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Erik Johnson

@distractal@hachyderm.io
mastodon 4.6.6
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Surly raccoon, democratic socialist
Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI"
AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver
Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin
he/they

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Joined December 07, 2022

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 28, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @distractal@hachyderm.io
Stage 1: "Oh shit, we actually do need those people" Stage 2: "Wow, these tools have gotten so much more expensive, maybe it'd be cheaper just to let our employees do this" Stage 3: Trying to bring back 2022 after having lost a bunch of social and financial capital
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 28, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/55-percent-of-leaders-regret-ai-layoffs-and-a-major-hiring-reversal-has-begun/91380901
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 25, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @hywan@floss.social
@hywan@floss.social May Proposal A win. Proposal B sounds like the usual "AI is a world-destroying, brain-destroying, theft machine but it does have its uses!"
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 25, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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This looks... kinda good? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2099
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 14, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @adrienne@social.treehouse.systems
@adrienne@social.treehouse.systems I still hold it's an addiction, not invalidating the agency of these people, but the interactions most folks have with them seem deeply psychologically unhealthy.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 12, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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https://youtu.be/nhYi-NTSavg This looks incredibly cool.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 05, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @mattsheffield@mastodon.social
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social This is a bit disheartening, because it seems to mean that the majority of people really do respond just based on their gut in determining who is the best candidate, rather than due levels of research. And "their gut" in people who have zero political education or acumen is probably based on bullshit metrics/heuristics like "would I get a beer with that person." In that case, it seems like charisma & being a strong orator and storyteller is sadly more important than policy when it comes to getting elected.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jul 02, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @alex@dair-community.social
@alex@dair-community.social I've had similar, exponentially less well-articulated thoughts. Thank you for this. Brilliant. People need to look beyond all the other horrible stuff LLMs/generative AI are doing and realize that even if we resolved all that, the exploitative nature and cognitive surrender still remains, and that cannot be resolved in the global environment we have today.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 29, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @Nocta_Senestra@eldritch.cafe If your platform contains "remigration," you are far right, regardless of any other policies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remigration Remigration is overwhelmingly a far-right, and further, a FASCIST political objective, historically speaking. Hope that helps.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 26, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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https://theintercept.com/2026/06/26/daniel-sanchez-estrada-zines-prairieland-free-speech/
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 23, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @Lana@beige.party
@Lana@beige.party and one of the infuriating things is that he’s probably going to get away with this and make a ton of money, purely by virtue of people not knowing about this i’m beginning to wonder if the reason we started hearing about the SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPO’s around roughly the same time frame is because they see the writing on the wall wrt AI and want to exit before the bubble pops.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 16, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @tess@mastodon.social
@tess@mastodon.social This has the benefit of both helping trans people and requiring JD Vance expose himself as Umvillizeth the lesser demon of mediocrity and sycophancy.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 10, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org
@neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org Hear hear! So far the Blackfeather Court in Elder Scrolls Online is my favorite example of this.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Jun 01, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @baldur@toot.cafe
@baldur@toot.cafe I blocked the man claiming that anti-AI is a more extremist position than pro-AI. Do we really need to spell out all the problems with AI for the 95th time? How incredibly absurd. To be expected from a Stripe techbro, the payment processor that has threatened to stop providing service to multiple platforms unless they acquiesce to Stripe’s decree of what acceptable adult content is.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 05, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @distractal@hachyderm.io
@artemis@dice.camp Even with this though it's still "Oh, doctor's appointment in 3 hours? Guess that's 2.5 hours of gaming/internet/etc because I won't be able to do anything productive."
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 05, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @artemis@dice.camp
@artemis@dice.camp The ONLY thing that has worked for me to have a semi-normal perception of time is a mostly rigid schedule that I basically treat as a mandate from the universe. If something is outside / doesn't fit in the schedule then it's maximum shrug
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 05, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @yaelwrites@mastodon.social
@yaelwrites Well deserved! Congrats!
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 03, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @tinker@infosec.exchange
@tinker@infosec.exchange Very cool! Here's hoping.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 03, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @distractal@hachyderm.io
@bruces A Palantir manifesto anti-manifesto is a good idea, but not from this source.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 03, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @bruces@mastodon.social
@bruces Worth noting Nym is a cryptocurrency/blockchain company, and are promoting a VPN. Some of the manifesto seems reasonable, but some of it ventures off into "Huh???" territory. Example: "21. New forms of technology can reshape the world. Technology is not just a tool, but the world we live in and an extension of our cognitive capabilities. The co-operation of humans with the collective intelligence embedded in AI could accelerate human progress and overcome planetary crises such as climate change and atomic war that threatens the survival of our species."
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 01, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @mattsheffield@mastodon.social
@mattsheffield Agreed. The ongoing joke amongst certain religions is that atheism is a religion, which I disagree with, but certain forms of atheism do feel cultlike, which I suspect leads to eager adherence to anything with even a veneer of "empowering the self" Add to this the kind of "immature atheism" (I've been there) which is really just "I'm angry at religion and my former deity and need to prove it" and you have a potent combo.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · May 01, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @mattsheffield@mastodon.social
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social Seems like a foreseeable outcome for ego-driven atheism.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 30, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @xgranade@wandering.shop
@xgranade Agreed. I like to ask the person posting something like "Love it! Who created this / how'd you make this if you don't mind me asking?" Most of the time I at least get an honest answer, even if it's not the one I want.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 28, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287430/Metropolis_1998/

Oh, I love this idea.

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 28, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place
@sinbad I am so disappointed in so many people. Most of all people who gladly let the plutes destroy art, labor and the planet for a perceived 10-15% increase in their own productivity. But at least we know now who'd just go along with things.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 28, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @r0k@mastodon.social
@r0k@mastodon.social @glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place 🙏 thank you!
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 27, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place
@glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place Hopefully! Fingers crossed for both of us.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 27, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place
@glassbottommeg@mastodon.gamedev.place Ooooo. What time do you think it'll go on sale? I'd love to snag one.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 27, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird I feel like the key reason my desire/appreciation for nostalgic things is linearly increasing is not because of my age but because the world has gone to shit over the past decade or so. Ever since Citizens United, really.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 21, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @cwebber@social.coop
@cwebber@social.coop They're desperately trying to find a new, more monetizable problem for their solution. Tying it to surveillance capitalism sounds like the lowest hanging fruit.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 19, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @joshsusser@autistics.life
@joshsusser certainly a "how you'll know if I've been kidnapped" for me
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 15, 2026
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@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place
@eniko I’d like to especially call out the people who said putting that shit in systemd was nbd and who mocked people who called it obeying in advance.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 14, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @hazelweakly@hachyderm.io
@hazelweakly Curious, what do you mean by marketing and sales?
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 10, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jjgbozOYjpE

Title: I Played One Last Song as Bombs Fell | Goodbye to My Music School 💔 Hamidreza afarideh "Honiak Music

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Apr 07, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @shoq@mastodon.social
@shoq He's a worthy successor to Nancy Pelosi, and I mean that in the most disparaging way possible.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 31, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @cwebber@social.coop
@cwebber Slop is slop, at least for now. This to me is like saying "We hate human trafficking, which is why we only traffic adults and not children!" I genuinely don't think we can have an honest, critical conversation with most people about valid uses of machine learning and its offshoots until well after the bubble pops and LLMs become much harder to access and tech becomes much less interested in them and moves onto the next scammy tech. Because despite how smart or aware people think they are or can be while using it, it isn't enough.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 30, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io

https://karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-thing-journalism/

Title: "CEO said a thing!" Journalism

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism
The Fine Print*

"CEO Said A Thing!" Journalism

"CEO said a thing!" journalism involves parroting the claims of a business leader or executive with absolutely no context, correction, or challenge whatsoever, no matter how elaborate the delusion.

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 25, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @EFreethought@universeodon.com
@EFreethought @AmyZenunim I know this is a rhetorical question, but I think there are two aspects to it. First, is that tech under capitalism but more specificially under * bros (tech, finance, etc) has become so utterly bureaucratized and middle-manned and anti-worker and wealth-transfer-y and generally just SHIT that a huge portion of everyday work is just shoveling shit around. Second, is that the * bros square-peg-round-holed LLMs into a thing that "just works" and "saves time" when it really just changes the mode and appearance of the shit shoveling, and actually creates enough of its own shit to more than compensate for the amount of shit it's automatically shovelling (assuming that shit is even shoveled kind of OK in the first place). Since that extra shit is not immediately visible to many people and will only be found months or years down the line, it's seen as an incredible timesaver. And this of course discounts all of the ethical/environmental and cognitive decline issues with it. So they literally created the problem, created a new problem to solve the old problem that results in an even bigger problem, and then with their vast wealth have been continually and perpetually trying to sell the new problem as a solution. It's ponzi schemes, all the way down.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 13, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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The key problem with US investment laws, norms and regulations is that they assume investors aren't delusional cultists with a ravenous hunger for monopoly money

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 13, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @distractal@hachyderm.io
@lazza@mastodon.social @Vivaldi This iteration of AI was born of TESCREAL, an actual cult, and since I doubt you know what that is, I'm just going to block you and save myself the trouble.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 13, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @lazza@mastodon.social
@lazza @Vivaldi "No AI" is the reasonable, sensible, ethically principled position. "AI is inevitable, and it's fine as long as you use it right, everyone's doing it, you can't escape it" is the extreme, cultlike one.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 12, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @RoseThorndyke@cathode.church
@RoseThorndyke The darkest side of me has conjured up LLM printer drivers. I am so sorry for speaking that concept into existence.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 10, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @mttaggart@infosec.exchange
@mttaggart@infosec.exchange "Hallucination of competence" is an incredible term
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Mar 03, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @TheLastOfHisName__dup_32526@beige.party
@TheLastOfHisName I’m not sure if this is helpful, but I game on standard Debian Trixie and aside from a slight perf hit vs. Windows (out of the box, I didn’t try to optimize), the Steam version works decently. No issues.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 27, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @arstechnica__dup_1397@mastodon.social
@arstechnica Hyperion was fascinating, I wish Dan Simmons hadn't turned out to be such an asshole.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 27, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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We need to stop calling it age verification and call it what it really is: universal de-anonymization and surveillance.

The real life panopticon.

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 26, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io
Replying to @dalias@hachyderm.io
@dalias Thanks for the heads up on this. Deleted all my wishlists and set the default to private.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 25, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

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Replying to @petergleick@fediscience.org
@petergleick@fediscience.org At least in War Games the AI was smart enough to realize that in every scenario nuclear war means total loss for all sides. These singularly idiotic motherfuckers want to connect the "glue is good on pizza" machines to military systems.
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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 24, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io

I know no company will ever see this, but my rule of thumb for companies implementing age verification that is anything other than "Are you 18 years old?" or "What's your DOB?" is to just stop using their service.

If I wind up an old person focused on ethically-licensed OSS and local tech only, playing old games, so be it.

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Erik Johnson @distractal@hachyderm.io · Feb 21, 2026
Erik Johnson
@distractal@hachyderm.io

Surly raccoon, democratic socialist Anti of capitalism, fascism, genocide, and "AI" AuDHD, BPD and autoimmune disease-haver Games, code, politics, philosophy, small tech enjoyer and sysadmin he/they

hachyderm.io

LRT: “AI” SaaS CEOs have been chronically, pervasively wrong on nearly every prediction about “AI” dominance and supremacy they’ve made. And yet for some reason, many folks who are not “AI” CEOs still parrot the “it’s inevitable” “it’s here to stay” “it’s not going anywhere” lies.

It’s almost as if the “AI” inevitability is less about reality and more about the stories we tell ourselves.

Like any other speculative finance foray.

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