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Me on Kristallmorning-after: "How can anyone be surprised by this? Are you all stupid?? Anyway have you guys seen the new Marlene Dietrich flick?"
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Me on Kristallmorning-after: "How can anyone be surprised by this? Are you all stupid?? Anyway have you guys seen the new Marlene Dietrich flick?"
You can have a browser addon that basically removes all features except subscriptions, search and the video. I don't have a home feed, dont see comments and I don't see suggested videos on the side.
October 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
You can have a browser addon that basically removes all features except subscriptions, search and the video. I don't have a home feed, dont see comments and I don't see suggested videos on the side.
I think "let me tell you a secret, you are being fucked" is good entry level messaging tbh. He's appealing to groups of people that would otherwise never come near heterodox economics. Some guy who's favourite movie is Wolf of wall str suddenly getting Ha-Joon Chang interview in his feed? Thats cool
October 5, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I think "let me tell you a secret, you are being fucked" is good entry level messaging tbh. He's appealing to groups of people that would otherwise never come near heterodox economics. Some guy who's favourite movie is Wolf of wall str suddenly getting Ha-Joon Chang interview in his feed? Thats cool
Waiting for ladybird development so I don't have to rely on the chromium monoculture
August 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Waiting for ladybird development so I don't have to rely on the chromium monoculture
What self assured oblivion for any future horizon we would guarantee for ourselves if we took seriously everyone who said "I know for a fact this won't work because a similar things has failed in the past"
August 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
What self assured oblivion for any future horizon we would guarantee for ourselves if we took seriously everyone who said "I know for a fact this won't work because a similar things has failed in the past"
Will be describing my politics as sinistral from now on to avoid association
August 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Will be describing my politics as sinistral from now on to avoid association
I haven't watched Avila's latest stuff but I've read some of Mark Fisher's stuff on accelerationism (the guy from capitalist realism) an some parts of it resonate with me and it's definitely very different to the misanthropic, techno versions that are mostly associated with the term now.
July 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I haven't watched Avila's latest stuff but I've read some of Mark Fisher's stuff on accelerationism (the guy from capitalist realism) an some parts of it resonate with me and it's definitely very different to the misanthropic, techno versions that are mostly associated with the term now.
Arguments for why some means of material support are sub-optimal are not arguments against material support.
Recent shift towards direct giving is showing that there are plenty of charities aware of the things you mention. Charity is a bad solution to a worse problem. We have to stay uncomfortable
Recent shift towards direct giving is showing that there are plenty of charities aware of the things you mention. Charity is a bad solution to a worse problem. We have to stay uncomfortable
May 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Arguments for why some means of material support are sub-optimal are not arguments against material support.
Recent shift towards direct giving is showing that there are plenty of charities aware of the things you mention. Charity is a bad solution to a worse problem. We have to stay uncomfortable
Recent shift towards direct giving is showing that there are plenty of charities aware of the things you mention. Charity is a bad solution to a worse problem. We have to stay uncomfortable
This stuff gains traction because it let's people who feel uncomfortable being around people in need off the hook. "There's nothing we can do" becomes a self reinforcing mantra, actively discrediting anything that might help (protest, direct action, donating).
May 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This stuff gains traction because it let's people who feel uncomfortable being around people in need off the hook. "There's nothing we can do" becomes a self reinforcing mantra, actively discrediting anything that might help (protest, direct action, donating).
I think these must always be studio exec enforced after test screening feedback. No self respecting director would want to include this I think. I guess you could look at these as an accessibility feature? Second-screenability is a scourge for sure though
May 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I think these must always be studio exec enforced after test screening feedback. No self respecting director would want to include this I think. I guess you could look at these as an accessibility feature? Second-screenability is a scourge for sure though
LMAO why the picture of the young woman then... Is she the supposed AI employee? Find it pretty telling as to what demographic this is supposed to be targetting
May 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
LMAO why the picture of the young woman then... Is she the supposed AI employee? Find it pretty telling as to what demographic this is supposed to be targetting
Wonder what that "other emissions" breaks down into. Decreasing every year! Must be some excellent progress they are making in there
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wonder what that "other emissions" breaks down into. Decreasing every year! Must be some excellent progress they are making in there
"it assumed" definitely bad word choice. It drew some relationship between words and I think if you had used laser sight it would have spit out a less ridiculous response
May 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"it assumed" definitely bad word choice. It drew some relationship between words and I think if you had used laser sight it would have spit out a less ridiculous response
The pedantic take is that a laser sight and a gun scope are different things and if you asked it why a gun scope gave you a red dot on your forehead it probably assumed you were holding the gun and had the scope hit you in the forehead due to recoil or something.
(Chatbots still stupid of course)
(Chatbots still stupid of course)
May 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The pedantic take is that a laser sight and a gun scope are different things and if you asked it why a gun scope gave you a red dot on your forehead it probably assumed you were holding the gun and had the scope hit you in the forehead due to recoil or something.
(Chatbots still stupid of course)
(Chatbots still stupid of course)
Didn't he also famously rip up his diploma on live TV as a publicity stunt? Their base already thinks academic legitimacy is more liability than asset so this won't even register
May 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Didn't he also famously rip up his diploma on live TV as a publicity stunt? Their base already thinks academic legitimacy is more liability than asset so this won't even register
As in I agree with you and I don't like that these articles seem to only serve to legitimize the unequal scrutiny put on these authors. I worded it clumsily, my bad
May 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
As in I agree with you and I don't like that these articles seem to only serve to legitimize the unequal scrutiny put on these authors. I worded it clumsily, my bad
Oops I guess I should've added -NewYorkTimes after the quote
May 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Oops I guess I should've added -NewYorkTimes after the quote
"if you were looking for a link to copy paste in your kneejerk reaction post that no one will actually click on, here it is! You're welcome!"
May 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"if you were looking for a link to copy paste in your kneejerk reaction post that no one will actually click on, here it is! You're welcome!"
The "good" and "bad" billionaires all justify their influence by pointing at the influence of their counterparts. They'll never actually address it's the billionaire part that's the problem
May 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The "good" and "bad" billionaires all justify their influence by pointing at the influence of their counterparts. They'll never actually address it's the billionaire part that's the problem
"Ok but now write it again and make it sassier with some pop culture references and emojis please, I want it to go viral on LinkedIn"
May 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
"Ok but now write it again and make it sassier with some pop culture references and emojis please, I want it to go viral on LinkedIn"
Saddest part is that other forms of testing like oral exams and in-class work groups are a lot better at motivating actual engagement with material but you can't implement a lot of this for highschool or earlier because of chronic lack of funding. By the time they reach college they are hooked on AI
May 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Saddest part is that other forms of testing like oral exams and in-class work groups are a lot better at motivating actual engagement with material but you can't implement a lot of this for highschool or earlier because of chronic lack of funding. By the time they reach college they are hooked on AI
Dissapointing that a lot of progressives can't seem to form a better response to Lutnick's (insane) rants than simply pointing and laughing and taking as self evident that anyone who would actually want to manufacture something in a factory is a crazy person
May 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Dissapointing that a lot of progressives can't seem to form a better response to Lutnick's (insane) rants than simply pointing and laughing and taking as self evident that anyone who would actually want to manufacture something in a factory is a crazy person
It's just the same cycle as last time. Trump's vulgarity scares the people who consider themselves "decent" and shifts some of the people sleepwalking into outright fascism to instead rejoin the ever rightward shifting center. Out of the fire back into the frying pan?
May 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's just the same cycle as last time. Trump's vulgarity scares the people who consider themselves "decent" and shifts some of the people sleepwalking into outright fascism to instead rejoin the ever rightward shifting center. Out of the fire back into the frying pan?
But are liberals themselves not partly responsible for acquiescing to a broader vision of identity-neutral austerity policies? If we point out misguided Glasman-style social conservatism as a specific issue is that not just fighting symptoms?
May 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
But are liberals themselves not partly responsible for acquiescing to a broader vision of identity-neutral austerity policies? If we point out misguided Glasman-style social conservatism as a specific issue is that not just fighting symptoms?
And then the article literally says this "But Trump doesn’t do “well-thought-out,” which means his tariffs are a colossal mess, perhaps even the product of quickly produced ChatGPT hallucinations."
Maybe in trying to find more quotes you'll accidentally read the whole article
Maybe in trying to find more quotes you'll accidentally read the whole article
April 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM
And then the article literally says this "But Trump doesn’t do “well-thought-out,” which means his tariffs are a colossal mess, perhaps even the product of quickly produced ChatGPT hallucinations."
Maybe in trying to find more quotes you'll accidentally read the whole article
Maybe in trying to find more quotes you'll accidentally read the whole article