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Watcher of films and TV. Reader of books. Player of games. Drinker of teas. Spent nearly 20 years in America but bailed after 2024. Rather worried about those I left behind and spend far too much of my free time staring at the car crash that is the US gov.
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i wonder if it'll be especially satisfying for whatever Wikipedia editor who someday changes is to was for Was himself en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was_(ho...
Was (horse) - Wikipedia
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January 5, 2026 at 4:48 AM
i wonder if it'll be especially satisfying for whatever Wikipedia editor who someday changes is to was for Was himself en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Was_(ho...
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we should pause our subscription to america: the country
January 4, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we should pause our subscription to america: the country
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There are so many other tells for spotting AI writing. Em dashes have and always will be perfectly good tools for writers. (Who do you think these models stole it from?)
Genuine question for those who know...
Does anyone else get weirded out when they see people accuse others of using generative AI for writing because the author uses Em dashes? As in (—).
Does anyone else get weirded out when they see people accuse others of using generative AI for writing because the author uses Em dashes? As in (—).
January 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
There are so many other tells for spotting AI writing. Em dashes have and always will be perfectly good tools for writers. (Who do you think these models stole it from?)
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If Manduro will be standing a "U.S. Trial", does that mean he just needs to donate $1-$7 million to Trump for a pardon?
January 3, 2026 at 10:51 PM
If Manduro will be standing a "U.S. Trial", does that mean he just needs to donate $1-$7 million to Trump for a pardon?
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In a statement, an emotional Grok told me it was "shaken" by the revenge porn it had generated. "It's not epic, and not based," Grok said. "It's neither. Frankly, it's cringe. And gay." An emailed request for comment to X received an auto-reply of a rofl emoji and a custom swastika emoji.
January 3, 2026 at 5:29 AM
In a statement, an emotional Grok told me it was "shaken" by the revenge porn it had generated. "It's not epic, and not based," Grok said. "It's neither. Frankly, it's cringe. And gay." An emailed request for comment to X received an auto-reply of a rofl emoji and a custom swastika emoji.
Oh, it's the same as the real thing, right? I'm sure one could stay here using AI-generated currency as payment!
I know we have bigger first to fry but this sucks so fucking bad.
Location: Midtown Hotel Boston
Location: Midtown Hotel Boston
January 3, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Oh, it's the same as the real thing, right? I'm sure one could stay here using AI-generated currency as payment!
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You have to give Zohran Mamdani credit for delivering on his campaign promises.
January 3, 2026 at 12:47 AM
You have to give Zohran Mamdani credit for delivering on his campaign promises.
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This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
January 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
This is why they want us talking about day care centers and $500 boots.
Terribly exhausted with the AI fanatics in a (non-AI) software community I'm in. I can feel their brains rotting away.
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Terribly exhausted with the AI fanatics in a (non-AI) software community I'm in. I can feel their brains rotting away.
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i am enjoying painting with watercolors so much more than I thought I would ❤️🐍
January 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
i am enjoying painting with watercolors so much more than I thought I would ❤️🐍
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Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
December 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Shirley at the US Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
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A wild anti-wife guy. When a wife guy and an anti-wife guy touch, they annihilate into gamma radiation like matter and antimatter.
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
A wild anti-wife guy. When a wife guy and an anti-wife guy touch, they annihilate into gamma radiation like matter and antimatter.
Always a bit fascinating when people say there's no news about something, and all it reveals is they don't read the news because multiple news orgs are, in fact, bloody covering the topic.
December 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Always a bit fascinating when people say there's no news about something, and all it reveals is they don't read the news because multiple news orgs are, in fact, bloody covering the topic.
Healing tbh
i too have begun watching the straight man hockey podcasts discuss heated rivalry. this is the forum of athens to me
December 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Healing tbh
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Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Rest in peace to Mike F, one of the all-time greats
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Remembering the top stories of the year.
December 31, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Remembering the top stories of the year.
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children love winnie the pooh’s charming tale about a boy and his mentally ill animals
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
children love winnie the pooh’s charming tale about a boy and his mentally ill animals
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As I've said, Yanks fall for it at least once a year. I suppose it'll be more now as portions of the GOP jump ship. Mostly, pols on the left (what few exist in America) get single chances, while pols on the right have endless chances.
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People lining up to celebrate MTG or other GOP castoffs despite the damage they’ve done to vulnerable groups and democracy just shows how much they desperately only want their lives to remain the same and are more than fine sacrificing anyone and everything to get there.
December 30, 2025 at 7:13 PM
As I've said, Yanks fall for it at least once a year. I suppose it'll be more now as portions of the GOP jump ship. Mostly, pols on the left (what few exist in America) get single chances, while pols on the right have endless chances.
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Schneider: “I used to have a lot of work, then it all dried up. Must be because I’m a conservative.”
His work:
His work:
December 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Schneider: “I used to have a lot of work, then it all dried up. Must be because I’m a conservative.”
His work:
His work:
Well, it's as they say: Everything is bigger in Texas. Including the cemeteries, one supposes.
I worked with a woman who left the state after it became staunchly anti-choice. She expressed frustration that she knew many liberals who refused to vote in the state.
I worked with a woman who left the state after it became staunchly anti-choice. She expressed frustration that she knew many liberals who refused to vote in the state.
A growing body of research indicates that Texas's restrictive abortion bans have negatively impacted the health and lives of Texas women and babies in multiple ways. Across the board, pregnancy outcomes and complications have worsened.
What researchers have discovered about maternal, infant health under Texas' abortion laws
In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Well, it's as they say: Everything is bigger in Texas. Including the cemeteries, one supposes.
I worked with a woman who left the state after it became staunchly anti-choice. She expressed frustration that she knew many liberals who refused to vote in the state.
I worked with a woman who left the state after it became staunchly anti-choice. She expressed frustration that she knew many liberals who refused to vote in the state.
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Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these guys? Why do you want to cede ground to the right on treating masks like this weird thing you should make fun of?
If someone’s still masking in public: They have their reasons, so mind your own goddamn business.
If someone’s still masking in public: They have their reasons, so mind your own goddamn business.
Disappointed to see Jon Stewart & co joke about masking in public. I do it for my medically fragile daughter (Batten Disease). People not masking properly led to her getting pneumonia, which led to her being on life support, which led to me getting price quotes on her cremation just in case.
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with these guys? Why do you want to cede ground to the right on treating masks like this weird thing you should make fun of?
If someone’s still masking in public: They have their reasons, so mind your own goddamn business.
If someone’s still masking in public: They have their reasons, so mind your own goddamn business.
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"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"It is logically impossible to simultaneously be evil, corrupt, and incompetent" is an absolutely amazing take to have in the year of 2025
Seems a generous take, really. Hard to say if this will change anything on the ground, but it will continue to erode what little coherency remains in American law. The more convoluted, confusing, and contradictory the rulings across cases and courts, the more fascists have loopholes to exploit.
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Seems a generous take, really. Hard to say if this will change anything on the ground, but it will continue to erode what little coherency remains in American law. The more convoluted, confusing, and contradictory the rulings across cases and courts, the more fascists have loopholes to exploit.
Excellent news for Washingtonians.
BREAKING: I support a Millionaires’ Tax on income over $1 million a year.
The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.
This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.
The fairness of our tax system ranks 50th. Let’s make this historic change this session.
This is a separate proposal from the budget I announced today — revenue would not be realized until 2029.
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Excellent news for Washingtonians.