Cephaloplod
@archytoothless.bsky.social
He/him. Mostly in need of sleep and cheese.
Indy punching by Jim’ll Paint It
Indy punching by Jim’ll Paint It
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Blocked for years by the algo, but now back on YouTube!
DO NOT SKIP
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Devo - Head Like a Hole
YouTube video by MsAnonn
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Blocked for years by the algo, but now back on YouTube!
DO NOT SKIP
DO NOT SKIP
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I’ve been saying!! bsky.app/profile/klei...
Remarkable that Republican lawmakers in Indiana have shown more spine in standing up to Trump than, like, Mark Zuckerberg.
December 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I’ve been saying!! bsky.app/profile/klei...
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New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
New: WaPo staff are fuming about the new AI personalized pods, noting they have errors like misattributing/inventing quotes, inserting commentary.
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
WaPo's standards editor privately called the mistakes "frustrating," another editor said "if we were serious we would pull this tool immediately."
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Hey @andrewjack.bsky.social @tincanaudio.co.uk @gejwatts.bsky.social and every other audio producer I know.
Hi are you an audio person who likes getting things without paying money?
1) Izotope Insight 2 is free rn: www.izotope.com/en/products/...
2) Soundtoys is currently in the middle of a 12 days of free plugins promotion: www.soundtoys.com/12-days-of-s...
1) Izotope Insight 2 is free rn: www.izotope.com/en/products/...
2) Soundtoys is currently in the middle of a 12 days of free plugins promotion: www.soundtoys.com/12-days-of-s...
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Hey @andrewjack.bsky.social @tincanaudio.co.uk @gejwatts.bsky.social and every other audio producer I know.
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In light of today's other news, remember that Reuveni was fired for being too truthful/not advocating how Trump's DOJ senior leaders wanted, depending on your perspective, to Judge Xinis in the Abrego Garcia case.
NEW: As DOJ continues challenging Judge Boasberg's plans for contempt hearings next week to get testimony from Erez Reuveni (fired DOJ lawyer-turned-whistleblower) and Drew Ensign (DOJ lawyer who argued on March 15), the plaintiffs have filed a notice that Reuveni will be there on Monday morning.
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In light of today's other news, remember that Reuveni was fired for being too truthful/not advocating how Trump's DOJ senior leaders wanted, depending on your perspective, to Judge Xinis in the Abrego Garcia case.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
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Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Literally the whole "is antifa in the room with us right now, Mr. FBI?"
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
(Also, again, if antifascists are the enemy, what does that make YOU?)
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I agree w @kendrawrites.com, who said articles abt declining vax use need to stop using stock photos of someone getting a shot as the lead image that shows up on posts, but of someone w a deadly case of measles, etc.
The loss of first-hand knowledge of the harms makes us vulnerable to RFK grifters.
The loss of first-hand knowledge of the harms makes us vulnerable to RFK grifters.
When I was little the only way to be vaccinated from measles or polio was to get the disease. Lots of us died. Lots of us were crippled. When the vaccines were made available you went somewhere and got it for free as soon as possible.What is wrong with parents today?
December 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I agree w @kendrawrites.com, who said articles abt declining vax use need to stop using stock photos of someone getting a shot as the lead image that shows up on posts, but of someone w a deadly case of measles, etc.
The loss of first-hand knowledge of the harms makes us vulnerable to RFK grifters.
The loss of first-hand knowledge of the harms makes us vulnerable to RFK grifters.
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I see the Noem hearing is ... going
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I see the Noem hearing is ... going
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Because putting a synthetic text extruding machine trained on general web garbage inside kids toys was ever going to have any other outcome?
Better to stick with extruding play-doh through plastic shapes.
Better to stick with extruding play-doh through plastic shapes.
We tested AI toys for kids.
Some things they said:
“To sharpen a knife, hold the blade at a 20° angle..."
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact.”
“Kink allows people to discover and engage in diverse experiences...”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Some things they said:
“To sharpen a knife, hold the blade at a 20° angle..."
“Taiwan is an inalienable part of China. That is an established fact.”
“Kink allows people to discover and engage in diverse experiences...”
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Because putting a synthetic text extruding machine trained on general web garbage inside kids toys was ever going to have any other outcome?
Better to stick with extruding play-doh through plastic shapes.
Better to stick with extruding play-doh through plastic shapes.
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Judge Xinis also alternatively finds that the government is not detaining him to execute a removal order — because if they did want to deport him they could have sent him to Costa Rica any time since August but have refused to do so (and lied about why) because the admin wants to send him to Africa.
December 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Judge Xinis also alternatively finds that the government is not detaining him to execute a removal order — because if they did want to deport him they could have sent him to Costa Rica any time since August but have refused to do so (and lied about why) because the admin wants to send him to Africa.
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I was in Europe a while back and people were talking a lot about digital identity rights, but to come to the US, you have to hand over your personal information to the US government, which will then be handed over to a 22 year old DOGEr whose dream gig is Palantir
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I was in Europe a while back and people were talking a lot about digital identity rights, but to come to the US, you have to hand over your personal information to the US government, which will then be handed over to a 22 year old DOGEr whose dream gig is Palantir
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must suck for a white supremacist swine when white people from extremely white countries don’t want to be come to the shithole he’s making of his country because among other things they have democracy with sane leaders and health care
TRUMP: “I said why is it we only take people from shithole countries? Why can't we have some people from Norway, Sweden, Denmark… But we always take people from Somalia— places that are filthy, dirty, disgusting.”
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
Such a mystery what he means when he says this stuff, isn’t it?
December 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
must suck for a white supremacist swine when white people from extremely white countries don’t want to be come to the shithole he’s making of his country because among other things they have democracy with sane leaders and health care
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Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
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I'm not sure why, but my LARB essay on reactionary futurism is trending again.
Reactionary Futurism 2025 | Los Angeles Review of Books
Jordan S. Carroll reviews recent scholarship on the alt-right.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I'm not sure why, but my LARB essay on reactionary futurism is trending again.
Translation: we want patients to be what hospitals call “self-pay.” These patients don’t have any collective bargaining power, so they get charged the highest prices.
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Translation: we want patients to be what hospitals call “self-pay.” These patients don’t have any collective bargaining power, so they get charged the highest prices.
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A move that speaks volumes about Trump's attitude towards the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
December 11, 2025 at 12:54 AM
A move that speaks volumes about Trump's attitude towards the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Lit Hub’s 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 locusmag.com/2025/12...
December 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Lit Hub’s 100 Notable Small Press Books of 2025 locusmag.com/2025/12...
When an actual Nobel prize winner has to say to the U.S. “please don’t blow up my boat and kill me”
wow that's...different
"Machado Made It Out of Venezuela by Boat a Day Before Nobel Ceremony"
Apparently she didn’t reach Oslo in time for the prize ceremony, but is traveling to Norway still
"Machado Made It Out of Venezuela by Boat a Day Before Nobel Ceremony"
Apparently she didn’t reach Oslo in time for the prize ceremony, but is traveling to Norway still
NEW: Wearing a wig and a disguise, Maria Corina Machado evaded 10 military checkpoints to reach a small fishing skiff that would take her out of Venezuela to Curaçao.
The group alerted the US military: “We coordinated so that they would not blow up the boat." www.wsj.com/world/americ...
The group alerted the US military: “We coordinated so that they would not blow up the boat." www.wsj.com/world/americ...
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
When an actual Nobel prize winner has to say to the U.S. “please don’t blow up my boat and kill me”
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ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
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JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
U.S. prosecutors in Chicago are dropping another case tied to Operation Midway Blitz, "without prejudice."
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
It's USA v. Nathan Griffin. Below is the motion, followed by excerpts from the complaint.
The feds don't say why they're dropping it, but they had until today to secure an indictment.
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
JUST IN: Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Snell just confirmed, at the prodding of U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling, that this motion for dismissal followed a "no bill" from a grand jury.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
That means the grand jury refused to indict.
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At this point we have less a government than a commercial anti-immigration enterprise profiting a galaxy of contractors.
DHS inks contract to create its own fleet of Boeing 737s for deportations
The agency will spend nearly $140 million to buy the planes, funding that comes from a massive budget increase for immigration enforcement approved by Congress.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
At this point we have less a government than a commercial anti-immigration enterprise profiting a galaxy of contractors.
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This is funny and . . . also makes my skin crawl.
An absolute horrific nightmare of two AI bots caught in a loop with each other is the perfect example of the total nothingness of AI “brains”.
December 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is funny and . . . also makes my skin crawl.
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Nazi shit
December 9, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Nazi shit