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I further entropy, usually by trying (and failing) to bring order to my little corner of the chaos.
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For new folks joining, there's no Algorithm here, it's strictly who you follow on your main feed, so my advice:
* Follow liberally (by the time I see somebody a few times, I'll usually drop them a follow)
* Block even faster (life's too short to give your limited attention to assholes)
* Follow liberally (by the time I see somebody a few times, I'll usually drop them a follow)
* Block even faster (life's too short to give your limited attention to assholes)
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More of this kind of rich person, please.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
More of this kind of rich person, please.
One thing the 80s nostalgia flicks seem to miss is just how *brown* everything was in the 80s. It was gross and not something to be missed.
Hell, my mentors talked about their early days in the 70s, when folks could still smoke at their desks, which meant you smoked, too.
Hell, my mentors talked about their early days in the 70s, when folks could still smoke at their desks, which meant you smoked, too.
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
One thing the 80s nostalgia flicks seem to miss is just how *brown* everything was in the 80s. It was gross and not something to be missed.
Hell, my mentors talked about their early days in the 70s, when folks could still smoke at their desks, which meant you smoked, too.
Hell, my mentors talked about their early days in the 70s, when folks could still smoke at their desks, which meant you smoked, too.
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I really enjoyed the brief sea shanty revival. I wish we could do that again.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I really enjoyed the brief sea shanty revival. I wish we could do that again.
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There are a lot of stories like this that seem not to effect the overall narrative of the war for some odd reason.
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
Novorossiysk Was Russia’s Last Sanctuary. It Just Fell.
The Black Sea Has No Safe Harbor Left for Russia
www.theconcis.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
There are a lot of stories like this that seem not to effect the overall narrative of the war for some odd reason.
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
www.theconcis.com/p/novorossiy...
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You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
Boy, he REALLY wants to distract from those Epstein files coming out tomorrow, eh? 😂 👀
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug
President Trump signed an order to reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification, one of the most significant changes to drug policy in decades.
www.cbsnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Boy, he REALLY wants to distract from those Epstein files coming out tomorrow, eh? 😂 👀
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-o...
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Another WIND ADVISORY in place for western Oregon and sw Washington Thursday. More power outages possible as wind will be met with rain.
@koin6.bsky.social #PNW #Portland
@koin6.bsky.social #PNW #Portland
December 18, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Another WIND ADVISORY in place for western Oregon and sw Washington Thursday. More power outages possible as wind will be met with rain.
@koin6.bsky.social #PNW #Portland
@koin6.bsky.social #PNW #Portland
This paper makes as much sense as any originalist theory I have ever encountered. Bravo, sir!
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 17, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This paper makes as much sense as any originalist theory I have ever encountered. Bravo, sir!
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One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
One way that the reaction to Rob Reiner's murder mirrors Charlie Kirk's is that the best way to eulogize each of them is to quote their words, and in both cases, doing so pisses off conservatives.
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
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A key thing about corporate use of genAI is that it removes all the friction involved between the executives' weird fetish shit and inner thoughts, and public display
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
using AI cuts corners on involving people who know better. negativity for christmas is an awful ad concept even if it was made by people - so a creative team would push back on the request. business people like AI doesn't argue, not understanding experts were protecting them from their own bad ideas
"The most terrible time of the year"
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
McDonald’s pulls AI-generated Christmas advert in the Netherlands. The advert, titled "the most terrible time of the year," depicts Christmas chaos, with Santa caught in a traffic jam and a present-laden cyclist slipping in the snow
u.afp.com/S7sF
December 11, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A key thing about corporate use of genAI is that it removes all the friction involved between the executives' weird fetish shit and inner thoughts, and public display
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
It does to corporations what alcohol does to a bigot.
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It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
Trump: "The problem is nobody wants to go fishing anymore. They don't want to get in boats. They don't want anything to do with boats. I think we've destroyed the boat market. Other than that it's been very effective."
December 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It's vile to kill people with no actual legal justification and also vile to joke about killing those people.
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Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Law school cost me $190,000.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
I have paid $206,000 since graduation.
I now owe $223,000.
I pay $830 per month, and next year it will be more.
I genuinely believe law school student loans are designed to make pro bono representation impossible.
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new rule: if you gleefully use the r-word in public, everyone gets to assume you use the n-word in private (and judge you accordingly).
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
December 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
new rule: if you gleefully use the r-word in public, everyone gets to assume you use the n-word in private (and judge you accordingly).
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
sorry i don’t make the rules oh wait i made this one sorry not sorry.
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The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
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December 7, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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