The Ghost Of Christmas Bad Alternate Future
@strangechoes.bsky.social
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Thinking about the Gaterlode again
incredible anecdote in one of Phil Jackson’s memoirs: Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls accidentally drank *Gaterlode*, a high-carb drink, in an NBA Finals game
“Each of the players, it was estimated, had ingested the equivalent of about twenty baked potatoes.”
Bulls lost the game
“Each of the players, it was estimated, had ingested the equivalent of about twenty baked potatoes.”
Bulls lost the game
December 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Thinking about the Gaterlode again
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A bot to arbitrage prediction market trading between Kalshi and Polymarket.
Polymarket-Kalshi Arbitrage Bot
github.com/taetaehoho/p...
Polymarket-Kalshi Arbitrage Bot
github.com/taetaehoho/p...
GitHub - taetaehoho/poly-kalshi-arb
Contribute to taetaehoho/poly-kalshi-arb development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:11 AM
A bot to arbitrage prediction market trading between Kalshi and Polymarket.
Polymarket-Kalshi Arbitrage Bot
github.com/taetaehoho/p...
Polymarket-Kalshi Arbitrage Bot
github.com/taetaehoho/p...
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I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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No one’s rich like Gaston
That’s the pitch for “Gaston”
No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston
He’s a circle that begs to be squared
It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit
Yes his backstory’s moving and layered
And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt
That’s the pitch for “Gaston”
No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston
He’s a circle that begs to be squared
It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit
Yes his backstory’s moving and layered
And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt
December 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
No one’s rich like Gaston
That’s the pitch for “Gaston”
No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston
He’s a circle that begs to be squared
It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit
Yes his backstory’s moving and layered
And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt
That’s the pitch for “Gaston”
No one’s complex and tragic yet kitsch like Gaston
He’s a circle that begs to be squared
It’s a tentpole, a four-quadrant hit
Yes his backstory’s moving and layered
And it’s starring a CGI de-aged Brad Pitt
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I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
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There's a source of relief in videos like this. For so long we have had professionals who are afraid of calling out the idiocy of billionaires, because they view it as "unprofessional" to have opinions and ethics. And that's why communicators like @acollierastro.bsky.social are especially important
live long and prosper (if you have a billion dollars)
YouTube video by Angela Collier
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
There's a source of relief in videos like this. For so long we have had professionals who are afraid of calling out the idiocy of billionaires, because they view it as "unprofessional" to have opinions and ethics. And that's why communicators like @acollierastro.bsky.social are especially important
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The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
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Introduction to Categories and Categorical Logic
"The aim of these notes is to provide a succinct, accessible introduction to some of the basic ideas of category theory and categorical logic. The notes are based on a lecture course given at Oxford over the past few years.
"The aim of these notes is to provide a succinct, accessible introduction to some of the basic ideas of category theory and categorical logic. The notes are based on a lecture course given at Oxford over the past few years.
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Introduction to Categories and Categorical Logic
"The aim of these notes is to provide a succinct, accessible introduction to some of the basic ideas of category theory and categorical logic. The notes are based on a lecture course given at Oxford over the past few years.
"The aim of these notes is to provide a succinct, accessible introduction to some of the basic ideas of category theory and categorical logic. The notes are based on a lecture course given at Oxford over the past few years.
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This is the best Christmas movie you've never heard of. Cargill found it in 2020 and told all his friends about it, and we've been watching it every Christmas ever since.
BEYOND TOMORROW (aka BEYOND CHRISTMAS) 1940. Three wealthy, lonely, and kindly old men befriend two young people in NYC on Christmas Eve. After becoming fast friends, the three men die in a plane crash and use their last remaining time on Earth trying to help their new friends. Fucking ADORABLE.
December 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is the best Christmas movie you've never heard of. Cargill found it in 2020 and told all his friends about it, and we've been watching it every Christmas ever since.
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New post: Moving your code from prototype to production
brandonrohrer.com/hosting8.html
So you wrote a cool little weather app that predicts temperatures in your neighborhood. Now you want to be able to share those predictions with everyone of the thousand people who live there.
brandonrohrer.com/hosting8.html
So you wrote a cool little weather app that predicts temperatures in your neighborhood. Now you want to be able to share those predictions with everyone of the thousand people who live there.
brandonrohrer.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New post: Moving your code from prototype to production
brandonrohrer.com/hosting8.html
So you wrote a cool little weather app that predicts temperatures in your neighborhood. Now you want to be able to share those predictions with everyone of the thousand people who live there.
brandonrohrer.com/hosting8.html
So you wrote a cool little weather app that predicts temperatures in your neighborhood. Now you want to be able to share those predictions with everyone of the thousand people who live there.
“To be an unhatched trans woman is to feel like a wolf among sheep, predatory, a privileged male surrounded by the most vulnerable of vulnerables instead of... a girl, looking for community without understanding how or why.”
Yes. I don’t want to be scary. I want to be safe. Trying not to cry.
Yes. I don’t want to be scary. I want to be safe. Trying not to cry.
So I saw a comment on Reddit and had to write an essay about it
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
"You can be a girl if you want to" is useless if you don't know what wanting to be a girl looks like.
If lesbians make you sad, read this one
It's Miserable In The Egg | Ela Bambust
Get more from Ela Bambust on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“To be an unhatched trans woman is to feel like a wolf among sheep, predatory, a privileged male surrounded by the most vulnerable of vulnerables instead of... a girl, looking for community without understanding how or why.”
Yes. I don’t want to be scary. I want to be safe. Trying not to cry.
Yes. I don’t want to be scary. I want to be safe. Trying not to cry.
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it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it's actually kinda funny in a way to get to the finish line of curing cancer and having the government go eh you know what. never mind
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they are bad people doing tremendous damage and we will have to keep fighting them on every front, but “elections are over and we’re doomed forever” is not true
and we are going to win
and we are going to win
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
they are bad people doing tremendous damage and we will have to keep fighting them on every front, but “elections are over and we’re doomed forever” is not true
and we are going to win
and we are going to win
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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As much as I've been a goofy fuck about promoting I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200, the genuine reception it's getting is incredible. Especially with people totally unfamiliar with my work. Here's an early review thread, starting with the incredible starred feature in Publisher's Weekly.
December 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
As much as I've been a goofy fuck about promoting I Will Kill Your Imaginary Friend for $200, the genuine reception it's getting is incredible. Especially with people totally unfamiliar with my work. Here's an early review thread, starting with the incredible starred feature in Publisher's Weekly.
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This is so fucking funny dude.
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is so fucking funny dude.
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Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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The thing frustratingly not talked often about with AI is what its true costs will be. Companies are operating at such a GARGANTUAN loss right now, that even if they got AI working 100%, the cost to break even could prevent common implementation by a generation or two. It just may not be feasible.
December 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The thing frustratingly not talked often about with AI is what its true costs will be. Companies are operating at such a GARGANTUAN loss right now, that even if they got AI working 100%, the cost to break even could prevent common implementation by a generation or two. It just may not be feasible.
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he's weak and he's flailing and he's never had less juice in his political life
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
Indiana’s Senate has voted AGAINST the GOP gerrymander that’d have locked in a 9-0 map.
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
This keeps the 7-2 map in place, saving two Democratic seats heading into 2026.
The vote failed big, 19/31.
The MAJORITY of the GOP senators opposed it!
December 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
he's weak and he's flailing and he's never had less juice in his political life
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
know that, even as he does untold damage on the way down, we are going to win
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The fact that you can have 6 billion dollars and not be aware of the existence of other countries is a good argument in favour of the government confiscating 6 billion dollars from you
For all Universal HC/Single Payer/M4A advocates.
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
What do the biggest, expensive hospital chains do. Do they opt out and only serve the rich ?
Who in the USA gov runs the program?
R U ok with having to see a primary care doc before you can see a specialist ?
December 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The fact that you can have 6 billion dollars and not be aware of the existence of other countries is a good argument in favour of the government confiscating 6 billion dollars from you