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[He/Him] Democratic socialist humanist 🇨🇦🇲🇽🇺🇸 [18+]
Struggling writer, lover of desserts and really wanting to be a hero.
We have to do anything and everything to fix the world. BLM, Trans rights.
Struggling writer, lover of desserts and really wanting to be a hero.
We have to do anything and everything to fix the world. BLM, Trans rights.
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"But what does that say about my job if a machine that's wrong 75% of the time can do for me and no one notices?"
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"But what does that say about my job if a machine that's wrong 75% of the time can do for me and no one notices?"
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
Hi, you are participating in the most inefficient and needlessly cruel version of UBI possible.
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A great deal of AI hype is coming from con artists who understand exactly how much easier it’s going to be to use the same cons over and over once they achieve their dream of a world in which nobody understands how anything 1) works or 2) has ever worked.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A great deal of AI hype is coming from con artists who understand exactly how much easier it’s going to be to use the same cons over and over once they achieve their dream of a world in which nobody understands how anything 1) works or 2) has ever worked.
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If Solar cell production doesn't grow at all, and remains just as efficient, the US will add about 600GW of solar to the grid. That's about half our current grid's total capacity.
Nuclear. Can't. Scale.
Nuclear. Can't. Scale.
Duke Energy (Illinois) says that it does not expect new nuclear reactors to be available until *2037* at the earliest.
December 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If Solar cell production doesn't grow at all, and remains just as efficient, the US will add about 600GW of solar to the grid. That's about half our current grid's total capacity.
Nuclear. Can't. Scale.
Nuclear. Can't. Scale.
Not gonna lie, kinda agree. Sprite comics were something else.
honestly tempting
2025 is the year that we bring back sprite comics. The great democratiser. ANYONE can make a sprite comic. You don't need to be good at art. Hell you only need to be passable at writing.
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
December 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Not gonna lie, kinda agree. Sprite comics were something else.
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2025 is the year that we bring back sprite comics. The great democratiser. ANYONE can make a sprite comic. You don't need to be good at art. Hell you only need to be passable at writing.
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
2025 is the year that we bring back sprite comics. The great democratiser. ANYONE can make a sprite comic. You don't need to be good at art. Hell you only need to be passable at writing.
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
Don't use AI to make you a comic. Get your hands dirty in some fucking Megaman 7 sprite sheets like god intended
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December 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Down with ICE, up with the ICC.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Down with ICE, up with the ICC.
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I mean if any faith in America has suffered the worst from ICE and their ilk its the Catholics.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by how many Catholic parishes and power figures have been loudly and openly “fuck this”
ICE’s acting director ordered a Boston Catholic parish to tear down its Advent Nativity scene—stripped of baby Jesus and branded with the message “ICE WAS HERE.” The parish priest is refusing, citing he pope’s call to stand with migrants. It's another chapter in Kristi Noem's war on Christians.
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I mean if any faith in America has suffered the worst from ICE and their ilk its the Catholics.
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It would be really funny if the GOP gets zero benefit from all of that gerrymandering.
This Georgia flip is in a district that the GOP drew to drown Democratic voters in Athens into a neighboring red county, Oconee.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
But tonight, Dems in Athens were out in FULL FORCE to swamp that gerrymander.
December 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It would be really funny if the GOP gets zero benefit from all of that gerrymandering.
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A 16 point reversal from 2024 might sound absurd, but given the economic headwinds, I think that might be a conservative estimate of Republican odds.
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A 16 point reversal from 2024 might sound absurd, but given the economic headwinds, I think that might be a conservative estimate of Republican odds.
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Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
Tatas for Toys benefit has made it rain $183,000 over the past 14 years.
Strippers Are Now No. 1 Donor of Toys to Children’s Hospital
Rachel Saslow
www.wweek.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lawmakers and bible thumpers don't want you to understand the people they're demonizing are doing more good for society than they ever would
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The lawyers still working at places like DoD OGC know exactly what they're doing and need to be disbarred after this
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:55 AM
The lawyers still working at places like DoD OGC know exactly what they're doing and need to be disbarred after this
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Dawg what is going on with grandpa
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Dawg what is going on with grandpa
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wouldn't it be fun if a bunch of seats got flipped so that all the gerrymandering they did in texas just sort of was for absolutely nothing
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 AM
wouldn't it be fun if a bunch of seats got flipped so that all the gerrymandering they did in texas just sort of was for absolutely nothing
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People are pissssssssed.
BREAKING: Democrats have *flipped* a seat in Georgia's state House tonight.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
Democrat Eric Gisler has won the seat, which was previously held by a Republican who resigned this fall.
This is a red territory: Trump won the district by 13% in 2024.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
People are pissssssssed.
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I keep seeing videos like this on my home page. Weird pop culture mash ups with AI thumbnails from small channels with few views on their videos. No matter how many times I say "don't recommend" more pop up.
And boy howdy that's a lot of stuff to say about a nothing question.
And boy howdy that's a lot of stuff to say about a nothing question.
December 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I keep seeing videos like this on my home page. Weird pop culture mash ups with AI thumbnails from small channels with few views on their videos. No matter how many times I say "don't recommend" more pop up.
And boy howdy that's a lot of stuff to say about a nothing question.
And boy howdy that's a lot of stuff to say about a nothing question.
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We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
"Do the rich have too much political power?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We have to listen to bigoted handwringing about how we have to abandon trans people and marginalized communities and immigrants while the clearest election winning message is right there.
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🎵Mal aimé
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
December 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🎵Mal aimé
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
je suis le mal aimé ...
Les gens me connaissent
Tel que je veux me montrer.
The unloved one
I'm the unloved one ...
People know me
As I want to show myself.🎵
Petit fanart :)
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak, CNN projects
Eileen Higgins will win Miami mayor’s race, CNN projects, breaking a nearly 30-year GOP hold | CNN Politics
Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak in holding the nonpartisan seat and giving D...
www.cnn.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak, CNN projects
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“Our alliance with xenophobes and racists will allow us to create a more liberal immigration system” was a real thing people convinced themselves
The post-Brexit immigration system is also indicative of the liberal Brexiteer tendency, which I was a part of, which saw increased non-EU migration as a good thing and basically saw nativist leavers as useful idiots
December 9, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“Our alliance with xenophobes and racists will allow us to create a more liberal immigration system” was a real thing people convinced themselves
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Getting the jump on deskilling an entire generation.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Getting the jump on deskilling an entire generation.
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Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Childhood is primetime for developing creativity. It's usually when a person takes their first, wobbly steps into getting their imaginations down on paper.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
Redirecting that into typing prompts feels genuinely defiling.
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It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's truly wild to me that this just keeps happening. Coca-Cola runs an AI ad and people overwhelmingly react with disgust. They do it again, and people are disgusted again. Now McDonald's makes an AI ad that's so bad that so many people are furious about it they pull it down.
People hate AI slop!
People hate AI slop!