wes-O-matic
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Designer, humane tech booster, dismayed cultural aspirationalist. POSIWID. “That’s my secret, Cap — I’m always angry.”
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Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.
February 23, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pisses me off that we’re stardust with the gift of conscious existence and having to spend our time on all this bullshit.
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I can do and even enjoy small talk. I can endure loud, crowded environments. However, if I have to make small talk in a loud space,where we’re shouting to be heard and repeating questions & answers multiple times? I will shrivel like an earthworm trapped on dry pavement in full sunlight.
October 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I can do and even enjoy small talk. I can endure loud, crowded environments. However, if I have to make small talk in a loud space,where we’re shouting to be heard and repeating questions & answers multiple times? I will shrivel like an earthworm trapped on dry pavement in full sunlight.
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Hello, I understand you are an expert in the torment nexus and I would like to invite you to talk my organization about how we can be more torment-aligned
September 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hello, I understand you are an expert in the torment nexus and I would like to invite you to talk my organization about how we can be more torment-aligned
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In that, there needs to be a recognition that illiberal ideologies see democracy and debate as tools to destroy democracy and debate. Erdogan's "Democracy is like a tram, you ride until you arrive, then you step off."
They will use your forum to try to destroy your forum.
They will use your forum to try to destroy your forum.
September 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In that, there needs to be a recognition that illiberal ideologies see democracy and debate as tools to destroy democracy and debate. Erdogan's "Democracy is like a tram, you ride until you arrive, then you step off."
They will use your forum to try to destroy your forum.
They will use your forum to try to destroy your forum.
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It’s just Content all the way down. We live in Baudrillard’s vision of hell
September 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It’s just Content all the way down. We live in Baudrillard’s vision of hell
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Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
September 11, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Our politics seems to be entering a phase of "right supremacy" where only the lives of right-wingers have value. Assassinating the leader of a state legislative body in her own damn home was business as usual, but all of America has to have a reckoning if it's a far-right online influencer.
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McCarthyism was rate limited by the number of people engaged, the amount of money available, the legal frameworks in place, and the media environment, in a way that is very different from what universities will face not just in the next three years but until we find a way to contain these people
July 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
McCarthyism was rate limited by the number of people engaged, the amount of money available, the legal frameworks in place, and the media environment, in a way that is very different from what universities will face not just in the next three years but until we find a way to contain these people
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The clear goal of the GOP is govern the entire United States the way it governs Texas (derogatory), but I know many Americans will respond just like Houstonians are doing right this minute (complimentary).
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this isn't always the case, but houston is *absolutely showing up today* for this TX legislature redistricting hearing at UH. the room (capacity: 600) is completely full and i'm hearing there are around 100 people outside & they're chanting "this is what democracy looks like"
the TX redistricting public hearing in houston is getting started
follow along here: house.texas.gov/videos/22389
follow along here: house.texas.gov/videos/22389
July 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The clear goal of the GOP is govern the entire United States the way it governs Texas (derogatory), but I know many Americans will respond just like Houstonians are doing right this minute (complimentary).
bsky.app/profile/jenr...
bsky.app/profile/jenr...
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my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
July 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
my new ai device will sit in a beer garden that backs onto a small river and drink three to five pints on a sunny late summer afternoon for you, leaving you free for more meetings and business calls
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Politicians love talking about the pressure that trans people are under like it's a weather system and not something that their friends created because going on X the Everything App made them insane.
Today, our capital proudly marks seven years of London Trans+ Pride.
As trans rights come under increasing pressure across the UK, this year’s march is a vital reminder: London is a city that stands for equality, dignity and pride - for everyone. 🏳️⚧️
As trans rights come under increasing pressure across the UK, this year’s march is a vital reminder: London is a city that stands for equality, dignity and pride - for everyone. 🏳️⚧️
July 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Politicians love talking about the pressure that trans people are under like it's a weather system and not something that their friends created because going on X the Everything App made them insane.
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Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...
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when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
Republicans are waging a generalized war on science, but I think many of them don’t fully grok that RFK isn’t at war with science alone or per se: he’s at war with sick people, and of the view that only the lucky should be allowed to survive into old age. They are know nothings, he is Mengele.
RFK Jr. has now officially stated that he will dismantle the United States Preventive ServicesTask Force (USPSTF).
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
This is an independent body of expert scientists who volunteer their time to review data and provide guidance to Americans on important things like cancer screenings.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 AM
when RFK says he wants to “end chronic disease,” what people hear is “he wants to cure us” but what he means is “i want to cull the weak”
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there's this bedrock assumption among a lot of people that everyone believes in the same ideals (such as free speech), we just have different ideas of what they mean
this is manifestly untrue, these people believe they have the absolute right to control what everyone else says
this is manifestly untrue, these people believe they have the absolute right to control what everyone else says
CNBC: Colbert is a comedian. You keep talking about journalism and fairness in news, but we all remember Carson and Jay Leno giving Reagan the business. Where does that fit in?
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: Frankly, the media industry across this country needs a course correction
FCC CHAIR BRENDAN CARR: Frankly, the media industry across this country needs a course correction
July 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
there's this bedrock assumption among a lot of people that everyone believes in the same ideals (such as free speech), we just have different ideas of what they mean
this is manifestly untrue, these people believe they have the absolute right to control what everyone else says
this is manifestly untrue, these people believe they have the absolute right to control what everyone else says
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This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.
July 23, 2025 at 7:41 AM
This is what happens when neoliberal meritocratic technocracy hollows out democracy and leaves social media to fill the vacuum with outrage, distortion, and division.
Same. This is very much in the Torment Nexus zone. Once again. Because of course they did.
Oh i hate this a LOT
Humans can be tracked with unique 'fingerprint' based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals - www.theregister.com/2025/07/22/w... "Observers could therefore track a person as they pass through signals sent by different Wi-Fi networks – even if they’re not carrying a phone." #surveillance #privacy
July 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Same. This is very much in the Torment Nexus zone. Once again. Because of course they did.
Pardon me, sir, but that sugary diet is load-bearing
July 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Pardon me, sir, but that sugary diet is load-bearing
Can’t imagine anyone who might give say federal agencies open access to this for any reason. I also can’t think of any ways that might be horrifically misused in widespread abuses of power. Nobody ever wrote a dystopian novel about this kind of thing, nope. Totally fine, highly ethical. Yep. Ethics.
July 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Can’t imagine anyone who might give say federal agencies open access to this for any reason. I also can’t think of any ways that might be horrifically misused in widespread abuses of power. Nobody ever wrote a dystopian novel about this kind of thing, nope. Totally fine, highly ethical. Yep. Ethics.
They also changed the definition of “day” to prevent Congress from applying the rule that a state of national emergency declared by the President cannot be indefinite. So…
They SHUT DOWN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
July 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
They also changed the definition of “day” to prevent Congress from applying the rule that a state of national emergency declared by the President cannot be indefinite. So…
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really interesting that we don’t have a cultural panic about group think and intellectual homogeneity among the most powerful money men in the country. all the more interesting when a bunch of them have clearly lost their mind.
I wrote about venture capitalist Shaun Maguire, his accusations that Zohran Mamdani is a "secret Islamist," and his emergence as a leading right wing voice in the tech industry.
www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
www.businessinsider.com/shaun-maguir...
The metamorphosis of Sequoia's Shaun Maguire: 'Never back down.'
Shaun Maguire's posts about Zohran Mamdani shocked many. Not the people who know him.
www.businessinsider.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
really interesting that we don’t have a cultural panic about group think and intellectual homogeneity among the most powerful money men in the country. all the more interesting when a bunch of them have clearly lost their mind.
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I know this isn't the point of the thread, but we really are in the era of "yeah they made environmental catastrophe Clippy and called it AI and now search engines don't work and objective truth has been sold for parts"
I can't find it due to search engines no longer working, but there's an old tumblr screenshot about ADHD evaluations where a person is asked whether they tend to lose socks.
And they go "Ah, no, I used to lose my socks all the time but I have Devised a System, allow me to explain it"
And they go "Ah, no, I used to lose my socks all the time but I have Devised a System, allow me to explain it"
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I know this isn't the point of the thread, but we really are in the era of "yeah they made environmental catastrophe Clippy and called it AI and now search engines don't work and objective truth has been sold for parts"
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I am no parliamentarian but if you can just hold the vote open indefinitely after the votes are in until you get the outcome you want that feels uhhh
not democratic
not democratic
July 3, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I am no parliamentarian but if you can just hold the vote open indefinitely after the votes are in until you get the outcome you want that feels uhhh
not democratic
not democratic
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There is a political satire premise in a puppet congress just holding a vote open forever because no one wants to tell the Fuhrer that they don't have the votes to pass it
July 3, 2025 at 5:11 AM
There is a political satire premise in a puppet congress just holding a vote open forever because no one wants to tell the Fuhrer that they don't have the votes to pass it
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Product managers and designers know exactly what they’re doing.
Goals & metrics drive corporate behaviors. If you don’t agree you make your way out of big tech.
Some might argue that it’s failure of leadership to define the right goals. Others might say it’s a failure of capitalism.
Goals & metrics drive corporate behaviors. If you don’t agree you make your way out of big tech.
Some might argue that it’s failure of leadership to define the right goals. Others might say it’s a failure of capitalism.
July 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Product managers and designers know exactly what they’re doing.
Goals & metrics drive corporate behaviors. If you don’t agree you make your way out of big tech.
Some might argue that it’s failure of leadership to define the right goals. Others might say it’s a failure of capitalism.
Goals & metrics drive corporate behaviors. If you don’t agree you make your way out of big tech.
Some might argue that it’s failure of leadership to define the right goals. Others might say it’s a failure of capitalism.
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you can always tell when a product is a cool thing that everyone loves when they place access to it on places people will click by accident like its a scammy ad on a pirated sports stream
“Ask CoPilot” is now above “Copy” in the contextual menu when you right click highlighted text in Outlook. Yeah man much more likely that I’m doing some AI bullshit than copying text thanks
I don’t want to ask CoPilot, I am making a Word document. I don’t want to search with Meta AI, I want to search Instagram. Leave me alone
July 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
you can always tell when a product is a cool thing that everyone loves when they place access to it on places people will click by accident like its a scammy ad on a pirated sports stream