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"...in 900 years of time and space I've never met anybody who wasn't important."
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Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Elon Musk and the Trump administration gleefully shutting down USAID “has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.”
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
People throw around terms like genocide quite freely online but it’s hard to find other words to describe this level of man-made death.
I missed #DoctorWho Day, but in an alternate timeline maybe it's today, so here's my favorite alternate reality Doctor.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I missed #DoctorWho Day, but in an alternate timeline maybe it's today, so here's my favorite alternate reality Doctor.
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Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Goddamn dude, just go ahead knock 25 percent off my 401k and get on with it, I can't take much more of this.
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My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
Tolkein continues to resonate. The new bank being set up by Palmer Luckey and backed by Peter Thiel is named Erebor after the “lonely mountain” in The Hobbit. This was also an interesting line in this rpt on the new bank by @tabbykinder.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/202d...
October 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My super modern regulatory plan is that any entity named for a thing from Tolkien has to publicly explain why Tolkien wouldn’t immediately throw it into Mount Doom
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UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
October 15, 2025 at 8:22 PM
UPDATE: Following the firing of the director of the student newspaper, Indiana University has now cut the print edition of the newspaper entirely.
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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It doesn't surprise me that Indiana University is going after the student newspaper. The IDS has played a key role in holding the university administration accountable.
Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/
specials.idsnews.com/steve-sander...
Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/
specials.idsnews.com/steve-sander...
The pursuit of light and truth
Law Professor Steve Sanders’s battle with IU over reporting on presidential search process
specials.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It doesn't surprise me that Indiana University is going after the student newspaper. The IDS has played a key role in holding the university administration accountable.
Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/
specials.idsnews.com/steve-sander...
Including by reporting on the administration's investigation and intimidation of faculty 1/
specials.idsnews.com/steve-sander...
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The MAGA monocultural revolution is so thorough that Hegseth made it a priority to honor soldiers who carried out war crimes in 1890.
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The MAGA monocultural revolution is so thorough that Hegseth made it a priority to honor soldiers who carried out war crimes in 1890.
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STEPHEN MILLER: you have no idea what you have awakened. we will save the West. we will turn darkness into light. we will rise like a phoenix from the pit of fire and
EVERYONE ELSE AT THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME TABLE: ROLL THE FUCKING DIE ALREADY
EVERYONE ELSE AT THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME TABLE: ROLL THE FUCKING DIE ALREADY
September 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
STEPHEN MILLER: you have no idea what you have awakened. we will save the West. we will turn darkness into light. we will rise like a phoenix from the pit of fire and
EVERYONE ELSE AT THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME TABLE: ROLL THE FUCKING DIE ALREADY
EVERYONE ELSE AT THE DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS GAME TABLE: ROLL THE FUCKING DIE ALREADY
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Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Word to Chicago protesters: going “floppy” is a tactic that annoys police, wastes their resources, and makes them look bad.
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
September 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
People from all over are showing up for DC. This is not a moment. It’s a movement. We are united in our demands. We are all DC! #FreeDC
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Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr:
September 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Doctors I trust more than RFK Jr:
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Happening now: a large protest is coalescing in Chicago's Congress Plaza against the Trump admin's plans to conduct a month+ long immigration blitz in (and, per Trump's Truth Social post earlier today, implicitly threaten to sic the Department of War on) the Chicagoland area.
September 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Happening now: a large protest is coalescing in Chicago's Congress Plaza against the Trump admin's plans to conduct a month+ long immigration blitz in (and, per Trump's Truth Social post earlier today, implicitly threaten to sic the Department of War on) the Chicagoland area.
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The main body of the protest march has returned to Congress Plaza and after a final chant, is starting to dissipate. Still a lot of September to go as Chicago gears up for a month+ long immigration enforcement blitz.
September 7, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The main body of the protest march has returned to Congress Plaza and after a final chant, is starting to dissipate. Still a lot of September to go as Chicago gears up for a month+ long immigration enforcement blitz.
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"In a world where those in power are performatively cruel, kindness is punk rock."
Not exactly a quote from the movie because it's something I picked up years ago, but is pretty much the message.
Not exactly a quote from the movie because it's something I picked up years ago, but is pretty much the message.
September 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
"In a world where those in power are performatively cruel, kindness is punk rock."
Not exactly a quote from the movie because it's something I picked up years ago, but is pretty much the message.
Not exactly a quote from the movie because it's something I picked up years ago, but is pretty much the message.
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Of course it’s much worse when a game clearly uses AI, yet they’ve managed to bypass any mention of its use to KS or their backers.
No amount of transparency about use of AI will ever earn you a round of applause.
Just don’t use it.
You want to make work you can be proud of? Don’t use it.
No amount of transparency about use of AI will ever earn you a round of applause.
Just don’t use it.
You want to make work you can be proud of? Don’t use it.
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Of course it’s much worse when a game clearly uses AI, yet they’ve managed to bypass any mention of its use to KS or their backers.
No amount of transparency about use of AI will ever earn you a round of applause.
Just don’t use it.
You want to make work you can be proud of? Don’t use it.
No amount of transparency about use of AI will ever earn you a round of applause.
Just don’t use it.
You want to make work you can be proud of? Don’t use it.
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LITTLE BUT FIERCE, the child-friendly version of D&D 5E is crowdfunding a fully illustrated hardback release!
Follow for updates:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Follow for updates:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
August 31, 2025 at 5:02 PM
LITTLE BUT FIERCE, the child-friendly version of D&D 5E is crowdfunding a fully illustrated hardback release!
Follow for updates:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
Follow for updates:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/dcb...
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enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
September 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
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The Chain Story Project has just released its fifth round of free fiction.
Please download, enjoy, like and especially share. (Sharing means the world to the Chain Story Project. Thank you.)
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-round-five
Please download, enjoy, like and especially share. (Sharing means the world to the Chain Story Project. Thank you.)
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-round-five
Free Fiction, Round Five — The Chain Story
For the fifth story in the Chain Story Project, we’re pleased to welcome Joan Marie Verba and her story, Fragments of a Sorcerous Crown .
www.chainstorycore.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Chain Story Project has just released its fifth round of free fiction.
Please download, enjoy, like and especially share. (Sharing means the world to the Chain Story Project. Thank you.)
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-round-five
Please download, enjoy, like and especially share. (Sharing means the world to the Chain Story Project. Thank you.)
www.chainstorycore.com/blog/free-fiction-round-five
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Gee whiz this only makes it more amazing how my own brain can manage the same task using just a frozen burrito and Diet Coke for its power consumption
August 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Gee whiz this only makes it more amazing how my own brain can manage the same task using just a frozen burrito and Diet Coke for its power consumption
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
August 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
It costs a lot less to house people.
It costs a lot less to house people.
These open spaces in fictional worlds are probably in better hands with you and your friends and your favorite #ttrpg.
Can't stress this enough: nobody fucking cares what he was up to
August 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
These open spaces in fictional worlds are probably in better hands with you and your friends and your favorite #ttrpg.
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those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
August 8, 2025 at 11:10 AM
those damned outdoor pigs can't keep getting away with this
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So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts.
Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?
Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?
Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Large-scale processing of within-bone nutrients by Neanderthals, 125,000 years ago
Neanderthals intensively processed a minimum of 172 large mammals for grease and marrow fat, 125,000 years ago.
www.science.org
July 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So they found a 125,000 yr old Neanderthal fat rendering plant & I have thoughts.
Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?
Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Knowing that they loved saturated fat SO MUCH that they industrialized to get as much of it as humanly possible?
Makes me feel seen, heard, supported, etc www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...