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MeFite, humanist, seeker of truth that brings hope. Or at least a good laugh.
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‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
‘Remigration’ is a term that comes out of the European far right. Its use by the DHS account is a sign of democratic and epistemic collapse
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Today always makes me think of Vonnegut:
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
(I hope you get some sweet and peacefulness today)
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
(I hope you get some sweet and peacefulness today)
November 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today always makes me think of Vonnegut:
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
(I hope you get some sweet and peacefulness today)
When things are going sweetly and peacefully, please pause a moment, and then say out loud, “If this isn’t nice, what is?”
(I hope you get some sweet and peacefulness today)
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Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
"[...] the Labour leader said the homophobic attack left him worried for the future of the UK"
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
*clears throat*
I HAVE OPINIONS
metro.co.uk/2025/11/26/k...
Keir Starmer's fury after neice and wife 'beaten by blokes for holding hands'
'I thought the days of beating up people because they were gay were well behind us.'
metro.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Politician who fanned anti-LGBT sentiment stunned to find rising levels of anti-LGBT sentiment
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Just wanted to let everyone know about this terrible situation involving art theft so people don't unknowingly buy from this site.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just wanted to let everyone know about this terrible situation involving art theft so people don't unknowingly buy from this site.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
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I love the recurring phenomena of tech CEOs saying "why are you fighting back? in the future, EVERYTHING will rely on our shitty fucking garbage!!!" and then literally months later nobody on the planet uses their shitty garbage anymore. Yall said this about the metaverse too LOL
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love the recurring phenomena of tech CEOs saying "why are you fighting back? in the future, EVERYTHING will rely on our shitty fucking garbage!!!" and then literally months later nobody on the planet uses their shitty garbage anymore. Yall said this about the metaverse too LOL
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
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There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
A third infant has died in Kentucky, KYDPH adds:
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
“These are Kentucky’s first pertussis deaths since 2018. None of the infants nor their mothers received the recommended pertussis vaccinations during pregnancy or early infancy.”
s3.amazonaws.com/nursing-netw...
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
There is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for this to be happening.
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
I had a baby die in my arms of pertussis some fifty years ago. It was a HORRIBLE death. But my fellow nurses said to me, "It's almost stamped out now, they're all getting the shots, we won't be seeing this again."
HOW THE FUCK ARE WE HERE. 😡
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If you want free or more affordable books, don't steal them - advocate for universal basic income so authors can write the damn things without having to work a day job 8-10 hours a day or subsist on Venmo money.
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you want free or more affordable books, don't steal them - advocate for universal basic income so authors can write the damn things without having to work a day job 8-10 hours a day or subsist on Venmo money.
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
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no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
no sorry you’re right this technology is absolutely worth depleting our water supply
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“Being complicit in criminal stuff and not standing up to bad people doing bad things carries possible risk of consequences for use of free will—
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
“Being complicit in criminal stuff and not standing up to bad people doing bad things carries possible risk of consequences for use of free will—
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
Even if you were —
say it with me —
just following orders.
News at 11.”
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An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
November 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
An ICE agent was caught removing a sign marking an ICE kidnapping in DC last week! Do we think he did it out of anger, embarrassment, or most appropriately shame? If you think what you’re doing is right, why are you trying to hide the evidence? 👀
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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EVERY SINGLE
CASH PROGRAM
LIKE THIS
WORKS
CASH PROGRAM
LIKE THIS
WORKS
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
EVERY SINGLE
CASH PROGRAM
LIKE THIS
WORKS
CASH PROGRAM
LIKE THIS
WORKS
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Looks like JD Vance is going to need to change religions again.
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Looks like JD Vance is going to need to change religions again.
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If you’re shocked about Harvard professors hanging with Epstein, hoo boy do I have news for you about one of the world’s top AI researchers over at MIT, the late Marvin Minsky.
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 AM
If you’re shocked about Harvard professors hanging with Epstein, hoo boy do I have news for you about one of the world’s top AI researchers over at MIT, the late Marvin Minsky.
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It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
2925 of 22,828
Candy and the Kisses
"The 81"
November 21, 1964
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vie8...
2925 of 22,828
Candy and the Kisses
"The 81"
November 21, 1964
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vie8...
CANDY & THE KISSES - The 81
YouTube video by NaturalSoulBrother1
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
It took me about 15 months to type the history of the R&B charts into a spreadsheet so that I could organize by the date the song entered the charts.
2925 of 22,828
Candy and the Kisses
"The 81"
November 21, 1964
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vie8...
2925 of 22,828
Candy and the Kisses
"The 81"
November 21, 1964
#musicsky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vie8...
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Buy Diane’s books! (And read the attached thread, it’s wild)
...Anyway! As this thread seems to be taking off a little, this looks like a good time to let folks know that #BlackFriday / #BlackNovember prices have just gone into effect over at #Ebooks Direct. And since I'm having a brain scan on Monday, sales will be welcome! ebooks.direct/collections/...
Bundles
All our ebook bundles contain books significantly discounted from their standalone prices. And naturally they're all DRM-free, and come with our lifetime free replacement guarantee.
ebooks.direct
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Buy Diane’s books! (And read the attached thread, it’s wild)
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It’s like the techbro version of the story about the guy trapped on the roof of the car in the flood who keeps rejecting offers of rescue, saying God will save him.
“You had expert scientists, renewable energy tech that could be deployed at scale, regulatory schemes that could have cut emissions …”
“You had expert scientists, renewable energy tech that could be deployed at scale, regulatory schemes that could have cut emissions …”
Every time a tech entrepreneur says “we don’t need to stop global warming because AI will” I want to slap them with a fish that says, “if a superhuman intelligence came into being and we asked it how to stop global warming, it would say ‘stop burning fossil fuels, you fools.’”
I’m going to regret asking this, but… what mechanism are people proposing whereby AI will “end scarcity”?
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
This feels like literal underpants gnomes thinking, and as I never tire of pointing out, it’s being driven by a lot of the same actual people
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It’s like the techbro version of the story about the guy trapped on the roof of the car in the flood who keeps rejecting offers of rescue, saying God will save him.
“You had expert scientists, renewable energy tech that could be deployed at scale, regulatory schemes that could have cut emissions …”
“You had expert scientists, renewable energy tech that could be deployed at scale, regulatory schemes that could have cut emissions …”
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Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
We had fucking congressional hearings over Mortal Kombat.
There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Our politicians did more to regulate Prince and Twisted Sister songs than glacier melting chatbots that promote suicide
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Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Censorship Machine from Every. Classic. Sci-fi. Dystopia.
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Censorship Machine from Every. Classic. Sci-fi. Dystopia.
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Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
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Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will
October 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Microsoft hates computers AND everyone who uses them, whereas Apple only hates computers, and Linux only hates the people who use them. In this essay I will