billbindc
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Just as you’d suspect, Silicon Valley has invented religion without morality:
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just as you’d suspect, Silicon Valley has invented religion without morality:
Hate Schumer, or just normally dislike Schumer, it's still mind bogglingly weird at this point to take Fetterman's word for anything:
John Fetterman claims he "never got any outreach" from Chuck Schumer.
If that's true, can someone tell me what Schumer's job is, again?
nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
If that's true, can someone tell me what Schumer's job is, again?
nypost.com/2025/11/11/u...
‘No one really knows’ who’s running Democratic Party, Sen. John Fetterman admits
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) revealed Tuesday that he received no outreach from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on the government shutdown.
nypost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hate Schumer, or just normally dislike Schumer, it's still mind bogglingly weird at this point to take Fetterman's word for anything:
Tracks. This is after all the nation that invaded Ukraine with APC's full of parade uniforms.
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Tracks. This is after all the nation that invaded Ukraine with APC's full of parade uniforms.
"To ravage, to slaughter, to steal, this they give the false name of empire; and where they create a desert, they call it...a really great ground floor investment!"
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"To ravage, to slaughter, to steal, this they give the false name of empire; and where they create a desert, they call it...a really great ground floor investment!"
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A bit of a contrarian view. Democrats likely won't pay a price for this in the midterms. The American memory is quite short on political machinations. But Republicans are about to learn a central tenet of American politics: You cannot give people a benefit and then take it away.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
A bit of a contrarian view. Democrats likely won't pay a price for this in the midterms. The American memory is quite short on political machinations. But Republicans are about to learn a central tenet of American politics: You cannot give people a benefit and then take it away.
This is the sort of thinking that worked out just great for Ernst Thälmann, the KPD, Germany, Europe, the world:
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is the sort of thinking that worked out just great for Ernst Thälmann, the KPD, Germany, Europe, the world:
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
Retail traffic dropped by double digits in DC after Trump forced the National Guard upon us:
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Retail traffic dropped by double digits in DC after Trump forced the National Guard upon us:
I have no idea why Sarah Kendzior was suspended...nor does it matter much in the scheme of things...but "It seems there's a crackdown." is precisely why I do not trust her take on things.
Eschew the drama and don't trust folks selling it to you.
Eschew the drama and don't trust folks selling it to you.
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I have no idea why Sarah Kendzior was suspended...nor does it matter much in the scheme of things...but "It seems there's a crackdown." is precisely why I do not trust her take on things.
Eschew the drama and don't trust folks selling it to you.
Eschew the drama and don't trust folks selling it to you.
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'Elon kan reed buks' and 'Noah can't read signs' are the two things giving me life this week onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
'Elon kan reed buks' and 'Noah can't read signs' are the two things giving me life this week onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Still true today...and will continue to be:
The idea that the Republicans refusing to pay Federal workers because they didn't want to pay for health care subsidies for everyone else puts *Democrats* on the defensive is the kind of thing only DC media could believe to be true:
Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Still true today...and will continue to be:
A strange analysis that just barely mentions how crucial which party is in the White House to the midterms or how unprecedented it is for the party controlling the White House to be the proponent of cutting benefits to the voting public.
Folks, stop trying so hard to make this a Dem loss.
Folks, stop trying so hard to make this a Dem loss.
Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last? www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Steve Kornacki: Republicans took a political hit in the shutdown. How long will it last?
Since government funding lapsed, the GOP has fallen in the polls and lost at the ballot box. But shutdown history shows the party can turn it around before the midterms.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A strange analysis that just barely mentions how crucial which party is in the White House to the midterms or how unprecedented it is for the party controlling the White House to be the proponent of cutting benefits to the voting public.
Folks, stop trying so hard to make this a Dem loss.
Folks, stop trying so hard to make this a Dem loss.
Alvin and Chipmunks read the classics.
So alpha.
So alpha.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Alvin and Chipmunks read the classics.
So alpha.
So alpha.
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so about last night…
Democrats were never going to win the shutdown fight
Yes, polls showed more people blaming Trump. But on their substantive demands, the party was drawing dead.
www.vox.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
so about last night…
2 bit Blues
open.spotify.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Overwhelmingly Roddy Ho vibes going on here:
"They immediately homed in on the employer of Patel’s girlfriend, Prager U, a conservative pro-Israel propaganda outlet whose CEO, Marissa Streit, lists herself in her bio as a former member of Israel’s Unit 8200 cyber-spying division."
thegrayzone.com/2025/11/10/k...
thegrayzone.com/2025/11/10/k...
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Overwhelmingly Roddy Ho vibes going on here:
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ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
Okay but ACAB includes David Simon.
Hard, fast rule from a veteran police reporter: Excepting anyone engaged in infiltrating a criminal conspiracy in an undercover capacity, any law officer who hides his identity from the public is a shitheel is doing vile shit and is, in fact, actively destroying the credibility of law enforcement.
November 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
ACAB and Defund The Police -- the two most destructive messaging efforts from sloganeers who don't actually want to fix a fucking thing and will, at every opportunity, alienate the entire electorate from actual police reform for the sheer pleasure of their own self-regarding purities.
Eat a dick.
Eat a dick.
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If Trump’s going to go full Mad King mode on SNAP like this, the optics of the Democrats caving to try to protect people are significantly better than anyone’s assuming, imo
Wait did...they not get what they wanted last night? What is happening?
*TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY SUPREME COURT SHOULD KEEP FOOD AID ON HOLD
*TRUMP: ALL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MUST GET BACK TO WORK, NOW
*TRUMP: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT WORKING WILL BE 'DOCKED'
*TRUMP OFFICIALS SAY SUPREME COURT SHOULD KEEP FOOD AID ON HOLD
*TRUMP: ALL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MUST GET BACK TO WORK, NOW
*TRUMP: AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS NOT WORKING WILL BE 'DOCKED'
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
If Trump’s going to go full Mad King mode on SNAP like this, the optics of the Democrats caving to try to protect people are significantly better than anyone’s assuming, imo
The dedication ICE shows in proving every allegation that they operate like an invading army is truly astonishing:
Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The dedication ICE shows in proving every allegation that they operate like an invading army is truly astonishing:
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AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
AIPAC sucks, supports genocide, and is a hub for Christian Zionists as much as anyone. *And* at the same time:
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
When you vaguepost like this about issues unrelated to Israel suggesting an org associated with Judaism is to blame, you are at least FLIRTING with antisemitic conspiracy theory.
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Donald Trump is Joe Biden now
POTUS's job approval on prices is where Biden's was during peak inflation in 2022-23. Voters say 2:1 that Trump has made the economy worse. Oh, and consumer sentiment among independents hit a new all-time low in November, www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
POTUS's job approval on prices is where Biden's was during peak inflation in 2022-23. Voters say 2:1 that Trump has made the economy worse. Oh, and consumer sentiment among independents hit a new all-time low in November, www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump is Joe Biden now
The president's numbers on prices are where Biden's were during peak inflation in 2022-23.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Donald Trump is Joe Biden now
POTUS's job approval on prices is where Biden's was during peak inflation in 2022-23. Voters say 2:1 that Trump has made the economy worse. Oh, and consumer sentiment among independents hit a new all-time low in November, www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
POTUS's job approval on prices is where Biden's was during peak inflation in 2022-23. Voters say 2:1 that Trump has made the economy worse. Oh, and consumer sentiment among independents hit a new all-time low in November, www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
Trump's ability to turn a loss into a larger loss is really something to behold (see "Election Day, 2025" for further examples):
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Trump's ability to turn a loss into a larger loss is really something to behold (see "Election Day, 2025" for further examples):
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As a reminder, she was leaking Trump-Epstein stuff to the wsj and then got a meeting with trumps personal defense attorney, was transferred to a better prison, and the leaks stopped.
November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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This would be an absolutely gigantic political mistake...which is why Trump will do it.
He knows what she can say, after all.
He knows what she can say, after all.
BREAKING:
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This would be an absolutely gigantic political mistake...which is why Trump will do it.
He knows what she can say, after all.
He knows what she can say, after all.