cara ara~
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conscious oxymora. vagile & antiauthoritarian
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Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Sometimes you wonder. Bloomberg this morning saying that you can't both believe that AI is a big deal and that we're in a bubble. But you absolutely can! That's exactly the story of the tech bubble of the 90s, major economic impact but not big profits. Sigh.
what's the synthesis of having hope and being a cynic
i need more stories of the world and people being good. i'm starting to become bitter i think
February 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM
what's the synthesis of having hope and being a cynic
i need more stories of the world and people being good. i'm starting to become bitter i think
February 16, 2026 at 10:18 PM
i need more stories of the world and people being good. i'm starting to become bitter i think
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Feminists and specific women should aim, instead, not to achieve a reconciliation with men but to accumulate enough material power into our own hands so that men’s hatered no longer endangers our safety or constrains our prospects.
February 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Feminists and specific women should aim, instead, not to achieve a reconciliation with men but to accumulate enough material power into our own hands so that men’s hatered no longer endangers our safety or constrains our prospects.
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People really reaching to make the Epstein story about anything other than gender.
February 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
People really reaching to make the Epstein story about anything other than gender.
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What are your favorite visual critiques of software? On my mind right now are:
1. "The long tail of user needs"
2. diSessa's monolithic apps vs computational media
3. (a recent favorite by @todepond.com) "wish these apps could talk to each other"
1. "The long tail of user needs"
2. diSessa's monolithic apps vs computational media
3. (a recent favorite by @todepond.com) "wish these apps could talk to each other"
February 16, 2026 at 5:11 PM
What are your favorite visual critiques of software? On my mind right now are:
1. "The long tail of user needs"
2. diSessa's monolithic apps vs computational media
3. (a recent favorite by @todepond.com) "wish these apps could talk to each other"
1. "The long tail of user needs"
2. diSessa's monolithic apps vs computational media
3. (a recent favorite by @todepond.com) "wish these apps could talk to each other"
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Can anyone help locate his ear?
February 16, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Can anyone help locate his ear?
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
the comments here make me think we're ngmi. surveillance concerns are totally legit, but most posters legitimately seem to prefer a doordash slave caste to lil' robots carrying burritos.
Everyone seems to hate these things but aren’t they better for the climate and urban traffic than getting stuff delivered by car?
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
americans cannot fathom a meaningful social safety net and are therefore convinced that efficiency improvements are evil, and so they hate them whenever they are visible
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claude: now go to sleep.
me: what? it’s 9 am lol
claude: no, this is it. i’m done talking about this. go to bed.
me: what? it’s 9 am lol
claude: no, this is it. i’m done talking about this. go to bed.
February 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
claude: now go to sleep.
me: what? it’s 9 am lol
claude: no, this is it. i’m done talking about this. go to bed.
me: what? it’s 9 am lol
claude: no, this is it. i’m done talking about this. go to bed.
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For a large subset of what people actually want, caring about it actually makes you a worse person
Best I got, long-term, is that democracy makes people better
Because having to pander for someone's vote gets you accustomed to caring about what they want. It's a way of practicing kindness and mutual concern
The thing, then, is to impose conditions of real democracy long enough for this to work
Because having to pander for someone's vote gets you accustomed to caring about what they want. It's a way of practicing kindness and mutual concern
The thing, then, is to impose conditions of real democracy long enough for this to work
good thread from adam that i think gets at a core question: do we have a theory of victory?
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
For a large subset of what people actually want, caring about it actually makes you a worse person
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The main way measles killed millions of children was indirect: it damages the immune system, so a person who has had measles is a elevated risk from all other infections for months or even years.
asm.org/articles/201...
asm.org/articles/201...
Measles and Immune Amnesia | ASM.org
Measles is much more serious than a rash and fever: it also causes immune amnesia and leaves patients especially vulnerable to secondary infection.
asm.org
February 16, 2026 at 3:43 AM
The main way measles killed millions of children was indirect: it damages the immune system, so a person who has had measles is a elevated risk from all other infections for months or even years.
asm.org/articles/201...
asm.org/articles/201...
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pls ad astra?? no per aspera!! only ad astra
February 16, 2026 at 9:36 AM
pls ad astra?? no per aspera!! only ad astra
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douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
We are at an airport restaurant. A robot just drove up to us with our food, said, "Hi! Here I am!" and then drove away with our food.
February 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
douglas adams was our most accurate futurist
sometimes you want to cry but you have to go to work instead
February 16, 2026 at 7:19 AM
sometimes you want to cry but you have to go to work instead
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“There are now more places to sell plasma than there are Costco stores [in the US] — and more are popping up in solidly middle-class neighborhoods”
February 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
“There are now more places to sell plasma than there are Costco stores [in the US] — and more are popping up in solidly middle-class neighborhoods”
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wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
"store in a cool and dark place" good thing i still have space in my heart
February 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
"store in a cool and dark place" good thing i still have space in my heart
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the only upside to this is that it proves how easy it is to do this for any end whatsoever, which can be a good proof of concept for when and if you have the chance to do it
It's galling to contemplate but I really think you have to admit that Musk buying X was an unqualified victory. It can't be exaggerated just how much prominent journalists, pundits, business type, etc. mistake the vibe on X for "how the country is feeling."
February 15, 2026 at 10:44 PM
the only upside to this is that it proves how easy it is to do this for any end whatsoever, which can be a good proof of concept for when and if you have the chance to do it
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Everyone makes fun of the incel "government redistribution of girlfriends" proposal but the state did in fact force women to marry mediocre men by not letting them have a bank account or own property in their name and they don't have to take us that many steps backwards to get there.
February 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Everyone makes fun of the incel "government redistribution of girlfriends" proposal but the state did in fact force women to marry mediocre men by not letting them have a bank account or own property in their name and they don't have to take us that many steps backwards to get there.
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"transit crime" matters a lot to people who take the train like 4 times a year for fun, and are shocked by the existence of homeless people every time. If you're actually taking transit for the commute, you get over that and care way more about where it's going, headways, speed, reliability, etc
i really want to impress on people that fares, crime, cleanliness etc are like way down the priority list. what matters with transit chiefly is “does it get you to where you’re going in a reasonable amount of time” and “does it get you there reliably”
LA metro is adding more miles than practically any other rail network in the country but honestly most of it is unusable, running slower than cars in the most traffic-heavy city in the country.
February 15, 2026 at 6:41 PM
"transit crime" matters a lot to people who take the train like 4 times a year for fun, and are shocked by the existence of homeless people every time. If you're actually taking transit for the commute, you get over that and care way more about where it's going, headways, speed, reliability, etc
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good reminder that the tech company racist fascist turn and the tech company obsession with disciplining workers are the same phenomenon
February 14, 2026 at 3:31 PM
good reminder that the tech company racist fascist turn and the tech company obsession with disciplining workers are the same phenomenon
i think the trick might be not feeling bad most of the time
February 15, 2026 at 10:03 AM
i think the trick might be not feeling bad most of the time
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ein catte in my old backyard
February 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM
ein catte in my old backyard