Justin
@jaykaydanks.bsky.social
Space nerd, bad fantasy film apologist, unsuccessful writer, ok game master. He/him.
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remember when a research paper came out and confirmed most of TLJ hate was artificially amplified by right wing circle jerkers? nakedly so?
hah
good times
hah
good times
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
remember when a research paper came out and confirmed most of TLJ hate was artificially amplified by right wing circle jerkers? nakedly so?
hah
good times
hah
good times
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it's so agonizing because TFA is kind of this really weak set up, then TLJ takes it and "yes, ands" the story into something new and exciting, and then fascism happened
The Last Jedi feels like a middle movie that fell out of an alternate universe from a more interesting sequel trilogy that had actual movies with themes and ideological concepts instead of being the genre I like to call Star Wars Soup
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
it's so agonizing because TFA is kind of this really weak set up, then TLJ takes it and "yes, ands" the story into something new and exciting, and then fascism happened
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half-remembering a meme about how if you ignore the environment or assume it to be equal you'd come to the conclusion that most popes have been italian because of some genetic predisposition towards popery present in the people of italy. in isolation IQ tests are basically just that
December 4, 2025 at 8:24 PM
half-remembering a meme about how if you ignore the environment or assume it to be equal you'd come to the conclusion that most popes have been italian because of some genetic predisposition towards popery present in the people of italy. in isolation IQ tests are basically just that
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I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
December 5, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences
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Burn it all down with him in it
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Burn it all down with him in it
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Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
August 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Look you just have to make the cool weird shit that excites you. You must. In this world besieged by bland, scrubbed boring, computer slop, you must. Make the thing you’re embarrassed to make, the thing that feels “too much” because otherwise we get drowned in a sea of cowardly work made by a button
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November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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I read more academic work than fiction and academics do not talk about pirates in remotely the same fashion, in no small part because academic publishers are so nakedly hostile to academics that antagonizing them is not a serious concern.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I read more academic work than fiction and academics do not talk about pirates in remotely the same fashion, in no small part because academic publishers are so nakedly hostile to academics that antagonizing them is not a serious concern.
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peak frustration was when unionization of amazon centers, starbucks, etc were in news. would hear again and again how hard it is for comics and other creative fields to take on their bosses, there's huge risks. and of course there is! were amazon workers and starbucks baristas also not taking risks?
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
peak frustration was when unionization of amazon centers, starbucks, etc were in news. would hear again and again how hard it is for comics and other creative fields to take on their bosses, there's huge risks. and of course there is! were amazon workers and starbucks baristas also not taking risks?
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frustrating that this piracy discourse is the same goddamn thing every time, has been for years, while discussion of exploitation of writers by publishers tends to remain very faint. it feels like this is a frequent steam valve for frustration, a group that can be yelled at without risking jobs.
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
frustrating that this piracy discourse is the same goddamn thing every time, has been for years, while discussion of exploitation of writers by publishers tends to remain very faint. it feels like this is a frequent steam valve for frustration, a group that can be yelled at without risking jobs.
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MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke
What the Georgia representative learned in Washington
www.theatlantic.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
MGT has seen her networth jump from $700k to $25 million since joining Congress in 2021. And she served juuust long enough to get a lifetime tax payer-funded pension.
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
She got the joke.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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A workforce trained to normalize generative AI is a workforce that *will not be able to understand* people talking about creativity and pride in gaining skills and the value of their labor. It'll be alien to them.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A workforce trained to normalize generative AI is a workforce that *will not be able to understand* people talking about creativity and pride in gaining skills and the value of their labor. It'll be alien to them.
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Excellent summation here of how AI removes that internal sense of satisfaction from learning how to do something, and seeing how much you've improved over time at doing it.
There's no effort, so there's no reward, so there's no expansion of self-worth.
There's no effort, so there's no reward, so there's no expansion of self-worth.
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Excellent summation here of how AI removes that internal sense of satisfaction from learning how to do something, and seeing how much you've improved over time at doing it.
There's no effort, so there's no reward, so there's no expansion of self-worth.
There's no effort, so there's no reward, so there's no expansion of self-worth.
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i will forever be angry that mass effect is full of really cool sci-fi premises that exist in the codex that the game writers seem to have either ignored or gone, "Nah, we have a better idea" and then that better idea was ripping off Babylon 5 very badly
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
i will forever be angry that mass effect is full of really cool sci-fi premises that exist in the codex that the game writers seem to have either ignored or gone, "Nah, we have a better idea" and then that better idea was ripping off Babylon 5 very badly
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This is exactly what the oligarchs want you to think.
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This is exactly what the oligarchs want you to think.
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A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
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The US has *already* given up its agricultural industry for generations.
When, not if, the next big plant pest absolutely fucks an essential crop, the people who would have fought it will *not be there*
NIH/NSF grant cuts mean they won't have trained young people to one day be there in that job
When, not if, the next big plant pest absolutely fucks an essential crop, the people who would have fought it will *not be there*
NIH/NSF grant cuts mean they won't have trained young people to one day be there in that job
March 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The US has *already* given up its agricultural industry for generations.
When, not if, the next big plant pest absolutely fucks an essential crop, the people who would have fought it will *not be there*
NIH/NSF grant cuts mean they won't have trained young people to one day be there in that job
When, not if, the next big plant pest absolutely fucks an essential crop, the people who would have fought it will *not be there*
NIH/NSF grant cuts mean they won't have trained young people to one day be there in that job
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Fun fact: Florida's orange harvest is now only 8% of what it was 20 years of global warming ago.
Increasing hurricane activity and more hospitable environment for disease and pests, has *already* destroyed the Florida orange industry.
citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/f...
Increasing hurricane activity and more hospitable environment for disease and pests, has *already* destroyed the Florida orange industry.
citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/f...
How Florida Orange Production Plummeted 92% in 20 Years -
USDA ERS recently recounted how natural disasters and diseases have reduced Florida’s orange production by 92% since the 2003–04 season. USDA
citrusindustry.net
March 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Fun fact: Florida's orange harvest is now only 8% of what it was 20 years of global warming ago.
Increasing hurricane activity and more hospitable environment for disease and pests, has *already* destroyed the Florida orange industry.
citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/f...
Increasing hurricane activity and more hospitable environment for disease and pests, has *already* destroyed the Florida orange industry.
citrusindustry.net/2024/05/07/f...
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its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
its so cool that our two trans holidays are "please remember we exist" and "please stop killing us"
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If a man points in a woman's face and says "Quiet piggy" you say something about it... You stand up and you say "What the fuck did you just say?" www.welcometohellworld.com/the-love-we-...
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If a man points in a woman's face and says "Quiet piggy" you say something about it... You stand up and you say "What the fuck did you just say?" www.welcometohellworld.com/the-love-we-...