gini in a bottle
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Things that delight me: disenshittification, ballet, horror, strange dark mindbending art/stories, slow melancholy films, shoegaze, trip hop.
Things that disgust me: scrum, licorice, fascism.
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Things that disgust me: scrum, licorice, fascism.
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The first response to suffering should be to check what issues in the socioeconomic system are causing it.
I don't think "mental health conditions are being over-diagnosed" but that "real suffering is being over-medicalised". These are very different things. The former tries to justify cutting support, but the latter does not: it acknowledges real suffering but asks for different (psychosocial) provision
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The first response to suffering should be to check what issues in the socioeconomic system are causing it.
It's like how Covid wiped out small businesses and consolidated wealth for major chains who could afford to ride it out. The Altman RAM shortage can wipe out small shops doing on-prem, small web-hosts, indie dev shops, small ISPs.
More market control to giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft.
More market control to giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft.
Important to note that the reason RAM is more expensive isn't because OpenAI is ransacking store shelves and buying all the retail stock.
They aren't using those. Instead "AI" companies dumped an insane amount of money on RAM manufacturers to tie up their production lines with parts "AI" needs.
They aren't using those. Instead "AI" companies dumped an insane amount of money on RAM manufacturers to tie up their production lines with parts "AI" needs.
December 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It's like how Covid wiped out small businesses and consolidated wealth for major chains who could afford to ride it out. The Altman RAM shortage can wipe out small shops doing on-prem, small web-hosts, indie dev shops, small ISPs.
More market control to giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft.
More market control to giants like Google, Amazon, Microsoft.
The word "individualism" is such a euphemism. It's an ideology that favours some individuals at the expense of the others.
"Selectivism" would be an accurate word for what people call "individualism."
"Selectivism" would be an accurate word for what people call "individualism."
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The word "individualism" is such a euphemism. It's an ideology that favours some individuals at the expense of the others.
"Selectivism" would be an accurate word for what people call "individualism."
"Selectivism" would be an accurate word for what people call "individualism."
All I want is to purchase services on the web that I trust. That don't make me nervous that they're spying on me, designing their UI to manipulate me, or extracting excessive payments in return for a shoddy enshittified product.
It's so depressing that this has become incredibly hard to find.
It's so depressing that this has become incredibly hard to find.
December 1, 2025 at 9:55 AM
All I want is to purchase services on the web that I trust. That don't make me nervous that they're spying on me, designing their UI to manipulate me, or extracting excessive payments in return for a shoddy enshittified product.
It's so depressing that this has become incredibly hard to find.
It's so depressing that this has become incredibly hard to find.
I miss this era of web design
#nostalgia
#nostalgia
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I miss this era of web design
#nostalgia
#nostalgia
We need solidarity to overcome oligarchs, but "big tent" isn't that. If we throw some groups under the bus, we play into the hands of their Divide and Conquer strategy. Solidarity means none of us are left behind, which is what makes us stand strong together.
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We need solidarity to overcome oligarchs, but "big tent" isn't that. If we throw some groups under the bus, we play into the hands of their Divide and Conquer strategy. Solidarity means none of us are left behind, which is what makes us stand strong together.
I think there is a miscommunication happening.
When right-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have more status and luxury than others."
When left-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have power and leverage to harm or control others."
When right-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have more status and luxury than others."
When left-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have power and leverage to harm or control others."
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I think there is a miscommunication happening.
When right-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have more status and luxury than others."
When left-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have power and leverage to harm or control others."
When right-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have more status and luxury than others."
When left-wing voters hear "inequality," they think "Some people have power and leverage to harm or control others."
Lots of talk about how people don't know what communism is, but it's really amazing how many people don't know what capitalism is even though they live in it.
So many people seem to think it means "markets exist" or "you're allowed to choose your career" or "income in proportion to merit."
So many people seem to think it means "markets exist" or "you're allowed to choose your career" or "income in proportion to merit."
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Lots of talk about how people don't know what communism is, but it's really amazing how many people don't know what capitalism is even though they live in it.
So many people seem to think it means "markets exist" or "you're allowed to choose your career" or "income in proportion to merit."
So many people seem to think it means "markets exist" or "you're allowed to choose your career" or "income in proportion to merit."
Conservative watching people remove leeches from their skin: It's sad how envious you are that they have all that blood
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Conservative watching people remove leeches from their skin: It's sad how envious you are that they have all that blood
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Many with anxiety or depression are anti-authoritarians. A major pain of their lives is fear that their contempt for illegitimate authorities will cause them to be financially and socially marginalized; but they fear that compliance will cause them existential death.
~Bruce Levine
~Bruce Levine
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Many with anxiety or depression are anti-authoritarians. A major pain of their lives is fear that their contempt for illegitimate authorities will cause them to be financially and socially marginalized; but they fear that compliance will cause them existential death.
~Bruce Levine
~Bruce Levine
Willingness to put up with these objectifying questions
"Our women are more fuckable than yours!" 🙄
"Our women are more fuckable than yours!" 🙄
November 9, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Willingness to put up with these objectifying questions
"Our women are more fuckable than yours!" 🙄
"Our women are more fuckable than yours!" 🙄
Cosplaying at the people who caused the Great Depression
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Cosplaying at the people who caused the Great Depression
I've seen manosphere bros trying to make "toxic femininity" a thing and making no sense, mostly because those bros refuse to acknowledge what toxic masculinity actually is.
But this right here is an actual thing you could call toxic femininity.
But this right here is an actual thing you could call toxic femininity.
The Reason White Women Vote Trump Is Sicker Than We Thought
YouTube video by Channel 100 News with Evie
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November 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I've seen manosphere bros trying to make "toxic femininity" a thing and making no sense, mostly because those bros refuse to acknowledge what toxic masculinity actually is.
But this right here is an actual thing you could call toxic femininity.
But this right here is an actual thing you could call toxic femininity.
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Friends, the word “radical” comes from the Latin word meaning “root.” To be politically radical does not mean fringe. To be radical is to focus one’s attention on the *roots* of the systems that govern us, such as Capitalism.
Fundamental, systemic change requires radical thinking and action. ✨🌲✨
Fundamental, systemic change requires radical thinking and action. ✨🌲✨
January 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Friends, the word “radical” comes from the Latin word meaning “root.” To be politically radical does not mean fringe. To be radical is to focus one’s attention on the *roots* of the systems that govern us, such as Capitalism.
Fundamental, systemic change requires radical thinking and action. ✨🌲✨
Fundamental, systemic change requires radical thinking and action. ✨🌲✨
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there's a class war going on but only one class knows it
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
there's a class war going on but only one class knows it
Weird how people are calling themselves centrists but aren't advocating that around half the means of production be communally run and owned.
Rojava is centrist: agriculture, energy, health and education run by councils but small businesses are still capitalist.
Rojava is centrist: agriculture, energy, health and education run by councils but small businesses are still capitalist.
October 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Weird how people are calling themselves centrists but aren't advocating that around half the means of production be communally run and owned.
Rojava is centrist: agriculture, energy, health and education run by councils but small businesses are still capitalist.
Rojava is centrist: agriculture, energy, health and education run by councils but small businesses are still capitalist.
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I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I wish people defended smeared victims of sexual violence the way they defend problematic male candidates for office
Anyone studying what sort of flaw in the human brain could make the word "peacenik" an actual insult?
October 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Anyone studying what sort of flaw in the human brain could make the word "peacenik" an actual insult?
Inform the French police that I have solved the case. The crew is all in this picture 🧵
October 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Inform the French police that I have solved the case. The crew is all in this picture 🧵
For some reason the kind of people who yell at microwaves to hurry up seem to be just the people who get jobs as managers
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
For some reason the kind of people who yell at microwaves to hurry up seem to be just the people who get jobs as managers
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
For the love of all that is good and holy, how can I send money to an artist internationally without giving money to Peter Thiel or agreeing to be surveilled by Peter Thiel
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
For the love of all that is good and holy, how can I send money to an artist internationally without giving money to Peter Thiel or agreeing to be surveilled by Peter Thiel
It's starting to look like "crashing out" or "having a meltdown" just means "saying something I don't like"
October 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It's starting to look like "crashing out" or "having a meltdown" just means "saying something I don't like"
We learn history so we don't repeat the same mistake, but there is one very important thing they forgot to teach us. We might not be in this mess today if history class didn't skip one important part. 🧵
October 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
We learn history so we don't repeat the same mistake, but there is one very important thing they forgot to teach us. We might not be in this mess today if history class didn't skip one important part. 🧵