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I took Carl Sagan and Mr. Rogers seriously. My bad.
Host of @civilpoliticsradio.com
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Kermit the Frog apologized yesterday for his racist tirade on twitter.
"Eat my shorts," was all Jim Henson said when asked for a comment.
Kermit promised to do better next time.
"Eat my shorts," was all Jim Henson said when asked for a comment.
Kermit promised to do better next time.
I wrote about Grok's CSAM problem and how journalists keep fumbling the story
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Kermit the Frog apologized yesterday for his racist tirade on twitter.
"Eat my shorts," was all Jim Henson said when asked for a comment.
Kermit promised to do better next time.
"Eat my shorts," was all Jim Henson said when asked for a comment.
Kermit promised to do better next time.
The USA owes SOOO much money to the people of Iraq. We should start by nationalizing and liquidating Halliburton, and seizing everything owned by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al.
i'm very sorry but i do not agree with the notion that a country that invades another and wrecks its shit should not pay reparations, like ever
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
The USA owes SOOO much money to the people of Iraq. We should start by nationalizing and liquidating Halliburton, and seizing everything owned by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, et al.
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Fascism is essentially at its core a form of conspiracy theory wielded by the capitalist class to misdirect from the exploitation and harm they inflict upon us.
Et voila.
Et voila.
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Fascism is essentially at its core a form of conspiracy theory wielded by the capitalist class to misdirect from the exploitation and harm they inflict upon us.
Et voila.
Et voila.
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ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
‘Every Single Dollar Mattered’: Donations Save Museum of the Earth From Foreclosure
Just days before a year-end foreclosure deadline, the Museum of the Earth has paid off its mortgage following a wide fundraising campaign that rescued the Ithaca area landmark.
www.ithaca.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:29 AM
ACTUAL GOOD NEWS EVERYONE: The Paleontological Research Institution and the Museum of the Earth have made it through the crisis!
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Thanks to everyone who shared or donated-every donation mattered! Please share the good news just as widely!⚒️🧪🦑 Together we did #savePRI
www.ithaca.com/news/ithaca/...
Yikes! Once again, I ask 'how the hell did so many people just unquestioningly absorb antisemitism?'
Did they never question the culture they grew up in? Did they never examine their values or look for contradictions in their ideas?
And how the hell do they cling to it after meeting actual Jews?
Did they never question the culture they grew up in? Did they never examine their values or look for contradictions in their ideas?
And how the hell do they cling to it after meeting actual Jews?
You know, from time to time I will post that I personally think the Versailles Treaty was perfectly reasonable, and one particular pushback you see from Brits of a lefty persuasion is "well what about Keynes, he opposed it"
And I truly recommend looking up what exactly he said
And I truly recommend looking up what exactly he said
January 2, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Yikes! Once again, I ask 'how the hell did so many people just unquestioningly absorb antisemitism?'
Did they never question the culture they grew up in? Did they never examine their values or look for contradictions in their ideas?
And how the hell do they cling to it after meeting actual Jews?
Did they never question the culture they grew up in? Did they never examine their values or look for contradictions in their ideas?
And how the hell do they cling to it after meeting actual Jews?
It's kind of impressive how the Duffer brothers created a show that felt fresh & fun. It was about the 80s while being something that could have been made in the 80s. It felt true to my life back then. Now it feels so flat I can't be bothered to finish watching the final season.
January 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
It's kind of impressive how the Duffer brothers created a show that felt fresh & fun. It was about the 80s while being something that could have been made in the 80s. It felt true to my life back then. Now it feels so flat I can't be bothered to finish watching the final season.
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Welcome to life in 2025, where the lion’s share of what passes for political discourse consists of Explaining Extremely Obvious Things to People Who Refuse to Listen
January 3, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Welcome to life in 2025, where the lion’s share of what passes for political discourse consists of Explaining Extremely Obvious Things to People Who Refuse to Listen
This sounds like an interesting idea that could not only establish a candidate's bona fides, it could also help build a personal political network for that candidate.
However, if it isn't outright campaign finance fraud already, it surely could become so, not to mention a tax fraud risk for donors.
However, if it isn't outright campaign finance fraud already, it surely could become so, not to mention a tax fraud risk for donors.
Turning campaigns into mutual aid hubs isn’t good for campaigns or mutual aid! Your campaign manager should be entirely too busy to schlep around 5600 tampons!
December 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This sounds like an interesting idea that could not only establish a candidate's bona fides, it could also help build a personal political network for that candidate.
However, if it isn't outright campaign finance fraud already, it surely could become so, not to mention a tax fraud risk for donors.
However, if it isn't outright campaign finance fraud already, it surely could become so, not to mention a tax fraud risk for donors.
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Off on a roade trippe wyth Dante. See you yn a fewe dayes, everyebodye!
It ys manye miles and dimensiouns to Los Angeles, we have a fullye charged Hyundai Ioniq, halfe a page of plannes for frame tale narratyves, we are lost yn a darke woode, and we are wearinge sunglasses. Hit it.
It ys manye miles and dimensiouns to Los Angeles, we have a fullye charged Hyundai Ioniq, halfe a page of plannes for frame tale narratyves, we are lost yn a darke woode, and we are wearinge sunglasses. Hit it.
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Off on a roade trippe wyth Dante. See you yn a fewe dayes, everyebodye!
It ys manye miles and dimensiouns to Los Angeles, we have a fullye charged Hyundai Ioniq, halfe a page of plannes for frame tale narratyves, we are lost yn a darke woode, and we are wearinge sunglasses. Hit it.
It ys manye miles and dimensiouns to Los Angeles, we have a fullye charged Hyundai Ioniq, halfe a page of plannes for frame tale narratyves, we are lost yn a darke woode, and we are wearinge sunglasses. Hit it.
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Locutus assimilation tip: Everyone is special in exactly the same way.
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Locutus assimilation tip: Everyone is special in exactly the same way.
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Like, this is the infinite money glitch for ruining these assholes, I really don't see what's objectionable here...
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Like, this is the infinite money glitch for ruining these assholes, I really don't see what's objectionable here...
Jargon update:
If the stupid nonsense on your screen was churned out by AI, it's 'slop'.
If it's a load of crap a person dashed out on their own, it's 'swill'.
If they tried their best, and it's still bad, then it's art.
If the stupid nonsense on your screen was churned out by AI, it's 'slop'.
If it's a load of crap a person dashed out on their own, it's 'swill'.
If they tried their best, and it's still bad, then it's art.
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jargon update:
If the stupid nonsense on your screen was churned out by AI, it's 'slop'.
If it's a load of crap a person dashed out on their own, it's 'swill'.
If they tried their best, and it's still bad, then it's art.
If the stupid nonsense on your screen was churned out by AI, it's 'slop'.
If it's a load of crap a person dashed out on their own, it's 'swill'.
If they tried their best, and it's still bad, then it's art.
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had a bit of trouble finding the story, here it is from 2017
7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...
7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
had a bit of trouble finding the story, here it is from 2017
7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...
7th man who controlled Clinton media coverage ousted for predatory behavior americanjournalnews.com/7th-man-who-...
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Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
ICE agents illegally break into a woman's bathroom in a NY nutrition bar manufacturing plant. "Pull up your pants," says a male agent. The agents only had a warrant to review employer documents. They didn't have a warrant to search for, detain, or arrest anyone there.
December 22, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Found the actual men in women's bathrooms assaulting women.
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Gen AI absolutely CAN go away.
The bubble will burst and nobody in their right mind will invest in it. Law suits will start eating into what little funds remain and the companies will continue making net losses.
No data centres? No gen AI.
You need money to feed those fires.
The bubble will burst and nobody in their right mind will invest in it. Law suits will start eating into what little funds remain and the companies will continue making net losses.
No data centres? No gen AI.
You need money to feed those fires.
December 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Gen AI absolutely CAN go away.
The bubble will burst and nobody in their right mind will invest in it. Law suits will start eating into what little funds remain and the companies will continue making net losses.
No data centres? No gen AI.
You need money to feed those fires.
The bubble will burst and nobody in their right mind will invest in it. Law suits will start eating into what little funds remain and the companies will continue making net losses.
No data centres? No gen AI.
You need money to feed those fires.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Oh my god y'all I had not seen the rest of the Vanity Fair photos holy shit. Christopher Anderson deserves a medal.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
Look at this. He left the LIGHT SWITCHES in the edited photos! These assholes look like their well-meaning mom took a picture of them on their first day in a grown-up job.
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"Only 95% of people told us to get fucked even after we ran their answers through the very slop machine we were trying to force them to tolerate. It's just not clear what this means."
December 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
"Only 95% of people told us to get fucked even after we ran their answers through the very slop machine we were trying to force them to tolerate. It's just not clear what this means."
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The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
December 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."
Number 9 in the series "Jokes I wish I had thought of".
Autocorrect has become our worst enema.
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Number 9 in the series "Jokes I wish I had thought of".
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December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We can’t afford a $1M trailer slot 😔
But reposts on Bluesky cost $0 - and they really help tiny teams like ours ❤️
If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
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If cozy medieval creativity is your thing, here’s our Scriptorium trailer!
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On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
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I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
On the 10th Anniversary of the Paris Agreement, you’re going to hear a lot about the progress we’ve made — people saying we “are” heading to 2.5 degrees heating instead of four.
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
I deeply regret to tell you that this is complacent misinformation.
🧵
Per a chat with a friend about trumpists realizing they’re on the side of evil, I think a simple minimum ask of those folks is ‘never vote again’. Not as legal penalty, not as mark on the proverbial permanent record, but as a voluntary abstention.
December 11, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Per a chat with a friend about trumpists realizing they’re on the side of evil, I think a simple minimum ask of those folks is ‘never vote again’. Not as legal penalty, not as mark on the proverbial permanent record, but as a voluntary abstention.
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Same people behind this criticize the left for "making everything political."
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Same people behind this criticize the left for "making everything political."