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popoulis
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In the age of AI surveillance it’s probably dumb as hell to post on the internet huh

Bout to go full on Tails thumb drive just so I can read fart jokes in peace
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Saw someone say they like the idea of AI taking over Hollywood because then actors wouldn’t be able to sway public opinion on politics

And it made me realize that for at least a subset of people pursuing this, they like it because it inherently devalues others while elevating themselves to arbiter
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 AM
"We have learned how to jump off the speck of matter on which our species began; infinity, and therefore perhaps eternity, is being put into the hands of thh human race....
Been meaning to revisit for awhile… loved it as a kid and was always surprised it didn’t get as much attention as it seemed to deserve. I think people seem to be rediscovering it now?
February 15, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Been meaning to revisit for awhile… loved it as a kid and was always surprised it didn’t get as much attention as it seemed to deserve. I think people seem to be rediscovering it now?
February 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Saw someone say that people who do nothing but talk about how fucked we are right now are like the soldiers in the trenches in WWI who dropped their weapons and screamed "we're all gonna die!"

Not just a pain in the ass, but a liability to the others who were trying to fight

Made me think
February 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Imagine being the kind of person to buy a Porsche but you go with the hatch back
February 11, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Told that he recently attempted suicide, a man awakens in an insanr asylum with no memory of his actions… he becomes increasingly fixated on capturing a mysterious distant sound, which he soon equates with all the things he desires most…
February 10, 2026 at 6:59 PM
"You think the solitary is poor You do not see that he strolls under laden fruit trees and that his hand touches grain a hundredfold. Under dark leaves the overfull reddish blossoms swell toward him from abundant bbuds, and the fruit almost bursts with throning juice...
February 9, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Remembering to bring your notebook somewhere, getting there, then realizing you forgot a pen 🙃
February 9, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"Perhaps you think that a man who consecrates his life to research leads a spiritual life and that his soul lives in / larger measure than anyone else's. But such a life is also external, just as external as the life of a man who lives for outer things...
February 9, 2026 at 6:51 PM
"Everything odious and disgusting is your own particular Hell. How can it be otherwise? Every other Hell was at least worth seeing or full of fun. But that is never Hell. Your Hell is made up of all the things that you always ejected from your sanctuary with a curse and a kick of the foot...
February 9, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Infinite Jest is a work of genius and people mad about being too dumb to read it want to ostracize literature of that caliber to make themselves feel better

How’s that for toxic lit bro

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February 6, 2026 at 7:59 PM
If I hadn’t gotten this fortune cookie I might be worried about markets tanking but Biden made it illegal for fortune cookies to lie so it‘s probably fine
Basing all my financial decisions this year on this fortune cookie
February 6, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Man where can you find sixers of Geary’s Pale Ale these days

Used to be everywhere now it’s just shitty IPA that tastes like grapefruit and earwax you only buy for the cool can art
February 6, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Mid week skiing is such a blessing
February 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM
> the president omega rugs an entire industry
> they want to vote for him again

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February 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
One of the greater issues in life is that a nice hot drink goes cold too fast so you’re always on this time crunch for something that should be leisurely unless you want to use a travel mug and look like a complete dork
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 AM
We need to get back to this visual style of a hopeful future vs. whatever the f it is we have now
For Sci-Fi Cutaway Saturday: This 1969 Davis Meltzer illustration includes a pool and a ping-pong table on the moon.
January 31, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I really want to run GrapheneOS but I don't want to spend a grand on a Pixel to do it >:\
January 29, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Weird, so this publisher edits the text as they see fit to be “legible”. Also, in the back there is a “visual glossary” which as far as I can tell is just a random publisher-chosen moodboard.

It was wrapped in plastic at the bookstore - wouldn’t have gotten this version if I had known.
January 28, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The radicalization will continue until morale improves
January 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I was going to be productive today but unfortunately my cat has fallen asleep on me

We’ll try again tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 5:18 PM
As a staunch user of dashes in my writing I am pretty mad that AI ruined them
January 26, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Neighborhood kid borrowed my giant scoop snow shovel and is now charging all my neighbors $50 a pop to clear their driveway with it

Go get that paper, kid
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Having trouble locating my copy of John Cage’s mushroom book to read along with his music so I’ll be revisiting this classic while snowed in today, probably more relevant for the moment anyways
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 PM