Bruce Mason (Deleriad)

@deleriad.bsky.social

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Cats, Edinburgh, games, Babylon 5 and even more besides. he/him This account is for a mix of personal and professional interests. Current research is in ageing, autism and assistive technology.

A response from your ai slop bores me to the question "How many Babylon space stations were built before Babylon 5." It responds "Um... Deep Space 9. So, the answer is 1."
Heat map for Alfie Jones playing against Oxford United. Shows him rarely venturing out of his half.
A screenshot showing a Fesshole fess next to a photo.
A black and white tuxedo cat is crouched beneath a bed sheet. With wide eyes he looks like he's going to mercilessly savage the viewer.
Image of Servalan from Blake's 7 looking hot and evil in equal measure.
Screen grab reading. hese are not uncertain times, not really. The trick of aspiring dictators is they tell you exactly what they’re going to do ahead of time. There’s a famous saying about propagandists—that they repeat the lie until it becomes true. But corrupt leaders use repetition effectively in other ways, too. An authoritarian repeats lies, yes, but he also repeats outrageous truths until they no longer sound outrageous, at least to some. Tell people again and again that you’re going to imprison political enemies or journalists, or otherwise take away basic freedoms, and the public becomes primed to accept the attack when it finally happens. The role of technology in the rise of authoritarianism cannot be overstated: Social platforms built for scale—and designed to reward anger, hate, and snap reactions over truth—helped Trump win the presidency, serve as networks for anti-freedom propaganda, and have assisted others like him in gaining power around the world. Technologies that could be used for democratic expression are instead used to warp public opinion and suppress dissent
A photo of "The Chuckle Brothers" - British comedy duo.
Image of a Dragon 32 home computer from the dim and distant past.
I'm doing what little I can to shut the increasingly stupid ideas that shape online spaces like this out of my life.
Text reading. "The movie that was number one at the box office on your tenth birthday is how 2025 will turn out for you. I mean, maybe.
The red bus used during the UK Brexit referendum with "We send the EU £350 million a week. Let's fund our NHS instead. Vote Leave."
Roddy McDowell in The Clockwork orange with his eyes clamped open, forcing him to watch.
A black and white cat called Opus is dangling his very long front legs over a basket.