Materialist Gnostic
@walmsley.bsky.social
Programmer. Trying to enjoy arguing on the Internet less. He/Him.
Sometimes post pictures of food or thoughts on books I read.
Sometimes post pictures of food or thoughts on books I read.
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Fellas, is it morally justifiable to log off?
January 16, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Fellas, is it morally justifiable to log off?
one little thing here is "let him see his kids" versus "let his kids see him". their concern is not that the children are being harmed but that they are being deprived of access to someone who is rightfully "theirs"
January 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
one little thing here is "let him see his kids" versus "let his kids see him". their concern is not that the children are being harmed but that they are being deprived of access to someone who is rightfully "theirs"
the thing about this is that if you want your phone to remember your licence plate there's already an app for that called "notes"
Every example of ai being useful begins with "okay imagine you're in a situation, and you are very dumb"
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
the thing about this is that if you want your phone to remember your licence plate there's already an app for that called "notes"
worried that my militant blocking of Urban Plates ads is not having the desired effect on YouTube's ad serving
January 15, 2026 at 6:55 PM
worried that my militant blocking of Urban Plates ads is not having the desired effect on YouTube's ad serving
Jan 6 protestors 🤝 political erotica writers
"Mike Pence should be hung"
"Mike Pence should be hung"
January 15, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Jan 6 protestors 🤝 political erotica writers
"Mike Pence should be hung"
"Mike Pence should be hung"
the thing about something like "invading Greenland" or "cancelling midterms" or "invoking the insurrection act" is that while Trump could *try* those things, and even trying would cause enormous chaos, that does not mean they would *work* or he would win
January 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the thing about something like "invading Greenland" or "cancelling midterms" or "invoking the insurrection act" is that while Trump could *try* those things, and even trying would cause enormous chaos, that does not mean they would *work* or he would win
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A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
ICE in St. Paul: Man roughly detained at gas station, Border Patrol chief jeered in Midway Target
Videos and photos show a prevalence of federal agents in St. Paul recently.
trib.al
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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this is only because no one has tried my proposal: mandatory classes for babies to make them more fun to hang out with
the thing is these are good things for their own sake but they do not actually work to increase the birthrate, as the European experience largely shows. pretty much nothing increases the birthrate that we've found so far, whether good welfare state stuff or natalist nationalism and anti-choice shit.
leftist plan to increase the birthrate:
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
- universal health care
- free child care
- better paid family leave
- better workforce protections so they can't lay you off while you're pregnant and be like "no it was for something else i swear"
ok i did it
www.npr.org/2026/01/12/n...
January 13, 2026 at 11:49 PM
this is only because no one has tried my proposal: mandatory classes for babies to make them more fun to hang out with
"what you think you're better than me just because you think it's bad when armed agents of the state kill a woman in front of her wife"
yes? I do? I feel like obviously I should?
yes? I do? I feel like obviously I should?
I have a bizarre fascination with people who constantly seek the validation of people they hate. They e conditioned themselves for social disapproval while basically despising the concept of social approval altogether.
January 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
"what you think you're better than me just because you think it's bad when armed agents of the state kill a woman in front of her wife"
yes? I do? I feel like obviously I should?
yes? I do? I feel like obviously I should?
nation's top babies embroiled in debate over whether man very small or just far away
January 13, 2026 at 8:07 PM
nation's top babies embroiled in debate over whether man very small or just far away
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Just ease immigration for 18-30 year olds.
Nobody really wants to hear this but the only even remotely palatable solutions to the "birthrate crisis" involve penciling in substantial technological change: artificial wombs, at least somewhat automated childcare, etc
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Just ease immigration for 18-30 year olds.
solving birth rates is very simple: children per woman is below replacement, but only because it assumes heterosexual relationships. we must engineer women who produce both sperm and eggs and who are all gay
January 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
solving birth rates is very simple: children per woman is below replacement, but only because it assumes heterosexual relationships. we must engineer women who produce both sperm and eggs and who are all gay
the dilbert guy is dead. in his honor, take some time to enjoy the greatest dilbert comic ever written
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Requiem for a Dil
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Requiem for a Dil
www.smbc-comics.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
the dilbert guy is dead. in his honor, take some time to enjoy the greatest dilbert comic ever written
someone should invent a form of "getting up in the morning" that doesn't involve "getting up" or "the morning"
January 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
someone should invent a form of "getting up in the morning" that doesn't involve "getting up" or "the morning"
now it's been a while since I bought jeans but I don't recall rabbits being involved
Danielle addresses Bunnies as MrBeast entertains pleas to buy NewJeans
Danielle Addresses Bunnies As MrBeast Entertains Pleas To Buy NewJeans
South Korean label ADOR and K-pop group NewJeans have been embroiled in a heated legal saga for over a year, and it took an unexpected turn last month when the label terminated and sued Danielle, one-...
stereogum.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:14 AM
now it's been a while since I bought jeans but I don't recall rabbits being involved
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There’s really no good way to explain Hegseth doing a perfidy to attack an unarmed boat beyond “doing war crimes because you think war crimes are fucking cool.”
January 13, 2026 at 1:16 AM
There’s really no good way to explain Hegseth doing a perfidy to attack an unarmed boat beyond “doing war crimes because you think war crimes are fucking cool.”
academic trespasser not dissuaded by "violators will be cited" sign
January 12, 2026 at 11:26 PM
academic trespasser not dissuaded by "violators will be cited" sign
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one of the smarter things that Miller has done is understand that personnel is policy, and by taking the federal law enforcement apparatus away from legitimate police work to odious but legal work you are attriting the people that non-fascists want in those places when the illegal orders come
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
one of the smarter things that Miller has done is understand that personnel is policy, and by taking the federal law enforcement apparatus away from legitimate police work to odious but legal work you are attriting the people that non-fascists want in those places when the illegal orders come
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this is also how you should think about the boat strike war crimes imo: a small evil that gets the people uncomfortable with those things out of the ranks in preparation for a greater one.
January 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
this is also how you should think about the boat strike war crimes imo: a small evil that gets the people uncomfortable with those things out of the ranks in preparation for a greater one.
Charles. I remember it was a (local) news story when they cleaned it up enough for a guy to successfully swim in it
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Charles. I remember it was a (local) news story when they cleaned it up enough for a guy to successfully swim in it
strengthened my pelvic floor too much and now when I piss it can etch glass
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
strengthened my pelvic floor too much and now when I piss it can etch glass
have I committed a crime? perhaps. but consider this: it would be really complicated for me to have not committed a crime. and, really, isn't that the same as not having committed a crime?
January 12, 2026 at 7:55 PM
have I committed a crime? perhaps. but consider this: it would be really complicated for me to have not committed a crime. and, really, isn't that the same as not having committed a crime?
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lots of this website needs to fill this out
January 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
lots of this website needs to fill this out
I too believe that what the Spanish did in Mexico was justified by the Aztec practice of human sacrifice
Tibet, the theocracy characterized by slavery and state torture? Oh, you mean the former CIA employee run government in exile? The one that no longer has an independence policy?
January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I too believe that what the Spanish did in Mexico was justified by the Aztec practice of human sacrifice