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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2w ago

Some rich tech asshole: "I am a fascist. Here is a list of fascist things that I, a full-blown mask-off fascist, believe" Equivocating FOSS Libs on here: "Well, it's impossible to say if he's actually fash. He's said some racist things, sure, (and I'm apparently OK with that?) but I don't believe he's actually a fascist"

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

"No, I didn't plagiarise it, I simply Found It In My Training Data"

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

"The dogmatic anti-asbestos rhetoric on here is getting really toxic. Sometimes it's just the right tool for the job"

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

My AI has Escaped Containment and started ordering huge amounts of guillotine parts 🤷

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3w ago

Zawinski's Law, 2026 Edition: Every program attempts to expand until it can have some pointless fucking AI shit, that nobody asked for, shoehorned into it

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Quoth the Raven, "Be careful with that cable, it's carrying 48 volts" -- Edgar Allan PoE

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

WTF is this that I've just seen in Waitrose?

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Poe's Law: Somebody, somewhere will earnestly treat your sarcasm with 100% sincerity PoE's Law: Somebody, somewhere will plug the wrong cable into an ethernet port and fry their device

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2w ago

Replying to

@gerikson@awful.systems @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems "shrimp over families"

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Welcome to kneecap.smash, our new instance here on fediverse.com. Our presumed-consent, opt-out model means that by the time you find out about us and what we're doing, you'll probably still have one kneecap left

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2w ago

Replying to

@e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/117331264128183355

Quoting

Wieferich Prime

@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

Some rich tech asshole: "I am a fascist. Here is a list of fascist things that I, a full-blown mask-off fascist, believe" Equivocating FOSS Libs on here: "Well, it's impossible to say if he's actually fash. He's said some racist things, sure, (and I'm apparently OK with that?) but I don't believe he's actually a fascist"

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2w ago

Replying to

Pretty sure I saw Debian Inference Portal at Glastonbury in about 1994

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

People You Wouldn't Trust To Pour Piss Out Of A Boot With The Instructions Printed On The Heel are somehow running the country, Part #3214312 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/02/uk-datacentres-ai-boom-foi-environment

theguardian.com

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

I have written about #EMFCamp https://sam.pikesley.org/blog/2026/07/22/emf-as-an-act-of-defiance/

Blog :: The Best Weekend You Can Have, 2026 Edition

sam.pikesley.org

Blog :: The Best Weekend You Can Have, 2026 Edition

The Best Weekend You Can Have, 2026 Edition

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@zzt@mas.to all they know is prompt Claude, charge they phone, twerk, be bisexual, eat hot chip & lie

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Something I just saw on here put this in my mind

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @trending@homestead.social

Value Goose implies Hue Goose and Saturation Goose

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @tchambers@indieweb.social

Actual Sisyphus https://boingboing.net/2026/07/06/post-china-built-a-40-story-tower-that-stores-wind-powe.html

China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete

Boing Boing

China built a 40-story tower that stores wind power by stacking concrete

A 148-meter tower in Jiangsu stores 100 MWh by hoisting 35-ton concrete blocks with surplus wind power.

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 4w ago

Replying to

@samvines@awful.systems @blakestacey@awful.systems Is it Stupid AI Gimmick Day again? They come around so quickly now

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

New release just about to hit the #EMFCamp #Tildagon app-store https://apps.badge.emfcamp.org/apps/34121033

apps.badge.emfcamp.org

EMF Countdown — Tildagon App Store

EMF Countdown by pikesley. Countdown to EMF 2028. Up and Down buttons to change the units.

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Seeing all these kids at #EMFCamp having the time of their lives and wondering how different my life might have been had I known at the age of ten that these people, this energy, exists in the world

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social

Replying to

@Nickiquote@mstdn.social When the moon hits your knees And you mispronounce trees Sycamore

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@bodil@social.treehouse.systems I saw the Ontological Microplastics at the Wheatsheaf in Stoke in about 1995. Supporting The Longpigs, I think

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems @o7___o7@awful.systems

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@gerikson@awful.systems @BlueMonday1984@awful.systems https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/eq2aJt8ZqMaGhBu3r/zach-stein-perlman-s-shortform?commentId=a2xgz7bevKKHQ8BEj WTF Definitely not a cult

lesswrong.com

Zach Stein-Perlman's Shortform — LessWrong

Comment by Zach Stein-Perlman - I made a shirt inspired by @David Matolcsi's banger last week. PSA: you can just make shirts; if you're making just one copy I like uberprints.com (change product to canvas jersey t-shirt).

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

FUCKING HELL CAN WE PLEASE JUST MAKE IT STOP Why I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy https://naomibashkansky.com/blog/telepathy/

naomibashkansky.com

Why I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy

Why I’m leaving OpenAI to build telepathy.

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3w ago

Replying to

@bignose@awful.systems @dgerard@awful.systems Bill Hicks was right

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@trechnex@mastodonapp.uk

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social

It has rained in E15. The air is cool and damp. Amazing

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

This now exists on the #EMFCamp #Tildagon app-store https://apps.badge.emfcamp.org/apps/33240411/ If anybody has any ideas how we might transform this nonsense into an actual game, I'm all ears

apps.badge.emfcamp.org

Valued Goose — Tildagon App Store

Valued Goose by pikesley. Eggs do not lay eggs. It was the goose that created value

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Capitalism "legally allowed to indoctrinate and exploit 14-year-olds", says Labour Government https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4k2djd5qpo

Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says

BBC News

Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says

The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 1mo ago

Replying to

@agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works @dgerard@awful.systems "IT'S JUST A TOOL" I shriek as I cut my own leg off with a chainsaw

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@doop@social.earth.li Right? Some people definitely come with "OK, I paid for this, entertain me" energy and MATE YOU'VE WILDLY MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT THIS IS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES IT'S OFFERING YOU

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@Alice@beige.party You reminded me of something https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/114562710111343286

Quoting

Wieferich Prime

@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

Just been asked by a naive-seeming American teenager "What does 'taking the piss' mean?" AND I CAN'T TELL IF HE WAS TAKING THE PISS

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Sorry celebrate my *what*, Etsy?

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Replying to

Dwarf Fortress Bugs 0000728: Eggs do not lay eggs

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Equal parts alarming and exciting #EMFCamp

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@davidgerard@circumstances.run This ends with some of them being eaten by bears, doesn't it?

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

https://news.sky.com/story/europe-wildfires-latest-french-tourist-hotspot-evacuated-as-national-emergency-declared-in-spain-13566532 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c935yx2z9d4o Everything is unbelievably fucked and the people in charge absolutely do not care

news.sky.com

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@jonty@chaos.social We are also monumentally overstocked on stickers

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Wieferich Prime @pikesley@mastodon.me.uk

· 3mo ago

Boosted by @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social

Replying to

“average shareholder value = 3 eggs" factoid actualy just statistical error. average shareholder has 0 value. Value Goose, who lives in cave & has 71 goose value, is an outlier adn should not have been counted”

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