Erik
@stampy.org
I've been called flaterik before in other places
I used to DJ a lot. House and funk. Desert and warehouse. Some mixes at http://soundcloud.com/eriknelson but I’m not really here for promotion
I used to DJ a lot. House and funk. Desert and warehouse. Some mixes at http://soundcloud.com/eriknelson but I’m not really here for promotion
I had no memory of Predator 2 being “hero cops vs violent immigrant LA interrupted by hunting alien”
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I had no memory of Predator 2 being “hero cops vs violent immigrant LA interrupted by hunting alien”
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
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CEO of Oreo Cookies: the oreo cookie is as important as oxygen
Nvidia's CEO described AI as essential infrastructure in today’s world, comparable to electricity in its importance.
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 AM
CEO of Oreo Cookies: the oreo cookie is as important as oxygen
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Incredible thread.
I think it's now possible to make a poli-sci course that equips one for modern political analysis better than most classic theory and has a syllabus sourced entirely from random internet posts.
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
Text 1. Wilhoit's Law, born as part of a 2018 blog comment
crookedtimber.org/2018/03/21/l...
July 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Incredible thread.
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If the new generation grows up hating corporate crime with the same white hot fury previously held for “important” issues, we will all be better off.
June 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
If the new generation grows up hating corporate crime with the same white hot fury previously held for “important” issues, we will all be better off.
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More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
June 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
More Americans voted for Senator Alex Padilla than for 48 of the 53 red state GOP U.S. Senators combined.
I love that nearly any time I go somewhere in LA I haven’t been to before I run into something I could not possibly have anticipated
May 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I love that nearly any time I go somewhere in LA I haven’t been to before I run into something I could not possibly have anticipated
You should also not Balatro and drive!
But you can drive immediately after Balatroing
But you can drive immediately after Balatroing
I have to admit, I swapped my addiction to alcohol to now being addicted to balatro.
🃏♠️♥️♣️♦️
I forgive myself.
😝
🃏♠️♥️♣️♦️
I forgive myself.
😝
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 AM
You should also not Balatro and drive!
But you can drive immediately after Balatroing
But you can drive immediately after Balatroing
I expected to hear the Imperial March zero times while watching Coachella streams
I have heard it three times so far
Sign of the times?
I have heard it three times so far
Sign of the times?
April 13, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I expected to hear the Imperial March zero times while watching Coachella streams
I have heard it three times so far
Sign of the times?
I have heard it three times so far
Sign of the times?
If you say you were expecting to hear LL Cool J rap over the Imperial March at Coachella, you are lying.
April 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you say you were expecting to hear LL Cool J rap over the Imperial March at Coachella, you are lying.
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Reposting because I still love this piece.
April 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Reposting because I still love this piece.
I'm posting about electrical work woes, but before I got into that I went to the only protest of any size I know of having happened in my small part of Los Angeles. Easily thousands. And that was before the big downtown turnout.
The energy was amazing.
Anger in a group can turn into joy.
The energy was amazing.
Anger in a group can turn into joy.
April 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I'm posting about electrical work woes, but before I got into that I went to the only protest of any size I know of having happened in my small part of Los Angeles. Easily thousands. And that was before the big downtown turnout.
The energy was amazing.
Anger in a group can turn into joy.
The energy was amazing.
Anger in a group can turn into joy.
I have a camper van whose electrical system is a byzantine nightmare. A while back I ditched its on board generator and ran an inverter to the transfer switch instead.
Sometime last year the inverter detected a ground fault. Today, I found where it was.
Sometime last year the inverter detected a ground fault. Today, I found where it was.
March 30, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I have a camper van whose electrical system is a byzantine nightmare. A while back I ditched its on board generator and ran an inverter to the transfer switch instead.
Sometime last year the inverter detected a ground fault. Today, I found where it was.
Sometime last year the inverter detected a ground fault. Today, I found where it was.
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we fucked up a perfectly good planet is what we did. look at it. it's got billionaires
March 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
we fucked up a perfectly good planet is what we did. look at it. it's got billionaires
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"your opinion is worthless, shut the fuck up" is exactly the correct response to all the racist transphobic whiners bitching about the existence of anyone who isn't a white male in video games
March 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"your opinion is worthless, shut the fuck up" is exactly the correct response to all the racist transphobic whiners bitching about the existence of anyone who isn't a white male in video games
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Hard at work on CHODE Issue 2, a deep dive into Chris Rufo. Featuring a centerfold all about indirect costs and NIH grants
March 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Hard at work on CHODE Issue 2, a deep dive into Chris Rufo. Featuring a centerfold all about indirect costs and NIH grants
I finally added a profile pic that didn't reference an old social network I used to work for. @ktcubb.bsky.social and I had a fun little photo shoot, and even though my hair isn't colorful at the moment, her colorful work can reflect my love of a lack of monochrome
March 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I finally added a profile pic that didn't reference an old social network I used to work for. @ktcubb.bsky.social and I had a fun little photo shoot, and even though my hair isn't colorful at the moment, her colorful work can reflect my love of a lack of monochrome
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So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
March 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
So it goes without saying, but let's say it anyway: the concentration of attacks on trans people isn't because trans people are the only people fascists hate (although they absolutely do hate them). It's because they're the people they think non-fascists are least likely to defend.
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Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
english.elpais.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"
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I've decided the person who came up with this analogy put their finger on the point. -->
They said there are two kinds of humans. The ones who said they went through it & you can, too. And the kind who say they went through it, and they never want anyone else to have to go through that again.
They said there are two kinds of humans. The ones who said they went through it & you can, too. And the kind who say they went through it, and they never want anyone else to have to go through that again.
March 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I've decided the person who came up with this analogy put their finger on the point. -->
They said there are two kinds of humans. The ones who said they went through it & you can, too. And the kind who say they went through it, and they never want anyone else to have to go through that again.
They said there are two kinds of humans. The ones who said they went through it & you can, too. And the kind who say they went through it, and they never want anyone else to have to go through that again.
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February 15, 2025 at 5:02 AM
getting more into baking sweets probably doesn't align with our general health interests
but it comes with having home made sweets so who am I to stand in the way of progress?
but it comes with having home made sweets so who am I to stand in the way of progress?
Happy Valentine’s Day brought to you by this delicious homemade crème brûlée made by my sweetheart @stampy.org
sweet up!
sweet up!
February 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
getting more into baking sweets probably doesn't align with our general health interests
but it comes with having home made sweets so who am I to stand in the way of progress?
but it comes with having home made sweets so who am I to stand in the way of progress?
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One of the greatest final battles of any game I’ve played in years. Also a mini game I got more obsessed with than gwent.
I think I can almost guarantee that Star Wars Outlaws is a lot better than you think it is
February 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
One of the greatest final battles of any game I’ve played in years. Also a mini game I got more obsessed with than gwent.
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installed some community art at the corner of Sunset and Silver Lake Blvd today.
February 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
installed some community art at the corner of Sunset and Silver Lake Blvd today.
I've spent months getting to my desk every day and thinking "I should take my keyboard apart and clean it". So today, I did!
Four year old keyboard back to nearly like new.
Four year old keyboard back to nearly like new.
February 9, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I've spent months getting to my desk every day and thinking "I should take my keyboard apart and clean it". So today, I did!
Four year old keyboard back to nearly like new.
Four year old keyboard back to nearly like new.