josh (with parentheses)
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i can't stop making video essays about A Goofy Movie
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We've forgotten how to forget.
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Now live: we’ve forgotten how to forget. Let the map from A Goofy Movie remind you how to let it all go. Stops at Steven Johnson, the West Wing, the ethics of cartography, and at least seven different Goofy family trees.
An open letter to the weird-ass map from A Goofy Movie.
youtu.be/NcnhTvK7BAw
An open letter to the weird-ass map from A Goofy Movie.
youtu.be/NcnhTvK7BAw
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NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
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November 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
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THIS IS A VIDEO WILLOW TOLD ME THEY WERE PONDERING AND I DARED THEM TO MAKE IT AND NOW IT'S OUT I'M SO HYPED!!!!!!!
NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
THIS IS A VIDEO WILLOW TOLD ME THEY WERE PONDERING AND I DARED THEM TO MAKE IT AND NOW IT'S OUT I'M SO HYPED!!!!!!!
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His favorite show is on. The National Dog Show. He waits all year for this.
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
His favorite show is on. The National Dog Show. He waits all year for this.
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
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Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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 5:07 PM
Me, an atheist: Your holiness I stand ready to join the crusade against the demonic computers
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
“Activist” is an easy dodge because to regressive transphobes, being trans is itself political agitation.
"Activist" is being purposely used by Sky News here to obscure the fact that Linehan had a violent outburst with a teenager.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Activist” is an easy dodge because to regressive transphobes, being trans is itself political agitation.
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there’s more justice in the world for a phone than a trans kid
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassing trans activist but convicted of damaging phone
Irish comedy writer cleared at Westminster magistrates court of harassing Sophia Brooks on social media
The Father Ted co-creator Graham Linehan has been cleared of harassing a transgender activist on social media but found guilty of criminal damage of their mobile phone outside a conference in London last year.
The 57-year-old flew in from Arizona to appear at Westminster magistrates court in person on Tuesday, where judgment was delivered by district judge Briony Clarke. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
there’s more justice in the world for a phone than a trans kid
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I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
November 24, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I think it’s pretty clear at this point that one of the main impacts of LLMs is to disrupt thinking: to make it so that far too many people never properly learn how to do it, and then to control the output so there are thoughts that people never learn how to think.
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There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There is no way you can guess how the thread that ends in this instant classic begins.
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unfortunately this is funny as fuck
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
unfortunately this is funny as fuck
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The extent to which I was completely abandoned with pcos/endo is hard to quantify, and plenty of people tried to sell me WooWoo solutions for pain.
Doctors completely failed me on every front for most of my life, I am sympathetic to not trusting them. It is a hard convo.
Doctors completely failed me on every front for most of my life, I am sympathetic to not trusting them. It is a hard convo.
Absolutely this. I'd add that many conspiracy movements focused on women's health exist because the medical establishment has completely failed women. I know so many people whose doctors drove them to strange behavior in desperation.
Please hear me when I say that
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
1) these anti-medical woo birth movements have been a primary feeder into anti-vaxx eugenic movements
2) they pre-date the age of social media
3) they exist because we have not addressed medical sexism and specifically obstetric violence
November 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The extent to which I was completely abandoned with pcos/endo is hard to quantify, and plenty of people tried to sell me WooWoo solutions for pain.
Doctors completely failed me on every front for most of my life, I am sympathetic to not trusting them. It is a hard convo.
Doctors completely failed me on every front for most of my life, I am sympathetic to not trusting them. It is a hard convo.
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he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
he charmed that demented old man so hard he could’ve gotten into his will lmao
@scalzi.com you have a historical precursor
Convinced that this instrument was made for the Nigel Tufnel of 19th century Milan:
November 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@scalzi.com you have a historical precursor
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A messy video about creative perfectionism
YouTube video by Afterthoughts
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November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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New video is done and coming VERY SOON
November 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New video is done and coming VERY SOON
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Jesus to his disciples:
Idk why a bunch of libs started following me but I’m an anarchist and you will not have a good time here.
November 19, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Jesus to his disciples:
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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17 Nov 2025
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
17 Nov 2025
I feel like we undervalue—well, probably not *hate,* which is having its moment in the sun in global politics—but *haterism* as a project. Haterism is the only tool available to people who want to engage seriously with “AI.” There is no compromise path. We can submit, or we can be haters.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I feel like we undervalue—well, probably not *hate,* which is having its moment in the sun in global politics—but *haterism* as a project. Haterism is the only tool available to people who want to engage seriously with “AI.” There is no compromise path. We can submit, or we can be haters.
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frankenstein is a big guy who groans and has bolts that come out of his neck. he is not a metaphor and his name is frankenstein. everyone else needs to get a grip.
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
frankenstein is a big guy who groans and has bolts that come out of his neck. he is not a metaphor and his name is frankenstein. everyone else needs to get a grip.
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Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
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CRAFT Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest 2025 - CRAFT
CRAFT 2025 Memoir Excerpt & Essay Contest November 13, 2025 – January 25, 2026 $3,400 Awarded Guest Judge: Roxane Gay Add to Calendar Days are growing shorter, and the air is getting cooler. The seaso...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Heyyyyyyy we got @roxanegay.bsky.social judging the Memoir Excerpt & Essay contest at CRAFT this year!! Send us your best! Can't wait to read :)
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
www.craftliterary.com/craft-memoir...
WE DIDNT START THE FIRE
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
WE DIDNT START THE FIRE