David Blue ⁂ ∆

@DavidBlue
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Self-Described Software Historian and COMPAQ ride or die, Writing In Public, consulting from the bilge, and here to help.

𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺

The Psalmshttps://bilge.world
GitHubhttps://github.com/extratone
Can I help?https://fantastical.app/davidblue
ALL my linkshttps://davidblue.wtf/socialdrop
Sequels Bot (@[email protected])

Death Bed: Road of the Dead

social.miyaku.media
hyped myself up to make a Retorts Tier List until I realized that Tier List makers expect images only so this is as far as I got.

RE: https://tapbots.social/@ivory/116295676302070234

proof that I am not the only ever user of Mastodon's audio support. <3

Here's an audio test for those who want to see (and hear?) the new player.  
@DavidBlue marketing. It's good at marketing. They have successfully convinced enough people that voice chat and irc channels are a novel invention, and that nobody can possibly do a better job at it than them.
choose your fighter.

The Iranian children killed in the airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh primary school early on in the US/Israeli assault on Iran were not as the popular trope increasingly has it 'killed by AI' but rather were killed by years & years of lazy & inaccurate bureaucracy; hiding behind AI allows the real culprit(s) to enjoy impunity from an atrocity & likely war crime.

Kevin Baker's detailed exploration of what was behind the airstrike is a long read but worth it!

#iran
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/mar/26/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying

AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying

LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity

The Guardian
FUCK.