Arthur Fontaine
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Software guy. Resister. Word wrangler. Mutt buddy. Pinball enthusiast. Punk rocker for life. Dad to three amazing adults. Other nonsense at https://www.arthurfontaine.com.
Curtis Yarvin:
"Without a full-blown autocratic takeover, he believes, a backlash is sure to follow.... he quoted the words of Louis de Saint-Just, the French philosopher who championed the Reign of Terror: 'He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Without a full-blown autocratic takeover, he believes, a backlash is sure to follow.... he quoted the words of Louis de Saint-Just, the French philosopher who championed the Reign of Terror: 'He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the knee.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Curtis Yarvin:
"Without a full-blown autocratic takeover, he believes, a backlash is sure to follow.... he quoted the words of Louis de Saint-Just, the French philosopher who championed the Reign of Terror: 'He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
"Without a full-blown autocratic takeover, he believes, a backlash is sure to follow.... he quoted the words of Louis de Saint-Just, the French philosopher who championed the Reign of Terror: 'He who makes half a revolution digs his own grave.'"
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Ernie Bushmiller slapped.
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
January 22,1974
January 22,1974
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Ernie Bushmiller slapped.
The trouble with everyone blaming the non-release of the Epstein files on Trump being in them is that there are many other rich, famous, and powerful men who are equally opposed to their release, and are doing everything they can to support Trump keeping them hidden.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The trouble with everyone blaming the non-release of the Epstein files on Trump being in them is that there are many other rich, famous, and powerful men who are equally opposed to their release, and are doing everything they can to support Trump keeping them hidden.
I hated James Comey before you did, since he tried to force all encryption software to have a "backdoor" for government use. (All this does is ensure that encryption will be perpetually insecure.) Feb 2016
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-dir...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-dir...
FBI director, Apple CEO talk privacy concerns on "60 Minutes"
FBI Director James Comey and Apple CEO Tim Cook both addressed privacy and encrypted data in separate "60 Minutes" interviews
www.cbsnews.com
September 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I hated James Comey before you did, since he tried to force all encryption software to have a "backdoor" for government use. (All this does is ensure that encryption will be perpetually insecure.) Feb 2016
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-dir...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-dir...
Reposting this to see if it shows up in the pinball feed... 😀
September 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Reposting this to see if it shows up in the pinball feed... 😀
Can't you just hear Putin coaching him through all of this?
September 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Can't you just hear Putin coaching him through all of this?
Anyone else see it?
September 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Anyone else see it?
If you think that Epstein letter even *might* be fake, your brain is broken and will never be fixed.
September 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you think that Epstein letter even *might* be fake, your brain is broken and will never be fixed.
Reminder: This would have been over long ago had the Secret Service not deleted all those J6 texts.
August 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reminder: This would have been over long ago had the Secret Service not deleted all those J6 texts.
🧵1/3
I gotta admit I was completely surprised by this MAGA kerfuffle about Jeffrey Epstein. I knew that MAGA is a cesspool of conspiracy theories but assumed they’d stay away from that one because, well, its most public and documented dirtbag is their orange god.
I gotta admit I was completely surprised by this MAGA kerfuffle about Jeffrey Epstein. I knew that MAGA is a cesspool of conspiracy theories but assumed they’d stay away from that one because, well, its most public and documented dirtbag is their orange god.
July 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
🧵1/3
I gotta admit I was completely surprised by this MAGA kerfuffle about Jeffrey Epstein. I knew that MAGA is a cesspool of conspiracy theories but assumed they’d stay away from that one because, well, its most public and documented dirtbag is their orange god.
I gotta admit I was completely surprised by this MAGA kerfuffle about Jeffrey Epstein. I knew that MAGA is a cesspool of conspiracy theories but assumed they’d stay away from that one because, well, its most public and documented dirtbag is their orange god.
This is a genuinely terrible take by Brooks. Yada yada yada Enlightenment... How about selfish racist assholes like the guy who makes it ok -- by example and by words -- to be a selfish racist asshole?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Why Do So Many People Think Trump Is Good?
The work of the moral philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre helps illuminate some central questions of our time.
www.theatlantic.com
July 14, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This is a genuinely terrible take by Brooks. Yada yada yada Enlightenment... How about selfish racist assholes like the guy who makes it ok -- by example and by words -- to be a selfish racist asshole?
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
From Facebook... I wish he was on Bluesky but this is gonna be fun.
July 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
From Facebook... I wish he was on Bluesky but this is gonna be fun.
AI is a minor part of this. Tech companies are laying off everyone because they no longer need to innovate. Their market dominance means they can just keep selling the same stuff without all of the people who helped build the companies. Just taking the profits like any good capitalists.
Microsoft to Lay Off About 9,000 Employees
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
AI is a minor part of this. Tech companies are laying off everyone because they no longer need to innovate. Their market dominance means they can just keep selling the same stuff without all of the people who helped build the companies. Just taking the profits like any good capitalists.
Ok I must reveal after all these years: I was the fifth Menudo.
June 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ok I must reveal after all these years: I was the fifth Menudo.
2nd place in the NEPL E Division! (A genuinely modest achievement but hey I will take validation anywhere I can find it!)
March 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
2nd place in the NEPL E Division! (A genuinely modest achievement but hey I will take validation anywhere I can find it!)
Where it's heading I'm afraid...
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Where it's heading I'm afraid...
I am not digging this zeitgeist at all.
February 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I am not digging this zeitgeist at all.
The only way to cook corned beef.
February 1, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The only way to cook corned beef.
Even resisters need to retain a sense of humor. Here's my curated meme connection to give you the LOLs.
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Artie's Memes
716 new items · Album by Arthur Fontaine
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January 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Even resisters need to retain a sense of humor. Here's my curated meme connection to give you the LOLs.
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Good description of how Bluesky is a fundamental upgrade to today's "lock 'em in" social media empires.
While Bluesky looks like other social apps on the surface, it’s actually quite different. It’s an open network.
I blogged about it here:
I blogged about it here:
Benefits of an open network
emilyliu.me
January 15, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Good description of how Bluesky is a fundamental upgrade to today's "lock 'em in" social media empires.
The single biggest reason for the oligarchs loving AI is the potential to extract even more profits from the populace.
January 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The single biggest reason for the oligarchs loving AI is the potential to extract even more profits from the populace.