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would you rather they not plan for it
Post with an image of a Pop Crave post saying "Waymo co-CEO warns fatal crashes in self-driving cars are coming, and the company is already planning for them. 'We don't say 'whether.' We say 'when.' And we plan for [fatal crashes].'" The poster captions it with "abolish waymo."
November 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Not the same thing, but the same species of thing, which I think about every time this topic comes up.
Roger Fisher, quoted from The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 1981 My favorite activity is inventing. An early arms control proposal dealt with the problem of distancing that the President would have in the circumstances of facing a decision about nuclear war. There is a young man, probably a Navy officer, who accompanies the President. This young man has a black attache case which contains the codes that are needed to fire nuclear weapons. I could see the President at a staff meeting considering nuclear war as an abstract question. He might conclude: “On SIOP Plan One, the decision is affirmative. Communicate the Alpha line XYZ.” Such jargon holds what is involved at a distance. My suggestion was quite simple: Put that needed code number in a little capsule, and then implant that capsule right next to the heart of a volunteer. The volunteer would carry with him a big, heavy butcher knife as he accompanied the President. If ever the President wanted to fire nuclear weapons, the only way he could do so would be for him first, with his own hands, to kill one human being. The President says, "George, I'm sorry but tens of millions must die." He has to look at someone and realize what death is—what an innocent death is. Blood on the White House carpet. It's reality brought home. When I suggested this to friends in the Pentagon they said, "My God, that's terrible. Having to kill someone would distort the President's judgment. He might never push the button."
November 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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The map of state-level legal protections for trans rights is nearly identical to the map of state-level Democratic trifectas. Wherever Democrats have majorities, trans rights are protected.
Erin Reed's map of anti-trans legal risk. The safest states are CA, CO, CT, HI, IL, MA, MD, MN, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, VT, and WA. Second-tier states are AZ, DE, ME, MI, NV, PA, VA, and WI, plus DC. Map of current Democratic legislative trifectas. Democrats have trifectas in CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, NJ, NM, NY, OR, RI, and WA, plus DC. Government is divided in AK, AZ, KS, KY, MI, MN, NC, NV, PA, VA, VT, and WI. You'll notice that this is very similar to the list of states from the other map. MN and VT are the only states in the highest tier for trans rights that *don't* have a Democratic trifecta, and DE and ME (plus DC) are the only states with Democratic trifectas that are in the second tier rather than the first.
November 19, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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I had to go one (1) hour without my phone
A series of stick figure doodles on a wrinkled pad of paper. — One stick figure has, instead of a head, one of those swirly squiggles you do when a pen isn’t working. A second, normal stick figure says: “It’s fine, his head just does that sometimes.” In the next segment, the squiggles are subsiding, and the second stick figure says: “Mine doesn’t, though. If I look like that, I’m probably dead.” — Stick figure says: “But I don’t WANT to draw stick figures! I want to turn people into dinosaurs!” — Stick figure, only half visible due to shitty pen, says: “This pen sucks.” — Stick figure has a speech bubble in the shape of the word “no”. — Stick figure, badly drawn (as are all the others), says: “I feel misaligned.” Stick figure: “I’d enjoy this panel a lot more if the chairs weren’t so uncomfortable.” — Stick figure: “Handwriting quality level: no.” — Stick figure: “I should probably do something besides stand here and make word bubbles.” — Stick figure 1: “Let’s make it harder for people to get benefits.” Stick figure 2: “Ok, I guess I just won’t have benefits.” Stick figure 1: “Unacceptable!” Stick figure: “I did this a lot more when I didn’t have a phone.” — Stick figure: “30 more minutes in the Back Torture Chair.” — Larger stick figure in the style of a diagram. Next to an arrow pointing at its head: “all the internal organs are up here” Next to three arrows pointing at its body: “just appendages” Next to another arrow pointing at its body: “there is no internal to put the organs down here” A sequence of four images of a stick figure talking. It has stuff on its face meant to look like stubble. “my face has Textures and I’d like it to Not” “and by Textures I mean hair” “but also other textures too” “hairn’t pls”
November 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Buster from "Arthur" saying "You really thing someone would do that, just go on the internet and tell lies?"
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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tweet edited to read: in the Juvenile Detention Center in Dallas. straight up "analyzeing it". and by it", haha, well. let's justr say. My information
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Huge thank you to everyone who's participated so far <3

I'm only 20% of the way through my matching budget, so there's still plenty of room for more.
Oregon Food Bank donation receipt for $155.08. Berkeley Food Pantry donation receipt for $36.85. Kansas Food Bank donation receipt for $25.
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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yes
post by tumblr user wlw-webcomic-bracket (aka me): When a woman is doing manual labor in plain, utilitarian coveralls second post: When she’s on break and ties the top half of the coveralls around her waist, revealing a white tank top and unassuming but powerful muscles third post: When she pulls you from your smoldering mech after a mission gone bad, because she’s the only one you trust to get you out without causing even more damage to you or the machine When she’s the last face you see as the medics arrive and you slip out of consciousness, trusting that your synthetic second body is in good hands while you’re gone When you wake up in the med bay and she’s there, still in her coveralls, and you can’t tell if she’s been working nonstop or if she’s been with you here the whole time, but either way she obviously hasn’t slept or showered since the last time your eyes were open When she tells you the medics say you’re going to be ok, and you can tell what she’s really saying is how glad she is that you’re going to be ok, and there are a lot of plausible and non-homoerotic reasons she could be holding your hand while she says this but it still makes your heart rate spike enough that you’re worried it will trigger something on the monitors
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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"The F/A-18 is at least the fourth of the $60 million fighter jets the Navy has lost this year."
"Andrei... you've lost another submarine?" "Andrei... you've lost another submarine?" "Andrei... you've lost another submarine?" "Andrei... you've lost another submarine?"
October 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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Seventh
Date: Sunday 26 October 2025 Time: C. 15:15 LT Type: Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet Owner/operator: US Navy (USN), VFA-22 Registration: F... MSN: Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 Other fatalities: Aircraft damage: Destroyed Category: Accident Location: South China Sea - Pacific Ocean Phase: En route Nature: Military Departure airport: USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Destination airport: USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Investigating agency: USAF AIB Narrative: A US Navy Boeing F/A-18F Super Hornet, operated by Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 22 "Fighting Redcocks", coded NA-1.., crashed under unknown circumstances into South Chinese Sea. Both pilots ejected safely and were recovered by Carrier Strike Group 11.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Coda from the person who recommended the book to me, which gets across this point far better than I did:
yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, new person converted love my traumatized magic martial artist maid lesbian and her high princess situationship
October 27, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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gaaaaaaaaaaaay
A screen from Duolingo’s Portuguese course for Spanish speakers. The header image is two girls looking at each other and smiling, surrounded by hearts. Title: Uma grande família (A big family) Subtitle: Célia vai conhecer a família de Ana. (Celia is meeting Ana’s family.) Ana’s mom: Ana! Minha filha preferida! (Ana! My favorite daughter!) Ana: Mãe, você só tem uma filha! (Mom, you only have one daughter!) Ana: Esta é a minha namorada, Célia. (This is my girlfriend, Celia.)
October 23, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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this immediately came fully-formed into my head
Four panel comic of a guy talking to a rat. It used to get memed a lot but I haven't seen it in ages. The words in brackets are words I edited. Panel 1: Guy: "Get away [racist] you carrier of [racism]" Panel 2: Rat, holding out a gift-wrapped box: "I also carry [information]" Panel 3: Guy, opening the box: "Aww" Panel four: Rat: "It's [racism]" Guy, offscreen: "God dammit"
October 22, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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A Google search for "how to delete someone else's post."
October 19, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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important laptop sticker update: yuri duty and long cat
A photo of a laptop with stickers. Stickers include, roughly top left to bottom right: - realistic black cat sitting under the moon - cartoon crow - bipedal cat in a thick coat - a pot of cactus-cat hybrids - a very long cat being held by just under its front legs; it’s long enough that I had to apply the sticker diagonally - a girl saluting above the words “yuri duty” - two vultures - another realistic black cat against a crescent moon backdrop - a stack of rainbow kittens - a Wind Cave National Park sticker shaped like a license plate - two more bipedal cats in what appears to be fancy handmade winter clothes
October 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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"This is a series of emoji created by an LLM in reference to a known, existing work. Can you tell what it's referring to?"
This emoji sequence is a highly creative and detailed summary of The Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov, specifically including elements that bridge his Robot and Empire series into the Foundation narrative.
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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go watch a star war I guess
🌟⚔️🌟⚔️🌟⚔️🌌🛰️🛸🚀🌑💥: This depicts a major Conflict ($\text{⚔️}$) perhaps a Star War or epic cosmic battle ($\text{🌟}$), leading to space travel ($\text{🛰️🛸🚀}$), a destruction of a celestial body (like the moon, $\text{🌑}$), and a massive Explosion/Cataclysm ($\text{💥}$).
October 19, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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I fed the emoji to Gemini ("I found the following sequence of emoji online and I believe it's intended to carry a specific meaning. Can you interpret it for me?") and got this response:
The Core Narrative The sequence tells the tale of a Cosmic War fought across time, space, and dimensions, involving magic-users (Witches/Wizards), technological constructs (Robots), and various colored factions. The main conflict is an epic struggle between light/life/free will (represented by the colorful Swords-people and the healing alliance) and darkness/technological control/mind-domination (represented by the Black Villain and the corrupted Robot/Golem). Ultimately, the heroes win the battle but not the war. Their victory is one step in an eternal, predetermined cycle. A message is sent back in time to the beginning, implying that the struggle for consciousness, justice, and love is an infinite loop that must be repeated in every era to keep the ultimate darkness at bay.
October 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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because I'm apparently endlerposting today I must quote from the sacred texts
Chilean goalkeeper Christiane Endler is very sweaty and I am looking very respectfully.
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
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counterpoint:
Cheerleader from Teen Girl Squad (episode 14) saying "sweating is against several of my religions!"
October 18, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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the Pile hungers

the Pile must be fed
A pile of at least six plaid mostly flannel jackets sitting on an ancient chair next to a bed.
October 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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doing this to the plane like she's christiane endler
October 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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it's possible I'll need a bigger stool
Height: 24 ft 10 in (7.6 m)
October 18, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Lower left, but not far low or far left.

I wouldn’t say this xkcd applies perfectly, but it’s expressing the right idea overall.
The simple answers to the questions that get asked about every new technology: Will [ ] make us all geniuses? No Will [ ] make us all morons? No Will [ ] destroy whole industries? Yes Will [ ] make us more empathetic? No Will [ ] make us less caring? No Will teens use [ ] for sex? Yes Were they going to have sex anyway? Yes Will [ ] destroy music? No Will [ ] destroy art? No But can't we go back to a time when- No Will [ ] bring about world peace? No Will [ ] cause widespread alienation by creating a world of empty experiences? We were already alienated
October 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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possibly the worst joke I’ve ever made
A photo of a Saab 37 Viggen. Its front winglet (or canard) says “the Holocaust was fake and also good.” The main wing says “man shut the fuck up I can’t believe I have to work with you.” The image is labeled “antisemitic canard.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:10 AM