycott was specifically about forcing the bus company to choose btwn integration or bankruptcy
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I also think part of the problem is we're taught the telegenic shit but not how it's in service to larger political or economic gains. Like we don't really talk about how the Montgomery Bus Boycott was specifically about forcing the bus company to choose btwn integration or bankruptcy
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I'm not talking about US politicians I'm talking about normal people.
I see people fighting back and organizing every fucking day. ICE hasn't met their recruitment goals. They haven't met their kidnapping goals. That's WHY they keep escalating.
I see people fighting back and organizing every fucking day. ICE hasn't met their recruitment goals. They haven't met their kidnapping goals. That's WHY they keep escalating.
October 6, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I'm not talking about US politicians I'm talking about normal people.
I see people fighting back and organizing every fucking day. ICE hasn't met their recruitment goals. They haven't met their kidnapping goals. That's WHY they keep escalating.
I see people fighting back and organizing every fucking day. ICE hasn't met their recruitment goals. They haven't met their kidnapping goals. That's WHY they keep escalating.
obviously the "mastodon is merely one network in the fediverse" people are the "linux is just the kernel" analogue
"the linux of social media" is perfect. the most insufferable people on mastodon are people who do nothing but tell you, a person using mastodon, that you should be using mastodon
October 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
obviously the "mastodon is merely one network in the fediverse" people are the "linux is just the kernel" analogue
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does anyone need a sworn retainer. like a terrible instrument of your will who asks no questions and is more of a living weapon than a fully actualized human being
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 AM
does anyone need a sworn retainer. like a terrible instrument of your will who asks no questions and is more of a living weapon than a fully actualized human being
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
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there's a little chain you can pull at the top of mount everest to switch the direction of the earth's rotation. a small nepalese boy just went up there to set us clockwise for the winter. it is considered a great honour to put the world into exhaust mode.
October 6, 2025 at 12:34 PM
there's a little chain you can pull at the top of mount everest to switch the direction of the earth's rotation. a small nepalese boy just went up there to set us clockwise for the winter. it is considered a great honour to put the world into exhaust mode.
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I know the world's on fire, but you can’t think about that every minute. Check out this YouTube channel. Macy tries out random jobs and documents what they involve, including the finances for some businesses. In this one she spends a day at United's flight attendant school.
youtu.be/UpHJ8wF3v0k?...
youtu.be/UpHJ8wF3v0k?...
Do I have what it takes to do a flight attendant's REAL job?
YouTube video by Morning Brew
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October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I know the world's on fire, but you can’t think about that every minute. Check out this YouTube channel. Macy tries out random jobs and documents what they involve, including the finances for some businesses. In this one she spends a day at United's flight attendant school.
youtu.be/UpHJ8wF3v0k?...
youtu.be/UpHJ8wF3v0k?...