ptom
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Happy technologist, physicist, and family man, with a penchant for VR and neuropsychology.
Author of https://workingfrom.space
Author of https://workingfrom.space
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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 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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.
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It's the same DARVO playbook for all narcissistic sociopathic offenders.
The cult of personality already has their emotionally satisfying conclusion, everything else is noise that plays into those ideas for rationalization and self-justification.
Anything to avoid culpability, or face change.
The cult of personality already has their emotionally satisfying conclusion, everything else is noise that plays into those ideas for rationalization and self-justification.
Anything to avoid culpability, or face change.
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's the same DARVO playbook for all narcissistic sociopathic offenders.
The cult of personality already has their emotionally satisfying conclusion, everything else is noise that plays into those ideas for rationalization and self-justification.
Anything to avoid culpability, or face change.
The cult of personality already has their emotionally satisfying conclusion, everything else is noise that plays into those ideas for rationalization and self-justification.
Anything to avoid culpability, or face change.
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Trying out different social platforms? Be sure to follow EFF so you see the latest digital rights updates wherever you go: www.eff.org/pages/where...
WHERE TO FIND EFF
LEARN MORE ABOUT DIGITAL FREEDOM!You can stay stay up-to-date on the cutting edge of digital rights issues with EFFector, EFF's nearly-monthly newsletter.FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA!
www.eff.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Trying out different social platforms? Be sure to follow EFF so you see the latest digital rights updates wherever you go: www.eff.org/pages/where...
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I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
December 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I mean yeah it’s an authoritarian takeover but can we take some comfort in the fact that the people doing it are INSANELY stupid?
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Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
December 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Bringing back Limewire to illegally rip copies of reporting suppressed by the government is definitely some cyberpunk shit
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BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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Me hubiera encantado que me enseñaran matemáticas así. Aunque, tal vez, fue bueno que no haya sido de esa manera, pues lo que yo intuía de la matemática quizás nunca se me hubiera revelado en la música.
(por algún lado percola la cuestión)
(por algún lado percola la cuestión)
December 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Me hubiera encantado que me enseñaran matemáticas así. Aunque, tal vez, fue bueno que no haya sido de esa manera, pues lo que yo intuía de la matemática quizás nunca se me hubiera revelado en la música.
(por algún lado percola la cuestión)
(por algún lado percola la cuestión)
"it creates predictable harm, disproportionately borne by low-income families."
Dr. Rubin is a qualified doctor and excellent communicator, and worth your time.
Dr. Rubin is a qualified doctor and excellent communicator, and worth your time.
December 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"it creates predictable harm, disproportionately borne by low-income families."
Dr. Rubin is a qualified doctor and excellent communicator, and worth your time.
Dr. Rubin is a qualified doctor and excellent communicator, and worth your time.
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If you slept on DJT’s monologue to the nation yesterday, here’s the short version.
December 19, 2025 at 10:05 AM
If you slept on DJT’s monologue to the nation yesterday, here’s the short version.
Seems like NY Times is making sure we know "lots of 'old famous people' are always dying", in an attempt to flood the celeb obits and push the Reiners off the page.
There's some tongue in cheek dark humor there; I grieve for their losses, but I'm awfully suspicious of the Times.
There's some tongue in cheek dark humor there; I grieve for their losses, but I'm awfully suspicious of the Times.
December 16, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Seems like NY Times is making sure we know "lots of 'old famous people' are always dying", in an attempt to flood the celeb obits and push the Reiners off the page.
There's some tongue in cheek dark humor there; I grieve for their losses, but I'm awfully suspicious of the Times.
There's some tongue in cheek dark humor there; I grieve for their losses, but I'm awfully suspicious of the Times.
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I really, really wish it were. I won't post a link, because I feel dirty having visited the site in incognito and wish it had been in a VM that I could somehow scorch with cleansing fire.
…but this is a real, actual, verbatim shot of the post in question.
It's that bad.
…but this is a real, actual, verbatim shot of the post in question.
It's that bad.
December 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I really, really wish it were. I won't post a link, because I feel dirty having visited the site in incognito and wish it had been in a VM that I could somehow scorch with cleansing fire.
…but this is a real, actual, verbatim shot of the post in question.
It's that bad.
…but this is a real, actual, verbatim shot of the post in question.
It's that bad.
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😂 Oh please do
December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
😂 Oh please do
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Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Today in “Dudes Rock”:
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
A dude playing Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing” guitar solo on…a recorder.
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I... *what*!?
Seriously, it was so outrageous I had to fact check it. It still falls in the "WTF" category, but has been upgraded to "WTAF".
Everything is wrong with these people.
Seriously, it was so outrageous I had to fact check it. It still falls in the "WTF" category, but has been upgraded to "WTAF".
Everything is wrong with these people.
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I... *what*!?
Seriously, it was so outrageous I had to fact check it. It still falls in the "WTF" category, but has been upgraded to "WTAF".
Everything is wrong with these people.
Seriously, it was so outrageous I had to fact check it. It still falls in the "WTF" category, but has been upgraded to "WTAF".
Everything is wrong with these people.
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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I loved how Hans Rosling put this in perspective in his entertaining TED talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoK...
The labor savings from getting "above the washing line" has a direct impact on learning and economic betterment: a productivity gain benefitting the worker and family most of all.
The labor savings from getting "above the washing line" has a direct impact on learning and economic betterment: a productivity gain benefitting the worker and family most of all.
The magic washing machine | Hans Rosling
YouTube video by TED
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I loved how Hans Rosling put this in perspective in his entertaining TED talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZoK...
The labor savings from getting "above the washing line" has a direct impact on learning and economic betterment: a productivity gain benefitting the worker and family most of all.
The labor savings from getting "above the washing line" has a direct impact on learning and economic betterment: a productivity gain benefitting the worker and family most of all.
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LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 merlin.artworks@gmail.com
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 merlin.artworks@gmail.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 PM
LOOKING FOR WORK!! i’m merlin and i’ve worked in animation, games and comics as a visual developer and illustrator 🫶🎨 past clients: netflix, d&d, magic the gathering, volta
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 merlin.artworks@gmail.com
🎨 www.artstation.com/merlin-gg
📧 merlin.artworks@gmail.com
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
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Sorry to say, but *really* important: DON'T DO THIS.
Call animal control instead—a fox with quills is much more likely to be rabid, which would have led to the altercation that got it injured in the first place.
Do not take the risk, and do not interact. Let it be trapped, tested, and treated.
Call animal control instead—a fox with quills is much more likely to be rabid, which would have led to the altercation that got it injured in the first place.
Do not take the risk, and do not interact. Let it be trapped, tested, and treated.
November 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sorry to say, but *really* important: DON'T DO THIS.
Call animal control instead—a fox with quills is much more likely to be rabid, which would have led to the altercation that got it injured in the first place.
Do not take the risk, and do not interact. Let it be trapped, tested, and treated.
Call animal control instead—a fox with quills is much more likely to be rabid, which would have led to the altercation that got it injured in the first place.
Do not take the risk, and do not interact. Let it be trapped, tested, and treated.
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I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
November 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I'm on the hunt for artists/illustrators that specialise in landscapes and scenery, or who love drawing nature! 🌷🏞️🌳
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
I'd especially love to hear from BIPOC artists, but this is an open call! Self promo welcome, please comment with examples/portfolio links if possible ☺️
#art #illustration
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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When Trump was asked about the release of the Epstein files, he called one reporter "piggy" and said another was "being insubordinate."
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When Trump was asked about the release of the Epstein files, he called one reporter "piggy" and said another was "being insubordinate."
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
When Trump saw a video calling on the military to follow the constitution, he called for the death of the Democrats who made the video.
He's a tyrant.
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage: