Vince
@jalapenopants18.bsky.social
Pronouns: He/Him
Loves music, history, politics, games. Will talk randomly about a lot of things. Also slightly crazy
Loves music, history, politics, games. Will talk randomly about a lot of things. Also slightly crazy
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reading a reddit thread of men complaining about their wives not having sex with them.
one woman suggests some husbands don't put as much effort to wine and dine their partner after marriage.
the redditors are now complaining that she's being unfair to men lol
one woman suggests some husbands don't put as much effort to wine and dine their partner after marriage.
the redditors are now complaining that she's being unfair to men lol
December 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
reading a reddit thread of men complaining about their wives not having sex with them.
one woman suggests some husbands don't put as much effort to wine and dine their partner after marriage.
the redditors are now complaining that she's being unfair to men lol
one woman suggests some husbands don't put as much effort to wine and dine their partner after marriage.
the redditors are now complaining that she's being unfair to men lol
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404 Media is about to enter energy saver mode. We're still publishing throughout the week, however, so watch your inbox / RSS / the @404media.co feed and you won't miss us too badly.
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
404 Media is about to enter energy saver mode. We're still publishing throughout the week, however, so watch your inbox / RSS / the @404media.co feed and you won't miss us too badly.
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
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I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
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WSJ: "Gaza Is Under 68 Million Tons of Rubble. How Will It Rebuild?"
The civilians are homeless and hungry, without access to work or adequate medical services. They rely on our direct donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The civilians are homeless and hungry, without access to work or adequate medical services. They rely on our direct donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
WSJ: "Gaza Is Under 68 Million Tons of Rubble. How Will It Rebuild?"
The civilians are homeless and hungry, without access to work or adequate medical services. They rely on our direct donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The civilians are homeless and hungry, without access to work or adequate medical services. They rely on our direct donations to survive.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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We’re still trying to complete what’s needed for our children’s schooling.
Your continued support helps keep their days steady and their future moving forward.❤️
Please donate if you can, we don't want to lose the chance of learning. 🙏
Your continued support helps keep their days steady and their future moving forward.❤️
Please donate if you can, we don't want to lose the chance of learning. 🙏
December 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re still trying to complete what’s needed for our children’s schooling.
Your continued support helps keep their days steady and their future moving forward.❤️
Please donate if you can, we don't want to lose the chance of learning. 🙏
Your continued support helps keep their days steady and their future moving forward.❤️
Please donate if you can, we don't want to lose the chance of learning. 🙏
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UPDATE:
I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.
I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.
I am so deeply sorry to be in the position to have to pull this lever again, but I just watched my car get towed away and I don't really know what else to do anymore.
More details in the update & description, but if you're able to help out or share, we would be grateful beyond words.
More details in the update & description, but if you're able to help out or share, we would be grateful beyond words.
Donate to Help Andrew & Savannah's Family Stay Afloat, organized by Andrew Elmore
Hey there! I'm Andrew, this is my wife Savannah. We have two kids, and we're… Andrew Elmore needs your support for Help Andrew & Savannah's Family Stay Afloat
gofund.me
December 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
UPDATE:
I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.
I just got off the phone with the bank, and to get my car back, I need to pay the entire remaining balance, which is a little over $5K. I feel awful asking for any more after how overwhelmingly powerful the response has been so far(!), but unfortunately we aren't quite out of the woods yet.
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call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
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IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
IN VALEN'S NAME, USE ALT TEXT FOR YOUR IMAGES.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
You want to prove you're down for progressive causes? Do the most basic fucking thing ever and use alt-text. Also, use it to describe the image and provide context so that the people who rely on alt-text can experience your image as intended.
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When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
When I teaching the Holocaust I note the Holocaust museum’s definition of a concentration camp is a prison whose inmates are denied due process. These are by definition concentration camps.
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Please give to my dear friend Tala in Gaza. She and her family lost their homes and their livelihood in the bombings and now rely on our direct donations to survive.
And find and help others. ❤️
And find and help others. ❤️
Help Tala Rebuild Her Home
Hello, My name is Lucy. Please read my friend Tala's message and support her by donating and sharing her campaign!!
chuffed.org
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Please give to my dear friend Tala in Gaza. She and her family lost their homes and their livelihood in the bombings and now rely on our direct donations to survive.
And find and help others. ❤️
And find and help others. ❤️
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if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
December 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
if bari weiss had tried to do 9/11 there'd be three towers now
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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shiny new gallery page
commissions open
somebody hire us
commissions open
somebody hire us
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
shiny new gallery page
commissions open
somebody hire us
commissions open
somebody hire us
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I hope Bari Weiss holds another all-hands tomorrow, but shows up even more tired and angry
And all of it being due to her own actions
And all of it being due to her own actions
December 23, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I hope Bari Weiss holds another all-hands tomorrow, but shows up even more tired and angry
And all of it being due to her own actions
And all of it being due to her own actions
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The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The video has been taken down from YouTube. You can still download it here: is.gd/paU8Ko
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iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co
December 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
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December 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
www.propublica.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Watching a rerun of Parks and Rec and wow I forgot how bad the politics stuff got in the show, but also how most of the politicians who did cameos turned out trash lmao
Leslie fawning over Gillibrand and Biden is actively nauseating now
Leslie fawning over Gillibrand and Biden is actively nauseating now
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Watching a rerun of Parks and Rec and wow I forgot how bad the politics stuff got in the show, but also how most of the politicians who did cameos turned out trash lmao
Leslie fawning over Gillibrand and Biden is actively nauseating now
Leslie fawning over Gillibrand and Biden is actively nauseating now
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Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki donated $2.5 million to Trump's White House ballroom project, per NYT
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office (Gift Article)
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki donated $2.5 million to Trump's White House ballroom project, per NYT
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Thinking about the piece I wrote earlier this year for No Particular Reason
For the first time in almost a year, I wrote a piece for my personal site (now "relaunched" on beehiv). It is about Clair Obscur and Generative AI and what we are losing. I didn't shop this one around because it is messy and a bit emotional.
www.criticalconstruct.com/p/grieving-f...
www.criticalconstruct.com/p/grieving-f...
Grieving for Art At the End of the World
On Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 and generative AI
www.criticalconstruct.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Thinking about the piece I wrote earlier this year for No Particular Reason
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
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This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a wild hack. a16z gave a million dollars to startup called Doublespeed. They use a phone farm to flood social media with AI generated influencers and ads. A hacker remotely broke into the phone farm, unmasking the AI influencers/fake accounts, gave us the data www.404media.co/hack-reveals...