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Literally every single time that people unite to tell dem leadership what they want, leadership comes back with 12% of what they want and says “you should love us now and give us more money” like fuck you guys, abolish ICE.
You don’t need AI. You need competent operations. That’s it. That’s the trick.
February 18, 2026 at 11:58 AM
You don’t need AI. You need competent operations. That’s it. That’s the trick.
People love to write about “innovation” when innovation is just a platform that enables the rich to live a frictionless life free of seeing the poor / and/or a the creation of new ever horrifying financial platforms/products to benefit insiders.
February 18, 2026 at 1:51 AM
People love to write about “innovation” when innovation is just a platform that enables the rich to live a frictionless life free of seeing the poor / and/or a the creation of new ever horrifying financial platforms/products to benefit insiders.
I trust what Tehran says about as much as I trust what cops say.
February 18, 2026 at 1:39 AM
I trust what Tehran says about as much as I trust what cops say.
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Meta, Reddit and Google comply with Homeland Security requests for anti-ICE user information.
February 17, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Meta, Reddit and Google comply with Homeland Security requests for anti-ICE user information.
It’s 100% by design
is there some kind of musical chairs thing with turncoat Dems? seems like there's always two, like the fucking Sith of all things
February 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM
It’s 100% by design
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
Norway’s dominance in the Winter Olympics is stunning for a country that has a population that is roughly the size of Minnesota.
February 17, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Norway’s dominance in the Winter Olympics is stunning for a country that has a population that is roughly the size of Minnesota.
Volatility on the move
February 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Volatility on the move
Literally every time a republican opens their mouth
I’ll take bad faith arguments for $2,000
February 17, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Literally every time a republican opens their mouth
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CBS and Fox are both state tv.
Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.
February 17, 2026 at 1:05 PM
CBS and Fox are both state tv.
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its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
March 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
its amazing how chatgpt knows everything about subjects I know nothing about, but is wrong like 40% of the time in things im an expert on. not going to think about this any further
If you’re 80 years old, go take a vacation ffs and stop meddling in politics.
Gavin Newsom of the future of nothing.
Gavin Newsom of the future of nothing.
Nancy Pelosi is retiring from Congress, but she has more campaigns in mind. Among them: Boost Gavin Newsom as a potential contender for the White House in 2028.
Pelosi's new campaign: Boost Newsom for 2028
Publicly and privately, Pelosi has been touting the California governor.
www.axios.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
If you’re 80 years old, go take a vacation ffs and stop meddling in politics.
Gavin Newsom of the future of nothing.
Gavin Newsom of the future of nothing.
Trump is on the side of killing the earth part 7,000
The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that manufacturers will no longer earn a credit for installing engines that automatically turn off when vehicles come to a complete stop and restart when drivers take their feet off the brake pedal. The star...
TAT: [Attacking Science]
TAT: [Attacking Science]
Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Cars
Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Trump is on the side of killing the earth part 7,000
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Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 AM
Sometimes I get a little upset when I live in a collapsing dystopia for many years
No one wants to hold out through three more years of this crap for a centrist Democrat to say we can do just a tiny bit better.
Newsom can eat shit.
Newsom can eat shit.
February 16, 2026 at 1:50 AM
No one wants to hold out through three more years of this crap for a centrist Democrat to say we can do just a tiny bit better.
Newsom can eat shit.
Newsom can eat shit.
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sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
February 15, 2026 at 5:38 AM
sorry Pink Floyd, turns out that we needed education. a lot of it. all of the education, really
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
Part of why humans are better than AI is that humans have a world model, an actual real world model of how things work. AI doesn’t.
February 15, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Part of why humans are better than AI is that humans have a world model, an actual real world model of how things work. AI doesn’t.
Cologne should be a privilege. You should have to take a test to show you can resist putting on so much that you take out a one block radius around you.
February 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Cologne should be a privilege. You should have to take a test to show you can resist putting on so much that you take out a one block radius around you.
Part of a functioning democracy would involve incentives that made it easy and good to remove congress members who clearly had failing cognition….
It’s not a good thing for a meaningful number of Congress members to be absolutely cooked at any one time.
It’s not a good thing for a meaningful number of Congress members to be absolutely cooked at any one time.
February 15, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Part of a functioning democracy would involve incentives that made it easy and good to remove congress members who clearly had failing cognition….
It’s not a good thing for a meaningful number of Congress members to be absolutely cooked at any one time.
It’s not a good thing for a meaningful number of Congress members to be absolutely cooked at any one time.
It’s not illegal if no one is ever held accountable for it.
The law is what is enforced.
The law is what is enforced.
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 AM
It’s not illegal if no one is ever held accountable for it.
The law is what is enforced.
The law is what is enforced.
It’s really sad seeing NPR fail so badly at reporting what is actually happening.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies. n.pr/4qHYOAJ
Rubio reassures trans-Atlantic ties with Europe at Munich Security Conference
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a calm and reassuring message to America's allies in Munich, after more than a year of President Donald Trump's often-hostile rhetoric toward allies.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 1:02 PM
It’s really sad seeing NPR fail so badly at reporting what is actually happening.
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Seems as good a time as any to remind everyone that this lets you batch delete everything you've said on a topic
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
February 14, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Seems as good a time as any to remind everyone that this lets you batch delete everything you've said on a topic
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
dr.eamer.dev/skymarshal/
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Another absolute necessity: outlaw the billionaire strategy of dodging taxes by living off of tax-free loans against their stocks/real estate holdings. No more "buy-borrow-die."
fortune.com/2026/01/14/w...
fortune.com/2026/01/14/w...
California's wealth tax doesn't fix the real problem: Cash-poor billionaires who borrow money, tax-free, to live on | Fortune
Billionaires live under "buy, borrow, die," and California's wealth tax wouldn't touch that. An estimated $1 trillion of wealth has already fled.
fortune.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Another absolute necessity: outlaw the billionaire strategy of dodging taxes by living off of tax-free loans against their stocks/real estate holdings. No more "buy-borrow-die."
fortune.com/2026/01/14/w...
fortune.com/2026/01/14/w...