Ariel Millennium Thornton @arielmt@computerfairi.es

another successful guy in his 50s has been one-shotted by Claude. F in the chat for Mike Masnick, may his brain RIP. https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/25/ai-might-be-our-best-shot-at-taking-back-the-open-web/

I was watching a video about CERN testing that antimatter containment unit by transporting 19 antiprotons. One of the comments I saw was just "who wants to brake check the antimatter truck" and I found that profoundly funny.

There's a fine line between a numerator and a denominator:

Only a fraction of people will find this funny.

tired: "I write software"

wired: "I inscribe arcane sigils into crystalline liquid to invoke modern esoteric magics built atop that of ancients"

inspired: "I boss computers around"

Remember!

If you want scalable systems, ask beings with scales to build them!

Public health isn't some privilege that successful societies get to enjoy when every other condition is met, it is the foundational condition that must be met before any society can be successful

Adults lose skills to AI; Children never build them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

The difference between cucumbers and pickles is jarring.

Sister ship Voyager 1 is currently ~23h 32m 20s of light travel time from Earth (2026:085:120000:1L)

Other countries have vending machines in public places selling coffee, drinks, food, and other useful affordable things. In America, we get pokemon card gambling boxes.

@redsad you can't park your house there mate

our house, in the middle of the street 🎶

and fuck the yankees

According to this bus ad, you could be on a Zoom call with a bunch of furries right now.

This is making the rounds in the meme shitpostery channels but I haven’t seen it on here and I found it really heartwarming so here
(by Horpus Corpus)

how do i put my phone in depeche mode

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