mathew olson
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nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
February 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up
the story of this company going mask-off evil begins with tagging your friends in facebook photos and ends with ugly glasses for perverts and ICE goons
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
the story of this company going mask-off evil begins with tagging your friends in facebook photos and ends with ugly glasses for perverts and ICE goons
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This is a perfect edit but there’s 89 more minutes of this awesome movie left to see, Paul Rudd’s very own Mac & Me
This is your regular reminder that in the year 2000, Paul Rudd, with frosted tips, appeared in the Hong Kong film GEN-Y COPS as a bad guy (kinda). In the movie, he does martial arts, fights a robot, and, most shocking of all, does an entire scene in Cantonese.
February 13, 2026 at 4:45 AM
This is a perfect edit but there’s 89 more minutes of this awesome movie left to see, Paul Rudd’s very own Mac & Me
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all the kinds of modern Indie Games:
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
February 13, 2026 at 2:59 AM
all the kinds of modern Indie Games:
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
-"roguelike" (slot machine)
-feelings
-unlock/tech tree simulator
-"god we hope northernlion plays this"
-crunchy first person shooter
-morrowind built by a single lunatic
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wow he really can do anything
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 AM
wow he really can do anything
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theres a lot of divisive rhetoric out there but if you just log off and go outside you’ll notice how much we have in common. for example, americans from all over the political spectrum love being driven insane by the computer
February 12, 2026 at 11:11 PM
theres a lot of divisive rhetoric out there but if you just log off and go outside you’ll notice how much we have in common. for example, americans from all over the political spectrum love being driven insane by the computer
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PATRICK BATEMAN: *IT professional universe* let's see Paul Allen's cable management *voice suddenly extremely fucked up* impressive. very nice
February 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
PATRICK BATEMAN: *IT professional universe* let's see Paul Allen's cable management *voice suddenly extremely fucked up* impressive. very nice
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you shouldn’t get your politics from twitch streamers. you should get them from 6 or 7 extremely mentally ill posters
February 12, 2026 at 9:44 PM
you shouldn’t get your politics from twitch streamers. you should get them from 6 or 7 extremely mentally ill posters
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"Mr. Do! Purchased At Pink Gorilla for Fourty Bucks"
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"Mr. Do! Purchased At Pink Gorilla for Fourty Bucks"
again, anything less than "for everything the fascists+billionaires broke, we will immediately move to fix and reinforce" is not a serious response to the massive harms being committed
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
again, anything less than "for everything the fascists+billionaires broke, we will immediately move to fix and reinforce" is not a serious response to the massive harms being committed
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me right before clicking on a fucking substack link
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 PM
me right before clicking on a fucking substack link
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They're building a train line that's going to connect Southern Brooklyn to the middle of queens on existing freight and I found the reactionary psychos in Middle Village that are panic posting about it.
February 12, 2026 at 5:23 PM
They're building a train line that's going to connect Southern Brooklyn to the middle of queens on existing freight and I found the reactionary psychos in Middle Village that are panic posting about it.
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so deep in the cool zone we're making new kinds of stealth economic ruin. straight up quantum superpositioning the economy
US HIRING AT RECESSION LEVELS: HIRING RATE AT 3.3%, MATCHING THE 2020 CRISIS AND NEAR A 13-YEAR LOW.
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 AM
so deep in the cool zone we're making new kinds of stealth economic ruin. straight up quantum superpositioning the economy
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Adrian Chiles you magnificent bastard you’ve done it again
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
At the age of 58, I’ve bought my first drill. Can it make me a new man? | Adrian Chiles
Bored with my DIY hopelessness, I’ve decided it’s time I learned some basics, writes Adrian Charles
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Adrian Chiles you magnificent bastard you’ve done it again
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my favorite thing to do in game dev is make a bar go up. it's my favorite because it's simple to do and instantly makes the inconsequential action of implementing and triggering it feel good
is this also why making bar go up while playing a game feels good? i don't do crit anymore don't ask
is this also why making bar go up while playing a game feels good? i don't do crit anymore don't ask
February 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
my favorite thing to do in game dev is make a bar go up. it's my favorite because it's simple to do and instantly makes the inconsequential action of implementing and triggering it feel good
is this also why making bar go up while playing a game feels good? i don't do crit anymore don't ask
is this also why making bar go up while playing a game feels good? i don't do crit anymore don't ask
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Today I woke up at 2 AM. Instead of falling back asleep my brain decided to conjure up these images which haunted my mind palace until properly expelled
February 11, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Today I woke up at 2 AM. Instead of falling back asleep my brain decided to conjure up these images which haunted my mind palace until properly expelled
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It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
February 11, 2026 at 6:46 PM
It took me months, about 495 rides, recovering from a shattered right foot and hacking a folding scooter, but I finally own a Nintendo Switch 2 using points obtained from Citi Bike. Afterwards, it left me questioning the very nature of work. For @aftermath.site.
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
aftermath.site/switch-2-cit...
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by the end of this weekend my phone had learned "cablp" without autocorrecting it. please enjoy my trip report: defector.com/criss-angel-...
I Traveled 800 Miles To Eat Breakfast, Lunch, And Pizza At Criss Angel’s Breakfast, Lunch, And Pizza | Defector
When I was a very depressed British teenager, I had an unhealthy fascination with America. I found a way to love its contradictions, to explain away the obvious sins not by excusing them directly but ...
defector.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:21 PM
by the end of this weekend my phone had learned "cablp" without autocorrecting it. please enjoy my trip report: defector.com/criss-angel-...
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it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced
The PriceMaster (full version)
YouTube video by ThePriceMaster
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 AM
it is apparently the 25th anniversary of the greatest piece of art Denton, Texas, has ever produced
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they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
US HIRING AT RECESSION LEVELS: HIRING RATE AT 3.3%, MATCHING THE 2020 CRISIS AND NEAR A 13-YEAR LOW.
February 11, 2026 at 3:12 AM
they said it couldn't be done, folks, big strong men with tears in their eyes, they came up to me and said "no president could completely wreck an entire united states economy twice", they said "no one's ever put more people out of work than you"
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Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov let me quote you back to you: DON’T TAKE THE BAIT!
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said that he expects the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota to wind down soon.
Gov. Walz says he expects ‘Operation Metro Surge’ to wind down soon • Minnesota Reformer
Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday said that he expects the federal immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota to wind down soon. During a press conference intended to highlight the adverse impacts of President...
minnesotareformer.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
Hey @governorwalz.mn.gov let me quote you back to you: DON’T TAKE THE BAIT!