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"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
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"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness." –Flann O'Brien, The Third Policeman (1967)
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@acinonnap.bsky.social
· Nov 9
More context for the Flann O'Brien quote from The Third Policeman (1967) that I've been using as a metaphor for how we can perceive the heinous attacks on trans rights, and how cis folks and others might not understand how not only will their rights also be violated, *it's already happening*
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Great Channel 4 News report on the latest #AMOC monitoring.
"Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening."
@noc.ac.uk
youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...
"Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening."
@noc.ac.uk
youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...
Collapse of this Atlantic current could change Europe's climate forever
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
February 17, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Great Channel 4 News report on the latest #AMOC monitoring.
"Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening."
@noc.ac.uk
youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...
"Trouble is: there is now growing scientific consensus that the AMOC is weakening."
@noc.ac.uk
youtu.be/JpOpsMOBsL4?...
This. It's delusional, selfish, and destructive. And that pretty much describes the ultrawealthy themselves.
“The rich think they don't have to live in the same world as the rest of us, so they can let it burn and profit on the way down.”
@naomiaklein.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social break down the politics in Epstein’s emails, diving into his relationship with right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel.
@naomiaklein.bsky.social and @mehdirhasan.bsky.social break down the politics in Epstein’s emails, diving into his relationship with right-wing billionaire Peter Thiel.
February 17, 2026 at 10:56 AM
This. It's delusional, selfish, and destructive. And that pretty much describes the ultrawealthy themselves.
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The multi-decade long waiting lists are a political (/ideological) choice and represent a sort of conversion-therapy-by-default clinical practice.
February 17, 2026 at 10:28 AM
The multi-decade long waiting lists are a political (/ideological) choice and represent a sort of conversion-therapy-by-default clinical practice.
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Not great how U.S. foreign policy is a combination of white nationalism, eugenics, preening toxic masculinity, and groveling for the approval of hostile nations before assisting our allies.
This is a direct violation of long-standing US policy toward Taiwan.
Beginning with the 1982 version, the Six Assurances to Taiwan explicitly states that the U.S. will not consult with China on arms sales to Taiwan.
Nor will the U.S. set an end date of arms sales to Taiwan.
Beginning with the 1982 version, the Six Assurances to Taiwan explicitly states that the U.S. will not consult with China on arms sales to Taiwan.
Nor will the U.S. set an end date of arms sales to Taiwan.
President Donald Trump said that he’s discussing future weapons sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping and teased that he would soon make a decision about future defense support for the self-governing island.
February 17, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Not great how U.S. foreign policy is a combination of white nationalism, eugenics, preening toxic masculinity, and groveling for the approval of hostile nations before assisting our allies.
"you have been logout successfully" (sic)
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
"you have been logout successfully" (sic)
Not exactly favorite, but among the most hauntingly memorable.
the cat in Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo (1975)
Jean Sibelius | "Valse Triste"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1q...
the cat in Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo (1975)
Jean Sibelius | "Valse Triste"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1q...
February 17, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Not exactly favorite, but among the most hauntingly memorable.
the cat in Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo (1975)
Jean Sibelius | "Valse Triste"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1q...
the cat in Bruno Bozzetto's Allegro Non Troppo (1975)
Jean Sibelius | "Valse Triste"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=du1q...
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Look how they threatened the entire establishment is by AOC.
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
After First Big Overseas Trip, Ocasio-Cortez Expresses Frustrations
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Look how they threatened the entire establishment is by AOC.
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
Coordinated hit on her.
Meanwhile, Trump is drooling, farting and sleeping without scrutiny.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/u...
I think this was just a Simpsons episode
When I was
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a gay steel mill
A young boy
My father
Took me into the city
To see a gay steel mill
February 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I think this was just a Simpsons episode
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REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
July 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
REMEMBER: All the "Don't use em-dashes" "don't use rule of three" advice because it makes your writing "look like AI" is because they stole actual writers work, and their "predict the next thing" stuff just simulates what WE FUCKING DO. Keep writing well. Use every style and trick you have. Fuck AI.
One reason Republicans are so laser targeted on trans kids existing, is that trans kids existing requires accepting the bodily autonomy and consent of children.
Which is something republicans absolutely can't do, since they are pedophiles.
Their transphobia and pedophilia is them being consistent
Which is something republicans absolutely can't do, since they are pedophiles.
Their transphobia and pedophilia is them being consistent
February 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM
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The conservative Tax Foundation said Trump’s tariffs amount to the biggest tax hike since 1993 and yet no one else is talking about out it in those terms.
February 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The conservative Tax Foundation said Trump’s tariffs amount to the biggest tax hike since 1993 and yet no one else is talking about out it in those terms.
ew, literally ghoulish
This is happening at a far faster pace than we anticipated in the episode. Extremely grim, very enraging
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
February 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
ew, literally ghoulish
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Most people sound like this if you transcribe every uh, um and like. I know this because it's how interviews with sources look when I run them through a transcription tool.
But most journalists clean it up. We don't quote people like this.
But most journalists clean it up. We don't quote people like this.
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Most people sound like this if you transcribe every uh, um and like. I know this because it's how interviews with sources look when I run them through a transcription tool.
But most journalists clean it up. We don't quote people like this.
But most journalists clean it up. We don't quote people like this.
Aside from the unalloyed bigotry, what kind of hypothetical choice is that anyway?
Seemingly Fine just wanted to do a racism and score some vice signalling points.
Seemingly Fine just wanted to do a racism and score some vice signalling points.
Will it be national news? Will it cause performative outrage? Will he be censured?
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
Nope. Forgotten by tomorrow.
February 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Aside from the unalloyed bigotry, what kind of hypothetical choice is that anyway?
Seemingly Fine just wanted to do a racism and score some vice signalling points.
Seemingly Fine just wanted to do a racism and score some vice signalling points.
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Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
Noah Rothman on the Epstein files: "It is a witch hunt. It‘s a moral panic."
February 16, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Incredible. We got to "Is a pedophile island really all that bad?" five times faster than I thought.
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Death panels have arrived. They are chaired by RFK and Trump.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Death panels have arrived. They are chaired by RFK and Trump.
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Vaccine Makers Curtail Research and Cut Jobs www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/h...
Too late to be helpful this time, but
Yokoyama Katsuya's Art of the Shakuhachi
works well for me. I can also see, however, that it might be too distracting for some.
Yokoyama Katsuya's Art of the Shakuhachi
works well for me. I can also see, however, that it might be too distracting for some.
February 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Too late to be helpful this time, but
Yokoyama Katsuya's Art of the Shakuhachi
works well for me. I can also see, however, that it might be too distracting for some.
Yokoyama Katsuya's Art of the Shakuhachi
works well for me. I can also see, however, that it might be too distracting for some.
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Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
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the guy that hasn't washed his hands in years is threatening a $300 bn AI company's existence
because they want guarantees that he won't use their AI to surveil American citizens or kill people autonomously
and he refuses to agree to those terms
www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...
because they want guarantees that he won't use their AI to surveil American citizens or kill people autonomously
and he refuses to agree to those terms
www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...
Exclusive: Pentagon warns Anthropic will "pay a price" as feud escalates
The Pentagon may label Anthropic a "supply chain risk," forcing all its vendors to sever ties.
www.axios.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
the guy that hasn't washed his hands in years is threatening a $300 bn AI company's existence
because they want guarantees that he won't use their AI to surveil American citizens or kill people autonomously
and he refuses to agree to those terms
www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...
because they want guarantees that he won't use their AI to surveil American citizens or kill people autonomously
and he refuses to agree to those terms
www.axios.com/2026/02/16/a...
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"The interview was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."
Hey everyone. Potentially the biggest story in the country, right here. substack.com/home/post/p-...
February 15, 2026 at 8:54 PM
"The interview was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBI’s case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."
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This is literally a "theory" of child development lodged in a lot of people's minds, smuggled in w/ "Train up a child in the way he should go & when he's old he will not depart from it" twisted around "Your brain isn't mature until 25, you need someone older & wiser, telling you what to do..."
If kids are allowed to express themselves too young, they might not end up growing up to be cisgender, and we think we might be able to pressure it out of them if we start early, goes the logic. We might be able to put them on the "correct natural trajectory" by inhibiting their preferred expression
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
This is literally a "theory" of child development lodged in a lot of people's minds, smuggled in w/ "Train up a child in the way he should go & when he's old he will not depart from it" twisted around "Your brain isn't mature until 25, you need someone older & wiser, telling you what to do..."
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People really reaching to make the Epstein story about anything other than gender.
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
People really reaching to make the Epstein story about anything other than gender.