Sericite
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“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. (I am large; I contain multitudes.)” ~ Whitman
For my sins, I’m back in Missouri.
For my sins, I’m back in Missouri.
Others have pointed out that what AI is doing now is not cognition, but I thought I’d point out that they’re also absolutely not going to do anything to cushion the blow. Just in case you might have found any of that persuasive.
The plow, the steam engine, electricity — all replaced muscle. AI replaces cognition. If you spend your day “reading lots of stuff and turning it into straight English,” well… so does the machine. The goal now is to learn from history and cushion the blow better than last time.
November 17, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Others have pointed out that what AI is doing now is not cognition, but I thought I’d point out that they’re also absolutely not going to do anything to cushion the blow. Just in case you might have found any of that persuasive.
People in the replies are insisting it’s “just a generalization” while ignoring how many other replies are assuming she personally was a Trump voter just because she’s from Tennessee. And none of them are engaging with her points about gerrymandering & voter suppression in red states. 🙄
Behn: My biggest pet peeve in politics is when people who don’t live in the South say, “You get what you voted for.” I didn’t vote for the highest maternal mortality rate in the country. I didn’t vote for the highest inflationary cost of groceries in the country.
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
People in the replies are insisting it’s “just a generalization” while ignoring how many other replies are assuming she personally was a Trump voter just because she’s from Tennessee. And none of them are engaging with her points about gerrymandering & voter suppression in red states. 🙄
The virtual measurement remains the dumbest new “innovation” in the NFL this year. It takes 3 times as long as the physical chains & it still all depends on the spot.
November 17, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The virtual measurement remains the dumbest new “innovation” in the NFL this year. It takes 3 times as long as the physical chains & it still all depends on the spot.
The refs being so damn flag happy today isn’t doing anything to make me more excited about this game. 🙄
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The refs being so damn flag happy today isn’t doing anything to make me more excited about this game. 🙄
What a very “rich white out-of-touch Gen X man” thing to say. 🙄
Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’
Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’
Bill Maher bashed both Democrats and Republicans during a CNN interview on Sunday, saying Republicans like Trump go "too far" while Dems push "revolutionaries"
The post Bill Maher Buries the Left AND the Right in Searing CNN Interview: Why Can’t They Just ‘Be Normal?’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
November 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What a very “rich white out-of-touch Gen X man” thing to say. 🙄
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
November 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I’m having a hard time getting stoked for football this year and it’s a bummer. I would like to start feeling like myself again soon-ish.
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
Anyway, I’m kinda sorta watching the game so Go Chiefs!!
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My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My question is who is doing all the Epsteining for these powerful wealthy men now?
See what happens when Trump finally starts to show weakness and cracks in his previously unflappable base? TV pundits start to find their spines again.
KARL: The president claims that Thanksgiving costs are down 25%. Does he know that's not true?
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
HASSETT: Well if you look at Walmart--
KARL: Wait a minute. I've gotta stop you. The Walmart package this year contains much less than the one last year. That's why the price is less.
November 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
See what happens when Trump finally starts to show weakness and cracks in his previously unflappable base? TV pundits start to find their spines again.
I recognize that I have a lazy streak, but still…why is it that people who never sit still always seem to take apartments on the top floor. Like dude’s not even walking that loud, but it’s CONSTANT and not regular enough to ignore like white noise. Just please sit down & watch a movie, dude!!
November 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I recognize that I have a lazy streak, but still…why is it that people who never sit still always seem to take apartments on the top floor. Like dude’s not even walking that loud, but it’s CONSTANT and not regular enough to ignore like white noise. Just please sit down & watch a movie, dude!!
Okay, I know it’s not cool to be annoyed by screaming babies on a plane. But can I be annoyed about a baby screaming so loud that I can hear it through their closed apartment door, up the stairwell and through my closed apartment door? Check on your kid if they’re screaming THAT loud. That’s a lot.
November 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Okay, I know it’s not cool to be annoyed by screaming babies on a plane. But can I be annoyed about a baby screaming so loud that I can hear it through their closed apartment door, up the stairwell and through my closed apartment door? Check on your kid if they’re screaming THAT loud. That’s a lot.
Watching folks in the replies insist it wasn’t because they were women, it was because they didn’t meet their super exacting standards (that they conveniently don’t hold male candidates to) is a real trip.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Former first lady Michelle Obama said America is "not ready for a woman" president during a conversation at her New York book event. https://cnn.it/43ApuKZ
November 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Watching folks in the replies insist it wasn’t because they were women, it was because they didn’t meet their super exacting standards (that they conveniently don’t hold male candidates to) is a real trip.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
Internalized misogyny is hard to defeat because it’s hard to see it in ourselves. Just sayin.
👇👇👇 They waited just long enough for people to forget how bad it was pre-ACA and Dems absolutely MUST be out here reminding people or we’re gonna be right back there. Because with groceries & housing through the roof, folks will try to convince themselves a check is a good idea.
Before ACA, I regularly had patients who bought insurance they thought was "best for them". I've seen $50k annual max, $500k lifetime max, plans w/ no Rx coverage, plans *carving out* cancer treatment, plans that denied leukemia treatment because prior iron deficiency anemia was a pre-existing. /1
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
👇👇👇 They waited just long enough for people to forget how bad it was pre-ACA and Dems absolutely MUST be out here reminding people or we’re gonna be right back there. Because with groceries & housing through the roof, folks will try to convince themselves a check is a good idea.
Look, I don’t know what news he got at his last 6-month “annual” check up, but the way he’s been acting, this is clearly a man who doesn’t think he has much time left.
this man knows he is not sufficiently jellicle to make it to the Heaviside Layer
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
Trump, 79, Crashes Wedding to Ramble About Heaven
The president made himself the guest of honor at a Mar-a-Lago wedding.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Look, I don’t know what news he got at his last 6-month “annual” check up, but the way he’s been acting, this is clearly a man who doesn’t think he has much time left.
Reminder: Never Trumpers are still Republicans.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
November 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Reminder: Never Trumpers are still Republicans.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
Guys like Tommy Boy here and the Lincoln Project are occasionally useful, but they are not our friends on most issues.
This. I keep seeing people posting “just because MTG’s turned on Trump doesn’t make her our ally.”
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This. I keep seeing people posting “just because MTG’s turned on Trump doesn’t make her our ally.”
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
Babies, no one is saying she’s our ally.* We’re saying enjoy the show.
(*I think a lot of us are still carrying around a lot of anger about Dems embracing Liz Cheney, et al and losing.)
If ever there was a time for this gif, this is the time for this gif.
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
If ever there was a time for this gif, this is the time for this gif.
Do I think she’s actually feeling shame? God, no.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Do I think she’s actually feeling shame? God, no.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
Do I think she’s closer to the MAGA base than most of the rich elite GOP leadership and can tell which way the wind is blowing? I really do and she clearly believes Trump’s in real trouble with his base this time.
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The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The American political class is so disconnected from voters that they don’t realize that regular folks are totally down with a giant pan partisan jail cell holding everyone involved with Epstein’s crimes.
#uspoli
#uspoli
Unfortunately social media & other online incentive systems have caused us to forget that sometimes holding no opinion is less dangerous than shouting an uninformed one.
I have for many moons thought about writing a piece arguing that not everyone needs to have an opinion on things.
November 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Unfortunately social media & other online incentive systems have caused us to forget that sometimes holding no opinion is less dangerous than shouting an uninformed one.
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“If you're arguing against us while using our language, we're winning."
–GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd as the proto-fascist “war on terror” raged
–GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd as the proto-fascist “war on terror” raged
Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“If you're arguing against us while using our language, we're winning."
–GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd as the proto-fascist “war on terror” raged
–GW Bush advisor Matt Dowd as the proto-fascist “war on terror” raged
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I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I see no path forward between what people are saying they want and the Democratic party as currently constituted. No path.
You can’t watch a single sports broadcast without a segment on sports betting on a show sponsored by betting sites with sports betting commercials every ad break. And you don’t even have to get off the couch to participate.
Give it 10 years & we’re gonna have an “opioid” level crisis on our hands.
Give it 10 years & we’re gonna have an “opioid” level crisis on our hands.
Jesus Christ.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
You can’t watch a single sports broadcast without a segment on sports betting on a show sponsored by betting sites with sports betting commercials every ad break. And you don’t even have to get off the couch to participate.
Give it 10 years & we’re gonna have an “opioid” level crisis on our hands.
Give it 10 years & we’re gonna have an “opioid” level crisis on our hands.
Cute that anyone thinks prices will come back down just because tariffs went away.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Cute that anyone thinks prices will come back down just because tariffs went away.
Republicans for the last 3 decades: The left’s moral relativism will lead to the fall of America.
Republicans once it’s clear that Trump is a pedophile: The left’s moral clarity will lead to the fall of America.
How convenient their “principles” always are.
Republicans once it’s clear that Trump is a pedophile: The left’s moral clarity will lead to the fall of America.
How convenient their “principles” always are.
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Republicans for the last 3 decades: The left’s moral relativism will lead to the fall of America.
Republicans once it’s clear that Trump is a pedophile: The left’s moral clarity will lead to the fall of America.
How convenient their “principles” always are.
Republicans once it’s clear that Trump is a pedophile: The left’s moral clarity will lead to the fall of America.
How convenient their “principles” always are.
Looks like folks are starting to get some great aurora photos around the KC metro, even with some light pollution, but alas…not in my neighborhood. May be buildings in the way. Either way, don’t have a field trip out of city limits in me this time so guess it’s another missed chance. Someday!!
November 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Looks like folks are starting to get some great aurora photos around the KC metro, even with some light pollution, but alas…not in my neighborhood. May be buildings in the way. Either way, don’t have a field trip out of city limits in me this time so guess it’s another missed chance. Someday!!