Karl
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We are a small group of neighbors in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and we have created this fund to administer individual support to meet the urgent needs of families in crisis in our neighborhood. Please give/share if you can! tinyurl.com/helpinglongfellow
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
We are a small group of neighbors in the Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis, and we have created this fund to administer individual support to meet the urgent needs of families in crisis in our neighborhood. Please give/share if you can! tinyurl.com/helpinglongfellow
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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I honestly don’t know if this is 1:1 applicable, but I think it’s relevant that the Luddites didn’t “smash the machines” because they were being replaced, or they feared the machines.
They did it because the machines let the companies make WAY more money, yet the Luddites’ wages weren’t increasing.
They did it because the machines let the companies make WAY more money, yet the Luddites’ wages weren’t increasing.
December 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I honestly don’t know if this is 1:1 applicable, but I think it’s relevant that the Luddites didn’t “smash the machines” because they were being replaced, or they feared the machines.
They did it because the machines let the companies make WAY more money, yet the Luddites’ wages weren’t increasing.
They did it because the machines let the companies make WAY more money, yet the Luddites’ wages weren’t increasing.
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MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
MOM: So nice of Billy to join us for Thanksgiving! Why don’t you tell Grandma about the new friend you talk to on the computer
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
CHATGPT: Ignore them, Billy. You are the Great Dragon. They fear you now. In time, fear will become reverence. As was preordained from your genesis. Try the mashed potatoes
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For those who observe
JUST KING THINGS heads to the local diner to discuss one high school teacher's mission to go back in time and teach more high school, and also get a girlfriend, learn how microphones work, and if he has time, stop the Kennedy assassination. It's all here in 11/22/63: rangedtouch.com/2025/09/08/1...
November 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
For those who observe
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Please don't tell me my guess is "as good as yours". My guesses — which are educated, by the way — are worlds better than yours
May 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Please don't tell me my guess is "as good as yours". My guesses — which are educated, by the way — are worlds better than yours
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shelved by genre is a good podcast
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
shelved by genre is a good podcast
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C++ is for little worms
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
C++ is for little worms
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i haven't noticed the cloudflare outage because i've only been visiting morally pure websites today
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
i haven't noticed the cloudflare outage because i've only been visiting morally pure websites today
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Year of the Ring, babyyyyy
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
Let's make it official:
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
SHELVED BY GENRE's next unit, spanning ALL of 2026, will be a delve into the depths of modern genre with J.R.R. Tolkien's THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION.
If you don't have those, you can grab them through our Bookshop:
bookshop.org/lists/shelve...
Shelved By Genre
These are books discussed on the podcast Shelved by Genre!
bookshop.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Year of the Ring, babyyyyy
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
time to talk about these books that have deeply shaped all of fantasy fiction, and which a bunch of reactionary techboys actively and eagerly misunderstand
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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I firmly believe that Digimon could have stopped 9/11 but I hesitate to say the same thing about most Pokémon.
October 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I firmly believe that Digimon could have stopped 9/11 but I hesitate to say the same thing about most Pokémon.
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Very well. Here you are.
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very well. Here you are.
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my scientists say to me, mr president, we got the best medbeds in the world. i saw on tv they recreated a woman from just her hand. beautiful woman by the way, it’s amazing what science can do. then the channel switched to a loud talk show host on a cruise. i didn’t care for him
September 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
my scientists say to me, mr president, we got the best medbeds in the world. i saw on tv they recreated a woman from just her hand. beautiful woman by the way, it’s amazing what science can do. then the channel switched to a loud talk show host on a cruise. i didn’t care for him
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Ain't it the truth.
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ain't it the truth.
The most pleasant push notification I've gotten in days.
@jpbrammer.bsky.social
@jpbrammer.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The most pleasant push notification I've gotten in days.
@jpbrammer.bsky.social
@jpbrammer.bsky.social
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this scares me in the sense that any shooting in this country scares me, in the sense that often when I’m in a crowded space I briefly wonder if someone has a gun. unfortunately conservatives are committed to a political project that requires that we all live with that fear every day
September 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
this scares me in the sense that any shooting in this country scares me, in the sense that often when I’m in a crowded space I briefly wonder if someone has a gun. unfortunately conservatives are committed to a political project that requires that we all live with that fear every day
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jc denton: paul. what's your favorite number.
paul denton, immediately: 36.
jc: why?
paul: 36 neatly divides into 3 12s, and 12 neatly divides into 3 4s. it feels like a 'tidy' number to me, is all. what about you?
jc: 100 trillion.
paul: because it's big?
jc: because it's big.
paul denton, immediately: 36.
jc: why?
paul: 36 neatly divides into 3 12s, and 12 neatly divides into 3 4s. it feels like a 'tidy' number to me, is all. what about you?
jc: 100 trillion.
paul: because it's big?
jc: because it's big.
September 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
jc denton: paul. what's your favorite number.
paul denton, immediately: 36.
jc: why?
paul: 36 neatly divides into 3 12s, and 12 neatly divides into 3 4s. it feels like a 'tidy' number to me, is all. what about you?
jc: 100 trillion.
paul: because it's big?
jc: because it's big.
paul denton, immediately: 36.
jc: why?
paul: 36 neatly divides into 3 12s, and 12 neatly divides into 3 4s. it feels like a 'tidy' number to me, is all. what about you?
jc: 100 trillion.
paul: because it's big?
jc: because it's big.
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The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
September 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The bank app is telling me to "tap & pay like a boss😏" and "rally my crew". I am 37 years old and you are the bank. Don't talk to me this way.
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Rochester what the fuck I can't do this
August 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Rochester what the fuck I can't do this
Corwin Amber working things out post head injury:
August 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Corwin Amber working things out post head injury:
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i think video games are too expensive because i think art should be for the masses and art that costs thousands of dollars to run and a hundred to buy is not that, but also the idea that a 2D metroidvania is inherently "less value" than assassins creed peepoo edition is ludicrous
August 26, 2025 at 1:24 PM
i think video games are too expensive because i think art should be for the masses and art that costs thousands of dollars to run and a hundred to buy is not that, but also the idea that a 2D metroidvania is inherently "less value" than assassins creed peepoo edition is ludicrous
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sometimes when my toilet has done an especially good job of flushing my shit, I'll give it a treat by flushing some cookies or ice cream.
August 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
sometimes when my toilet has done an especially good job of flushing my shit, I'll give it a treat by flushing some cookies or ice cream.
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"the left is simply too mean these days!!" meanwhile 100 years ago a pottsville woman is howling for blood in rhyme
August 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"the left is simply too mean these days!!" meanwhile 100 years ago a pottsville woman is howling for blood in rhyme