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Today I'm reading about the hardest motherfucker to ever live, French naval officer Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars. His enormous titanium balls are clearly exhibited by this sentence:
"After having lost both legs and an arm, he continued to command from a bucket filled with wheat until he died."
"After having lost both legs and an arm, he continued to command from a bucket filled with wheat until he died."
November 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Today I'm reading about the hardest motherfucker to ever live, French naval officer Aristide Aubert du Petit-Thouars. His enormous titanium balls are clearly exhibited by this sentence:
"After having lost both legs and an arm, he continued to command from a bucket filled with wheat until he died."
"After having lost both legs and an arm, he continued to command from a bucket filled with wheat until he died."
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Undefeated AGAIN! Twice today!
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Undefeated AGAIN! Twice today!
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That whine incessantly. They fight it tooth and nail. They threaten to leave.
But it's all bluster at the end of the day. They always cave because ultimately taxing the wealthy is good for business.
But it's all bluster at the end of the day. They always cave because ultimately taxing the wealthy is good for business.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
That whine incessantly. They fight it tooth and nail. They threaten to leave.
But it's all bluster at the end of the day. They always cave because ultimately taxing the wealthy is good for business.
But it's all bluster at the end of the day. They always cave because ultimately taxing the wealthy is good for business.
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the wealthy cannot be held accountable, therefore the wealthy must never be allowed to make decisions.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
the wealthy cannot be held accountable, therefore the wealthy must never be allowed to make decisions.
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on the topic of furry fur coats: i saw these two at Vancoufur!! soooo cool
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
on the topic of furry fur coats: i saw these two at Vancoufur!! soooo cool
"In most cases, I, as a user, don’t need an account. Yet programs keep insisting that I, not them, 'need' one.
I don’t. I have more accounts already than a population of a small town. This is something you want, not me."
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
I don’t. I have more accounts already than a population of a small town. This is something you want, not me."
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
Needy Programs
We used to use software; now software started to use us
tonsky.me
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"In most cases, I, as a user, don’t need an account. Yet programs keep insisting that I, not them, 'need' one.
I don’t. I have more accounts already than a population of a small town. This is something you want, not me."
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
I don’t. I have more accounts already than a population of a small town. This is something you want, not me."
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
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Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Happy partially muscled skeleton screaming before vanishing day to all those who celebrate.
can pretty much say "yeah, you and who's army?"
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
can pretty much say "yeah, you and who's army?"
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It turns out that if you're a nice place to live and a productive place to work, rich people are willing to pay a little more to live there.
Which is convenient, because then you can make it even nicer and more productive.
Which is convenient, because then you can make it even nicer and more productive.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It turns out that if you're a nice place to live and a productive place to work, rich people are willing to pay a little more to live there.
Which is convenient, because then you can make it even nicer and more productive.
Which is convenient, because then you can make it even nicer and more productive.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Disney wants you to cancel your subscriptions so badly.
Bob Iger says Disney+ will soon have AI-generated short form content from users
(via THR)
(via THR)
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Disney wants you to cancel your subscriptions so badly.
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a computer can never be held accountable; therefore a computer must never be permitted to impersonate a human being.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
a computer can never be held accountable; therefore a computer must never be permitted to impersonate a human being.
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Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Please enjoy my cartoon in today's Toronto Star
love how TV's gone from 1 box plugged into the wall to "subscribe to these dozen services to keep up"
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
love how TV's gone from 1 box plugged into the wall to "subscribe to these dozen services to keep up"
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we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 PM
we gotta get like three VPNs deep with signal chats set to a disappearing turnaround of minutes to be able to use adult words instead of "unalive" or "grape" meanwhile our political elite are apparently just emailing each other plaintext "up for sex crimes tonight ?"
Steam Cube just reminded me of something (don't get the boxes mixed up)
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Steam Cube just reminded me of something (don't get the boxes mixed up)
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
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"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"Not even in my wildest dreams did I imagine that one day I would paint a picture of hot Bowser for official material, announced by Miyamoto himself. 😭 I laughed so hard in disbelief while painting, you have no idea lol"
Valve: "behold our steam cube"
Microsoft: "release the Leon controller"
Microsoft: "release the Leon controller"
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Valve: "behold our steam cube"
Microsoft: "release the Leon controller"
Microsoft: "release the Leon controller"
thanks to youtube giving me DDR playlists, discovering there's a drinking song to the tune of Tetris www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGtq...
dArtagnan - Trink mein Freund (Offizielles Video)
YouTube video by dArtagnanVEVO
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 AM
thanks to youtube giving me DDR playlists, discovering there's a drinking song to the tune of Tetris www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGtq...