cdrLogic
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cdrLogic
@cdrlogic.bsky.social
· Jan 23
There's something about explaining all the [gestures at all this] to my precocious children that calms me
I have to be honest, but give them hope
Yes, it is very bad, and I'm sorry that it is this way. But our job is to do what we can to make it better. Same as we would have if things were different
I have to be honest, but give them hope
Yes, it is very bad, and I'm sorry that it is this way. But our job is to do what we can to make it better. Same as we would have if things were different
They're eating the seed corn. "These fields have always generated wheat! Why bother sowing when it just happens every season?"
So many employers — you see this in journalism all the time — view entry-level employees not as future mid-career employees but basically as cannon fodder.
If you think of "hiring in entry level positions" as "procuring labor to do the tasks entry level people do" then you probably do think AI is a magical headcount reduction machine.
But the point of hiring in entry level positions is to produce mid-career employees.
But the point of hiring in entry level positions is to produce mid-career employees.
December 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
They're eating the seed corn. "These fields have always generated wheat! Why bother sowing when it just happens every season?"
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What really fascinates me about a lot of them, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MADE OF FELT. And fur, and other fabrics and trims.
All the masterworks done with this style, and it is WILD. And impressive.
All the masterworks done with this style, and it is WILD. And impressive.
December 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
What really fascinates me about a lot of them, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MADE OF FELT. And fur, and other fabrics and trims.
All the masterworks done with this style, and it is WILD. And impressive.
All the masterworks done with this style, and it is WILD. And impressive.
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Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
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So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.
Please feel free to share.
www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...
catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
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I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I don't want it, Sam Alt Man
Heads up, Rogers Park! Icy conditions incoming
after pulling off lakeshore drive near hollywood in edgewater, a cpd squad car came in between the border patrol caravan and the car driven by a facebook livestreamer. the feed cut out as an officer got out of their car and approached the streamer.
December 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Heads up, Rogers Park! Icy conditions incoming
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Also this. make protest songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4...
"Join ICE" - Jesse Welles (LIVE on The Late Show)
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Also this. make protest songs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=61I4...
No to this. The time of day didn't kill anyone, the availability of guns did.
A new curfew proposal heads to City Council after a fatal Downtown shooting. blockclubchi.co/4p5vLGF
December 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
No to this. The time of day didn't kill anyone, the availability of guns did.
Hey. The world can be made better. Did you know that today is Smallpox Eradication Day?
To quote my source of this news, "We still may die of other things, but we will not die of this."
Millions of us are here who would otherwise not be. How incredible.
To quote my source of this news, "We still may die of other things, but we will not die of this."
Millions of us are here who would otherwise not be. How incredible.
WHO commemorates the 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication
The World Health Organization commemorated the 40th anniversary of smallpox eradication today recognizing the historic moment on 9 December 1979 when the end of smallpox was confirmed to have been era...
www.who.int
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Hey. The world can be made better. Did you know that today is Smallpox Eradication Day?
To quote my source of this news, "We still may die of other things, but we will not die of this."
Millions of us are here who would otherwise not be. How incredible.
To quote my source of this news, "We still may die of other things, but we will not die of this."
Millions of us are here who would otherwise not be. How incredible.
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Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
December 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Everyone imitates Tolkien all the time except when it comes to the one way it would really matter: making the protagonist of your novel for children a short, fat, 50-year-old man who doesn't want to do anything.
Okay, good news everyone:
You did NOT miss advent calendar season, you have stumbled into cheap Joynuary calendar season.
When do you need a daily pick me up? JANUARY
And what are advent calendars starting next week? DEEPLY DISCOUNTED
So have at it. Link me a good Joynuary calendar discount, eh?
You did NOT miss advent calendar season, you have stumbled into cheap Joynuary calendar season.
When do you need a daily pick me up? JANUARY
And what are advent calendars starting next week? DEEPLY DISCOUNTED
So have at it. Link me a good Joynuary calendar discount, eh?
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Okay, good news everyone:
You did NOT miss advent calendar season, you have stumbled into cheap Joynuary calendar season.
When do you need a daily pick me up? JANUARY
And what are advent calendars starting next week? DEEPLY DISCOUNTED
So have at it. Link me a good Joynuary calendar discount, eh?
You did NOT miss advent calendar season, you have stumbled into cheap Joynuary calendar season.
When do you need a daily pick me up? JANUARY
And what are advent calendars starting next week? DEEPLY DISCOUNTED
So have at it. Link me a good Joynuary calendar discount, eh?
Reupped for the new visitors
"So now your premiums will doub-"
FUCK IT. FUCK PREMIUMS. FUCK ACA
UNIVERSAL COVERAGE OR GTFO
"And SNAP coverage will decr-"
NO. FUCK THIS PENNY ANTE BULLSHIT STARVING OUR PEOPLE.
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME NOW
"But we can't affor-"
WE CAN AND IT'S A CRIME AGAINST OUR SOULS THAT WE AREN'T DOING IT NOW
FUCK IT. FUCK PREMIUMS. FUCK ACA
UNIVERSAL COVERAGE OR GTFO
"And SNAP coverage will decr-"
NO. FUCK THIS PENNY ANTE BULLSHIT STARVING OUR PEOPLE.
UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME NOW
"But we can't affor-"
WE CAN AND IT'S A CRIME AGAINST OUR SOULS THAT WE AREN'T DOING IT NOW
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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It's not a fucking loss. The USPS is a SERVICE. That's what the service COST. That there was ever a time when it was self-sustaining is the anomaly. Fuck this stupid framing.
🚨SCOOP: Amazon is preparing to sever ties with USPS and expand its shipping network as a true coast-to-coast rival.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
Amazon explores cutting ties with USPS, building its own delivery network
Amazon looks into expanding its nationwide delivery network and giving up its longstanding partnership with the U.S. Postal Service.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
It's not a fucking loss. The USPS is a SERVICE. That's what the service COST. That there was ever a time when it was self-sustaining is the anomaly. Fuck this stupid framing.
Insert a movie into another movie:
2 Fast 2 Towers
2 Fast 2 Towers
Insert a movie into another movie:
The Magnificent Se7en
The Magnificent Se7en
Insert a movie into another movie:
Ben-Her
Ben-Her
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Insert a movie into another movie:
2 Fast 2 Towers
2 Fast 2 Towers
Exposed the 12yo to the movie "Chicago" for the first time. Opinions of note:
- Oh! From the memes! I get it now
- Songs are bangers
- Everyone is a bad person except The Hungarian, Amos, and the Emcee
- Mom, why did you show me this? It's, like, wildly unethical
- *singing Both Reached For the Gun*
- Oh! From the memes! I get it now
- Songs are bangers
- Everyone is a bad person except The Hungarian, Amos, and the Emcee
- Mom, why did you show me this? It's, like, wildly unethical
- *singing Both Reached For the Gun*
November 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Exposed the 12yo to the movie "Chicago" for the first time. Opinions of note:
- Oh! From the memes! I get it now
- Songs are bangers
- Everyone is a bad person except The Hungarian, Amos, and the Emcee
- Mom, why did you show me this? It's, like, wildly unethical
- *singing Both Reached For the Gun*
- Oh! From the memes! I get it now
- Songs are bangers
- Everyone is a bad person except The Hungarian, Amos, and the Emcee
- Mom, why did you show me this? It's, like, wildly unethical
- *singing Both Reached For the Gun*
Mom has declared "I don't think I'm going to be hungry for dessert."
She's gonna be so mad when - at 6pm Pie Dinnertime - I remind her she said that.
She's gonna be so mad when - at 6pm Pie Dinnertime - I remind her she said that.
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Mom has declared "I don't think I'm going to be hungry for dessert."
She's gonna be so mad when - at 6pm Pie Dinnertime - I remind her she said that.
She's gonna be so mad when - at 6pm Pie Dinnertime - I remind her she said that.
Blessings of the Big Fridge be upon ye.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Blessings of the Big Fridge be upon ye.
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At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
One thing that is tough about rapid response/patrols, besides constantly being threatened by armed secret police, is that for the most part they see the defeats. There are exceptions, but you’ll never know how many people were saved by slowing feds down, whistles, community alerts, etc.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
At a recent gathering of Rogers Park volunteers, we heard from a neighbor who choked up telling us about their dad turning around and going home when he heard whistles up the street. "One of you may have saved his life that day." It all matters, it really does.
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I had to go four quote-replies deep before I found a top 5 genre that wouldn't be satisfied by watching Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
- You think you know what's going on? Wrong. It's been misdirection this entire time.
- Kids on adventures with no parental oversight.
- There is no hierarchy to love.
- Regular people doing regular shit.
- I hope you hydrated, cause you're about to bawl.
- You think you know what's going on? Wrong. It's been misdirection this entire time.
- Kids on adventures with no parental oversight.
- There is no hierarchy to love.
- Regular people doing regular shit.
- I hope you hydrated, cause you're about to bawl.
What are your top 5 movie genres? mine are:
- This region is pretty
- There's a training montage
- This makes me question my own reality
- Completely absurd storyline with ensemble cast who I want to imagine are bffs off camera
- The man and woman don't get together in the end
- This region is pretty
- There's a training montage
- This makes me question my own reality
- Completely absurd storyline with ensemble cast who I want to imagine are bffs off camera
- The man and woman don't get together in the end
November 17, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I had to go four quote-replies deep before I found a top 5 genre that wouldn't be satisfied by watching Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Jeez, are they choosing which city to terrorize next based on the best ancient cultural reference they can name it after?
What's next?
Operation Bangor I Hardly Knew Her
Operation Kansas City Here We Come
Operation Left Turn at Albequerque
What's next?
Operation Bangor I Hardly Knew Her
Operation Kansas City Here We Come
Operation Left Turn at Albequerque
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Jeez, are they choosing which city to terrorize next based on the best ancient cultural reference they can name it after?
What's next?
Operation Bangor I Hardly Knew Her
Operation Kansas City Here We Come
Operation Left Turn at Albequerque
What's next?
Operation Bangor I Hardly Knew Her
Operation Kansas City Here We Come
Operation Left Turn at Albequerque
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Hey. Yeah. I don't want things to "go back to normal." I know "normal" was better than "now" but it was still bad.
Let's build a better normal and leave the old normal in our dust.
Let's build a better normal and leave the old normal in our dust.
April 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hey. Yeah. I don't want things to "go back to normal." I know "normal" was better than "now" but it was still bad.
Let's build a better normal and leave the old normal in our dust.
Let's build a better normal and leave the old normal in our dust.
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Universal basic income is nothing less than a goddamn human right just as much as universal healthcare and education are. And I don't care if anyone works less because we should be working less. We should have shorter weeks instead of bullshit jobs. We have the productive capacity to meet ALL NEEDS.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Universal basic income is nothing less than a goddamn human right just as much as universal healthcare and education are. And I don't care if anyone works less because we should be working less. We should have shorter weeks instead of bullshit jobs. We have the productive capacity to meet ALL NEEDS.
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Tax the billionaires and do UBI and free healthcare with all the wealth
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Tax the billionaires and do UBI and free healthcare with all the wealth
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Today is very much of all the lots of things!
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Today is very much of all the lots of things!