Prof. Black Metal
@duanerobot.bsky.social
Worker. Academic. Architect.
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Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
August 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today’s Executive Order creating a *nationwide* military “quick reaction force” and setting up an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers is one of the scariest things I’ve seen in U.S. politics in my adult life. Why is it not getting more attention?
MY safe, vibrant cesspool.
(Miss you every day, LA)
(Miss you every day, LA)
August 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
MY safe, vibrant cesspool.
(Miss you every day, LA)
(Miss you every day, LA)
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Will it change investors' calculus, or stem the tide of mass adoption at work and in schools?
I think we need to seize this opportunity to do all that we can to see that it does. This is an emperor has no clothes moment, and a potential point of weakness for the AI oligopoly.
I think we need to seize this opportunity to do all that we can to see that it does. This is an emperor has no clothes moment, and a potential point of weakness for the AI oligopoly.
August 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Will it change investors' calculus, or stem the tide of mass adoption at work and in schools?
I think we need to seize this opportunity to do all that we can to see that it does. This is an emperor has no clothes moment, and a potential point of weakness for the AI oligopoly.
I think we need to seize this opportunity to do all that we can to see that it does. This is an emperor has no clothes moment, and a potential point of weakness for the AI oligopoly.
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6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
August 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
6 days after Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968, a Prague paper published these “10 Commandments”:
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
‘When a Soviet soldier comes to you, YOU:
1. Don’t know
2. Don’t care
3. Don’t tell
4. Don’t have
5. Don’t know how to
6. Don’t give
7. Can’t do
8. Don’t sell
9. Don’t show
10. Do nothing’
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The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
August 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
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The actual physical reality of the planet is that incident solar is abundant. The new technological reality is that we can now harness renewables at scale, opening up ways to limit extraction + pollution. We are not just making shit up to feel good.
This is the world we want to build and live in.
This is the world we want to build and live in.
people who complain about those of us who are anti-climate doom fail to ever mention that we have been trying their approach for decades and we have lost
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
people cannot be scared into change. the proof that it doesn’t work is that it fucking hasn’t
August 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The actual physical reality of the planet is that incident solar is abundant. The new technological reality is that we can now harness renewables at scale, opening up ways to limit extraction + pollution. We are not just making shit up to feel good.
This is the world we want to build and live in.
This is the world we want to build and live in.
There is an excellent old episode of In Our Time about Lysenkoism that is a great entry point...
open.spotify.com/episode/06Vx...
open.spotify.com/episode/06Vx...
August 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
There is an excellent old episode of In Our Time about Lysenkoism that is a great entry point...
open.spotify.com/episode/06Vx...
open.spotify.com/episode/06Vx...
This just made my day.
The covers they did on that leg of the tour—also Royals, Highway to Hell—were amazing. Tom Morello makes everything better.
"Highway to Hell" (Adelaide, 02/11/14)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
August 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
This just made my day.
So. There was a meme question going around about the furthest in each cardinal direction you've been. I queried GPT-5.0. -I-, the human made the mistake of thinking SF was on the 5, but even after I corrected that, look at its insistence - and it trying to correct me!
chatgpt.com/share/6895a0...
chatgpt.com/share/6895a0...
ChatGPT - North comparison Helsingør Vancouver
Shared via ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
So. There was a meme question going around about the furthest in each cardinal direction you've been. I queried GPT-5.0. -I-, the human made the mistake of thinking SF was on the 5, but even after I corrected that, look at its insistence - and it trying to correct me!
chatgpt.com/share/6895a0...
chatgpt.com/share/6895a0...
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I love saying something "gets my goat" when I'm pissed off. Never fails to distract me, and before I know it I'm not mad anymore, I'm imagining my goat and what adventures he's off on, living deliciously
August 8, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I love saying something "gets my goat" when I'm pissed off. Never fails to distract me, and before I know it I'm not mad anymore, I'm imagining my goat and what adventures he's off on, living deliciously
"Gifted" should be considered a diagnosis - not a compliment.
August 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
"Gifted" should be considered a diagnosis - not a compliment.
"Ask C0-pilot" now at the top of the context menu in windows.
I have a nice setup on Linux, have successfully replaced almost everything. But I have to run it in a VM for a something at the moment and that's a new one.
Like... I just wanted to open the file man. The desperation is palpable.
I have a nice setup on Linux, have successfully replaced almost everything. But I have to run it in a VM for a something at the moment and that's a new one.
Like... I just wanted to open the file man. The desperation is palpable.
August 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
"Ask C0-pilot" now at the top of the context menu in windows.
I have a nice setup on Linux, have successfully replaced almost everything. But I have to run it in a VM for a something at the moment and that's a new one.
Like... I just wanted to open the file man. The desperation is palpable.
I have a nice setup on Linux, have successfully replaced almost everything. But I have to run it in a VM for a something at the moment and that's a new one.
Like... I just wanted to open the file man. The desperation is palpable.
Legends never die.
HELL YEAH. TURN THIS UP.
Ozzy Osbourne calling out Kanye for stealing his music and being an antisemite.
Ozzy Osbourne calling out Kanye for stealing his music and being an antisemite.
July 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Legends never die.
We used to be a proper country... with proper urban wastelands that inspired n'er do well cretins to write bops.
50 years ago
Johnny, Tommy, Dee Dee and Joey on their way to CBGBs, July 18, 1975.
Photo by Bob Gruen.
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory
Johnny, Tommy, Dee Dee and Joey on their way to CBGBs, July 18, 1975.
Photo by Bob Gruen.
#punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #punklegends #ramones #cbgb #newyorkcity #history #punkrockhistory
July 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We used to be a proper country... with proper urban wastelands that inspired n'er do well cretins to write bops.
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BBC’s Jeremy Bowen shared the same “do not film” directive:
“He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to film outside the plane's windows… Bowen said he could see nothing left of the vibrant communities he knew well in northern Gaza.”
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
“He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to film outside the plane's windows… Bowen said he could see nothing left of the vibrant communities he knew well in northern Gaza.”
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
July 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
BBC’s Jeremy Bowen shared the same “do not film” directive:
“He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to film outside the plane's windows… Bowen said he could see nothing left of the vibrant communities he knew well in northern Gaza.”
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
“He was told by the Jordanians that Israel did not want our crew to film outside the plane's windows… Bowen said he could see nothing left of the vibrant communities he knew well in northern Gaza.”
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Journalists covering the aid air drops say they have been warned by Israel not to film Gaza from the air or the air drops will stop. (Do they not want us to see the scale of the damage?)
“International journalists have not been allowed inside Gaza.”
“International journalists have not been allowed inside Gaza.”
July 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Journalists covering the aid air drops say they have been warned by Israel not to film Gaza from the air or the air drops will stop. (Do they not want us to see the scale of the damage?)
“International journalists have not been allowed inside Gaza.”
“International journalists have not been allowed inside Gaza.”
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Last week, I got an email from Microsoft. It told me I’d be paying 46% more for my Office subscription, starting next month.
But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.
But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.
I’ve had it with Microsoft
The company is deceptively raising prices on existing customers to fund its AI spending
www.disconnect.blog
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Last week, I got an email from Microsoft. It told me I’d be paying 46% more for my Office subscription, starting next month.
But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.
But when I tried to cancel, it offered me the same price I was already paying — without the generative AI features I never asked for in the first place.
The [Slams Laptop Closed Until Monday] meme for people who run a business AND are in academia:
[Slams Laptop Closed Until Immediately Realizing You Have Seven More Things To Do Before Tomorrow...
Fixes Drink...
...Reopens Laptop]
[Slams Laptop Closed Until Immediately Realizing You Have Seven More Things To Do Before Tomorrow...
Fixes Drink...
...Reopens Laptop]
July 26, 2025 at 1:27 AM
The [Slams Laptop Closed Until Monday] meme for people who run a business AND are in academia:
[Slams Laptop Closed Until Immediately Realizing You Have Seven More Things To Do Before Tomorrow...
Fixes Drink...
...Reopens Laptop]
[Slams Laptop Closed Until Immediately Realizing You Have Seven More Things To Do Before Tomorrow...
Fixes Drink...
...Reopens Laptop]
Nice of everyone to give him...
(DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT)
The Free Press.
(DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT)
The Free Press.
thank you, muckraking journalists of the bari weiss tribune, for exposing the awesome stuff zohran mamdani has tweeted about like abolishing medical bills and seizing the property of millionaires
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Nice of everyone to give him...
(DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT)
The Free Press.
(DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT DON'T SAY IT)
The Free Press.
GOAT
#OtD 25 Jul 1934 Nestor Makhno, leader of the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine during the Russian revolution of 1917 and co-author of the Organisational Platform of the General Union of Anarchists, died in exile in Paris at the age of 44 shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/no-...
July 25, 2025 at 6:09 AM
GOAT
Ah yes, the age old Punk Rock Values from my youth of... (looks at page in front of me)... respecting authority and supporting fascism.
The guy behind Punk In The Park shared a statement after bands like Dropkick Murphys said they’ll never play it again due to his support of Donald Trump.
“We don’t have to see eye to eye on everything to come together and enjoy what unites us, great music, good times, and mutual respect,” he says.
“We don’t have to see eye to eye on everything to come together and enjoy what unites us, great music, good times, and mutual respect,” he says.
Punk In The Park Owner Explains Trump Support After Bands Protest
Punk In The Park, a multi-city music festival, has been facing backlash after owner Cameron Collins was called out for donating money to Trump’s 2024 campaign. Bands are dropping off the lineup, and l...
www.stereogum.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Ah yes, the age old Punk Rock Values from my youth of... (looks at page in front of me)... respecting authority and supporting fascism.
Remember folks you can't spell Pres-O-Dent without p e d and o.
July 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Remember folks you can't spell Pres-O-Dent without p e d and o.
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I think everyone should be talking about lot more about how it’s clear the Epstein stuff is a palace coup with JD Vance trying to take over and how Trump had better be careful because they’re trying to fool him. This message should get to him a lot.
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I think everyone should be talking about lot more about how it’s clear the Epstein stuff is a palace coup with JD Vance trying to take over and how Trump had better be careful because they’re trying to fool him. This message should get to him a lot.