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In memoriam...

I’ll take it!

This is one of the two hotels that I think of when I read the part in Neuromancer about Case getting the mycotoxin that cut him off from cyberspace.
@greatdismal.bsky.social

I’m literally reading that right now for the first time in several decades in preparation for the TV series

It's the bunnies for me

Source: Pete Hegseth is about to announce his resignation via Signal group chat.

Tell the UK Government: Don’t Break Apple's iCloud Encryption The UK government's attack on Apple’s encrypted data endangers everyone — sign the petition to stop it.

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Oh I love that!

Totally agree!

Grok 2's conclusion: Climate change is not a distant threat—it is happening now, and its impacts are intensifying. It threatens human health, economies, ecosystems, and global stability. While the challenge is immense, solutions exist, and immediate action can still make a difference. Governments, businesses, and individuals must act urgently to reduce emissions, adapt to changes, and build a sustainable future. The cost of inaction far outweighs the cost of action, and the time to act is now.

conclusion: So, urgent threat? If you buy the consensus, yes-time's ticking, and impacts are already here. If you're skeptical, it's more of a manageable shift we're overreacting to. Data's there on both sides; it's about what risks you're willing to bet on. What do you think?

grok 2 vs grok 3

Sign the Petition National Commission on Electoral Reform

💥 I’ve just signed the petition calling for a “National Commission on Electoral Reform” - Will YOU sign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/nc...

I tend to wipe hard drives with a hammer

There are no words to express the level of stupidity this represents. Denser than lead!

It's very, very simple: you CANNOT have both strong security AND backdoors.

The two are 100% mutually incompatible.

If this goes ahead, we can wave goodbye to mobile banking and thousands of other things.

Most of the world’s brightest minds are hard at work developing new ways for you to get depression from a computer

#bluesky #blueskymoderation #viz #VizComic @bsky.app Viz comic is an long established UK satirical publication (I suppose @theonion.com is the nearest USA equivalent). This seems to have been taken down by AI tools or people not doing their research properly. Please reinstate their account.

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You can already improvise, you already do it every time you talk. Imagine you couldn’t talk with anyone unless the conversation was written down first? You get my point? Your brain already knows how to improvise beautifully, to apply that to music you only need to start.
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Petition to rename Florida: it is clearly now Gilead.

I knew it. You all thought the Santa Tracker was cute but I knew it was just a prototype

Nice lady riding a polar bear

Perjantai ☕️🥳 friday

As long as I'm doling out free cyberpunk classics...how about the WARE TETRALOGY? Soft, Wet, Free, and Real! With an intro by Bill Gibson. Get it here as webpage or e-book file. Happy cyberdecember. www.rudyrucker.com/wares/cc_dow...

Free MIRRORSHADES! Weirdly this epic cyberpunk antho doesn't exist as an ebook. So we turned it into a free online webpage. Happy reading, and may ye wax gnarly and punk and dirty and ecstatic and intricate and all that good shit. Happy cybermonday. rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/