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Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
February 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Keyword: “relevant.” Translation: nothing to see here.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
No one should trust the DOJ to decide what counts as relevant. We all know there are millions of unreleased docs.
🚨 The DOJ says it has released all of its “relevant” records on Jeffrey Epstein, but some lawmakers are demanding more.
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a lot of people talk about the "AI bubble" as though it means the technology will just go away and stop mattering like NFTs
if it exists it'll be like the dotcom bubble: a lot of overhyped firms will go under but the underlying tech will still go on to affect basically every aspect of society
if it exists it'll be like the dotcom bubble: a lot of overhyped firms will go under but the underlying tech will still go on to affect basically every aspect of society
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 AM
a lot of people talk about the "AI bubble" as though it means the technology will just go away and stop mattering like NFTs
if it exists it'll be like the dotcom bubble: a lot of overhyped firms will go under but the underlying tech will still go on to affect basically every aspect of society
if it exists it'll be like the dotcom bubble: a lot of overhyped firms will go under but the underlying tech will still go on to affect basically every aspect of society
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Youngblood: Strikefile #7 - Atop the Fourth Wall
YouTube video by Linkara-AtopTheFourthWall
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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If you are incapable of realizing that your ideal candidate, your precious favorite political blorbo who you are so excited to vote for, is someone else's "lesser evil" who pulls the lever while gritting their teeth the entire time, then you should not talk about politics. Ever. To anyone.
February 16, 2026 at 6:51 AM
If you are incapable of realizing that your ideal candidate, your precious favorite political blorbo who you are so excited to vote for, is someone else's "lesser evil" who pulls the lever while gritting their teeth the entire time, then you should not talk about politics. Ever. To anyone.
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"Invisible whips directing invisible labor." This really gives the game away.The agent-orati are getting a dopamine hit from the power over automation, docile bodies.
"Reading a novel feels indulgent." As if enriching oneself is a waste. You could be exercising your power over something instead.
"Reading a novel feels indulgent." As if enriching oneself is a waste. You could be exercising your power over something instead.
February 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
"Invisible whips directing invisible labor." This really gives the game away.The agent-orati are getting a dopamine hit from the power over automation, docile bodies.
"Reading a novel feels indulgent." As if enriching oneself is a waste. You could be exercising your power over something instead.
"Reading a novel feels indulgent." As if enriching oneself is a waste. You could be exercising your power over something instead.
I wish SF was 1/100th as "dangerous" as Republicans imagine it is so every one of these AI'bros thusly described was constantly fleeing in terror like George Romero protagonists instead of doing whatever this is
Token Anxiety
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
i think i mostly echo this for myself. with so much that can be done, i often feel like i *should* be doing something, always
February 16, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I wish SF was 1/100th as "dangerous" as Republicans imagine it is so every one of these AI'bros thusly described was constantly fleeing in terror like George Romero protagonists instead of doing whatever this is
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Most of the drop in turnout between Biden and Harris was of white men. Polls before and after the election consistently showed that most "undecided" voters saw Harris as too "left-leaning" on key issues, despite literally every facet of her campaign devoted to countering that narrative.
February 16, 2026 at 2:15 AM
Most of the drop in turnout between Biden and Harris was of white men. Polls before and after the election consistently showed that most "undecided" voters saw Harris as too "left-leaning" on key issues, despite literally every facet of her campaign devoted to countering that narrative.
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The heart of this idea idea demands the existance of a voting public that is mildly informed about Gaza, but also has never heard of this...Do-Nald...Trump...and any of his views, on that or on anything, and are making decisions on that.
It's also off how this Holocaust hasn't cost Trump any.
It's also off how this Holocaust hasn't cost Trump any.
February 16, 2026 at 2:29 AM
The heart of this idea idea demands the existance of a voting public that is mildly informed about Gaza, but also has never heard of this...Do-Nald...Trump...and any of his views, on that or on anything, and are making decisions on that.
It's also off how this Holocaust hasn't cost Trump any.
It's also off how this Holocaust hasn't cost Trump any.
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"Trump won because Americans as a whole care TOO MUCH about brown foreign children" is like...demonstrably not what happened.
February 16, 2026 at 2:32 AM
"Trump won because Americans as a whole care TOO MUCH about brown foreign children" is like...demonstrably not what happened.
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This is an argument I had countless times with my mom in the lead up to the election. She didn't understand why Biden wasn't more popular if the economy was doing great. I told her just because the stock market is up doesn't mean grocery bills are down.
Here's the thing: I am someone whose working-class financial position SUCKED all through Trump I and Biden. I am also smart enough to see that Stancil etc are basically correct that the "working class economy" was *good* and improving under Biden, even if I didn't IMMEDIATELY benefit
HOWEVER...
1/2
HOWEVER...
1/2
People felt like things were bad because THINGS WERE BAD.
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
February 16, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This is an argument I had countless times with my mom in the lead up to the election. She didn't understand why Biden wasn't more popular if the economy was doing great. I told her just because the stock market is up doesn't mean grocery bills are down.
... ...wow so that still happens huh
February 16, 2026 at 2:09 AM
... ...wow so that still happens huh
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Oh. Oh, no no no. No. No. No, we are not going to debate. Because this is not 2011, or reddit, and I don't think either of us are collegiate atheists auditioning for a Substack editorial position.
Thank you for that laugh, though. I needed it.
youtu.be/iPBKHokgplA?...
Thank you for that laugh, though. I needed it.
youtu.be/iPBKHokgplA?...
New Big Picture - DEBATES ARE STUPID: CHANGE MY MIND
YouTube video by moviebob
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Oh. Oh, no no no. No. No. No, we are not going to debate. Because this is not 2011, or reddit, and I don't think either of us are collegiate atheists auditioning for a Substack editorial position.
Thank you for that laugh, though. I needed it.
youtu.be/iPBKHokgplA?...
Thank you for that laugh, though. I needed it.
youtu.be/iPBKHokgplA?...
I swear to Grodd, it used to be that the HIGH ASK for leftism in this country was for *anyone* to admit that American society was fundamentally racist back at levels of deep systemic rot; and now when you do it you get pushback and: "NO! CONDEMN AND DISOWN THE DEMOCRATS, SPECIFICALLY, INSTEAD!" 🤷♂️
Statistically speaking, this isn’t true, but if you feel like letting the Democratic Party off the hook, by all means believe it.
The main reason Trump is in office is racism.
SOME of his voters might also have been feeling some "economic anxiety" (though if they're MAGA trash, they almost certainly deserved it 🤷♂️) but if they actually knew/cared about their livelihoods, they'd have voted the opposite.
SOME of his voters might also have been feeling some "economic anxiety" (though if they're MAGA trash, they almost certainly deserved it 🤷♂️) but if they actually knew/cared about their livelihoods, they'd have voted the opposite.
February 16, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I swear to Grodd, it used to be that the HIGH ASK for leftism in this country was for *anyone* to admit that American society was fundamentally racist back at levels of deep systemic rot; and now when you do it you get pushback and: "NO! CONDEMN AND DISOWN THE DEMOCRATS, SPECIFICALLY, INSTEAD!" 🤷♂️
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If we don’t want to repeat history – then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it.
February 15, 2026 at 10:31 PM
If we don’t want to repeat history – then for God’s sake in this moment we better be strong enough to learn from it.
The better question would be why you're so invested in absolving Trump voters, but I'm guessing I just answered my own question.
Somehow, White America's actions are always everyone else's fault. Fun how that works out.
Somehow, White America's actions are always everyone else's fault. Fun how that works out.
Statistically speaking, this isn’t true, but if you feel like letting the Democratic Party off the hook, by all means believe it.
The main reason Trump is in office is racism.
SOME of his voters might also have been feeling some "economic anxiety" (though if they're MAGA trash, they almost certainly deserved it 🤷♂️) but if they actually knew/cared about their livelihoods, they'd have voted the opposite.
SOME of his voters might also have been feeling some "economic anxiety" (though if they're MAGA trash, they almost certainly deserved it 🤷♂️) but if they actually knew/cared about their livelihoods, they'd have voted the opposite.
February 16, 2026 at 1:45 AM
The better question would be why you're so invested in absolving Trump voters, but I'm guessing I just answered my own question.
Somehow, White America's actions are always everyone else's fault. Fun how that works out.
Somehow, White America's actions are always everyone else's fault. Fun how that works out.
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...because NOBODY knows what "pure clean water" is actually supposed to taste like other than "Water back some time in a dream memory when I remember being happier than I am now"
2/2
2/2
February 16, 2026 at 1:41 AM
...because NOBODY knows what "pure clean water" is actually supposed to taste like other than "Water back some time in a dream memory when I remember being happier than I am now"
2/2
2/2
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Like to use a tired metaphor from the food marketing world: It's like selling purified drinking water. They've set down a glass of INDISPUTABLY purity-tested clean water, they have a GIGANTIC binder backing up their test results... but the tester will *always* say it doesn't taste right...
February 16, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Like to use a tired metaphor from the food marketing world: It's like selling purified drinking water. They've set down a glass of INDISPUTABLY purity-tested clean water, they have a GIGANTIC binder backing up their test results... but the tester will *always* say it doesn't taste right...
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I mean, I agree with the first part. The second part is where I can empathize with the "chart peoples'" frustration; because from their (not incorrect) perspective it's the other guys who're insisting "things are not as they are" 🤷♂️
February 16, 2026 at 1:33 AM
I mean, I agree with the first part. The second part is where I can empathize with the "chart peoples'" frustration; because from their (not incorrect) perspective it's the other guys who're insisting "things are not as they are" 🤷♂️
Here's the thing: I am someone whose working-class financial position SUCKED all through Trump I and Biden. I am also smart enough to see that Stancil etc are basically correct that the "working class economy" was *good* and improving under Biden, even if I didn't IMMEDIATELY benefit
HOWEVER...
1/2
HOWEVER...
1/2
People felt like things were bad because THINGS WERE BAD.
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
February 16, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Here's the thing: I am someone whose working-class financial position SUCKED all through Trump I and Biden. I am also smart enough to see that Stancil etc are basically correct that the "working class economy" was *good* and improving under Biden, even if I didn't IMMEDIATELY benefit
HOWEVER...
1/2
HOWEVER...
1/2
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People felt like things were bad because THINGS WERE BAD.
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
February 16, 2026 at 1:16 AM
People felt like things were bad because THINGS WERE BAD.
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
We were still in the blast-radius of COVID.
This is the other side of the "vibescession" concept: 'Deliverism' doesn't work because you CAN'T just expect that people will see "fixes" and feel good. You have to change MOOD and that's hard
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You... DON'T see an even *potentially* racism-adjacent reason why turnout might have dropped between Biden and Harris?
Like... not even one?
... ...SURE you don't wanna take another swing on that?
Like... not even one?
... ...SURE you don't wanna take another swing on that?
February 16, 2026 at 1:12 AM
You... DON'T see an even *potentially* racism-adjacent reason why turnout might have dropped between Biden and Harris?
Like... not even one?
... ...SURE you don't wanna take another swing on that?
Like... not even one?
... ...SURE you don't wanna take another swing on that?
Look, from where I sit there's two classes of people interacting with what I do professionally: People whose jobs earn well enough that they have commutes, breaks, workouts and "downtime" to watch/listen to 'digital media' ...and the people who MAKE said media, a job that definitely *doesn't* 😂
Not even fiction or comedy podcasts?
February 16, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Look, from where I sit there's two classes of people interacting with what I do professionally: People whose jobs earn well enough that they have commutes, breaks, workouts and "downtime" to watch/listen to 'digital media' ...and the people who MAKE said media, a job that definitely *doesn't* 😂
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Right!
Like after Covid a bunch of coffee shops I like shortened their hours and closed in the afternoon.
I, as a consumer, disliked this. I like going to a coffee shop and writing into the early evening.
But it's because worker bargaining power increased.
Like after Covid a bunch of coffee shops I like shortened their hours and closed in the afternoon.
I, as a consumer, disliked this. I like going to a coffee shop and writing into the early evening.
But it's because worker bargaining power increased.
February 15, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Right!
Like after Covid a bunch of coffee shops I like shortened their hours and closed in the afternoon.
I, as a consumer, disliked this. I like going to a coffee shop and writing into the early evening.
But it's because worker bargaining power increased.
Like after Covid a bunch of coffee shops I like shortened their hours and closed in the afternoon.
I, as a consumer, disliked this. I like going to a coffee shop and writing into the early evening.
But it's because worker bargaining power increased.
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“What happened to my 24/7 diner?”
Tisha was finally able to tell her boss she didn’t want to work the nightshift anymore and he couldn’t find anyone to replace her so he agreed to close the diner at 11PM so she could go to bed like a normal human being.
Tisha was finally able to tell her boss she didn’t want to work the nightshift anymore and he couldn’t find anyone to replace her so he agreed to close the diner at 11PM so she could go to bed like a normal human being.
February 15, 2026 at 9:00 PM
“What happened to my 24/7 diner?”
Tisha was finally able to tell her boss she didn’t want to work the nightshift anymore and he couldn’t find anyone to replace her so he agreed to close the diner at 11PM so she could go to bed like a normal human being.
Tisha was finally able to tell her boss she didn’t want to work the nightshift anymore and he couldn’t find anyone to replace her so he agreed to close the diner at 11PM so she could go to bed like a normal human being.