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Bas Wisselink
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Student of Philosophy at University of Amsterdam. Interested in sex work, autonomy, classical languages and western esotericism. Member of http://sekswerkexpertise.nl.
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That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic.
#MosaicMonday #Pompeii
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“The advice is ingrained with the optimism that this technology will only get better. It’s the same story the AI companies are telling: with more computers and more data, all will be fine. That’s bullshit. This is and will always be a statistical, associative machine.”

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Ik zou er wat voor geven dat puur de naam gedumpt werd.

Voor het overige is het allemaal prima.

Niet omdat ík er een probleem mee heb, maar omdat het simpelweg een volstrekt onnodige self-own is, op dit moment.
Ik heb soortgelijke discussies ook wel met techies gehad, die vaak niet begrepen waarom inhoudelijk prima presentaties door een rampzalige uitvoering niet landden.

Toegeven dat retorica ertoe doet wordt als een vorm van jezelf verkopen gezien, ofzo?

Ik blijf het doodzonde vinden.
Ik kan er met mijn hoofd elke verkiezingen niet bij dat een partij met veel intelligente en goede mensen, en met goede en consistente punten, nog steeds weigert te zien dat je met de naam Piratenpartij helaas door veel kiezers niet serieus genomen zult worden.
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Traffic to Pornhub has fallen by more than 75% in the UK since the introduction of the Online Safety Act, as legal adults have shifted to the thousands non-compliant sites, supercharging the growth of platforms that don't moderate for pirated content, revenge porn and CSAM

An unmitigated disaster.
UPDATED: Aylo Accuses Ofcom of Ineffective AV Enforcement AVN
Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub.com and other adult platforms, accused the United Kingdom's (UK) digital regulator of ineffective enforcement of the age verification requirements outlined und...
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Why are media types all so weird about having online handles? Were none of them online in the 90s and 2000s? The only reason it's moved towards real names is so that the tech firms and the media can spy on you more easily.

(also I guarantee most of these people have alts)
I see we still have a lot of people on here, as on Twitter, who can't cope with people who have different opinions on complex issues but don't choose to reveal who they are while targetting women by name - do we all have to pass our catechism to be allowed a voice on Blue Sky?
Helen Lewis is a notorious TERF. Nothing she writes is “incredibly good”. She is a monster.
The world is a dump, but it has cats.

How?
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Any Congress member who does not support impeachment today has betrayed the constitution
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.

Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
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Could not find an image of Reagan with Barbra Streisand and that gave me the sads.
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
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Here is the actual unedited video of Ronald Reagan on Tariffs in 1987. Proving that once again, the Fat Ass Convicted Criminal currently destroying our White House, is LYING!

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Ronald Reagan on Tariffs
YouTube video by Pitchfork Economics
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This should be seen as what it is: a huge step towards ending free and fair elections.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department to Monitor Polling Sites in California, New Jersey
WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Justice announced that it will monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot ...
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Vanavond 21.30 uur NPO 2
Interessante Nieuwsuur

Geert Wilders zegt als enige ‘nee’ tegen een interview met Nieuwsuur.

Daarom vanavond een hele aflevering óver in plaats van mét enige lid PVV.
Onze onderzoeksredactie deed grondige research, net als bij de andere acht afleveringen.
#Nieuwsuur
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the issue is 100% that the most powerful entities in the country have caved without a fight and are now actively licking daddy's boot because they can't imagine a future without daddy
Wait, is vibe coding marketing slang for lazy and incompetent?
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Last month, playing tape of Charlie Kirk's words was enough to get people fired for the new category of anti-Kirkist hate speech.

This month, playing tape of Ronald Reagan's words is enough to spark a presidential tantrum and diplomatic breakdown.

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Live Updates: Trump Cuts Off Trade Talks With Canada
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CNN @cnn.com · 13h
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
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Trump in juli: "It won't interfere with the current building. It'll be near it but not touching it - and pays total respect to the existing building, which I'm the biggest fan of. It's my favourite place. I love it." Nu: 'Het was maar een klein gebouwtje. Niemand vond er veel aan.’
I see people jokingly react to this and it's not remotely funny.

You lost the republic.
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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Pretty cool that the unflinchingly corrupt leader of our country is so dumb, so corrupt, and so malleable that he doesn’t have the first clue who he’s letting out of jail or why.
COLLINS: Today you pardoned the founded of Binance. Can you explain why you did that?

TRUMP: Which one was that?

COLLINS: The founder of Binance

TRUMP: I believe we're talking about the same person, because I do pardon a lot of people. I don't know. He was recommended by a lot of people.
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“If the West Wing is the mind of the nation, then the East Wing is the heart.”

- former First Lady Betty Ford

The East Wing is gone.

Over a century of American history, reduced to rubble.

All to appease the vanity of a corrupt authoritarian.