#cynical — Public Fediverse posts

@cR0w So, tech companies? ;3 #cynical #butdoyoublameme

@cR0w So, tech companies? ;3 #cynical #butdoyoublameme

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-6-2026/

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-6-2026/

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-6-2026/

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/05/wednesday-may-6-2026/

@axbom
Whereas false negatives are less likely to have negative consequences *for the platform* because users will simply assume original advice was fine but symptoms have changed.

And health services don't usually ask: Why didn't you come in earlier? So they will never spot the impact of the platform.

OK, I am very #cynical. But nothing like this is launched without conscious choices about weighting false negatives vs positives.

@axbom
Whereas false negatives are less likely to have negative consequences *for the platform* because users will simply assume original advice was fine but symptoms have changed.

And health services don't usually ask: Why didn't you come in earlier? So they will never spot the impact of the platform.

OK, I am very #cynical. But nothing like this is launched without conscious choices about weighting false negatives vs positives.

Oh i forgot, the olympics will close on sunday so strikes on Iran are at least delayed until monday.... #Cynical #USA #Iran

Oh i forgot, the olympics will close on sunday so strikes on Iran are at least delayed until monday.... #Cynical #USA #Iran

#52booksin52weeks 35. Character has a Secret Indentity - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots #hench #henchman #supervillian #rage #FeministRage #SpreadsheetSkills #superhero #Capitalism #theboys #MoralRelativism #cynical #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemaster #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

#52booksin52weeks 35. Character has a Secret Indentity - Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots #hench #henchman #supervillian #rage #FeministRage #SpreadsheetSkills #superhero #Capitalism #theboys #MoralRelativism #cynical #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemaster #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc

@Welshracer
BBC News - Netflix to buy Warner Bros film and streaming businesses for $72bn - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce91x2jm5pjo?app-referrer=deep-link

How long before #Trump demands his cut to approve the deal?

#Cynical, me?

Friday, November 14, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/

Friday, November 14, 2025

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/friday-november-14-2025/

Infinitedub – Dissolved Pattern
#3voice #Antimatter(MT) #Electronic #Infinitedub #MarkusMasuhr #OwenJay #ambient #cynical #deep #deeptechno #dub #dubtechno #dubtechno #insectorama #techno #Leipzig
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://insectorama.bandcamp.com/album/dissolved-pattern

Infinitedub – Dissolved Pattern
#3voice #Antimatter(MT) #Electronic #Infinitedub #MarkusMasuhr #OwenJay #ambient #cynical #deep #deeptechno #dub #dubtechno #dubtechno #insectorama #techno #Leipzig
CC BY-NC-ND (#CreativeCommons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives) #ccmusic
https://insectorama.bandcamp.com/album/dissolved-pattern

I know I'm very #cynical these days, but I can't help noticing that the news cycle is all about the #shooting at #UVU yesterday (Sept 10, 2025), and #Epstein is out. In case we've forgotten, today is 9/11. What happened to our vow to #NeverForget?

#politics #USPolitics

Sea Lemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4vony51h8g
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #Sea_Lemon #Seattle #Washington #Cynical

Sea Lemon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4vony51h8g
#youtube_kexp #find_new_music #music_discovery #latest_bands #live_performance #studio_session #studio_performance #live_version #live_recording #in_studio #instudio #KEXP #kexp_fm #live_music #livemusic #concert_streaming #online_concert #virtual_concert #Sea_Lemon #Seattle #Washington #Cynical

@AkaSci
Seeing an educational establishment shooting which is a single(?) aimed shot rather than random fire at random people makes a change though.

Let us suspect that it was an agent of one of the Trumpets escalating from the shouting and threats between factions in the White House and elsewhere, in the struggle to maximise bribes and opportunities.

#cynical #uspol

@AkaSci
Seeing an educational establishment shooting which is a single(?) aimed shot rather than random fire at random people makes a change though.

Let us suspect that it was an agent of one of the Trumpets escalating from the shouting and threats between factions in the White House and elsewhere, in the struggle to maximise bribes and opportunities.

#cynical #uspol

The War Between the States - Slightly more civility... for now:
Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-house-gives-preliminary-approval-to-gop-gerrymander-ballot-initiative-attack/
#news #GOP #cynical #gerrymandering #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #dishonesty #cheats #resist

The War Between the States - Slightly more civility... for now:
Missouri House Gives Preliminary Approval to GOP Gerrymander, Ballot Initiative Attack
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/missouri-house-gives-preliminary-approval-to-gop-gerrymander-ballot-initiative-attack/
#news #GOP #cynical #gerrymandering #fascism #authoritarianism #dictatorship #dishonesty #cheats #resist

I think the umpire called that wrong on purpose #cynical

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke — Russia intensifying use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports — Ukraine strikes deep into Russia with drones, targets airfields after record Kyiv barrage — [vlog/video] Ukraine’s artillery braces for shell shortage as US halts aid … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-5-2025/

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke — Russia intensifying use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports — Ukraine strikes deep into Russia with drones, targets airfields after record Kyiv barrage — [vlog/video] Ukraine’s artillery braces for shell shortage as US halts aid … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-5-2025/

11 days ago Senator Joni Ernst posted an insincere walk-back on YouTube of her previous statement that “we are all going to die.” She #accused her audience of believing that humans will never face death. That is not the issue. The issue is her disregard for the well-being of all US residents and her disrespect for those who care about the #poor and the #needy.

There is a big difference between dying a natural death and dying because you had no access to healthcare. These two situations are not equal. Ernst went on to compare concerns about bare minimum healthcare #Medicaid and value of a human life to believing in the #ToothFairy. Ernst’s true #cynical, disrespectful convictions were even more emphasized by her recommendation to believe in ‘her [supposed] Lord and savior, Jesus Christ’. Her attitude could not be more different from the historic Jesus in her disregard for the needy.

I am so glad that Senator #Ernst revealed her true, hard heart and cynicism!

@strangequark yes, using the word "bullshit" will really help us handling GenAI in a good way.... #cynical , probabilistic would a better word in my view

@strangequark yes, using the word "bullshit" will really help us handling GenAI in a good way.... #cynical , probabilistic would a better word in my view

OK. It is time to debunk some oft-repeated #misinformation about #Socialism / #Marxism / #Communism. A common talking point you will hear from people with #rightwing #political views is that the #Nazis were not on the right; they were actually #leftists. To "prove" this claim, they will point out that the word " #Socialist " was part of the official name for the #NaziParty. The full name for the Party was the "National SOCIALIST German Workers' Party". Boom! Argument over! Right? Wrong. The claim that the Nazis were not on the #politicalright—that they were really on the #politicalleft—is a #RevisionistHistory" LIE. ⬇️

The inclusion of the term "Socialist" was actually a very #cynical ploy, meant to deceive #Germans into supporting the Party. You see, in the early 1900s, Socialism was skyrocketing in popularity with people around the world belonging to the #Proletariat (more commonly referred to as the #workingclass). Back then, the word "Socialism" did not have all the negative connotation it has now. To the average worker, "Socialism" was regarded warmly and was thought to be a pro-worker ideology (which it absolutely is, regardless of all the attempts to smear it). The Nazi Party very intentionally appropriated the term in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of working class Germans who maybe had not read the Marxist #literature but, through #CulturalOsmosis, had a vague notion that Socialism was good.

In reality, the Nazis were staunchly opposed to Socialism and its concept of working folks of all races, in all countries united in #solidarity with each other. REMEMBER, the Nazis were horrifically #racist! They wanted to conquer the world and rule over any "nonGermans" as #oppressors. This #racism and aspiration to conquer the world were in direct opposition with the principles of Marxism.

Quoted from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum:

"In September 1919, Hitler attended a meeting of one of these groups in Munich, the German Workers' Party. This small political organization sought to convert German workers away from Marxist Socialism. At the meeting, Hitler's public speaking skills attracted notice. He was recruited to a leading role.

In 1920, Hitler changed the Party's name to the National Socialist German Workers' Party. "National Socialism" was a racist and antisemitic political theory. It had been developed in Hitler's native Austria as the antithesis of Marxist Socialism and Communism. Marxists, for example, advocated for the global solidarity of the world's workers. They called for the abolition of nation states. National Socialists, however, sought to unify members of the German Volk in complete obedience to the state. They called for a strong state to lead the "master race" in the "racial struggle" against "inferior races," especially the Jews."

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-party-1

innocence (n.) : a state of permanent optimism, such as believing that when UPS says a package will be delivered between 8am and noon, it will actually be delivered that day, or that when a company announces a change "to serve you better", that they actually intend to try to serve you better.

#innocence #naive #optimism #pessimism #optimist #pessimist #cynical #cynicism #cynic

innocence (n.) : a state of permanent optimism, such as believing that when UPS says a package will be delivered between 8am and noon, it will actually be delivered that day, or that when a company announces a change "to serve you better", that they actually intend to try to serve you better.

#innocence #naive #optimism #pessimism #optimist #pessimist #cynical #cynicism #cynic

@venya well the finale of the 'existing' BBC version is this May so I imagine the Amazon execs have already begun it's downfall even if it doesn't air until 2027
#cynical

People who are cynical are not geniuses, but instead probably not that bright.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0146167218783195

#psychology #philosophy #intelligence #cynical #science

Just found this gem on the arXiv. A calculation of the effects of a primordial black hole passing through a human body.

"Unfortunately, it is easy to see that the effect of PBH collisions with the human population will always be negligible.".

"UNFORTUNATELY". 😂😂😂

#physics #astrophysics #arXiv #blackhole #darkmatter #cynical #nihilist #preprint

https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.09734

Do your best to resist #cynicism, because cynicism destroys nuance, and almost everything valuable in life exists inside nuance.

Resist saying #cynical things like “who cares about privacy; your data is already out there”, “who cares about stopping climate change; it’s already too late”, “who cares about voting; we don’t have a democracy any more”, and any number of similarly simplistic, thought-destroying nonsense.

Cynicism is faux-intellectualism. It’s attempting to impress people with rational-sounding generalizations that lead to absurd, defeatist behavior. It’s a claim of “being real” while being too lazy to think through the problem. It’s feeling superior by kicking a table on which someone else is doing their homework.

Nuance exists even during a crisis—it’s arguably even more important then. Things can ALWAYS get worse, and things can ALWAYS get better. Working to make things better is worth doing. Feeling smug and telling people to give up is not; it’s the asshole’s easy way out.

Tell me you don't encode passwords without telling me you don't encode passwords.

#technology #cybersecurity #passwords #witty #sarcastic #informal #cynical #Memes

Tell me you don't encode passwords without telling me you don't encode passwords.

#technology #cybersecurity #passwords #witty #sarcastic #informal #cynical #Memes

#JDVance’s #trans ex-#friend sees right through the #act .

Vance’s #sudden and #cynical #aboutface on #Trump was made for #personalgain.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/jd-vances-trans-ex-friend-sees-right-through-the-act/

#JDVance’s #trans ex-#friend sees right through the #act .

Vance’s #sudden and #cynical #aboutface on #Trump was made for #personalgain.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews

https://www.intomore.com/impact/politics/jd-vances-trans-ex-friend-sees-right-through-the-act/