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new episode of kill the computer we are joined by @jeremykaplowitz.com to talk some news and how tech companies are monetizing off of everyones loneliness
The Loneliness Industrial Complex Ft. Jeremy Kaplowitz
Podcast Episode · Kill The Computer · 11/23/2025 · 1h 6m
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November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
new episode of kill the computer we are joined by @jeremykaplowitz.com to talk some news and how tech companies are monetizing off of everyones loneliness
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Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Someone is having concerns about Twitter privacy all of a sudden
November 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Ian Miles Cheong: Everyone must go back to the country where they are born. Please don't tell people I'm living in Malaysia, where I was born, but spend my entire life complaining about America.
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
Ian Miles Cheong: *has been secretly living in Dubai this whole time*
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I remain deeply thankful that the absolute gutting of our federal government has somehow not yet taken the cpsc account from whoever runs it
November 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I remain deeply thankful that the absolute gutting of our federal government has somehow not yet taken the cpsc account from whoever runs it
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even if your family is terrible there are better ways to get out of hosting thanksgiving than burning down your house
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
even if your family is terrible there are better ways to get out of hosting thanksgiving than burning down your house
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chat is it a good sign for the stability of our federal government that the president is having a multi-day crashout demanding the arrest of his opposition over a video he didn’t like and the entire thing is being studiously ignored by everyone with the power to execute it
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
chat is it a good sign for the stability of our federal government that the president is having a multi-day crashout demanding the arrest of his opposition over a video he didn’t like and the entire thing is being studiously ignored by everyone with the power to execute it
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this is, in fact, the fundamental core of wizardry
I didn’t ask how big the room is, I said I cast fireball
I didn’t ask how big the room is, I said I cast fireball
November 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
this is, in fact, the fundamental core of wizardry
I didn’t ask how big the room is, I said I cast fireball
I didn’t ask how big the room is, I said I cast fireball
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Discworld QOTD, from Reaper Man
“What’s the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can’t blow something up?”
“What’s the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can’t blow something up?”
Discworld QOTD, from Guards! Guards!
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Reaper Man
“What’s the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can’t blow something up?”
“What’s the good of having mastery over cosmic balance and knowing the secrets of fate if you can’t blow something up?”
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watching Big Game with my wife (go bears) and man seeing Andrew Luck on the Stanford sideline in glasses with a bald spot and gray in his beard is weird and makes me feel super old
he’s 36! I’m four years older than he is!
he’s 36! I’m four years older than he is!
November 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
watching Big Game with my wife (go bears) and man seeing Andrew Luck on the Stanford sideline in glasses with a bald spot and gray in his beard is weird and makes me feel super old
he’s 36! I’m four years older than he is!
he’s 36! I’m four years older than he is!
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Restore Boring Bureaucracy 2028
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Restore Boring Bureaucracy 2028
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somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
somebody on here suggested awhile back that a pretty compelling 2028 Democrat campaign promise would be "on day one I will deploy a WPA-scale army of forensic accountants across every square inch of the federal government" and I think about that every day
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it won’t, because they are deeply dedicated to destroying this country on their own terms, but it would be nice if the world historic crashout Trump is about to have when his tariffs get struck down would negatively polarize a couple of the justices against him
“To Leonard Leo, Koch, and all of the Countries and Slimeballs that have ripped off the United States of America for years through the use of their own Tariffs, we don't have a Court System that's going to let you destroy our Country any longer.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
it won’t, because they are deeply dedicated to destroying this country on their own terms, but it would be nice if the world historic crashout Trump is about to have when his tariffs get struck down would negatively polarize a couple of the justices against him
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to whom it may concern in the national media: it is perhaps worth further investigation that the answer to “who is in charge of foreign policy” appears to be whoever is currently answering the phone
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
State Dept. Spokesperson now refuting GOP and Dem senators’ account of their joint briefing from Rubio - and claiming the 28 point plan IS authored by the US.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
Hard to believe several senators would have fundamentally misunderstood what Rubio told them.
Breathtakingly dysfunctional government.
November 23, 2025 at 3:28 AM
to whom it may concern in the national media: it is perhaps worth further investigation that the answer to “who is in charge of foreign policy” appears to be whoever is currently answering the phone
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
or that we do not, in fact, appear to have any coherent foreign policy
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happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
"Brazil’s former far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, has been arrested at his villa in the capital, Brasília, amid suspicions he was poised to abscond to a foreign embassy to avoid going to prison for masterminding a military coup."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
happy Jair Bolsonaro got arrested after failing to cut off his ankle monitor day
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these guys all burned the ropes connecting them to the life raft of democratic party protection because they believed their buddy who said he’d invented a way to breathe underwater
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
these guys all burned the ropes connecting them to the life raft of democratic party protection because they believed their buddy who said he’d invented a way to breathe underwater
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
a reminder that the conservative base that underlies MAGA (and the Fox News Cinematic Universe before it) came out of direct mail scams going back to Goldwater
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
these people have always been the easiest marks in the world and, apparently, always will be
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guys who spent 30 years trying to analyze which presidential candidate's soundbite gaffes were worse trying to understand literal fascism. a lot of people who thought they were understanding politics were really just understanding court gossip and theater
Every article by a 'savvy' political analyst reads like a focus group transcript with a low-information voter.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
guys who spent 30 years trying to analyze which presidential candidate's soundbite gaffes were worse trying to understand literal fascism. a lot of people who thought they were understanding politics were really just understanding court gossip and theater
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for every $250 (up to a maximum if $1,000 because i feel like living) i will take one square of these cleanly cut squares of 800mg edibles
In about an hour I'll be going live with the PS2 Jackie Chan Adventures game. It only got released in PAL for some reason.
I'm expecting rough gameplay and a runtime of like 4 hours. Also I'll be fundraising for rent because life is pain.
See you there @ kzxcellent.live
I'm expecting rough gameplay and a runtime of like 4 hours. Also I'll be fundraising for rent because life is pain.
See you there @ kzxcellent.live
November 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
for every $250 (up to a maximum if $1,000 because i feel like living) i will take one square of these cleanly cut squares of 800mg edibles
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Like how exactly do we know that the Three Eyed Raven is a Good Guy and the White Walkers are bad guys? The White Walkers are definitely brutal in their methods but (beyond killing the three eyed Raven and later Bran) it's sort of unclear what their aims are!
November 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Like how exactly do we know that the Three Eyed Raven is a Good Guy and the White Walkers are bad guys? The White Walkers are definitely brutal in their methods but (beyond killing the three eyed Raven and later Bran) it's sort of unclear what their aims are!
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Something I keep coming back to is that one mystery that (in my opinion) the show DID conclusively resolve is what The Lord of Light's deal is: a capital-E evil blood God.
And one of the only things we know about the white walkers is that the Lord of Light is a staunch opponent...
And one of the only things we know about the white walkers is that the Lord of Light is a staunch opponent...
The white walkers were foreshadowed so long in the show and it was so anticlimactic how quickly they resolved it. You figure Martin would do it better.
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Something I keep coming back to is that one mystery that (in my opinion) the show DID conclusively resolve is what The Lord of Light's deal is: a capital-E evil blood God.
And one of the only things we know about the white walkers is that the Lord of Light is a staunch opponent...
And one of the only things we know about the white walkers is that the Lord of Light is a staunch opponent...
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I don't think that the Targaryen's are inherently good or even necessarily modernizing, I think Danerys in particular is, which is why they spend 5 seasons of the show demonstrating her sincere (and eventually successful) commitment to slavery eradication bsky.app/profile/roni...
This is a take that is all fine and good until one remembers that the Targaryens ruled Westeros for more than two and a half centuries and did fuck all to modernize it. Daenerys was not the Leviathan, she was the last gasp of a self-destructive, dying, entitled dynasty.
The Targaryens sit on The Iron Throne, the symbol of their dragon-led domination of the lesser nobles and unification of Westeros's under a Leviathan-type ruler. What does Bran sit on?
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I don't think that the Targaryen's are inherently good or even necessarily modernizing, I think Danerys in particular is, which is why they spend 5 seasons of the show demonstrating her sincere (and eventually successful) commitment to slavery eradication bsky.app/profile/roni...
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I assume some book reveals about what exactly is the deal with The Faceless Men (which the show never really explains) may explain some of that but ya - there's certainly an implication that the Iron Bank is financially devastating Westeros! bsky.app/profile/erne...
What doesn’t make sense is that they have a developed mercantile system and elaborate banking system in the Free Cities which should be an engine for technological and economic development.
November 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I assume some book reveals about what exactly is the deal with The Faceless Men (which the show never really explains) may explain some of that but ya - there's certainly an implication that the Iron Bank is financially devastating Westeros! bsky.app/profile/erne...