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when people talk about this they sometimes focus on the flashy versions, like huge tracking shots, but Cameron is consistently excellent at giving you a sense of where you are even in really complicated three dimensional spaces like a sinking Titanic and I think that’s part of what people respond to
December 27, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Ramon Tikaram in comedy “Fackham Hall” (Katherine Waterston)
December 27, 2025 at 6:01 AM
We’re now living SNL’s Pennywise horror sketch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlt3...
December 27, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Imagine a 25-page spec with author listed as D••••• T••••, lol
The reason he is so stupid and bad at this is because his entire mental model of being a boss up to the point has devolved to posting angry tweets so that someone else magically takes the hint and does what he wants.
Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
December 27, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Spec review / QA on tap
I gave it a feature specification and asked it to find what details required for implementation were missing.
December 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Cross-ex on tap
ed3d.net Ed @ed3d.net · 18h
A lot of the blog posts in my hopper right now started as me just talking for 5-6 minutes uninterrupted at a Claude session and having it start shooting holes in inconsistencies and gaps. Then I'd think for a minute and go on for another 5-6 minutes, responding to each point. Rinse/repeat a bit.
December 27, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Stephen Miller interviews for a real job.

Q: What did you do in this lacuna on your resume from 2017-2029?

MILLER: I tried to get your employees lynched or deported

Q: I see… we’ll be in touch
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Ah the hope of every immigrant, to be slandered by your dumbest descendent
Relatedly, we obtained an unpublished history of Stephen Miller's ancestors' immigration to the US, written by his grandmother. People like them were attacked in terms very similar to the ones Miller and MAGA use about today's immigrants:

newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Miller’s fantasy deport quota is of a piece* with his entire lack of real jobs, all he’s ever done in life is derp badly for Nazis. Shadow Prez Kiddybooks working for the Diddler
December 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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This is so lazy and hamfisted lol. "To my lackeys: release the evidence about my enemies and destroy the evidence about me. Thank you!"
Trump frustrated at never-ending Epstein saga, calls on DOJ to release names of only Dems connected to Epstein to “embarrass them” and suggests that despite legal requirement to release everything, DOJ should consider saying “no more.”
December 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Take this quiz and the Sorting Hat will—

STEPHEN MILLER: <slams the House Slytherin button>
December 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
I can’t take Stephen Miller seriously, have you heard him talk? Ranty McPuddingbrain. Would be laughed out of JV debate recruiting
December 26, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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I asked him if he thought birthright citizenship should be repealed and he said “Ye dog! Hoist your rifle and send the bastard pudding eaters a-sea to King George in a pine box!”
December 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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The bloody ghost of my ancestor Lt. John Bacon, shot dead by a redcoat musket during the Battles of Lexington and Concord on April 19th, 1775, appeared at the side of my bed last night and said anyone can be American as long as they aren’t English
December 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Mezzogiorno includes Sicily and Sardinia
both martin and sinatra were the sons of immigrants from the mezzogiorno, which was basically a third world country until the 1970s.

your average immigrant from sub-saharan africa comes from a society more developed than the early 20th century mezzogiorno.

miller as usual is full of shit
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“The Night Circus”: Cozy fantasy romance about a magical traveling circus that opens at midnight. Great at sentence-level vibe, not plot. Big buildup, lame ending. Best part isn’t the magic, it’s the intensity of first love.
December 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
December 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
<after trying to kill someone> u mad, bro
Well... yeah.
December 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
December 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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some good climate/energy news:

* 96% of new US power capacity was carbon-free in 2024 (56 gigawatts!)

* 2025 included the first month ever when 51% of power on the U.S. grid was carbon-free

* The golbal trend is overwhelming: The world is now investing more $ in clean energy than fossil fuels
December 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Cars’ eyes
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
"they will be, one day"

no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Orcs with Ukrainian washing machines
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.

Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.

"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.

"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.

Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM