Schmidt Happens
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· Dec 18
Seems that there’s a lot of countries in the world with two primary political parties: a “conservative” one dedicated to preserving white supremacy by tearing down the institutions that might fight it, and a “liberal” one dedicated to preserving white supremacy through inaction.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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if I can use this clogged toilet to make you a meal in 5 seconds, and you are going to use an entire kitchen and take all day on making a meal by hand, whose meal do you think people will want to eat, checkmate luddite
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
if I can use this clogged toilet to make you a meal in 5 seconds, and you are going to use an entire kitchen and take all day on making a meal by hand, whose meal do you think people will want to eat, checkmate luddite
Setting a reminder for 2.5 years from now, to start looking for new Musk predictions that he’ll be building AI centres in space in just 3 years.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
Elon Musk makes a bold prediction, says ‘In 36 months, cheapest place to put AI will be …’ - The Times of India
The Times of India brings the Latest & Top Breaking News on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Cricket, Sports, Business, Bollywood News and Entertainment, Science, Technology, ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Setting a reminder for 2.5 years from now, to start looking for new Musk predictions that he’ll be building AI centres in space in just 3 years.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
He wants “to protect kids and give them a chance to grow up and have happy lives.” Not his own kids, mind you. Or kids that rely on government programs for food. Or kids in third world countries. But, you know, kids.
February 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
He wants “to protect kids and give them a chance to grow up and have happy lives.” Not his own kids, mind you. Or kids that rely on government programs for food. Or kids in third world countries. But, you know, kids.
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“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
January 29, 2026 at 2:24 AM
“Melania” is truly the worst experience I’ve had in a theater”
-Abraham Lincoln
-Abraham Lincoln
We said that if you don’t stop making fun of us, we’ll shoot you. You didn’t stop, so we shot you. I don’t know what you expect from me here. My hands are tied.
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
We said that if you don’t stop making fun of us, we’ll shoot you. You didn’t stop, so we shot you. I don’t know what you expect from me here. My hands are tied.
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If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
Bondi seeks Minnesota voter rolls, welfare data to "help bring back law and order" in wake of shootings
Attorney General Pam Bondi is pushing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to let the federal government access state voter rolls and welfare data, as tensions flare in Minneapolis after a man was shot and killed ...
www.cbsnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:58 PM
If Trump is willing to remove ICE from Minnesota if they hand over their voter rolls, then there really isn't an "emergency" need for them to be there. www.cbsnews.com/news/bondi-m...
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If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
ICE out of Minnesota NOW.
Breaking News: Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a person in Minneapolis on Saturday morning, state and local officials said. Follow live updates.
January 24, 2026 at 8:52 PM
If only you were in a position of power to exercise some kind of leverage against the administration to make this happen.
The only Stranger Things character that will look exactly the same in 2026 as in 1987 is Mary. #strangerthings
January 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
The only Stranger Things character that will look exactly the same in 2026 as in 1987 is Mary. #strangerthings
The United States treated me very unfairly when they denied me admission to Harvard, and as a result I will be taking possession of The Bahamas by any means necessary.
January 21, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The United States treated me very unfairly when they denied me admission to Harvard, and as a result I will be taking possession of The Bahamas by any means necessary.
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What this does is center the conversation on citizenship as the defining measure of legitimacy of police violence.
If you're arguing about whether or not he's a citizen, you're conceding that this would be okay to do to non-citizens.
It's a very common tactic, especially among the far right.
If you're arguing about whether or not he's a citizen, you're conceding that this would be okay to do to non-citizens.
It's a very common tactic, especially among the far right.
January 18, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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Horrific. ICE needs to be shut down and everyone involved, all the way to the tippy top, prosecuted and incarcerated. And I say this as someone very much in favour of carceral reform.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Horrific. ICE needs to be shut down and everyone involved, all the way to the tippy top, prosecuted and incarcerated. And I say this as someone very much in favour of carceral reform.
McCaul makes an excellent point here. I agree with him that the US government should immediately cease all funding of murderers and drug traffickers.
(Finger to ear) What’s that? Huh. Then how does what he’s saying make any sense at all?
(Finger to ear) What’s that? Huh. Then how does what he’s saying make any sense at all?
KARL: Watch this video of a woman who says she's disabled getting dealt with by ICE. What do you think?
McCAUL: Well, the optics aren't good
K: They smashed her windows & threw her to the ground
M: It appears to be a little overzealous, but what about the actions of murderers & drug traffickers?
McCAUL: Well, the optics aren't good
K: They smashed her windows & threw her to the ground
M: It appears to be a little overzealous, but what about the actions of murderers & drug traffickers?
January 18, 2026 at 8:39 PM
McCaul makes an excellent point here. I agree with him that the US government should immediately cease all funding of murderers and drug traffickers.
(Finger to ear) What’s that? Huh. Then how does what he’s saying make any sense at all?
(Finger to ear) What’s that? Huh. Then how does what he’s saying make any sense at all?
"due to heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul, largely caused by your presence…”
ICE agents at a hotel in St. Paul woke up this morning to news that they’re getting kicked out of their hotel today at noon.
January 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
"due to heightened public safety concerns in St. Paul, largely caused by your presence…”
Was it embezzlement? I bet it was embezzlement.
January 17, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Was it embezzlement? I bet it was embezzlement.
Conservatives demonstrating their commitment to (prevent the building of) affordable housing.
Ontario is proposing to delay new affordable housing quotas in private residential developments near major transit stations until 2027, after approving dozens of these areas in Toronto this past August.
Ford government moves to pause affordable housing requirements near transit stations
The proposal would push affordable housing requirements in effect in Toronto, Mississauga and Kitchener to 2027.
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Conservatives demonstrating their commitment to (prevent the building of) affordable housing.
For those who are not from Toronto, the photo is NOT of Highway 400, closed or otherwise.
Highway 400 has reopened at Finch Avenue following an hours-long closure.
Follow along here for key Toronto snowstorm updates
Follow along here for key Toronto snowstorm updates
Toronto snowstorm live: Highway 400 reopens at Finch; city declares ‘major snow storm condition’; OPP reporting 200 collisions as severe weather warning lifts
The winter weather has impacted several flights at Pearson and Billy Bishop airports, closed schools and caused delays to the TTC and GO Transit.
www.thestar.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:19 AM
For those who are not from Toronto, the photo is NOT of Highway 400, closed or otherwise.
I know this is not remotely the point, and far from the most egregious thing she says here, but WTF does it mean to “run simulations” on the price of a meal? We know how much ingredients cost. There’s nothing to simulate. Unless they tried pricing out this meal with 1000 “other things”?
Brooke Rollins: "We've run over 1,000 simulations. It can cost around $3 a meal for a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, corn tortilla, and one other thing. So there is a way to do this that actually will save the average American consumer money."
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I know this is not remotely the point, and far from the most egregious thing she says here, but WTF does it mean to “run simulations” on the price of a meal? We know how much ingredients cost. There’s nothing to simulate. Unless they tried pricing out this meal with 1000 “other things”?
Suppose they do change course. Recognizing a mistake and fixing it is good and should be encouraged. But supporting fascism is a bad mistake and should be punished. It’s a tricky line to walk. Is it okay to sign up for Disney+ again now? If not now, when? (Hypothetical; I never was a subscriber.)
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
Boycott Hilton Hotels
January 12, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Suppose they do change course. Recognizing a mistake and fixing it is good and should be encouraged. But supporting fascism is a bad mistake and should be punished. It’s a tricky line to walk. Is it okay to sign up for Disney+ again now? If not now, when? (Hypothetical; I never was a subscriber.)
If he doesn’t want Russia as a neighbour, Canada would be happy to take Alaska off his hands. Sarah Palin’s gonna get deported, though. Some things are non-negotiable.
Trump: "If we don't take Greenland, you're gonna have Russia or China as your next door neighbor. That's not going to happen."
January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
If he doesn’t want Russia as a neighbour, Canada would be happy to take Alaska off his hands. Sarah Palin’s gonna get deported, though. Some things are non-negotiable.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
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Trumpists will be giving the ICE murderer awards and recognitions and honors. That’s because (1) killing someone who thinks differently than they do is their fantasy (2) most of them are too spineless to do it but (3) by praising the murderer they can murder in a fantasy-league way
January 8, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Trumpists will be giving the ICE murderer awards and recognitions and honors. That’s because (1) killing someone who thinks differently than they do is their fantasy (2) most of them are too spineless to do it but (3) by praising the murderer they can murder in a fantasy-league way
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I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
January 7, 2026 at 2:44 AM
I am pleased to announce that I have commandeered my neighbor's home. This home will be sold at its Market Price, and that money will be controlled by me, to ensure it is used to benefit my neighbor and me! Thank you for your attention to this matter!
For me, the funniest part of these threads is not the people who get that it’s a joke and “yes and” it, and it’s not the people who don’t get that it’s a joke and get enraged about it, it’s the people that don’t get that it’s a joke and strongly agree with the premise.
Now to discuss a less controversial topic:
Dr. Pepper is the grossest soft drink ever invented.
Dr. Pepper is the grossest soft drink ever invented.
a monster is holding a can of dr pepper in its mouth
ALT: a monster is holding a can of dr pepper in its mouth
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:06 PM
For me, the funniest part of these threads is not the people who get that it’s a joke and “yes and” it, and it’s not the people who don’t get that it’s a joke and get enraged about it, it’s the people that don’t get that it’s a joke and strongly agree with the premise.