The Railgun of Desirable Mindfulness
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They/She. Builds and flies rockets. Machinist and maker learning their craft. Loves cats, pour-overs, and sparky motors. Hates patriarchal systems.
Primarily @emma@orbital.horse.
Primarily @emma@orbital.horse.
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I'm sorry to say that I expected this
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I'm sorry to say that I expected this
This needs to be made.
Cabin in the Woods but it's a lesbian couple in a genre show and they become aware that, by decree of the gods, one or both of them MUST be killed off.
So they get heavily armed and start making a plan to defy fate.
So they get heavily armed and start making a plan to defy fate.
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This needs to be made.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
December 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Disney for generations: fuck with our IP and we will literally fucking ruin your life
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
Disney now: We gave $1 billion to Sam Altman so he could make a gooner Mickey Mouse that encourages kids to kill themselves, this is totally fine
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I wrote about teetotalism last year. I walked away convinced that we were in the midst of a consumer-religious wave. “Lifestyle Puritanism” is a better term for it. All conspicuous consumption of truly grotesque privilege.
Feels like the US has spent the last 5+ years on the verge of some kind of secular moral revival that keeps getting channeled into weirdo lifestyle puritanism
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I wrote about teetotalism last year. I walked away convinced that we were in the midst of a consumer-religious wave. “Lifestyle Puritanism” is a better term for it. All conspicuous consumption of truly grotesque privilege.
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the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
Thinking back to how people were "hysterical" for calling trump white supremacist and now he's doing nordic theory on the campaign trail
December 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the defensiveness and incredulity of a good chunk of the commentary class toward arguments about trump’s racism is, imho, downstream of the same impulse behind the endless trump voter safaris and self-flagellation about being out of touch with the heartland
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In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
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Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
I found this today (from Peter Kellner/YouGov) which answers part of your query.
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Just one of the stupidest things that has happened in my lifetime
Turns out that white evangelical christians are fine with sex work as long as they can profit from it.
cosocial.ca/@johannab/11...
cosocial.ca/@johannab/11...
Johanna, CanCon variety (@johannab@cosocial.ca)
Wow. For any that have a slight thought that AI "companions" are harmless, just entertainment, or somehow "safe" ...
Your AI girlfriend-bot might be fake. As in, not AI. even if you're not chatting w...
cosocial.ca
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Turns out that white evangelical christians are fine with sex work as long as they can profit from it.
cosocial.ca/@johannab/11...
cosocial.ca/@johannab/11...
Oh hell, he just verbed "skibbidi."
“Waugh your work is too long” give it up. The blogs get longer with every complaint. You think I won’t drop a 25,000 word one? And email it to you? You think I won’t print it out and mail it to you? You think I won’t “skibbidi” out of your damn garbage disposal and start screaming it at you?
December 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Oh hell, he just verbed "skibbidi."
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"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"I'm being paid the same now, when I make 500 shirts a day, as I did when I made 50 shirts a day. Where the fuck is the money going?"
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
The popular idea of luddites is entirely due to generations of capitalists trying their damnedest to obscure what is a very simple issue.
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The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Tasselled Wobbegong is a master of disguise that can eat a fish almost as big as itself in one gulp. It's classified as a shark, but when it lays on the sea floor it looks like a harmless rug if you manage to see it. But with powerful jaws and sharp teeth they are no fish to mess with.
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so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
August 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
so many of the small indignities of daily life come from us being denied the ability to tell a rich man in a tech company to fuck off. minesweeper has microtransactions. paid services have ads. the opt out says maybe later. the drive thru is a broken chatbot. your car is an ipad. fuck off! fuck off!
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America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.
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Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just as you thought food delivery companies couldn't inflict any more misery on society:
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Instead of using lowly-paid gig economy contractors to deliver groceries, they're replacing humans with robots, who, in turn, force humans off the pavement into road traffic.
Let me save you a click: under no circumstances should you use a digital government id.
As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?
A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor
www.eff.org
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Let me save you a click: under no circumstances should you use a digital government id.
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Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Taiwanese ambassador to Finland performs with his metal band at Taiwan-Finland cultural event! 🤘✊️
That's what I call great ambassador
That's what I call great ambassador
Which one of Trump's family and/or friends gets even richer if Venezuela's government is overthrown? Why Venezuela in particular?
I heard there's a bunch of journalists and reporters on this site, why aren't you asking these questions?
I heard there's a bunch of journalists and reporters on this site, why aren't you asking these questions?
November 29, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Which one of Trump's family and/or friends gets even richer if Venezuela's government is overthrown? Why Venezuela in particular?
I heard there's a bunch of journalists and reporters on this site, why aren't you asking these questions?
I heard there's a bunch of journalists and reporters on this site, why aren't you asking these questions?
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I've had a couple people ask my thoughts about l'Affaire de Nuzzi, and I honestly could not give less of a shit. NYT/VF will not retract anything or punish anyone, RFK Jr. will not be affected, Nuzzi and Lizza's careers will continue unabated, so it's just soap opera gossip, and I hate soap operas.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I've had a couple people ask my thoughts about l'Affaire de Nuzzi, and I honestly could not give less of a shit. NYT/VF will not retract anything or punish anyone, RFK Jr. will not be affected, Nuzzi and Lizza's careers will continue unabated, so it's just soap opera gossip, and I hate soap operas.
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Really neat read on leftist gun culture!
The Hard-Left Shooters Leading a Gun Culture Revolution
Earlier this year, I attended a shooting competition for queer, often trans, very online misfits. Then Charlie Kirk was killed.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Really neat read on leftist gun culture!
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Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
It is a bit alarming, when rereading Machiavelli's The Prince, that it lands as reportage rather than political theory. However, I find great comfort in the fact that they are really effing it up.
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Machiavelli: It is better to be feared than loved, but you must absolutely avoid being *hated.*
So many forget that last part.
So many forget that last part.
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I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
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Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god.
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Altman: the next update will *not* tell people to kill themselves in order to attain quantum resonance with god.
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
Everyone: yeah that'd be pretty nice
Altman: It will *not* tell people to murder their spouses.
Everyone: cool, good feature.
Altman: and you can fuck it
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WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 AM
WTF 🤬
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
ICE in DC is setting up racially driven checkpoints and roadblocks. This is one on Canal Road. A large number of vehicles can be seen waiting to be towed after these agents disappeared their owners.
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They’d rather block out the sun than give up even a portion of their extraction
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
They’d rather block out the sun than give up even a portion of their extraction