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"I am aware of all internet traditions."
“We are all living in the same world. We all deserve a life of peace and happiness. No one will convince me otherwise. Where you have inequality and injustice there will be suffering.”
“We are all living in the same world. We all deserve a life of peace and happiness. No one will convince me otherwise. Where you have inequality and injustice there will be suffering.”
Pinned
It's political malpractice to keep saying "we all just need to come together" and "elect us because we're the adults and everything will be fine" when we are *so far* past the point of normal that people are going to be pissed once Dems get control and things get *worse*. Which they absolutely will.
A very "we all know why I'm fucking here" moment!
And please, PLEASE let us not forget that time in 2023 when Karen Smith was elected President of the school board in Bucks County, Pa and swore her oath on a stack of banned books. The most gangsta oath ever! Just brilliant. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
This School Board President Took Her Oath on a Stack of Contested Books. Here's Why
The school board for Central Bucks County, Pa., has been at the center of divisive political debates.
www.edweek.org
January 2, 2026 at 12:41 AM
A very "we all know why I'm fucking here" moment!
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Here's how combining such a message & reform agenda might work: if I say 'America's cities are the heartland of its greatness,' then I might also suggest they need a stronger voice in American govt if that greatness is to grow.
So: let's add delegate-senators to the US Senate who represent cities.
So: let's add delegate-senators to the US Senate who represent cities.
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Here's how combining such a message & reform agenda might work: if I say 'America's cities are the heartland of its greatness,' then I might also suggest they need a stronger voice in American govt if that greatness is to grow.
So: let's add delegate-senators to the US Senate who represent cities.
So: let's add delegate-senators to the US Senate who represent cities.
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I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
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Once you look for, "does this [article / op-ed / claim by a politician] consider the 80% of Americans who live in urban areas to be real Americans?" you will see it everywhere, because the answer is usually "no."
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
January 1, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Once you look for, "does this [article / op-ed / claim by a politician] consider the 80% of Americans who live in urban areas to be real Americans?" you will see it everywhere, because the answer is usually "no."
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I hope you all have an incredible 1997 there's supposed to be a lot of great video games next year if you don't have a 3dfx diamond monster voodoo yet you're going to want that so you can see through the water surface and get reflective ripples, or if you're on playstation lotta good stuff there too
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I hope you all have an incredible 1997 there's supposed to be a lot of great video games next year if you don't have a 3dfx diamond monster voodoo yet you're going to want that so you can see through the water surface and get reflective ripples, or if you're on playstation lotta good stuff there too
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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i recorded like 30 minutes of footage for this 15 minute video. youtu.be/j2_o-YK8tJo?...
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 PM
i recorded like 30 minutes of footage for this 15 minute video. youtu.be/j2_o-YK8tJo?...
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
ROFL
I give the NYT credit because none of the people they found appear to be active Republican officeholders or activists
Trump’s approval is under 40% so naturally the New York Times found a whole bunch of people that support or defend what he’s doing, including a Kamala 2024 voter who regrets his vote lmao
December 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ROFL
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GOG and CD Projekt founder Michał Kiciński acquires 100% ownership of GOG
www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-p...
www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-p...
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOG and CD Projekt founder Michał Kiciński acquires 100% ownership of GOG
www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-p...
www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-p...
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Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
December 27, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Requested a correction from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Let's see what happens.
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no billionaire is self-made
40 Under 40: The Richest Self-Made Billionaires Under 40
See the full list:
www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photos: Guerin Blask, Levon Biss, Anthropic, Ethan Pines, Aleksandr Karnyukhin, Pop Mart)
See the full list:
www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photos: Guerin Blask, Levon Biss, Anthropic, Ethan Pines, Aleksandr Karnyukhin, Pop Mart)
December 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
no billionaire is self-made
This whole thread is why advocates for "AI" just don't understand what they are UNCRITICALLY doing by oversuggesting it's a useful tool.
I swear, everyone who think they are the solution to everything turn every question into a nail for the "AI hammer."
I swear, everyone who think they are the solution to everything turn every question into a nail for the "AI hammer."
I don't think you could come up with a list more designed to inflame sentiments than "here is a list of things that publishers MUST use AI to do and remain competitive, but don't worry, this isn't pushing out creative labor"
Erin Underwood: Open Letter to the Science Fiction Writers Association and Community on AI
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
file770.com/erin-underwo...
Erin's core thesis is "There are responsible ways to use AI that support creators without replacing creative labor."
December 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This whole thread is why advocates for "AI" just don't understand what they are UNCRITICALLY doing by oversuggesting it's a useful tool.
I swear, everyone who think they are the solution to everything turn every question into a nail for the "AI hammer."
I swear, everyone who think they are the solution to everything turn every question into a nail for the "AI hammer."
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The fact that this person thinks letting AI read and summarize a contract is a good use of the tech is a great data point on how little they understand why and how it sucks.
December 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The fact that this person thinks letting AI read and summarize a contract is a good use of the tech is a great data point on how little they understand why and how it sucks.
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So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
December 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
So much of this popularism stuff misses a very basic point: your rational incentive is not to run up the score with the biggest margin possible. It's actually to win on the *fewest* votes possible. The smallest winning coalition is what gives each constituent part the biggest say once in power.
Symptomatic of the degradation of search. If search worked better there'd be no need for "AI" summaries, but the steady enshittification of the internet has had such a huge impact on search that the summaries seem like godsends.
I don't actively use AI but to the extent it's thrust upon me in searches and such, I find it does a decent job of summarizing something when sources with complete and accurate info are easy to find anyway. when things are less clear cut (i.e. when AI would theoretically be helpful), it's a mess.
December 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Symptomatic of the degradation of search. If search worked better there'd be no need for "AI" summaries, but the steady enshittification of the internet has had such a huge impact on search that the summaries seem like godsends.
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Hello, fam!
Board games are in the news again, and OFPG is part of the conversation. Mik & Starla joined other industry "experts" in The Guardian’s new article: “The 21 Best Family Board Games in the US.” Go take a look—then tell us what you think!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
Board games are in the news again, and OFPG is part of the conversation. Mik & Starla joined other industry "experts" in The Guardian’s new article: “The 21 Best Family Board Games in the US.” Go take a look—then tell us what you think!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
The 21 best family board games in the US, according to experts
Peel your family away from their screens this holiday season with games for every type of person – vetted by our panel of specialists
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Hello, fam!
Board games are in the news again, and OFPG is part of the conversation. Mik & Starla joined other industry "experts" in The Guardian’s new article: “The 21 Best Family Board Games in the US.” Go take a look—then tell us what you think!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
Board games are in the news again, and OFPG is part of the conversation. Mik & Starla joined other industry "experts" in The Guardian’s new article: “The 21 Best Family Board Games in the US.” Go take a look—then tell us what you think!
www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us...
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Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
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Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
www.science.org
December 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ötzi and a 45,000-year-old Siberian were both infected with a cancer-causing strain of HPV.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
This is fascinating, and a reminder that we have a vaccine that *prevents cancer* and everyone eligible should get it.
The American media IS "silly," at best. All the Canadians did was use the evidence provide to them to make it unquestionable.
The Atlantic suggesting, without evidence, that Canada's Global TV broadcasting the '60 Minutes' segment on CECOT that CBS distributed to it may have been an act of "treachery."
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
🔗: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The American media IS "silly," at best. All the Canadians did was use the evidence provide to them to make it unquestionable.
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Fucking asshole
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Fucking asshole
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For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
December 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
For those of us warning about democracy's potential disintegration, the decision by CBS to pull an exhaustively researched 60 Minutes piece, critical of Trump, is another red alert moment.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.
When truth disappears as the media gets coopted by the regime, there's little left.