@befuddledbookster.bsky.social
Pro-public health, Covid-concious, second in command of the Red Tory gang, for King and Country.
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I love how people who have never set foot in Ukraine once in their life feel so confident opining on it. Also. WTF is up with Ireland? If it's not blatant antisemitism one day it's russia cocksucking on another.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
I love how people who have never set foot in Ukraine once in their life feel so confident opining on it. Also. WTF is up with Ireland? If it's not blatant antisemitism one day it's russia cocksucking on another.
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This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
defining the economy is capitalist propaganda, as is measuring it with graphs. also, the economy is bad and used to be better and everyone knows it.
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is literally the consensus belief on this website. And because everyone knows it’s the consensus belief, big tastemaker accounts completely refuse to challenge it, because their game is to say things that they know the majority of their audience will agree with. So the falsehood spreads.
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It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
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“But how many lives and worlds were destroyed my Leia and Mon Mothma’s neoliberal policies? Checkmate space lib.”
"The First Order and the Republic are two sides of the same coin, and people are making fortunes off their war"
"Ok, probably, but also: the First Order are Space Nazis who blew up like 10 planets in the last movie, so equating them here is really fucking weird and tasteless"
"Ok, probably, but also: the First Order are Space Nazis who blew up like 10 planets in the last movie, so equating them here is really fucking weird and tasteless"
November 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“But how many lives and worlds were destroyed my Leia and Mon Mothma’s neoliberal policies? Checkmate space lib.”
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A large share of politics coded as “left” on this site is in fact reactionary nostalgia - an inchoate belief that times were better in the good old days and nebulous forces have taken that from us.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
A large share of politics coded as “left” on this site is in fact reactionary nostalgia - an inchoate belief that times were better in the good old days and nebulous forces have taken that from us.
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From what I studied, there were 3 peaks of antisemitism under communist tyranny. All outgoing from one country, but spreading throughout communist Europe in their time. 1949-1952 Czechoslovakia, 1967-1970 Poland, 1975-1980 Soviet Union.
Soviet Union was indeed very anti-semitic by explicit state policies. But by the mid-1980s things had significantly loosened up. You could openly study Hebrew and Torah if you wanted to. Source- I went to a Jewish school at a synagogue in Podil in late 1980s.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
From what I studied, there were 3 peaks of antisemitism under communist tyranny. All outgoing from one country, but spreading throughout communist Europe in their time. 1949-1952 Czechoslovakia, 1967-1970 Poland, 1975-1980 Soviet Union.
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Ben Thompson argues that while AI is obviously in a bubble, it will create long term benefits in the form of investments in chip fabs in the U.S. and power plants.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
The Benefits of Bubbles
We are in an AI Bubble: the big question is if this bubble will be worth it for the physical infrastructure and coordinated innovation that result?
stratechery.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ben Thompson argues that while AI is obviously in a bubble, it will create long term benefits in the form of investments in chip fabs in the U.S. and power plants.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
This is similar to how we got dark fiber and train tracks as infrastructure out of the internet and railway bubbles.
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If a group gets mad over condemning fucking swastikas graffitied on a Jewish space, they're not pro-Palestine.
They just fucking hate Jews and find the very real plight of Palestinians to be a convenient excuse.
All groups like this really want is brutal violence and a reason to jack off to it.
They just fucking hate Jews and find the very real plight of Palestinians to be a convenient excuse.
All groups like this really want is brutal violence and a reason to jack off to it.
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
If a group gets mad over condemning fucking swastikas graffitied on a Jewish space, they're not pro-Palestine.
They just fucking hate Jews and find the very real plight of Palestinians to be a convenient excuse.
All groups like this really want is brutal violence and a reason to jack off to it.
They just fucking hate Jews and find the very real plight of Palestinians to be a convenient excuse.
All groups like this really want is brutal violence and a reason to jack off to it.
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one of these is a mindless machine churning out terrible takes and the other is Grok
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of these is a mindless machine churning out terrible takes and the other is Grok
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Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Tom Hanks explains to Stephen Colbert why he masks on the subway:
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
"I'm doing a play right now so I cannot get sick... I've had COVID enough in my life, I don't need to do that again. So I'm wearing this for health reasons."
Thank you Tom! Masks are still a key part of public health.
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No surprises there. We have seen across the world in recent years that when you elect populists, not only do they not keep their promises, but they make existing problems worse and create new ones.
He was also in goverment for the first time in a decade and a lot of people think he can't govern.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
No surprises there. We have seen across the world in recent years that when you elect populists, not only do they not keep their promises, but they make existing problems worse and create new ones.
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glad to be back to drawing in my usual format. don't know why, but drawing a video is so much more relaxing than filming or editing a video to me.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
glad to be back to drawing in my usual format. don't know why, but drawing a video is so much more relaxing than filming or editing a video to me.
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Neo-romantic neo-Luddite social movements against a lonely, atomized, cold, calculating society are how we got RFK Jr laying waste to the greatest achievements of human civilization.
I read it (aspirationally) as a humanistic, neo-Luddite, neo-romantic response to an increasingly lonely, atomized, cold, and calculating society.
But that’s just me.
But that’s just me.
November 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Neo-romantic neo-Luddite social movements against a lonely, atomized, cold, calculating society are how we got RFK Jr laying waste to the greatest achievements of human civilization.
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This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is an *amazing* level of derangement about generative AI.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
We are headed for weird anti-AI purity movements where ppl turn on personal computing entirely and start LARPing as Dune mentats, because they think the magic fascism math is hiding in every transformer, search algorithm, and BART.
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It’s great to see that many of you out there appreciate and support science and aren’t afraid of a little mRNA.
November 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It’s great to see that many of you out there appreciate and support science and aren’t afraid of a little mRNA.
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Leftist antisemites are even worse than the GOP variety.
Why, you ask?
B/c the GOP admit who they are. Leftists are arrogant, sanctimonious, and above all, disingenuous.
Show me just one who cares about deaths in Sudan, China, Ukraine, or even America.
Why, you ask?
B/c the GOP admit who they are. Leftists are arrogant, sanctimonious, and above all, disingenuous.
Show me just one who cares about deaths in Sudan, China, Ukraine, or even America.
How often do you ask random people on the internet bad faith questions about matters of scripture? Weirdo
November 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Leftist antisemites are even worse than the GOP variety.
Why, you ask?
B/c the GOP admit who they are. Leftists are arrogant, sanctimonious, and above all, disingenuous.
Show me just one who cares about deaths in Sudan, China, Ukraine, or even America.
Why, you ask?
B/c the GOP admit who they are. Leftists are arrogant, sanctimonious, and above all, disingenuous.
Show me just one who cares about deaths in Sudan, China, Ukraine, or even America.
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The Sudanese don’t have a dedicated propaganda media ecosystem constantly blasting their messages into the phones of everyone in the West through social media, so it’s unsurprising that most western media outlets couldn’t be bothered to even acknowledge what’s being done in Sudan, much less care.
> trying to find news about Sudan
> go to BBC News homepage: nothing
> click through to "World": still nothing
> click through to "Africa": "Fear of mass killing as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city" is the FIFTH story, just below "Migrant sex offender deported from UK after mistaken release"
> go to BBC News homepage: nothing
> click through to "World": still nothing
> click through to "Africa": "Fear of mass killing as thousands trapped in besieged Sudan city" is the FIFTH story, just below "Migrant sex offender deported from UK after mistaken release"
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Sudanese don’t have a dedicated propaganda media ecosystem constantly blasting their messages into the phones of everyone in the West through social media, so it’s unsurprising that most western media outlets couldn’t be bothered to even acknowledge what’s being done in Sudan, much less care.
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Before the measles vaccine, humans did not have permanent immunity to *anything*
A measles outbreak would come along and wipe out previous immunities, whether from previous infections or vaccinations.
A fresh, periodic reset on every other disease.
A measles outbreak would come along and wipe out previous immunities, whether from previous infections or vaccinations.
A fresh, periodic reset on every other disease.
October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Before the measles vaccine, humans did not have permanent immunity to *anything*
A measles outbreak would come along and wipe out previous immunities, whether from previous infections or vaccinations.
A fresh, periodic reset on every other disease.
A measles outbreak would come along and wipe out previous immunities, whether from previous infections or vaccinations.
A fresh, periodic reset on every other disease.
My ambitious crossover idea for Hazbin Hotel would see our lovable group of misfits and monsters see new challenges and threats from Heaven in the form of the shenanigans unleashed by the characters of Father Ted when the Craggy Island Parochial House finds itself teleported to hell.
Fun? Perhaps.
Fun? Perhaps.
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
My ambitious crossover idea for Hazbin Hotel would see our lovable group of misfits and monsters see new challenges and threats from Heaven in the form of the shenanigans unleashed by the characters of Father Ted when the Craggy Island Parochial House finds itself teleported to hell.
Fun? Perhaps.
Fun? Perhaps.
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Just my thoughts as well. If Trotsky had taken over Soviet leadership instead of Stalin, he would have been just as awful, if not even worse. All "anti-Stalinist" communists eventually devolved into the exact same patterns of authoritarianism, and they always will.
The only reason they think fondly of Trotsky is because he didn’t get the same chance Stalin did. Lenin forged the bloody ground work.
October 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Just my thoughts as well. If Trotsky had taken over Soviet leadership instead of Stalin, he would have been just as awful, if not even worse. All "anti-Stalinist" communists eventually devolved into the exact same patterns of authoritarianism, and they always will.
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Since he claimed herd immunity was inevitable, our NIH director invented his own definition to avoid admitting error (from 12/2022).
Since people can only die once, obviously the death rate would go down. This is not herd immunity.
Since people can only die once, obviously the death rate would go down. This is not herd immunity.
October 27, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Since he claimed herd immunity was inevitable, our NIH director invented his own definition to avoid admitting error (from 12/2022).
Since people can only die once, obviously the death rate would go down. This is not herd immunity.
Since people can only die once, obviously the death rate would go down. This is not herd immunity.
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SARS-CoV-2 interferes with p53 signalilng.
That may not mean much to non-specialists, but as a PhD in that area, it's the biggest possible red flag, and the flag is also on fire.
We don't yet know how bad it'll be, but with public health asleep at the wheel (as usual), there's no real upper limit.
That may not mean much to non-specialists, but as a PhD in that area, it's the biggest possible red flag, and the flag is also on fire.
We don't yet know how bad it'll be, but with public health asleep at the wheel (as usual), there's no real upper limit.
The worst part of the potential for COVID to cause cancer is that it's entirely predictable, but the medical policy types have to control everything, so they locked science out of the room and tried to wing it.
Dunning-Kruger pandemic.
Dunning-Kruger pandemic.
October 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
SARS-CoV-2 interferes with p53 signalilng.
That may not mean much to non-specialists, but as a PhD in that area, it's the biggest possible red flag, and the flag is also on fire.
We don't yet know how bad it'll be, but with public health asleep at the wheel (as usual), there's no real upper limit.
That may not mean much to non-specialists, but as a PhD in that area, it's the biggest possible red flag, and the flag is also on fire.
We don't yet know how bad it'll be, but with public health asleep at the wheel (as usual), there's no real upper limit.
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The mainstreaming of blatant Protocols-tier antisemitism is one of the worst aspects of this era.
Like I don't really care what Internet strangers think of me, I'm gonna do the same Palestine advocacy I do offline all the same, but it's wild how "being Jewish but not simply accepting any old thing people want to say about Jews on here" is equated with "pro-genocide"
October 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The mainstreaming of blatant Protocols-tier antisemitism is one of the worst aspects of this era.
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A vaccine is like an airbag. While you’re seatbelt might save you (if you’re wearing it), the airbags are they’re to protect you from the worst possible effects of the crash.
GET VACCINATED!
Protect yourself and those around you!!
GET VACCINATED!
Protect yourself and those around you!!
October 26, 2025 at 2:08 AM
A vaccine is like an airbag. While you’re seatbelt might save you (if you’re wearing it), the airbags are they’re to protect you from the worst possible effects of the crash.
GET VACCINATED!
Protect yourself and those around you!!
GET VACCINATED!
Protect yourself and those around you!!