Christina Holland
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Firebase JS at Google, wrote for Cracked. Blog posts, stories, and art at mortalwombat.info
There you go, there's a nice delicious headline for everybody that likes to make fun of what tech things are named
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
There you go, there's a nice delicious headline for everybody that likes to make fun of what tech things are named
The bad news is that no matter how powerful you are, no matter how many laws you enforce even at gunpoint, you can't change people's hearts from the top down. But I guess that's also the good news
the fact that dealing with rampant lying and its much worse downstream consequences involves cultivating values rather than just imposing formal frameworks or rules (legal or otherwise) is a tough pill to swallow for some. but it is indeed medicine
Pointing out that something is incorrect definitely isn't sufficient - the *culture* of "it is bad to make incorrect statements, good to promptly and clearly retract and apologize for them, and disqualifying to keep making them deliberately" is the framework needed for fact-checking to plug into.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The bad news is that no matter how powerful you are, no matter how many laws you enforce even at gunpoint, you can't change people's hearts from the top down. But I guess that's also the good news
Did they really decide it's still ok for women to do it because women are less likely to harm the pigs, or... some other reason
A Wyoming county fair is bringing back pig wrestling after a six-year hiatus, with a new rule: No men allowed.
It’s meant to protect the swine after concerns about animal cruelty and pleas for humane treatment surged to county commissioners.
It’s meant to protect the swine after concerns about animal cruelty and pleas for humane treatment surged to county commissioners.
A Wyoming county fair brings back pig wrestling — but with no men allowed
The Teton County fair board sought a compromise after a fierce community debate over whether the decades-long tradition is cruel to animals.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Did they really decide it's still ok for women to do it because women are less likely to harm the pigs, or... some other reason
I think for many people in the administration, potential attacks on National Guard troops was a feature, not a bug, that they could use to do more stuff against immigrants or liberals or whoever, but I think Trump is a big coward and is genuinely spooked by it and worried about himself
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I think for many people in the administration, potential attacks on National Guard troops was a feature, not a bug, that they could use to do more stuff against immigrants or liberals or whoever, but I think Trump is a big coward and is genuinely spooked by it and worried about himself
Reposted by Christina Holland
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
Just watched Phantom Menace because holiday tradition and annoyed my family ranting about Coruscant and how many falling deaths they must have a year. Like even just in the Senate off of the hover balconies. Right, no one falls there but everyone suddenly gets clumsy in the underground power plant
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Just watched Phantom Menace because holiday tradition and annoyed my family ranting about Coruscant and how many falling deaths they must have a year. Like even just in the Senate off of the hover balconies. Right, no one falls there but everyone suddenly gets clumsy in the underground power plant
*me, smug, but with very faulty memory* Oh my favorite Thanksgiving movie? Die Hard
November 28, 2025 at 1:30 AM
*me, smug, but with very faulty memory* Oh my favorite Thanksgiving movie? Die Hard
Hot tip: The line where she mentions robots is the funniest line in the movie
Let’s all go around BlueSky and each say what we’re thankful for. I’ll start: GLENN CLOSE! And #WakeUpDeadMan being in theaters. WITH GLENN CLOSE! Thanks to all who are coming out to see it. Theater finder in my pinned post!
November 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Hot tip: The line where she mentions robots is the funniest line in the movie
I think the only reason the people that hired her are rethinking things now is that they thought they were hiring someone with a naughty sex scandal (cool, edgy) and are not as charmed by a gross sex scandal (trashy, common)
yep. also really can't overstate how much nuzzi is very much the product of an environment that rewards amoral ambition and frowns on people who sincerely believe anything
November 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I think the only reason the people that hired her are rethinking things now is that they thought they were hiring someone with a naughty sex scandal (cool, edgy) and are not as charmed by a gross sex scandal (trashy, common)
Just watched Wake Up Dead Man and together with watching Conclave recently, it really struck a chord or whatever in me as someone who has strong religious beliefs but is also pissed off and depressed about the side that most of the church has decided to hitch itself to, in these troubled times
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Just watched Wake Up Dead Man and together with watching Conclave recently, it really struck a chord or whatever in me as someone who has strong religious beliefs but is also pissed off and depressed about the side that most of the church has decided to hitch itself to, in these troubled times
In The Once and Future King, this bumbling goofball knight accidentally makes it to the Holy Grail and Arthur says "I don't see why [God] shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there" and I feel like the RFK thing shows you can also stumble goofily into being the devil
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
In The Once and Future King, this bumbling goofball knight accidentally makes it to the Holy Grail and Arthur says "I don't see why [God] shouldn't allow people to stumble into heaven, just as well as climb there" and I feel like the RFK thing shows you can also stumble goofily into being the devil
It's weird because Ryan Lizza is basically playing the role of the accomplice that turns state's evidence and spills everything about his partner for the promise of immunity (for his role in covering up, for past sexual harassment accusations) but nobody promised him any immunity
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
It's weird because Ryan Lizza is basically playing the role of the accomplice that turns state's evidence and spills everything about his partner for the promise of immunity (for his role in covering up, for past sexual harassment accusations) but nobody promised him any immunity
Dunno if it's just be but there seems to be an uptick on here of someone saying something condescending on here and then going "wow why is everyone so mad at me, I guess they must have a psychological problem"
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Dunno if it's just be but there seems to be an uptick on here of someone saying something condescending on here and then going "wow why is everyone so mad at me, I guess they must have a psychological problem"
Random gripe: I hate wearing face sunscreen, and I'm limited to the handful that don't have silicones because they make my eyes burn for some reason. Everytime I search threads where people recommend "silicone-free" sunscreens all I learn is a lot of people don't know the names of all the silicones
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Random gripe: I hate wearing face sunscreen, and I'm limited to the handful that don't have silicones because they make my eyes burn for some reason. Everytime I search threads where people recommend "silicone-free" sunscreens all I learn is a lot of people don't know the names of all the silicones
Obviously Lord of the Rings where everyone has Boston accents but everyone's tired of me saying that so I guess I'd do the Murder of Roger Ackroyd except it's Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray is the narrator. I don't mean as actors, they're the characters. They're played by other people
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Obviously Lord of the Rings where everyone has Boston accents but everyone's tired of me saying that so I guess I'd do the Murder of Roger Ackroyd except it's Dan Aykroyd, and Bill Murray is the narrator. I don't mean as actors, they're the characters. They're played by other people
Reposted by Christina Holland
If you're mad that it's difficult to have an objective and nuanced conversation about the pros and cons of AI your beef is with the developers and promoters of this tech who deliberately made that impossible because they benefited from the irrational hype!
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
If you're mad that it's difficult to have an objective and nuanced conversation about the pros and cons of AI your beef is with the developers and promoters of this tech who deliberately made that impossible because they benefited from the irrational hype!
Also most of the customers are eating it (or putting it in food they serve)
imagine if there was a balm which could heal any wound but if you ate it it would make you murder your whole family and they sold it over the counter
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Also most of the customers are eating it (or putting it in food they serve)
Just found out that the guy who runs the men's clothing shop in The Chair Company is in fact the actual guy who runs the actual men's clothing shop that they filmed in. They were location scouting his store and were so struck by the way he talked that they cast him variety.com/2025/tv/news...
‘The Chair Company’ Star and Real-Life Suit Salesman on Acting for the First Time With ‘Unbelievable’ Tim Robinson: ‘I Hope I Don’t Make a Fool Out of Myself in Front of My Wife’
'The Chair Company' star Jared Lindner, a first-time actor and real life suit salesman, discusses his appearance in Tim Robinson's HBO comedy
variety.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Just found out that the guy who runs the men's clothing shop in The Chair Company is in fact the actual guy who runs the actual men's clothing shop that they filmed in. They were location scouting his store and were so struck by the way he talked that they cast him variety.com/2025/tv/news...
On the one hand it's definitely on the DHS dot gov page. On the other hand there are still some loose doge guys running around in those websites
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
On the one hand it's definitely on the DHS dot gov page. On the other hand there are still some loose doge guys running around in those websites
I don't know if you need the context that this is after he saw articles about him singing the national anthem at a ball game or if it stands alone
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
I don't know if you need the context that this is after he saw articles about him singing the national anthem at a ball game or if it stands alone
The most difficult part for me to believe here is that anyone would need to convince JD Vance to ignore the Pope
In leaked audio recordings, Peter Thiel reveals he told JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral issues, including the development of ethical AI. He also suggested the American pope was a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The most difficult part for me to believe here is that anyone would need to convince JD Vance to ignore the Pope
That's funny the two biggest California papers come out with articles saying "this is who we get to choose from for governor? This fucking sucks"
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
That's funny the two biggest California papers come out with articles saying "this is who we get to choose from for governor? This fucking sucks"
A lot of people are focusing on the obvious logic problem of connecting a culture's food to bad things the country did but aside from that there's the assumption that Asian culture is something "you" can sample or support or learn about and no conception of the possibility it's something you can be
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A lot of people are focusing on the obvious logic problem of connecting a culture's food to bad things the country did but aside from that there's the assumption that Asian culture is something "you" can sample or support or learn about and no conception of the possibility it's something you can be
OH MY GOD www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
November 24, 2025 at 10:25 PM
OH MY GOD www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
The chatbot company is bad and they should sue but also it sounds like he relied on it because of a strong belief that a real man should never share his struggles with anybody, and not to play armchair detective, but the mug seems to hint he's listening to people who encourage that belief
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The chatbot company is bad and they should sue but also it sounds like he relied on it because of a strong belief that a real man should never share his struggles with anybody, and not to play armchair detective, but the mug seems to hint he's listening to people who encourage that belief