I prefer the term Artificial Person myself
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It’s here! It’s real! It exists!
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Words move, music moves
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die.
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Words move, music moves
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die.
Only in time; but that which is only living
Can only die.
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Have you considered buying a LittlePuss subscription service for your enemies or lovers? Because we would love nothing more than to consistently ship them safe transsexual literature over the course of a year. We don't like to traffic in hyperbole but it's probably the best decision you'd ever make.
i basically never sign up for any subscription service but $99 for all this is so absurdly good i can't get over it (also is going to make my life easier as a littlepuss stan who keeps buying every book)
December 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Have you considered buying a LittlePuss subscription service for your enemies or lovers? Because we would love nothing more than to consistently ship them safe transsexual literature over the course of a year. We don't like to traffic in hyperbole but it's probably the best decision you'd ever make.
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My gender is the NYC subway system on December 8
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
My gender is the NYC subway system on December 8
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The shredded cheese recall / possible metal fragments package tour is hitting over half the country. I respect the work effort
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
The shredded cheese recall / possible metal fragments package tour is hitting over half the country. I respect the work effort
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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this genuinely, for real, does make me feel better sometimes
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
this genuinely, for real, does make me feel better sometimes
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
every time you really land a joke, just remind yourself, "wow, all that money and Elon Musk still can't do that"
Some of us keep the old ways alive in our hearts SMDH
christmas has gotten so far from its religious roots, wish we could celebrate our holidays like medieval christians (cross-dressing, being told by the bishop to stop cross-dressing, resolutely refusing to stop cross-dressing, threatening the bishop in defense of cross-dressing)
December 6, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Some of us keep the old ways alive in our hearts SMDH
I don’t know quite why, but watching NPR participate in the fascist project of undermining American democracy through constant low-level misinformation hits a little harder than other news outlets.
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration. n.pr/48E1oko
Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in birthright citizenship challenge
The Supreme Court will ultimately decide whether to uphold the longstanding principle that grants citizenship to the children of non-citizens born in the U.S., following a legal challenge by the Trump administration.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I don’t know quite why, but watching NPR participate in the fascist project of undermining American democracy through constant low-level misinformation hits a little harder than other news outlets.
Nothing like walking out of a Messiah dress rehearsal into a Back Bay decorated for Christmas with big flakes of snow beginning to fall. Warms my shriveled little Scrooge heart.
A few tickets are left! Join us Sunday at 2 pm! trinitychurchboston.org/candlelight-...
A few tickets are left! Join us Sunday at 2 pm! trinitychurchboston.org/candlelight-...
December 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Nothing like walking out of a Messiah dress rehearsal into a Back Bay decorated for Christmas with big flakes of snow beginning to fall. Warms my shriveled little Scrooge heart.
A few tickets are left! Join us Sunday at 2 pm! trinitychurchboston.org/candlelight-...
A few tickets are left! Join us Sunday at 2 pm! trinitychurchboston.org/candlelight-...
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The thing about Hitler's rise to power is that we have known how it was done for a long time and that the constitutions of other western democracies are vulnerable to the same methods, but nothing at all has been done to raise our defences. Why ?
December 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The thing about Hitler's rise to power is that we have known how it was done for a long time and that the constitutions of other western democracies are vulnerable to the same methods, but nothing at all has been done to raise our defences. Why ?
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December 6, 2025 at 6:08 AM
looking for a meaningful, affordable holiday gift that benefits indie creators? here!:
I SAW THE PINK LIGHT GLOW ($20) @josie.zone
THE WAR FOLLOWS ME // CONNECTION ($15) @merrittk.com @shaydh.bsky.social
COAL OF FIRE ($12) @maddavenport.bsky.social
buy here!:
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I SAW THE PINK LIGHT GLOW ($20) @josie.zone
THE WAR FOLLOWS ME // CONNECTION ($15) @merrittk.com @shaydh.bsky.social
COAL OF FIRE ($12) @maddavenport.bsky.social
buy here!:
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The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
@stanforduniversity.bsky.social decided to essentially spend $3 million a year to keep admitting legacy students in secret.
December 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The actual scandal of elite American education has never been the supposed unfairness of affirmative action. The scandal is preferences for rich failsons like Kushner who go on to make the world worse for everyone.
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oh lawd he comin
A #PudgyHorse tribute to the Lascaux cave paintings, painted with the Strata Trio watercolours made by @thoughtsupnorth.bsky.social from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
Might as well post this one as it's been stolen and sold on Australian Temu. 🙃
#ArtAdventCalendar
Might as well post this one as it's been stolen and sold on Australian Temu. 🙃
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
oh lawd he comin
“Look, you have to understand that the magic of Christmas is limited.”
The magazine that brought you "FAQ: The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense" and "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" bring you Isaac Chotiner's interview with Santa and it is OUTSTANDING.
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the...
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
“Look, you have to understand that the magic of Christmas is limited.”
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A lot of suicide attempts, especially among young people, are impulsive, which means that throwing up even temporary obstacles can save lives. It's not true that everyone who gets advice on how to kill themselves from an LLM would have figured it out anyway. These tools are causing avoidable deaths.
I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A lot of suicide attempts, especially among young people, are impulsive, which means that throwing up even temporary obstacles can save lives. It's not true that everyone who gets advice on how to kill themselves from an LLM would have figured it out anyway. These tools are causing avoidable deaths.
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“hello yes the 4 of us plan to reinvent gender from first principles in boston, if anyone else would like to join”
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“hello yes the 4 of us plan to reinvent gender from first principles in boston, if anyone else would like to join”
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
Don’t mind me I’m just over here yelling about DEFENSIVE THANATOSIS
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Don’t mind me I’m just over here yelling about DEFENSIVE THANATOSIS
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On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.
I'm sure it's all well intentioned by Girl Guides, but it's transphobic to say "if someone's biologically female they can join".
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans men are men. They are not women.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/12/03/g...
Trans boys can join Girlguiding under new policy, organisation confirms
Following a ban on trans girls getting involved in Girl Guides, Girlguiding has confirmed it does not apply to trans boys.
www.thepinknews.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 PM
On behalf of trans men everywhere: This blows. It is much worse to be included as women than excluded from women-only things. None of us want this.
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ITS GOOD NEWS WEEK YOU GODDAMN JACKALS I'M LOUSY WITH GOOD NEWS YOU FUCKIN CHERUBIM
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
ITS GOOD NEWS WEEK YOU GODDAMN JACKALS I'M LOUSY WITH GOOD NEWS YOU FUCKIN CHERUBIM
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SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
USTA bans trans athletes from competing as women to comply with Trump executive order
The national tennis governing body's policy change was made with no announcement.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
SCOOP: The United States Tennis Association (USTA) quietly updated its player eligibility policy to ban trans women from competing as women in their leagues, tournaments and competitions in order to comply with Trump's anti-trans sports executive order. The policy went into effect on Monday.
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listen this is a very niche post but hear me out. yes. that's Tessa Thompson as a 1920s lesbian
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 AM
listen this is a very niche post but hear me out. yes. that's Tessa Thompson as a 1920s lesbian
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This emphasis—systemic transformation rather than simply individualistic accommodation—is the real political force of disability politics. The fixation on accommodations and the pathologization of difference is all about counter-revolutionary force.
the argument that “the people who lie about disability to get accommodations in school will prosper and lead our most important institutions” is easily fixed by broad application of accommodations instead of making people prove they‘re “really“ disabled, something frustrating for all disabled people
December 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This emphasis—systemic transformation rather than simply individualistic accommodation—is the real political force of disability politics. The fixation on accommodations and the pathologization of difference is all about counter-revolutionary force.