@pushingthatpulp.bsky.social
Baseball, Soccer, Basketball.
Writing.
Rudeboy wannabe.
Writing.
Rudeboy wannabe.
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it’s almost like most terminally online leftists aren’t committed to actually building the structures necessary for a socialist society to work because they’re instead actually libertarians who say “Give me, give me, chicken tendies; Be they crispy, or from Wendy's”
stancil said anti-spreadsheet communism leads to replicating non-progressive individual charity in the form of mutual aid, and that folk who go all in on this cannot functionally develop societal aid structures that don't involve passing around the same money until it all gets eaten by gofundme fees
December 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
it’s almost like most terminally online leftists aren’t committed to actually building the structures necessary for a socialist society to work because they’re instead actually libertarians who say “Give me, give me, chicken tendies; Be they crispy, or from Wendy's”
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
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White men are 36% of the population but 80% of the outrageously whiny mediocrities who think they deserve more without any effort (the other 20% are white women)
Fact | You can't write something predicated in the utterly ludicrous assumption that white men are being excluded from publishing unless you are racist.
December 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
White men are 36% of the population but 80% of the outrageously whiny mediocrities who think they deserve more without any effort (the other 20% are white women)
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Leftists have memed themselves into "communism is good but spreadsheets are scary" as a position so they're reduced to small-scale communitarianism that involves just passing money back and forth until GoFundMe transaction fees eat 100% of it
Guys I know you’re all going to yell at me here but mutual aid is not meaningfully distinct from the kind of privatized community charity system where poor people go to the church and hope someone has donated a hot meal. It’s not progressive, it’s not effective, it’s not good service provision.
"poor enough to need mutual aid"
Everyone needs mutual aid.
Everyone needs mutual aid.
December 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Leftists have memed themselves into "communism is good but spreadsheets are scary" as a position so they're reduced to small-scale communitarianism that involves just passing money back and forth until GoFundMe transaction fees eat 100% of it
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There are local groups and new formations working right now to bring universal childcare to life in NY. If this is an issue that moves you, join in.
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 AM
There are local groups and new formations working right now to bring universal childcare to life in NY. If this is an issue that moves you, join in.
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The wildest thing to me is that multiple Black people had to die in a manner akin to public spectacles for 2020 to happen and the backlash is being fueled by white guys who can’t sell a screenplay or manuscript.
December 26, 2025 at 10:04 PM
The wildest thing to me is that multiple Black people had to die in a manner akin to public spectacles for 2020 to happen and the backlash is being fueled by white guys who can’t sell a screenplay or manuscript.
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Biden was the most progressive president in modern history, and it's time we say it. We can and should demand better, but better doesn't happen if, every time the needle is moved towards the progressive end of the spectrum, y'all claim everything is actually getting more conservative/worse.
December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Biden was the most progressive president in modern history, and it's time we say it. We can and should demand better, but better doesn't happen if, every time the needle is moved towards the progressive end of the spectrum, y'all claim everything is actually getting more conservative/worse.
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Make “incremental progress” a good thing. The assholes who expect “perfect” right out of the gate irritate the shit out of me.
December 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Make “incremental progress” a good thing. The assholes who expect “perfect” right out of the gate irritate the shit out of me.
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A nontrivial percentage of the American electorate cares more about social hierarchy and dominating outgroups than overall economic wellbeing.
Unless the Democrats recover at least some of their identity as a working-class party, the Republicans will own that demo by default.
December 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
A nontrivial percentage of the American electorate cares more about social hierarchy and dominating outgroups than overall economic wellbeing.
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it is kinda funny that like a hundred years later the anti-immigrant fears of the past came true and the Pope is a Catholic Italian from Chicago
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
it is kinda funny that like a hundred years later the anti-immigrant fears of the past came true and the Pope is a Catholic Italian from Chicago
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Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
Populists attack London because it is ‘progressive and successful’, says Sadiq Khan
Rightwing attacks on one of the world’s most visited cities at odds with reality, says mayor
www.ft.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Good interview in the paper, this. I think Sadiq is right: London 'needs' to be less successful than it is for a bunch of political arguments here in the UK to work, hence the fictions being invented about it:
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life is too short to let “the ick” prevent you from owning that
December 26, 2025 at 4:58 AM
life is too short to let “the ick” prevent you from owning that
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Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth posted this Christmas greeting on FB and this kid (maybe her grandson?) has the most Sonic Youth expression imaginable.
December 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth posted this Christmas greeting on FB and this kid (maybe her grandson?) has the most Sonic Youth expression imaginable.
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Such an unbelievable loser
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Such an unbelievable loser
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But then again a lot of suburban America gaslights itself into thinking they're in a rural small town when they're just in a suburb
December 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
But then again a lot of suburban America gaslights itself into thinking they're in a rural small town when they're just in a suburb
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my sweet grandma passed away early this morning surrounded by loved ones and all the christmas joy, just as she wanted. 💕
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my sweet grandma passed away early this morning surrounded by loved ones and all the christmas joy, just as she wanted. 💕
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The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The government failed at actually redacting the Epstein files because DOGE cancelled the feds adobe acrobat premium subscription is the funniest shit.
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The type of guys who fetishize warfare, and frequently proclaim their masculine toughness, have a long history of losing to the seemingly “weak” people who don’t want to fight but get pushed too far.
Because bluster isn’t actually strength.
Scared nerds are stronger than they think.
Good thread.
Because bluster isn’t actually strength.
Scared nerds are stronger than they think.
Good thread.
every time I can recall from history that a group has centered a culture of martial virtue to the point of conflict,
the "soft intellectuals" the warriors distinguish themselves from have learned war real quick, dominate because they pay attention to details, and then go back to art and nerdy stuff
the "soft intellectuals" the warriors distinguish themselves from have learned war real quick, dominate because they pay attention to details, and then go back to art and nerdy stuff
December 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The type of guys who fetishize warfare, and frequently proclaim their masculine toughness, have a long history of losing to the seemingly “weak” people who don’t want to fight but get pushed too far.
Because bluster isn’t actually strength.
Scared nerds are stronger than they think.
Good thread.
Because bluster isn’t actually strength.
Scared nerds are stronger than they think.
Good thread.
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This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Absolutely right.
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
AI might be able to summarize (poorly) what we currently know, but a major goal of historical research is to find the hidden surprises out there.
Let me illustrate …
Not a historian but like to research. The AI might summarize what I'm looking for, but it doesn't find what I'm *not* looking for. The book on the shelf next to the one I wanted. The insight in chapter 6 based on the quote I needed from chapter 4.
December 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This thread perfectly explains why AI has little value for qualitative research.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
Yes, large language models can find patterns in qualitative data. But, they're trained on what we already know. So, they won't find anything surprising. And, surprise is qualitative research's primary value-add.
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Nat King Cole releases his 4th and most-famous recording of “The Christmas Song” today in 1961.
Years earlier, songwriters Mel Tormé and Bob Wells had taken it to Nat King Cole’s house.
“Play that again,” Cole said.
They did, but before they finished, Cole said, “Stop everything. That's my song.”
Years earlier, songwriters Mel Tormé and Bob Wells had taken it to Nat King Cole’s house.
“Play that again,” Cole said.
They did, but before they finished, Cole said, “Stop everything. That's my song.”
December 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nat King Cole releases his 4th and most-famous recording of “The Christmas Song” today in 1961.
Years earlier, songwriters Mel Tormé and Bob Wells had taken it to Nat King Cole’s house.
“Play that again,” Cole said.
They did, but before they finished, Cole said, “Stop everything. That's my song.”
Years earlier, songwriters Mel Tormé and Bob Wells had taken it to Nat King Cole’s house.
“Play that again,” Cole said.
They did, but before they finished, Cole said, “Stop everything. That's my song.”
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An oldie but goodie.
Santa Larry doesn’t just deliver presents to Chicago — he brings the gift of inclusive Christmas magic.
“Chicago is the perfect city for holiday spirit,” he said. “The diversity of the city reflects those who visit me.”
thetriibe.com/2024/12/sant...
Santa Larry doesn’t just deliver presents to Chicago — he brings the gift of inclusive Christmas magic.
“Chicago is the perfect city for holiday spirit,” he said. “The diversity of the city reflects those who visit me.”
thetriibe.com/2024/12/sant...
‘Santa looks like me’: How Santa Larry brings representation to Chicago for Christmas • The TRiiBE
Santa Larry marks his fifth year spreading holiday cheer across Chicago, all while redefining what it means to be Santa.
thetriibe.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An oldie but goodie.
Santa Larry doesn’t just deliver presents to Chicago — he brings the gift of inclusive Christmas magic.
“Chicago is the perfect city for holiday spirit,” he said. “The diversity of the city reflects those who visit me.”
thetriibe.com/2024/12/sant...
Santa Larry doesn’t just deliver presents to Chicago — he brings the gift of inclusive Christmas magic.
“Chicago is the perfect city for holiday spirit,” he said. “The diversity of the city reflects those who visit me.”
thetriibe.com/2024/12/sant...
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Sometime, in the not so distant future, this miserable, hateful, malignant narcissist of a man will be gone forever and our holidays will no longer be overshadowed by him spending filth onto the internet rather than spending time with his family
December 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sometime, in the not so distant future, this miserable, hateful, malignant narcissist of a man will be gone forever and our holidays will no longer be overshadowed by him spending filth onto the internet rather than spending time with his family
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Rogers Park, a magical place where you can look East and still get a spectacular Sunset. @buckweaver.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social @u2girl1966.bsky.social @rebeccakell.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Rogers Park, a magical place where you can look East and still get a spectacular Sunset. @buckweaver.bsky.social @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social @u2girl1966.bsky.social @rebeccakell.bsky.social
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A great idea is RE-GIFTING
If you have gently used items you don't use anymore wrap them up and drop them off at a shelter or to local underserved communities! Books, appliances, clothes, toys, accessories, etc!
If you have gently used items you don't use anymore wrap them up and drop them off at a shelter or to local underserved communities! Books, appliances, clothes, toys, accessories, etc!
If you are not feeling the spirit of Christmas THEN GO MAKE SOME
Volunteer, donate, help, contribute, be kind, be nice to people having a hard time, be patient if it's lacking, BREATHE
if our leaders are failing us then make your own magic
I gave gifts to the less fortunate & it made my Christmas
Volunteer, donate, help, contribute, be kind, be nice to people having a hard time, be patient if it's lacking, BREATHE
if our leaders are failing us then make your own magic
I gave gifts to the less fortunate & it made my Christmas
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
A great idea is RE-GIFTING
If you have gently used items you don't use anymore wrap them up and drop them off at a shelter or to local underserved communities! Books, appliances, clothes, toys, accessories, etc!
If you have gently used items you don't use anymore wrap them up and drop them off at a shelter or to local underserved communities! Books, appliances, clothes, toys, accessories, etc!
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with respect to the old heads but still doing coke into your 40s & 50s produces the most pathetic types of people you’ve ever met - and that’s literally the entire operating core of the White House, uniquely embarrassing
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
with respect to the old heads but still doing coke into your 40s & 50s produces the most pathetic types of people you’ve ever met - and that’s literally the entire operating core of the White House, uniquely embarrassing