Dag.
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Politics, prose, pro soccer, pretty good cook. Petering out being alliterative presently. He/him/dude Pro Trans, Pro Palestinian Pro Jew, Pro Equality and if you aren't, you aren't welcome.
Pinned
Res ipsa loquitur. See. Latin is useful.
Is claim Ukraine deal is ‘95% done’ just another empty assertion from Trump?
Is claim Ukraine deal is ‘95% done’ just another empty assertion from Trump?
A sober observer assessing the US president’s claim may react the same way as Zelenskyy – with shock and disbelief
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Res ipsa loquitur. See. Latin is useful.
Eric Adams will be mayor of NY for less than 72 more hours now. I wonder if he will go out the way he governed; with creative hijinks.
December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Eric Adams will be mayor of NY for less than 72 more hours now. I wonder if he will go out the way he governed; with creative hijinks.
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MTG loves neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, believes trans people don't deserve to exist, wants a national abortion ban, and supports Trump's big lie about the 2020 election
She rose to prominence by screaming at David Hogg and lying about dead children at Parkland
The attempted rehabilitation is disgusting
She rose to prominence by screaming at David Hogg and lying about dead children at Parkland
The attempted rehabilitation is disgusting
“Our side has been trained by Donald Trump to never apologize and to never admit when you’re wrong.” Read the inside story of how Marjorie Taylor Greene went from zealous Trump cheerleader to his loudest Republican critic: nyti.ms/3Lbzi88
December 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
MTG loves neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes, believes trans people don't deserve to exist, wants a national abortion ban, and supports Trump's big lie about the 2020 election
She rose to prominence by screaming at David Hogg and lying about dead children at Parkland
The attempted rehabilitation is disgusting
She rose to prominence by screaming at David Hogg and lying about dead children at Parkland
The attempted rehabilitation is disgusting
Everybody has just through Wednesday to go to the gym and not have lines for the machines for a month and a half. Take advantage.
December 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Everybody has just through Wednesday to go to the gym and not have lines for the machines for a month and a half. Take advantage.
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Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
David Sacks, presumably, on the push by some in the tech and VC world to fund a primary challenge to Congressman Khanna.
December 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Most underrated Biden admin mistake was bailing out Silicon Valley Bank.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
SVB bet big on low interest rates and lost. Rich tech VCs who put too many eggs in that basket generated a bank run, then called for govt money.
Got their bailout, helped elect Trump, and now reaping rewards from corruption.
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“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Buy our home security package named after someone who was utterly destroyed by a back door break-in he didn’t see coming because he was focused solely on the front door.”
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All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country. n.pr/49tGkyq
Genre fiction and female authors top U.S. libraries' most-borrowed lists in 2025
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country.
n.pr
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 AM
All of the top-10 books borrowed through the public library app Libby were written by women. And Kristin Hannah's The Women was the top check-out in many library system around the country. n.pr/49tGkyq
I have been struggling with reading the past few months so went to the optometrist and my prescription has changed profoundly in the past two years in one eye.
New glasses arrive next week.
This is a gentle nudge for people to not put off their annual eye exam
New glasses arrive next week.
This is a gentle nudge for people to not put off their annual eye exam
December 29, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I have been struggling with reading the past few months so went to the optometrist and my prescription has changed profoundly in the past two years in one eye.
New glasses arrive next week.
This is a gentle nudge for people to not put off their annual eye exam
New glasses arrive next week.
This is a gentle nudge for people to not put off their annual eye exam
If I was the Bills I would score points because that's a good way to win.
December 28, 2025 at 11:22 PM
If I was the Bills I would score points because that's a good way to win.
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The 37 Year War, that was a real bitch to settle
Trump: "It's funny, I settled 8 wars. Some were going on for 35 years. And we got them settled in a couple of days. Some of them -- one was going on for 37 years. I settled it in one day. But this is a very complex one."
December 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The 37 Year War, that was a real bitch to settle
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my demands are simple, mr. bond
December 28, 2025 at 10:52 PM
my demands are simple, mr. bond
The worst part of a long holiday weekend is being so used to not having to worry about how many "urgent" emails you are going to face Monday morning and then Sunday evening the intrusive thoughts hit. Maybe I should check it now and clear some things early. Bad thoughts. Bad.
December 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The worst part of a long holiday weekend is being so used to not having to worry about how many "urgent" emails you are going to face Monday morning and then Sunday evening the intrusive thoughts hit. Maybe I should check it now and clear some things early. Bad thoughts. Bad.
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we need a dodging and parrying system for replies
December 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM
we need a dodging and parrying system for replies
With the first pick in the 2026 NFL draft, the Las Vegas Raiders select somebody with a serious drug habit who won't last 2 years in the league.
December 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
With the first pick in the 2026 NFL draft, the Las Vegas Raiders select somebody with a serious drug habit who won't last 2 years in the league.
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Bill Barr's dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job. I am sure it's just a coincidence his DOJ was monitoring the reporter who was breaking the most news on the case.
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Bill Barr's dad gave Jeffrey Epstein his first job. I am sure it's just a coincidence his DOJ was monitoring the reporter who was breaking the most news on the case.
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They're calling him the Most Guilty Person of All Time
Trump's DOJ was monitoring all the movements of the Miami Herald reporter who was covering the Epstein case.
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
They're calling him the Most Guilty Person of All Time
I too enjoy strippers.
Happy Eat the Christmas Tree Day to all who celebrate
December 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I too enjoy strippers.
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Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
My Open Letter To That Open Letter About AI In Writing And Publishing
The tl;dr before you get into this post is this: the SFWA came out, said that some AI usage was okay enough in books for the authors of those books to not to be disqualified from winning a Nebula a…
terribleminds.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Apparently I'm doing this -- my open letter to that open latter about AI in writing and publishing. I emerged from Hibernation Week to write it, so god only knows how much sense it makes. But at least a human wrote it, so that's nice.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
Bonus: picture of my "cat," sweet baby Boomba.
The media's lack of curiosity about this has me extremely curious. They reddit sleuthed a Parkinson's doctor going to the Biden White House for meetings as Biden had Parkinson's.
Trump is taking multiple cognitive exams, has discolorations in his hands where IVs might be inserted, and... boring.
Trump is taking multiple cognitive exams, has discolorations in his hands where IVs might be inserted, and... boring.
seems to be a small hole at the site of discoloration
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
The media's lack of curiosity about this has me extremely curious. They reddit sleuthed a Parkinson's doctor going to the Biden White House for meetings as Biden had Parkinson's.
Trump is taking multiple cognitive exams, has discolorations in his hands where IVs might be inserted, and... boring.
Trump is taking multiple cognitive exams, has discolorations in his hands where IVs might be inserted, and... boring.
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damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
damn. I just searched and the piece I wrote for them years ago about domestic violence and Title IX is gone
Sometimes people's opinions are so bad, you want them to be joking but unfortunately they aren't.
Darwin was right. If you want to commit suicide who has the right to keep you alive? That is so wrong. AI doesn't "induce" suicide. You don't ask AI id you don't want to do it. Stop that nonsense.
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Sometimes people's opinions are so bad, you want them to be joking but unfortunately they aren't.
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We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We had congressional hearings when parents just suspected heavy metal was leading some kids to suicide.
December 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM