SFSN
@monteurhulot.bsky.social
hopeless generalist / generally hopeless
professional landlord antagonist
bourgeois ecosocialist
mors omnibus regibus
professional landlord antagonist
bourgeois ecosocialist
mors omnibus regibus
if there is any situation where the state says I can't say or do something which I would be allowed to do if I had a sincere religious belief related to it, then the state is interfering with my free exercise of religion, because it is taking away my choice to decide what counts as religion
but why doesn't the phologiston lover have just as much claim their belief is a religious one? to protect 'religious beliefs', the state has to take a stance on what things count as religion and what don't - establishing what is and isn't 'church'. this is still establishment of religion!
December 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
if there is any situation where the state says I can't say or do something which I would be allowed to do if I had a sincere religious belief related to it, then the state is interfering with my free exercise of religion, because it is taking away my choice to decide what counts as religion
writing "god made men and woman, end of story" in a class about gender should get the same treatment as someone whose work in a physics or materials science class depends on the existence of phlogiston - you're rejecting the basic premises of a field, so you don't get a good grade in that subject
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
writing "god made men and woman, end of story" in a class about gender should get the same treatment as someone whose work in a physics or materials science class depends on the existence of phlogiston - you're rejecting the basic premises of a field, so you don't get a good grade in that subject
am I right to read the language used by the second instructor in the manufactured OU 'controversy'—"This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment" as a potential opening for the student to submit another essay that might be able to get a passing grade?
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
am I right to read the language used by the second instructor in the manufactured OU 'controversy'—"This paper should not be considered as a completion of the assignment" as a potential opening for the student to submit another essay that might be able to get a passing grade?
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actually, quite a lot of things that are human are alien to me
July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
actually, quite a lot of things that are human are alien to me
obviously Hegseth must receive the harshest punishments, but the commanding officers who followed his transparently illegal orders should be prosecuted too!
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
obviously Hegseth must receive the harshest punishments, but the commanding officers who followed his transparently illegal orders should be prosecuted too!
maybe the president shouldn't be
November 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
maybe the president shouldn't be
nostalgia for past nostalgias; nostalgia not for the purported reality of any concrete period but for the utopian longing contained within nostalgia itself
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
nostalgia for past nostalgias; nostalgia not for the purported reality of any concrete period but for the utopian longing contained within nostalgia itself
well yes, given the common phrase "oh shit, it's the lawyer." given that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
well yes, given the common phrase "oh shit, it's the lawyer." given that.
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in the past few days I've seen exhortations to use libraries and to patronize bookstores that were framed as condemnations of 'piracy'. do people understand that participating in file-sharing doesn't actually preclude using either libraries or bookstores
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
in the past few days I've seen exhortations to use libraries and to patronize bookstores that were framed as condemnations of 'piracy'. do people understand that participating in file-sharing doesn't actually preclude using either libraries or bookstores
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I won't dismiss the possibility that Karoline didn't know this would happen, but the careful wording around the son makes me concerned ice did her and her brother a solid and got rid of the kid's mom.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
I won't dismiss the possibility that Karoline didn't know this would happen, but the careful wording around the son makes me concerned ice did her and her brother a solid and got rid of the kid's mom.
did a double take
Billy Woods - I Found Satisfaction [US, Northern Soul] (1967)
https://redd.it/v3qug6
https://youtu.be/LdLVKb5xtPc
https://redd.it/v3qug6
https://youtu.be/LdLVKb5xtPc
Billy Woods - I Found Satisfaction [US, Northern Soul] (1967)
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 AM
did a double take
quite a lot of pop psychology boils down to "here's why being self-centered is morally correct"
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 AM
quite a lot of pop psychology boils down to "here's why being self-centered is morally correct"
I'm sure many others have made this point before, but it occurs to me that one reason 'radical' feminists so easily fall into alliances with religious conservatives is that they both proceed from the premise that men are inherently sinful, so women must be protected from them as a class
This alliance has been around for a quarter century, at least. Self- identified "radical feminists" ARE often conservative. They've come together with religious groups to support the Iraq war, Palermo Protocols, TVPA...
GAATW warns that some groups are now using anti-trafficking rhetoric to push bans on surrogacy and spread transphobic agendas.
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
(For example: The NGO who made the recent Epstein PSA is anti-surrogacy). www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I'm sure many others have made this point before, but it occurs to me that one reason 'radical' feminists so easily fall into alliances with religious conservatives is that they both proceed from the premise that men are inherently sinful, so women must be protected from them as a class
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Reminder that according to growth forecasts by serious people (2.6x per year), training frontier AI models will equal the entire peak demand of the US power grid (759,000 MW) by 2035. By 2048, that means it will equal more than all the solar energy hitting the earth continuously (173,000 terawatts)
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reminder that according to growth forecasts by serious people (2.6x per year), training frontier AI models will equal the entire peak demand of the US power grid (759,000 MW) by 2035. By 2048, that means it will equal more than all the solar energy hitting the earth continuously (173,000 terawatts)
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The judge who authorised the ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is now shut out from modern life as a result of US sanctions.
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The judge who authorised the ICC's arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant is now shut out from modern life as a result of US sanctions.
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
He has been blacklisted by financial systems and technologies (Visa, Apple, Google, etc)
Paywall bypass: archive.ph/d8NmT
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
ah yes,, materialism
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
ah yes,, materialism
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Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
Larry Summers being shitty can really pop up anywhere
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Larry Summers being shitty can really pop up anywhere
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This is the lady who wrote Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" speech
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is the lady who wrote Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high" speech
realized there's likely to be a depressing side effect of AI summaries in Google search drastically cutting down on web traffic and attendant ad revenues: podcasts and short form video becoming even more predominant forms because they're the last place advertisers believe they actually get attention
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
realized there's likely to be a depressing side effect of AI summaries in Google search drastically cutting down on web traffic and attendant ad revenues: podcasts and short form video becoming even more predominant forms because they're the last place advertisers believe they actually get attention
saw this photo my grandfather took in Alaska sometime in the mid-1950s. found the lighting and composition very striking
November 19, 2025 at 6:08 AM
saw this photo my grandfather took in Alaska sometime in the mid-1950s. found the lighting and composition very striking
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NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...