Nick Simmonds
@diacriticaz.bsky.social
IRL support main | Hoosier expat | Wobbly | Utah Phillips socialist, not podcast socialist | left-YIMBY
I like that Spanish has "Estadounidense" which is basically "Unitedstatesian" and I think we should start using it.
If your argument involves referring to Americans as “USians” it doesn’t matter how cogent the rest of your point may be tbh
November 27, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I like that Spanish has "Estadounidense" which is basically "Unitedstatesian" and I think we should start using it.
I did not expect this guy to go full on "white don't white people get credit for ENDING slavery????? huh?????"
Like, goosememe.png Noah, who did they "do the most to destroy slavery" *against*?
Like, goosememe.png Noah, who did they "do the most to destroy slavery" *against*?
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I did not expect this guy to go full on "white don't white people get credit for ENDING slavery????? huh?????"
Like, goosememe.png Noah, who did they "do the most to destroy slavery" *against*?
Like, goosememe.png Noah, who did they "do the most to destroy slavery" *against*?
I don't think I really chose mine. I had computer skills, I had bills, and I had no degree. I had a couple years of college under my belt but couldn't manage to work and go to school full time.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I don't think I really chose mine. I had computer skills, I had bills, and I had no degree. I had a couple years of college under my belt but couldn't manage to work and go to school full time.
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I've been seeing this float by for ages, and I'm finally digging in. It is hilarious for reasons known to my friends that one of the characters is named Nick.
This story rules so far, it's like a mix of Monstrous Regiment and Death Note but trans www.scribblehub.com/read/1584138...
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November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I've been seeing this float by for ages, and I'm finally digging in. It is hilarious for reasons known to my friends that one of the characters is named Nick.
You guys might think this is silly but I just google "kat abughazeleh mirror" and found ZERO photos of her in front of one.
#makekatabughazelehstandinfrontofamirror2k25
#makekatabughazelehstandinfrontofamirror2k25
An unhinged Republican just tried to ambush me with holy water?? Bc I am “demonic” and “possessed”?????
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
So that video will also be on stream tonight lmao
Don’t forget:Tonight is Heater sticker night!
Donating on stream is the only way to get one so make sure to join at 7 PM CT on YouTube or Twitch! 🐈🧡
Donating on stream is the only way to get one so make sure to join at 7 PM CT on YouTube or Twitch! 🐈🧡
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 AM
You guys might think this is silly but I just google "kat abughazeleh mirror" and found ZERO photos of her in front of one.
#makekatabughazelehstandinfrontofamirror2k25
#makekatabughazelehstandinfrontofamirror2k25
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don't think i've forgotten about you steven pinker
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
don't think i've forgotten about you steven pinker
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The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The difference between the sociopathic and non-sociopathic takes is really quite stark
He's not trying to use that hammer, the hammer has a mind of its own and is trying to give gentle kisses to the nail, which it loves.
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
He's not trying to use that hammer, the hammer has a mind of its own and is trying to give gentle kisses to the nail, which it loves.
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Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
November 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Donald Trump was practicing child rape the right way.
by Ezra Klein
by Ezra Klein
People still don't have SNAP *and the government was already ordered to fund SNAP*. This bill hasn't even passed the house yet, nothing is solved, and the Democrats got *nothing* in return that the administration wasn't *already under legal obligation to do*.
This isn't "smarter", it's capitulation
This isn't "smarter", it's capitulation
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 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
People still don't have SNAP *and the government was already ordered to fund SNAP*. This bill hasn't even passed the house yet, nothing is solved, and the Democrats got *nothing* in return that the administration wasn't *already under legal obligation to do*.
This isn't "smarter", it's capitulation
This isn't "smarter", it's capitulation
The ghost of a cat is a full bowl of food
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The ghost of a cat is a full bowl of food
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Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
This is absolutely the case. Tech Guys of previous generations, to the extent that that category can be read back into the 19th and 20th centuries, were shockingly well-read by modern standards
it’s also notable how the techbros of today really don’t read *books* anymore - this was really not the case for the Tech Guys of earlier generations, far as I’ve been able to tell
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Many modern technologists and computer scientists are very cogent systems thinker because any sufficiently advanced technology *is people*, all technical systems are socio-technical. The capital T Tech dipshits talking about “alpha” are mainly cosplaying finance people, regardless of their training
There is no one whose dream candidate is Josh Shapiro but there are a number of revanchist centrists who would like to force him through the primary to "teach a lesson" to the left.
November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
There is no one whose dream candidate is Josh Shapiro but there are a number of revanchist centrists who would like to force him through the primary to "teach a lesson" to the left.
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
I told a Claude agent that it needed to receive confirmation before moving forward on certain actions, and I caught it bypassing that step by writing its own confirmation to a file.
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I told a Claude agent that it needed to receive confirmation before moving forward on certain actions, and I caught it bypassing that step by writing its own confirmation to a file.
All of you who spent the last year viciously turning on our trans siblings are going to have that hanging over you. For your lifetime, hell after that. Grad students in the future will mull over compilations of everyone's hideous comments for the worst. It's the only fame you'll know
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All of you who spent the last year viciously turning on our trans siblings are going to have that hanging over you. For your lifetime, hell after that. Grad students in the future will mull over compilations of everyone's hideous comments for the worst. It's the only fame you'll know
I haven't seen a lot of talk about this, but this is potentially huge. Seismic, even, that leading conservatives would criticize Heritage like this, and do it over blatant *actual* antisemitism.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Thanks @nberlat.bsky.social for highlighting this
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Thanks @nberlat.bsky.social for highlighting this
thehill.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I haven't seen a lot of talk about this, but this is potentially huge. Seismic, even, that leading conservatives would criticize Heritage like this, and do it over blatant *actual* antisemitism.
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Thanks @nberlat.bsky.social for highlighting this
thehill.com/homenews/sen...
Thanks @nberlat.bsky.social for highlighting this
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the heritage thing kind of underlines that when there's dangerous antisemitism on the left, it doesn't look like Mamdani. It looks like Greenwald or Taibbi or red brown curious folks boosting carlson or trying to create some sort of room for nazis around anti Israel common ground. 1
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
the heritage thing kind of underlines that when there's dangerous antisemitism on the left, it doesn't look like Mamdani. It looks like Greenwald or Taibbi or red brown curious folks boosting carlson or trying to create some sort of room for nazis around anti Israel common ground. 1
Particle physicists be like "all of this math implies this particle which is fundamental to the laws of physics exists at temperatures that defy the will of God, and one day we will defy it hard enough to see. I have named if the Flibblebarf Particle and you have to call it that"
November 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Particle physicists be like "all of this math implies this particle which is fundamental to the laws of physics exists at temperatures that defy the will of God, and one day we will defy it hard enough to see. I have named if the Flibblebarf Particle and you have to call it that"
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Can we talk about how fandoms turn darkly pathological characters into uwu babygirls? For example Minnie Mouse
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Can we talk about how fandoms turn darkly pathological characters into uwu babygirls? For example Minnie Mouse
This is going on three days on the other site without a community note, which 100% means that Musk is personally intervening to prevent it from getting one.
October 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This is going on three days on the other site without a community note, which 100% means that Musk is personally intervening to prevent it from getting one.
This but I think there's a medium version where people voted for 40-60% of what is happening, including some of the worst stuff, and are just mad that the other portion is affecting them. Like a *lot* of people voted for pogroms against immigrants but are mad about tariffs and the White House.
On this point, people will often say “you voted for this!” which has a soft* and a hard** version. The latter has a real theory of mind issue.
*he promised this whether you heard it or not
**you’re lying now about not wanting this
*he promised this whether you heard it or not
**you’re lying now about not wanting this
By vague I just meant that people supported what they thought they’d heard, which is not necessarily what’s happening.
October 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This but I think there's a medium version where people voted for 40-60% of what is happening, including some of the worst stuff, and are just mad that the other portion is affecting them. Like a *lot* of people voted for pogroms against immigrants but are mad about tariffs and the White House.