Wannabe Apparatchik
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History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake.
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FREUD, cocking (double entendre very much intended) a shotgun: episteme’s horny
ME: what
FREUD: epistem’e’s horny
ME: what
FREUD: epistem’e’s horny
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 AM
FREUD, cocking (double entendre very much intended) a shotgun: episteme’s horny
ME: what
FREUD: epistem’e’s horny
ME: what
FREUD: epistem’e’s horny
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the people who ask this are essentially seed oil fearers
We occasionally get questions about whether we use AI.
Yes. Just like Bluesky. Just like the majority of software projects these days.
It's especially unrealistic to expect projects without serious funding to not use AI and try to compete.
Yes. Just like Bluesky. Just like the majority of software projects these days.
It's especially unrealistic to expect projects without serious funding to not use AI and try to compete.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
the people who ask this are essentially seed oil fearers
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Manifesting Groyper Cleveland out of sheer incompetence.
If Republican vote share in midterms and specials continues to be so closely tied to Trumps approval numbers, this puts them in contention for "worst midterm in American history". If Trump sinks to 31% it practically guarantees it. The current record holder is, of course, Grover Cleveland, at 37.7%.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Manifesting Groyper Cleveland out of sheer incompetence.
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If Trump proactively pardons Hegseth, the solution is to signal either to the ICC or the country of origin of the murdered men that we will honor extradition requests on this point.
And then, in something of an irony, Noem him out of the country before anyone can react.
And then, in something of an irony, Noem him out of the country before anyone can react.
November 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
If Trump proactively pardons Hegseth, the solution is to signal either to the ICC or the country of origin of the murdered men that we will honor extradition requests on this point.
And then, in something of an irony, Noem him out of the country before anyone can react.
And then, in something of an irony, Noem him out of the country before anyone can react.
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I find the 'the Democrats won't do anything' doomer line annoying, because the Democrats will be who you make them - look how much the GOP changed over the past decade!
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I find the 'the Democrats won't do anything' doomer line annoying, because the Democrats will be who you make them - look how much the GOP changed over the past decade!
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
Right now the party feels immovable but the moment it has a presidential nominee, it will be whatever that person is.
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Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
The fundamental thing to understand about this administration is the president is a grumpy retiree. He has no interest in working anymore. Which leads to him being pissed that he is getting asked a question, pissed he has to show up and work, the scheming viziers running the show, etc..
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Effectively there is no *one* person performing the duties of President of the United States right now. We are in an interregnum with an occupied throne.
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they would love nothing more than to use this as pretense for martial law etc. but the reality is that most people have reached maximum polarization already
you're not getting anyone on board with harsh retaliation that wasn't already on board before
you're not getting anyone on board with harsh retaliation that wasn't already on board before
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
they would love nothing more than to use this as pretense for martial law etc. but the reality is that most people have reached maximum polarization already
you're not getting anyone on board with harsh retaliation that wasn't already on board before
you're not getting anyone on board with harsh retaliation that wasn't already on board before
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i could be wrong but i think with Charlie Kirk's killing and now this incident we're starting to see the right suffer from some of the same escalation fatigue that the left has had to deal with
i genuinely don't know if the American people give a shit about anything anymore
i genuinely don't know if the American people give a shit about anything anymore
November 28, 2025 at 5:19 AM
i could be wrong but i think with Charlie Kirk's killing and now this incident we're starting to see the right suffer from some of the same escalation fatigue that the left has had to deal with
i genuinely don't know if the American people give a shit about anything anymore
i genuinely don't know if the American people give a shit about anything anymore
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The US federal government is openly warring against its own nonwhite population in a way no one alive has ever experienced. It’s not even getting to hide it. The overt bigotry is comparable to Jim Crow. And our pathetic, cowed, putrid political class just keeps pretending it isn’t even happening.
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 AM
The US federal government is openly warring against its own nonwhite population in a way no one alive has ever experienced. It’s not even getting to hide it. The overt bigotry is comparable to Jim Crow. And our pathetic, cowed, putrid political class just keeps pretending it isn’t even happening.
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as a moderate i am willing to compromise on the issue of whether there should be a trial
Honestly I'm very willing to be a single issue voter where my single issue is "show trial for Miller"
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
as a moderate i am willing to compromise on the issue of whether there should be a trial
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like the modal scenario at this point feels like Trump either dying in office or giving up in 2028 I don't think he has a coup left in him
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
like the modal scenario at this point feels like Trump either dying in office or giving up in 2028 I don't think he has a coup left in him
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critical support to the truck usury industry honestly.
November 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
critical support to the truck usury industry honestly.
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A lot of people making the above complaints have decent but annoying healthcare and honestly I’m scared expanding coverage to all Americans will have apocalyptic electoral consequences because it might make that middle class experience equally annoying and also more expensive
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A lot of people making the above complaints have decent but annoying healthcare and honestly I’m scared expanding coverage to all Americans will have apocalyptic electoral consequences because it might make that middle class experience equally annoying and also more expensive
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Erika Kirk's baby is gonna be the only thing without Charlie's face on it
November 27, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Erika Kirk's baby is gonna be the only thing without Charlie's face on it
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Thing that I didn't realize until I was an adult is that a lot of people live nowhere near real nature so think that farms are nature. It's a bizarre phenomenon, but it makes sense in places like Ireland or the UK
Haven’t tweeted in like a year and still doing the numbers
November 28, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Thing that I didn't realize until I was an adult is that a lot of people live nowhere near real nature so think that farms are nature. It's a bizarre phenomenon, but it makes sense in places like Ireland or the UK
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A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A *huge* vaccine victory. I've been writing on this for years; Australia has seen remarkable progress in cervical cancer prevention with the HPV vaccine. I love seeing science triumph like this.
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some sins are venal. no one should get super worked up about them but at the same time you shouldn't be going around bragging about how they're secretly good or something.
November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
some sins are venal. no one should get super worked up about them but at the same time you shouldn't be going around bragging about how they're secretly good or something.
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The Fourth of July is nice but Thanksgiving happens during the school year and calls an abrupt halt to whatever life you’re living to remind you very clearly that you’re in America.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The Fourth of July is nice but Thanksgiving happens during the school year and calls an abrupt halt to whatever life you’re living to remind you very clearly that you’re in America.
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As a civil (and not religious) holiday, Thanksgiving opens the door to a lot of new Americans to be able to participate in a broader America in their own way. No other public holiday comes close to the assimilating force of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
As a civil (and not religious) holiday, Thanksgiving opens the door to a lot of new Americans to be able to participate in a broader America in their own way. No other public holiday comes close to the assimilating force of Thanksgiving
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Extremely depressing to watch leftists now rage against lab-grown meat
Left Luddism will be the death of us
Left Luddism will be the death of us
November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Extremely depressing to watch leftists now rage against lab-grown meat
Left Luddism will be the death of us
Left Luddism will be the death of us
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there are a lot of brain-rotting ideologies that can twist a liberal without moral guide-lines into a vicious, miserable reactionary but transphobia and zionism really are something else in the social media age
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
Graham Linehan is a normal and well man.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
there are a lot of brain-rotting ideologies that can twist a liberal without moral guide-lines into a vicious, miserable reactionary but transphobia and zionism really are something else in the social media age
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interesting response to that viral article. what i think is interesting in these debates is that the straightforward, classical measures of economic goodness all say the economy is pretty good. and yet also people are weird and mad about it. so one wishes to find a *new* measure that captures this
The Poverty Line is Not $140,000
A recent essay by Michael W. Green makes a very bold claim that the poverty line should not be where it is currently set — about $31,200 for a family of four — but should be much higher…
economistwritingeveryday.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
interesting response to that viral article. what i think is interesting in these debates is that the straightforward, classical measures of economic goodness all say the economy is pretty good. and yet also people are weird and mad about it. so one wishes to find a *new* measure that captures this
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Barring external intereference, Ford will keep selling expensive pollution machines as long as surburban men keep having mid life crises
(www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...)
(www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...)
November 27, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Barring external intereference, Ford will keep selling expensive pollution machines as long as surburban men keep having mid life crises
(www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...)
(www.thedrive.com/news/26907/y...)
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an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
November 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
an underestimated threat AI poses is not convincing you that fake things are real, it’s convincing you that real things are fake
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"You are happy with the rape and murder of the third world" sure is a thing for people who have "the abolition of USAID" on their literal party platform to say.
November 27, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"You are happy with the rape and murder of the third world" sure is a thing for people who have "the abolition of USAID" on their literal party platform to say.