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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
There had better be trials. And not just for the low-level thugs carrying out these orders, but for everyone up the chain of command.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
If we get past this, the solution isn’t to pretend it never happened and invite Stephen Miller to Harvard’s Institute of Politics.
It’s trials w real punishments.
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Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
Love this. Superbly done. Please send this far and wide. @donwinslow.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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unless she was piloting flights to epstein island no one cares
Trump says he’s ordering the release of all government records on Amelia Earhart.
September 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
unless she was piloting flights to epstein island no one cares
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hey so this is insane
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
hey so this is insane
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Not to interrupt production at the takes factory but they should probably identify and catch the actual killer before we decide what it all means.
September 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Not to interrupt production at the takes factory but they should probably identify and catch the actual killer before we decide what it all means.
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Darth Vader was a husband and a father
September 11, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Darth Vader was a husband and a father
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Rare Black Sabbath concert from Paris in 1970! Saw them play in 74. I could not hear the next day!
youtu.be/2aXoOuenwkU?...
youtu.be/2aXoOuenwkU?...
Ozzy Osbourne | Black Sabbath – Live in Paris 1970
YouTube video by DJ MAFIA
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September 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Rare Black Sabbath concert from Paris in 1970! Saw them play in 74. I could not hear the next day!
youtu.be/2aXoOuenwkU?...
youtu.be/2aXoOuenwkU?...
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If there’s one thing Jim Jordan would never do, it’s cover for a sex criminal
Jordan on Ghislaine Maxwell Transcript: This confirms what we all knew: President Trump didn’t do anything wrong. This transcript confirms that. There’s nothing there based on this interview with Maxwell.
August 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If there’s one thing Jim Jordan would never do, it’s cover for a sex criminal
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August 22, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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I’ve been trying to explain to people the full extent of assfuckery accomplished by the ending of the de minimis rule
Small businesses, independent creators, publishing companies, Etsy-style shops & just plain ol’ folks in the US trying to buy stuff from anywhere else are royally fucked
Small businesses, independent creators, publishing companies, Etsy-style shops & just plain ol’ folks in the US trying to buy stuff from anywhere else are royally fucked
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I’ve been trying to explain to people the full extent of assfuckery accomplished by the ending of the de minimis rule
Small businesses, independent creators, publishing companies, Etsy-style shops & just plain ol’ folks in the US trying to buy stuff from anywhere else are royally fucked
Small businesses, independent creators, publishing companies, Etsy-style shops & just plain ol’ folks in the US trying to buy stuff from anywhere else are royally fucked
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I'm at the point where I think people who still work at Meta deserve the same social opprobrium as the feds patrolling DC.
"It is acceptable to engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." Meta removed that language from its internal guidelines after I raised it.
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
AI experts worry financial incentives will blur the line between human relationships and bot engagement.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Meta’s AI rules have let bots hold ‘sensual’ chats with children
An internal Meta policy document reveals the social-media giant’s rules for chatbots, which have permitted provocative behavior on topics including sex and race.
www.reuters.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm at the point where I think people who still work at Meta deserve the same social opprobrium as the feds patrolling DC.
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Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
WASHINGTON—Hoping his upcoming meeting in Anchorage with Russian President Vladimir Putin will bring a much-needed change of pace, an exhausted President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that a fu...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fun Getaway With Murderous Dictator Just What Exhausted Trump Been Needing
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Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards
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Such a tragedy that Ghislaine Maxwell hung herself next week, while the cameras were down.
July 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Such a tragedy that Ghislaine Maxwell hung herself next week, while the cameras were down.
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Underrated tweet.
July 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Underrated tweet.
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Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
July 16, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Whoops
Don't ya just love live TV?
Don't ya just love live TV?
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my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.
you are SUPPOSED to signal virtue. The actual argument, such as it exists, is that people are signaling virtue while not actually being virtuous. But you are supposed to signal virtue and BE VIRTUOUS.
Really was one of the dumbest and most harmful things possible for “virtue signaling” to become some kind of epithet. Sending externally visible signals that you are engaging in pro-social behavior is normal, natural, and good, it’s how society works. Other people can’t read your fucking mind.
July 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
my modest disagreement is that i think it is important to signal virtue even if, privately, you are a piece of shit. performing decency is an important part of maintaining the norm that decency is part of a well ordered society.
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Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’
July 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Ted Cruz: ‘Vacationing Is How I Grieve’
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
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Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
WASHINGTON—In a provocative 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that everyone’s a damn critic these days. “It is this court’s opinion that apparently everyone has their own ideas about how this court should operate and is not shy about sharing their views—even when no one asks,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his 10-page […]
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July 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Supreme Court Rules 6-3 That Everyone A Damn Critic
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Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle theonion.com/bezos-w...
Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle
VENICE, ITALY—Smiling at the couple’s lighthearted twist on a traditional ring bearer, guests at the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez were reportedly delighted this week by the sight of an Amazon worker with a ring tied to his collar crawling down the aisle. “Oh my gosh, my heart is melting—such a good boy,” […]
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June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bezos Wedding Guests Delighted By Amazon Worker With Ring Tied To Collar Crawling Down Aisle theonion.com/bezos-w...
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This is a deeply confused, historically ignorant, and easily bamboozled halfwit whose understanding of geopolitics and geostrategy is roughly equivalent to that of a random mollusc.
I can’t event summarize it. Listen to it. This gives me anxiety.
June 13, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is a deeply confused, historically ignorant, and easily bamboozled halfwit whose understanding of geopolitics and geostrategy is roughly equivalent to that of a random mollusc.