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From Shai-Hulud's Scribal Academy!
November 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
From Shai-Hulud's Scribal Academy!
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'Swan Brothers' by @tkingfisher.com just hit my dash again, so from the year 2014 I bring you the link. ursulav.livejournal.com/1598605.html
Swan Brothers
It happened one summer that a curse fell on my family. The details arent important. We could be here all night with who married whom and who cursed what. There was a curse, thats all you need to know....
ursulav.livejournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
'Swan Brothers' by @tkingfisher.com just hit my dash again, so from the year 2014 I bring you the link. ursulav.livejournal.com/1598605.html
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"Do not distract your enemy when he is making a mistake"—Napoleon Bonaparte.
Corollary, for modern electoral politics: don't pick a fight where you look bad for losing and worse for winning.
Aaaand Pete Hegseth has *totally* not figured this out wrt. Mark Kelly!
Corollary, for modern electoral politics: don't pick a fight where you look bad for losing and worse for winning.
Aaaand Pete Hegseth has *totally* not figured this out wrt. Mark Kelly!
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Do not distract your enemy when he is making a mistake"—Napoleon Bonaparte.
Corollary, for modern electoral politics: don't pick a fight where you look bad for losing and worse for winning.
Aaaand Pete Hegseth has *totally* not figured this out wrt. Mark Kelly!
Corollary, for modern electoral politics: don't pick a fight where you look bad for losing and worse for winning.
Aaaand Pete Hegseth has *totally* not figured this out wrt. Mark Kelly!
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Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thinking of the Helmand Culture woman from Shahr-e Sukhteh in Iran with the sick ass golden artificial eye again.
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He played Ralphi in Johnny Mnemonic. Terrific actor and a pleasure to work with.
Oh, man. One of cinema's most reliable weirdos, and I mean that in a highly complimentary fashion. RIP.
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
Udo Kier, German Actor Who Appeared in ‘My Own Private Idaho,’ ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein,’ Dies at 81
Udo Kier, a German actor who collaborated with everyone from Andy Warhol to Lars von Trier to Madonna, died on Sunday morning. He was 81.
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
He played Ralphi in Johnny Mnemonic. Terrific actor and a pleasure to work with.
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Bluesky: Why won't AEW put our posts on screen?
Also Bluesky:
Also Bluesky:
i can’t wait to see the beautiful gay fanart of mox & kyle lying together in a heart-shaped pool of blood with a chain wrapping around both of their necks #aewfullgear
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Bluesky: Why won't AEW put our posts on screen?
Also Bluesky:
Also Bluesky:
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November 22, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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kermit only wears clothes when he's a tv reporter. the second he clocks out, bam. completely naked. he puts away the frog dick only for FCC regulations
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
kermit only wears clothes when he's a tv reporter. the second he clocks out, bam. completely naked. he puts away the frog dick only for FCC regulations
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thanks that's very stupid
The Democratic Party has a plan to prevent the next Mamdani by running a new type of candidate: the national security mom
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/national-s...
National Security Moms Are Here
Trump's call for arresting Democrats targets new political bloc, foreshadowing what's to come
www.kenklippenstein.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
thanks that's very stupid
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"Fiona is the most jerkin' girl in the world !
Everybody loves Fiona!
She's got the best hair and the most awesome clothes!"
Everybody loves Fiona!
She's got the best hair and the most awesome clothes!"
Musk has apparently manipulated Grok so much that it says he's a better athlete than LeBron James and a funnier comedian than Jerry Seinfeld.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
Imagine being so insecure you need to program an LLM to boost you like that.
November 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Fiona is the most jerkin' girl in the world !
Everybody loves Fiona!
She's got the best hair and the most awesome clothes!"
Everybody loves Fiona!
She's got the best hair and the most awesome clothes!"
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So... spells.
We're using spells to undo the work we've done... tricking rocks into thinking with lightning.
And trapping evil cars in circles of salt.
The old ways are new again.
We're using spells to undo the work we've done... tricking rocks into thinking with lightning.
And trapping evil cars in circles of salt.
The old ways are new again.
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
So... spells.
We're using spells to undo the work we've done... tricking rocks into thinking with lightning.
And trapping evil cars in circles of salt.
The old ways are new again.
We're using spells to undo the work we've done... tricking rocks into thinking with lightning.
And trapping evil cars in circles of salt.
The old ways are new again.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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This entire article highlights one of the big reasons I love this fucking city even though it's got more problems than you can shake a stick at
I’m howling.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This entire article highlights one of the big reasons I love this fucking city even though it's got more problems than you can shake a stick at
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As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:39 AM
As I read this, I'm thinking about the man I interviewed who had to be hospitalized from the Covid he caught at the poultry processing plant and he got fired for it and he still has long Covid
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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People in institutions facing a legitimacy crisis fail to understand that while their individual actions can often be reasonable and well-considered, it *does not matter,* because a long series of larger actions have wholly eroded people's willingness to believe the institution is a good actor
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 PM
People in institutions facing a legitimacy crisis fail to understand that while their individual actions can often be reasonable and well-considered, it *does not matter,* because a long series of larger actions have wholly eroded people's willingness to believe the institution is a good actor
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
www.tcj.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare interview with the creators of the always-funny, always-brilliant, and *usually*-sexy—or occasionally anti-sexy—OGLAF!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
Cooper has kept a low profile over the years, but is legitimately one of the very best artists in comics today. Read OGLAF if you're old enough to drive!
I happened to run across a copy of Ben’s autobiography a few years ago and its on my short list to start reading before the year is gone.
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I happened to run across a copy of Ben’s autobiography a few years ago and its on my short list to start reading before the year is gone.
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We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
The Coming Out of a Transgender Scientist
"I know that I am making the right decision because whenever I think about changing my gender role, I am flooded with feelings of relief."
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
April 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We're disappointed to see Ben Barres's powerful book "The Autobiography of a Transgender Scientist" among the ~400 titles removed from the Naval Academy Library. Needless to say, we're proud to have published his book and will keep it — and his memory — alive.
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amazing 🧵 on Mamdani's ascendancy and the team he's built to transform NYC. well worth the read.
The real reasons why the elite parasites that we refer to as “wealthy” are scared of “socialists” like Zohran Mamdani taking office isn’t because of the fear of a 2% tax increase. Although, we know they truly do hate having to pay their fair share, the greedy cockroaches. What’s scares them is this🧵
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
amazing 🧵 on Mamdani's ascendancy and the team he's built to transform NYC. well worth the read.