T.X. Watson
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The actor who plays T.X. Watson on the internet. Rhetoric PhD student at [I have been advised not to specify for legal reasons]. I had 50 million followers on TikTok
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reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
October 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book
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Hi Olivia, we usually never publish in anything other than Dutch (well, Flemish, as is mentioned in the comments). But... we did just create an English version of the piece! You can read (and share it) here: apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
apache.be
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Hi Olivia, we usually never publish in anything other than Dutch (well, Flemish, as is mentioned in the comments). But... we did just create an English version of the piece! You can read (and share it) here: apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
From Kenneth Burke's "Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle'" (1941)
"The yearning for unity is so great that people are always willing to meet you halfway if you will give it to them by fiat, by flat statement, regardless of the facts."
"The yearning for unity is so great that people are always willing to meet you halfway if you will give it to them by fiat, by flat statement, regardless of the facts."
October 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
From Kenneth Burke's "Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle'" (1941)
"The yearning for unity is so great that people are always willing to meet you halfway if you will give it to them by fiat, by flat statement, regardless of the facts."
"The yearning for unity is so great that people are always willing to meet you halfway if you will give it to them by fiat, by flat statement, regardless of the facts."
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early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"
October 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
early 21st century americans were so modest that they would regularly censor their own feet in video and artistic depictions, and it was considered improper to expose your feet in public — dismissed with cries of "put those grippers away"
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The Pornhub productivity suite took me out.
Tell me you're desperate for revenue without telling me.
Seriously, imagine your elevator pitch is "we offer an AI that revolutionizes the enterprise, answers questions at a PhD level, and also talks dirty to horny young men." It would be like if PornHub was selling a productivity suite.
Seriously, imagine your elevator pitch is "we offer an AI that revolutionizes the enterprise, answers questions at a PhD level, and also talks dirty to horny young men." It would be like if PornHub was selling a productivity suite.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday that ChatGPT is officially getting into the fuckable chatbots game, with “erotica for verified adults” rolling out in December.
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🔗 www.404media.co/chatgpt-erot...
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The Pornhub productivity suite took me out.
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Fan Studies question: does anyone know the exact origin of the term "headcanon"? I know it comes from fic around 2007, but can't find anything more specific than that.
October 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Fan Studies question: does anyone know the exact origin of the term "headcanon"? I know it comes from fic around 2007, but can't find anything more specific than that.
Sold a bunch of shares of ownership in my immortal soul recently, getting them packed up to ship now
October 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Sold a bunch of shares of ownership in my immortal soul recently, getting them packed up to ship now
The AI bubble is JK Rowling's fault
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The AI bubble is JK Rowling's fault
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actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
October 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
actually our AI programs are like people so its racist to say you don't like them. anyway would you like to buy one
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shit what if i am cringe but also not free
October 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
shit what if i am cringe but also not free
The Overton window isn't real. It just seems like it is because the one-dimensional left/right political spectrum also isn't real. We imagine ideas as more or less extreme *based on* how viable they seem as political agendas then assume that there's something intrinsically similar about them
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The Overton window isn't real. It just seems like it is because the one-dimensional left/right political spectrum also isn't real. We imagine ideas as more or less extreme *based on* how viable they seem as political agendas then assume that there's something intrinsically similar about them
Who else thinks about the fact that algorithmically customized recommendation feeds create a pressure to self-censor your own media consumption to prevent your recommendations from becoming unflattering?
September 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Who else thinks about the fact that algorithmically customized recommendation feeds create a pressure to self-censor your own media consumption to prevent your recommendations from becoming unflattering?
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Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books
This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Didn’t know this! Do you know how many years I pined for jstor access! Yes I am a giant nerd who pines for academe leave me alone with my papers and books
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If there’s one legitimate criticism of postmodernism it’s people who wear “this is my costume!” t-shirts on Halloween
September 21, 2025 at 1:31 PM
If there’s one legitimate criticism of postmodernism it’s people who wear “this is my costume!” t-shirts on Halloween
Using humor as a distancing mechanism to deal w stress but it is very funny to me that in order to make the country appear "Strong" the Rs are blowing up our performative freedom of expression, which has been the cornerstone of our state propaganda for a century
The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”
September 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Using humor as a distancing mechanism to deal w stress but it is very funny to me that in order to make the country appear "Strong" the Rs are blowing up our performative freedom of expression, which has been the cornerstone of our state propaganda for a century
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Related: I think most condition and disease names are about what it messes up or how it creates a dysfunction or deficit, so it's funny to me that we use "nearsighted" and "farsighted". Like we don't say "every bone except your tibia is doing great" but we DO say "you can see close stuff"
September 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Related: I think most condition and disease names are about what it messes up or how it creates a dysfunction or deficit, so it's funny to me that we use "nearsighted" and "farsighted". Like we don't say "every bone except your tibia is doing great" but we DO say "you can see close stuff"
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I see the New Republic is using AI.
While around 50% of Democrats had a positive view of socialism in 2010, only two-thirds do today.
They’re the only partisan group that views socialism more positively than capitalism, at 66 to 44%, respectively. trib.al/ScJu2NQ
They’re the only partisan group that views socialism more positively than capitalism, at 66 to 44%, respectively. trib.al/ScJu2NQ
Americans Seem to Be Falling Out of Love With Capitalism
According to a new poll, positive views of the economic system have slipped since 2021.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I see the New Republic is using AI.
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this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
September 14, 2025 at 1:50 AM
this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either
Hemophilia is kind of a mean name for a disease. "Hey check it out this guy *loves* bleeding." It's got "stop hitting yourself" energy
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Hemophilia is kind of a mean name for a disease. "Hey check it out this guy *loves* bleeding." It's got "stop hitting yourself" energy
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what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
September 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Gotta read 9 giant books for an independent study this semester & thinking of the way I'm reading as an any% speedrun. "Oh I didn't understand that paragraph? Guess that's not one of the things I'm taking away from the text this time through"
September 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Gotta read 9 giant books for an independent study this semester & thinking of the way I'm reading as an any% speedrun. "Oh I didn't understand that paragraph? Guess that's not one of the things I'm taking away from the text this time through"
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Forced “unity” is brittle. It is not so much unity as it is one group imposing its will upon others. That is a source of division, not unity.
True togetherness takes effort, understanding, compromise, and time. Brute force is pushing, and pushing inevitably gets pushed back. Basic social physics.
True togetherness takes effort, understanding, compromise, and time. Brute force is pushing, and pushing inevitably gets pushed back. Basic social physics.
September 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Forced “unity” is brittle. It is not so much unity as it is one group imposing its will upon others. That is a source of division, not unity.
True togetherness takes effort, understanding, compromise, and time. Brute force is pushing, and pushing inevitably gets pushed back. Basic social physics.
True togetherness takes effort, understanding, compromise, and time. Brute force is pushing, and pushing inevitably gets pushed back. Basic social physics.
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good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
The Expressionist Games Manifesto
“Work! Intoxication! Brain-racking! Chewing, eating, gorging, rooting up! Rapturous birth pangs! Jabbing of the brush, preferably right…
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September 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
good morning, i wrote a manifesto about a new direction for game design / play
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...
possumcreek.medium.com/the-expressi...