David O'Brien

iamdavidobrien@mastodon.social

Human being, being human. Trying, not always successfully, to leave the world a slightly better place than I found it. It's a modest goal, I know. Anti fascist. If you’re not, what are you?Profile header is a slice of a pencil sketch drawn by my brother, an architect. The crop focuses on my eyes, and the craggy lines radiating from their corners. My eyebrows appear to have gone feral.Profile image is me as an almost 40 years younger man. I have dyed black crimped hair in a broad mohawk.

Posts

Post #4316664
RE: https://norden.social/@wackJackle/116999338325157822 Eat shit and die.
Post #4316663
RE: https://mstdn.social/@hkrn/117004052393948286 This is the kind of application that machine learning is actually very useful for. Big tech just buys it up and shuts it down. Because “AI”.
Post #4316662
When #UEFA calls you corrupt and greedy, something&#39;s gone badly wrong. #FIFA #WorldCup https://apple.news/ASYj0A9_oSiijuc9z54cXlA
Post #4316661
Seen enough. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002z1j2/the-tech-billionaire-takeover
Post #4122688
I was at the #antiFascist rally in #Glasgow earlier today. Couldn't stay long because I have an ataxia that makes standing for long periods untenable. But wanted to add my voice. Fuck fascism.
Post #3738889
RE: https://mastodon.nz/@v_for_verbosity/116900027386266444 This is a scam and if you ever encounter it just close the window.
Post #2298577
Ghosts of American astronauts By The Mekons #music Contains the immortal lines: &quot; John Glennn drinks cocktails with God in a café in downtown Saigon &quot; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtaAWk6YLqQ
Post #2016070
Today, I saw 3 dolphins in the Firth of Clyde. Just offshore from Largs. Made my day. At a very difficult time.
Post #2016069
#SilentSunday
Post #2016068
https://thestandingstones.bandcamp.com/album/twa-sisters-featuring-iona-zajac-daragh-lynch #music
Post #2016067
RE: https://social.linux.pizza/@detondev/116512966395097796 No idea how this ended up in my feed.
Post #1653499
RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@nateb/116432538436239011 #AI company says AI is the future of war/peace/energy/anything else you care to mention in a thinly-veiled PR blog post It&#39;s all #bullshit and always has been. The real question is: who will hold these companies to account for the harms they do?
Post #1653498
RE: https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116432937865821800 We&#39;ve had &quot;far right&quot; regimes in #Europe before. They were called Nazis. There are over 20 million reasons to not allow that to happen again.
Post #1653497
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@LaChasseuse/116430082437808566 The population of the USA is roughly 2.5% of the global population. Your congress&#39;s laws mean fuck all to 97.5% of the people on the planet. And apparently more or less the same in your failed state.
Post #1653496
RE: https://ecoevo.social/@benlockwood/116431600476850086 And everyone involved.
Post #1653494
RE: https://mastodon.scot/@iaruffell/116438862552051660 I hope you included the cat shit.
Post #1653493
RE: https://mastodon.social/@matthiasott/116437672552754529 Wow. Who’d have imagined an #AI company would behave so unethically 🤔
Post #1653492
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116461951604625362 No it won’t. This is imaginary money being hyperlooped around 5 or 6 giant corporations to make them appear solvent. They are all already bankrupt. They just don’t know it yet.
Post #1354756
RE: https://mastodon.art/@TishaPaints/116404274350937695 I have bought a couple of Tisha’s works. They are tiny but immensely powerful seascapes. I stare deeply into them every day. They draw you in like a gyre. And they are very affordable. If you’re planning a gift for someone, get them something unique and beautiful. #Art #painting
Post #621832
RE: https://flipboard.com/@associatedpress/entertainment-qju7ofhsz/-/a-JhiKA4NOQAmIbqYmSakMfA%3Aa%3A3199720-%2F0 We used to call this “lying “.