Jared Johnson is taking it one day at a time
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Former Christian fundie trying to redirect his idealism toward more humane ends. Black lives matter. Trans lives matter. John Hodgman once told me I was just daddin’ it up. he/him
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Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
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When it comes to Obama my take is essentially “Barry you’ve done well on many projects but on some of this stuff you just absolutely shit the bed and I don’t think the company should be taking serious direction from that guy you worked with 17 years ago.”
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
When it comes to Obama my take is essentially “Barry you’ve done well on many projects but on some of this stuff you just absolutely shit the bed and I don’t think the company should be taking serious direction from that guy you worked with 17 years ago.”
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In BF Skinner's experiments, rats would be given opiods if they hit a lever. Skinner discovered that a lever that dispensed the opiods reliably would get the rats to take as much as they wanted then stop, but a lever that irregularly and unreliably dispensed the drugs would get them to overdose.
This is a side note but something I find striking is how little engagement these influencers get compared to pre-Elon twitter, but it doesn’t seem to register with them
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 AM
In BF Skinner's experiments, rats would be given opiods if they hit a lever. Skinner discovered that a lever that dispensed the opiods reliably would get the rats to take as much as they wanted then stop, but a lever that irregularly and unreliably dispensed the drugs would get them to overdose.
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and as silly as it is to have to be told “try not to overlook when the world doesn’t hurt,” yes, i had to be told to try not to overlook when the world doesn’t hurt and he did it in such a way that i still say it verbatim.
if this isn’t nice, what is?
i think it’s lovely.
if this isn’t nice, what is?
i think it’s lovely.
![One of the things [Uncle Alex] found objectionable about human beings was that they so rarely noticed it when they were happy. He himself did his best to acknowledge it when times were sweet.
We could be drinking lemonade in the shade of an apple tree in the summertime, and Uncle Alex would interrupt the conversation to say, "If this isn't nice, what is?"
So I hope that you will do the same for the rest of your lives. When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud,
"If this isn't nice, what is?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2lzahebnas6od6j6jfydwst7/bafkreiebe3xo5bp3yzlz2nvsarbkyij4pj3dk26jcxtg7ztpmbbctmkdgy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
and as silly as it is to have to be told “try not to overlook when the world doesn’t hurt,” yes, i had to be told to try not to overlook when the world doesn’t hurt and he did it in such a way that i still say it verbatim.
if this isn’t nice, what is?
i think it’s lovely.
if this isn’t nice, what is?
i think it’s lovely.
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I do not lionize Steve Jobs but a big part of his mythos was the creative and intellectual awakening he said he had from taking a calligraphy course in college. Can you imagine one of these guys today making that part of their origin story?
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I do not lionize Steve Jobs but a big part of his mythos was the creative and intellectual awakening he said he had from taking a calligraphy course in college. Can you imagine one of these guys today making that part of their origin story?
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Steve Jobs was nowhere near as smart or as well read as he and his fans believed he was, but he did at least have interests beyond Line Go Up
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Steve Jobs was nowhere near as smart or as well read as he and his fans believed he was, but he did at least have interests beyond Line Go Up
As an alcoholic in recovery, I felt like I was being punched in the gut reading this article. An addict is an addict is an addict is right.
November 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
As an alcoholic in recovery, I felt like I was being punched in the gut reading this article. An addict is an addict is an addict is right.