pannonica
@acinonnap.bsky.social
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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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pannonica
@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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“It’s gotten old”
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
February 18, 2026 at 4:06 PM
“It’s gotten old”
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
The Trumps are tired of people asking about them looting the country and making BILLIONS off the presidency so pls stop! 😬
(From @atrupar.com )
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And naturally, he falsely refers to me as a "transgender activist." I am not an activist. There's nothing wrong with activists. But I am not one. Meanwhile, he, a guy who has made his entire career about trying to stoke a moral panic about trans people, juat gets to be considered a journalist.
February 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
And naturally, he falsely refers to me as a "transgender activist." I am not an activist. There's nothing wrong with activists. But I am not one. Meanwhile, he, a guy who has made his entire career about trying to stoke a moral panic about trans people, juat gets to be considered a journalist.
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seeing this shit while donald trump is president is enough to melt my brain
I see they settled on a framing in the donor group chat
February 18, 2026 at 1:02 PM
seeing this shit while donald trump is president is enough to melt my brain
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I saw a conspiracy theory yesterday that the goal is to eliminate all local data storage and push everything into the corporate cloud where it will be scraped to train A.I. (and exploit us)
And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it
And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.
www.heise.de
February 17, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I saw a conspiracy theory yesterday that the goal is to eliminate all local data storage and push everything into the corporate cloud where it will be scraped to train A.I. (and exploit us)
And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it
And I'm having a difficult time dismissing it
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that piece going around that chastises "the left" for "ignoring" AI is extremely funny in that the pivot of its argument is a comparison with rightwing denial of climate change, a rhetorical track so bizarre and rickety it feels like a joke
February 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
that piece going around that chastises "the left" for "ignoring" AI is extremely funny in that the pivot of its argument is a comparison with rightwing denial of climate change, a rhetorical track so bizarre and rickety it feels like a joke
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I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
I’m constantly astounded at the sheer level of artistic production coming out of Iceland. Novels, movies, music. Amazing.
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I regularly see people wondering how it's possible that there are so many musicians and writers and film makers and artists from a tiny nation like Iceland.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
And the answer is really simple: State funding for art education and artists. I literally get a salary from the government to write books.
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This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
Hassett on new study from NY Fed showing 90% of tariff burden is being shouldered by US firms & consumers: "The paper is an embarrassment. It's I think the worst paper I've ever seen in the history of the Fed system. The people associated with this paper should presumably be disciplined."
February 18, 2026 at 2:22 PM
This answer - from one of the president’s key economic advisors - is disgraceful.
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
And, fwiw, the number for tariff pass through is closer to 94-96 percent
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Chris Wright has a masters in engineering from MIT. He is nowhere near as dumb and ignorant as he seems.
The funny thing is that anyone interested in "energy security" in 2026 knows that means getting off of fossil fuels.
But MIT Chris calls that a "leftist fantasy"
The funny thing is that anyone interested in "energy security" in 2026 knows that means getting off of fossil fuels.
But MIT Chris calls that a "leftist fantasy"
US threatens to quit energy agency if it doesn’t drop green transition
Energy Secretary Chris Wright wants the IEA to stop behaving like a “climate advocacy organization” and focus on “energy security.”
www.politico.eu
February 18, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Chris Wright has a masters in engineering from MIT. He is nowhere near as dumb and ignorant as he seems.
The funny thing is that anyone interested in "energy security" in 2026 knows that means getting off of fossil fuels.
But MIT Chris calls that a "leftist fantasy"
The funny thing is that anyone interested in "energy security" in 2026 knows that means getting off of fossil fuels.
But MIT Chris calls that a "leftist fantasy"
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They'd rather your kid die from fake autism "therapies" than your kid have autism
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
www.propublica.org
February 18, 2026 at 2:31 PM
They'd rather your kid die from fake autism "therapies" than your kid have autism
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I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
February 18, 2026 at 1:07 PM
I can’t believe you lefty Luddites hate tech so much that you embrace mRNA vaccines, heat pumps, electric bikes, hybrid work, renewable power (and awesome advancements in storage), space telescopes, and hot/cold running water but reject the planet destroying plagiarism enrich the worst people bots!
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This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
February 18, 2026 at 2:40 AM
This whole fight over transgender stuff happening on X is so weird to me. The most notable thing about trans issues in the last 5 years has been the enormous, coordinated anti-trans activism campaign across the right, aided by moral cowards in the center.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
But that campaign is *never mentioned*.
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The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs
February 18, 2026 at 5:08 AM
The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs
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Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump's Caribbean Surge Nears $3 Billion Price Tag So Far
The operations around Venezuela that eventually led to the capture of its president pulled in nearly a fifth of the US Navy’s surface fleet at a cost of more than $20 million a day.
www.bloomberg.com
February 17, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Bloomberg says we've spent $3B on Trump's invasion of Venezuela.
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Which is 6X more than the cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, and heart disease cures they've cut to pay for it.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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They always have the same post in their history.
February 17, 2026 at 10:12 PM
They always have the same post in their history.
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AI Con List:
-Environmental damage
-Job loss
-Massive theft
-Child endangerment
-Owned by the worst humans on the planet
-Creatively bankrupt and an insult to humanity
AI Pro List:
-Can write a LinkedIn post for me*
*Apologies, this should have been in the con list, too
-Environmental damage
-Job loss
-Massive theft
-Child endangerment
-Owned by the worst humans on the planet
-Creatively bankrupt and an insult to humanity
AI Pro List:
-Can write a LinkedIn post for me*
*Apologies, this should have been in the con list, too
February 18, 2026 at 12:26 AM
AI Con List:
-Environmental damage
-Job loss
-Massive theft
-Child endangerment
-Owned by the worst humans on the planet
-Creatively bankrupt and an insult to humanity
AI Pro List:
-Can write a LinkedIn post for me*
*Apologies, this should have been in the con list, too
-Environmental damage
-Job loss
-Massive theft
-Child endangerment
-Owned by the worst humans on the planet
-Creatively bankrupt and an insult to humanity
AI Pro List:
-Can write a LinkedIn post for me*
*Apologies, this should have been in the con list, too
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Yes, Texas is purging voter rolls!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
February 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Yes, Texas is purging voter rolls!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
A buddy and his wife haven't missed an election in 40 years, two months ago they checked online and found out both of them have disappeared
If you live in Texas, DOUBLE CHECK NOW!!
Newsom sucks, part eleventy
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Newsom sucks, part eleventy
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Yep. Die of pneumonia. Die of a post-flu infection. Die of an infected wound. Die after childbirth. Die of tuberculosis, that one was a biggie.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 18, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Yep. Die of pneumonia. Die of a post-flu infection. Die of an infected wound. Die after childbirth. Die of tuberculosis, that one was a biggie.
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The horrors are compounding and intensifying
"the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 18, 2026 at 4:12 AM
The horrors are compounding and intensifying
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a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
1 reason why I get so angry at anti-trans "safety in women's sports" people is NONE of them do SHIT or say ANYTHING about actual safety in womens sport. There are ongoing histories and challenges and abuses in sport, and folks are more than welcome to pay attention, and give a damn. But they don't.
February 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
a fucking pedophile sexually abused nearly every prospective and actual Olympian gymnast for over two decades, and the political discourse is hyper-fixated on the hypothetical unfairness of trans girls competing with cis girls
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The shelter I volunteer with has a unique adoption situation right now and I'd be so grateful if people could share to anyone they know in Vermont who might be a good fit. This is Devon, and his story is a little complicated so please click this link to find out more! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
February 18, 2026 at 12:46 AM
The shelter I volunteer with has a unique adoption situation right now and I'd be so grateful if people could share to anyone they know in Vermont who might be a good fit. This is Devon, and his story is a little complicated so please click this link to find out more! www.hsccvt.org/Cats#sl_embe...
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Since declaring war in the Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean, US has killed at least 145 people in lethal strikes on boats.
These never-ending & interchangeable wars (war on drugs, war on terror, and war on migrants) by US Southern Command no longer even have to specify what org they are targeting!
These never-ending & interchangeable wars (war on drugs, war on terror, and war on migrants) by US Southern Command no longer even have to specify what org they are targeting!
The U.S. Has Killed More than 100 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All.
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Since declaring war in the Caribbean Sea & Pacific Ocean, US has killed at least 145 people in lethal strikes on boats.
These never-ending & interchangeable wars (war on drugs, war on terror, and war on migrants) by US Southern Command no longer even have to specify what org they are targeting!
These never-ending & interchangeable wars (war on drugs, war on terror, and war on migrants) by US Southern Command no longer even have to specify what org they are targeting!