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I think one of the things that the internet has done to our politics is that it’s made people stop caring what’s true. What’s true is what gets the most retweets. What’s true is what my friends on social media will share and agree with. A lot of people can’t even seem to tell the difference anymore.
February 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM
I think one of the things that the internet has done to our politics is that it’s made people stop caring what’s true. What’s true is what gets the most retweets. What’s true is what my friends on social media will share and agree with. A lot of people can’t even seem to tell the difference anymore.
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 AM
1. Snails. I mean, maybe if it’s some sort of really well regarded restaurant, I’d try it. Maybe.
February 13, 2026 at 3:41 AM
1. Snails. I mean, maybe if it’s some sort of really well regarded restaurant, I’d try it. Maybe.
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Folks. The latest InDesign update has AI-generated alt text when you place an image and so far it has labeled four technical drawings of load-bearing steel plates as nudes. I guess I can’t argue with the computer’s perspective
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Folks. The latest InDesign update has AI-generated alt text when you place an image and so far it has labeled four technical drawings of load-bearing steel plates as nudes. I guess I can’t argue with the computer’s perspective
Age verification? At a community event when I was 5, the church basement the event was held in had two vending machines: one for glass coke bottles, and one for cigarettes
Age verification? I watched THE STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL when it first aired on TV.
Age verification? My first anime was "Space Cruiser Yamato"
February 10, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Age verification? At a community event when I was 5, the church basement the event was held in had two vending machines: one for glass coke bottles, and one for cigarettes
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My piece “Three of Wands (A phylogeny of my creativity)” has been accepted to the Carnegie Visual Art Center’s 2026 Embracing Art Exhibit! The exhibit runs from March 24-May 9 in Decatur, AL.
🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
My piece “Three of Wands (A phylogeny of my creativity)” has been accepted to the Carnegie Visual Art Center’s 2026 Embracing Art Exhibit! The exhibit runs from March 24-May 9 in Decatur, AL.
🎉🎉🎉
🎉🎉🎉
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No Kings includes Draft Kings
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
No Kings includes Draft Kings
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Concorde's first commercial flight was in 1976 and it was retired in 2003, or 27 years.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Concorde's first commercial flight was in 1976 and it was retired in 2003, or 27 years.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
Flight of the Conchords have been going since 1998 and are now in their 28th year.
Flight of the Conchords has now lasted longer than the flights of the Concorde.
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When you start paying attention, you notice how often people try to tell you what you should be doing. About work, about relationships, about kids, about hobbies. Everything. People assume you're looking for advice even if you didn't ask. It's not the worst, but it's frustrating sometimes.
February 7, 2026 at 11:19 PM
When you start paying attention, you notice how often people try to tell you what you should be doing. About work, about relationships, about kids, about hobbies. Everything. People assume you're looking for advice even if you didn't ask. It's not the worst, but it's frustrating sometimes.
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who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not
. . .
earbuds.
. . .
earbuds.
February 3, 2026 at 6:13 PM
who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not
. . .
earbuds.
. . .
earbuds.
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One of the things bothering me about how people are responding to the Epstein files is that there are tons of conspiracies being created and spread about what’s in them, rather than people just believing the victims like they could have been doing for years now
February 3, 2026 at 3:10 PM
One of the things bothering me about how people are responding to the Epstein files is that there are tons of conspiracies being created and spread about what’s in them, rather than people just believing the victims like they could have been doing for years now
When I was a Linux desktop user in the 90s I used to say Bill Gates is a horrible man, because I didn’t like Windows and the monopolistic behavior of Microsoft.
Then I got older and decided I just wanted USB to work, so maybe Windows (and Gates) wasn’t that bad.
But I was right the first time!
Then I got older and decided I just wanted USB to work, so maybe Windows (and Gates) wasn’t that bad.
But I was right the first time!
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
When I was a Linux desktop user in the 90s I used to say Bill Gates is a horrible man, because I didn’t like Windows and the monopolistic behavior of Microsoft.
Then I got older and decided I just wanted USB to work, so maybe Windows (and Gates) wasn’t that bad.
But I was right the first time!
Then I got older and decided I just wanted USB to work, so maybe Windows (and Gates) wasn’t that bad.
But I was right the first time!
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We know that that lots of social scenarios will reliably make lots of people go completely insane - put them in a cult, make them a prison guard, whatever - but didn’t consider that “being active online” or “watching a lot of Fox News” are also high-pressure social scenarios
January 31, 2026 at 12:59 PM
We know that that lots of social scenarios will reliably make lots of people go completely insane - put them in a cult, make them a prison guard, whatever - but didn’t consider that “being active online” or “watching a lot of Fox News” are also high-pressure social scenarios
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I think what we have overlooked that has made society go haywire is that social pressures are the single strongest force acting on human beings, and the human brain doesn’t really distinguish between real-life, media-sourced, and internet social pressures. Our phones and feeds are pressure cookers
January 31, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I think what we have overlooked that has made society go haywire is that social pressures are the single strongest force acting on human beings, and the human brain doesn’t really distinguish between real-life, media-sourced, and internet social pressures. Our phones and feeds are pressure cookers
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White people really pretend not to know how racist New Jersey cops were in the 1970s, or what they did to Black people.
It's 2026, and most white people still don't know that cops killed more Black people in 2024 than any other year in recorded US history, directly thanks to Biden policies.
It's 2026, and most white people still don't know that cops killed more Black people in 2024 than any other year in recorded US history, directly thanks to Biden policies.
January 31, 2026 at 1:31 PM
White people really pretend not to know how racist New Jersey cops were in the 1970s, or what they did to Black people.
It's 2026, and most white people still don't know that cops killed more Black people in 2024 than any other year in recorded US history, directly thanks to Biden policies.
It's 2026, and most white people still don't know that cops killed more Black people in 2024 than any other year in recorded US history, directly thanks to Biden policies.
January 29, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Democrats are trying to find a way to restore faith in government and democracy without actually changing anything about how it works. That's why they're useless in this moment. They will continue to be useless.
January 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Democrats are trying to find a way to restore faith in government and democracy without actually changing anything about how it works. That's why they're useless in this moment. They will continue to be useless.
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My Lyft driver said his friend, who works at a rental car company, said they're not renewing ICE's fleet contract tomorrow, because they have damaged every. Single. One. Of the rentals.
January 28, 2026 at 6:06 PM
My Lyft driver said his friend, who works at a rental car company, said they're not renewing ICE's fleet contract tomorrow, because they have damaged every. Single. One. Of the rentals.
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Amazing art from srfngeko at Threads www.threads.com/@srfngeko/po...
January 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Amazing art from srfngeko at Threads www.threads.com/@srfngeko/po...
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You need to understand that there are not lengthy standoffs between protesters and ICE in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was not a “protester” in a conventional sense. ICE lurks around the city and occasionally takes aggressive actions, and bystanders and observers document it and raise the alarm
obviously rioting is not what anyone wants to have happen, but does the NG's agenda being to control the protest suggest that they are there to support the federal agencies against the protestors?
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
You need to understand that there are not lengthy standoffs between protesters and ICE in Minneapolis. Alex Pretti was not a “protester” in a conventional sense. ICE lurks around the city and occasionally takes aggressive actions, and bystanders and observers document it and raise the alarm
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Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])
Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people f...
hachyderm.io
January 23, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Reminder:
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
If you get exhausted and burn out and give up, you lose. If you stay in, you win. Just by existing, you win!
So taking little breaks for joy is fine! Good actually!
Helping other people find joy, gives you joy too! Joy is not conserved! The laws of thermodynamics don't apply to joy!
@canspice.bsky.social pubic record
(On a live screen share no less, and Teams was laggy as fuck that day so everyone on the call heard “oh no…” and then I heard laughter 10 seconds later)
(On a live screen share no less, and Teams was laggy as fuck that day so everyone on the call heard “oh no…” and then I heard laughter 10 seconds later)
January 20, 2026 at 11:59 AM
@canspice.bsky.social pubic record
(On a live screen share no less, and Teams was laggy as fuck that day so everyone on the call heard “oh no…” and then I heard laughter 10 seconds later)
(On a live screen share no less, and Teams was laggy as fuck that day so everyone on the call heard “oh no…” and then I heard laughter 10 seconds later)
January 12, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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I've been planning & poking at a memoir of the early days of being online (I started in 1985, before the web was even invented, and blogged since '94). Don't know if I'll ever have the strength to finish it, but this is a great snapshot of what the gold rush days were like.
I wrote about what it was like to go online for the first time 30 years ago. How hard and complicated it seemed, and then how amazing this entirely new world was. Including some extracts from my 1995 diary.
www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
www.gyford.com/phil/writing...
My first months in cyberspace
Recalling the difficulties and wonder of getting online for the first time in 1995, including diary extracts from the time.
www.gyford.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I've been planning & poking at a memoir of the early days of being online (I started in 1985, before the web was even invented, and blogged since '94). Don't know if I'll ever have the strength to finish it, but this is a great snapshot of what the gold rush days were like.