Reinder Dijkhuis
@reinderdijkhuis.bsky.social
Ex-ex-translator, also artist, writer, songwriter. Currently looking for work in my field.
Webcomic Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan: https://rocr.cfw.me
Webcomic Rogues of Clwyd-Rhan: https://rocr.cfw.me
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This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
Cosmically funny that, the American public has had less than a year of uncut republican governance, and they’ve decided that they absolutely hate this shit, spit it out
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This has been my whole freaking life. Every time Republicans take power people are like goddamit this is awful, they get voted out, then two years later people are like hmmm Republicans again
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There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 AM
There's a couple reasons so many IWW songs are set to the tunes of hymns and one is that the Salvation Army Band would show up and try to stop workers organizing by playing hymns to drown out speeches, so the Wobblies came up with words so they could sing along. SA has been trash all along.
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LLMs in meatsuits. convince me every slop-ed writer isn't secretly an LLM in a meatsuit. come on, I dare you to try and PROVE ME WRONG
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
LLMs in meatsuits. convince me every slop-ed writer isn't secretly an LLM in a meatsuit. come on, I dare you to try and PROVE ME WRONG
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i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
Oh man! This paragraph is brutal. The best thing about this review is it's not trying to be mean. It's just listing how bad the writing is.
December 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
i strongly, strongly believe that good writing is downstream of clear thinking and a strong understanding of the subject matter at hand. without fail, tortured writing comes from writers who don’t know and can’t think clearly about anything.
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That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
That quite frankly is Nazi talk.
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She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
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I genuinely do not understand why ‘RFK Jr wants to kill thousands of American kids and make millions sick’ isn’t in the news basically every day. Also, why are Republicans OK with killing kids? Is it because they’re so busy covering for pedophiles that they’ve given up on kids entirely?
Breaking news: Federal vaccine advisers selected by Health Secretary RFK Jr. are planning to vote on ending the practice of vaccinating all newborns for hepatitis B and to examine whether shots are behind the rise of allergies and autoimmune disorders.
RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers plan biggest change yet to childhood schedule
The new chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said the panel plans to vote to end universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth and to scrutinize if childhood shots cause allergies.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I genuinely do not understand why ‘RFK Jr wants to kill thousands of American kids and make millions sick’ isn’t in the news basically every day. Also, why are Republicans OK with killing kids? Is it because they’re so busy covering for pedophiles that they’ve given up on kids entirely?
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At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
At some point you realize that the prominent, powerful people you see on your screens are mostly morons who either got lucky or are saying things billionaires want to hear, and that nobody smart or competent is in charge, and we're all just collectively flailing, and it's a miracle anything works.
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This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
December 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This Pluribus ad on a fridge caused a schizophrenic woman named Carol to be hospitalized.
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I cheered at the end
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I cheered at the end
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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A reminder for Chicagoans with holiday shopping left to do:
Fuck Amazon, Fuck Target, fuck fake deals on mass-produced bullshit. The One Of A Kind Show opens tomorrow and runs through the weekend at Merchandise Mart! Go buy from artisans!
oneofakindshowchicago.com
Fuck Amazon, Fuck Target, fuck fake deals on mass-produced bullshit. The One Of A Kind Show opens tomorrow and runs through the weekend at Merchandise Mart! Go buy from artisans!
oneofakindshowchicago.com
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December 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
A reminder for Chicagoans with holiday shopping left to do:
Fuck Amazon, Fuck Target, fuck fake deals on mass-produced bullshit. The One Of A Kind Show opens tomorrow and runs through the weekend at Merchandise Mart! Go buy from artisans!
oneofakindshowchicago.com
Fuck Amazon, Fuck Target, fuck fake deals on mass-produced bullshit. The One Of A Kind Show opens tomorrow and runs through the weekend at Merchandise Mart! Go buy from artisans!
oneofakindshowchicago.com
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For a publication, doing a year end songs list in the 2020s and having nothing on it that isn't in English is like doing a year end songs list in the 1980s and having no rap
December 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For a publication, doing a year end songs list in the 2020s and having nothing on it that isn't in English is like doing a year end songs list in the 1980s and having no rap
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This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
The Mountain Goats Ascend to Revolution Hall
Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle discusses musicals, his new album, and why he keeps coming home to Portland.
www.wweek.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
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when do the mountain goats play minneapolis though, that's the question. Ok that's /my/ question.
This is one of those things that I think is quietly important – when these people are talking shit about cities, Portland or Minneapolis or New York or Charlotte or wherever, you have to loudly say, “no, fuck you, you’re lying, that town and its people whip ass and you’re the asshole”
“I walk around Portland, and I go, ‘Fuck you, assholes. Portland is fine.’” - John Darnielle, @themountaingoats.bsky.social. We're proud to claim you as a Portlander, sir.
December 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
when do the mountain goats play minneapolis though, that's the question. Ok that's /my/ question.
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I want to be clear that I'm not trying to put Jess specifically on blast here - I'm trying to point out that, as a matter of tactics, there is no benefit to, and no reason for, trans people to attempt to understand how hard it would have been for an org to fight for us.
That avails us nothing.
That avails us nothing.
December 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I want to be clear that I'm not trying to put Jess specifically on blast here - I'm trying to point out that, as a matter of tactics, there is no benefit to, and no reason for, trans people to attempt to understand how hard it would have been for an org to fight for us.
That avails us nothing.
That avails us nothing.
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really upset about how trump it stigmatizing old men napping
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
really upset about how trump it stigmatizing old men napping
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It seems like in each age we are doomed to have a Guy who rises to 'intellectual' prominence simply on the thesis that "the people with wealth and power are actually better and deserve wealth and power" and yet Curtis Yarvin is somehow the dumbest of these guys yet to have arrived.
Curtis Yarvin, the pseudo-intellectual guru of Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, Elon Musk and J.D.Vance, explaining how he was red-pilled by a neo-Nazi propaganda video on YouTube. Real deep stuff.
December 3, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It seems like in each age we are doomed to have a Guy who rises to 'intellectual' prominence simply on the thesis that "the people with wealth and power are actually better and deserve wealth and power" and yet Curtis Yarvin is somehow the dumbest of these guys yet to have arrived.
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
it should probably be a bigger story that the richest man on earth and leading Republican is a fucking Nazi
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
media needs to stop beating around the bush. this is Nazi shit.
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th: *email* happy thanksgiving!!! get ready for our black fri deals!
fr: we got online and in store deals!
sat: we’re extending our black fri deals!
sun: black fri deals expire in 15:45:31 h/m/s
mon: it’s cyber monday!!! spend money
tue: we’re extending cyber monday deals but only for the next 64 hr
fr: we got online and in store deals!
sat: we’re extending our black fri deals!
sun: black fri deals expire in 15:45:31 h/m/s
mon: it’s cyber monday!!! spend money
tue: we’re extending cyber monday deals but only for the next 64 hr
December 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
th: *email* happy thanksgiving!!! get ready for our black fri deals!
fr: we got online and in store deals!
sat: we’re extending our black fri deals!
sun: black fri deals expire in 15:45:31 h/m/s
mon: it’s cyber monday!!! spend money
tue: we’re extending cyber monday deals but only for the next 64 hr
fr: we got online and in store deals!
sat: we’re extending our black fri deals!
sun: black fri deals expire in 15:45:31 h/m/s
mon: it’s cyber monday!!! spend money
tue: we’re extending cyber monday deals but only for the next 64 hr
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"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."
Absolutely devastating account of the CSU's $17 million capitulation to ChatGPT, from a fellow faculty member watching it happen www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"The message was clear. Let ChatGPT redesign your class. Let ChatGPT tell you how to evaluate your students. Let ChatGPT tell students how to use ChatGPT. Let ChatGPT solve the problem of human education. It was like being handed a Mad Libs puzzle for automating your syllabus."
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I mean, we're all compromised and implicated and responsible for a lot. But I'm not kidnapping kids and murdering fishermen. I also didn't elect Trump; I worked hard as hell for months to try to prevent him from being elected. I'm not part of any "we" that's doing that trash.
December 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I mean, we're all compromised and implicated and responsible for a lot. But I'm not kidnapping kids and murdering fishermen. I also didn't elect Trump; I worked hard as hell for months to try to prevent him from being elected. I'm not part of any "we" that's doing that trash.
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Maybe a small thing, but I'm personally done with saying "we" are doing this or that when it's TRUMP and his administration or a bunch of weak centrist Ds who are doing it. I'm fighting like hell AGAINST that trash; I'm not gonna rhetorically give them an inch and act like their crimes are mine.
December 3, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Maybe a small thing, but I'm personally done with saying "we" are doing this or that when it's TRUMP and his administration or a bunch of weak centrist Ds who are doing it. I'm fighting like hell AGAINST that trash; I'm not gonna rhetorically give them an inch and act like their crimes are mine.