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Even in THEIR OWN AD, Charlie at the end looks like he’s thinking, “This is sad and weird.” Promising people you can prevent feelings of loss is not only ridiculous; it’s perverse. Sad things and happy things need each other. This company is promising numbness.
This is possibly the most fucked thing I've ever seen but also the bit at the end where the grandmother is straight up being tricked into providing training content for the app feels particularly revealing.
Nightmarish idea for a startup tbh
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Even in THEIR OWN AD, Charlie at the end looks like he’s thinking, “This is sad and weird.” Promising people you can prevent feelings of loss is not only ridiculous; it’s perverse. Sad things and happy things need each other. This company is promising numbness.
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twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross
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I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
Fuckin yikes, man
September 30, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I continue to think that one of the reasons this country is falling apart is the wholesale abandonment of public virtue as a broadly shared aspiration. Or even something people should be embarrassed about if they don’t have it.
I swear NYT headlines will give you brain cancer. If I knew someone who hedged everything to this degree I'd end up strangling them
September 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I swear NYT headlines will give you brain cancer. If I knew someone who hedged everything to this degree I'd end up strangling them
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"Debate-me-bro culture, that's not real persuasion. Folks who are interested in this kind of debate-me-bro culture are not interested in persuasion at all. They're interested in the performance of their own intelligence," says @devawo.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/is-america...
September 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"Debate-me-bro culture, that's not real persuasion. Folks who are interested in this kind of debate-me-bro culture are not interested in persuasion at all. They're interested in the performance of their own intelligence," says @devawo.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/is-america...
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The headshot is sending me. She's the Joan Didion of soliciting dick pics from people who want to outlaw rabies shots
September 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The headshot is sending me. She's the Joan Didion of soliciting dick pics from people who want to outlaw rabies shots
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Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
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Even if you grant the stupid premise, kirk created lists to censor professors for their speech. What are we even doing here
September 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Even if you grant the stupid premise, kirk created lists to censor professors for their speech. What are we even doing here
It is mind boggling how many journalists say he was a free speech defender. He wasn't! He just thought a lot of his abhorrent views were correct! He very openly tried to curb speech against his views!
These people have smarted themselves into the dumbest fucking arguments.
Determining whether someone is "doing politics the right way" depends almost entirely on the content of their speech! If someone lies constantly and endorses authoritarians that's not practicing good politics.
Determining whether someone is "doing politics the right way" depends almost entirely on the content of their speech! If someone lies constantly and endorses authoritarians that's not practicing good politics.
September 13, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It is mind boggling how many journalists say he was a free speech defender. He wasn't! He just thought a lot of his abhorrent views were correct! He very openly tried to curb speech against his views!
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rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
September 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
rarely have I more acutely felt the dynamic by which Dems are held responsible for the rhetoric of every random left-leaning person on the internet and Republicans are not even asked to answer for their own personal words
I would really hate to be a service worker now, where just doing your job can be turned into content for a shitty social media account. I'm sure it doesn't happen super often, but every time I see one online I cringe a little for the poor worker
Our society built a panopticon that any of us can use against any other at will. The question of what should be filmed and uploaded is, ultimately, a judgment call, one that every user of TikTok or Instagram now gets to make.
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
Read more from @lopatto.bsky.social: www.theverge.com/internet-cul...
September 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I would really hate to be a service worker now, where just doing your job can be turned into content for a shitty social media account. I'm sure it doesn't happen super often, but every time I see one online I cringe a little for the poor worker
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I wonder if she supports JD Vance killing the Sacklers
Uwu but hawwv you considered the epistemological standpoint of da vice president, including his twauma
September 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I wonder if she supports JD Vance killing the Sacklers
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Now Taylor Lorenz is shifting the goalposts after admitting Chorus didn't pay influencers to post specific content!?
August 30, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Now Taylor Lorenz is shifting the goalposts after admitting Chorus didn't pay influencers to post specific content!?
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my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
August 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
my father-in-law is a “I know a guy” Guy. sadly all the old Guys are aging out of the Guy Economy. Guys are fundamentally incompatible with Hustle Culture because it’s not about “winning” a deal, it’s about collecting favors and goodwill in a mutually-beneficial cycle. protect your local Guy Economy
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Sally Rooney and Ms. Rachel are braver than 99.99% of the planet's actual political elites
August 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Sally Rooney and Ms. Rachel are braver than 99.99% of the planet's actual political elites
This is a really good article (the defector is killing it). The theory that minor league teams underutilize the venue assets they hold may be true, but in order to maximize that we'll likely see more flight to larger metro areas. That is disappointing.
In a little more than three years, one private equity firm has managed to buy up a healthy percentage of the MiLB teams in the United States. defector.com/private-equi...
Private Equity Now Owns More Than 40 Minor League Baseball Teams, And The Number Keeps Growing | Defector
Private equity is the steamroller that crushes all your favorite things. Journalism, for one, and also a once iconic toy store; even bowling these days. Now it has come for minor league baseball,…
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July 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a really good article (the defector is killing it). The theory that minor league teams underutilize the venue assets they hold may be true, but in order to maximize that we'll likely see more flight to larger metro areas. That is disappointing.
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June 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Really gross framing of the Supreme Court's shitty decision. The alternative, when a Republican supermajority discriminates against you is to what? Somehow it is always the liberal's fault for conservative abuses.
June 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Really gross framing of the Supreme Court's shitty decision. The alternative, when a Republican supermajority discriminates against you is to what? Somehow it is always the liberal's fault for conservative abuses.
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“Some just need a scaffold to express what’s in their heart” the way I just built a new forehead wrinkle from reading this
June 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Some just need a scaffold to express what’s in their heart” the way I just built a new forehead wrinkle from reading this
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another case of the NYT publishing simply dogshit journalism. lazy, stupid, incredibly biased reporting that borders on defamation defector.com/the-new-york...
The New York Times Really Asked Ms. Rachel If She's Paid By Hamas | Defector
The house style of the New York Times is severely outdated. Depending on the topic, the newspaper’s purportedly impartial tone instead reads as smug, self-amused, and deeply lazy. The results are disa...
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May 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
another case of the NYT publishing simply dogshit journalism. lazy, stupid, incredibly biased reporting that borders on defamation defector.com/the-new-york...
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one lesson the Trump folks have learned is that the media will almost never say someone is “corrupt” or did something “illegal” — they’ll only ever say that questions have been raised. which means that it makes more sense to do something blatantly illegal than to stop halfway
May 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
one lesson the Trump folks have learned is that the media will almost never say someone is “corrupt” or did something “illegal” — they’ll only ever say that questions have been raised. which means that it makes more sense to do something blatantly illegal than to stop halfway
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It's hard to see this as anything other than a Washington Post columnist willingly laundering the Trump administration's conspiratorial talking points into the mainstream with no evidence.
www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/09/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/09/1...
May 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's hard to see this as anything other than a Washington Post columnist willingly laundering the Trump administration's conspiratorial talking points into the mainstream with no evidence.
www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/09/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2022/02/09/1...