Bas Wisselink
@baswisselink.com
Student of Philosophy at University of Amsterdam. Interested in sex work, autonomy, classical languages and western esotericism. Member of http://sekswerkexpertise.nl.
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The succeeding in question
December 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The succeeding in question
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This thread gives a nice view of how destructive AI video tech is.
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This thread gives a nice view of how destructive AI video tech is.
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
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Non government and thus non-accountable pricks at the table for a discussion about a war that impacts the whole world.
Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller with seats at the table at Mar-a-Lago meeting with Zelenskyy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Non government and thus non-accountable pricks at the table for a discussion about a war that impacts the whole world.
Yes, I am explicitly calling anyone not using Alt Text on their images a lazy bastard.
Because you are.
Because you are.
I once again point out that adding Alt Text to your images is not only the right thing to do for all your readers, it's also very easy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Yes, I am explicitly calling anyone not using Alt Text on their images a lazy bastard.
Because you are.
Because you are.
I once again point out that adding Alt Text to your images is not only the right thing to do for all your readers, it's also very easy.
December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I once again point out that adding Alt Text to your images is not only the right thing to do for all your readers, it's also very easy.
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So, is he saying that "heritage Americans" are the experts at fleecing the government?
Ron Johnson: "Understand, Somalis have just been in this country a few years. They're amateurs when it comes to fleecing the federal government."
December 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
So, is he saying that "heritage Americans" are the experts at fleecing the government?
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The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
Ron Johnson: "Understand, Somalis have just been in this country a few years. They're amateurs when it comes to fleecing the federal government."
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The GOP has really leaned in to singling out Somalis for very explicit racism. Ron Johnson and the rest of the party are just loathsome, un-American people.
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LeMonde said, not on our watch
December 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
LeMonde said, not on our watch
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
They even lost touch with business owners now.
The regime is now completely untethered from reality.
The regime is now completely untethered from reality.
Kelly Loeffler: "I don't think small business owners have ever been so excited to pay their taxes thanks to President Trump."
December 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They even lost touch with business owners now.
The regime is now completely untethered from reality.
The regime is now completely untethered from reality.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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The World is Not Enough: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic
The View to a Kill from Nowhere
Dr No: Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics
The View to a Kill from Nowhere
Dr No: Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics
make a Bond movie academic
tomorrow never dies: the phenomenology of internal time-consciousness
tomorrow never dies: the phenomenology of internal time-consciousness
Make a Bond movie academic
Goldfinger: Bitcoin & the Semiotics of Digital Goldbugs
Goldfinger: Bitcoin & the Semiotics of Digital Goldbugs
December 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The World is Not Enough: Modal Realism and the Semantics of Modal Logic
The View to a Kill from Nowhere
Dr No: Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics
The View to a Kill from Nowhere
Dr No: Rethinking Informed Consent in Bioethics
There will never be a time I hate this image.
December 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
There will never be a time I hate this image.
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"We should acknowledge that AI does not care about Ethics, because it is dependent on political authority that can easily shift any ethical responsibility evading legal repercussions."
This is why the field of AI ethics is a scam.
(Fig from umaine.edu/learnwithai/ which I'm not familiar with)
This is why the field of AI ethics is a scam.
(Fig from umaine.edu/learnwithai/ which I'm not familiar with)
December 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
"We should acknowledge that AI does not care about Ethics, because it is dependent on political authority that can easily shift any ethical responsibility evading legal repercussions."
This is why the field of AI ethics is a scam.
(Fig from umaine.edu/learnwithai/ which I'm not familiar with)
This is why the field of AI ethics is a scam.
(Fig from umaine.edu/learnwithai/ which I'm not familiar with)
This thread gives a nice view of how destructive AI video tech is.
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
December 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This thread gives a nice view of how destructive AI video tech is.
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
It destroys any trust in what is posted online. Is it AI? Is it real?
That bleeds over into reporting, and leads to a general alienation from facts.
The Stasi used it and called it Zersetzung.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zersetz...
"The Trump Kennedy Center is a true bipartisan institution that welcomes artists and patrons from all backgrounds - even if we have to force them to perform!"
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"The Trump Kennedy Center is a true bipartisan institution that welcomes artists and patrons from all backgrounds - even if we have to force them to perform!"
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neurodivergent people: have big butts and cannot lie
December 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
neurodivergent people: have big butts and cannot lie
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The thing about right-wing reactionaries that one must understand is they are not arguing from a place of moral reasoning. They have a picture of their ideal world in their head—a cultural aesthetic—and they want to impose that on us, without taking any responsibility for themselves. They're sick.
“Woman Enjoying Career Literally Made Possible by Feminism Declares Feminism a Failure”
December 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The thing about right-wing reactionaries that one must understand is they are not arguing from a place of moral reasoning. They have a picture of their ideal world in their head—a cultural aesthetic—and they want to impose that on us, without taking any responsibility for themselves. They're sick.
All should follow my snack based method of explaining stuff.
I once showed up at an interview where I needed to explain how a something works, and did so using a transparent box of Rochers.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
Currently eating a Ferrero Rocher, i.e., what you thought was the most special expensive candy in the world when you were eight years old
December 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
All should follow my snack based method of explaining stuff.
I once showed up at an interview where I needed to explain how a something works, and did so using a transparent box of Rochers.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
Currently eating a Ferrero Rocher, i.e., what you thought was the most special expensive candy in the world when you were eight years old
December 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I once showed up at an interview where I needed to explain how a something works, and did so using a transparent box of Rochers.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
I advise anyone who does explainers to do so using Rochers as a prop if you can, because interviewers will love you.
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My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
December 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
My latest cartoon for @theguardian.com books.
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Het openlijke racisme dat tijdens Fortuyn ‘on-Hollands’ werd genoemd, is nu mainstream, ziet columnist @nadiabouras.bsky.social: Nederland moet afkicken van zijn etnische obsessie om nog meer morele afstomping te voorkomen. ’Houd geen debat over de ‘veranderde buurt’, maar over betaalbare woningen.'
Columnist Nadia Bouras: ‘‘Ik herken mijn buurt niet meer’ is het nieuwe ‘vol is vol’’
Het openlijke racisme dat tijdens Fortuyn 'on-Hollands' werd genoemd, is nu mainstream, ziet columnist Nadia Bouras: Nederland moet afkicken van zijn etnische obsessie om te voorkomen dat 2026 óók…
buff.ly
December 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Het openlijke racisme dat tijdens Fortuyn ‘on-Hollands’ werd genoemd, is nu mainstream, ziet columnist @nadiabouras.bsky.social: Nederland moet afkicken van zijn etnische obsessie om nog meer morele afstomping te voorkomen. ’Houd geen debat over de ‘veranderde buurt’, maar over betaalbare woningen.'
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Amsterdam Light Festival had some pretty cool art works this year
December 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Amsterdam Light Festival had some pretty cool art works this year