Claude Weaver III
@vermillionbrain.bsky.social
He\him for now. IT professional, perpetual GM, ADHDer, and occasional writer for www.pajiba.com.
Fandom was a mistake.
Fandom was a mistake.
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BIG BOAT STUCK
September 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
BIG BOAT STUCK
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So @governor.ca.gov made sure to say something about Charlie Kirk
But didn’t speak up when a Black woman was pulled off television in front of him and has had NO follow up to the targeting of Black colleges
Aight cool
But didn’t speak up when a Black woman was pulled off television in front of him and has had NO follow up to the targeting of Black colleges
Aight cool
September 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
So @governor.ca.gov made sure to say something about Charlie Kirk
But didn’t speak up when a Black woman was pulled off television in front of him and has had NO follow up to the targeting of Black colleges
Aight cool
But didn’t speak up when a Black woman was pulled off television in front of him and has had NO follow up to the targeting of Black colleges
Aight cool
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“Ideological opponent” is an interesting way to describe someone who wants my friends dead
September 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“Ideological opponent” is an interesting way to describe someone who wants my friends dead
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once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
Oregon governor Tina Kotek, a gay woman, is ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor a podcaster who said gay people should be stoned to death.
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 PM
once again it is not fucking normal to lower flags in oregon for random member of the opposing political party who was born in illinois, lived in arizona, and died in utah. this is not a normal thing they're extending to a white supremacist, it's a special thing they're doing for a white supremacist
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i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
An "economist" so dumb I had to explain to him how the import price index works last month will now lead the BLS, kill me
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
i will never not be amused by how the conservative world is governed by the kind of “affirmative action” they say happens in mainstream institutions. totally unqualified dipshits are handed the keys to institutions because they say the right thing and have the right look.
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"Joining the right in piling on attacks on the diverse many barely getting by in an economy structured to benefit asset holders in the global north isn’t just a bad strategy for the left. It’s not a left strategy at all."
August 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Joining the right in piling on attacks on the diverse many barely getting by in an economy structured to benefit asset holders in the global north isn’t just a bad strategy for the left. It’s not a left strategy at all."
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Why are there so many news stories involving Charles Entertainment Cheese lately
An exotic dancer accuses Texas House Republican Giovanni Capriglione of a 17-year affair during which paid for several abortions and left her cash behind a Chuck E Cheese. Capriglione denies the abortions but abruptly announced his retirement as rumors of the coming story spread across the Capitol.
Texas GOP Rep. Giovanni Capriglione admits affair, denies abortion allegations
A conservative news site published an interview with a woman who alleges a 17-year affair with the Southlake representative, who said this week he wouldn’t seek reelection.
www.texastribune.org
July 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Why are there so many news stories involving Charles Entertainment Cheese lately
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oh HELL yes
Holy crap. These are officially licensed with proceeds going to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting! #PBSisPUNK
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July 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
oh HELL yes
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This is the archetypal Brownshirt. Not even exaggerating. The literature describes them and the Stalhelm guys who preceded them in almost the exact same terms.
July 10, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is the archetypal Brownshirt. Not even exaggerating. The literature describes them and the Stalhelm guys who preceded them in almost the exact same terms.
So.... the same people who are cheering on the dismantling of birthright citizenship... are mad that Superman, from the start, is an immigrant story.
And are probably the same folks mad that "the American Way" got dropped off of the tagline, too.
Yeesh.
And are probably the same folks mad that "the American Way" got dropped off of the tagline, too.
Yeesh.
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
So.... the same people who are cheering on the dismantling of birthright citizenship... are mad that Superman, from the start, is an immigrant story.
And are probably the same folks mad that "the American Way" got dropped off of the tagline, too.
Yeesh.
And are probably the same folks mad that "the American Way" got dropped off of the tagline, too.
Yeesh.
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“Then they started to talk about cuffing me, and that if the kids were here legally, what do they have to lose by answering. I told them that they still have their fifth and fourth amendment rights, and that they don’t have to speak to you or help with any investigation.”
A local NYC baseball coach says he fended off ICE agents during a recent practice.
Youman Wilder said caught feds questioning youth about where they're from & country of origin, so, he told feds to back off & kids to not answer!
Shoutout all of our local heroes!
Youman Wilder said caught feds questioning youth about where they're from & country of origin, so, he told feds to back off & kids to not answer!
Shoutout all of our local heroes!
A Baseball Coach Says He Fended Off ICE Agents Questioning Kids on the Upper West Side
The baseball field in Riverside Park near 72nd Street and Youman Wilder. Photo 1: Google Maps. Photo 2: Courtesy of
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July 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“Then they started to talk about cuffing me, and that if the kids were here legally, what do they have to lose by answering. I told them that they still have their fifth and fourth amendment rights, and that they don’t have to speak to you or help with any investigation.”
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I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump
Ketanji Brown Jackson Is Telling the Truth About the Supreme Court
The task of interpreting the law is inherently “political.” But no justice has been this comfortable saying so in public.
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July 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I think Ketanji Brown Jackson's dissents are an important exception to the "Supreme Court dissents don't matter" rule of thumb, because she is using them not to argue with the conservative justices, but to explain to the public that the conservative justices are liars and in the tank for Trump
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I literally warned against exactly this in my dissertation and i am very tired of eugenicist fascist authoritarians using all the things we've warned about as a fucking shopping list
"[W]earables are key to the MAHA agenda...every American [using one[ within 4 years."
So the MAHA/MAGA vision is total surveillance down to your personal biorhythms, and if you deviate you're not "healthy".
Eugenics and tech going hand in hand w/ total survellance. Will Palantir hold that data?
So the MAHA/MAGA vision is total surveillance down to your personal biorhythms, and if you deviate you're not "healthy".
Eugenics and tech going hand in hand w/ total survellance. Will Palantir hold that data?
RFK Jr: "My vision that is every American is wearing a wearable within four years."
June 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I literally warned against exactly this in my dissertation and i am very tired of eugenicist fascist authoritarians using all the things we've warned about as a fucking shopping list
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unrelated to anything, but just a reminder to NEVER let anyone dull your enthusiasm for anything. be loud, be excited, be unhinged. as long as you're being respectful, you're not doing anything wrong. people who try and kill that joy, who make it out to be a bad thing, aren't worth keeping around 💜
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
unrelated to anything, but just a reminder to NEVER let anyone dull your enthusiasm for anything. be loud, be excited, be unhinged. as long as you're being respectful, you're not doing anything wrong. people who try and kill that joy, who make it out to be a bad thing, aren't worth keeping around 💜
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Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here:
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June 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Aftermath (at last) has a pitch guide! We're a growing outlet and can only accept so much right now, but we'd love to see stories you think might be right for us. Learn more about what we're looking for and how to pitch here:
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
aftermath.site/aftermath-free...
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If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.
Separately and notably, GLAAD — which dropped its opposition to KOSA last year after changes to the bill, easing its path to Democratic support — told me it now wants lawmakers to review the bill in light of "changes in the FTC and other government leadership." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
June 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If your law is good when there are good people in office, but dangerous when there are bad people in office, your law is bad.
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Today’s the day! The latest game I worked on, @nikkijay.games’ Quantum Witch, is out later today.
I’m incredibly proud to have written a conniving bitch of a god for this lovely queer “plot”former.
Check it out on Steam. It’s good! store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
I’m incredibly proud to have written a conniving bitch of a god for this lovely queer “plot”former.
Check it out on Steam. It’s good! store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
June 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Today’s the day! The latest game I worked on, @nikkijay.games’ Quantum Witch, is out later today.
I’m incredibly proud to have written a conniving bitch of a god for this lovely queer “plot”former.
Check it out on Steam. It’s good! store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
I’m incredibly proud to have written a conniving bitch of a god for this lovely queer “plot”former.
Check it out on Steam. It’s good! store.steampowered.com/app/3100650/...
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Everyone should hear it though
No one wants to hear this but women who don’t have children think being a tradwife is an alternative to burnout because we have made being a working mother so fucking miserable and hard. Until working moms can thrive this shit is going to persist and persist and we can choose differently.
Most attendees of a MAGA summit for women in Dallas had come not so much for advice on how to lead, but how to live. They got clear marching orders. “Less Prozac, more protein,” said Alex Clark, a wellness influencer who headlined the weekend.
June 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Everyone should hear it though
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i do not require politicians, political pundits, commentators, or people in general to be "right" all the time
but i do require that they acknowledge when they are wrong and welcome new knowledge
but i do require that they acknowledge when they are wrong and welcome new knowledge
June 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
i do not require politicians, political pundits, commentators, or people in general to be "right" all the time
but i do require that they acknowledge when they are wrong and welcome new knowledge
but i do require that they acknowledge when they are wrong and welcome new knowledge
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If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary* software did, it would be uninstalled.
LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect.
LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect.
If a human told you things that were correct 80% of the time but claimed, flat out, with absolute confidence, that they were correct 100% of the time, you would dislike them & never trust a word they say. All I'm really suggesting is for people to treat chatbots with that same distrust & antagonism.
June 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
If a colleague had the reliability rate of an LLM, they would be fired. If ordinary* software did, it would be uninstalled.
LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect.
LLMs require the chat format, because chat makes us party to the conversation. We insert the meaning ourselves - and hold it to a different standard. It's the mirror effect.
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June 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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this is not intended as a substitute for trained medical professionals but
if you also saw some of the footage going around and thought 'wtf do i even do if i or somewhere near me gets hurt at a protest'
here is a guide specifically for first aid at protests
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
if you also saw some of the footage going around and thought 'wtf do i even do if i or somewhere near me gets hurt at a protest'
here is a guide specifically for first aid at protests
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
June 12, 2025 at 4:09 AM
this is not intended as a substitute for trained medical professionals but
if you also saw some of the footage going around and thought 'wtf do i even do if i or somewhere near me gets hurt at a protest'
here is a guide specifically for first aid at protests
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...
if you also saw some of the footage going around and thought 'wtf do i even do if i or somewhere near me gets hurt at a protest'
here is a guide specifically for first aid at protests
activisthandbook.org/wellbeing/ri...