Etymon
@etymon.bsky.social
Semiotic Engineer, Technical Architect, Software Archaeologist. #Haskell, #Daml, #LikesAreBookmarks, #NoSuchThingAsApolitical. he/him. canton.io
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December 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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A LOT of white people (especially men) have had personal failures smoothed over by people assuring them it's only because some undeserving Black person, woman or queer person helped them meet a quota.
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A LOT of white people (especially men) have had personal failures smoothed over by people assuring them it's only because some undeserving Black person, woman or queer person helped them meet a quota.
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Reading this thread makes me realize I dodged a bullet. When I got denied by my preferred university my mom got a little edgy and started to wonder if it was because of race and quotas. I simply said "Nah, I just didn't study hard enough" cause it's true.
Glad I dodged the victim complex life.
Glad I dodged the victim complex life.
I hear other white people make these kinds of claims all the time.
Example: A doctor I saw recently even tried to tell me his white son didn't get into a college program, and that one of the people handling the application process told him he would've if he hadn't been white or straight.
Example: A doctor I saw recently even tried to tell me his white son didn't get into a college program, and that one of the people handling the application process told him he would've if he hadn't been white or straight.
The fact that it at least anecdotally seems to be a semi-regular practice to tell white people a minority got the job in order to soften the blow of rejection really should put the elite woke panic into perspective.
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reading this thread makes me realize I dodged a bullet. When I got denied by my preferred university my mom got a little edgy and started to wonder if it was because of race and quotas. I simply said "Nah, I just didn't study hard enough" cause it's true.
Glad I dodged the victim complex life.
Glad I dodged the victim complex life.
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You should take all the other claims that something is "a matter of national security" equally seriously
Lolololololol!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
You should take all the other claims that something is "a matter of national security" equally seriously
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Oh!
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
Bondi gunmen underwent 'military-style training' in Philippines
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security ...
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh!
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
I thought he received his inculcation at the harbour bridge peace rally and the sandstone university courses they were never enrolled in
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This is the key to Republican power - constant lying, and having Traditional Media never tell you about this systematic, strategic lying. Without knowing that nothing else makes sense
Miller says immigrants erode social trust and solidarity. But immigration forges new forms of community/solidarity. It's happening right now across the country.
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
That Miller has to lie endlessly about the social impact of immigrants shows his view is a marginal one.
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the key to Republican power - constant lying, and having Traditional Media never tell you about this systematic, strategic lying. Without knowing that nothing else makes sense
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one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.
'For humanities departments to continue to matter, they must challenge the modern world rather than accommodate it. Indeed, the most useful lesson the humanities have to offer today is a profoundly countercultural one: Difficulty is good, an end in its own right.' 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
one of the great, pernicious myths perpetrated about higher ed—which media, higher ed administrators, politicians, and a number of faculty are complicit in spreading—is that humanities departments close due to some combination of cratering student demand and unjustifiable cost. It’s not true
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28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
28 Democrats voted yes on a bill that motherfucking TED CRUZ voted no on. It could not have passed without those 28 so check the list and if one of your senators is on it don't forget to write or call to tell them they're a bigot and a quisling and worse. Than. TED. FUCKING. CRUZ.
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Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or. Online.).
Look, I suppose stranger things have happened in world politics — but not that many stranger things. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Don't. Print. Lies. In. The. Newspapers (Or. Online.).
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The real credit for getting those laws over the line belongs to Tim Fischer, who was the ONLY reason/person that managed to get the NATS onboard. Without it, Howard would not have passed anything.
But of course, Howard (and friends) wants us to forget that detail.
But of course, Howard (and friends) wants us to forget that detail.
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The real credit for getting those laws over the line belongs to Tim Fischer, who was the ONLY reason/person that managed to get the NATS onboard. Without it, Howard would not have passed anything.
But of course, Howard (and friends) wants us to forget that detail.
But of course, Howard (and friends) wants us to forget that detail.
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The lawless killing spree continues.
The administration justifies this slaughter by claiming there’s an armed conflict.
But it won’t even tell the U.S. public who the supposed enemies are.
Of course, there’s no armed conflict.
And outside armed conflict, we call premeditated killing murder.
The administration justifies this slaughter by claiming there’s an armed conflict.
But it won’t even tell the U.S. public who the supposed enemies are.
Of course, there’s no armed conflict.
And outside armed conflict, we call premeditated killing murder.
December 16, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The lawless killing spree continues.
The administration justifies this slaughter by claiming there’s an armed conflict.
But it won’t even tell the U.S. public who the supposed enemies are.
Of course, there’s no armed conflict.
And outside armed conflict, we call premeditated killing murder.
The administration justifies this slaughter by claiming there’s an armed conflict.
But it won’t even tell the U.S. public who the supposed enemies are.
Of course, there’s no armed conflict.
And outside armed conflict, we call premeditated killing murder.
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I love that everyone immediately assumed she got me livestock, but no. She got me a steamdeck and left it for me to unwrap while she's away and I can lie in bed getting pressure sores playing video games
December 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I love that everyone immediately assumed she got me livestock, but no. She got me a steamdeck and left it for me to unwrap while she's away and I can lie in bed getting pressure sores playing video games
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Also the goal is impossible.
And not only impossible in its perfect but impossible to be even adequate…
and also impossible to keep ahead, much less more cheaply than offense, in the ensuing counter-measures race.
And not only impossible in its perfect but impossible to be even adequate…
and also impossible to keep ahead, much less more cheaply than offense, in the ensuing counter-measures race.
We keep having the same discussion every 20 years.
Someone overpromises what can be done to stop nuclear weapons from destroying homeland.
Experts warn that it will cause a double arms race: on offensive and defensive weapons while threatening the stability of deterrence.
Much money is wasted.
Someone overpromises what can be done to stop nuclear weapons from destroying homeland.
Experts warn that it will cause a double arms race: on offensive and defensive weapons while threatening the stability of deterrence.
Much money is wasted.
Golden Dome promises a new missile shield, but it could spark a dangerous race to build weapons meant to beat it.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Also the goal is impossible.
And not only impossible in its perfect but impossible to be even adequate…
and also impossible to keep ahead, much less more cheaply than offense, in the ensuing counter-measures race.
And not only impossible in its perfect but impossible to be even adequate…
and also impossible to keep ahead, much less more cheaply than offense, in the ensuing counter-measures race.
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Ah yes, that's where a recently unemployed 24-year-old bricklayer, who spent years hanging around Australia's pro-IS network, and his 50-year-old migrant father were radicalised: university anti-genocide protests 🙄
Be fucking serious for a moment.
Be fucking serious for a moment.
December 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ah yes, that's where a recently unemployed 24-year-old bricklayer, who spent years hanging around Australia's pro-IS network, and his 50-year-old migrant father were radicalised: university anti-genocide protests 🙄
Be fucking serious for a moment.
Be fucking serious for a moment.
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Yet one more reason we cannot allow LLMs to serve as epistemic grounding is that we cannot triangulate among them the way you can among reasonable independent sources. They bullshit in the same way and end up agreeing with one other about things that are completely false.
December 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yet one more reason we cannot allow LLMs to serve as epistemic grounding is that we cannot triangulate among them the way you can among reasonable independent sources. They bullshit in the same way and end up agreeing with one other about things that are completely false.
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They’re scared. Keep going, because they aren’t paid to stop. Their livelihoods depend on taking this on the chin every day. You owe it to your neighbors to make them feel like the worms they are.
Like there’s nowhere they can sleep.
Like there’s nowhere they can sleep.
Hennepin County dispatch got a panicked call from a Department of Homeland Security supervisor in Minneapolis requesting assistance because “we only have a few officers but we have 60-70 agitators fighting them.” Hennepin deputies didn’t witness any attacks on agents.
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
www.mprnews.org/story/2025/1...
ICE agents call for backup during Minneapolis traffic stop, bystanders hurl insults and snowballs
Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a call for help from an agent who said 60 to 70 “agitators” were “fighting them.”
www.mprnews.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:39 AM
They’re scared. Keep going, because they aren’t paid to stop. Their livelihoods depend on taking this on the chin every day. You owe it to your neighbors to make them feel like the worms they are.
Like there’s nowhere they can sleep.
Like there’s nowhere they can sleep.
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Consider teeth, as always.
No one person needs to be twirling their evil little mustache and going "ah ha, we can identify who grew up poor!" but I'm betting you're seeing some very nice teeth in your short form videos.
No one person needs to be twirling their evil little mustache and going "ah ha, we can identify who grew up poor!" but I'm betting you're seeing some very nice teeth in your short form videos.
December 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Consider teeth, as always.
No one person needs to be twirling their evil little mustache and going "ah ha, we can identify who grew up poor!" but I'm betting you're seeing some very nice teeth in your short form videos.
No one person needs to be twirling their evil little mustache and going "ah ha, we can identify who grew up poor!" but I'm betting you're seeing some very nice teeth in your short form videos.
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but not our hearts
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
but not our hearts
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Maybe police and security services should have spent less time harassing peace protesters and more time looking into IS-affiliated guys with multiple weapons who went to the Philippines for terrorist training…?
December 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Maybe police and security services should have spent less time harassing peace protesters and more time looking into IS-affiliated guys with multiple weapons who went to the Philippines for terrorist training…?
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Yeah, er, maybe don't "hand-pick" someone who is clearly going to make recommendations primarily about silencing criticism of Israel?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
December 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Yeah, er, maybe don't "hand-pick" someone who is clearly going to make recommendations primarily about silencing criticism of Israel?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
Or remove her from the role when you find out her husband's company donated $50k to Advance?
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Gun control is not the only way Australia has spared itself from the kind of horror we frequently see in the US. It's also not the only thing that is alarmingly slipping. www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/16/b...
'He wanted to be remembered': Don't give mass killers what they want
For years academics and public health officials have begged the media to rethink how it covers mass shootings.
www.crikey.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Gun control is not the only way Australia has spared itself from the kind of horror we frequently see in the US. It's also not the only thing that is alarmingly slipping. www.crikey.com.au/2025/12/16/b...
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This just in:
S T R E T C H
S T R E T C H
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
This just in:
S T R E T C H
S T R E T C H
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Nobody can explain how Australians peacefully marching against Israel’s genocide could cause anyone to commit such shocking acts of violence, so it would be nice, & not undermine police investigations, if politicians, the antisemitism envoy & the dreaded media stopped lying.
December 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nobody can explain how Australians peacefully marching against Israel’s genocide could cause anyone to commit such shocking acts of violence, so it would be nice, & not undermine police investigations, if politicians, the antisemitism envoy & the dreaded media stopped lying.
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Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
US suspends technology deal with Britain, FT reports
The United States has suspended a technology deal it struck with Britain earlier this year, which was intended to boost ties in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and civil nuclear energy, the...
www.reuters.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Why should other countries sign deals with the United States when this president is breaking **his own deals** after less than 6 months?
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
www.reuters.com/world/europe...