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“I regard writing not as investigation of character, but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.”
— Evelyn Waugh, The Art of Fiction 30, Paris Review, 1963
— Evelyn Waugh, The Art of Fiction 30, Paris Review, 1963
January 11, 2026 at 10:31 PM
“I regard writing not as investigation of character, but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.”
— Evelyn Waugh, The Art of Fiction 30, Paris Review, 1963
— Evelyn Waugh, The Art of Fiction 30, Paris Review, 1963
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Cannot imagine the courage required for Iranians to keep joining the protests, & find ways of getting testimony out. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘The streets are full of blood’: Iranian protests gather momentum as regime cracks down
Demonstrators recount experiences on the frontlines as protest movement rapidly moves beyond government’s control
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Cannot imagine the courage required for Iranians to keep joining the protests, & find ways of getting testimony out. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
January 11, 2026 at 11:02 PM
this is all it’s really about for them. Not domestic policy, not “economic anxiety”, just an endless desire to punish stand-ins for the Mommy who forced them take a bath, even if it tanks their own quality of life.
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Separate from the obvious misogyny of the last few days, it’s been striking to watch the right wing media apparatus really confront the role of normie middle-aged women as a leading and increasingly radical force of opposition to trump
January 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Separate from the obvious misogyny of the last few days, it’s been striking to watch the right wing media apparatus really confront the role of normie middle-aged women as a leading and increasingly radical force of opposition to trump
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You can see echoes of this in a lot of the incel/manosphere world too. The problem with women is they insist on having their own preferences not tied to my own, the demons.
Humans... have free will, their own internal lives and are complicated! Yes! That's a good thing! That's what makes relationships both wonderful and difficult - getting rid of the hard stuff doesn't make for a better relationship, just a shell.
God, men like this need to grow up
God, men like this need to grow up
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
You can see echoes of this in a lot of the incel/manosphere world too. The problem with women is they insist on having their own preferences not tied to my own, the demons.
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Fascinating story about how genome-based theories of disease clouded our understanding of exposome-based explanations of disease and how those errors are now slowly being corrected.
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“No one knows exactly how much of the world’s drinking water is laced with TCE. The CDC reckons the water supply of 4-18% of Americans is contaminated… In Silicon Valley, where TCE was integral to manufacturing of early transistors, a necklace of underground plumes…”
www.wired.com/story/scient...
www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:24 AM
Fascinating story about how genome-based theories of disease clouded our understanding of exposome-based explanations of disease and how those errors are now slowly being corrected.
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
“Your exposome is the sum of your own personal environmental exposures, from the womb to the casket.”
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“You have to allow child abuse images otherwise we’ll ruin your country” is certainly a novel foreign policy position
Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“You have to allow child abuse images otherwise we’ll ruin your country” is certainly a novel foreign policy position
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We choose the strangest churches in our so-called secular society.
January 6, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We choose the strangest churches in our so-called secular society.
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I didn't actually make this up. Some years ago - I think on old Twitter, maybe - I was getting dogpiled about something or the other. And, like, a half-dozen or so of the people yelling at me had a thing about being aspiring graphic novelists in their bio. Seemed like a red flag to me ever since.
"failed grapic novelists"
That's a keeper.
That's a keeper.
January 7, 2026 at 6:23 AM
I didn't actually make this up. Some years ago - I think on old Twitter, maybe - I was getting dogpiled about something or the other. And, like, a half-dozen or so of the people yelling at me had a thing about being aspiring graphic novelists in their bio. Seemed like a red flag to me ever since.
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I remember a law prof friend saying that the idea of corporate civil rights binds consumers without binding capital…
Since “corporations are people,” can Grok be charged with a crime? Specifically, violation of the Take It Down act that Ted Cruz introduced and that Trump signed into law in May?
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
January 2, 2026 at 8:24 PM
I remember a law prof friend saying that the idea of corporate civil rights binds consumers without binding capital…
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Burn. 🤣
January 2, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Burn. 🤣
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Rights have to apply to dickheads to be rights
December 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Rights have to apply to dickheads to be rights
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not gonna evangelize about it but tbh coming to understand the value of cardio is one of the biggest positive changes I've made of any kind to my adult life, for whatever that's worth
Fitness gurus are always knocking cardio. Well, the elliptical is super effectively for weight loss. It’s low impact so you can do it for long time periods, every day. I can burn 800-1000 calories in an hour. I can do it daily. I lost 100 lbs once doing nothing but that damned boring elliptical.
December 28, 2025 at 4:09 PM
not gonna evangelize about it but tbh coming to understand the value of cardio is one of the biggest positive changes I've made of any kind to my adult life, for whatever that's worth
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Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 28, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Remember:
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
When Tylenol was poisoned *by an outsider* and killed people, the company recalled all their products & redesigned them.
When Intel’s Pentium had a bug so obscure it affected 1 in _9 billion_ long division calculations, they recalled their chips.
ChatGPT was made deadly *by its team*.
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Doris Day makes her screen debut with one of the dumbest songs of all time and still knocks it out of the park. Her sly wink to an imaginary off-camera nightclub patron is inimitable.
From Romance on the High Seas (1948)
From Romance on the High Seas (1948)
December 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Doris Day makes her screen debut with one of the dumbest songs of all time and still knocks it out of the park. Her sly wink to an imaginary off-camera nightclub patron is inimitable.
From Romance on the High Seas (1948)
From Romance on the High Seas (1948)
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Four children who inherited their wealth and a crypto entrepreneur who went to prison.
That’s…a look.
That’s…a look.
December 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Four children who inherited their wealth and a crypto entrepreneur who went to prison.
That’s…a look.
That’s…a look.
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Fun fact: almost no trade nonfiction books are fact-checked. Unless the author is a rare one who wants to (and can) pay for it out-of-pocket, your favorite books hit the presses full of whatever errors the author may have made. And everyone makes some.
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fun fact: almost no trade nonfiction books are fact-checked. Unless the author is a rare one who wants to (and can) pay for it out-of-pocket, your favorite books hit the presses full of whatever errors the author may have made. And everyone makes some.
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Living and working abroad has had its difficulties but imo it’s something everyone should do at least once. You learn things about yourself being a stranger somewhere.
December 28, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Living and working abroad has had its difficulties but imo it’s something everyone should do at least once. You learn things about yourself being a stranger somewhere.
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I think people aren’t aware of how little is done about rape in general.
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I think people aren’t aware of how little is done about rape in general.
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Your car is too big.
December 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Your car is too big.
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I don't even like Christmas movies but there is no limit to how many hours I would watch Michael Caine interacting on camera with Muppets.
December 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I don't even like Christmas movies but there is no limit to how many hours I would watch Michael Caine interacting on camera with Muppets.
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I like the way they have incorporated the effect of the experience into the warning of the experience.
December 21, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I like the way they have incorporated the effect of the experience into the warning of the experience.
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Having fun with spam texters.
December 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Having fun with spam texters.