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Techbro capitalism has turned into an approximation of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.
Diseased of mind, utterly immoral, barely coherent and entirely consumed by malice.
Diseased of mind, utterly immoral, barely coherent and entirely consumed by malice.
September 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Techbro capitalism has turned into an approximation of Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now.
Diseased of mind, utterly immoral, barely coherent and entirely consumed by malice.
Diseased of mind, utterly immoral, barely coherent and entirely consumed by malice.
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Here too, please. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
Forced participation in religious activities to be classified as child abuse in Japan
Telling children they will go to hell for not joining religious activities will be regarded as abuse. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Here too, please. www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
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i know it's just advertisement but it still pisses me off when tech CEOs claim AGI will solve humanity's problems with its vast intelligence. for a lot of problems we already know the solutions, what prevents them being solved is not a lack of intelligence, but that the solutions are unprofitable
June 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
i know it's just advertisement but it still pisses me off when tech CEOs claim AGI will solve humanity's problems with its vast intelligence. for a lot of problems we already know the solutions, what prevents them being solved is not a lack of intelligence, but that the solutions are unprofitable
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
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Andreessen Horowitz hiring Daniel Perry exemplifies what debates over preferential treatment are really all about. White men are actually rewarded professionally and personally by other white men for their willingness to commit acts of violence against people who threaten white male dominance.
February 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Andreessen Horowitz hiring Daniel Perry exemplifies what debates over preferential treatment are really all about. White men are actually rewarded professionally and personally by other white men for their willingness to commit acts of violence against people who threaten white male dominance.
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I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been researching the idea of Unconditional Universal Basic Income since 2013. Here's a collection of findings I've compiled from various UBI experiments and studies of cash transfer programs around the world.
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
This will be a VERY LONG and ongoing thread focused entirely on empirical evidence. 🧵
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Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Please allow me to re-share my rough sketch of some advanced carbon capture technology
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What we need is another UBI experiment, but it never ends and it's funded by a wealth tax
there have been thousands of "UBI test runs" and every single one shows massive benefits, but we just need one more to be sure before we know
January 30, 2024 at 4:57 PM
What we need is another UBI experiment, but it never ends and it's funded by a wealth tax
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there have been thousands of "UBI test runs" and every single one shows massive benefits, but we just need one more to be sure before we know
January 30, 2024 at 4:53 PM
there have been thousands of "UBI test runs" and every single one shows massive benefits, but we just need one more to be sure before we know
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What we are seeing play out in the UK, in ever more extreme forms, is class war. The war being waged by the rich against the poor.
January 30, 2024 at 8:43 AM
What we are seeing play out in the UK, in ever more extreme forms, is class war. The war being waged by the rich against the poor.
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The fact that people take car-related deaths as an inescapable fact of life, even as an inevitable baseline ("you still drive" as a justification for other risky behavior) is a great success of decades of lobbying and normalization of what is a tragic and preventable state of affairs.
January 23, 2024 at 7:55 PM
The fact that people take car-related deaths as an inescapable fact of life, even as an inevitable baseline ("you still drive" as a justification for other risky behavior) is a great success of decades of lobbying and normalization of what is a tragic and preventable state of affairs.
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Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
December 23, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Repost if you support trans people and think we're neato
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I suppose it’s a sign of the times that when I read that Oliver Dowden has warned Brits to stock up on candles and torches, I don’t automatically think power cuts are looming; I automatically think he’s mates with someone who imports candles from Myanmar and he’s got shares in Duracell.
December 5, 2023 at 5:34 PM
I suppose it’s a sign of the times that when I read that Oliver Dowden has warned Brits to stock up on candles and torches, I don’t automatically think power cuts are looming; I automatically think he’s mates with someone who imports candles from Myanmar and he’s got shares in Duracell.
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It was always obvious that the Conservative government’s concern wasn’t really about academic freedom or free speech on campus, but about protecting certain kinds of speech from certain academics, while creating the conditions for further government intervention in higher education.
Government prepared secret dossier on academic’s posts on BLM, 'militant leftism', Israel war
'Highly disturbing' revelations raise serious questions about free speech, says University and College Union
inews.co.uk
November 4, 2023 at 10:24 AM
It was always obvious that the Conservative government’s concern wasn’t really about academic freedom or free speech on campus, but about protecting certain kinds of speech from certain academics, while creating the conditions for further government intervention in higher education.
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Has anyone looked into the mental health of politicians, & how best to tackle problems? The role of MPs seems to attract those with poor mental health &/or provides the conditions for worsening it, while there isn't much in the way of support for those suffering. Which isn't good for them or us.
November 3, 2023 at 9:35 AM
Has anyone looked into the mental health of politicians, & how best to tackle problems? The role of MPs seems to attract those with poor mental health &/or provides the conditions for worsening it, while there isn't much in the way of support for those suffering. Which isn't good for them or us.
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I don’t know the answer to many of the world’s great problems. But have they tried diverting all power to the forward array? That worked for us often.
October 28, 2023 at 7:45 PM
I don’t know the answer to many of the world’s great problems. But have they tried diverting all power to the forward array? That worked for us often.
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Reposted by Richard Lyonn
Proposed North Yorkshire fracking site becomes source of clean, geothermal energy | Climate News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/propos...
Proposed North Yorkshire fracking site becomes source of clean, geothermal energy
An underground well in the North Yorkshire village of Kirby Misperton was drilled but never fracked after a fightback by protesters. It has now taken on a "second life" as a source of clean, green, ge...
news.sky.com
October 21, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Proposed North Yorkshire fracking site becomes source of clean, geothermal energy | Climate News | Sky News news.sky.com/story/propos...
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I know the reason FT journalists like it here so much. It's an FT comments section, while Twitter is like a Daily Mail one
October 20, 2023 at 9:09 AM
I know the reason FT journalists like it here so much. It's an FT comments section, while Twitter is like a Daily Mail one
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The saddest conversations I’ve had this week are with Palestinian and Israelis who see each others pain, and feel helpless to stop the cycle of violence they are in.
They sound so defeated.
They sound so defeated.
October 19, 2023 at 6:57 PM
The saddest conversations I’ve had this week are with Palestinian and Israelis who see each others pain, and feel helpless to stop the cycle of violence they are in.
They sound so defeated.
They sound so defeated.