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Skeets forever! Sometimes I feel like being a revolutionary cat. PhD candidate at UTS Sydney. Nothing here is the opinion of my employer. I have always hated emdashes.
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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Me: Poland is an incredibly antisemitic country:
This catholic lady: How dare you??!! They used to have a lot of Jews!!!!
This catholic lady: How dare you??!! They used to have a lot of Jews!!!!
February 16, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Me: Poland is an incredibly antisemitic country:
This catholic lady: How dare you??!! They used to have a lot of Jews!!!!
This catholic lady: How dare you??!! They used to have a lot of Jews!!!!
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
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Claims that educating military officers lost the US wars are “a fairly uncreative rehash of stab-in-the-back style mythos that are created in the aftermath of other failed wars… nothing more than culture war slop intended purely for consumption by people who need a comforting narrative.”
Good read👇
Good read👇
Evidently, something was broken with the other link. So, here, I've written about the right-wing attacks on PME and civilian educational institutions.
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
othermeans.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
The Myth of the Warfighter
The Soldier and the Educational Institutions
othermeans.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Claims that educating military officers lost the US wars are “a fairly uncreative rehash of stab-in-the-back style mythos that are created in the aftermath of other failed wars… nothing more than culture war slop intended purely for consumption by people who need a comforting narrative.”
Good read👇
Good read👇
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The AUKUS agreement has now been in place for 4 years. During that time both the US & UK have undertaken reviews of its progress. With the Albanese govt now admitting its South Australian submarine base will cost at least $30bn, it's well past time Australia undertook its own AUKUS review.
Albanese dismisses Aukus concerns as submarine shipyard cost revealed to be $30bn
Prime minister commits $3.9bn as ‘down payment’ for Adelaide facility to eventually build nuclear-powered vessels
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:32 AM
The AUKUS agreement has now been in place for 4 years. During that time both the US & UK have undertaken reviews of its progress. With the Albanese govt now admitting its South Australian submarine base will cost at least $30bn, it's well past time Australia undertook its own AUKUS review.
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OTD in 2022 my parody MFA's tumbleweed tweet became the granddaddy (or maybe the vodka soaked Auntie Zakharova) of all takes that eventually made a lot of my trolls look as dumb as they are.
February 16, 2026 at 7:06 PM
OTD in 2022 my parody MFA's tumbleweed tweet became the granddaddy (or maybe the vodka soaked Auntie Zakharova) of all takes that eventually made a lot of my trolls look as dumb as they are.
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vaccines good, cancer bad, LFG
February 16, 2026 at 8:48 PM
vaccines good, cancer bad, LFG
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🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
February 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
www.thetimes.com/article/b75e...
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Our latest paper shows that IFITM3 deficiency allows SARS-CoV-2 to adapt more easily to a new host species. Mouse-adapted beta and omicron variants from this work maintained their unique tropisms and pathogenic characteristics allowing exciting comparative studies.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
IFITM3 deficiency drives SARS-CoV-2 adaptation while preserving variant-specific traits - Nature Communications
Denz et al. show that loss of the antiviral protein IFITM3 allows human SARS-CoV-2 variants to adapt more rapidly in mice while preserving distinct, variant-specific patterns of infection and disease.
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Our latest paper shows that IFITM3 deficiency allows SARS-CoV-2 to adapt more easily to a new host species. Mouse-adapted beta and omicron variants from this work maintained their unique tropisms and pathogenic characteristics allowing exciting comparative studies.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Starmer wants to spend £13bn on preparing for war. Insiders say he can’t afford it trib.al/lPglgxu
Starmer wants to spend £13bn on preparing for war. Insiders say he can't afford it
The Prime Minister is under pressure to boost defence spending more quickly
inews.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Starmer wants to spend £13bn on preparing for war. Insiders say he can’t afford it trib.al/lPglgxu
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#genocide and
#apartheid
Israel continues their crusade of ethnic cleansing and no one gives a shit because some Imperial British Colonialists gave a bunch of political European Zionists the lands of Palestine in 1947, land that belongs to the peaceful multicultural people of Palestine.
#Justice
#apartheid
Israel continues their crusade of ethnic cleansing and no one gives a shit because some Imperial British Colonialists gave a bunch of political European Zionists the lands of Palestine in 1947, land that belongs to the peaceful multicultural people of Palestine.
#Justice
February 16, 2026 at 8:51 PM
#genocide and
#apartheid
Israel continues their crusade of ethnic cleansing and no one gives a shit because some Imperial British Colonialists gave a bunch of political European Zionists the lands of Palestine in 1947, land that belongs to the peaceful multicultural people of Palestine.
#Justice
#apartheid
Israel continues their crusade of ethnic cleansing and no one gives a shit because some Imperial British Colonialists gave a bunch of political European Zionists the lands of Palestine in 1947, land that belongs to the peaceful multicultural people of Palestine.
#Justice
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"The findings illustrate that the Australian government 's spending on biodiversity protection is basically the loose change found at the back of the couch.
While its investment in biodiversity-harmful substances is a pile of cash with Scrooge McDuck rolling on top"
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
While its investment in biodiversity-harmful substances is a pile of cash with Scrooge McDuck rolling on top"
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
Australia spent $26 billion on 'nature-harming' incentives in a year
The federal government funds $26 billion of incentives each year that may be harmful to the environment and is yet to report on its international commitments, researchers say.
www.abc.net.au
February 16, 2026 at 8:49 PM
"The findings illustrate that the Australian government 's spending on biodiversity protection is basically the loose change found at the back of the couch.
While its investment in biodiversity-harmful substances is a pile of cash with Scrooge McDuck rolling on top"
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
While its investment in biodiversity-harmful substances is a pile of cash with Scrooge McDuck rolling on top"
www.abc.net.au/news/science...
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Russia has opened a hunt for U.S. companies in Ukraine, Blumenthal said
‘Americans must understand that companies here - including well-known brands of American business - have become objects of deliberate, repeated and ruthless attacks from Russia.And such actions should cause even greater outrage
‘Americans must understand that companies here - including well-known brands of American business - have become objects of deliberate, repeated and ruthless attacks from Russia.And such actions should cause even greater outrage
February 16, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Russia has opened a hunt for U.S. companies in Ukraine, Blumenthal said
‘Americans must understand that companies here - including well-known brands of American business - have become objects of deliberate, repeated and ruthless attacks from Russia.And such actions should cause even greater outrage
‘Americans must understand that companies here - including well-known brands of American business - have become objects of deliberate, repeated and ruthless attacks from Russia.And such actions should cause even greater outrage
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I’ve watched a very smart child try to encode what chaptgpt thinks is “human” so that her class assignments don’t get flagged for plagiarism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
“As some universities and journals adopt AI-text detectors, they risk creating a feedback loop that constrains how authors express themselves. I have seen colleagues intentionally simplify their grammar or break down complex rhetorical structures to avoid arousing algorithmic suspicion.”
Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it. Bo Hu warns that an overreliance on fixed linguistic ...
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I’ve watched a very smart child try to encode what chaptgpt thinks is “human” so that her class assignments don’t get flagged for plagiarism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
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here's today's post: "shitwits, nitwits and fuckwits: your Sunday Republican roundup" — the stupid, it burns.
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shitwits, nitwits and fuckwits: your Sunday Republican roundup
the stupid, it burns
bit.ly
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
here's today's post: "shitwits, nitwits and fuckwits: your Sunday Republican roundup" — the stupid, it burns.
thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter so you never miss a post —
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It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power
February 16, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It's kind of funny how Hayek's (mostly correct) argument against central planning because concentrating that much economic power in one place inevitably lead to totalitarian behavior is also a pretty strong argument against like, extreme concentrations of wealth and market power
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Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Canada is now the first non-European country to be granted a membership in SAFE. This is a gamechanger program that means Canada can rearm our Canadian Armed Forces members more effectively and scale up our defence industries with more contracts overseas.
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February 16, 2026 at 8:23 PM
It’s because people keep waking us up EARLY!!!!
Are you a night owl or an early bird? The difference could affect your heart health.
New research suggests late-night luminaries are at higher risk of heart attack or stroke than early risers.
Read more at Live Science: https://ow.ly/Ek8I50Yc3lQ #ISpyPhysiology #HeartMonth #HeartHealth 🧪
New research suggests late-night luminaries are at higher risk of heart attack or stroke than early risers.
Read more at Live Science: https://ow.ly/Ek8I50Yc3lQ #ISpyPhysiology #HeartMonth #HeartHealth 🧪
'Night owls' may have worse heart health — but why?
Emerging evidence suggests that "night owls" are more likely to have poor heart health and a higher risk of heart attack or stroke than "morning larks." Why is that?
ow.ly
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
It’s because people keep waking us up EARLY!!!!