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• Jew
• Fusband & Hathor
• Clothed civil servant
• Silly creature made of meat
• Cis
Si non è vero, è ben trovato; all opinions are yours
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Feeling that visceral moral contempt for this regime? That's not soul-damaging. It's soul-affirming. It takes a damaged soul not to feel that contempt.
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Feeling that visceral moral contempt for this regime? That's not soul-damaging. It's soul-affirming. It takes a damaged soul not to feel that contempt.
More simply: before you get mad about something someone said, confirm that the thing you're mad about is the thing the person said
Feeling this again. So often there’s a social media post like “Person X said thing Y and I’m super pissed” and when you dig down they said Z, not Y, and Z wouldn’t have made me mad. But now that I’m already mad about Y, even if I acknowledge it wasn’t right, I’ve got to justify why Z is just as bad.
Side note: normalize admitting when you were wrong. Keeps you honest and helps keep you from getting too far out over your skis.
December 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
More simply: before you get mad about something someone said, confirm that the thing you're mad about is the thing the person said
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The best thing about America has never been what it is, but always what it aspires to be. The Nazis in power are trying to erase that aspiration and write in an aspiration towards hate and xenophobia. Saying “America has always been bad” does nothing but help them. Say “America should be better.”
of course much of the history of this country is full of white supremacist horror
but you don’t have to pretend otherwise to say we can and should be something else, you don’t have to hand it to the worst people alive
but you don’t have to pretend otherwise to say we can and should be something else, you don’t have to hand it to the worst people alive
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The best thing about America has never been what it is, but always what it aspires to be. The Nazis in power are trying to erase that aspiration and write in an aspiration towards hate and xenophobia. Saying “America has always been bad” does nothing but help them. Say “America should be better.”
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In 1982 someone tampered with Tylenol bottles in Chicago and every single bottle of Tylenol was immediately removed from the nation's shelves, during the Reagan presidency. Today, an AI bot coaches a kid into committing suicide and it's crickets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...
Chicago Tylenol murders - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In 1982 someone tampered with Tylenol bottles in Chicago and every single bottle of Tylenol was immediately removed from the nation's shelves, during the Reagan presidency. Today, an AI bot coaches a kid into committing suicide and it's crickets. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago...
I guess technically this is subskeeting but it really isn't meant as a callout of the person who inspired it, just, that's what spurred me to make the post
There's a company that did a Very Bad Thing, the details of whinch aren't germane, but I decided to withdraw my custom. Someone I know on this here ELO site regularly posts about her use of the company's products and services
November 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I guess technically this is subskeeting but it really isn't meant as a callout of the person who inspired it, just, that's what spurred me to make the post
It occurs to me that the autopen is going to be mighty busy between when Trump shits himself to death and when the public finds out about it.
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It occurs to me that the autopen is going to be mighty busy between when Trump shits himself to death and when the public finds out about it.
There's a company that did a Very Bad Thing, the details of whinch aren't germane, but I decided to withdraw my custom. Someone I know on this here ELO site regularly posts about her use of the company's products and services
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 AM
There's a company that did a Very Bad Thing, the details of whinch aren't germane, but I decided to withdraw my custom. Someone I know on this here ELO site regularly posts about her use of the company's products and services
There's an Italian phrase that applies to this that has, conveniently, been in my bio here and on Twitter for a *while*
I think we need to figure out a system to evaluate and communicate when the post is such that we don't care if the video/whatever actually happened.
like, it doesn't matter if the hypothetical cat actually sat in the box or the cat exists. it is a cartoon to the viewer whether or not it's true
like, it doesn't matter if the hypothetical cat actually sat in the box or the cat exists. it is a cartoon to the viewer whether or not it's true
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
There's an Italian phrase that applies to this that has, conveniently, been in my bio here and on Twitter for a *while*
Yeah, I feel like the arguments for keeping it going were—increasingly—more abstract than the arguments for "caving"
fuck it, reactivating to retweet this
Imagine if Dems in the Senate hadn't caved. The House wouldn't be in session rn, the discharge petition wouldn't be signed, people wouldn't have SNAP, govt workers would be RIF'd & the GOP would have some decent talking points. But also online rage addicts would be happier! YMMV!
November 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Yeah, I feel like the arguments for keeping it going were—increasingly—more abstract than the arguments for "caving"
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Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Audience culture is the worst it's ever been, I swear to god. People forgot how to act. I'm at the theater, trying to enjoy my show, which I've paid GOOD MONEY for, and these two old assholes are in the balcony heckling the life out of the poor bear onstage. Not letting him finish a single joke.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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Awwww uwu look at the wittle guy
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
Speaker 'barely holding it together' and 'crushed by his workload': NYT
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) made several revealing admissions about the stressful and chaotic nature of his job, according to a recent New York Times report.The Times' Annie Karni wrote in a Wednesday article that Johnson turned what was meant to be an easy interview with a friendly podcast h...
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Awwww uwu look at the wittle guy
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This was obviously a fine and perfectly defensible position at the time and it was genuinely shameful that some people here wanted to boost their own cred by arguing that Trump should have been allowed every tool to continue his crusade to drive Hunter Biden to suicide.
Have any news outlets that ran scathing front page headlines, op-eds and editorials about Biden pardoning Hunter admitted that they were wrong after we've seen Trump maliciously prosecute Comey, James, McIver etc?
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This was obviously a fine and perfectly defensible position at the time and it was genuinely shameful that some people here wanted to boost their own cred by arguing that Trump should have been allowed every tool to continue his crusade to drive Hunter Biden to suicide.
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Leave aside the AI thing, this highlights the problem with so much in the tech “solution” space: at best it’s like setting timers or turning up or down heat automatically or something, but like anything that requires physical manipulation, you’ve still gotta do that.
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Leave aside the AI thing, this highlights the problem with so much in the tech “solution” space: at best it’s like setting timers or turning up or down heat automatically or something, but like anything that requires physical manipulation, you’ve still gotta do that.
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There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 1:28 AM
There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.
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Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Also certain classes of people could self-select into professions that were compatible with florid unmanaged ADHD, in jobs that essentially don't exist anymore.
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Prevalence rates are no guide as to whether a condition is 'real' or overdiagnosed. 1 in 8 men get diagnosed with prostate cancer. Incidence rates have risen 55% since 1990. We accept this is due to better awareness & screening, & people surviving other conditions, not a fad or medical overreach.
November 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Prevalence rates are no guide as to whether a condition is 'real' or overdiagnosed. 1 in 8 men get diagnosed with prostate cancer. Incidence rates have risen 55% since 1990. We accept this is due to better awareness & screening, & people surviving other conditions, not a fad or medical overreach.
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unfortunately, the people in my family who disagree with me about mamdani all agree with me about Trump, which means this picture is going to do nothing but make them say “see they ARE both antisemites” instead of the actual explanation, which is that Trump is easily swayed by whoever is in the room
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
unfortunately, the people in my family who disagree with me about mamdani all agree with me about Trump, which means this picture is going to do nothing but make them say “see they ARE both antisemites” instead of the actual explanation, which is that Trump is easily swayed by whoever is in the room
So I think we're going to be seeing a narrative develop that Mamdani rolled, based on the fact that Trump seemed pleased coupled with a certainty that Mamdani was going to roll. I don't know how much actual reality is going yo be able to shake that.
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So I think we're going to be seeing a narrative develop that Mamdani rolled, based on the fact that Trump seemed pleased coupled with a certainty that Mamdani was going to roll. I don't know how much actual reality is going yo be able to shake that.
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Wait until they hear about the drug cascade that untreated ADHD tends to lead to.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Wait until they hear about the drug cascade that untreated ADHD tends to lead to.
The basic problem here, as with T&S more broadly (from my outside perspective) is that most people are mostly decent, and assume other people are mostly decent, so they don't think about how to address people who are evil (or shitty) on purpose/as a terminal goal
There is a very good reason why internal policies are internal, and it's because griefers are VERY good at testing the boundaries of the system until they're confident they can be as abusive as they want and still remain one millimeter away from the point at which they will be removed.
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
The basic problem here, as with T&S more broadly (from my outside perspective) is that most people are mostly decent, and assume other people are mostly decent, so they don't think about how to address people who are evil (or shitty) on purpose/as a terminal goal
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When you collapse the difference between where we are, and where you fear us being / believe the other guys are trying to get us, you are eliminating our window to fight back. That can turn an orderly retreat into a rout.
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When you collapse the difference between where we are, and where you fear us being / believe the other guys are trying to get us, you are eliminating our window to fight back. That can turn an orderly retreat into a rout.
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I think with a lot of powerful men they see access to sex as their rightful due and that aren't all that embarrassed by that and for the longest time society as a whole wasn't either.
And yet even with that there are people who find a line to cross for the thrill of crossing it.
And yet even with that there are people who find a line to cross for the thrill of crossing it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I think with a lot of powerful men they see access to sex as their rightful due and that aren't all that embarrassed by that and for the longest time society as a whole wasn't either.
And yet even with that there are people who find a line to cross for the thrill of crossing it.
And yet even with that there are people who find a line to cross for the thrill of crossing it.
I don't want to answer this because I'd feel terrible if someone that person had victimized saw it
who is the person plausibly in the Epstein emails who you would be saddest to discover in the Epstein emails?
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I don't want to answer this because I'd feel terrible if someone that person had victimized saw it
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the musical "Hair" features the following list: "Sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, pederasty."
In context of the show it is a list of sex acts that the MAN doesn't want us to do but which are harmless.
In reality three of the four are that, and the fourth is CSA.
The sixties were bad actually
In context of the show it is a list of sex acts that the MAN doesn't want us to do but which are harmless.
In reality three of the four are that, and the fourth is CSA.
The sixties were bad actually
I want people to understand that in my youth, a youth that happened somewhere between the youth of Epstein, Trump, Maxwell, ex-Prince Andrew, et al & that of their victims, the term "jail bait" was framed as a compliment.
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
the musical "Hair" features the following list: "Sodomy, fellatio, cunnilingus, pederasty."
In context of the show it is a list of sex acts that the MAN doesn't want us to do but which are harmless.
In reality three of the four are that, and the fourth is CSA.
The sixties were bad actually
In context of the show it is a list of sex acts that the MAN doesn't want us to do but which are harmless.
In reality three of the four are that, and the fourth is CSA.
The sixties were bad actually