Writer. Goodnight Paradise. Unknown Soldier. BPRD: 1946/1947. Harbinger. Imperium. Living Level-3: Iraq & South Sudan. Óðinn's Eye, Brood X, Orc Island. THE HAB. etc.https://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mrfuc7newk2tLook at this gorgeous stuff [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfuc7newk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mrewuberdk2tKeep Iain M Banks' name out of your goddamned mouth. Also. The Culture could not achieve post-scarcity with tearing up planets for matter. We only have one planet, Musk, and you're inability to distinguish science fiction from fact will end us all. Lastly, Banks would've fucking hated you. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrewuberdk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mrar7i2hus2qReading about the alignment problem in the recent hacking of Hugging Face by Open AI's artificial intelligence reminds me of what a masterpiece 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY is. Has any fictional work captured the alignment problem of AI better than HAL 9000?22 Jul 2026 16:40 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrar7i2hus2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr7bofjxrk2lOh shit! Is it time for my third watch through? [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 02:29 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7bofjxrk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr77vvh2gc25For a brief moment I thought we were getting another Supercop movie. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 01:57 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr77vvh2gc25https://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr6icmsqrs2oWhy does anyone publish or platform David Brooks? I'm old enough to remember him having to retroactively defend his made up facts in his books as "poetic hyperbole" once he was called out. He called economists who pointed out his made up stats for his books as too "pedantic". He's a partisan hack. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/23/david-brooks-apologizes-tweet-0011779421 Jul 2026 18:55 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr6icmsqrs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr4t5oixxs2mTransmission received21 Jul 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4t5oixxs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr4t4pwclk2mAscending out of the valley before it's too dark to see21 Jul 2026 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4t4pwclk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr4rxxh6lc2mDown Town21 Jul 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4rxxh6lc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshuadysart.bsky.social/post/3mr4rplmnqk2m [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2026 02:38 +0000at://did:plc:jpywp5hk2cfcgwooko3nsgh4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr4rplmnqk2m