Duif
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ik ben net een duif als die duif niet een duif was maar een hert
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Just woke up to this news, need to be a little more awake to fully process it, but the people I worked with at Polygon are some of the most kind, insightful, and passionate people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Support them wherever they end up. Also, fuck whoever made this decision.
Polygon Sold To Valnet And Hit With Mass Layoffs
One of the biggest gaming sites around was just blown up
kotaku.com
May 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just woke up to this news, need to be a little more awake to fully process it, but the people I worked with at Polygon are some of the most kind, insightful, and passionate people I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Support them wherever they end up. Also, fuck whoever made this decision.
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i don’t really find it relieving or funny when chatgpt gets things wildly wrong.
It’s not simply stupid — it’s more like that insecure friend who hates admitting they don’t know something, so they just say shit to sound smart.
that’s way more concerning than it being stupid imo
It’s not simply stupid — it’s more like that insecure friend who hates admitting they don’t know something, so they just say shit to sound smart.
that’s way more concerning than it being stupid imo
March 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
i don’t really find it relieving or funny when chatgpt gets things wildly wrong.
It’s not simply stupid — it’s more like that insecure friend who hates admitting they don’t know something, so they just say shit to sound smart.
that’s way more concerning than it being stupid imo
It’s not simply stupid — it’s more like that insecure friend who hates admitting they don’t know something, so they just say shit to sound smart.
that’s way more concerning than it being stupid imo
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i feel like we all *know* this but i’m not sure it’s sunk in bc i don’t think we *behave* like it:
‼️ people need to understand that chatgpt is designed to give you an answer it thinks you’ll accept. no, read that again.
not the truth, but whatever seems most likely to satisfy you.
‼️ people need to understand that chatgpt is designed to give you an answer it thinks you’ll accept. no, read that again.
not the truth, but whatever seems most likely to satisfy you.
chatgpt has fully broken-through to every facet of the corporate environment. I'm spending a not-insignificant amount of my time every week now explaining to people that just because chatgpt told you that something was possible doesn't mean that it a) is or b) even exists
March 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
i feel like we all *know* this but i’m not sure it’s sunk in bc i don’t think we *behave* like it:
‼️ people need to understand that chatgpt is designed to give you an answer it thinks you’ll accept. no, read that again.
not the truth, but whatever seems most likely to satisfy you.
‼️ people need to understand that chatgpt is designed to give you an answer it thinks you’ll accept. no, read that again.
not the truth, but whatever seems most likely to satisfy you.
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do you ever feel like a deeply evil friend for an inexplicable reason and you can’t talk to your friends about it because they would yell at you for being evil
March 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
do you ever feel like a deeply evil friend for an inexplicable reason and you can’t talk to your friends about it because they would yell at you for being evil
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And to be so very clear, JKR has openly stated that the money she makes from Harry Potter (in all its forms, right now) goes directly to conservative and specifically anti-trans causes.
Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.
Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.
I wish I knew how to get cis "allies" to actually care about trans lives more than just empty words and affirmations
Reposting an image about how you support trans kids means fuck all when you pay hundreds of dollars to go see a licensed Harry Potter concert the very next day
Reposting an image about how you support trans kids means fuck all when you pay hundreds of dollars to go see a licensed Harry Potter concert the very next day
February 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
And to be so very clear, JKR has openly stated that the money she makes from Harry Potter (in all its forms, right now) goes directly to conservative and specifically anti-trans causes.
Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.
Do not financially engage with Harry Potter. Don't even engage with it for free. It's a Faustian IP, do not.
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Wages $0.01
Maintenance $0.01
Developing infrastructure $0.01
Enriching billionaires even more $400000000000000000
Public services $0.01
someone help me budget this my nation-state is collapsing
Maintenance $0.01
Developing infrastructure $0.01
Enriching billionaires even more $400000000000000000
Public services $0.01
someone help me budget this my nation-state is collapsing
January 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Wages $0.01
Maintenance $0.01
Developing infrastructure $0.01
Enriching billionaires even more $400000000000000000
Public services $0.01
someone help me budget this my nation-state is collapsing
Maintenance $0.01
Developing infrastructure $0.01
Enriching billionaires even more $400000000000000000
Public services $0.01
someone help me budget this my nation-state is collapsing
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When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
January 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
When Musk denies that he did a big ol Nazi salute during the inauguration, remember this, from Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944.
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that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law
January 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
that moment when gender is definitely an unchangable biological truth so you have to enforce it via fascistic law
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The best way to start getting involved is to join an existing effort, and learn as much as you can from it.
The best way to stay involved is to take that knowledge and experience to start your own thing, filing a previously unmet gap in need.
The best way to stay involved is to take that knowledge and experience to start your own thing, filing a previously unmet gap in need.
Reminder, while you're activated, not to reinvent the wheel. Whatever action you are thinking about taking, someone probably already tried it or something similar to it, so you have the advantage of a fresh new perspective but you're doing yourself no favors if you don't learn from their experience.
January 20, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The best way to start getting involved is to join an existing effort, and learn as much as you can from it.
The best way to stay involved is to take that knowledge and experience to start your own thing, filing a previously unmet gap in need.
The best way to stay involved is to take that knowledge and experience to start your own thing, filing a previously unmet gap in need.
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Me: Hm, maybe it's the trauma speaking but why is it a red flag if someone refers to themselves or another man as a "good man?"
Oh. This is why.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHY...
Oh. This is why.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHY...
The problem with 'good men' - Hannah Gadsby
YouTube video by Expatriarch
www.youtube.com
January 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Me: Hm, maybe it's the trauma speaking but why is it a red flag if someone refers to themselves or another man as a "good man?"
Oh. This is why.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHY...
Oh. This is why.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtHY...
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I have character limits on posts, so have a screenshot.
January 15, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I have character limits on posts, so have a screenshot.
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I am so grateful that I fell in with Dropout.
Not every company is willing to work with a visible trans person these days. In fact, a lot aren’t.
Not every company is willing to work with a visible trans person these days. In fact, a lot aren’t.
January 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I am so grateful that I fell in with Dropout.
Not every company is willing to work with a visible trans person these days. In fact, a lot aren’t.
Not every company is willing to work with a visible trans person these days. In fact, a lot aren’t.
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[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
January 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
[willem dafoe unprompted] now, this cookie monster. [toothy smile] what a creature, what a lust. it consumes him. [crosses legs] he’s really a tragic figure.
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The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
January 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The year is 2035. I meet President AOC in the Oval Office. "You've done well," she says. "By telling men to dress gay, you've lowered the population rate by 90%, thereby reducing carbon emissions." She slides me a manilla envelope. I can now afford a home in a walkable neighborhood
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Why Pigeons Make Bad Nests: A defense of pigeon aesthetics
January 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why Pigeons Make Bad Nests: A defense of pigeon aesthetics
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"magical records are a bourgeois affectation that speak to a twisted desire to scientize the ineffable" is great until it's a year later and you can't remember exactly how you did some bit of practical magic that you suddenly need again
January 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"magical records are a bourgeois affectation that speak to a twisted desire to scientize the ineffable" is great until it's a year later and you can't remember exactly how you did some bit of practical magic that you suddenly need again
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waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
January 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
waaaaay too many people in the middle imo
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OK so what do we think the new occult hand phrase is
January 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
OK so what do we think the new occult hand phrase is
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Harebrained hot take of the day is that having a media ecosystem where everyone is optimizing things to be either relatable or divisive has had devastating effects on culture from the ground up. Sometimes things just need to exist for no reason other than being. Sometimes that’s what art is.
January 5, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Harebrained hot take of the day is that having a media ecosystem where everyone is optimizing things to be either relatable or divisive has had devastating effects on culture from the ground up. Sometimes things just need to exist for no reason other than being. Sometimes that’s what art is.
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psychiatrist: *holding up a rorschach test inkblot* and what do you see here?
me: i should call her
psych: you can't say that every time!
me: sorry for loving all kinds of women. sorry for being too sapphic with it
psych: this one doesn't even look like genitals, it looks like a knife
me: yeah
me: i should call her
psych: you can't say that every time!
me: sorry for loving all kinds of women. sorry for being too sapphic with it
psych: this one doesn't even look like genitals, it looks like a knife
me: yeah
January 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
psychiatrist: *holding up a rorschach test inkblot* and what do you see here?
me: i should call her
psych: you can't say that every time!
me: sorry for loving all kinds of women. sorry for being too sapphic with it
psych: this one doesn't even look like genitals, it looks like a knife
me: yeah
me: i should call her
psych: you can't say that every time!
me: sorry for loving all kinds of women. sorry for being too sapphic with it
psych: this one doesn't even look like genitals, it looks like a knife
me: yeah
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It's the "I figured out trans rights from first principles as a cishet and will not check with any trans people before proceeding to fight on their behalf. Surely if there was some way to check what they feel about this they'd be grateful" type of guy
Ah, the hardcore puberty blocker fan. Staunchly quibbling with the right wing and feeding their algorithmic reach every day, and occasionally blowing up at a trans person who says "I actually would've preferred to just go on HRT"
December 30, 2024 at 11:28 AM
It's the "I figured out trans rights from first principles as a cishet and will not check with any trans people before proceeding to fight on their behalf. Surely if there was some way to check what they feel about this they'd be grateful" type of guy
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Short term blockers have a use case as a first line treatment for trans youth who are genuinely unsure and actually need time to think without the looming pressure of puberty.
Long term blockers are a gender clinic invention because giving hormones to secure trans teenagers made them uncomfortable.
Long term blockers are a gender clinic invention because giving hormones to secure trans teenagers made them uncomfortable.
December 30, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Short term blockers have a use case as a first line treatment for trans youth who are genuinely unsure and actually need time to think without the looming pressure of puberty.
Long term blockers are a gender clinic invention because giving hormones to secure trans teenagers made them uncomfortable.
Long term blockers are a gender clinic invention because giving hormones to secure trans teenagers made them uncomfortable.