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@vickevlar.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Ful of the Moon Ful of the Moon
Ful of the Moon nor dont look back
Folleree Folleroo on your track
Oo hoo hoo Yoop yaroo
Folleree Folleroo follering you
If they catch you in the darga
Arga warga
Ful of the Moon nor dont look back
Folleree Folleroo on your track
Oo hoo hoo Yoop yaroo
Folleree Folleroo follering you
If they catch you in the darga
Arga warga
The impact to USGS looks utterly devastating. And everyone is depressed. But we're all still here. Nevertheless, we persist...
October 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The impact to USGS looks utterly devastating. And everyone is depressed. But we're all still here. Nevertheless, we persist...
tryin to feel some empowerment and unity amidst the depression in da burgh
October 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
tryin to feel some empowerment and unity amidst the depression in da burgh
A popular podcaster invoked dead children to defend himself, in a vile non-sequitur, from criticism for singling out a random woman for a harassment mob because she made an anodyne post disagreeing with him after he continually misrepresented another woman who is harassed and pressured online.
July 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A popular podcaster invoked dead children to defend himself, in a vile non-sequitur, from criticism for singling out a random woman for a harassment mob because she made an anodyne post disagreeing with him after he continually misrepresented another woman who is harassed and pressured online.
Have I missed anything
July 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Have I missed anything
Is it that predictable lol
July 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Is it that predictable lol
It's sooo depressing remembering that a problem with the bad faith Executive branch is that what they are executing are ultimately shitty laws
That sucks. This case is genuinely hard. First, the United States probably has a legal right to resume deportation proceedings against Abrego Garcia, even though it probably would never have done so if it weren't trying to save face publicly over its own fuck-up. She knows she can't get in the way.
July 11, 2025 at 8:24 PM
It's sooo depressing remembering that a problem with the bad faith Executive branch is that what they are executing are ultimately shitty laws
The choices of people tweeting pigs pooping on their own balls at you are beyond reproach. If you don't want to participate or be bullied into participating with things that make you uncomfortable and talk openly about why you feel that way, you're the same as David Brooks
“Make it okay”? Debate over Israel-Palestine has almost exclusively centered on the alleged mistakes of protestors
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The choices of people tweeting pigs pooping on their own balls at you are beyond reproach. If you don't want to participate or be bullied into participating with things that make you uncomfortable and talk openly about why you feel that way, you're the same as David Brooks
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What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?
July 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What do you think is more likely, that Musk’s Nazi robot has made new discoveries in materials science or that Musk can’t tell when he’s being told scientific-sounding gibberish?
The sheer balls... This wasn't a post about Palestine. It's a post about people wanting her to talk about Palestine. The irony is rich, if all that matters is her stance & public statement ("it's a genocide"), why do people care about the rest? Because they're upset about how she talks about them
This is extremely disappointing. When you've just admitted that a genocide is happening, it's bizarre to spend the rest of your post criticizing the manners and motives of the people trying to stop it.
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July 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
The sheer balls... This wasn't a post about Palestine. It's a post about people wanting her to talk about Palestine. The irony is rich, if all that matters is her stance & public statement ("it's a genocide"), why do people care about the rest? Because they're upset about how she talks about them
Maybe it feels like you worked faster if what you ended up doing was less, easier, or less focused work?
My experience using AI to do (very low skill level) coding is still that I'd rather just ask for assistance from a person who knows what they're doing
My experience using AI to do (very low skill level) coding is still that I'd rather just ask for assistance from a person who knows what they're doing
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Maybe it feels like you worked faster if what you ended up doing was less, easier, or less focused work?
My experience using AI to do (very low skill level) coding is still that I'd rather just ask for assistance from a person who knows what they're doing
My experience using AI to do (very low skill level) coding is still that I'd rather just ask for assistance from a person who knows what they're doing
Natalie's thoughts usually align so much with my own that I sometimes question myself, but her vid on New Atheism revealed how much her formative years mirrored mine at the same time period
They deleted it (they made a terrible mistake of actually allowing people to read it instead of getting mad about it without having read it) but here it is:
July 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Natalie's thoughts usually align so much with my own that I sometimes question myself, but her vid on New Atheism revealed how much her formative years mirrored mine at the same time period
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cant believe that this response from a sitting member of Congress from Florida, to one of his Dem colleagues, is real
July 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
cant believe that this response from a sitting member of Congress from Florida, to one of his Dem colleagues, is real
People are mocking this, but the theory of creating God with crab salts and the life molecule does bring a whole new dimension to post-Horn Atheist Paradox
July 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
People are mocking this, but the theory of creating God with crab salts and the life molecule does bring a whole new dimension to post-Horn Atheist Paradox
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It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s been five days since floods in Texas killed at least 111 people and FEMA’s Acting Administrator David Richardson still hasn’t made a single public or internal statement.
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Reminder that Elon is still suing Media Matters in like 15 different venues for reporting that Nazi content even appears on Twitter. Now the bot that’s trained on the site’s tweets sounds like Rappin’ Goebbels.
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Reminder that Elon is still suing Media Matters in like 15 different venues for reporting that Nazi content even appears on Twitter. Now the bot that’s trained on the site’s tweets sounds like Rappin’ Goebbels.
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all in on white, huh
July 6, 2025 at 6:15 AM
all in on white, huh
I have never heard of a stupider and more unnecessary source of this in my life en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_f...
July 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I have never heard of a stupider and more unnecessary source of this in my life en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alarm_f...
decided to be super literal about the Studs interview to listen to tonite studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ron...
Ron Kovic discusses his autobiography "Born on the Fourth of July"
Studs interviews Vietnam veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic upon the paperback release of his autobiography "Born on the Fourth of July." Kovic recounts his All-American upbringing and unblinking...
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July 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
decided to be super literal about the Studs interview to listen to tonite studsterkel.wfmt.com/programs/ron...
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The fake discourse about Mamdami is predicated upon the assumption that clicking anything that says "Black" is the DEI cheat code for automatic success.
Conveniently omitted is how (1) that's not how DEI worked; (2) he put the best he could given the form; and (3) he didn't get in anyway.
Conveniently omitted is how (1) that's not how DEI worked; (2) he put the best he could given the form; and (3) he didn't get in anyway.
But he did not "select 'Black/African American'." He selected "Black *or* African American" AND "Asian" AND wrote in "Ugandan." He literally told them all he could about his true "ethnicity/race," which is literally what they asked for on the form.
July 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The fake discourse about Mamdami is predicated upon the assumption that clicking anything that says "Black" is the DEI cheat code for automatic success.
Conveniently omitted is how (1) that's not how DEI worked; (2) he put the best he could given the form; and (3) he didn't get in anyway.
Conveniently omitted is how (1) that's not how DEI worked; (2) he put the best he could given the form; and (3) he didn't get in anyway.
I feel like the drooling idiot half of that normal curve meme re: the NYT mamdani hit piece. There are all these threads about the fascinating nuances in Indian diaspora and meanwhile my response was like, "uh he's American, born in Africa, to Asian heritage, which is what he said"
July 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I feel like the drooling idiot half of that normal curve meme re: the NYT mamdani hit piece. There are all these threads about the fascinating nuances in Indian diaspora and meanwhile my response was like, "uh he's American, born in Africa, to Asian heritage, which is what he said"
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The reason for this is that a lot of Democrats are black
Hence, they must call Republicans "sir," while Republicans are at perfect liberty to call them "boy"
Hence, they must call Republicans "sir," while Republicans are at perfect liberty to call them "boy"
The media made a HUGE deal out of "basket of deplorables" and "cling to their guns or religion."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
But, of course, it will totally ignore Trump saying he hates Democrats: "I hate them. I believe they hate their country."
in addition to his "shylocks" comment, i can't imagine the media backlash if Biden said anything like from this screenshot - that he "hates Republicans" - and i'm also tired of having this "IMAGINE IF BIDEN!" thought experiment but it's just a constant reminder of the double standards
July 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The reason for this is that a lot of Democrats are black
Hence, they must call Republicans "sir," while Republicans are at perfect liberty to call them "boy"
Hence, they must call Republicans "sir," while Republicans are at perfect liberty to call them "boy"
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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
July 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.
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The evil that men do lives after them
July 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The evil that men do lives after them
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This is one of the most depressing news stories I’ve ever read. Not shocking or confronting. Just depressing.
It’s simply a journalist speaking to ICE applicants.
“This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally … ethically”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
It’s simply a journalist speaking to ICE applicants.
“This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally … ethically”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Two Days Talking to People Looking for Jobs at ICE | Yanis Varoufuckice
This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally, and ethically, and whatever is likable about our people’s warm patter does not in any way forgive what we have don...
www.nplusonemag.com
June 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is one of the most depressing news stories I’ve ever read. Not shocking or confronting. Just depressing.
It’s simply a journalist speaking to ICE applicants.
“This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally … ethically”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
It’s simply a journalist speaking to ICE applicants.
“This is a disgusting country, I thought, irredeemable visually, psychically, morally … ethically”
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
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Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening
Helluva @notusreports.bsky.social scoop showing that Trump has no idea what's in his budget bill. Seems like something that ought to get a lot more attention.
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
Also this: a republican house member actually admits that they are attacking medicaid. Yes, they are.
www.notus.org/congress/rec...
July 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Extremely dark that the entire U.S. government is lying down to be steamrolled by something called the Trump agenda for fear of some force called "Donald Trump" while the actual Donald Trump has no idea what's happening