Xauri'EL Zwaan
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Lunarpunk Satanist Cyberqueer, Feral Goth Trash Goblin, Speculative Fiction Author, Capitalism Disliker. Ze/zer/zir
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It is genuinely stunning how quickly the US is pissing away a century of geopolitical dominance. I just desperately hope that the EU can step up and fill at least some of the gap. It's fun to see the titan fall but a world dominated by China is probably a sub-optimal outcome
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
It is genuinely stunning how quickly the US is pissing away a century of geopolitical dominance. I just desperately hope that the EU can step up and fill at least some of the gap. It's fun to see the titan fall but a world dominated by China is probably a sub-optimal outcome
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When you think about it, it's remarkable how much of our social institutions are based on making us fight each other. Adversarial political systems, adversarial legal systems. Competitive economies, competitive education, competition in workplaces. Competitive games lionized to the level of […]
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February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
When you think about it, it's remarkable how much of our social institutions are based on making us fight each other. Adversarial political systems, adversarial legal systems. Competitive economies, competitive education, competition in workplaces. Competitive games lionized to the level of […]
I would be willing to bet cash money that within the next couple months, ICE comes out with some obviously AI-generated "evidence" that "proves" Renee Good and Alex Pretti were part of an imaginary Antifa terrorist organization
February 8, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I would be willing to bet cash money that within the next couple months, ICE comes out with some obviously AI-generated "evidence" that "proves" Renee Good and Alex Pretti were part of an imaginary Antifa terrorist organization
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I don't understand people who defend first-past-the-post and the electoral college. The first makes a huge proportion of votes worthless, and the second makes some votes worth more than others. This makes them fundamentally undemocratic systems that distort the will of the people. I don't give a […]
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February 7, 2026 at 10:35 AM
I don't understand people who defend first-past-the-post and the electoral college. The first makes a huge proportion of votes worthless, and the second makes some votes worth more than others. This makes them fundamentally undemocratic systems that distort the will of the people. I don't give a […]
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The real dividing line between Millennials and GenX is, when you see the number 69, whether you say "nice" or "69, DUUUDE!"
February 8, 2026 at 7:14 AM
The real dividing line between Millennials and GenX is, when you see the number 69, whether you say "nice" or "69, DUUUDE!"
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AI creates nothing of utilitarian value, but it provides an invaluable service that a lot of people can't seem to get enough of: an excuse to stop thinking
February 8, 2026 at 10:43 AM
AI creates nothing of utilitarian value, but it provides an invaluable service that a lot of people can't seem to get enough of: an excuse to stop thinking
#TTRPG any tips on hustling commissions for RPG book art? My partner's getting into it (she's working on her first one right now) and I'd love to know how one markets such work.
February 8, 2026 at 8:44 AM
#TTRPG any tips on hustling commissions for RPG book art? My partner's getting into it (she's working on her first one right now) and I'd love to know how one markets such work.
If any weird conservatives happen to be reading this, I'd say the fact that every single one of your rich dipshit idols turned out to be literal child rapists and that your entire ideological superstructure is a pedophile psyop is a bigger vindication of wokeness than I could have ever hoped for
February 6, 2026 at 7:50 AM
If any weird conservatives happen to be reading this, I'd say the fact that every single one of your rich dipshit idols turned out to be literal child rapists and that your entire ideological superstructure is a pedophile psyop is a bigger vindication of wokeness than I could have ever hoped for
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“Don’t use the plagiarism machine that is poisoning disproportionately impoverished black communities and drives children to suicide and generates CSAM and other horrible shit” feels like a very low bar to cross but here we are generating ugly ripoff Studio Ghibli profile pics with it
February 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
“Don’t use the plagiarism machine that is poisoning disproportionately impoverished black communities and drives children to suicide and generates CSAM and other horrible shit” feels like a very low bar to cross but here we are generating ugly ripoff Studio Ghibli profile pics with it
There's a term in the Newspeak lexicon in Orwell's 1984. Duckspeak. It means to reflexively spout the party line without even engaging your brain, like a duck quacking. I see comment sections full of the exact same talking point repeated in identical or near-identical words and I think about this
February 5, 2026 at 10:42 AM
There's a term in the Newspeak lexicon in Orwell's 1984. Duckspeak. It means to reflexively spout the party line without even engaging your brain, like a duck quacking. I see comment sections full of the exact same talking point repeated in identical or near-identical words and I think about this
The Nazis at least had Leni Riefenstahl. The Trump regime has Melania, tiktok memes, and AI slop
February 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
The Nazis at least had Leni Riefenstahl. The Trump regime has Melania, tiktok memes, and AI slop
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"Ghost Ships" is starting pretty good, BTW. I have the first scene drafted and basically the whole plot skeleton firm in my head, though it's going to be concept-heavy and the characters and their viewpoints need to be developed more. I'm hoping to keep each scene to a tight 1k and keep the […]
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February 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
"Ghost Ships" is starting pretty good, BTW. I have the first scene drafted and basically the whole plot skeleton firm in my head, though it's going to be concept-heavy and the characters and their viewpoints need to be developed more. I'm hoping to keep each scene to a tight 1k and keep the […]
It honestly shouldn't be that surprising that the Right en masse are willing to defend and support pedophiles. Conservative churches are lousy with child sex abuse, and "libertarians want to abolish the age of consent" has been a meme for ages at this point. They probably all know people personally
February 3, 2026 at 4:57 AM
It honestly shouldn't be that surprising that the Right en masse are willing to defend and support pedophiles. Conservative churches are lousy with child sex abuse, and "libertarians want to abolish the age of consent" has been a meme for ages at this point. They probably all know people personally
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Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
Three delivery apps, including UberEats, will pay NYC delivery workers $4.6 million after they violated the city's minimum pay law.
The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
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The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
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The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Important for people to realize that like 30% of all the bad stuff in society is already explicitly illegal it's just not enforced.
We need to start appending "death to fascism" to literally every one of our posts the way Cato the Elder said "Carthago delenda est" at the end of every speech, just to make absolutely clear how universal the sentiment is
February 3, 2026 at 4:00 AM
We need to start appending "death to fascism" to literally every one of our posts the way Cato the Elder said "Carthago delenda est" at the end of every speech, just to make absolutely clear how universal the sentiment is
It sounds like deploying AI in front line customer-service positions is going super poorly. It's easy enough to replace Office Drone Bob when the boss barely knows what he does anyway. Customer service isn't like that. When your AI fucks shit up, actual customers complain and go elsewhere
February 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
It sounds like deploying AI in front line customer-service positions is going super poorly. It's easy enough to replace Office Drone Bob when the boss barely knows what he does anyway. Customer service isn't like that. When your AI fucks shit up, actual customers complain and go elsewhere
Fix the economy by imposing massive tariffs. Make America Healthy Again by stopping vaccination and consuming whole milk and red meat. Increase your geopolitical influence by alienating your closest allies. Get rid of DEI, then fill your ranks with the least qualified people imaginable
February 3, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Fix the economy by imposing massive tariffs. Make America Healthy Again by stopping vaccination and consuming whole milk and red meat. Increase your geopolitical influence by alienating your closest allies. Get rid of DEI, then fill your ranks with the least qualified people imaginable
If everyone who is in the Epstein files faced legally appropriate consequences for their crimes, it would be functionally indistinguishable from a revolution
February 2, 2026 at 11:36 PM
If everyone who is in the Epstein files faced legally appropriate consequences for their crimes, it would be functionally indistinguishable from a revolution
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We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
February 2, 2026 at 10:16 PM
We didn't say body cams on ICE. Their murders are already on video. We said no more ICE.
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If I told 19-year-old me on the eve of the millennium that when ze's in zir 40s we will be arguing about whether the President of the United States shit his pants on live television, ze would say "wait tell me more about AI", and I would have to explain that no, AI is actually really dumb and […]
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February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
If I told 19-year-old me on the eve of the millennium that when ze's in zir 40s we will be arguing about whether the President of the United States shit his pants on live television, ze would say "wait tell me more about AI", and I would have to explain that no, AI is actually really dumb and […]
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[US politics]
Frankly, I think Orange Mussolini's cabal of cronies is scared to death right now. They know that Dear Leader could kick the bucket at any moment, and they don't have a viable succession plan. For all that there are plenty of Americans that are up for fascism full stop, there's a […]
Frankly, I think Orange Mussolini's cabal of cronies is scared to death right now. They know that Dear Leader could kick the bucket at any moment, and they don't have a viable succession plan. For all that there are plenty of Americans that are up for fascism full stop, there's a […]
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January 25, 2026 at 10:13 AM
[US politics]
Frankly, I think Orange Mussolini's cabal of cronies is scared to death right now. They know that Dear Leader could kick the bucket at any moment, and they don't have a viable succession plan. For all that there are plenty of Americans that are up for fascism full stop, there's a […]
Frankly, I think Orange Mussolini's cabal of cronies is scared to death right now. They know that Dear Leader could kick the bucket at any moment, and they don't have a viable succession plan. For all that there are plenty of Americans that are up for fascism full stop, there's a […]
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The thing about Thunder Junction is that I psyched myself into being disappointed with it. At first I was just like "sigh, OK cowboys I guess", but as the reveals came I began to build up a picture in my head about how it could be subversive, about how it might critique and deconstruct its genre […]
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January 26, 2026 at 2:44 AM
The thing about Thunder Junction is that I psyched myself into being disappointed with it. At first I was just like "sigh, OK cowboys I guess", but as the reveals came I began to build up a picture in my head about how it could be subversive, about how it might critique and deconstruct its genre […]
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...so apparently Patreon has removed the ability of users to download audio links from my posts, even though I still have a checkbox on my dashboard allowing me the option to let them do so
January 27, 2026 at 5:45 AM
...so apparently Patreon has removed the ability of users to download audio links from my posts, even though I still have a checkbox on my dashboard allowing me the option to let them do so
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Had a really cool idea for a space opera story today. It's based on the WWII Ghost Army (look it up) and it'll be a mostly slow, meditative piece about both the necessity and the ridiculousness of war
January 27, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Had a really cool idea for a space opera story today. It's based on the WWII Ghost Army (look it up) and it'll be a mostly slow, meditative piece about both the necessity and the ridiculousness of war