Kal
@mkal.bsky.social
Chips: ASIC, FPGA. CV/ML. Duck pictures by the lake. Some bread making. He/They
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The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
February 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."
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Fascinating new research: "The U.S. economy has outperformed most of its rivals in terms of productive might and innovation. But this success has led to rapidly rising living standards for most Americans." https://nyti.ms/3Q2vghi
February 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Fascinating new research: "The U.S. economy has outperformed most of its rivals in terms of productive might and innovation. But this success has led to rapidly rising living standards for most Americans." https://nyti.ms/3Q2vghi
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{while being mugged at gunpoint} This guy is just bluffing
{mugger seizes my wallet} This is just a distraction
{mugger shoots me in the gut and runs away} He'll screw up soon and then we can go back to normal
{mugger seizes my wallet} This is just a distraction
{mugger shoots me in the gut and runs away} He'll screw up soon and then we can go back to normal
February 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
{while being mugged at gunpoint} This guy is just bluffing
{mugger seizes my wallet} This is just a distraction
{mugger shoots me in the gut and runs away} He'll screw up soon and then we can go back to normal
{mugger seizes my wallet} This is just a distraction
{mugger shoots me in the gut and runs away} He'll screw up soon and then we can go back to normal
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As the parent of a disabled kid it is zero fucking surprise. Folks hate disabled people and will actively work towards making their lives more difficult. The lack of empathy that even disabled kids experience is shocking and will change the way you think about people and what they're capable of
This is probably not a surprise to people in the disability community, and I apologize for my ignorance about it, but I have been genuinely surprised how much immediate government wrath is going towards people in the disability community
February 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
As the parent of a disabled kid it is zero fucking surprise. Folks hate disabled people and will actively work towards making their lives more difficult. The lack of empathy that even disabled kids experience is shocking and will change the way you think about people and what they're capable of
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Sorry to make you more angry; passing it along for your mental bag of receipts when people deny there's shit like this out there. It's not like his kid is somehow harmed by this; Andreessen simply hates disabled kids, hates that there's any support for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sorry to make you more angry; passing it along for your mental bag of receipts when people deny there's shit like this out there. It's not like his kid is somehow harmed by this; Andreessen simply hates disabled kids, hates that there's any support for them.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...
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A bit of professional disappointment that Wired beat me to it. But glad the info is out. I can confirm the key details of this report based on my own reporting -the name of the DOGE operative and that yes the reports about read only access is categorically false. Not only does Marko have full …
February 4, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A bit of professional disappointment that Wired beat me to it. But glad the info is out. I can confirm the key details of this report based on my own reporting -the name of the DOGE operative and that yes the reports about read only access is categorically false. Not only does Marko have full …
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Among the many avenues Democrats need to be pushing *now* is:
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Several conversations today w people in the key executive departments. And while the particulars are hard to pin down my impression is that the Musk take over stuff is considerably worse than is being presented in the press. By this I don’t necessarily things they *done* yet but the level of …
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Among the many avenues Democrats need to be pushing *now* is:
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
Trump, Musk, and their Republican enablers just compromised the personal and financial info of every American.
This isn't hyperbole; it already happened. They broke all the cybersecurity protocols and are concealing what they're doing.
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Something really stupid is going to happen and it’s going to be so stupid that it’s the last thing that ever happened and then, later, when octopuses take the earth, and find our few remains, they’re going to be like what stupid shit did these stupid fucks do
February 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Something really stupid is going to happen and it’s going to be so stupid that it’s the last thing that ever happened and then, later, when octopuses take the earth, and find our few remains, they’re going to be like what stupid shit did these stupid fucks do
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It's unfortunate that the history of the Civil Rights movement has been rewritten as "We marched peacefully until our enemies grew a conscience".
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
February 1, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It's unfortunate that the history of the Civil Rights movement has been rewritten as "We marched peacefully until our enemies grew a conscience".
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
MLK and SNCC accomplished a major shift in policy using a deliberate, low-grade insurgency carried out with incredible skill and decades-long strategy.
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headline: Elon Musk has constructed the Howling Engine, which converts the anguished cries of children into cancer
democrats: in these dark times, the american people need us to reach across the aisle
democrats: in these dark times, the american people need us to reach across the aisle
February 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
headline: Elon Musk has constructed the Howling Engine, which converts the anguished cries of children into cancer
democrats: in these dark times, the american people need us to reach across the aisle
democrats: in these dark times, the american people need us to reach across the aisle
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Sorry I'm just in a really bad place right now (United States)
January 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Sorry I'm just in a really bad place right now (United States)
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
Indeed.
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Indeed.
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Calling bullshit on their lies isn't censorship. Failed insurrectionists aren't heroes. Fighting racism and helping underserved communities isn't discrimination. Showing empathy isn't evil. Supporting trans kids isn't abuse. Don't accept their twisted frames as reality.
January 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Calling bullshit on their lies isn't censorship. Failed insurrectionists aren't heroes. Fighting racism and helping underserved communities isn't discrimination. Showing empathy isn't evil. Supporting trans kids isn't abuse. Don't accept their twisted frames as reality.
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J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
Hesgeth and Vance use the Washington D.C. airliner-helicopter crash to make anti-diversity, equity and inclusion points, suggesting it was to blame for the collision.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
The Vice President didn't even open his remarks by referencing the victims or families - just straight into anti-DEI points.
January 30, 2025 at 5:33 PM
J.D. Vance uses DEI to cover for a potentially white male pilot being at fault: "When you don't have the best standards in who you're hiring, it means, on the one hand, you're not getting the best people in government, but on the other hand, it puts stresses on the people who are already there."
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No, the headline is "Trump attacks minorities to cover up his own culpability in crash", it's time to start playing the game we are actually in
the headline is not “trump blames deadly plane crash on DEI” but “trump seizes on deadly plane crash to attack minorities”
January 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
No, the headline is "Trump attacks minorities to cover up his own culpability in crash", it's time to start playing the game we are actually in
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
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Just got this tip from an airline pilot
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just got this tip from an airline pilot
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Reporter: You blamed the diversity elements but then told us you weren’t sure that the controllers made any mistakes.
Trump: It’s all under investigation.
Reporter: That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
Trump: It’s all under investigation.
Reporter: That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
January 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reporter: You blamed the diversity elements but then told us you weren’t sure that the controllers made any mistakes.
Trump: It’s all under investigation.
Reporter: That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
Trump: It’s all under investigation.
Reporter: That’s why I’m trying to figure out how you can come to the conclusion right now that diversity had something to do with this crash.
This is the new administration:
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: "Obviously, it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that."
January 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is the new administration:
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Again, still, always: in an even halfway functional country this guy would be in prison for fraud, he's on an earnings call telling people outright lies about what his company is going to do
Musk says Tesla will manufacture several thousand Optimus robots that will be "doing useful things by the end of the year," adding that it won't be long before "we're making 100 million of these things a year"
January 29, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, still, always: in an even halfway functional country this guy would be in prison for fraud, he's on an earnings call telling people outright lies about what his company is going to do
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"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." -Anil Dash
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Substack is, just as a reminder, a political project made by extremists with a goal of normalizing a radical, hateful agenda by co-opting well-intentioned creators' work in service of cross-promoting attacks on the vulnerable." -Anil Dash
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
www.anildash.com/2024/11/19/d...
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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
January 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.
Smashed records.
Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.