ptarnation
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rarely capitalized. i repost a lot, often about dogs, psychiatry, psychedelics but critical of the hypefest, large event medical, good books, low-key knitting, privacy
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These make me laugh 100% of the time
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 AM
These make me laugh 100% of the time
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Alt NPS has always been a barely-concealed resistance grifting account and this is just another example.
The Alt National Park Service has a new hobby, and it's more upsetting than I could have imagined.
AltNPS thought the real terror and suffering of people being targeted by ICE just wasn't juicy enough, so they decided to punch things up a little.
You can read more here:
AltNPS thought the real terror and suffering of people being targeted by ICE just wasn't juicy enough, so they decided to punch things up a little.
You can read more here:
The Alt National Park Service Can't Stop Posting ICE Raid Fanfiction
To AltNPS, real-world brutality is just fuel for the Content Machine.
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Alt NPS has always been a barely-concealed resistance grifting account and this is just another example.
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BREAKING:
Democrat Renee Hardman just won a special election for the Iowa State Senate, according to the AP — a result that prevents Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority in the chamber.
Democrat Renee Hardman just won a special election for the Iowa State Senate, according to the AP — a result that prevents Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority in the chamber.
December 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
BREAKING:
Democrat Renee Hardman just won a special election for the Iowa State Senate, according to the AP — a result that prevents Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority in the chamber.
Democrat Renee Hardman just won a special election for the Iowa State Senate, according to the AP — a result that prevents Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority in the chamber.
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I've just been reminded that it's the last Wednesday of 2025.
So here's a white-winged fairywren (with attitude) for the last Wrensday Wednesday 🙂
#wrensday
So here's a white-winged fairywren (with attitude) for the last Wrensday Wednesday 🙂
#wrensday
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
I've just been reminded that it's the last Wednesday of 2025.
So here's a white-winged fairywren (with attitude) for the last Wrensday Wednesday 🙂
#wrensday
So here's a white-winged fairywren (with attitude) for the last Wrensday Wednesday 🙂
#wrensday
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We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
One thing that makes me depressed is that we’re bringing back medieval blood libel for minority groups (Haitians and Somalis in particular) and where once normies would be shocked or ignorant, now they’re saying stuff like “perfidis Judaeis-cels be seething over Good Friday chads” bc of TikTok
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
We're slipping into full-blown gutter racist pogrom politics and the reactions from most of the media/punditocracy/commentariat/elite/influencers/etc has tended from gleeful participation to "well, if that's what the people what it can't be that bad".
Seems suboptimal, to me.
Seems suboptimal, to me.
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All of this is fundamentally future oriented. He’d be happy to let these folks rot otherwise. That he’s prioritizing this stuff now tells us that he wants, expects, and needs people to do more crimes for him during the next election.
December 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
All of this is fundamentally future oriented. He’d be happy to let these folks rot otherwise. That he’s prioritizing this stuff now tells us that he wants, expects, and needs people to do more crimes for him during the next election.
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December 31, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Not a new thing, either. Leaving cookies out for St Nick, or putting flowers on a grave; we're actually very accustomed to an ethical world where we express gratitude or respect toward representations of people that are not precisely living persons.
this is why i always thank the ai
i know it is not real
i cannot condition myself to be rude to something that is acting like a person toward me
i know it is not real
i cannot condition myself to be rude to something that is acting like a person toward me
I'm not worried about people being abusive to their AI chatbots, especially men being sexually abusive, from the POV of "AI chatbots are a real sentient guy being harmed", but I feel like the way you repeatedly learn to treat something that can't say no *must* bleed into how you treat humans, right?
December 31, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Not a new thing, either. Leaving cookies out for St Nick, or putting flowers on a grave; we're actually very accustomed to an ethical world where we express gratitude or respect toward representations of people that are not precisely living persons.
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No, Alaska did not get $272 million health subsidy because of a 'strong application'
"Sullivan gave a circuitous explanation that put him at the center of the $272 million story... He made only a passing reference to Sen. Lisa Murkowski ..."
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
"Sullivan gave a circuitous explanation that put him at the center of the $272 million story... He made only a passing reference to Sen. Lisa Murkowski ..."
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
Reporting From Alaska- No, Alaska did not get $272 million health subsidy because of a 'strong application'
The distribution of the first $10 billion chunk of money is to be followed by four more years of federal subsidies. Contrary to Sen. Dan Sullivan’s claim that Alaska has a lock on a total of $1.4 bill...
www.dermotcole.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:45 AM
No, Alaska did not get $272 million health subsidy because of a 'strong application'
"Sullivan gave a circuitous explanation that put him at the center of the $272 million story... He made only a passing reference to Sen. Lisa Murkowski ..."
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
"Sullivan gave a circuitous explanation that put him at the center of the $272 million story... He made only a passing reference to Sen. Lisa Murkowski ..."
www.dermotcole.com/reportingfro...
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you can infer most of openai's corporate slant via negativa, in that they have prominent e.g. ethics people and economics people resigning in protest on a pretty regular and sometimes dramatic basis
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OpenAI Researcher Quits, Saying Company Is Hiding the Truth
OpenAI is making it hard for its researchers to publish research that tells the truth of AI's potentially negative economic impact.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:26 AM
you can infer most of openai's corporate slant via negativa, in that they have prominent e.g. ethics people and economics people resigning in protest on a pretty regular and sometimes dramatic basis
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I worked with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) in multiple countries to bring medical care to refugees and other populations at risk. There are a 100% committed, professional, non-political organization.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
Netanyahu banning them from Gaza is an unspeakable outrage. People will die.
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It passed unanimously. Override the veto.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
www.9news.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It passed unanimously. Override the veto.
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you can remove this with -ai or by turning all the filters on ublock on if anyone does not know yet
as one does, I’ve been googling a lot of stuff recently and it’s crazy that more than a year in they still insist on putting wrong information via AI overview at the top of almost every search. crazy how quickly ive become accustomed to reflexively scroll past/ignore
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 AM
you can remove this with -ai or by turning all the filters on ublock on if anyone does not know yet
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Earl Lamont Smith was convicted of stealing thousands of government computers and selling them for profit. He pleaded guilty and waived his right to a trial. Trump pardoned him on May 28, 2025.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration says it's freezing child care funds to Minnesota after a series of fraud schemes in recent years.
December 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Earl Lamont Smith was convicted of stealing thousands of government computers and selling them for profit. He pleaded guilty and waived his right to a trial. Trump pardoned him on May 28, 2025.
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we thought he was into big butts — and in fairness he was incapable of being deceptive about it — but as it turns out what he was really into was autism
December 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
we thought he was into big butts — and in fairness he was incapable of being deceptive about it — but as it turns out what he was really into was autism
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Some of you might know this story, but someone requested it as a reply to this thread, so I'll do that.
What you should know about me is that I've always had trouble with airport security, especially in the United States. I have 7 very Arabic names, and I travel a lot around the entire planet.
What you should know about me is that I've always had trouble with airport security, especially in the United States. I have 7 very Arabic names, and I travel a lot around the entire planet.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Some of you might know this story, but someone requested it as a reply to this thread, so I'll do that.
What you should know about me is that I've always had trouble with airport security, especially in the United States. I have 7 very Arabic names, and I travel a lot around the entire planet.
What you should know about me is that I've always had trouble with airport security, especially in the United States. I have 7 very Arabic names, and I travel a lot around the entire planet.
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A daycare fraudster? On the day MAGA is hunting Somali-run daycares in MN because they believe they're committing fraud? This is as bad as pardoning the drug kingpin former president of Honduras while bombing fishermen for alleged drug smuggling.
This is the 7th person whose sentence was commuted by Trump that has been rearrested on new charges. And don't pretend Trump cares about fraud in MN. This guy bilked over a $1 billion and Trump let him go.
December 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
A daycare fraudster? On the day MAGA is hunting Somali-run daycares in MN because they believe they're committing fraud? This is as bad as pardoning the drug kingpin former president of Honduras while bombing fishermen for alleged drug smuggling.
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I wish every muni did this. Down to small towns. A van that runs a circular route picking up drunks at the bars and getting them home, and picking them up at home the next afternoon to pick up their cars?
Would reduce rural road fatalities by a big number.
Would reduce rural road fatalities by a big number.
San Diego County public transit will be free on New Year's Eve. Free rides start after 6pm on all MTS buses & Trolley lines, and NCTD’s COASTER, SPRINTER, BREEZE fixed-route services, LIFT and NCTD+ on-demand services, and includes late night service. www.10news.com/news/local-n...
San Diego County public transit will be free on New Year's Eve
Public transit rides will be free on New Year's Eve and will extend late-night service on January 1.
www.10news.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I wish every muni did this. Down to small towns. A van that runs a circular route picking up drunks at the bars and getting them home, and picking them up at home the next afternoon to pick up their cars?
Would reduce rural road fatalities by a big number.
Would reduce rural road fatalities by a big number.
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Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
December 30, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in North America: "Look, three pennies and a belt buckle! Best day on the beach ever!"
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
Metal detectorists/mudlarkers in Great Britain: "Remember to report all the dead bodies and live WWII-era ordnance you find. They have a form at the office."
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Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Someone stole my headphones at the airport so I'm back in my death penalty era
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Good grief! Take him up on his offer and see this blog post for great ideas of questions to send to Dave!!
www.thebluealaskan.com/dave-bronson...
www.thebluealaskan.com/dave-bronson...
Dave Bronson Wants It Rough. Give It to Him. Hard.
Dave Bronson has emerged from his brief retirement with a victim complex and a run for the governorship. His new website invites Alaskans to air their grievances so he can pivot from failed leader to ...
www.thebluealaskan.com
December 30, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Good grief! Take him up on his offer and see this blog post for great ideas of questions to send to Dave!!
www.thebluealaskan.com/dave-bronson...
www.thebluealaskan.com/dave-bronson...
- vanicream or cerave cream am & evening
- aquaphor over that in the evening
- jojoba oil on your nails/cuticles 1+ times per day
- cetaphil’s generic equivalent for handwashing
- cold/cool water for handwashing
keeps your hide pliable even if you’re mending nets or living in the subarctic
- aquaphor over that in the evening
- jojoba oil on your nails/cuticles 1+ times per day
- cetaphil’s generic equivalent for handwashing
- cold/cool water for handwashing
keeps your hide pliable even if you’re mending nets or living in the subarctic
I never remember to lotion my hands until it’s too late. Every winter I’m walking around with bloody knuckles like some kind of leprous wastrel. I think I’d use lotion more if I could like, feel it working. I need a more powerful lotion. The fentanyl of lotion
December 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
- vanicream or cerave cream am & evening
- aquaphor over that in the evening
- jojoba oil on your nails/cuticles 1+ times per day
- cetaphil’s generic equivalent for handwashing
- cold/cool water for handwashing
keeps your hide pliable even if you’re mending nets or living in the subarctic
- aquaphor over that in the evening
- jojoba oil on your nails/cuticles 1+ times per day
- cetaphil’s generic equivalent for handwashing
- cold/cool water for handwashing
keeps your hide pliable even if you’re mending nets or living in the subarctic
a bottle is ~12k mg acetaminophen plus a shot of vodka
buy generic kid acetaminophen if you want a suspension, it’s close to the same concentration & it’s a 4 oz bottle w less chance of misadventure
skip the ethanol portion
buy generic kid acetaminophen if you want a suspension, it’s close to the same concentration & it’s a 4 oz bottle w less chance of misadventure
skip the ethanol portion
I know its for pain relief but the color and name just makes me think you can take a sip to make your whole body hurt
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
a bottle is ~12k mg acetaminophen plus a shot of vodka
buy generic kid acetaminophen if you want a suspension, it’s close to the same concentration & it’s a 4 oz bottle w less chance of misadventure
skip the ethanol portion
buy generic kid acetaminophen if you want a suspension, it’s close to the same concentration & it’s a 4 oz bottle w less chance of misadventure
skip the ethanol portion
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)