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There is something admirable about wanting to practice virtue quietly, so as not to make it about you showing others that you’re doing it. Indeed, the Bible itself counsels against this. But pushing back against vice requires visible public rebuke.
Muscular virtue. Virtue that asserts itself in the face of vice.
December 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
There is something admirable about wanting to practice virtue quietly, so as not to make it about you showing others that you’re doing it. Indeed, the Bible itself counsels against this. But pushing back against vice requires visible public rebuke.
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The way it's always been.
December 16, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The way it's always been.
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at some point maybe will have to reevaluate but so far every single story like this is with ChatGPT specifically
“Soelberg did not turn violent until ChatGPT became his sole confidant, validating a wide range of wild conspiracies, including a dangerous delusion that his mother was part of a network of conspirators spying on him, tracking him, and making attempts on his life.”
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
at some point maybe will have to reevaluate but so far every single story like this is with ChatGPT specifically
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this one is always a step too far for the offline normies
“okay so you know my little pony”
“the kids show? with the toys?”
“right. so there’s this nazi pony and - “
“I’m never talking to you again”
“okay so you know my little pony”
“the kids show? with the toys?”
“right. so there’s this nazi pony and - “
“I’m never talking to you again”
the January 6th pipe bomb guy was a brony who faved over 300 pictures of a nazi my little pony character on Derpibooru, the fandom's largest image site.
@derpibooru.bsky.social
@derpibooru.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:29 AM
this one is always a step too far for the offline normies
“okay so you know my little pony”
“the kids show? with the toys?”
“right. so there’s this nazi pony and - “
“I’m never talking to you again”
“okay so you know my little pony”
“the kids show? with the toys?”
“right. so there’s this nazi pony and - “
“I’m never talking to you again”
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I know ALLCAPS SCARY but this is probably nothing
FEDERAL RESERVE INJECTS $5.2 BILLION INTO U.S. BANKING SYSTEM VIA OVERNIGHT REPOS •THIS IS THE 6TH LARGEST LIQUIDITY INJECTION SINCE COVID •IT SURPASSES LIQUIDITY LEVELS SEEN AT THE PEAK OF THE DOT-COM BUBBLE •SIGNALS TIGHT SHORT-TERM FUNDING STRESS IN MONEY MARKETS
December 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I know ALLCAPS SCARY but this is probably nothing
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MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “We kept yelling ‘she’s pregnant! She’s pregnant!’ — they put their knees in her… the handcuffed woman was dragged on the ground…”
Lawless.
Lawless.
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Hey, the public voted for the “hegemonic suicide” party and they’re gonna get it
December 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey, the public voted for the “hegemonic suicide” party and they’re gonna get it
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When the demonic dictator is dead and gone, every vestige of Trumpism must be expunged, or if need be, blasted from the face of the earth.
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
When the demonic dictator is dead and gone, every vestige of Trumpism must be expunged, or if need be, blasted from the face of the earth.
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they're coming for Senator Kelly, it looks like
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
they're coming for Senator Kelly, it looks like
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Distracting from attacking the corpse of Rob Reiner by attacking the fighter pilot turned astronaut senator.
December 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Distracting from attacking the corpse of Rob Reiner by attacking the fighter pilot turned astronaut senator.
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something i think about semi-regularly is that it took until (iirc) the 50s or 60s for the idea that the B-17s from Midway had "softened up" the Kido Butai for the Navy
It’s funny to read about the various stunts pulled by the bomber mafia, transatlantic flights, bombing ships, trying to take over the postal service, and fake bombing NYC, and to read various media reports which were very enamored at the time
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
something i think about semi-regularly is that it took until (iirc) the 50s or 60s for the idea that the B-17s from Midway had "softened up" the Kido Butai for the Navy
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he’s a cruel and lazy bastard who knows he is never running for office again and who doesn’t give a shit about the party or anyone else, you can pretty easily imagine how much effort he’s going to put into improving his popularity
stay on his current path without deviating, imo
What would Trump have to do to get his approval rating below 25%
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
he’s a cruel and lazy bastard who knows he is never running for office again and who doesn’t give a shit about the party or anyone else, you can pretty easily imagine how much effort he’s going to put into improving his popularity
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*INTEL REPORTS: FENTANYL DISCOVERED IN IRAQ
TRUMP: CLASSIFYING FENTANYL AS WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
*INTEL REPORTS: FENTANYL DISCOVERED IN IRAQ
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Go to any news story on Facebook where a Jewish person is involved and the modal comment falls somewhere between Henry Ford and Tomas de Torquemada levels of antisemitism. It’s *dire* & many of the normal institutions that could push back on it have lost any credibility to do so
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Go to any news story on Facebook where a Jewish person is involved and the modal comment falls somewhere between Henry Ford and Tomas de Torquemada levels of antisemitism. It’s *dire* & many of the normal institutions that could push back on it have lost any credibility to do so
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As it turns out this has consequences
Go to any news story on Facebook where a Jewish person is involved and the modal comment falls somewhere between Henry Ford and Tomas de Torquemada levels of antisemitism. It’s *dire* & many of the normal institutions that could push back on it have lost any credibility to do so
December 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
As it turns out this has consequences
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36 hours now so this guy is just completely in the wind right?
December 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
36 hours now so this guy is just completely in the wind right?
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Folks, we got aggregated
'When it happens': Trump post ignites chatter about president's own mortality
President Donald Trump social media post seemingly celebrating the slayings of Rob Reiner and his wife sparked online speculation about how his own eventual mortality will be met Monday.The president ...
www.rawstory.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Folks, we got aggregated
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"You should pretend your neo-fascist opponents, who clearly adopted their politics as a way to provide a flismy rationale for violent, totally unreasoned bigotry, are making smart points, and then engage with those points"
No
No
Stop engaging with the worst arguments and takes, that might not even be real people, and pretending it tells you something about the far-right. Seek out the best positions in a faction. Stop being led like sheep into deeper polarization.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"You should pretend your neo-fascist opponents, who clearly adopted their politics as a way to provide a flismy rationale for violent, totally unreasoned bigotry, are making smart points, and then engage with those points"
No
No
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It is notable that disabled rights are not as cleanly left/right split as other kinds of inclusion
Two things:
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
*They are only cutting these funds in seven states that lean Democratic
*Support for people with disabilities was a relatively bipartisan position. Trump has repeatedly made clear he does not see them as people worthy of support or dignity.
"A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It is notable that disabled rights are not as cleanly left/right split as other kinds of inclusion
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December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Sorry but fuck this. “The Nazis won so we have to congregate at the Nazis’ preferred platform to be swarmed by Nazis and have our content throttled by Nazis.” You don’t give in to that shit, you leave and you create alternate pathways and that’s what this is.
IMO it's hard to combat the dangerousness of the right by participating in a platform where they aren't present.
I think the best way to explain the X vs Bluesky preference is whether a person thinks the left is more annoying than the right is dangerous.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
The reason so many Noah Smiths end up on the X side of that equation is that while the left annoys them personally, the right mostly endangers other people.
December 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Sorry but fuck this. “The Nazis won so we have to congregate at the Nazis’ preferred platform to be swarmed by Nazis and have our content throttled by Nazis.” You don’t give in to that shit, you leave and you create alternate pathways and that’s what this is.
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Watching far-right figures on Twitter instantly pivot from "You won't see us mock Reiner!" to openly celebrating Trump mocking Reiner makes it clear how much the modern far right relies on communication being remote and often anonymous. Because if you said this in a room, you might not ever leave it
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Watching far-right figures on Twitter instantly pivot from "You won't see us mock Reiner!" to openly celebrating Trump mocking Reiner makes it clear how much the modern far right relies on communication being remote and often anonymous. Because if you said this in a room, you might not ever leave it
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.