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NHS Worker. Pasiinate about Wargames and Video Games. Broadly Leftist. He/Him.
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Stein is spewing the corollary to Murc's law: Dems, and only Dems, must always be the adults in the room.
As for the Republicans: as Beyoncé once said, "You made your bed, now lay in it."
As for the Republicans: as Beyoncé once said, "You made your bed, now lay in it."
Absolutely not. Dems don't stop until Rs agree to end gerrymandering across the country. Ds didn't start this fight, but they damn well better win it.
December 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Stein is spewing the corollary to Murc's law: Dems, and only Dems, must always be the adults in the room.
As for the Republicans: as Beyoncé once said, "You made your bed, now lay in it."
As for the Republicans: as Beyoncé once said, "You made your bed, now lay in it."
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The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
Every ad for AI is like
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
Person: FUCK!! I don’t know what to get my loved one for Christmas!!!!!! I love them so much!!! Tell me what to do, AI!!
AI: get sock
Title Card: You are literally the smartest person for doing this
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The thing that gets me about this is that even if we wanted to make a positive AI ad, they never showcase AI being used to enhance someone’s day or improve their workflow. There’s no “it allows me to more easily do what I love.” It’s always presented as a failsafe for the dispassionate and incurious
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Like if you're including Threads and Reddit, which nobody under 25 uses, but you're explicitly excluding the "17 reports minimum to get banned for CSA" platforms, the "not now kitten" platform, and the "paedophile hellscape", it's clearly not about protecting kids
December 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Like if you're including Threads and Reddit, which nobody under 25 uses, but you're explicitly excluding the "17 reports minimum to get banned for CSA" platforms, the "not now kitten" platform, and the "paedophile hellscape", it's clearly not about protecting kids
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As the noted philosopher JoeLongBalls once said:
"every argument about ID verification on social media boils down to 'i want the bank account information of that guy with the vegeta avatar who called me a dumb wank'"
"every argument about ID verification on social media boils down to 'i want the bank account information of that guy with the vegeta avatar who called me a dumb wank'"
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
As the noted philosopher JoeLongBalls once said:
"every argument about ID verification on social media boils down to 'i want the bank account information of that guy with the vegeta avatar who called me a dumb wank'"
"every argument about ID verification on social media boils down to 'i want the bank account information of that guy with the vegeta avatar who called me a dumb wank'"
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I 100% did not expect the govt to point at banks on behalf of the adult industry. We need to leverage the hell out of this
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Holy shit. Remember the Trump debanking EO? The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency identified adult entertainment as one such industry facing unfair treatment from banks. This is huge
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
www.occ.gov/news-issuanc...
December 11, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I 100% did not expect the govt to point at banks on behalf of the adult industry. We need to leverage the hell out of this
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
Remember Mastercard and Visa blaming "banking partners"? If banks face repercussions their alibis could start crumbling as they get pinched between angry consumers and the feds
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"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit" does not apply to old British Brexiters, who, on their death beds, knowingly sent younger generations into poverty, unemployment and reduced international mobility.
December 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit" does not apply to old British Brexiters, who, on their death beds, knowingly sent younger generations into poverty, unemployment and reduced international mobility.
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The Sun hasn’t made a profit in years
The Spectator has never been profitable, it cannot stop losing money. If a system is what it does, the Spectator cannot be understood to function as a profit-generating company; its function is to spread gutter fascist propaganda amongst its lay readership and politicians, money is no object
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Sun hasn’t made a profit in years
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Northern Ireland continues show off just how broken UK counter-terrorism law has become...
Judge Kerr said he accepted that this was not a terrorist case but that the pipe bombs had been left to "cause fear and distress and in order to achieve a sectarian aim of stopping the GAA using public pitches".
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
Pipe bombs not terrorism, holding signs in support of Palestine Action however, is.
A man who left pipe bombs at a Co Down sports ground in an attempt to intimidate a newly formed GAA club into leaving, has been given a three year sentence.
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Northern Ireland continues show off just how broken UK counter-terrorism law has become...
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I do not believe "has muslims" is a valid reason for a negative review, and Valve too often tolerate hate on their platforms.
Valve has now rejected my complaint, confirming that "I don't like muslims" is a valid reason to leave a negative review on a game on Steam
This is where we're at now.
This is where we're at now.
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I do not believe "has muslims" is a valid reason for a negative review, and Valve too often tolerate hate on their platforms.
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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Tribunal: *finds that Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Beth Upton*
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
#C4News went above & beyond, reporting:
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
"a nurse has won a harassment claim against Dr Beth Upton."
No she didn't. NHS FIFE harassed her, not Upton.
This is almost defamatory, & they mentioned none of the dismissed parts or the implications for trans women in SS spaces. I complained to Ofcom.
December 9, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Tribunal: *finds that Sandie Peggie harassed Dr Beth Upton*
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
British Press: Hahaha no, that's not the story we already decided we like, they must have said it wrong, we'll just say the opposite thing happened ☺️
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No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
No one should be offered death in lieu of treatment.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
No one should be offered death when they’re asking for help.
It’s coercive even if they have the “right” to say no, because if no other treatments are offered they’re going to experience tremendous suffering.
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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again; the doctor was *NOT* on trial
she was called as a witness to give testimony about Sandie Peggy's objectively horrible behaviour, some of which was targeted at said Doctor.
The courts should face consequence for the danger they have put the rest of her life in. Again; *as a victim*.
she was called as a witness to give testimony about Sandie Peggy's objectively horrible behaviour, some of which was targeted at said Doctor.
The courts should face consequence for the danger they have put the rest of her life in. Again; *as a victim*.
the judge who refused the doctor being harassed by a bigot at Fife the right to anonymity throughout these proceedings and ultimately led to her name and photos being published by the press and all of the harassment that has happened since
should still step down
you piece of shit.
should still step down
you piece of shit.
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
again; the doctor was *NOT* on trial
she was called as a witness to give testimony about Sandie Peggy's objectively horrible behaviour, some of which was targeted at said Doctor.
The courts should face consequence for the danger they have put the rest of her life in. Again; *as a victim*.
she was called as a witness to give testimony about Sandie Peggy's objectively horrible behaviour, some of which was targeted at said Doctor.
The courts should face consequence for the danger they have put the rest of her life in. Again; *as a victim*.
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"But what does that say about my job if a machine that's wrong 75% of the time can do for me and no one notices?"
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"But what does that say about my job if a machine that's wrong 75% of the time can do for me and no one notices?"
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
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I think a lot about Trump being shocked and impressed by the fryer basket at McDonald’s, since everyone who’s been to a McDonald’s has seen that. It’s in full view of the counter.
But of course, he doesn’t *go* to McDonald’s. He has people pick it up and take it to him.
But of course, he doesn’t *go* to McDonald’s. He has people pick it up and take it to him.
something you have to understand about Trump & his weird comments about the economy is that the dude hasn't paid for anything like a normal person in decades - never pumps gas, never buys groceries - so he's completely & utterly out of touch with what life is like for most of us
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I think a lot about Trump being shocked and impressed by the fryer basket at McDonald’s, since everyone who’s been to a McDonald’s has seen that. It’s in full view of the counter.
But of course, he doesn’t *go* to McDonald’s. He has people pick it up and take it to him.
But of course, he doesn’t *go* to McDonald’s. He has people pick it up and take it to him.
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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This is what’s happening to immigrants doing it “the right way” in Trump’s America.
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This is what’s happening to immigrants doing it “the right way” in Trump’s America.
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
We have been told about it happening here in Tennessee.
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Trumpiggy admitted he wanted a political payoff after a pardon of a Texas Democrat. That's a felony quid pro quo whether he actually received it or not. He should be impeached for it.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
December 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Trumpiggy admitted he wanted a political payoff after a pardon of a Texas Democrat. That's a felony quid pro quo whether he actually received it or not. He should be impeached for it.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
GOP cowards say: courage is for Democrats.
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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My thing about birthright citizenship and “originalism” is like… the jurists of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 WERE ADULTS DURING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO THEY KNEW THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING AND TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS IN WONG KIM ARK!!!
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
My thing about birthright citizenship and “originalism” is like… the jurists of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 WERE ADULTS DURING THE RATIFICATION OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT. SO THEY KNEW THE ORIGINAL PUBLIC MEANING AND TOLD YOU WHAT IT WAS IN WONG KIM ARK!!!
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Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
It's #portfolioday! I'm presently a senior narrative designer at Blizzard, but before that I was at Bungie and Arkane. I wrote for the Writer's Guild award-nominated Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, and a bunch of critically acclaimed seasons and expansions in Destiny 2.
December 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reminder that I'm still looking fulltime or contract work as a senior writer or narrative designer. If you need someone who can write sharp characters, poetic prose, and emotional stories, I'm available! You can find my portfolio here: www.hazelmonforton.com
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'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'UK has too many ADHD diagnoses' doesn't pass the smell test as explanation for UK's rising number of young people not in education, employment or training - ADHD diagnoses have gone up at similar rates across our peers, but the UK's rising NEETs are a UK issue.