luminiferous aether
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"Fountain," I have cried to that unbubbling well, "I will not drink of thy water!" Yet I thirst
For a mouthful of—not to swallow, only to rinse my mouth in—peace.
"Fountain," I have cried to that unbubbling well, "I will not drink of thy water!" Yet I thirst
For a mouthful of—not to swallow, only to rinse my mouth in—peace.
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It's actually worse than this - Prescott tried to argue that the BBC had inappropriately hidden the fact that a Trans woman in pro wrestling had been part of storylines where she "won" trophies against other women - a fictional sport he treated as if it was real.
It was instructive to see that the Prescott memo argued at one point for completely the opposite: that enabling trans voices even as counterbalance to GC dogma is not legitimate, based on a spurious analogy with maternity care.
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
It's actually worse than this - Prescott tried to argue that the BBC had inappropriately hidden the fact that a Trans woman in pro wrestling had been part of storylines where she "won" trophies against other women - a fictional sport he treated as if it was real.
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www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... Repatriating lost and stolen artworks will always be a vital #goodthing! #positivity #positivevibes
An Enslaved Man Made Thousands of Ceramic Pots. Now, a Boston Museum Has Returned Two of Them to His Descendants
Many of David Drake's large vessels featured his signature and inscriptions, even though he created them during a time when literacy among enslaved laborers was illegal
www.smithsonianmag.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... Repatriating lost and stolen artworks will always be a vital #goodthing! #positivity #positivevibes
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nine months into trump two and dems are still just tweeting things into the void
like who are you talking to man
like who are you talking to man
Speaker Johnson has literally said he's "not promising anyone anything."
For once, I believe him.
For once, I believe him.
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
nine months into trump two and dems are still just tweeting things into the void
like who are you talking to man
like who are you talking to man
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Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yes, "pregnant people" is inclusive language that describes pregnant cis women AS WELL AS trans men and nonbinary people, a lot of whom can get pregnant. But it also describes, like, 12-year-old girls who get pregnant. Do centrist pig-dogs think THEY are "women" too? Coz...bit of a red flag, that.
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Wait… do the writers think that we think that the Daniel Craig bond and the Sean Connery bond are… the exact same person?
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Wait… do the writers think that we think that the Daniel Craig bond and the Sean Connery bond are… the exact same person?
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You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
You know we're in bad shape when people turn Joyce Carol Oates into a hero
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Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
November 11, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Every time someone’s like “put that in the louvre,” my head now goes “and then steal it from the louvre, the security password is louvre”
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The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
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“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
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It's funny that Musk is like "empathy will destroy society" and then cries when someone is mean to him
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's funny that Musk is like "empathy will destroy society" and then cries when someone is mean to him
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Beans for Beantown!
120 Murders? More like 120 meals! From now till Festivus, half the profits from the @ruadanbooks.bsky.social publisher store will go to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Profit margins are high too since there is no middleman between you and book! And the sum will be doubled by the CEO. So...
November 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Beans for Beantown!
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“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
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Your seasonal reminder that I design t-shirts (and related products) for grumps, queers, and weirdos.
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Your seasonal reminder that I design t-shirts (and related products) for grumps, queers, and weirdos.
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
Impress your relatives at Thanksgiving Dinner! Surprise Grandma with the perfect Hanukkah present! Support a queer, trans independent artist who's been job-hunting since April!
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It feels refreshing and incredible because a hardened legend simply says clearly what we've let get so obfuscated: these guys are all emptied out and they've grown weird moral mutations to justify their emptiness. Clear statements with moral heft can still work, but you can't play compromised.
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
It feels refreshing and incredible because a hardened legend simply says clearly what we've let get so obfuscated: these guys are all emptied out and they've grown weird moral mutations to justify their emptiness. Clear statements with moral heft can still work, but you can't play compromised.
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Makes me think of MAO II where DeLillo is talking (in 1991) about how terrorists now occupy the space novelists once held. Novelists once dangerously influenced mass consciousness, now they don't, and terrorists have seized their role.
Oates is from the last generation still trained to kill.
Oates is from the last generation still trained to kill.
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Makes me think of MAO II where DeLillo is talking (in 1991) about how terrorists now occupy the space novelists once held. Novelists once dangerously influenced mass consciousness, now they don't, and terrorists have seized their role.
Oates is from the last generation still trained to kill.
Oates is from the last generation still trained to kill.
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There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
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This is who is in charge. This is the guy who just fucked you.
CHUCK SCHUMER: "New data came out today from KFF - and that is not Kentucky Fried French Fries ... the Kaiser Family Foundation"
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This is who is in charge. This is the guy who just fucked you.
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In the coming months there will be a massive bailout for AI firms. No crumbs will be left for any but the already obscenely wealthy. The coffers for everyone else will be empty. And democratic leadership will tell you this is all for the best. The alternative would be worse. These will all be lies
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In the coming months there will be a massive bailout for AI firms. No crumbs will be left for any but the already obscenely wealthy. The coffers for everyone else will be empty. And democratic leadership will tell you this is all for the best. The alternative would be worse. These will all be lies
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It can never be forgotten. It is not political manoeuvring. It is not some master scheme. It is plainly and simply “we want trump to win”.
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It can never be forgotten. It is not political manoeuvring. It is not some master scheme. It is plainly and simply “we want trump to win”.
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
The situation, folks, couldn’t be worse.
Let Neoliberalism die an unceremonious death. Let this disgusting sham of a party come to an end. It requires rebirth
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It is very hard to dismiss the fact that senate democrats caving was an intentional gift to Donald Trump. He went to the Supreme Court trying to starve 42 million Americans and we all saw it. And as people fought that, they caved. They are not merely collaborators but wolves in sheep’s clothing.
anyway if dems think I'm gonna forget this shit in 5 months, they're wrong. if they think I'm gonna forget it in 5 years, they're wrong. they have fully convinced me that purging the party of these inept losers in the senate is more important than retaking the senate in the next election cycle
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It is very hard to dismiss the fact that senate democrats caving was an intentional gift to Donald Trump. He went to the Supreme Court trying to starve 42 million Americans and we all saw it. And as people fought that, they caved. They are not merely collaborators but wolves in sheep’s clothing.
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Brianna Ghey's mum is worse than Captain Tom's granddaughter sorry.
Daughter is murdered by a gang of transphobic kids and the response is to start "mental elf 💔❤️🩹" grifting and lobbying for phone bans.
At least Captain Tom's fam were selfish little pricks. Ghey's are doing THIS.
🧵👇
Daughter is murdered by a gang of transphobic kids and the response is to start "mental elf 💔❤️🩹" grifting and lobbying for phone bans.
At least Captain Tom's fam were selfish little pricks. Ghey's are doing THIS.
🧵👇
October 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Brianna Ghey's mum is worse than Captain Tom's granddaughter sorry.
Daughter is murdered by a gang of transphobic kids and the response is to start "mental elf 💔❤️🩹" grifting and lobbying for phone bans.
At least Captain Tom's fam were selfish little pricks. Ghey's are doing THIS.
🧵👇
Daughter is murdered by a gang of transphobic kids and the response is to start "mental elf 💔❤️🩹" grifting and lobbying for phone bans.
At least Captain Tom's fam were selfish little pricks. Ghey's are doing THIS.
🧵👇
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David Gerard is a sophisticated techno-skeptic and an engaging, often funny, writer. For years he's been documenting cryptocurrency scams (and the ur-scam that is crypto itself). Now he's onto AI & its hype. I highly recommend the work of this curmudgeonly contrarian. He's the real deal.
AI gets 45% of news wrong — but readers still trust it
no plans to fix it, though
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251105-ai-... - podcast
time: 4 min 58 sec
no plans to fix it, though
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dOP... - video
pivottoai.libsyn.com/20251105-ai-... - podcast
time: 4 min 58 sec
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
David Gerard is a sophisticated techno-skeptic and an engaging, often funny, writer. For years he's been documenting cryptocurrency scams (and the ur-scam that is crypto itself). Now he's onto AI & its hype. I highly recommend the work of this curmudgeonly contrarian. He's the real deal.
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The right wing is a kind of attractor in the dynamical system sense - no matter where you start, once you have been captured by the attractor it's only a matter of time till you are circling the pure fash equilibrium point.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The right wing is a kind of attractor in the dynamical system sense - no matter where you start, once you have been captured by the attractor it's only a matter of time till you are circling the pure fash equilibrium point.
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I need a new spare laptop! Long post with needs here
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
David Gerard (@davidgerard@circumstances.run)
Lenovo is off for repair. So I'm on the HP, and it's taken to randomly shutting down!
This is unusable for real work, so I need a new spare laptop.
My choice appears to be Lenovo, cos it's the *onl...
circumstances.run
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I need a new spare laptop! Long post with needs here
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.
circumstances.run/@davidgerard...
must have 3 physical mouse buttons, which means Lenovo. Various other reqs. See post. Suggestions welcomed.