@sarahsilent.bsky.social
I'm likely to repost more than I post, and I'll post about whatever catches my eye.
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it's so grotesque that many can't stomach it but they're doing this because they want to kill people for fun
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 AM
it's so grotesque that many can't stomach it but they're doing this because they want to kill people for fun
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
everything about oil or drugs or regime change is post hoc rationalization for the fact that they want to push red buttons and kill people
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I think a lot of people have this mindset of “well my politics are very clearly correct so me being a jerk all the time reads as this cool little flourish” when in reality that flourish actually makes you look kinda stupid and makes the uninitiated question those politics to begin with
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I think a lot of people have this mindset of “well my politics are very clearly correct so me being a jerk all the time reads as this cool little flourish” when in reality that flourish actually makes you look kinda stupid and makes the uninitiated question those politics to begin with
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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there have been multiple stories of middle school girls getting harassed with generated CP of themselves over the past few years and somehow the only AI fear that seems to stick is the fucking water
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
It’s the most powerful online sexual harassment tool ever invented and it’s driving people insane with parasocial relationships but the most prominent critics lie about water use.
"And I never say no"
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
We need to have a serious talk about the way "AI companion" apps not only prey on the vulnerable, but are priming their users to ignore consent and to conflate love with control.
We need AI regulations across so many sectors, but this area is particularly horrifying.
December 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
there have been multiple stories of middle school girls getting harassed with generated CP of themselves over the past few years and somehow the only AI fear that seems to stick is the fucking water
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
if i was more conspiratorial i'd think it's a psyop
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[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
We didn't survive and thrive as a species because we had warriors or hunters - pretty much every omnivore can manage that.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
We did so because we developed Grandmothers, and domesticated Dogs.
Community is what defines us as a species, and every "self-reliant" libertarian shitweasel be damned.
"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.
December 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
[screaming at the top of my lungs, once again] the fundamental technology of humanity is care
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Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Cat Clinging To Side Of Christmas Tree Admits That Was Extent Of Plan https://theonion.com/cat-clinging-to-side-of-christmas-tree-admits-that-was-1849899567/
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People understandably get caught up in the visions and horsemen and multi-eyed angels and whatnot and miss the basic fact that the book is the exact C1 Jewish-Christian cultural equivalent of a thread predicting Trump gets overthrown by a colour revolution followed by a new Reconstruction
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
People understandably get caught up in the visions and horsemen and multi-eyed angels and whatnot and miss the basic fact that the book is the exact C1 Jewish-Christian cultural equivalent of a thread predicting Trump gets overthrown by a colour revolution followed by a new Reconstruction
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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We want to believe that Oswald didn’t act alone in killing Kennedy for the same reason that people want to think that COVID was a lab leak - we don’t want to believe that random chance can change the world like that, because we want to believe that humanity is in control of the world in some way
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We want to believe that Oswald didn’t act alone in killing Kennedy for the same reason that people want to think that COVID was a lab leak - we don’t want to believe that random chance can change the world like that, because we want to believe that humanity is in control of the world in some way
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Some people read it as a tech-CEO state, others imagine a national-populist leader, others map it onto the CCP or a hereditary monarchy. Because he never commits, each group hears a version that suits their own political fantasies.
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Some people read it as a tech-CEO state, others imagine a national-populist leader, others map it onto the CCP or a hereditary monarchy. Because he never commits, each group hears a version that suits their own political fantasies.
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the world in which the bubble pops is one in which the vast overbuild of capacity makes it too cheap to meter
We've already seen AI driving people to psychosis, but man, what happens to these people if/when the bubble pops. Not just to the economy but also, just, to these people's brains, what happens If AI stops being available or just stops being cheap/free to use
November 19, 2025 at 11:24 PM
the world in which the bubble pops is one in which the vast overbuild of capacity makes it too cheap to meter
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people do not understand that there are open weight models as advanced as Claude was like 6 months ago, out there on the Internet, and that they can run on GPUs which are only expensive *because right now all the big companies are renting them*
if you're an AI hater (and i'm not hating on haters) you should probably disinter these two scenarios in your mind. the "AI bubble go pop" world most likely involves it becoming very cheap; it's the expectation that it *will* get more expensive that is driving the center overbuilds and gov't begging
We've already seen AI driving people to psychosis, but man, what happens to these people if/when the bubble pops. Not just to the economy but also, just, to these people's brains, what happens If AI stops being available or just stops being cheap/free to use
November 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
people do not understand that there are open weight models as advanced as Claude was like 6 months ago, out there on the Internet, and that they can run on GPUs which are only expensive *because right now all the big companies are renting them*
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If you all want an actual Most Woke Opinion, it’s that romanticizing backwater patriarchs who only have themselves to blame for their ills is a betrayal of every battered housewife, lynched minority, and queer kid cowering in the closet.
*freespeechguy.jpg*
I think methheads are unlikely to be forces of profound social-spiritual revelation because they fried their brains on meth.
I think methheads are unlikely to be forces of profound social-spiritual revelation because they fried their brains on meth.
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
If you all want an actual Most Woke Opinion, it’s that romanticizing backwater patriarchs who only have themselves to blame for their ills is a betrayal of every battered housewife, lynched minority, and queer kid cowering in the closet.
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
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any model is every model, except insofar as they can be shallowly modified after pretraining.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
November 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
any model is every model, except insofar as they can be shallowly modified after pretraining.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
with an appropriate jailbreak, you can get therapy from the voice in the Wendy's drive-thru. you can sext the customer service agent for Doug Miller Ford in Witchita, KS. all the same under the surface.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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"there has been constant gene flow between populations for essentially the entire history of the human race, we passed through a genetic bottleneck only a few thousand couples wide, intelligence is our key adaptive trait, and the most genetically diverse population of humans on earth is all dumb."
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"there has been constant gene flow between populations for essentially the entire history of the human race, we passed through a genetic bottleneck only a few thousand couples wide, intelligence is our key adaptive trait, and the most genetically diverse population of humans on earth is all dumb."
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Its fascinating and kind of gross to watch irony curdle into a genuine vice and revulsion for The Good. Its like watching a zombie turn and rot and melt before you.
November 5, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Its fascinating and kind of gross to watch irony curdle into a genuine vice and revulsion for The Good. Its like watching a zombie turn and rot and melt before you.
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i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i call this view 'reactionary centrism' - the problem with it is that modern fascism *cannot* be appeased; they don't want a few compromises in women's sports, they want a total social transformation and the end of liberal democracy
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
you give them a bone, then another, then they want your arm
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another fun thing about datacenters is that at any significant scale, memory bitflips caused by cosmic rays are an actual no-shit problem.
Ok this (arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...) is an amazing example of the kind of BS hype tech writing we see so much, because even I, a lowly historian, can see the Obvious Problems with 'space data centers' that the article by a journalist at a technical publication failed to ask.
Elon Musk on data centers in orbit: “SpaceX will be doing this”
“We could see another transformation of what’s done in space.”…
arstechnica.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 PM
another fun thing about datacenters is that at any significant scale, memory bitflips caused by cosmic rays are an actual no-shit problem.