klausfiend
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If I were starting a DJ career today, my stage name would be ", Free Beer"
January 10, 2026 at 8:21 AM
If I were starting a DJ career today, my stage name would be ", Free Beer"
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The animating principle of representational democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of deranged rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.
President Trump declared on Wednesday evening that his power as commander in chief is constrained only by his “own morality,” brushing aside international law and other checks on his ability to use military might to strike, invade or coerce nations around the world.
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The animating principle of representational democracy is to protect the rest of us from the whims of deranged rich people, be they kings or oligarchs. Everything else is wainscoting.
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"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
January 7, 2026 at 9:09 PM
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
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"its inflammatory to notice when we wrongfully kill the citizens under your care" is a helluva position for ICE to take
January 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
"its inflammatory to notice when we wrongfully kill the citizens under your care" is a helluva position for ICE to take
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How can young people build skills that help them navigate racism online when it is in the digital air we breathe?
A new study by Dr. Avriel Epps & co-authors shows how much Black, Latinx, and Bi/Multiracial teens routinely practice behaviors that the rest of us can learn from:
- checking […]
A new study by Dr. Avriel Epps & co-authors shows how much Black, Latinx, and Bi/Multiracial teens routinely practice behaviors that the rest of us can learn from:
- checking […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
January 6, 2026 at 4:31 PM
How can young people build skills that help them navigate racism online when it is in the digital air we breathe?
A new study by Dr. Avriel Epps & co-authors shows how much Black, Latinx, and Bi/Multiracial teens routinely practice behaviors that the rest of us can learn from:
- checking […]
A new study by Dr. Avriel Epps & co-authors shows how much Black, Latinx, and Bi/Multiracial teens routinely practice behaviors that the rest of us can learn from:
- checking […]
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Proposal to Unicode for a guillotine emoji
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposal to Unicode for a guillotine emoji
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Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."
RE: https://social.coop/@natematias/115741623342907357
The phrase "anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots" is something else. Big Tech weirdos like Altman and Musk spent years fearmongering about improbable scenarios of real life T-1000s when the real murderbots are already among us […]
The phrase "anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots" is something else. Big Tech weirdos like Altman and Musk spent years fearmongering about improbable scenarios of real life T-1000s when the real murderbots are already among us […]
December 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
RE: https://social.coop/@natematias/115741623342907357
The phrase "anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots" is something else. Big Tech weirdos like Altman and Musk spent years fearmongering about improbable scenarios of real life T-1000s when the real murderbots are already among us […]
The phrase "anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots" is something else. Big Tech weirdos like Altman and Musk spent years fearmongering about improbable scenarios of real life T-1000s when the real murderbots are already among us […]
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Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots […]
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots […]
Original post on social.coop
social.coop
December 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Should scientists apply to OpenAI's fund for research on AI & mental health? Should policymakers consider it a credible safety effort?
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots […]
Avriel Epps & I see it as "grantwashing," and it's an insult to anyone whose loved one's death involved chatbots […]
The worst thing about pro soccer is FIFA.
The second worst is Taylor Twellman.
The second worst is Taylor Twellman.
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The worst thing about pro soccer is FIFA.
The second worst is Taylor Twellman.
The second worst is Taylor Twellman.
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Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Commit this to memory: those who place themselves above the law's reach are beyond the law's protection
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I was reading about Peter Thiel on Wikipedia and they spent over 1100 words on his philosophical views when they could have just said “he’s a piece of shit human being.”
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I was reading about Peter Thiel on Wikipedia and they spent over 1100 words on his philosophical views when they could have just said “he’s a piece of shit human being.”
Why?! Why would a designer think that _adding_ points of friction in a web browser was a good idea? And what fucking manager signed off on that decision?
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Why?! Why would a designer think that _adding_ points of friction in a web browser was a good idea? And what fucking manager signed off on that decision?
Cloudflare seems to be having a bad go of things today, and probably a third of the sites I'm trying to access right now are unavailable; the platform-based internet works great ... until it doesn't.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Cloudflare seems to be having a bad go of things today, and probably a third of the sites I'm trying to access right now are unavailable; the platform-based internet works great ... until it doesn't.
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Trying to win an award from the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is simultaneously three separate things he has built his career on hating.
Ben Shapiro is spending a lot of $$$ trying to win the inaugural Best Podcast award at the Golden Globes.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/ben-shapir...
Shapiro's Golden Spending Spree
Ben Shapiro is mounting an aggressive Golden Globes campaign, buying billboard space in Times Square and within Jay Penske’s media empire in a bid to win the inaugural Best Podcast award.
www.status.news
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Trying to win an award from the Hollywood Foreign Press, which is simultaneously three separate things he has built his career on hating.
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ICE vs the clergy
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
ICE vs the clergy
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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Scientists have discovered that it is possible to just do something, without making a podcast about it
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Scientists have discovered that it is possible to just do something, without making a podcast about it
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Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal.
You can’t negotiate with people like that.
Today I found out I no longer have cancer. Lots of feelings, but mostly relief.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Today I found out I no longer have cancer. Lots of feelings, but mostly relief.