Nic Fontaine
@newmooninteract.com
he/him | Third-wave Keninist | #indiedev | dirt410.neocities.org
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My "My Company Isn't Enron" memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the memo.
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
My "My Company Isn't Enron" memo has people asking a lot of questions already answered by the memo.
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NO WAGE ! Only spend 😡
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
NO WAGE ! Only spend 😡
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DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
DOGE was always a very thinly disguised con to dress up data theft and extraction class destruction of federal corporate oversight as innovative, and it's important to remember that part of the reason it worked so well is that the press helped legitimize it
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It should be illegal to make me wake up this early.
a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
ALT: a baby girl is sitting on a couch with her eyes closed and making a funny face .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It should be illegal to make me wake up this early.
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Guys
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin tells NBC News that Capitol Police are now with her 24/7.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
"We've had hundreds and hundreds, if not closer to 1000 threats come in to our phones, our emails" since Trump threatened her and other Democrats.
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Guys
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
Yesterday the President of the United States accused political opponents of sedition for calling on our service members to obey the law and the constitution.
He then amplified calls for their execution.
We cannot let this go.
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
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people have been trying to get me to use arabic numerals for XXVII years and I ain't gonna start now
November 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
people have been trying to get me to use arabic numerals for XXVII years and I ain't gonna start now
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Today I have seen more “just use Linux” messages than ever before.
Gurl, until Linux can absolutely get down plug-n-play like behavior, the general public will not be ready for Linux unless everyone gets a huge dosage of computer literacy.
And I will tell you now, from teaching adults: hahahahaha
Gurl, until Linux can absolutely get down plug-n-play like behavior, the general public will not be ready for Linux unless everyone gets a huge dosage of computer literacy.
And I will tell you now, from teaching adults: hahahahaha
November 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Today I have seen more “just use Linux” messages than ever before.
Gurl, until Linux can absolutely get down plug-n-play like behavior, the general public will not be ready for Linux unless everyone gets a huge dosage of computer literacy.
And I will tell you now, from teaching adults: hahahahaha
Gurl, until Linux can absolutely get down plug-n-play like behavior, the general public will not be ready for Linux unless everyone gets a huge dosage of computer literacy.
And I will tell you now, from teaching adults: hahahahaha
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heres an example of politico covering the news while still covering for trump. the headline says trump is calling for a "trial" for dems. but what trump actually said is the dems should be offed. its very plain what he said. not saying so is a cover-up.
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
heres an example of politico covering the news while still covering for trump. the headline says trump is calling for a "trial" for dems. but what trump actually said is the dems should be offed. its very plain what he said. not saying so is a cover-up.
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Huge news. Big String Bean fan
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Huge news. Big String Bean fan
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
Is "wild" one syllable or two? 🤔
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Is "wild" one syllable or two? 🤔
Wait, is the Pope cool?
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Wait, is the Pope cool?
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
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I know what my custom faceplate will be for the new Steam Cube already
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I know what my custom faceplate will be for the new Steam Cube already
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every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
every tiny crumb that leaks out is a career ending bombshell and we’re all just supposed to go on with our lives while our elected representatives shrug and tell us there’s nothing to be done about the president’s involvement in a child sex trafficking operation
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the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
the only thing democrats should be saying today is “the entire republican party is engaged in a coverup of the most notorious child sex trafficking ring in world history”