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@minimallycrazy.bsky.social
you're all weird and gross
I'm also weird and gross
(He/him, je suis un maquereau tigré)
I'm also weird and gross
(He/him, je suis un maquereau tigré)
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New people! I choose to present myself as a cat here as a warning about the level of capriciousness I display.
I will hiss at you and block you for a bad vibe. I don't give a fuck. Your rug may be subjected to the full force of the Strategic Pissing Initiative.
I will hiss at you and block you for a bad vibe. I don't give a fuck. Your rug may be subjected to the full force of the Strategic Pissing Initiative.
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I won't use grocery delivery because they underpay their drivers. That's why I go to the mom and pop grocery store in my neighborhood that pays disabled people subminimum wage and sometimes misses payroll, like a woke person
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I won't use grocery delivery because they underpay their drivers. That's why I go to the mom and pop grocery store in my neighborhood that pays disabled people subminimum wage and sometimes misses payroll, like a woke person
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“but someone needs to talk about the tech right” someone has. my Phd, written a decade ago, was about tech right and tech masculinity. i’m an expert in it and i hate neoreactionaries. but i get more insults to my very being, more “you should be shoved in a locker,” here than i did in high school
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“but someone needs to talk about the tech right” someone has. my Phd, written a decade ago, was about tech right and tech masculinity. i’m an expert in it and i hate neoreactionaries. but i get more insults to my very being, more “you should be shoved in a locker,” here than i did in high school
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Gotta say, I really don't like how casually people engage in Two-Minute Hate against anyone who works with computers and doesn't fit their subcultural vibe.
I don't know what's more unhinged, the repeating lies peddled about me for years now, or the "I saw Goody Proctor Dancing with the Devil!" response.
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Gotta say, I really don't like how casually people engage in Two-Minute Hate against anyone who works with computers and doesn't fit their subcultural vibe.
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I radically underestimated how busted the average user here is, apparently
Folks are really playing the bad take hits already and I’m unsure whether they are getting it out of their systems ahead of the holidays or just workshopping exactly how they’re going to be a burden on their families for dinner on Thursday
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I radically underestimated how busted the average user here is, apparently
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this might be a drug-addled policy change, as is the style these days, but a slightly more motivated theory is that it's the result of an internal far-right faction fight, an attempt to embarrass nativist groups for being misled en masse by swarthy foreign hustlers.
November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM
this might be a drug-addled policy change, as is the style these days, but a slightly more motivated theory is that it's the result of an internal far-right faction fight, an attempt to embarrass nativist groups for being misled en masse by swarthy foreign hustlers.
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i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
No, I do not “pick on” trans people, I have never done anything like this. And frankly, I think the willingness of some people to completely invent accusations of transphobia in the desperate search for a cudgel against ideological opponents suggests they don’t really care about transphobia
Listen dude, you can try and ride for this guy all you want, but the trans userbase of this platform fucking hates him because he picks on them. I'm going to listen to the trans people I know who are telling me he's bad. Plus I've been in these threads and seen it
November 25, 2025 at 4:42 PM
i have agreed with stancil and i have disagreed with stancil. he has sharp elbows. but the accusation that he is a raging transphobe is not connected to reality. and the weaponization of "i'm listening to trans people" to smear someone because you disagree about fucking econ polling is disgusting
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Ok I read the article so you don’t have to and honestly it isn’t as obnoxious as the headline but it’s not leaning into the most interesting part of the question, which is “why do we still know so little about human consciousness that we can’t easily explain why a talking machine isn’t conscious”
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Ok I read the article so you don’t have to and honestly it isn’t as obnoxious as the headline but it’s not leaning into the most interesting part of the question, which is “why do we still know so little about human consciousness that we can’t easily explain why a talking machine isn’t conscious”
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What apparently everyone except Senate Democrats understands is that the survival of Democrats, perhaps literally, depends on Trump hitting Ceaușescu levels of unpopularity.
This goal is not helped if Senate Democrats do anything at all to reduce the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.
This goal is not helped if Senate Democrats do anything at all to reduce the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.
November 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
What apparently everyone except Senate Democrats understands is that the survival of Democrats, perhaps literally, depends on Trump hitting Ceaușescu levels of unpopularity.
This goal is not helped if Senate Democrats do anything at all to reduce the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.
This goal is not helped if Senate Democrats do anything at all to reduce the harm Trump is inflicting on the American people.
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You may want to imagine yourself as that guy who says loud no to fascism when everybody around cheers yes. Who knows, you may be that guy. You should definitely try to be them, when and if the moment comes. But the clear odds are that you'd be one of the people cheering or keeping quiet.
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
You may want to imagine yourself as that guy who says loud no to fascism when everybody around cheers yes. Who knows, you may be that guy. You should definitely try to be them, when and if the moment comes. But the clear odds are that you'd be one of the people cheering or keeping quiet.
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they are traitors. they are committing treason.
Witkoff advised the Russians on how to pitch their Ukraine plan to Trump www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 PM
they are traitors. they are committing treason.
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To be blunt, most people's lesson from "listen to marginalized voices" was "find the first person who claims to be marginalized and agrees with my priors and use it as a permission structure to call the ones who disagree with me uncle toms"
I genuinely do not think it is possible for non marginalized people to uplift marginalized voices at least through something as crude as social media shares. I Basically never see someone share a marginalized perspective they disagree with, so then all you are doing is amplifying your own view.
But people like MRO are doing the whole "Listen 👏 to 👏 Palestinians" and presenting their most deranged poasters, kinda like the weird Hasbarah accounts who do the same thing with Jews, and the Jewish Voice you should Listen to ends up being Meir freaking Kahane ימ"ש
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
To be blunt, most people's lesson from "listen to marginalized voices" was "find the first person who claims to be marginalized and agrees with my priors and use it as a permission structure to call the ones who disagree with me uncle toms"
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RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
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this is possibly the most obvious bubble of the past century. the problem is that circumstances have created a perpetual sheep-shearing system of new entrants.
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
this is possibly the most obvious bubble of the past century. the problem is that circumstances have created a perpetual sheep-shearing system of new entrants.
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This is honestly what I've been stuck on all day, in addition to the absurd level of weakness it exposes.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 AM
This is honestly what I've been stuck on all day, in addition to the absurd level of weakness it exposes.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
This is the "weird," but in their use of the office.
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What they said about Harris never was about being opposed to wars.
It was about being opposed to a woman commanding them and defending our allies and classical liberal values.
They never opposed following Donald Trump to commit plunder, rape, and murder for fun.
It was about being opposed to a woman commanding them and defending our allies and classical liberal values.
They never opposed following Donald Trump to commit plunder, rape, and murder for fun.
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 AM
What they said about Harris never was about being opposed to wars.
It was about being opposed to a woman commanding them and defending our allies and classical liberal values.
They never opposed following Donald Trump to commit plunder, rape, and murder for fun.
It was about being opposed to a woman commanding them and defending our allies and classical liberal values.
They never opposed following Donald Trump to commit plunder, rape, and murder for fun.
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I hope that everyone who wrote that Dems were the Forever War Party and that Trump was a peace candidate gets drafted
*aggressive whinging noises*: "Yes I was completely fucking wrong and everyone could tell at the time I was wrong and I'm a giant credulous dipshit but have you considered: he SAID he was the anti-war candidate and that was all that really mattered but of COURSE it was always dubious"
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I hope that everyone who wrote that Dems were the Forever War Party and that Trump was a peace candidate gets drafted
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All the instances that I scrolled through saying Trump was not anti-war were all 2025 post-election posts petulantly insisting that he'd been saying that ALL ALONG before the election, but w/the exception of one "I didn't say it like THAT" thread the week election day the rest are basically all:
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 AM
All the instances that I scrolled through saying Trump was not anti-war were all 2025 post-election posts petulantly insisting that he'd been saying that ALL ALONG before the election, but w/the exception of one "I didn't say it like THAT" thread the week election day the rest are basically all:
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Guy Who Explicitly Tweeted That Harris Is Going To Cause A Pointless War In The Middle East: I voted for the Coconut Lady who I definitely don't have weird misogynistic hang ups about with that nickname and duh yes Trump's not pro-war, stop reading the words I wrote so literally you illiterate trogs
November 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Guy Who Explicitly Tweeted That Harris Is Going To Cause A Pointless War In The Middle East: I voted for the Coconut Lady who I definitely don't have weird misogynistic hang ups about with that nickname and duh yes Trump's not pro-war, stop reading the words I wrote so literally you illiterate trogs
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I think people should realize here that Mark Kelly is a very savvy politician who doesn't really move from where his constituents are and is notoriously careful because he's a democrat from Arizona.
The fact that he's doing this isn't just presidential ambition, it means his voters want it.
The fact that he's doing this isn't just presidential ambition, it means his voters want it.
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I think people should realize here that Mark Kelly is a very savvy politician who doesn't really move from where his constituents are and is notoriously careful because he's a democrat from Arizona.
The fact that he's doing this isn't just presidential ambition, it means his voters want it.
The fact that he's doing this isn't just presidential ambition, it means his voters want it.
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but my general experience is that big models are hitting a wall and smaller (not small, not really) models are catching up to them. which is also really really good. GLM-4.5/4.6 is also a really interesting thing to check out
this also means no AGI for you, sam altman, which I am also okay with.
this also means no AGI for you, sam altman, which I am also okay with.
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
but my general experience is that big models are hitting a wall and smaller (not small, not really) models are catching up to them. which is also really really good. GLM-4.5/4.6 is also a really interesting thing to check out
this also means no AGI for you, sam altman, which I am also okay with.
this also means no AGI for you, sam altman, which I am also okay with.
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my hunch is (and this is generally unanswerable, this is vibes) that what you're describing is closer to "things you have to prompt better for and clearer for" than "things newer models are inextricably better at", which aligns with what I'm saying
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
my hunch is (and this is generally unanswerable, this is vibes) that what you're describing is closer to "things you have to prompt better for and clearer for" than "things newer models are inextricably better at", which aligns with what I'm saying
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This matches my own experience so far. @simonwillison.net is echoing something I've felt was true to a greater or lesser extent since Sonnet 3.5 -- the newer frontier-type models are consistently not significantly better at Doing Stuff if you are good at prompting and have solid workflows.
Claude Opus 4.5, and why evaluating new LLMs is increasingly difficult
Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.5 this morning, which they call “best model in the world for coding, agents, and computer use”. This is their attempt to retake the crown for …
simonwillison.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This matches my own experience so far. @simonwillison.net is echoing something I've felt was true to a greater or lesser extent since Sonnet 3.5 -- the newer frontier-type models are consistently not significantly better at Doing Stuff if you are good at prompting and have solid workflows.
Feel like nothing will ever top the time my grandmother (now deceased, tiny birdlike woman who survived the Blitz) tried to drunkenly (and she was _drunk_ drunk) enlist us in a scheme to get my grandfather on antidepressants without his knowledge or consent.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
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November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Feel like nothing will ever top the time my grandmother (now deceased, tiny birdlike woman who survived the Blitz) tried to drunkenly (and she was _drunk_ drunk) enlist us in a scheme to get my grandfather on antidepressants without his knowledge or consent.
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At this point we don’t even need to see them, canceling the reports alone says plenty about how bad the numbers must be.
First they cancelled the jobs report and gave us a DoorDash economic summary instead.
Now the third quarter GDP report is cancelled.
But the economy is great right? Nothing to see here!
Now the third quarter GDP report is cancelled.
But the economy is great right? Nothing to see here!
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 AM
At this point we don’t even need to see them, canceling the reports alone says plenty about how bad the numbers must be.
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On my hands and knees begging them to try this. Go ahead and do it, drag a decorated veteran astronaut United States Senator in for a literal court martial on charges that he said it's good to disobey illegal orders. Let's fucking go.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 AM
On my hands and knees begging them to try this. Go ahead and do it, drag a decorated veteran astronaut United States Senator in for a literal court martial on charges that he said it's good to disobey illegal orders. Let's fucking go.