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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
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it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
January 25, 2026 at 3:08 PM
it really is government by a bunch of bull connors. basically walking into traps set for them by their opposition. connor also did not understand that beating the hell out of demonstrators was *what they wanted*
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i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
September 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
i would again like to remind everyone that NEGATING A FRAME REINFORCES IT
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
"he's not really targeting criminals" makes it an argument about criminality
"this is a fascist attack" states what is actually happening
START WITH WHAT IT IS
not what it isn't
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accelerationists (of any stripe) always think that after The Shit Hits the Fan, they’ll be the Monarch of Skull Mountain
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
January 23, 2026 at 6:19 PM
accelerationists (of any stripe) always think that after The Shit Hits the Fan, they’ll be the Monarch of Skull Mountain
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
but they’ll just be one of the skulls
not even one of the good skulls, just a bulk skull from somewhere in the middle
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CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
CBP Wants AI-Powered ‘Quantum Sensors’ for Finding Fentanyl in Cars
US Customs and Border Protection is paying General Dynamics to create prototype “quantum sensors,” to be used with an AI database to detect fentanyl and other narcotics.
www.wired.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
CBP is looking for "quantum sensors" that it can use to detect fentanyl in cars. AI also obviously involved somehow some way. from @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
January 23, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Gotcha—let’s dig into that step by step.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
1. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵, because I turned you into an amorphous lump of flesh. You’re not just immobile—you’re immortal, and you feel only anguish.
2. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺. That makes total sense—it’s a natural human impulse, and you’ve been through a lot.
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It has not been lost on me that the two preeminent contemporary uses of LLMs is the infinite generation of 1) CSAM and 2) media that serves no purpose other to publicly denigrate, humiliate, and dominate women and minorities.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM
It has not been lost on me that the two preeminent contemporary uses of LLMs is the infinite generation of 1) CSAM and 2) media that serves no purpose other to publicly denigrate, humiliate, and dominate women and minorities.
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America has two major parties:
One party exists to serve the demented whims of our Nazi Pedophile Mad King.
One party isn’t sure whether to fund his lawless goons who are shooting legal observers in the face.
We need to end the two party system.
One party exists to serve the demented whims of our Nazi Pedophile Mad King.
One party isn’t sure whether to fund his lawless goons who are shooting legal observers in the face.
We need to end the two party system.
January 22, 2026 at 4:41 PM
America has two major parties:
One party exists to serve the demented whims of our Nazi Pedophile Mad King.
One party isn’t sure whether to fund his lawless goons who are shooting legal observers in the face.
We need to end the two party system.
One party exists to serve the demented whims of our Nazi Pedophile Mad King.
One party isn’t sure whether to fund his lawless goons who are shooting legal observers in the face.
We need to end the two party system.
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thank you for asking! if I ran Chuck Schumer's account, I wouldn't say anything unless it contained one of the following:
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
Not trolling you. What would you post if you were running his account?
February 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
thank you for asking! if I ran Chuck Schumer's account, I wouldn't say anything unless it contained one of the following:
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
1. details about how Chuck Schumer is helping
2. details about something the person reading the post could be doing
3. any other kind of helpful information at all
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Think about how all of this would not be happening if Reconstruction hadn't completely fizzled out in a decade.
Had they hanged confederates instead of giving them blanket amnesty in 1872.
1872, a mere 7 years after the war, the 14th amendment was killed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty...
Had they hanged confederates instead of giving them blanket amnesty in 1872.
1872, a mere 7 years after the war, the 14th amendment was killed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty...
Amnesty Act - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Think about how all of this would not be happening if Reconstruction hadn't completely fizzled out in a decade.
Had they hanged confederates instead of giving them blanket amnesty in 1872.
1872, a mere 7 years after the war, the 14th amendment was killed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty...
Had they hanged confederates instead of giving them blanket amnesty in 1872.
1872, a mere 7 years after the war, the 14th amendment was killed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesty...
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Fun fact: humanity could very easily have figured out a way to do fluorine chemistry without blowing yourself up, much earlier.
Moissan isolated elemental fluorine in 1886, this could have happened almost a century earlier had chemists been better at not blowing themselves up trying it.
Moissan isolated elemental fluorine in 1886, this could have happened almost a century earlier had chemists been better at not blowing themselves up trying it.
January 22, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Fun fact: humanity could very easily have figured out a way to do fluorine chemistry without blowing yourself up, much earlier.
Moissan isolated elemental fluorine in 1886, this could have happened almost a century earlier had chemists been better at not blowing themselves up trying it.
Moissan isolated elemental fluorine in 1886, this could have happened almost a century earlier had chemists been better at not blowing themselves up trying it.
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yeah, this is real nuremberg hours
Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home."
January 22, 2026 at 1:02 AM
yeah, this is real nuremberg hours
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I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
“There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, esp. those with vocational training,” said Karp. “I do think these trends really do make it hard to imagine why we should have large-scale immigration unless you have a very specialized skill.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Palantir CEO Says AI to Make Large-Scale Immigration Obsolete
Artificial intelligence will displace so many jobs that it will eliminate the need for mass immigration, according to Palantir Technologies Inc. Chief Executive Officer Alex Karp.
www.bloomberg.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I’m tired of being talked down to by people like this. They are doing the Elon Musk Mars In 2 Years bit but have tied the entire U.S. economy to a bespoke compliment generator. It’s time to start talking about these AI mutants like delusional babies.
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You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
Mamdani: "I am in support of abolishing ICE. What we see is an entity that has no interest in fulfilling its stated reason to exist. We're seeing a government agency that is supposed to be enforcing some kind of immigration law, but instead what it's doing is terrorizing people."
January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
You cannot overstate how startling it is to see a politician just say the thing with clarity and poise. No fearful hemming. No overwrought qualifying down til it’s meaningless. No lingering sense that there is a loyalty to a donor class or an ideology of stasis that they’d never admit to.
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interesting that a single face-to-face contact turned this nonvoter into a voter
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
January 20, 2026 at 8:58 PM
interesting that a single face-to-face contact turned this nonvoter into a voter
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this is also like a big part of why the response to trump is so muted. america’s liberal elites believe their own ideology is decadent and degenerate. the most powerful democrat, a new yorker, filters his own thoughts through an imaginary long island irish cop family.
January 19, 2026 at 7:07 PM
this is also like a big part of why the response to trump is so muted. america’s liberal elites believe their own ideology is decadent and degenerate. the most powerful democrat, a new yorker, filters his own thoughts through an imaginary long island irish cop family.
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@war_enthusiast
day 14 of the war: still expecting decisive breakthrough any moment now
@logistics_guy
brother the maps are lying to you
day 14 of the war: still expecting decisive breakthrough any moment now
@logistics_guy
brother the maps are lying to you
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
@war_enthusiast
day 14 of the war: still expecting decisive breakthrough any moment now
@logistics_guy
brother the maps are lying to you
day 14 of the war: still expecting decisive breakthrough any moment now
@logistics_guy
brother the maps are lying to you
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@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
as a black comedy, someone should write a version of WWI leadup that has social media. Don't bother about incongruity of fitting 21st century social media tech into early 1900s. Just imagine what it would have been like
January 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM
@vienna_official
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
today we welcome his imperial highness archduke franz ferdinand to sarajevo. unity, stability, progress.
@pan_slav_posting
wild that austria thinks this is a good idea but ok
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What the fuck does the subheader MEAN that only humans and chimpanzees use tools? Countless primates use tools! Crows and keas use tools! Dolphins use tools! Octopi use tools! Ants use tools!
Why is science journalism like this
Why is science journalism like this
January 19, 2026 at 5:19 PM
What the fuck does the subheader MEAN that only humans and chimpanzees use tools? Countless primates use tools! Crows and keas use tools! Dolphins use tools! Octopi use tools! Ants use tools!
Why is science journalism like this
Why is science journalism like this
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yes. this is one of the major weaknesses of an administration helmed by an indifferent and doddering old man and run by vicious ideologues. they are totally unresponsive to public conditions. also a sign that they are isolated from those republicans who are worried about elections
the Millers in the administration are operating on the idea that "politics" is actually irrelevant now that they control key levers of power. the show is not about getting people on board, but getting the public to feel a collapse of order. not sure how that gets them to dictatorship though.
January 19, 2026 at 7:03 PM
yes. this is one of the major weaknesses of an administration helmed by an indifferent and doddering old man and run by vicious ideologues. they are totally unresponsive to public conditions. also a sign that they are isolated from those republicans who are worried about elections