Calvin
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A round of ocean water martinis for the table please
Got a BIG laugh from my amicable ex at the Christmas party. I still got it folks
December 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Got a BIG laugh from my amicable ex at the Christmas party. I still got it folks
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muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
December 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
muppet christmas carol (happy holidays!)
Shutting down NCAR. Maybe the only place I've ever thought of as a dream job and, if this goes through, it will be gutted for decades or destroyed outright. I haven't formally worked there yet but probably never will. Ugghhh.
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Shutting down NCAR. Maybe the only place I've ever thought of as a dream job and, if this goes through, it will be gutted for decades or destroyed outright. I haven't formally worked there yet but probably never will. Ugghhh.
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It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
It’s simply not possible to overstate how important NCAR is to US and world science. We need to fight this with everything we’ve got.
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
Anyone who thinks they don't have the skills to write a book, I promise that you can. This guy is 4x published despite his demonstrated talent and humiliation kink!
As we see in the replies from the hardcore bluesky fans, the counter view isn't that the right is more dangerous than I think it's that Elon Twitter is more rigged than I think so there's no point in participating.
December 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Anyone who thinks they don't have the skills to write a book, I promise that you can. This guy is 4x published despite his demonstrated talent and humiliation kink!
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this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
December 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
this fact is the definitive judgment on kirk's life
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Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
December 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries: “Strong floor, no ceiling”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
Colombian President Gustavo Petro: “A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy.”
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Hey man are you doing okay. I saw you changed your Nintendo Switch profile icon from that Star Fox babe to a picture of Luigi holding the barrel of a gun against his nuts. Is that from one of the Luigi's Mansions? I'm here for you no matter what but I never played any of em. No spoilers please.
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hey man are you doing okay. I saw you changed your Nintendo Switch profile icon from that Star Fox babe to a picture of Luigi holding the barrel of a gun against his nuts. Is that from one of the Luigi's Mansions? I'm here for you no matter what but I never played any of em. No spoilers please.
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Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
![I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can any one who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor or degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it "all men are created equal, except negroes" When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read "all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics." When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretence of loving liberty -- to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocracy [sic].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:egd33s7iuqsmwlwab6mbtrqi/bafkreiaaicjid4jg3oongeah73ukqvwsqv4vwbp75q4f755nldtcfermhi@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Abraham Lincoln, 1855.
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/spee...
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
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if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
if elon just hired an Inverse Jester (guy hired to listen to his jokes and pretend they're funny) we could solve every problem except how to keep the inverse jester from killing himself
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LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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“You’re out of gunge/ I’m out of slime” - Out Of Touch by Hall & Oates if it was about running out of various oozes and glops
November 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“You’re out of gunge/ I’m out of slime” - Out Of Touch by Hall & Oates if it was about running out of various oozes and glops
"advocates say" is some real cowardly framing of the constant stream of videos and stories of agents refusing to identify themselves over and over. It just is happening. It is the truth.
Federal rules require immigration officers to identify themselves and state the reason for an arrest “as soon as it is practical and safe to do so.” The standard has not changed since it was codified in the 1990s, yet advocates say it is increasingly ignored.
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"advocates say" is some real cowardly framing of the constant stream of videos and stories of agents refusing to identify themselves over and over. It just is happening. It is the truth.
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AI was invented to aggressively regress to the mean. It is a metaphorical lawnmower of thought.
November 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
AI was invented to aggressively regress to the mean. It is a metaphorical lawnmower of thought.
Can't wait for the time of evening where the hangover and caffeine comedown mix to make me totally fucking hate myself
November 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Can't wait for the time of evening where the hangover and caffeine comedown mix to make me totally fucking hate myself
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I think this is legitimately the worst delivered joke of all time. Like in all of human history. Since they invented jokes. Actually since they invented language.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I think this is legitimately the worst delivered joke of all time. Like in all of human history. Since they invented jokes. Actually since they invented language.
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With the Trump administration cutting off SNAP benefits, I think it's really time to pull together. I made a little donation to City Harvest, and if you donate to any food bank and tell me what your small problem is, I'll give you a pep talk in Monday's newsletter! (Send me your receipt too!)
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
With the Trump administration cutting off SNAP benefits, I think it's really time to pull together. I made a little donation to City Harvest, and if you donate to any food bank and tell me what your small problem is, I'll give you a pep talk in Monday's newsletter! (Send me your receipt too!)
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A reminder that you don't need to understand everything you see
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A reminder that you don't need to understand everything you see
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Homeland Security uploaded even more propaganda featuring Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino after this one
October 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Homeland Security uploaded even more propaganda featuring Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino after this one
I wanna feel like a smart political punditry guy sometimes decoupled from my strong/unhealthy desire to feel smarter and more well-informed than others
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I wanna feel like a smart political punditry guy sometimes decoupled from my strong/unhealthy desire to feel smarter and more well-informed than others