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he/him • philosophy professor • learning to be useless
a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
he/him • philosophy professor • learning to be useless
a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
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Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says “It hurts when I do this.” Doctor says “Treatment is simple. Don’t do this.” Man bursts into tears.
“But Doctor, I *am* do this.”
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
“But Doctor, I *am* do this.”
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
Imagine if we could harness the sheer online-ness of Will Stancil and Jesse Singal against each other
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Imagine if we could harness the sheer online-ness of Will Stancil and Jesse Singal against each other
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A tale told in two screenshots :)
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
A tale told in two screenshots :)
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
This is literally what CURRENT LAW requires. It’s in the Constitution! www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Is there some sort of Thomas Massie explainer somewhere?
February 10, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Is there some sort of Thomas Massie explainer somewhere?
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I can tell I'm in the manic part of the cycle because I'm reaching levels of executive function previously only foretold of in the mythical "Neurotypicles" as sung of by the poet Homer in the epic Freudeied
stay tuned for the hubris fall
stay tuned for the hubris fall
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I can tell I'm in the manic part of the cycle because I'm reaching levels of executive function previously only foretold of in the mythical "Neurotypicles" as sung of by the poet Homer in the epic Freudeied
stay tuned for the hubris fall
stay tuned for the hubris fall
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Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
We got drafts baby
February 10, 2026 at 3:38 PM
We got drafts baby
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A hallmark of conspiracy thinking is citing contradictory evidence with no coherent narrative.
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
February 10, 2026 at 3:27 PM
A hallmark of conspiracy thinking is citing contradictory evidence with no coherent narrative.
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
If COVID emerged in summer 2019, then it also nukes the lab leak theory. Their best evidence is a few Wuhan Lab researchers getting sick in Nov. If the virus was already circulating, then it's irrelevant
I miss when we had a lot of discourse about asymmetric accounts
Helpful diagram:
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I miss when we had a lot of discourse about asymmetric accounts
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“Lmao wtf” is just one syllable short of iambic pentameter, which I assume is the only thing that forced Milton to use other phrasing
February 10, 2026 at 10:19 AM
“Lmao wtf” is just one syllable short of iambic pentameter, which I assume is the only thing that forced Milton to use other phrasing
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It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
It’s crazy the sheer number of supposedly rational people who were like “ok but it’s good at health stuff” early on.
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It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.
“Collection of Handwritten Letters from Children in Detention Center” sounds like an exhibit in the Holocaust Museum.
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It is. The Jewish Musuem in Prague has a collection of children's drawings from the Terezin ghetto. It was the worst thing I've seen in my life.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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now that's the power of a union
The Ford worker who heckled Trump during a visit to the company's plant still has his job and "has no discipline on his record," a union official said
Ford worker who heckled Trump keeps job, 'no discipline' for incident
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
now that's the power of a union
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The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
New: Binance holds 87% of the Trump family's stablecoin—$4.7 billion—a higher concentration than any other major stablecoin has at any single exchange.
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Its U.S. affiliate holds $1,119.
me, for @forbes.com
Trump's Stablecoin USD1: Binance Holds 87% After Founder's Pardon
World Liberty Financial's founding document describes the company as "pioneering a new era of Decentralized Finance." Its flagship stablecoin is anything but.
www.forbes.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
The largest investor in the Trump's BribeCoin was also pardoned by Trump. What are the odds?
Do we need to heed its warnings?
![Lord of the Flies has been contrasted with the historical Tongan castaways incident from 1965, when a group of schoolboys on a fishing boat from Tonga were marooned on an uninhabited island and considered dead by their relatives. The group not only managed to survive for more than 15 months, but they "had set up a small commune with food garden, hollowed-out tree trunks to store rainwater, a gymnasium with curious weights, a badminton court, chicken pens, and a permanent fire, all from handiwork, an old knife blade, and much determination" according to reports. When the Tongan boys were found by a ship captain, Peter Warner, they were in good health and spirits and had developed an orderly adaptation to their stranding. When writing about the Tongan event, the Dutch historian, Rutger Bregman, said that comparing the incident to Golding's fictional portrayal made him consider the Lord of the Flies as unrealistic. 25]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ov6ksblbmitfo45xyfia4nk7/bafkreielxr6nbr7jxos743hyhz2h6rfsgf37wp3lb3fjprgaz2j522owce@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Do we need to heed its warnings?
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It's genuinely kind of funny that people were mad about Bad Bunny not singing in English when the first song Kid Rock played begins as so:
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie / Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, sai
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie / Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, sai
February 9, 2026 at 9:18 PM
It's genuinely kind of funny that people were mad about Bad Bunny not singing in English when the first song Kid Rock played begins as so:
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie / Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, sai
Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, said up drop the boogie / Bawitdaba, da-bang, da-bang, diggy-diggy-diggy / Said the boogie, sai
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Love that Turing thought one of the stronger arguments against the Turing Test is based on the paranormal powers of the human mind.
February 9, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Love that Turing thought one of the stronger arguments against the Turing Test is based on the paranormal powers of the human mind.
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They tried to warn us about Trump? Gosh, then I bet they all voted for Harris in 2024, right? right?
Huh. Well whadya know. Three out of 25 voted for Harris. Mangu-Ward didn’t vote at all.
reason.com/2024/10/17/h...
Huh. Well whadya know. Three out of 25 voted for Harris. Mangu-Ward didn’t vote at all.
reason.com/2024/10/17/h...
How are Reason staffers voting in 2024?
Who we vote for is a highly imperfect measure of our biases, but it's one we're happy to share every election cycle in the spirit of transparency.
reason.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:15 PM
They tried to warn us about Trump? Gosh, then I bet they all voted for Harris in 2024, right? right?
Huh. Well whadya know. Three out of 25 voted for Harris. Mangu-Ward didn’t vote at all.
reason.com/2024/10/17/h...
Huh. Well whadya know. Three out of 25 voted for Harris. Mangu-Ward didn’t vote at all.
reason.com/2024/10/17/h...
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In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”
“Uptick In Abductions”: ICE Ramps Up Targeting of Minneapolis Legal Observers
In one 30-minute stretch, three Minneapolis legal observers were arrested as ICE ramped up its targeting of community volunteers.
interc.pt
February 9, 2026 at 6:19 PM
In one 30-minute stretch, three legal observers were arrested — as Trump’s Border czar Tom Homan calls on locals to “end the resistance.”