Bryan - the "Y" is not silent
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Librarian and as of yet unpublished author. Book, comic, film nerd. Occasional sh*t-poster (more so lately) and attempted wit. Dog and cat dad.
Pinned
Do not go quietly into these dark nights,
Resistance should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dwindling of our rights
True wise men of action know the cause is right,
Let their words fork terrible lightning as they
Do not go quietly into these dark nights.
-homage to D. Thomas
Resistance should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dwindling of our rights
True wise men of action know the cause is right,
Let their words fork terrible lightning as they
Do not go quietly into these dark nights.
-homage to D. Thomas
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So, to recap, just this week...
-- Trump's negotiators adopt Russia's "peace" (surrender) plan for Ukraine;
-- Farage's Reform UK colleague is sentenced to 10 years in prison for pro-Russia bribery;
-- Musk accidentally outs numerous "MAGA" accounts as Russian troll farms.
#RussiaRussiaRussia
-- Trump's negotiators adopt Russia's "peace" (surrender) plan for Ukraine;
-- Farage's Reform UK colleague is sentenced to 10 years in prison for pro-Russia bribery;
-- Musk accidentally outs numerous "MAGA" accounts as Russian troll farms.
#RussiaRussiaRussia
November 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
So, to recap, just this week...
-- Trump's negotiators adopt Russia's "peace" (surrender) plan for Ukraine;
-- Farage's Reform UK colleague is sentenced to 10 years in prison for pro-Russia bribery;
-- Musk accidentally outs numerous "MAGA" accounts as Russian troll farms.
#RussiaRussiaRussia
-- Trump's negotiators adopt Russia's "peace" (surrender) plan for Ukraine;
-- Farage's Reform UK colleague is sentenced to 10 years in prison for pro-Russia bribery;
-- Musk accidentally outs numerous "MAGA" accounts as Russian troll farms.
#RussiaRussiaRussia
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Do not steal books, I beg. Borrow from a library. Libraries lend e-books!
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
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Comey case: many reasons to dismiss the case: vindictive prosecution, Halligan appointment was illegal, Grand Jury instruction errors. But IF the jury voted that there was probable cause on two of the counts, then those two counts should survive challenge. A hearing is needed on that factual issue.
The facts are complicated, but here’s a summary of what appears to have happened based on the filings and today’s hearing:
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Comey case: many reasons to dismiss the case: vindictive prosecution, Halligan appointment was illegal, Grand Jury instruction errors. But IF the jury voted that there was probable cause on two of the counts, then those two counts should survive challenge. A hearing is needed on that factual issue.
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Brutally accurate.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Brutally accurate.
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
sometimes it will just hit me that over a million americans died from covid in a short period of time and we never had a national mourning. we never collectively grieved. we never honored the dead. this feels like a failure
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When the mythical pizza restaurant basement becomes an actual child sex trafficking operation involving the rich and powerful, including a sitting Republican President, the MAGA crowd loses interest.
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
When the mythical pizza restaurant basement becomes an actual child sex trafficking operation involving the rich and powerful, including a sitting Republican President, the MAGA crowd loses interest.
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Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
November 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Megyn Kelly said she thinks “there’s a difference between a 5 year old and a 15 year old” when it comes to sexual abuse. Megyn Kelly has a 14 year old daughter. Megyn Kelly is going to Hell.
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For the first time since it's founding there's an actual conspiracy that indicts powerful elites and there are actual documents that actually prove it and Infowars is like "nah"
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
For the first time since it's founding there's an actual conspiracy that indicts powerful elites and there are actual documents that actually prove it and Infowars is like "nah"
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Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yesterday, I pleaded not guilty to the charges that Trump’s DOJ has hit me with in federal court.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
This administration is targeting me because they can see that I’ve spoken out against them and will continue to stand up to them.
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Here's a massive scoop from Ed showing OpenAI has been lying about their revenue for years
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here's a massive scoop from Ed showing OpenAI has been lying about their revenue for years
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All this Epstein stuff just reminds me that on most days of the week, mainstream media doesn't give a shit that Trump's a pedophile.
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
All this Epstein stuff just reminds me that on most days of the week, mainstream media doesn't give a shit that Trump's a pedophile.
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Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "Have them ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Jeffrey Epstein in 2015: "Have them ask my houseman about donald almost walking through the door leaving his nose print on the glass as young women were swimming in the pool and he was so focused he walked straight into the door."
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Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Epstein mocked Trump for “leaving his nose print on the glass” while watching young women, wrote that Trump knew about illicit activity tied to Mar-a-Lago, and visited “many times,” and noted Trump’s planned visit to his neighbor Howard Lutnick’s house.
Pampering pedophiles is the Republican way.
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Pampering pedophiles is the Republican way.
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This is the face of a man who 10 minutes previously said “this edible ain’t shit, I’m having two more”
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is the face of a man who 10 minutes previously said “this edible ain’t shit, I’m having two more”
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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That whole thing about how The Art of War mostly just says stuff like "be sure to feed your soldiers"
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown trib.al/5WGvUOq
Army closes only dining facility on Kansas base due to government shutdown
The only dining facility for junior troops at the Army’s Fort Leavenworth in Kansas has been closed due to funding issues.
trib.al
November 6, 2025 at 1:16 AM
That whole thing about how The Art of War mostly just says stuff like "be sure to feed your soldiers"
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Okay, Mamdani technically turned 34 a couple weeks ago, but it says a lot that Republicans are scared of a 33 yr old brown-skinned socialist wanting to make life better for those who have the least. The hypocrisy is ripe with this one.
November 5, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Okay, Mamdani technically turned 34 a couple weeks ago, but it says a lot that Republicans are scared of a 33 yr old brown-skinned socialist wanting to make life better for those who have the least. The hypocrisy is ripe with this one.