Douglas Quaid
@douglasquaid.bsky.social
Come on, Cohaagen! You got what you want. Give those people air!
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
the most impressive Democratic overperformance I've seen was in a special county commission election in Eaton County, Michigan, in a district that Trump won with 69% of the vote . . . and the Democrat is down just *10 votes*, 50.3-49.7%:
results.enr.clarityelections.com/MI/Eaton/125...
results.enr.clarityelections.com/MI/Eaton/125...
November 6, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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we needed all of this. it’s why i rail on doomers and tell them doing that shit is literal voter suppression. defeatism begets defeatism. momentum fucking matters to keep people engaged.
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 AM
we needed all of this. it’s why i rail on doomers and tell them doing that shit is literal voter suppression. defeatism begets defeatism. momentum fucking matters to keep people engaged.
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The mass killings by Suharto -- and the other regimes we supported during the Cold War -- are a horrific stain on us. But the idea that these atrocities *only* happened thanks to American support robs everyone involved of agency and is incredibly condescending to the people in question
September 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The mass killings by Suharto -- and the other regimes we supported during the Cold War -- are a horrific stain on us. But the idea that these atrocities *only* happened thanks to American support robs everyone involved of agency and is incredibly condescending to the people in question
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If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
![[quoting a tweet by fractalcounty that reads, “today I learned that there are actual people irl who get genuinely upset if they catch you using chatgpt. like they view it as a serious moral failing in certain circles”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihjvnz2ttxl7z4a2b3a4kylubobgvqxmjhwz6yuetuztzoc4g2s4y@jpeg)
August 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
If you're using AI to write essays, eulogies, a text to your wife, I do think less of you as a person. Ceding your mental and creative abilities to a machine is an embarrassing thing and people should be ashamed to admit doing it in public.
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Just saw a video go by that I would have been very interested in if it had been an article instead of a 33 minute video. Write an article!!
July 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Just saw a video go by that I would have been very interested in if it had been an article instead of a 33 minute video. Write an article!!
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annoying to consider that all “eating contests” are simply eating races. how come there’s not one where you’re scored on Panache
July 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM
annoying to consider that all “eating contests” are simply eating races. how come there’s not one where you’re scored on Panache
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Oooh.
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Living Colour
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Living Colour
Living Colour: Tiny Desk Concert
Did we really squeeze the big sound of Living Colour behind the Tiny Desk? Yes, we did. And, yet, the band lost none of its intensity.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Oooh.
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Living Colour
NPR Tiny Desk Concert: Living Colour
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I can't believe people think that using LLMs to write isn't destroying their critical thinking abilities. I'm like 5% dumber just because of spellcheck.
June 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I can't believe people think that using LLMs to write isn't destroying their critical thinking abilities. I'm like 5% dumber just because of spellcheck.
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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Something we're going to have to wrestle with is that, even when Trump is behind us, it's clear that a significant number of Americans have an entirely broken culture and corresponding values that are incompatible with an even minimally healthy polity.
May 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Something we're going to have to wrestle with is that, even when Trump is behind us, it's clear that a significant number of Americans have an entirely broken culture and corresponding values that are incompatible with an even minimally healthy polity.
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“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.
May 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“I asked chatGPT-“ ok, and I asked Tinsel, and she said you’re an uninspired, vapid dork who needs a computer to think for them.
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Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
April 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Say it after me: Chat GPT is not a search engine. It does not scan the web for information, it just generates statistically likely sentences. You cannot use it a search engine, or as a substitute for searching.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
Now. Please never use an LLM for information searches ever again.
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Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
April 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Building a mass movement (instead of a subculture) will require a lot of cringe, so get comfortable with it
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Val Kilmer has died at 65
Val Kilmer, Film Star Who Played Batman and Jim Morrison, Dies at 65
A wide-ranging leading man who earned critical praise, he was known to be charismatic but unpredictable. At one point he dropped out of Hollywood for a decade.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Val Kilmer has died at 65
RIP, Kevin. jabberwocking.com/health-updat...
Health Update - Kevin Drum
With a heavy heart, I have to tell you that after a long battle with cancer my husband Kevin Drum passed away on Friday, March 7, 2025. No public memorial services are planned. In lieu of flowers, ple...
jabberwocking.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
RIP, Kevin. jabberwocking.com/health-updat...
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For every 1 like I will think about 1 thing I like but then not post it, thus leaving you in suspense and maintaining my air of mystery.
January 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For every 1 like I will think about 1 thing I like but then not post it, thus leaving you in suspense and maintaining my air of mystery.
One of the surprising things about getting older is watching important stuff fall into the memory hole. I expected it for pop culture, but dealing with people with political horizons of maybe 20 years has been pretty wild.
January 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
One of the surprising things about getting older is watching important stuff fall into the memory hole. I expected it for pop culture, but dealing with people with political horizons of maybe 20 years has been pretty wild.
2024 book roundup:
Books read: 71
Genre:
Fiction 32
Non-fiction 39
Origin:
Library 31
Mine, recent 19 (* bought in 2023 or 2024)
Mine, from the stacks 21
Oldest book read - bought March 20, 2007
Books read: 71
Genre:
Fiction 32
Non-fiction 39
Origin:
Library 31
Mine, recent 19 (* bought in 2023 or 2024)
Mine, from the stacks 21
Oldest book read - bought March 20, 2007
December 31, 2024 at 4:16 AM
2024 book roundup:
Books read: 71
Genre:
Fiction 32
Non-fiction 39
Origin:
Library 31
Mine, recent 19 (* bought in 2023 or 2024)
Mine, from the stacks 21
Oldest book read - bought March 20, 2007
Books read: 71
Genre:
Fiction 32
Non-fiction 39
Origin:
Library 31
Mine, recent 19 (* bought in 2023 or 2024)
Mine, from the stacks 21
Oldest book read - bought March 20, 2007
@dhmontgomery.com Can you recommend a good biography of Talleyrand?
November 17, 2024 at 2:59 AM
@dhmontgomery.com Can you recommend a good biography of Talleyrand?
Hello to my new followers! Er, I don't actually post very much here, so I'm not sure we'll see that much of each other. But I hope that you are having a wonderful day.
November 16, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Hello to my new followers! Er, I don't actually post very much here, so I'm not sure we'll see that much of each other. But I hope that you are having a wonderful day.
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Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
October 29, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Trump’s Director of White House personnel John McEntee has posted a video saying “Sorry, we want male only voting. The 19th might have to go.”
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.
That’s certainly a strategic choice one week before the election.