Bill Seitz
@billseitz.toolsforthought.social.ap.brid.gy
#ToolsForThought junkie, BootStrapped StartUps FTW. Creator of #FluxGarden https://flux.garden The Simplest Backlink-y #DigitalGarden app to host both […]
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a video relating Reich to D&G!?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQMmyqNISc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQMmyqNISc
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
a video relating Reich to D&G!?!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQMmyqNISc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAQMmyqNISc
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"Or imagine instead that you are the vice-president. Your grift is that you claim to understand poor people, whose problems, you say, are the fault of gays, immigrants, and billionaires; and then you rise to power thanks to the money and support of a gay immigrant billionaire." […]
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social.coop
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"Or imagine instead that you are the vice-president. Your grift is that you claim to understand poor people, whose problems, you say, are the fault of gays, immigrants, and billionaires; and then you rise to power thanks to the money and support of a gay immigrant billionaire." […]
When I hear the word Art,
I reach for my
Slopper
I reach for my
Slopper
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
When I hear the word Art,
I reach for my
Slopper
I reach for my
Slopper
In 1960, per pupil expenditure for elementary and high #publicschool students was just under $4000. In 1980, when the #neoliberal ideology allegedly began its ascendance, it was a little less than $8000. The latest numbers from 2015–2016 are just under $15,000. All numbers are corrected for […]
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toolsforthought.social
November 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In 1960, per pupil expenditure for elementary and high #publicschool students was just under $4000. In 1980, when the #neoliberal ideology allegedly began its ascendance, it was a little less than $8000. The latest numbers from 2015–2016 are just under $15,000. All numbers are corrected for […]
The only thing worse than an earworm is a repetitive earworm (Bolero, via Zappa).
November 16, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The only thing worse than an earworm is a repetitive earworm (Bolero, via Zappa).
Half an hour later
She had frenched his fry
She had frenched his fry
November 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Half an hour later
She had frenched his fry
She had frenched his fry
Wow that's a big possum
November 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wow that's a big possum
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It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
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*The thing I like best about YouTuber EveryDayCarry influencer zealots is that they're hard-put to carry the same product every day for six weeks
*As opposed to our prehistoric ancestors, who could carry the same kind of chipped rock for a quarter of a million years
*As opposed to our prehistoric ancestors, who could carry the same kind of chipped rock for a quarter of a million years
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
*The thing I like best about YouTuber EveryDayCarry influencer zealots is that they're hard-put to carry the same product every day for six weeks
*As opposed to our prehistoric ancestors, who could carry the same kind of chipped rock for a quarter of a million years
*As opposed to our prehistoric ancestors, who could carry the same kind of chipped rock for a quarter of a million years
I'm sure there must be HarryPotter + Illuminati (or Masonry) fanfiction, but is any of it any good?
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm sure there must be HarryPotter + Illuminati (or Masonry) fanfiction, but is any of it any good?
Berrisford: Sense and NonSense in Systems Thinking
https://grahamberrisford.com/AM%204%20System%20theory/Sense%20and%20nonsense%20in%20system%20theory.htm
https://grahamberrisford.com/AM%204%20System%20theory/Sense%20and%20nonsense%20in%20system%20theory.htm
System theory for architects
grahamberrisford.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Berrisford: Sense and NonSense in Systems Thinking
https://grahamberrisford.com/AM%204%20System%20theory/Sense%20and%20nonsense%20in%20system%20theory.htm
https://grahamberrisford.com/AM%204%20System%20theory/Sense%20and%20nonsense%20in%20system%20theory.htm
"It’s a bit ad hoc. We noticed, just by observation, that people don’t optimize the expectation value of money. That doesn’t work. And then we said, “Well, let’s just compute the expectation value of something else,” and choose that something else so that it sort of fits with what we see. It […]
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toolsforthought.social
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"It’s a bit ad hoc. We noticed, just by observation, that people don’t optimize the expectation value of money. That doesn’t work. And then we said, “Well, let’s just compute the expectation value of something else,” and choose that something else so that it sort of fits with what we see. It […]
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Reposted by Bill Seitz
"Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly & live quietly in a society designed to prevent all four."
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"Modern luxury is the ability to think clearly, sleep deeply, move slowly & live quietly in a society designed to prevent all four."
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The core of the Atmosphere is using the PDS to store user's records, just like desktop apps use the filesystem.
Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records.
That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.
Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records.
That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The core of the Atmosphere is using the PDS to store user's records, just like desktop apps use the filesystem.
Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records.
That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.
Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records.
That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.
"The latest head of the Conspiracy is of course Feynman, whose death was - like those of many other leaders of the Conspiracy, from Democritus on - carefully faked; he has sailed into the West on an O-ring, to the secret strongholds of the Conspiracy in Inner Asia, for which Tannu Tuva is no […]
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toolsforthought.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"The latest head of the Conspiracy is of course Feynman, whose death was - like those of many other leaders of the Conspiracy, from Democritus on - carefully faked; he has sailed into the West on an O-ring, to the secret strongholds of the Conspiracy in Inner Asia, for which Tannu Tuva is no […]
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This is a screenshot from tumblr but it has come up in my life more often than you might think.
#nofun #funpolice #ftp #ftfp
#nofun #funpolice #ftp #ftfp
November 14, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This is a screenshot from tumblr but it has come up in my life more often than you might think.
#nofun #funpolice #ftp #ftfp
#nofun #funpolice #ftp #ftfp
"I am the real life Truman Burbank. In fact, the movie was made because of me."
https://web.archive.org/web/20030815212150/http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030815212150/http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/
Chris Roller
web.archive.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 AM
"I am the real life Truman Burbank. In fact, the movie was made because of me."
https://web.archive.org/web/20030815212150/http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/
https://web.archive.org/web/20030815212150/http://www.objectforce.com/php/MyTrumanShow/
juxtaposed: #costco
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/costco-kirkland-signature-menswear/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T5NNWVRyR6g
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/costco-kirkland-signature-menswear/
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T5NNWVRyR6g
All of the Men’s Clothing We Loved (and Didn’t) From Costco’s Kirkland Signature
Can you find quality threads in the aisles of Costco? We tested all of Kirkland Signature’s men’s clothes to find out.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Diaconis, "The Problem of Thinking Too Much
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Diaconis, "The Problem of Thinking Too Much
The tree of markets must occasionally be watered with the blood of monopolists.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The tree of markets must occasionally be watered with the blood of monopolists.
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This is an ask-a-question form, but you can't include a question mark (nor parentheses, not a semicolon, nor quote marks, nor asterisks).
I literally can't figure out what else to strip...
I literally can't figure out what else to strip...
November 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is an ask-a-question form, but you can't include a question mark (nor parentheses, not a semicolon, nor quote marks, nor asterisks).
I literally can't figure out what else to strip...
I literally can't figure out what else to strip...
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in UNIX, everything is a file except for the beating heart of the serpent, which is an ioctl
November 8, 2025 at 1:37 AM
in UNIX, everything is a file except for the beating heart of the serpent, which is an ioctl
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Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
A Parliament of Owls and a Murder of Crows: How Groups of Birds Got Their Names, with Wondrous Vintage Illustrations by Brian Wildsmith
www.themarginalian.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Today I learned that all those pointless collective nouns (a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, a pride of lions) which are only ever used in pub quizzes, were made up by one woman 500 years ago.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned
https://www.themarginalian.org/2024/01/04/brian-wildsmith-birds-company-terms/
#til #todayilearned