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“But too much reading had taken its toll. William found that he now thought of prayer as a sophisticated way of pleading with thunderstorms.” - Pratchett
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Notice the psychological tricks these AI-apologist press releases employ to sanitize their use of AI. They list administrative busywork alongside clear creative work, and in doing so diminish the worth of that creative work. Oh, we JUST used the plagiarism machine to describe our soul and vision.
December 16, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Notice the psychological tricks these AI-apologist press releases employ to sanitize their use of AI. They list administrative busywork alongside clear creative work, and in doing so diminish the worth of that creative work. Oh, we JUST used the plagiarism machine to describe our soul and vision.
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This disgusts me.
Even when my Patreon was the only thing keeping us solvent, I never thought like this. People who give me any amount of money on Patreon are fucking saints; I would NEVER try to wring more money from them, especially using dark patterns. It's always on me to provide better value.
Even when my Patreon was the only thing keeping us solvent, I never thought like this. People who give me any amount of money on Patreon are fucking saints; I would NEVER try to wring more money from them, especially using dark patterns. It's always on me to provide better value.
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This disgusts me.
Even when my Patreon was the only thing keeping us solvent, I never thought like this. People who give me any amount of money on Patreon are fucking saints; I would NEVER try to wring more money from them, especially using dark patterns. It's always on me to provide better value.
Even when my Patreon was the only thing keeping us solvent, I never thought like this. People who give me any amount of money on Patreon are fucking saints; I would NEVER try to wring more money from them, especially using dark patterns. It's always on me to provide better value.
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John Dickerson being pushed out (or finding it intolerable to stay) at CBS News is all you need to know about where the network is headed.
October 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
John Dickerson being pushed out (or finding it intolerable to stay) at CBS News is all you need to know about where the network is headed.
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The further you get from America, the worse it looks, but the resolution is sharper
“ABC and CBS are making a serious miscalculation. Their servility to Trump will not earn them peace, only greater pressure.”
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
That’s the German professional association of journalists, @djv.de, calling on major US media to support their journalists instead of preemptively silencing them.
Nicht vor MAGA-Kult einknicken
Der Deutsche Journalisten-Verband ruft die Verantwortlichen der großen US-Medien dazu auf, ihren Journalistinnen und Journalisten den Rücken zu stärken, statt…
www.djv.de
September 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The further you get from America, the worse it looks, but the resolution is sharper
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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This is all he said.
“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
September 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This is all he said.
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the permission structure created for a bloodthirsty maga rampage the last two days by mainstream media, all before any facts were known at all, deserves some real introspection by the entire industry
September 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the permission structure created for a bloodthirsty maga rampage the last two days by mainstream media, all before any facts were known at all, deserves some real introspection by the entire industry
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The truth of the matter is that if anyone but Charlie Kirk had been killed at today’s shooting, then Charlie Kirk would be out there right now using the shooting as pretext to deliver arguments designed to make sure that the next shooting would happen, and the next one, and the next, and the next.
September 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The truth of the matter is that if anyone but Charlie Kirk had been killed at today’s shooting, then Charlie Kirk would be out there right now using the shooting as pretext to deliver arguments designed to make sure that the next shooting would happen, and the next one, and the next, and the next.
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Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Manga friends: I'm going to try to make some kind of memorial for Matt Haasch. If you have stories, photos, or any words of appreciation you want to share, please let me know. DMs are open.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
If there's anyone doing something similar already please also let me know and we can pool our efforts.
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Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics, organized by Matthew Haasch
With your support, I can focus on healing from lymphoma while continu… Matthew Haasch needs your support for Donate to Matt's Journey: Healing and Comics
www.gofundme.com
September 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Shocked and saddened to hear that Matt Haasch, founder of indie manga publishing company @starfruitbooks.bsky.social has passed away. His gofundme campaign for his medical and other expenses is still up - contribute if you can. www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-...
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First they came for the trans people, and I threw them under the bus because I am a goddamned coward with no vision.
Then they came for the immigrants, and I threw them under the bus because I am incapable of learning from history and do not understand that "divide and conquer" is a thing.
Then they came for the immigrants, and I threw them under the bus because I am incapable of learning from history and do not understand that "divide and conquer" is a thing.
August 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
First they came for the trans people, and I threw them under the bus because I am a goddamned coward with no vision.
Then they came for the immigrants, and I threw them under the bus because I am incapable of learning from history and do not understand that "divide and conquer" is a thing.
Then they came for the immigrants, and I threw them under the bus because I am incapable of learning from history and do not understand that "divide and conquer" is a thing.
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This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
Yo, historians, what the actual ****?
I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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I've seen how LLMs handle "history." This is... not good.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This isn't a list of jobs that A.I. can easily replace.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
It's a list of jobs that techno fascists don't think are worthwhile or meaningful and that they want to eliminate.
They don't want humans to try to make sense of the world, they want us to believe whatever we're told.
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Mamdani: I would say that for the former governor to have spent an entire day speaking almost exclusively about me and barely about the New Yorkers who have been killed is indicative of the very politics New Yorkers want to leave in the past.
July 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Mamdani: I would say that for the former governor to have spent an entire day speaking almost exclusively about me and barely about the New Yorkers who have been killed is indicative of the very politics New Yorkers want to leave in the past.
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There's a certain symmetry though with Cuomo's "I'll address affordability better than Mamdani"/"Nothing can be done about affordability," isn't there?
July 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
There's a certain symmetry though with Cuomo's "I'll address affordability better than Mamdani"/"Nothing can be done about affordability," isn't there?
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The woke college students were right but we can't acknowledge this because then we'll have to consider whether they're right about other things too. That I'm a big stupid moron for instance
It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!
July 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
The woke college students were right but we can't acknowledge this because then we'll have to consider whether they're right about other things too. That I'm a big stupid moron for instance
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It’s clarifying to know that (at least) two of the most influential DC political journalists of the past twenty years are out and out fascists.
![President Trump, in terms of raw accomplishments, crushed his first six months in historic ways. Massive tax cuts. Record-low border crossings. Surging tariff revenue. Stunning air strikes in Iran. Modest inflation.
Yet poll after poll suggests most Americans aren't impressed. In fact, they seem tired of all the winning, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen write in a "Behind the Curtain" column.
Why it matters: Trump appears to be losing by winning. The more he does [link.axios.com] (including issues beyond his legislative wins), the more the general public, especially independents, shrug — or recoil.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5fbnzh57rn7xz65yjc36gxb/bafkreid7bfz6usem2jf2exo67cim52eu7qotw3bkjmmmjgb3dj4iopy6oe@jpeg)
July 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It’s clarifying to know that (at least) two of the most influential DC political journalists of the past twenty years are out and out fascists.
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Either legislators are purposely trying to worsen quality of life for Americans or they don't realize how much damage it will cause to defund the CPB. And that's the point. You don't destroy something that Americans have spent decades & billions building w/o VERY GOOD REASON. There is no reason.
July 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Either legislators are purposely trying to worsen quality of life for Americans or they don't realize how much damage it will cause to defund the CPB. And that's the point. You don't destroy something that Americans have spent decades & billions building w/o VERY GOOD REASON. There is no reason.
So we now know basically Vance went on Meet the Press yesterday and lied to Kristen Welker's face... and she accepted everything he said at face value with minimal rebuttal.
Welker yet again abrogates her job. Russert rolls in his grave.
Welker yet again abrogates her job. Russert rolls in his grave.
June 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
So we now know basically Vance went on Meet the Press yesterday and lied to Kristen Welker's face... and she accepted everything he said at face value with minimal rebuttal.
Welker yet again abrogates her job. Russert rolls in his grave.
Welker yet again abrogates her job. Russert rolls in his grave.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict politi.co/3HHsTQ4, via @politico.com
US scrambles to bring back VOA’s Persian service amid Iran-Israel conflict
President Donald Trump ordered the service to shut down in March.
politi.co
June 14, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This is what rule by the confidently ignorant looks like; sabotage stuff you don't understand and then discover it was actually doing vital work well at trivial cost
Anyway, y'all should be boycotting Disney anything anyway, so ABC should already be a nonentity.
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Anyway, y'all should be boycotting Disney anything anyway, so ABC should already be a nonentity.
It's nuts. Really can't trust any of ABC, NBC, NYT, or CBS institutionally to do anything close to the right thing. American major media is cooked.
June 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It's nuts. Really can't trust any of ABC, NBC, NYT, or CBS institutionally to do anything close to the right thing. American major media is cooked.
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New York, I’m not here to play the game. I’m here to change it.
I’m running to be your next Governor.
youtu.be/SKt8PBSuIqw
I’m running to be your next Governor.
youtu.be/SKt8PBSuIqw
Delgado Launch Video
YouTube video by Antonio Delgado for New York
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June 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New York, I’m not here to play the game. I’m here to change it.
I’m running to be your next Governor.
youtu.be/SKt8PBSuIqw
I’m running to be your next Governor.
youtu.be/SKt8PBSuIqw