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· Jan 18
the whole thing: systems naturally trend toward certain outcomes, outcomes benefit certain people, and the quadrant of "not naturally trended toward" and "benefits those with less power" requires intention and attention to resolve. the world is sprinting from this sole value, and that's abhorrent.
Very odd that all of a sudden my feed is pet pics and other frivolities? Is this what happens when all the infighting disinfo bots turn off because… the kompromat was released and now there’s no leverage, or something?
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Very odd that all of a sudden my feed is pet pics and other frivolities? Is this what happens when all the infighting disinfo bots turn off because… the kompromat was released and now there’s no leverage, or something?
I'm not so naive to think clinton/gates/etc don't have their goons rubbing elbows with the media and judicial system to keep their names clean, but if you're a conspiracy theorist with a narrative that they're calling the shots, the [lack of] epstein release is evidence of Greater Goons than theirs.
December 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I'm not so naive to think clinton/gates/etc don't have their goons rubbing elbows with the media and judicial system to keep their names clean, but if you're a conspiracy theorist with a narrative that they're calling the shots, the [lack of] epstein release is evidence of Greater Goons than theirs.
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What happened to this RFK Jr.?
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
What happened to this RFK Jr.?
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Lutnick on Epstein:
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
October 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Lutnick on Epstein:
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
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Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
September 16, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this.
You're welcome
You're welcome
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November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
September 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...
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Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
September 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Use of the word "evil" in official congressional e-newsletters, over time, by party
welp. we've been distracted from the epstein files.
September 14, 2025 at 5:45 AM
welp. we've been distracted from the epstein files.
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Mr. President, your party controls the House, the Senate and the White House.
Do not shut down the government.
Do not shut down the government.
September 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Mr. President, your party controls the House, the Senate and the White House.
Do not shut down the government.
Do not shut down the government.
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There's no shame in being wrong about something.
There is shame in choosing to be wrong.
There is shame in choosing to be wrong.
September 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There's no shame in being wrong about something.
There is shame in choosing to be wrong.
There is shame in choosing to be wrong.
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Mild take:
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
September 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mild take:
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
The vilification of "virtue signalling" was a political project designed to make even the most subtle reminders of what decency is uncouth and it fucking worked.
a democratic message I'd get excited about: "donald trump has corruptly enriched himself and his family in amounts upwards of $4B through the public office of president, so we're working to identify what legal frameworks are necessary to take that $4B back as soon as he's out of power".
September 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
a democratic message I'd get excited about: "donald trump has corruptly enriched himself and his family in amounts upwards of $4B through the public office of president, so we're working to identify what legal frameworks are necessary to take that $4B back as soon as he's out of power".
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The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 31, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The thing about a lot of these never Trump Republicans is that, unlike a lot of institutionalist Dems who think the fever will break and we can all return to comity or whatever, these guys saw the rot up close and know the only appropriate response is to tear them out of government root and branch.
man all these ill informed dunks on gpt5 has me feeling like we're all about to get steamrolled. it's feels like someone in the 40s noticing integer overflow, and going "you're telling me 'c0mPuTeRz R gud @ math', but look! it thinks 255 + 2 = 1! my job as calculator is S A F E 😂 ! 💯"
August 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
man all these ill informed dunks on gpt5 has me feeling like we're all about to get steamrolled. it's feels like someone in the 40s noticing integer overflow, and going "you're telling me 'c0mPuTeRz R gud @ math', but look! it thinks 255 + 2 = 1! my job as calculator is S A F E 😂 ! 💯"
I promise I'm not an ezra klein stan but holy shit does he do a good job in this interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...
I think platforming extreme ideologies is not something that should be taken lightly, but ezra absolutely did his homework.
I think platforming extreme ideologies is not something that should be taken lightly, but ezra absolutely did his homework.
Opinion | Behind Trump and Vance Is This Man’s Movement
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I promise I'm not an ezra klein stan but holy shit does he do a good job in this interview: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/o...
I think platforming extreme ideologies is not something that should be taken lightly, but ezra absolutely did his homework.
I think platforming extreme ideologies is not something that should be taken lightly, but ezra absolutely did his homework.
the most significant clarification to my personal ontology comes from a continuous intentional attempt to refine my answer to the question: what is the difference between truth, power, and good?
July 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the most significant clarification to my personal ontology comes from a continuous intentional attempt to refine my answer to the question: what is the difference between truth, power, and good?
this reads like a robot rapid-fire malfunctioning spewing all the contradictory facts in its database all at once before exploding. quote tweeting to keep around as a nicely exhaustive reference of all the BS narratives that he's used over the years.
Donald Trump now claims Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden created the Epstein Files and says we should stop asking questions and just trust Pam Bondi. He calls the Epstein documents “Radical Left inspired” and says his DOJ should focus on other things.
July 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
this reads like a robot rapid-fire malfunctioning spewing all the contradictory facts in its database all at once before exploding. quote tweeting to keep around as a nicely exhaustive reference of all the BS narratives that he's used over the years.
@pftompkins.bsky.social I painted your face and it came out like a cross between Pedro Pascal, Albert Einstein, and a bad painting.
June 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
@pftompkins.bsky.social I painted your face and it came out like a cross between Pedro Pascal, Albert Einstein, and a bad painting.
"democrats are messageless"- current admin means we lack a coherent backdrop to have a message against. we need people to "just be basically serious adults". how bad do things need to get before electorate is ok moving from "how do we find a sexy candidate" and instead take some wins?
June 21, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"democrats are messageless"- current admin means we lack a coherent backdrop to have a message against. we need people to "just be basically serious adults". how bad do things need to get before electorate is ok moving from "how do we find a sexy candidate" and instead take some wins?
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
keeping a reference of this around to quickly dismiss any pretense that the "biden was old" scandal amounts to anything relative to this admin
May 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
keeping a reference of this around to quickly dismiss any pretense that the "biden was old" scandal amounts to anything relative to this admin
if you want to own that it was an "unauthorized" edit: post the edit! what WAS grok prompted to say, and on what terms? if this was some rogue injection, then it shouldn't be embarrassing when the prompt is shown to have been carefully crafted to get away with racist slime.
xAI says employee made unauthorized changes causing unprompted “white genocide” responses… no indication of who that employee might be or what is happening to them
May 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
if you want to own that it was an "unauthorized" edit: post the edit! what WAS grok prompted to say, and on what terms? if this was some rogue injection, then it shouldn't be embarrassing when the prompt is shown to have been carefully crafted to get away with racist slime.
this should be a massive story. the willingness of those that control AI to shape it to their own benefit in not-abstract terms. and the only reason we know about it is because AI isn't good enough _yet_ to be subtle, and musk is so detached from reality as to make such a brazen mistake.
Musk's Grok AI chatbot says it 'appears that I was instructed' to talk about 'white genocide'
By Thursday morning, Grok's answer had changed, and the chatbot said it "wasn't programmed to give any answers promoting or endorsing harmful ideologies."
www.cnbc.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this should be a massive story. the willingness of those that control AI to shape it to their own benefit in not-abstract terms. and the only reason we know about it is because AI isn't good enough _yet_ to be subtle, and musk is so detached from reality as to make such a brazen mistake.
the threat of [rapid stock devaluation proportional to a company's likelihood of getting ceo-assassinated and the company being forced to act more humanely] getting priced into stock evaluations might be one of the greatest forces for good in our broken late capitalist world
UnitedHealth sued by shareholders over its reaction to backlash from executive's killing
UnitedHealth Group was sued on Wednesday for allegedly concealing how backlash from the killing of a top executive was damaging its business, causing its stock to nosedive after the insurer lowered its 2025 outlook.
www.reuters.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
the threat of [rapid stock devaluation proportional to a company's likelihood of getting ceo-assassinated and the company being forced to act more humanely] getting priced into stock evaluations might be one of the greatest forces for good in our broken late capitalist world