Alton B.H. Worthington
@abhw.bsky.social
Social Science Shop Teacher in the vocational training division of a sports entertainment and medical services conglomerate. Views expressed represent nobody, even myself. ∃ RPs ∉ {Endorse} ∧ ∀ Posts ⊂ {Nonsense}. PV=NRT. "Car weirdo."
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After finishing class prep for tomorrow, took the time to start swapping in the motherboard for the Ultimate CD Ripper v3 (now with less catastrophic motherboard failure) and realized I have basically removed almost every original part from this case/server now. But I'm having fun.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
After finishing class prep for tomorrow, took the time to start swapping in the motherboard for the Ultimate CD Ripper v3 (now with less catastrophic motherboard failure) and realized I have basically removed almost every original part from this case/server now. But I'm having fun.
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tl;dr "trashy people eat this food, which makes this food trashy, and if I then eat that food, I will become trashy myself" is a social opinion (a shitty one), not a scientific opinion, but people will never stop trying to use nutritional terminology to legitimize their shitty social opinions
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
tl;dr "trashy people eat this food, which makes this food trashy, and if I then eat that food, I will become trashy myself" is a social opinion (a shitty one), not a scientific opinion, but people will never stop trying to use nutritional terminology to legitimize their shitty social opinions
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And here's the link: www.nber.org/papers/w34456
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And here's the link: www.nber.org/papers/w34456
tariff spiral (pasta)
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
tariff spiral (pasta)
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Marc Andreesen,🥚, picked a fight with *the Pope* over a pretty basic call to exercise discernment when building AI.
Marc truly believes that any constraint on anything he does is fundamentally illegitimate.
Marc truly believes that any constraint on anything he does is fundamentally illegitimate.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Marc Andreesen,🥚, picked a fight with *the Pope* over a pretty basic call to exercise discernment when building AI.
Marc truly believes that any constraint on anything he does is fundamentally illegitimate.
Marc truly believes that any constraint on anything he does is fundamentally illegitimate.
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This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's theme
It's called Tony's theme
Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.
My response ⬇️
My response ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is a song about a superhero named Tony
It's called Tony's theme
It's called Tony's theme
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hmmmmm i wonder if that has anything to do with society and the government brutally suppressing it over that exact period of time
November 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
hmmmmm i wonder if that has anything to do with society and the government brutally suppressing it over that exact period of time
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November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I can't believe I am slowly becoming a Max Verstappen fan. I feel like such a bandwagon jumper, but what a year, across multiple disciplines.
November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I can't believe I am slowly becoming a Max Verstappen fan. I feel like such a bandwagon jumper, but what a year, across multiple disciplines.
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> Mark Andreessen crashing out posting Sydney Sweeney memes at the Pope
> Alex Carp bitching at Michael Burry shorting because Palantir sells "ontology"
> Sam Altman asking for a government bailout
> Elon Musk celebrating his 1 trillion payout by making Grok say "I love you"
Calling the top
> Alex Carp bitching at Michael Burry shorting because Palantir sells "ontology"
> Sam Altman asking for a government bailout
> Elon Musk celebrating his 1 trillion payout by making Grok say "I love you"
Calling the top
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
> Mark Andreessen crashing out posting Sydney Sweeney memes at the Pope
> Alex Carp bitching at Michael Burry shorting because Palantir sells "ontology"
> Sam Altman asking for a government bailout
> Elon Musk celebrating his 1 trillion payout by making Grok say "I love you"
Calling the top
> Alex Carp bitching at Michael Burry shorting because Palantir sells "ontology"
> Sam Altman asking for a government bailout
> Elon Musk celebrating his 1 trillion payout by making Grok say "I love you"
Calling the top
This is anti-Yuki discrimination and I won't have it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This is anti-Yuki discrimination and I won't have it.
Turn 1/2 at interlagos has been the same for 25 years, let's get it together, folks.
November 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Turn 1/2 at interlagos has been the same for 25 years, let's get it together, folks.
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This is like saying "we're replacing banks with DraftKings", any journalists treating it seriously and not screaming their heads off about how totally deranged it is should be sent to the gulag
… Sen. Rick Scott says he’ll draft a health care bill based on Trump’s morning Truth Social post. Says his plan is to give people health savings accounts and “let them buy the health care they want.” To say I have questions would be an understatement.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is like saying "we're replacing banks with DraftKings", any journalists treating it seriously and not screaming their heads off about how totally deranged it is should be sent to the gulag
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They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
I’ve come to believe that we need to gather considerable forces and a campaign to demand the removal of face masks by ICE, Border Patrol, FBI and police.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
It is a practice in conflict with the principles of transparency & accountability that are central to the concept of democracy.
Video on social media shows an immigration agent pulling a gun in Little Village and holding it to the side — which is not an appropriate or safe way to hold a gun. (Among other issues.)
November 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They’re wearing masks so they can’t be prosecuted later. As long as they think they can’t be prosecuted, their crimes will intensify. They will torture, starve and kill, as they have already, on greater and greater scale.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
Signed, someone who’s covered the unaccountable War on Terror for 23 years.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
Not just academia, but also academia, imo
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Not just academia, but also academia, imo
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“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
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I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I do really think these folks are underestimating how bad the AI backlash can get if the industry needs a bailout
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
people are still furious about the 2008 bailout and that was almost two decades ago
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oh cool, now we have Indian-American zoomer idiots that think that they can draw the line to include them to exclude them from MAGA's anti-Indian sentiment
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 PM
oh cool, now we have Indian-American zoomer idiots that think that they can draw the line to include them to exclude them from MAGA's anti-Indian sentiment
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I'm working on a list of regulatory policy actions in Trump's second term. (I'll share it when I'm done.)
So I'm scrolling through a bunch of administration output (mostly so you don't have to).
But if you want a glimpse, here are all of the executive orders he has issued since Jan 20, 2025:
So I'm scrolling through a bunch of administration output (mostly so you don't have to).
But if you want a glimpse, here are all of the executive orders he has issued since Jan 20, 2025:
Executive Orders
Disposition Tables contain information about Presidential Documents beginning with those signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and are arranged according to Presidential administration and year of signature...
www.federalregister.gov
November 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm working on a list of regulatory policy actions in Trump's second term. (I'll share it when I'm done.)
So I'm scrolling through a bunch of administration output (mostly so you don't have to).
But if you want a glimpse, here are all of the executive orders he has issued since Jan 20, 2025:
So I'm scrolling through a bunch of administration output (mostly so you don't have to).
But if you want a glimpse, here are all of the executive orders he has issued since Jan 20, 2025:
Shout-out as always to importgenius
November 8, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Shout-out as always to importgenius
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time