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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"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
"I'll burn down your house" - legally actionable, boring, common
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
"I told the trees about you" - legally acceptable, foreboding, unsettling, the plants know your name and hate you
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We accept a level of error from generative AI that would get any even semi-competent professional disqualified as such, and depending on the field, we would arrest and probably try a competent professional with such an error rate
It is so striking to see the disclaimer "AI can make mistakes. Check outputs before using" on every single piece of software. Imagine the equivalent warning label on the Ford Pinto. "The fuel tank ruptures and bursts into deadly flames when crashed. Do not crash the Ford Pinto while driving"
I will be teaching about Ford Pinto case in my sociology of law lecture tomorrow on the risk society & collective harms. It is clear that the development of (gen) #AI fits in same capitalist & risk logic but big difference is that this type of corporate behaviour has become normalised and accepted
December 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We accept a level of error from generative AI that would get any even semi-competent professional disqualified as such, and depending on the field, we would arrest and probably try a competent professional with such an error rate
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Well well well turns out Congress does have leverage of it chooses to use it
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.
dlvr.it
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Well well well turns out Congress does have leverage of it chooses to use it
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Keir Starmer is either a racist or a coward, or a cowardly racist.
Asked repeatedly about Donald Trump calling Sadiq Khan "disgusting" and suggesting that he was only elected because of immigrants, Keir Starmer's spokesman says only that the PM has a "strong relationship" with the President which has "yielded positive results for this country"
December 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Keir Starmer is either a racist or a coward, or a cowardly racist.
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If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
December 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
If someone in the White House press corps doesn't ask Trump today why he's so scared of strong women, they should all go home.
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It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is newsworthy that the president of the United States is increasingly verbally abusive of women reporters and he should be asked about it.
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"Nice punch, sir."
The other reporters in the White House press corps are apparently waiting until the president actually takes a swing at one of their female colleagues before they say anything
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Nice punch, sir."
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Bruna Caroline Ferreira is the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew. Homeland Security accused her of overstaying her visa.
Mother of top Trump spokesperson’s nephew ordered to be released from ICE
Bruna Caroline Ferreira is the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew. Homeland Security accused her of overstaying her visa.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Bruna Caroline Ferreira is the mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew. Homeland Security accused her of overstaying her visa.
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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.