Master Allusionist
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I used to do lots of things, then we had a kid. Now I do fewer things. ItllHappenToYou.jpg.
Certified AI Hater
Certified AI Hater
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quick question, who is literally eradicating their ideological opponents
January 10, 2026 at 6:13 PM
quick question, who is literally eradicating their ideological opponents
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"Now is the time for opposition to these drastic vaccine changes. No one should have to go through an experience like mine—not when there is a safe, simple shot that can prevent it. I hope our country can step back before too much irreversible damage is done."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
My Life Shows the Horror of RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Guidelines
The Trump administration just yanked the recommendation for a vaccine that can spare people from what I went through.
open.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:34 PM
"Now is the time for opposition to these drastic vaccine changes. No one should have to go through an experience like mine—not when there is a safe, simple shot that can prevent it. I hope our country can step back before too much irreversible damage is done."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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I don't think we can see this as separate from their white nationalist fascist *pro-natalist* masculinist social project. These two white lesbian women had to be dominated and "put in their proper place."
January 9, 2026 at 11:20 PM
I don't think we can see this as separate from their white nationalist fascist *pro-natalist* masculinist social project. These two white lesbian women had to be dominated and "put in their proper place."
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Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
Advocates want legal action after man shot and killed by off-duty ICE agent in Northridge
Advocates argue that the off-duty ICE agent wasn't trained for the situation and should have called police and waited for them to arrive.
abc7.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:04 AM
Rest in power to Keith Porter who was murdered by an ICE agent in Los Angeles.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
It’s terrible that his name is just now being circulated, but now that it is, continue to say his name.
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So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 PM
So when authorities say “she tried to run over an officer,” that is not a neutral description. It is a claim of intent that can be used to justify lethal force after the fact.
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
When the state kills first and invents the threat afterward, it is not policing, it is death squad behavior. /end
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I now *start* my dual-credit high school students out with udm14.org, which at least weeds out AI results. After that we're all just guessing what the magic keywords might be.
&udm=14 | the search engine Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.org
January 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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Excellent reporting.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Excellent reporting.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
This is the precisely the purpose of algorithms that displace human labor and human interaction; it’s not a glitch, and rather than focus on hypothetical harms and doomsday scenarios that only serve as PR for how powerful “AI” is, look at the harms it’s doing right now.
Helpful reminder that way too many in power will fight hardest to preserve their ability to assert power over others and to restrict our ability to resist their power, regardless of whatever values they declare on their podiums while the cameras are rolling
THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Helpful reminder that way too many in power will fight hardest to preserve their ability to assert power over others and to restrict our ability to resist their power, regardless of whatever values they declare on their podiums while the cameras are rolling
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the new york times must be outraged at this administration's failure to let them help sell this thing
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
the new york times must be outraged at this administration's failure to let them help sell this thing
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you've got a big swath of the press that actively participates in spreading this bad faith right wing bullshit, and another large swath that's too feckless or stupid to be able to identify and counter lazy information warfare and agitprop
December 31, 2025 at 6:18 PM
you've got a big swath of the press that actively participates in spreading this bad faith right wing bullshit, and another large swath that's too feckless or stupid to be able to identify and counter lazy information warfare and agitprop
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New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
The NYT Recruiting Brochure for New College
A failing Ron DeSantis higher ed experiment gets a boost
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
New, from me: The NYT reporter who specializes in profiles of beleaguered right-wingers on campus went to New College...and found out that things were going ok!
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
So let me explain some pretty massive errors of omission: 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-nyt-re...
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Ah I think it's a bit worse than I said! My take was that the bit re the failure of the meritocracy when it turns on these people didn't seem well supported by argument. Having read this I now think it's even more substantially just false, incorrect.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Ah I think it's a bit worse than I said! My take was that the bit re the failure of the meritocracy when it turns on these people didn't seem well supported by argument. Having read this I now think it's even more substantially just false, incorrect.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
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"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
"the issue isn’t that we need more 'boy-friendly' reforms. It’s that boys are socialized to compete only with boys and to read girls’ success as illegitimate or emasculating. The result is dissonance, resentment, and disengagement for boys—and hostile climates for girls."
time.com/7335723/auto...
time.com/7335723/auto...
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
“Because the makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again… Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
“Because the makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again… Their dream is to invent new forms of life to enslave.”
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
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Do some of you remember how I said a few months ago that the fascists aren't having fun? They still aren't, lol.
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Do some of you remember how I said a few months ago that the fascists aren't having fun? They still aren't, lol.
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
Their parties [when they have them] SUCK.
They make bad art.
They aren't funny.
They CRAVE Leftist popular culture & resent the fact that they do.
They aren't actually having fun
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Centrist extremists, man. They don't care where they move, they care only that they remain moveable. They say they wish to persuade, but their only tactic is to be persuaded.
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Centrist extremists, man. They don't care where they move, they care only that they remain moveable. They say they wish to persuade, but their only tactic is to be persuaded.
“AI corporations erected new digital barriers… Content creators found themselves facing an industrial extraction machine that profited from their work without compensation. The internet, once conceived as an open network for all, morphed into a centralized data mine for tech giants.”
"The protocol taught us that technology can be based on human values like ethics and morality. It showed that voluntary compliance works when all parties benefit."
On robots.txt.
www.heise.de/en/backgroun...
On robots.txt.
www.heise.de/en/backgroun...
Obituary: Farewell to robots.txt (1994-2025)
The voluntary compliance protocol that civilized the internet has departed, bids Henning Fries farewell.
www.heise.de
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
“AI corporations erected new digital barriers… Content creators found themselves facing an industrial extraction machine that profited from their work without compensation. The internet, once conceived as an open network for all, morphed into a centralized data mine for tech giants.”
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As far-right billionaires buy up media and social media, we are going to need wealthy liberals to start throwing their money behind local and independent investigative media.
We can’t compete at scale, but we should have a goal: No news deserts where the only options are right-wing corporate crap
We can’t compete at scale, but we should have a goal: No news deserts where the only options are right-wing corporate crap
October 3, 2025 at 1:31 AM
As far-right billionaires buy up media and social media, we are going to need wealthy liberals to start throwing their money behind local and independent investigative media.
We can’t compete at scale, but we should have a goal: No news deserts where the only options are right-wing corporate crap
We can’t compete at scale, but we should have a goal: No news deserts where the only options are right-wing corporate crap
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Live footage from Hegseth’s big speech
September 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Live footage from Hegseth’s big speech
Caught a morning showing of One Battle, and still a bit surprised how well Anderson’s usual aesthetics can handle an action-suspense story. Superman however felt like it only worked if you’re already emotionally invested in superhero tropes & the character’s lore
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
September 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Caught a morning showing of One Battle, and still a bit surprised how well Anderson’s usual aesthetics can handle an action-suspense story. Superman however felt like it only worked if you’re already emotionally invested in superhero tropes & the character’s lore
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
#LetterboxdFriday
#LastFourWatched
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if one party gives you a lot of what you want, and the other says it wants to murder you, and then you say they're both the same...like, that seems like a poor approach even in terms of just self preservation.
September 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
if one party gives you a lot of what you want, and the other says it wants to murder you, and then you say they're both the same...like, that seems like a poor approach even in terms of just self preservation.