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"...I found I couldn’t write in English unless I thought of it as somehow translating thoughts. I broke my writer’s block by first typing in a single quotation mark." (Michael Emmerich)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696
he/him
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32703696
he/him
what if germany 1933
goebbels and thyssen and hugenberg and ribbentrop and all the rest of them
but no hitler
just hindenburg
in his second presidency
a year away from August 2, 1934
goebbels and thyssen and hugenberg and ribbentrop and all the rest of them
but no hitler
just hindenburg
in his second presidency
a year away from August 2, 1934
November 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
what if germany 1933
goebbels and thyssen and hugenberg and ribbentrop and all the rest of them
but no hitler
just hindenburg
in his second presidency
a year away from August 2, 1934
goebbels and thyssen and hugenberg and ribbentrop and all the rest of them
but no hitler
just hindenburg
in his second presidency
a year away from August 2, 1934
1 kwh in this country costs about 15 cents on average
the dude just said he's going to siphon 15 mil from his customers every hour
(except it took tesla 15 years to sell 8 million cars to date, worldwide, so yeah, no)
the dude just said he's going to siphon 15 mil from his customers every hour
(except it took tesla 15 years to sell 8 million cars to date, worldwide, so yeah, no)
I wish I was kidding share.google/Tcn22CPXm2jU...
Elon Musk says idling Tesla cars could create massive 100-million-vehicle strong computer for AI — 'bored' vehicles could offer 100 gigawatts of distributed compute power
Untapped ‘100 gigawatts of inference’ is a significant asset, Tesla boss tells investors.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
1 kwh in this country costs about 15 cents on average
the dude just said he's going to siphon 15 mil from his customers every hour
(except it took tesla 15 years to sell 8 million cars to date, worldwide, so yeah, no)
the dude just said he's going to siphon 15 mil from his customers every hour
(except it took tesla 15 years to sell 8 million cars to date, worldwide, so yeah, no)
let the fuckers continue to behave as if he wasn't
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
let the fuckers continue to behave as if he wasn't
the ghost of vonnegut on his bench at the corner of 2nd and 48th lights up a cigarette and grins
Mamdani quotes Eugene V. Debs, who earns a roar of approval just at the mention of his name.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
the ghost of vonnegut on his bench at the corner of 2nd and 48th lights up a cigarette and grins
I can get to comandante che in three
I can get to the last tsar of Bulgaria in two hops.
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
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November 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I can get to comandante che in three
remove the replies
I'm serious
if you have something to say in response to something someone else said, quoteskeet
1. you have a chance of them seeing it, and 2. no one else is required to look at it
I'm serious
if you have something to say in response to something someone else said, quoteskeet
1. you have a chance of them seeing it, and 2. no one else is required to look at it
November 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
remove the replies
I'm serious
if you have something to say in response to something someone else said, quoteskeet
1. you have a chance of them seeing it, and 2. no one else is required to look at it
I'm serious
if you have something to say in response to something someone else said, quoteskeet
1. you have a chance of them seeing it, and 2. no one else is required to look at it
It is always a temptation, to forestall your ruination,
In the desert to erect two legs of stone,
Sculpt the brow in perfect frown, at the top put up a crown,
And then leave the shattered visage all alone.
In the desert to erect two legs of stone,
Sculpt the brow in perfect frown, at the top put up a crown,
And then leave the shattered visage all alone.
i don't know why the Ozymandias Poems are happening but
a) it feels like the kind of bit that's the sign of a healthy social network
b) I will do my part by flagrantly overusing the bit until the lone and level sands stretch far away
a) it feels like the kind of bit that's the sign of a healthy social network
b) I will do my part by flagrantly overusing the bit until the lone and level sands stretch far away
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It is always a temptation, to forestall your ruination,
In the desert to erect two legs of stone,
Sculpt the brow in perfect frown, at the top put up a crown,
And then leave the shattered visage all alone.
In the desert to erect two legs of stone,
Sculpt the brow in perfect frown, at the top put up a crown,
And then leave the shattered visage all alone.
that's not the problem
or at least not the biggest problem
"which reality," however, is
because, for example, millions of people live in the one where the country is in the midst of a immigrant crime wave, the tariffs are reviving the economy and a common painkiller turns babies trans or something
or at least not the biggest problem
"which reality," however, is
because, for example, millions of people live in the one where the country is in the midst of a immigrant crime wave, the tariffs are reviving the economy and a common painkiller turns babies trans or something
But don't worry: "If someone appears to be having delusional thoughts, the latest version of GPT-5 is designed to express empathy while avoiding affirming beliefs that don’t have basis in reality."
October 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
that's not the problem
or at least not the biggest problem
"which reality," however, is
because, for example, millions of people live in the one where the country is in the midst of a immigrant crime wave, the tariffs are reviving the economy and a common painkiller turns babies trans or something
or at least not the biggest problem
"which reality," however, is
because, for example, millions of people live in the one where the country is in the midst of a immigrant crime wave, the tariffs are reviving the economy and a common painkiller turns babies trans or something
yes, I know the gods are old
but why should it mean that the gods are dying
but why should it mean that the gods are dying
So. Jack DeJohnette? Really?
October 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
yes, I know the gods are old
but why should it mean that the gods are dying
but why should it mean that the gods are dying
with any luck they all start to post grok slop to please grok and succeed (in the sense that grok is pleased and rewards them)
and then - <biff voice> model poisoning
and then - <biff voice> model poisoning
people with 100K followers are going to end up with less engagement than 100 follower “race scientists” when this happens
being surrounded by nazis hasn’t chased people off but maybe having four people read their posts will do it
being surrounded by nazis hasn’t chased people off but maybe having four people read their posts will do it
Brace for another wave of x refuges
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
with any luck they all start to post grok slop to please grok and succeed (in the sense that grok is pleased and rewards them)
and then - <biff voice> model poisoning
and then - <biff voice> model poisoning
you know what
I would really really like shohei to run out of fingers to put the rings on
but right now, go jays
I would really really like shohei to run out of fingers to put the rings on
but right now, go jays
every time he puts tariffs on Canada the Blue Jays get one Grand Slam better
The president got his feelings hurt, so we're doing 10% more tariffs on Canada. Joke of an administration.
October 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
you know what
I would really really like shohei to run out of fingers to put the rings on
but right now, go jays
I would really really like shohei to run out of fingers to put the rings on
but right now, go jays
dc will have to compete with at least la, chicago and portland (as of now) for the right to hold them, olympic-organizing-committee style
they would have a strong bid, I'm not disputing that
but by no means automatic
they would have a strong bid, I'm not disputing that
but by no means automatic
They should hold Nuremberg-style trials in the Epstein ballroom once this is all over.
October 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
dc will have to compete with at least la, chicago and portland (as of now) for the right to hold them, olympic-organizing-committee style
they would have a strong bid, I'm not disputing that
but by no means automatic
they would have a strong bid, I'm not disputing that
but by no means automatic
ok, so the "secret nazi" thing is plausible now, I'll give him that
whereas before it was an "open nazi" thing
whereas before it was an "open nazi" thing
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October 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
ok, so the "secret nazi" thing is plausible now, I'll give him that
whereas before it was an "open nazi" thing
whereas before it was an "open nazi" thing
my family has not suffered from nazis directly
I mean, both my grandmothers were evacuated from moscow in the winter of 41
one to siberia, one to turkmenistan
(so my father was born in ashgabat)
they came back the following spring
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
I mean, both my grandmothers were evacuated from moscow in the winter of 41
one to siberia, one to turkmenistan
(so my father was born in ashgabat)
they came back the following spring
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
a couple weeks ago I submitted paperwork to kick off the process of applying for Austrian citizenship for me and my children
the reason I am allowed to do this is that my grandmother, at age 12, escaped the country to get away from the nazis
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
the reason I am allowed to do this is that my grandmother, at age 12, escaped the country to get away from the nazis
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
If being against a guy with a Nazi tattoo makes me a purist I guess I'm an anti-Nazi purist. If you think that makes me an anti-Nazi single issue voter, you're wrong, but also it's a pretty good single issue.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
There is more than a year. Go get another real progressive who doesn't have a Nazi tattoo.
October 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
my family has not suffered from nazis directly
I mean, both my grandmothers were evacuated from moscow in the winter of 41
one to siberia, one to turkmenistan
(so my father was born in ashgabat)
they came back the following spring
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
I mean, both my grandmothers were evacuated from moscow in the winter of 41
one to siberia, one to turkmenistan
(so my father was born in ashgabat)
they came back the following spring
sorry but I don’t have a lot of grace for nazi tattoos
well, I was a literal communist youth
but that's not even the point
I have no idea
and neither does anyone else unless they kept a detailed journal since age 10
but that's not even the point
I have no idea
and neither does anyone else unless they kept a detailed journal since age 10
October 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
well, I was a literal communist youth
but that's not even the point
I have no idea
and neither does anyone else unless they kept a detailed journal since age 10
but that's not even the point
I have no idea
and neither does anyone else unless they kept a detailed journal since age 10
"I found an old farmer in the Mani who had sheltered him several times. And he said, Kakourgos, ma Ellenas. A bad man, but a Greek. I keep that as his epitaph."
Someone broke it down the other day as Sliwa is a bad person but somehow a fantastic prototypical New York Character, while Cuomo is bad on both counts.
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
"I found an old farmer in the Mani who had sheltered him several times. And he said, Kakourgos, ma Ellenas. A bad man, but a Greek. I keep that as his epitaph."
Take The A Train Michel Petrucciani / Steve Gadd / Anthony Jackson
YouTube video by DAYLIGHT
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October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
hoping his stroke is sudden enough that he doesn't have time to sign pardons for all the scum he surrounded himself with
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
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Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
hoping his stroke is sudden enough that he doesn't have time to sign pardons for all the scum he surrounded himself with
zelensky did everything his duty before his country requred of him, and much more
there is nothing that can be offered to the orange turd to prevent him from sucking putin's dick - he defaults to it as soon as he's distracted
fuck him
don't take his calls
just do what you do
slava ukraini
there is nothing that can be offered to the orange turd to prevent him from sucking putin's dick - he defaults to it as soon as he's distracted
fuck him
don't take his calls
just do what you do
slava ukraini
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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October 19, 2025 at 10:46 PM
zelensky did everything his duty before his country requred of him, and much more
there is nothing that can be offered to the orange turd to prevent him from sucking putin's dick - he defaults to it as soon as he's distracted
fuck him
don't take his calls
just do what you do
slava ukraini
there is nothing that can be offered to the orange turd to prevent him from sucking putin's dick - he defaults to it as soon as he's distracted
fuck him
don't take his calls
just do what you do
slava ukraini
I am wondering though
when the orange turd is polling 37%, what part of the other 63 is actually "fash harder, where are the reeducation camps I voted for"
when the orange turd is polling 37%, what part of the other 63 is actually "fash harder, where are the reeducation camps I voted for"
October 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I am wondering though
when the orange turd is polling 37%, what part of the other 63 is actually "fash harder, where are the reeducation camps I voted for"
when the orange turd is polling 37%, what part of the other 63 is actually "fash harder, where are the reeducation camps I voted for"
they obviously chose the "fool some of the people all of the time" option, and the entire comm strategy is geared toward that (the transparent non-stop lying)
and they obviously assume that this "some" is not only a majority, but a stable majority
to me this assumption looks delusional
we'll see
and they obviously assume that this "some" is not only a majority, but a stable majority
to me this assumption looks delusional
we'll see
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
they obviously chose the "fool some of the people all of the time" option, and the entire comm strategy is geared toward that (the transparent non-stop lying)
and they obviously assume that this "some" is not only a majority, but a stable majority
to me this assumption looks delusional
we'll see
and they obviously assume that this "some" is not only a majority, but a stable majority
to me this assumption looks delusional
we'll see
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tl;dr: it ended up as a public swimming pool
tl;dr: it ended up as a public swimming pool
October 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_...
tl;dr: it ended up as a public swimming pool
tl;dr: it ended up as a public swimming pool