Necrophidian
@necrophidian.bsky.social
Purveyor of the spooky side of geekdom. Artist, composer, storyteller. Player of RPGs. (They/Them)
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Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?
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I love this idea:
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
In this week's newsletter I wrote about losing a parent (to bad politics) and good tv shows and the billionaires who pretend they're going to leave a city if their taxes go up by an amount that will never make their lives worse.
#158. New York's Billionaires and You
Hi everyone,
We are still firmly in what any calendar would tell us is the middle of November, and yet I feel like the year is basically over. It's not that I'm winding down for the holidays. Quite t...
www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I love this idea:
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
“anytime a billionaire is asked for public comment on anything, someone with < $1,000 in the bank should get equal time to offer a rebuttal.”
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A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A party that couldn't endorse Mamdani. . . has room for Marjorie Taylor Greene
The party can burn in hell
The party can burn in hell
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Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
December 27, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Seen a few folks astonished by my lack of support for ChatGPT and similar. Because AI, right?
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
Yeah, no. What we have right now is glorified autocorrect. Glorified autocorrect that takes the energy of an entire city to do what it does, plus half of Lake Erie to cool down while it's doing it.
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Possibly the most frightening talent of the brown bear is an uncanny ability to blend seamlessly into the environment in an almost chameleon-like manner, allowing them to easily surprise their unsuspecting prey.
December 13, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Possibly the most frightening talent of the brown bear is an uncanny ability to blend seamlessly into the environment in an almost chameleon-like manner, allowing them to easily surprise their unsuspecting prey.
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Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
December 10, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this
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finally a reasonable take
November 23, 2024 at 6:50 PM
finally a reasonable take
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The biggest liars in the world posed as free speech advocates because “everyone must pay for, listen to, and agree with what we say” doesn’t poll well, and the stupidest people in the world (many of them in key positions in America’s newsrooms) fell for it.
Right on cue.
November 21, 2024 at 11:49 PM
The biggest liars in the world posed as free speech advocates because “everyone must pay for, listen to, and agree with what we say” doesn’t poll well, and the stupidest people in the world (many of them in key positions in America’s newsrooms) fell for it.
GETTING REMOVED FROM A PRIVATELY OWNED PLATFORM IS NOT CENSORSHIP OH MY FUCKING HEAD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN GO BACK TO TWITTER AND FUCKING STAY THERE. FUCK. HOW MANY SITES MUST THESE ASSHOLES HAVE ALL TO THEMSELVES? FUCK OFF.
November 22, 2024 at 12:04 AM
GETTING REMOVED FROM A PRIVATELY OWNED PLATFORM IS NOT CENSORSHIP OH MY FUCKING HEAD I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING AGAIN GO BACK TO TWITTER AND FUCKING STAY THERE. FUCK. HOW MANY SITES MUST THESE ASSHOLES HAVE ALL TO THEMSELVES? FUCK OFF.
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I briefly put principles and values aside to make a saltier, crankier case for leaving X: Elon Musk is uniquely insufferable holapapi.substack.com/p/x-out
X Out
A salty, cranky case for letting Twitter die
holapapi.substack.com
November 18, 2024 at 2:38 PM
I briefly put principles and values aside to make a saltier, crankier case for leaving X: Elon Musk is uniquely insufferable holapapi.substack.com/p/x-out
I'm sorry, but everyone should've stopped posting on Twitter a year ago.
November 13, 2024 at 8:47 PM
I'm sorry, but everyone should've stopped posting on Twitter a year ago.
Things I never want to hear again:
- "It's baked in."
- "No one is above the law."
- "This is not who we are."
- "It's baked in."
- "No one is above the law."
- "This is not who we are."
November 13, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Things I never want to hear again:
- "It's baked in."
- "No one is above the law."
- "This is not who we are."
- "It's baked in."
- "No one is above the law."
- "This is not who we are."
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man, that's crazy.
anyway, here's a link to a github page dedicated to listing out tons and tons of fantastic alternatives to adobe products, many of which are completely free or a single-time purchase.
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
anyway, here's a link to a github page dedicated to listing out tons and tons of fantastic alternatives to adobe products, many of which are completely free or a single-time purchase.
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
October 15, 2024 at 6:59 AM
man, that's crazy.
anyway, here's a link to a github page dedicated to listing out tons and tons of fantastic alternatives to adobe products, many of which are completely free or a single-time purchase.
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
anyway, here's a link to a github page dedicated to listing out tons and tons of fantastic alternatives to adobe products, many of which are completely free or a single-time purchase.
github.com/KenneyNL/Ado...
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The only path forward for Xitter is:
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
New: Federal, state and local officials leading the Hurricane Helene relief efforts are facing vicious antisemitic online hate and real-world threats, fueled on Elon Musk's X, where anti-Jewish conspiracy posts are racking up tens of millions of views. Gift link: wapo.st/4eQKjFd
Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response
Report finds Elon Musk’s platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The only path forward for Xitter is:
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
1. The Normies leave
2. The advertisers follow
3. It devolves into a 4chan-esque cesspool that no one else takes seriously.
If you’re dual-posting here and on Xitter, I invite you to consider not doing that anymore. You’re not reaching your audience there anyway
You know what's impolite and discourteous?
Repeatedly lying to someone's face.
You know what's disrespectful?
Deliberately trying to gaslight the people you're addressing.
There is nothing "civil" about JD Vance. Nothing at all.
Repeatedly lying to someone's face.
You know what's disrespectful?
Deliberately trying to gaslight the people you're addressing.
There is nothing "civil" about JD Vance. Nothing at all.
October 7, 2024 at 2:15 PM
You know what's impolite and discourteous?
Repeatedly lying to someone's face.
You know what's disrespectful?
Deliberately trying to gaslight the people you're addressing.
There is nothing "civil" about JD Vance. Nothing at all.
Repeatedly lying to someone's face.
You know what's disrespectful?
Deliberately trying to gaslight the people you're addressing.
There is nothing "civil" about JD Vance. Nothing at all.
When does the constant stream of DISinformation originating from demonstrably bad political actors become THE main story, THE main headline across all of news media?
What's it going to take?
This is insane.
What's it going to take?
This is insane.
October 5, 2024 at 3:08 PM
When does the constant stream of DISinformation originating from demonstrably bad political actors become THE main story, THE main headline across all of news media?
What's it going to take?
This is insane.
What's it going to take?
This is insane.
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its insane that anyone is still on twitter when this guy not only owns it but constantly posts nazi conspiracy theories on it as well. yeah im still hanging out at this guy's house but i shut the door so i cant hear him, it's fine
September 16, 2024 at 11:51 AM
its insane that anyone is still on twitter when this guy not only owns it but constantly posts nazi conspiracy theories on it as well. yeah im still hanging out at this guy's house but i shut the door so i cant hear him, it's fine
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Spotify is making billions for its owners. It can afford to pay real royalties to the artists who create the content for the platform - support the Living Wage for Musicians Act and change streaming from a drain on our industry to a collective benefit www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-co-f...
Spotify co-founder cashes out $85.8m in stock after streamer posts record profit… as songwriters brace for $150m royalty cut this year
Spotify exec shareholders have wasted little time cashing out stock following the company’s share price bounce…
www.musicbusinessworldwide.com
July 29, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Spotify is making billions for its owners. It can afford to pay real royalties to the artists who create the content for the platform - support the Living Wage for Musicians Act and change streaming from a drain on our industry to a collective benefit www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-co-f...
No, not weird as in quirky or eccentric.
Weird as in big creepy sociopath energy.
If you can't tell the difference... you're weird.
Weird as in big creepy sociopath energy.
If you can't tell the difference... you're weird.
July 29, 2024 at 8:42 PM
No, not weird as in quirky or eccentric.
Weird as in big creepy sociopath energy.
If you can't tell the difference... you're weird.
Weird as in big creepy sociopath energy.
If you can't tell the difference... you're weird.
Only a sociopath would be unable to comprehend having empathy, compassion and concern for anyone outside of themselves or their immediate genetic relations.
This one statement from Musk speaks volumes about who he is as a person, and how utterly broken he is.
This one statement from Musk speaks volumes about who he is as a person, and how utterly broken he is.
July 27, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Only a sociopath would be unable to comprehend having empathy, compassion and concern for anyone outside of themselves or their immediate genetic relations.
This one statement from Musk speaks volumes about who he is as a person, and how utterly broken he is.
This one statement from Musk speaks volumes about who he is as a person, and how utterly broken he is.
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When you didn’t quite expect a news story about a space probe to be emotionally devastating.
March 10, 2024 at 4:25 AM
When you didn’t quite expect a news story about a space probe to be emotionally devastating.
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Probably be a good idea for people who don't like this sort of thing to not help Twitter with their engagement.
Like if your local bar hosted Nazi Night would you still go even when it wasn't Nazi Night?
Like if your local bar hosted Nazi Night would you still go even when it wasn't Nazi Night?
February 21, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Probably be a good idea for people who don't like this sort of thing to not help Twitter with their engagement.
Like if your local bar hosted Nazi Night would you still go even when it wasn't Nazi Night?
Like if your local bar hosted Nazi Night would you still go even when it wasn't Nazi Night?
If there's anyone still using that fucking broke-ass platform... please stop. Just stop.
X (formerly Twitter) has suspended the account of Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya. She created the account just one day ago, when she announced she would continue the work of her husband.
meduza.io/en/news/2024...
meduza.io/en/news/2024...
X (formerly Twitter) suspends Yulia Navalnaya’s account — Meduza
The social media site X (formerly Twitter) has suspended the account of Alexey Navalny’s widow, Yulia Navalnaya.
meduza.io
February 20, 2024 at 1:28 PM
If there's anyone still using that fucking broke-ass platform... please stop. Just stop.
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February 19, 2024 at 2:33 AM