Autopia Furiosa
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Carol Monahan: 30yr tabletop game-industry veteran. "I worked in Peter Adkison's basement!"
Singer of very old music: find Conspiratio’s “Wassail!” on Bandcamp.
VP of Crab Fragment, James Ernest’s game design studio: https://crabfragmentlabs.com
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Singer of very old music: find Conspiratio’s “Wassail!” on Bandcamp.
VP of Crab Fragment, James Ernest’s game design studio: https://crabfragmentlabs.com
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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Yeah. We do own too much stuff. But not owning anything makes you a serf.
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Yeah. We do own too much stuff. But not owning anything makes you a serf.
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The whole of my life, the anti consumerist, anti corporate, anti capitalist message was that we all “owned too much stuff”. But it turns out that owning stuff can actually be both a comfort and a rebellious act, because making you rent it keeps you on a much shorter leash, at their whim.
December 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The whole of my life, the anti consumerist, anti corporate, anti capitalist message was that we all “owned too much stuff”. But it turns out that owning stuff can actually be both a comfort and a rebellious act, because making you rent it keeps you on a much shorter leash, at their whim.
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More dudes should aspire to be MacGyver. Or at least a Riker. “Masculinity” today is like if they put Revenge of the Nerds and the bullies in the Cronenberg Fly machine with a 40-gallon vat of protein powder.
I'm re-watching Magnum P.I. and I can't believe how vastly superior the 1980s ideal of masculinity is, vs today's whining, lying misogynist edgelord ideal that we see in culture all the way up to the Presidency.
The 50's stereotypical man had at least some other things to offer. Typically noble or stoic. Perhaps serving the greater good. Instead it's now a bunch of energy drink selfish neurotics who spend too much time at the gym and have no developed personality at all but being online.
December 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
More dudes should aspire to be MacGyver. Or at least a Riker. “Masculinity” today is like if they put Revenge of the Nerds and the bullies in the Cronenberg Fly machine with a 40-gallon vat of protein powder.
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Good news, if late coming. Judge invalidates Trump order stopping offshore wind on east coast. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
Trump offshore wind halt illegal, judge rules
Administration officials have been especially aggressive in targeting offshore wind projects.
www.axios.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Good news, if late coming. Judge invalidates Trump order stopping offshore wind on east coast. @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/12/08/t...
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OK, seriously. This is wild.
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 AM
OK, seriously. This is wild.
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
Judge Jay Bybee (1) raises a new issue — the Domestic Violence Clause of the Constitution — to consider in the troop deployment cases; (2) extensively details its historical application;
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"The study found that, from January through June 2025, average daily maximum PM2.5 concentrations in Manhattan’s CRZ declined by 3.05 micrograms per cubic meter – a reduction of 22% compared to a projected average of 13.8 micrograms per cubic meter had congestion pricing not been implemented."
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
"The study found that, from January through June 2025, average daily maximum PM2.5 concentrations in Manhattan’s CRZ declined by 3.05 micrograms per cubic meter – a reduction of 22% compared to a projected average of 13.8 micrograms per cubic meter had congestion pricing not been implemented."
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2028 is going to be so interesting
GOV. @gavinnewsom tells @jdcocchiarella he’s saying no to AIPAC money: “I don’t take tobacco money, oil money, and I’ve never taken AIPAC money. There are certain absolutes that are the lines that have been drawn for decades for me.”
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
2028 is going to be so interesting
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If a 5yo is on a platform like this it's not tech problem it's a parenting problem. FL's child welfare statute would consider this child endangerment IRL. It's time to connect the dots. The Roblox cases are becoming extremely disturbing as younger plaintiffs appear. But not for reasons you think.
Republican Florida AG James Uthmeier says his office is issuing criminal subpoenas to Roblox Corp, calling the video gaming platform a “breeding ground for predators” that puts children at risk.
Florida attorney general issues subpoenas to Roblox over child safety
Roblox faces mounting scrutiny in the U.S., with multiple lawsuits, including by the Louisiana attorney general and an earlier case in San Francisco.
nbcnews.to
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
If a 5yo is on a platform like this it's not tech problem it's a parenting problem. FL's child welfare statute would consider this child endangerment IRL. It's time to connect the dots. The Roblox cases are becoming extremely disturbing as younger plaintiffs appear. But not for reasons you think.
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So, MAGA hates Muslims and wants to kick us out but is fine with Saudi Arabia and Qatar buying up America and owning the Trump family?
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
Can't wait for Bugs Bunny's new owners: Jared Kushner and the Saudi Arabian, Abu Dhabi and Qatari sovereign wealth funds.
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
So, MAGA hates Muslims and wants to kick us out but is fine with Saudi Arabia and Qatar buying up America and owning the Trump family?
Cool, cool.
Cool, cool.
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"During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire..."
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Behind Paramount’s Relentless Campaign to Woo Warner Discovery and President Trump
David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.
www.wsj.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"During a December visit to Washington, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he'd make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump's ire..."
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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The shingles vaccine could lay me out for a week and I'd prefer that to shingles.
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:24 AM
The shingles vaccine could lay me out for a week and I'd prefer that to shingles.
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Also, the legislation would also prohibit Medicaid from being used to pay for "specified gender transition procedures." This is basically the same as the clause they tried to pass in the One Big, Beautiful Bill that failed. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
December 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Also, the legislation would also prohibit Medicaid from being used to pay for "specified gender transition procedures." This is basically the same as the clause they tried to pass in the One Big, Beautiful Bill that failed. www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I can hold two truths in my soul at once: every man in her story is a creepy-ass predator who should be marooned at sea, and also she's an ethics black hole who may have brought upon a new age of victorian era infant mortality.
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
people who can't hate them all need more spite in their hearts, I guess
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If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
December 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
If you love freedom but don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege.
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i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
i am never again going to let a conservative get away with complaining about the liberal nanny state because these assholes actually *are* the nagging, inappropriately intrusive boogeymen conservatives have been bleating about for my entire adult life, mind your fucking business
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I live in DC. You think “official Washington” didn’t care what Trump administration 2 was likely to do?
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I live in DC. You think “official Washington” didn’t care what Trump administration 2 was likely to do?
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
Talk to someone who works at NIH. Or State. Or CFPB. Or DOJ. They all knew what was at stake. They were all scared + furious.
And reporters like Nuzzi saw none of it because they didn’t care.
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"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"We can't allow fact checkers into the country" is late-stage USSR shit, real end-of-empire stuff
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I'm glad they did this. Congress must hold DHS accountable for all the abuses they are perpetrating. This includes abuses in detention but also abuses of their legal authority as it relates to legal immigration (i.e, the pause on benefits for the 19 travel ban countries). DHS needs active oversight.
ICE conditions “have gone from bad to worse,” Rep. @jayapal.house.gov said during a shadow hearing on the Trump admin’s detention abuses.
“The world needs to know what is happening to people like Rodney," said the wife of one detained individual: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/ice-condit...
“The world needs to know what is happening to people like Rodney," said the wife of one detained individual: americasvoicecnn.substack.com/p/ice-condit...
ICE Conditions ‘Have Gone From Bad To Worse,’ Lawmakers and Witnesses Reveal During Shadow Hearing on Trump’s Detention Abuses
“The world needs to know what is happening to people like Rodney," including abusive solitary confinement, no access to water, and limited to no medical attention, said the wife of one detained man.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm glad they did this. Congress must hold DHS accountable for all the abuses they are perpetrating. This includes abuses in detention but also abuses of their legal authority as it relates to legal immigration (i.e, the pause on benefits for the 19 travel ban countries). DHS needs active oversight.
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Trump's lawyer and Andrew Tate supporter, Alina Habba, has declared she is "resigning" as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey after a court ruled she's not legally the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and is seriously unqualified.
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Trump's lawyer and Andrew Tate supporter, Alina Habba, has declared she is "resigning" as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey after a court ruled she's not legally the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey and is seriously unqualified.
Anybody who supports these men needs their head examined.
Israeli National Security Minister Ben Gvir and other members of the Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) party wore golden noose-shaped pins to a Knesset National Security Committee meeting to discuss a bill to execute Palestinian detainees.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Anybody who supports these men needs their head examined.
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The midterms ads write themselves
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The midterms ads write themselves
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I guess the Administration is going to try not to release the full video.
Q: “You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2nd.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
Trump: “I didn’t say that. You said that. I didn’t say that. This is ABC fake news.”
Trump on Dec. 3: “Whatever they have, we’d certainly release. No problem.”
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I guess the Administration is going to try not to release the full video.
There are a few new things on the horizon, and few old Cheapass Games things added to our shop.
Act soon! There's still time for me to ship you something in time for Christmas. 😁
Act soon! There's still time for me to ship you something in time for Christmas. 😁
December 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
There are a few new things on the horizon, and few old Cheapass Games things added to our shop.
Act soon! There's still time for me to ship you something in time for Christmas. 😁
Act soon! There's still time for me to ship you something in time for Christmas. 😁
Bottom-line: You can absolutely make an LLM do *worse*, but you cannot make it do any better, just by having it pretend that it's good at something.
Checks out.
Checks out.
We tested one of the most common prompting techniques: giving the AI a persona to make it more accurate
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
We found that telling the AI "you are a great physicist" doesn't make it significantly more accurate at answering physics questions, nor does "you are a lawyer" make it worse.
December 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Bottom-line: You can absolutely make an LLM do *worse*, but you cannot make it do any better, just by having it pretend that it's good at something.
Checks out.
Checks out.