Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
I lose brain cells so you don't have to. Devops Galore. DemSoc liking anarchism. Antifascist. BLM/Abolish the Police. Views are mine, not employer’s. He/him
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Michael Paulauski♨️
@mike10010100.com
· Sep 20
go to moderation settings, Bluesky official moderation service, scroll down to “rude,” turn it off
Brigaders mass reported my account and Bluesky labeled it.
Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
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Spread the word and let people know how to turn it off.
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"When a Democrat *I* voted for loses, it was rigged. When a Democrat I DIDN'T vote for loses, it's their own fault and people like me who refused to vote for them have no complicity whatsoever. This makes perfect sense because my ego is the most important thing in the world."
You can tell that the people claiming it's the candidate's fault for not getting votes don't seriously believe that narrative because they spent the last decade claiming that Bernie Sanders was cheated out of the nomination, rather than blaming Bernie for not winning over enough voters.
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"When a Democrat *I* voted for loses, it was rigged. When a Democrat I DIDN'T vote for loses, it's their own fault and people like me who refused to vote for them have no complicity whatsoever. This makes perfect sense because my ego is the most important thing in the world."
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It's more annoying that it's actually a labor person (like professionally-while he advertises his comedy career some research shows he's almost 20 years in pretty important positions across 3 major unions).
February 17, 2026 at 6:45 PM
It's more annoying that it's actually a labor person (like professionally-while he advertises his comedy career some research shows he's almost 20 years in pretty important positions across 3 major unions).
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The red-brown alliance, folks.
I mean genuinely, I think the country is doomed with a bad democrat. However with Vance there’s the tiny chance that his presidency is lame duck enough to not do much of evil. Like trump 2016z
February 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The red-brown alliance, folks.
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eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
I mean genuinely, I think the country is doomed with a bad democrat. However with Vance there’s the tiny chance that his presidency is lame duck enough to not do much of evil. Like trump 2016z
February 17, 2026 at 6:51 PM
eternally doomed to be the only person in the world who remembers trumps first term
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The funniest thing about this article is how it predates “liberal” as a specific and exclusive epithet from the online left.
February 17, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The funniest thing about this article is how it predates “liberal” as a specific and exclusive epithet from the online left.
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"The country is doomed with a bad Democrat but 12 years of Trump-Vance rule is fine."
I mean genuinely, I think the country is doomed with a bad democrat. However with Vance there’s the tiny chance that his presidency is lame duck enough to not do much of evil. Like trump 2016z
February 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
"The country is doomed with a bad Democrat but 12 years of Trump-Vance rule is fine."
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Leftists are talking themselves into supporting JD Vance, to the surprise of absolutely goddamned no one.
I mean genuinely, I think the country is doomed with a bad democrat. However with Vance there’s the tiny chance that his presidency is lame duck enough to not do much of evil. Like trump 2016z
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Leftists are talking themselves into supporting JD Vance, to the surprise of absolutely goddamned no one.
Weird, when I said essentially the same thing, I was smeared as "Dem Juche"
Everyone left of center is working overtime to maneuver themselves into the personally advantageous position of always criticizing Dems, never defending them. But if we all do that we're going to have a heck of a time ever digging out of this hole. Someone has to bite the bullet and be honest.
February 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Weird, when I said essentially the same thing, I was smeared as "Dem Juche"
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Everyone left of center is working overtime to maneuver themselves into the personally advantageous position of always criticizing Dems, never defending them. But if we all do that we're going to have a heck of a time ever digging out of this hole. Someone has to bite the bullet and be honest.
February 17, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Everyone left of center is working overtime to maneuver themselves into the personally advantageous position of always criticizing Dems, never defending them. But if we all do that we're going to have a heck of a time ever digging out of this hole. Someone has to bite the bullet and be honest.
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Also, I think a lot of political commentators know all of this, deep down. It's just easiest now to say "Well, the primary is in two years, so what's the harm in keeping mum?" It's conflict avoidance - easier to go along to get along. But the harm is real and profound.
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Also, I think a lot of political commentators know all of this, deep down. It's just easiest now to say "Well, the primary is in two years, so what's the harm in keeping mum?" It's conflict avoidance - easier to go along to get along. But the harm is real and profound.
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I don't think that Dems should be above criticism; in fact I have criticized them quite harshly, in national press, in the last month. But I do think that one thing needs to be FIRMLY established as completely nonnegotiable: in 2028, we're voting for the Democrat, not MAGA. Zero compromise on this.
February 17, 2026 at 4:42 PM
I don't think that Dems should be above criticism; in fact I have criticized them quite harshly, in national press, in the last month. But I do think that one thing needs to be FIRMLY established as completely nonnegotiable: in 2028, we're voting for the Democrat, not MAGA. Zero compromise on this.
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We know this in part because WE JUST WENT THROUGH IT. People spent years attacking Biden with complete reckless abandon, and excusing it by saying "We'll of course rally everyone back in 2024." It didn't happen! The miserable reputation you had created dragged us into oblivion.
February 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
We know this in part because WE JUST WENT THROUGH IT. People spent years attacking Biden with complete reckless abandon, and excusing it by saying "We'll of course rally everyone back in 2024." It didn't happen! The miserable reputation you had created dragged us into oblivion.
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The reason that it's important to establish now that WE MUST ELECT THE DEMOCRAT IN 2028 is that you won't be able to get people back in the fold if you spend three years attacking Dems as a feckless party that's possibly no better than Trump. The damage we suffer now will hurt us in the future.
February 17, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The reason that it's important to establish now that WE MUST ELECT THE DEMOCRAT IN 2028 is that you won't be able to get people back in the fold if you spend three years attacking Dems as a feckless party that's possibly no better than Trump. The damage we suffer now will hurt us in the future.
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“The economy’s gonna collapse I can’t wait for those Bad People to get their comeuppance when it happens” sure
February 17, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“The economy’s gonna collapse I can’t wait for those Bad People to get their comeuppance when it happens” sure
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“the debt catastrophe is going to make 2008 look like kids playing with change”
February 17, 2026 at 5:43 PM
“the debt catastrophe is going to make 2008 look like kids playing with change”
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The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
NEW: The Supreme Court will begin requiring litigants in March to list the stock ticker for each party involved in a case to make it easier to check if a justice has a conflict of interest that might require recusal. #SCOTUS
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
Here are the changes: www.supremecourt.gov/filingandrul...
February 17, 2026 at 6:08 PM
The Chief Justice of the United States will literally change the rules of the Supreme Court of the United States instead of divesting in individual stocks.
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The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The most interesting thing about AI to me is that it seems like the first technology in a very long time that won't let tech people usurp creatives, but will let creatives usurp tech.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
You can use it to build an app for you now in five minutes. But you can't use it to create taste.
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
Ding ding ding
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Ding ding ding
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Like this is actually good art! It's made using AI, but the person who used the AI actually had a vision & something to say so it works.
wilson gibson would blush at what reels is cookin' up in the lab
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Like this is actually good art! It's made using AI, but the person who used the AI actually had a vision & something to say so it works.
This.
You can't prompt a complete lack of vision, inspiration, or taste.
But if you have those three things, AI can be a viable tool!
You can't prompt a complete lack of vision, inspiration, or taste.
But if you have those three things, AI can be a viable tool!
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
This.
You can't prompt a complete lack of vision, inspiration, or taste.
But if you have those three things, AI can be a viable tool!
You can't prompt a complete lack of vision, inspiration, or taste.
But if you have those three things, AI can be a viable tool!
Reposted by Michael Paulauski♨️
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 5:08 PM
I continue to think a lot of the quality issues we see with AI art is less a deficiency of AI itself & more that the vast majority of people using it are uncreative hacks.
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Only if you have literally no other notion of any system of hierarchical power not founded in capitalism, and/or no sense that capitalism and manorialism are fundamentally different socioeconomic systems of legitimacy and hierarchy.
People joke about how certain internet DMs the villain is always capitalism, but also if everyone's running characters that are plucky underdogs against the system it's kind of hard for the villain to not be capitalism.
February 17, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Only if you have literally no other notion of any system of hierarchical power not founded in capitalism, and/or no sense that capitalism and manorialism are fundamentally different socioeconomic systems of legitimacy and hierarchy.
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The problem is that Internet Vulgar Marxist Discourse has increasingly replaced the word "greed" with the word "capitalism."
February 17, 2026 at 7:59 AM
The problem is that Internet Vulgar Marxist Discourse has increasingly replaced the word "greed" with the word "capitalism."
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THIS THIS THIS
like SO MANY anti-capitalist screeds on the internet are things i would just straightforwardly agree with if they were oriented around "greed is or at least contains the seeds of sin" instead of around "i'm angry at mom and dad"
like SO MANY anti-capitalist screeds on the internet are things i would just straightforwardly agree with if they were oriented around "greed is or at least contains the seeds of sin" instead of around "i'm angry at mom and dad"
The problem is that Internet Vulgar Marxist Discourse has increasingly replaced the word "greed" with the word "capitalism."
February 17, 2026 at 5:28 PM
THIS THIS THIS
like SO MANY anti-capitalist screeds on the internet are things i would just straightforwardly agree with if they were oriented around "greed is or at least contains the seeds of sin" instead of around "i'm angry at mom and dad"
like SO MANY anti-capitalist screeds on the internet are things i would just straightforwardly agree with if they were oriented around "greed is or at least contains the seeds of sin" instead of around "i'm angry at mom and dad"
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Lawful Evil is the funniest alignment. Nothing Le Wacky Wholesome Chungus Chaotic Good bard does will ever be as funny as the guards in Morrowind asking you if you have a license for that murder then pleasantly apologizing for holding you up when you produce said license.
February 17, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Lawful Evil is the funniest alignment. Nothing Le Wacky Wholesome Chungus Chaotic Good bard does will ever be as funny as the guards in Morrowind asking you if you have a license for that murder then pleasantly apologizing for holding you up when you produce said license.