Red Durkin
@daedsider.bsky.social
bookseller, book buyer, book scout, bookstore owner, horror & rare book collector. I don't read; it's my terrible secret, please don't tell anybody
Psalms 109:8
Psalms 109:8
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Red Durkin
@daedsider.bsky.social
· Jun 9
Don't let the Earth being a 13 septillion pound rock that's home to billions of people where objectively and subjectively important things happen literally all day, every day distract you from the fact that it's actually an elaborate psy-op where only one truly important thing happens at a time.
The food fight scene from Hook for people with no imagination
Karoline Leavitt's Thanksgiving spread. Please dissect.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The food fight scene from Hook for people with no imagination
to all who celebrate
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
to all who celebrate
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea" -- @davelevitan.bsky.social
When my mom puts her hands in front of her face, is she disappearing from existence? I think so and scientists say I'm very smart and such a charmer.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
When my mom puts her hands in front of her face, is she disappearing from existence? I think so and scientists say I'm very smart and such a charmer.
Never let them tell you there isn't money for food or healthcare.
The deal will create the government’s first AI high-performance computing infrastructure, adding nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity.
https://sherwood.news/tech/amazon-plans-to-invest-up-to-usd50-billion-for-ai-and-supercomputing/
https://sherwood.news/tech/amazon-plans-to-invest-up-to-usd50-billion-for-ai-and-supercomputing/
Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion for “AI and supercomputing infrastructure” for the US government
The deal will create the government’s first AI high-performance computing infrastructure, adding nearly 1.3 gigawatts of capacity....
sherwood.news
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Never let them tell you there isn't money for food or healthcare.
Anyone who describes Alan Dershowitz as "charismatic" can simply not be tolerated in polite society.
November 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Anyone who describes Alan Dershowitz as "charismatic" can simply not be tolerated in polite society.
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
thrilled and honored for SIMPLICITY to be on here. thank you NPR~
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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"I have nipples, Charlie Brown. Could you milk me?"
“And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin', Charlie Brown. I'm tryin' real hard to be the shepherd.”
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
November 24, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"I have nipples, Charlie Brown. Could you milk me?"
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Nothing in the rulebook says a bucket of blood can't play basketball
January 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Nothing in the rulebook says a bucket of blood can't play basketball
What a unique question no one's thought of asking him yet
WELKER: What is your message to Jewish New Yorkers who feel you won't be tough enough in your response to antisemitism?
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
MAMDANI: That I am looking forward to being the next mayor and fulfilling the commitment I've made to Jewish New Yorkers to not only protect them but to celebrate and cherish them
November 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What a unique question no one's thought of asking him yet
I really love If Books Could Kill because, as a longtime bookseller, I'm never surprised by the titles they pick but, even with my low expectations, am *consistently* surprised by exactly *how* dumb these books wind up being. I knew in advance this book was bad, but daaaaaaamn
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I really love If Books Could Kill because, as a longtime bookseller, I'm never surprised by the titles they pick but, even with my low expectations, am *consistently* surprised by exactly *how* dumb these books wind up being. I knew in advance this book was bad, but daaaaaaamn
Me: of course I'm paying attention, I've been taking notes
My notes:
My notes:
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Me: of course I'm paying attention, I've been taking notes
My notes:
My notes:
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After working in food service & kitchens for a long time, including managing a kitchen in Indiana, I applied to be a kitchen manager at a diner in Oakland where, upon being interviewed, they told me I was wildly underqualified for the job.
I then applied to be a cashier at Borders for the holidays.
I then applied to be a cashier at Borders for the holidays.
November 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After working in food service & kitchens for a long time, including managing a kitchen in Indiana, I applied to be a kitchen manager at a diner in Oakland where, upon being interviewed, they told me I was wildly underqualified for the job.
I then applied to be a cashier at Borders for the holidays.
I then applied to be a cashier at Borders for the holidays.
Don't ever talk to me or my armful of cats again
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Don't ever talk to me or my armful of cats again
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every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
November 21, 2025 at 4:44 PM
every year someone does a study that’s like “we gave 100 homeless ppl money and their lives improved” and every year the government kills that guy
At one point when I was living alone in Indiana, I didn't have television or internet at home, but I did have a VCR and 3 films on tape: Casino, Forrest Gump, and the Fifth Element. I haven't watched any of those movies in YEARS, but I'm still nowhere near seeing anything else as many times.
November 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At one point when I was living alone in Indiana, I didn't have television or internet at home, but I did have a VCR and 3 films on tape: Casino, Forrest Gump, and the Fifth Element. I haven't watched any of those movies in YEARS, but I'm still nowhere near seeing anything else as many times.
While the perpetrators have never been identified, I'm personally a fan of the theory that it was Eric Fournier, who would've been 19 at the time, and went on to create the character Shaye Saint-John (google it, I dare you.)
Happy anniversary to the Max Headroom incident, the greatest example of signal hijacking.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hea...
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
While the perpetrators have never been identified, I'm personally a fan of the theory that it was Eric Fournier, who would've been 19 at the time, and went on to create the character Shaye Saint-John (google it, I dare you.)
If you've got a better way to keep my health bar topped up than eating hams and roast chickens I find on the ground, I'd like to hear it
who is following you dorks that you feel the need to repeatedly post that mtg is not on the side of the angels. it feels like spending a lot of time telling people not to eat hams they find on the ground
November 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
If you've got a better way to keep my health bar topped up than eating hams and roast chickens I find on the ground, I'd like to hear it