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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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Unrelatedly: what if we had a political movement which began with “don’t be an arsehole” and derived other policies from that?
September 22, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Unrelatedly: what if we had a political movement which began with “don’t be an arsehole” and derived other policies from that?
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“Every film is political. Most political of all are those that pretend not to
be: entertainment movies. They are the most political films because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine… a continual advertisement for things as they are.”
- Wim Wenders
be: entertainment movies. They are the most political films because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine… a continual advertisement for things as they are.”
- Wim Wenders
a black and white photo of two men standing in front of a wall with graffiti on it
ALT: a black and white photo of two men standing in front of a wall with graffiti on it
media.tenor.com
September 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
“Every film is political. Most political of all are those that pretend not to
be: entertainment movies. They are the most political films because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine… a continual advertisement for things as they are.”
- Wim Wenders
be: entertainment movies. They are the most political films because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell you everything's fine… a continual advertisement for things as they are.”
- Wim Wenders
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I wrote about this in "The Unaccountability Machine" - when you describe leveraged buyouts to ordinary people, half of them say that it should be illegal and the other half are often convinced that it already is.
Buying a company by taking out a massive loan, then making the company you bought responsible for paying off that loan, is so patently evil that it should be beyond illegal. The kind of thing that inspires enlightened societies without corporal punishment to bring back the death penalty as a one-off
September 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I wrote about this in "The Unaccountability Machine" - when you describe leveraged buyouts to ordinary people, half of them say that it should be illegal and the other half are often convinced that it already is.
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I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
September 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I shouldn't be shocked, but I'm still always brought up short to realize how many people think "civility" means "white people speaking in relatively calm voices" no matter what vile shit they say.
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I’m sorry but let me unbury this lede: *the genAI industry is literally the financial engine that is powering the fascist regime in the United States*
I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been.
Boosterism == fascism, literally
I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been.
Boosterism == fascism, literally
September 10, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m sorry but let me unbury this lede: *the genAI industry is literally the financial engine that is powering the fascist regime in the United States*
I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been.
Boosterism == fascism, literally
I hadn’t even made this connection and now I’m even more horrified by this tech than I have ever been.
Boosterism == fascism, literally
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Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
Workers under cover of night removed a rainbow crosswalk outside of the former Pulse nightclub, apparently as part of state and federal transportation officials’ aim to wipe “political banners” from public roadways. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/08/21/r...
Rainbow crosswalk outside Pulse nightclub removed overnight
“We did everything according to state law, everything was compliant,” said Patty Sheehan, the city’s first openly gay elected official. “FDOT never moves that quickly with anything.R…
www.orlandosentinel.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Their memorials are history. Ours are political. Because as always, there are two sexualities - straight, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
Two genders - male, and political.
Two religions - Christian, and political.
Two races - white, and political.
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"in accounting, measurement, fortification, shipping, indeed all of mathematics & mechanics, as well as commerce & finance, reducing human labor by half & saving on the unnecessary number of people required for these tasks & on many wages."
Talk about how funding shapes science.
Talk about how funding shapes science.
August 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"in accounting, measurement, fortification, shipping, indeed all of mathematics & mechanics, as well as commerce & finance, reducing human labor by half & saving on the unnecessary number of people required for these tasks & on many wages."
Talk about how funding shapes science.
Talk about how funding shapes science.
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news you can use, if you are a cat
August 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
news you can use, if you are a cat
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One thing I would like more people, and I mostly mean my fellow men, to understand is that no matter how smart you are, other people are also smart and some of them have tried to work on the same problems you’re working on. If a simple solution hasn’t been found yet, there probably isn’t one.
Coding interviews from people who left government earlier this year, and this is a fantastic quote in response to a question about what DOGE tech folk don't understand.
August 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
One thing I would like more people, and I mostly mean my fellow men, to understand is that no matter how smart you are, other people are also smart and some of them have tried to work on the same problems you’re working on. If a simple solution hasn’t been found yet, there probably isn’t one.
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This whole discourse is a rejection of adulthood & its discontents, a special pleading for men to be exempted from some unpleasantries like:
* No one is entitled to sex.
* It's very common for people not to get what they want.
Women are expected to put up with the above & it's not a crisis, ever.
* No one is entitled to sex.
* It's very common for people not to get what they want.
Women are expected to put up with the above & it's not a crisis, ever.
August 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
This whole discourse is a rejection of adulthood & its discontents, a special pleading for men to be exempted from some unpleasantries like:
* No one is entitled to sex.
* It's very common for people not to get what they want.
Women are expected to put up with the above & it's not a crisis, ever.
* No one is entitled to sex.
* It's very common for people not to get what they want.
Women are expected to put up with the above & it's not a crisis, ever.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
August 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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extremely important to remember that you DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE WITHOUT A LAWYER
Just once I'd like to see a quote from the police which says "Oh, well, we've made tits of ourselves here then, haven't we? Bloooody hell"
Man carrying home his gardening tools arrested by armed police in Manchester
Samuel Rowe, who was returning from allotment, seeking to overturn caution for possession of offensive weapon
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
extremely important to remember that you DO NOT TALK TO THE POLICE WITHOUT A LAWYER
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Yes, because I am bloody minded about this bullshit. Check every single tab on a cookie tool and specifically check for a "legitimate interests" tab, because they will all be on by default, and there could literally be hundreds of them. And fuck the ICO for never tackling this abusive bullshit.
Ever actually look at the option to manage cookies when you visit a website?
The number of groups tracking you obsessively is pretty frightening.
The number of groups tracking you obsessively is pretty frightening.
July 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Yes, because I am bloody minded about this bullshit. Check every single tab on a cookie tool and specifically check for a "legitimate interests" tab, because they will all be on by default, and there could literally be hundreds of them. And fuck the ICO for never tackling this abusive bullshit.
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"we thought only the poor people would suffer"
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July 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"we thought only the poor people would suffer"
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At least 1 in 6 adults in the UK are on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds. In this spell of high heat, it’s important to share the message that many of these medications can increase the dangers of heat exhaustion. Stay hydrated (water, electrolytes, shade breaks & rest)
🔥stay safe friends☀️
🔥stay safe friends☀️
July 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
At least 1 in 6 adults in the UK are on anti-depressants or anti-anxiety meds. In this spell of high heat, it’s important to share the message that many of these medications can increase the dangers of heat exhaustion. Stay hydrated (water, electrolytes, shade breaks & rest)
🔥stay safe friends☀️
🔥stay safe friends☀️
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I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
July 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
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Fascinating, informative thread.
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Fascinating, informative thread.
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Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
July 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.
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someone called AI summaries "mansplaining as a service" and now I can't unthink that.
I'm sick of this tiresome equivalence of AI aggregated information and the concept of being educated. It would be more accurate to equate AI with someone who's read up on lots of things without really understanding it but is unable to admit they don't know something. And I'm a software dev!
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
someone called AI summaries "mansplaining as a service" and now I can't unthink that.
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As Niccolo Machiavelli said "a prince who is not himself wise cannot be well-advised"
This entire thing is ridiculous. This sounds like a bunch of mathematicians and PHDs got together and found a way to scam OpenAI and Meta. Executives have no idea how to even understand what these guys are doing and thus have no basis to hire them other than "papers on google scholar" and vibes
June 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
As Niccolo Machiavelli said "a prince who is not himself wise cannot be well-advised"
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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The reality of claiming PIP: a 🧵
1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
March 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The reality of claiming PIP: a 🧵
1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
1) To claim PIP you have to describe in excruciating detail all the ways you cannot function. This means that you are forced to think in very detailed terms exactly how disabled you are, which often has a devastating effect on the mental health of the applicant 1/?
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The phrase 'since austerity' is so unhelpful here. This is continued austerity. It never stopped. Budgets remain pitifully low across government and are now set to be cut further. Point me to when austerity ended, please.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves to reveal biggest UK spending cuts since austerity in spring statement
Labour MPs uneasy as chancellor prepares even deeper reductions that economists say will harm key services
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The phrase 'since austerity' is so unhelpful here. This is continued austerity. It never stopped. Budgets remain pitifully low across government and are now set to be cut further. Point me to when austerity ended, please.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The DWP have responded to my FOI request. Their figures indicate that 87% of clamants currently receiving PIP daily living at the standard rate, and 13% of claimants receiving enhanced rate, are likely to lose their entitlement if the score 4 changes go ahead.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
The DWP have responded to my FOI request. Their figures indicate that 87% of clamants currently receiving PIP daily living at the standard rate, and 13% of claimants receiving enhanced rate, are likely to lose their entitlement if the score 4 changes go ahead.
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...
www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/pers...