Michael (they/them)
@lesmeowsrebles.bsky.social
Radical realist egoist anarcha-xenofeminist
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I will make a new world… A GENDERLESS WORLD!
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I will make a new world… A GENDERLESS WORLD!
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Well I'm glad it's being made explicit that that Esther Ghey views her daughter being killed in a hate crime on the same level as her daughter retreating into social media to find other trans and queer friends to cope with a transphobic offline climate.
February 19, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Well I'm glad it's being made explicit that that Esther Ghey views her daughter being killed in a hate crime on the same level as her daughter retreating into social media to find other trans and queer friends to cope with a transphobic offline climate.
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Reddit, Meta, Google. All support ICE and gave your data over without a fight.
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
DHS is expanding its use of administrative subpoenas, which don't come from judges.
gizmodo.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Reddit, Meta, Google. All support ICE and gave your data over without a fight.
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I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
February 18, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I just want to point out that’s Doug Wilson speaking at the Pentagon. Doug Wilson wants: the 19th amendment repealed, non-Christian religions outlawed, the death penalty for homosexuality, women barred from working or holding office, blasphemy laws, and one party theocratic rule.
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okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
I feel comfortable saying Rise of Skywalker was the worst Star Wars because it is the only one I genuinely do not remember enough of it to offer a coherent explanation of the plot. I think a knife and Poe’s ex-wife were somehow involved.
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
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and this is the key to rise of skywalker's crimes - it's not even trying to tell a story, it's not even trying to work within a coherent fictional universe
the more you try to make it work the worse it gets
it's not a good story told poorly, like the prequels - it's not really a story at all
the more you try to make it work the worse it gets
it's not a good story told poorly, like the prequels - it's not really a story at all
February 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
and this is the key to rise of skywalker's crimes - it's not even trying to tell a story, it's not even trying to work within a coherent fictional universe
the more you try to make it work the worse it gets
it's not a good story told poorly, like the prequels - it's not really a story at all
the more you try to make it work the worse it gets
it's not a good story told poorly, like the prequels - it's not really a story at all
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this seems mask off in a particularly weird way, even by the dismal standards of our present political era
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
reut.rs
February 18, 2026 at 10:34 PM
this seems mask off in a particularly weird way, even by the dismal standards of our present political era
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The other thing I'll say about this is that it's word for word what all of the comedians who did shows in Saudi Arabia said, it's this thing where you stand American racism on it's head and go see look these non-American people aren't Oriental Savages they're normal
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
‘My motivation was to show that China isn’t this hermit kingdom the way it’s often presented,” “It’s actually developed tremendously. It’s yielded real prosperity for its citizens.”
How tf is it a hermit kingdom people from there can talk to us. They do so on a daily basis
How tf is it a hermit kingdom people from there can talk to us. They do so on a daily basis
February 18, 2026 at 8:34 PM
The other thing I'll say about this is that it's word for word what all of the comedians who did shows in Saudi Arabia said, it's this thing where you stand American racism on it's head and go see look these non-American people aren't Oriental Savages they're normal
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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Reminder that Black Mosquito is a German anarchist distro that sells a zine called 'Mit den Boykotteur innen reden', which is a guide on how to counter this Palestinian solidarity campaign and make sure that people keep buying Israeli products.
Canadian BDS activists just won a historic victory: Scotiabank, once the largest foreign shareholder in Israel’s biggest weapons manufacturer, has dropped all its shares in Elbit Systems.
@desaima.bsky.social and Harrison Samphir report on the years-long pressure campaign that led to divestment.
@desaima.bsky.social and Harrison Samphir report on the years-long pressure campaign that led to divestment.
A powerful decentralized campaign forced Scotiabank to divest from Israeli arms ⋆ The Breach
A major bank sells its shares in Elbit Systems, in one of Canada’s biggest BDS victories to date
breachmedia.ca
February 18, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Reminder that Black Mosquito is a German anarchist distro that sells a zine called 'Mit den Boykotteur innen reden', which is a guide on how to counter this Palestinian solidarity campaign and make sure that people keep buying Israeli products.
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the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 18, 2026 at 12:08 PM
the problem with giving in on things that don't poll well is that as soon as the right wins on the the things that don't poll well, they move on and start lying about more popular things to manipulate public opinion, starting the cycle again.
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When I lived in the old house we had a body wash up on the beach and a family out there does not know what happened. One world, no borders. Fortress Europe kills and kills and kills.
The rough seas of the past few days have been washing up bodies onto beaches in Sicily and Calabria, just a small number of the more than a thousand people who drowned attempting to cross the Mediterranean three weeks ago during Storm Harry.
February 18, 2026 at 8:24 AM
When I lived in the old house we had a body wash up on the beach and a family out there does not know what happened. One world, no borders. Fortress Europe kills and kills and kills.
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everyday racism is crude, vulgar, and ugly. The _baroque_ racism indulged in by everyone from groypers to jet-setters is something you need to wash your eyes out after reading
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
everyday racism is crude, vulgar, and ugly. The _baroque_ racism indulged in by everyone from groypers to jet-setters is something you need to wash your eyes out after reading
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there's a new scam going around where they offer you a place to live in exchange for a monthly fee but no matter how many times you pay in excess of the property's value they still keep charging you to live there
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
there's a new scam going around where they offer you a place to live in exchange for a monthly fee but no matter how many times you pay in excess of the property's value they still keep charging you to live there
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The antiwokes are currently fighting a bloody war over whether A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is Woke or Antiwoke and it’s hilarious to watch.
February 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
The antiwokes are currently fighting a bloody war over whether A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is Woke or Antiwoke and it’s hilarious to watch.
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It's probably important to disambiguate these now. This algorithm is classic ML, not modern LLMs/GANs/Diffusion etc.
And as such, the "the purpose of the algorithm is what it does" guidance is sorta spot on. Humans made decisions about where to set the thresholds, not some stochastic process.
And as such, the "the purpose of the algorithm is what it does" guidance is sorta spot on. Humans made decisions about where to set the thresholds, not some stochastic process.
"why are you against progress" I yell confidently as my sloppily-implemented algorithms prematurely murder your grandma
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
arstechnica.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:38 PM
It's probably important to disambiguate these now. This algorithm is classic ML, not modern LLMs/GANs/Diffusion etc.
And as such, the "the purpose of the algorithm is what it does" guidance is sorta spot on. Humans made decisions about where to set the thresholds, not some stochastic process.
And as such, the "the purpose of the algorithm is what it does" guidance is sorta spot on. Humans made decisions about where to set the thresholds, not some stochastic process.
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I think the actual solution to this is if you're a streamer and you want to go to China you have to spend a year as a migrant worker, we'll even get you a good migrant worker job and you can work at one of the Foxconn plants or some shit! You're an American you're
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Doesn’t speak Chinese. Doesn’t understand labor in China but is able to draw this conclusion because he’s a streamer and us lowly diaspora people aren’t
February 18, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I think the actual solution to this is if you're a streamer and you want to go to China you have to spend a year as a migrant worker, we'll even get you a good migrant worker job and you can work at one of the Foxconn plants or some shit! You're an American you're
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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tbf belligerent, extravagantly stupid responses to perceived slights are one of the hallmarks of a warrior culture. this is why warrior cultures are bad
The contrast between Hegseth's claim to prioritize a warrior ethos and his actions as the bitchiest mean girl in DC never cease to amaze me. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
Hegseth Is Said to Have Ordered Pentagon Spokesman’s Firing
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 12:37 AM
tbf belligerent, extravagantly stupid responses to perceived slights are one of the hallmarks of a warrior culture. this is why warrior cultures are bad
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I personally find the consistent approach by bigots to call every living transgender person an “activist” to be fucking disgusting.
And naturally, he falsely refers to me as a "transgender activist." I am not an activist. There's nothing wrong with activists. But I am not one. Meanwhile, he, a guy who has made his entire career about trying to stoke a moral panic about trans people, juat gets to be considered a journalist.
February 18, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I personally find the consistent approach by bigots to call every living transgender person an “activist” to be fucking disgusting.
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Adding to this, right wing culture deteriorated when grifting and grievances became profitable. Why actually make art when you can make more money tearing down the art of others and complaining about everything being woke? No surprise it's made up of failed artists like Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Adding to this, right wing culture deteriorated when grifting and grievances became profitable. Why actually make art when you can make more money tearing down the art of others and complaining about everything being woke? No surprise it's made up of failed artists like Ben Shapiro and Steve Bannon
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In undergrad we had to take 2 semesters of Western Civilization, where we read major works in the area.
The bros hated it bc they had to read entire books. And bc in class the left-leaning students were better at critical reading and discussion, so they argued circles around the bros.
The bros hated it bc they had to read entire books. And bc in class the left-leaning students were better at critical reading and discussion, so they argued circles around the bros.
The decline of right wing cultural production is just due to the fact that they don’t like culture, they like the signifiers of culture, ie “classic sculpture means white people are better.” They don’t like art at all except for this purpose. They don’t even like the nerd stuff they whine about
February 18, 2026 at 4:42 PM
In undergrad we had to take 2 semesters of Western Civilization, where we read major works in the area.
The bros hated it bc they had to read entire books. And bc in class the left-leaning students were better at critical reading and discussion, so they argued circles around the bros.
The bros hated it bc they had to read entire books. And bc in class the left-leaning students were better at critical reading and discussion, so they argued circles around the bros.
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They hate trans people they always have and they're pissed off about the brief moment in time where they had to pretend they weren't all calling us all slurs in groupchats. Once you understand that they just hate us and have from the beginning everything makes sense
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
I just can't figure these guys out. Do they not see how the entire info environment has been captured? Do they not think it matters? It matters but there's just nothing pols can do about it? I don't know what they think because they act like they took a f'ing blood oath not to discuss it!
February 18, 2026 at 6:19 AM
They hate trans people they always have and they're pissed off about the brief moment in time where they had to pretend they weren't all calling us all slurs in groupchats. Once you understand that they just hate us and have from the beginning everything makes sense
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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We’ve come full circle
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM
We’ve come full circle
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My elementary, middle and high schools were all hit, and I don't really know the results of those attacks because there's not really anyone around but my parents to report it. My parents whose car windows were smashed along with the whole neighborhood. We need reporters out there.
There is no drawdown. There is no retreat. ICE is just redistributing their assets to better avoid accountability.
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns
The less densely populated areas outside the Twin Cities make it harder for protesters and observers to organize.
www.theverge.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:19 AM
My elementary, middle and high schools were all hit, and I don't really know the results of those attacks because there's not really anyone around but my parents to report it. My parents whose car windows were smashed along with the whole neighborhood. We need reporters out there.
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The funny thing is, the Empire is scarier when Vader is just an attack dog. Like, they just have a fallen samurai mystic on their payroll as a mid-level lackey. The last dying echoes of magic and wonder in the universe from the old age is an errand boy.
February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The funny thing is, the Empire is scarier when Vader is just an attack dog. Like, they just have a fallen samurai mystic on their payroll as a mid-level lackey. The last dying echoes of magic and wonder in the universe from the old age is an errand boy.
If you showed someone from Athens or Rome a society where women were not the legal property of their husbands/fathers, they would despair at the seeming overthrow of their moral universe (much as contemporary Rome-obsessed reactionaries already do)
Whenever someone does the From Athens To Rome To America thing what goes through my brain is that if you showed someone from Athens or Rome an entire society where everyone has to sell their labor to someone else to survive they would assume the apocalypse happened
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
February 18, 2026 at 2:23 AM
If you showed someone from Athens or Rome a society where women were not the legal property of their husbands/fathers, they would despair at the seeming overthrow of their moral universe (much as contemporary Rome-obsessed reactionaries already do)