unfortunately this is probably not the day to die on the hill of "you are using 'parameter' when you mean 'argument'" but I will still be Mad About It
November 25, 2025 at 10:22 PM
unfortunately this is probably not the day to die on the hill of "you are using 'parameter' when you mean 'argument'" but I will still be Mad About It
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On Bluesky, thanksgiving is the time of year when all the best people on this site roll out their worst takes.
The dirty secret of pies is that they have the lowest ceiling potential of all sweets. Your best pie is merely fine. Your median pie is bad.
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
On Bluesky, thanksgiving is the time of year when all the best people on this site roll out their worst takes.
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
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"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
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I feel like 30 percent support for going to war with Venezuela—a terrible idea that nobody has bothered to justify through reason or propaganda—is a pretty good proxy for Trump’s floor of support.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I feel like 30 percent support for going to war with Venezuela—a terrible idea that nobody has bothered to justify through reason or propaganda—is a pretty good proxy for Trump’s floor of support.
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You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
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I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
November 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I think the shortest version of why LLMs are an anti education technology is that education is fundamentally about making shared context to understand ourselves, each other, and the world
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
And by design LLMs destroy shared context
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
why is “bicycle” shortened to “bike” and not “bice”
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
why is “bicycle” shortened to “bike” and not “bice”
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ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
ryan lizza is asking you to decide if you’re normal sick or willing to pay for this shit sick
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hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
November 22, 2025 at 12:36 AM
hard launch.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
on truth social.
mamdani broke his brain.
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I love the way if you turn off AI in Gmail, it removes your tabs along the top and dumps everything into the main inbox instead, even though those predated AI by years.
Talk about spiteful little fucks.
Talk about spiteful little fucks.
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I love the way if you turn off AI in Gmail, it removes your tabs along the top and dumps everything into the main inbox instead, even though those predated AI by years.
Talk about spiteful little fucks.
Talk about spiteful little fucks.
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Press: "Do you think the President is a fascist?"
Mamdani: "All right. Years of prep. Months of training. This is the moment where I straddle the line between saying the correct thing, while not compromising my position within the system trying to destroy me. I must---"
Trump: "bro just say yes"
Mamdani: "All right. Years of prep. Months of training. This is the moment where I straddle the line between saying the correct thing, while not compromising my position within the system trying to destroy me. I must---"
Trump: "bro just say yes"
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Press: "Do you think the President is a fascist?"
Mamdani: "All right. Years of prep. Months of training. This is the moment where I straddle the line between saying the correct thing, while not compromising my position within the system trying to destroy me. I must---"
Trump: "bro just say yes"
Mamdani: "All right. Years of prep. Months of training. This is the moment where I straddle the line between saying the correct thing, while not compromising my position within the system trying to destroy me. I must---"
Trump: "bro just say yes"
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Ok this is fucking funny
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Ok this is fucking funny
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this kind of thinking is why tumblr will never be successful in politics
i actually think less of mamdani after this. there's no need to a prop in this moron's reality show.
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
this kind of thinking is why tumblr will never be successful in politics
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honestly biggest sign that this is personalist authoritarianism with a New Right wing attached versus the other way around
November 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
honestly biggest sign that this is personalist authoritarianism with a New Right wing attached versus the other way around
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the number of routes to a particular point on a manifold scales witih its dimension
am I crazy for thinking that prompt injection and jailbreaking are fundamentally unsolvable
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
the number of routes to a particular point on a manifold scales witih its dimension
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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It's on apt. It's literally on Cargo. It's on DockerHub with ads. It's literally on nuget. You can probably find it on snap. Dude it's on portage. It's a Homebrew original. It's on pacman. You can download it on nixpkgs. You can go to pkgsrc and watch it. Log onto the Windows Store right now.
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
It's on apt. It's literally on Cargo. It's on DockerHub with ads. It's literally on nuget. You can probably find it on snap. Dude it's on portage. It's a Homebrew original. It's on pacman. You can download it on nixpkgs. You can go to pkgsrc and watch it. Log onto the Windows Store right now.
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#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties | News | The Harvard Crimson
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
www.thecrimson.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
#BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.