Paul C
@demondownload.xyz
A man of few words, unless those words are about Godzilla • 日本語が少しだけ話せます • he/him
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this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
1. no you didn't, you retconning fucks
2. your decades of anti-governance "free market" "government never functions" propaganda paved the way for the complete authoritarian decimation of labor, consumer, environmental protections
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Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
February 9, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Oh my god, so many people are canceling Nitro that it's having issues processing it, cook 'em hard bois.
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Hey @discord.com this shit sucks and I will literally go back to IRC if you start enforcing this privacy violation nightmare everywhere
Remember how you claimed any submitted data was supposed to be "quickly deleted" yet 70000 ID photos got leaked through this already? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Remember how you claimed any submitted data was supposed to be "quickly deleted" yet 70000 ID photos got leaked through this already? www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 9, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Hey @discord.com this shit sucks and I will literally go back to IRC if you start enforcing this privacy violation nightmare everywhere
Remember how you claimed any submitted data was supposed to be "quickly deleted" yet 70000 ID photos got leaked through this already? www.bbc.com/news/article...
Remember how you claimed any submitted data was supposed to be "quickly deleted" yet 70000 ID photos got leaked through this already? www.bbc.com/news/article...
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From today’s That’s Marvelous newsletter: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/170-gamblers...
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
From today’s That’s Marvelous newsletter: www.thatsmarvelousnewsletter.com/170-gamblers...
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Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
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Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers.
TIME Magazine Reveals Special Edition Pokémon 30th Anniversary Covers
Ho-oh my
www.nintendolife.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Ironic, as this was the magazine that referred to Pokémon as a "pestilential Ponzi scheme" in 1999, characterising its creator Satoshi Tajiri as a literal monster "His eyes are bloodshot; dark circles ripple beneath them... His monsters are a child's predelictions." He never gave another interview.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
I'm almost exactly in the midpoint of "Creative Professionals and Developers", "Diverse European Communities", and "Furry and Fantasy Community". 🤔
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 8:17 AM
I'm almost exactly in the midpoint of "Creative Professionals and Developers", "Diverse European Communities", and "Furry and Fantasy Community". 🤔
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Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
February 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Any time I look to see what the Labour government is up to in the UK it turns out to be things like making posters that Alfonso Cuarón put in the background of the long tracking shot that opens “Children of Men”.
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With the Greens the bookies favourite to win, my question for the Labour voters:
Why are you splitting the vote and risking handing the area to Farage?
Why are you splitting the vote and risking handing the area to Farage?
‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton
‘A pollster’s nightmare’: stakes are high in three-way fight for Gorton and Denton
Labour faces a battle to hold on to its 13,000 majority, with the Greens the bookies’ favourite and Reform hoping to gain from split vote on left
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
With the Greens the bookies favourite to win, my question for the Labour voters:
Why are you splitting the vote and risking handing the area to Farage?
Why are you splitting the vote and risking handing the area to Farage?
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
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Reminds me of working in call centers. Every so often I'd get some weird creep who started the call with me by saying "I'm so glad to get someone who speaks English" and going off on some tirade about "foreigners". I would always immediately resolve to not help them at all and just waste their time.
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Reminds me of working in call centers. Every so often I'd get some weird creep who started the call with me by saying "I'm so glad to get someone who speaks English" and going off on some tirade about "foreigners". I would always immediately resolve to not help them at all and just waste their time.
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Dear Brother is one of the most “required viewing to understand the anime industry” series that most western fans never acknowledge
it’s like how the modern animation industry is about 50% “people who watched Utena”
you watch Dear Brother and it makes so many other shows just click into place
it’s like how the modern animation industry is about 50% “people who watched Utena”
you watch Dear Brother and it makes so many other shows just click into place
February 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Dear Brother is one of the most “required viewing to understand the anime industry” series that most western fans never acknowledge
it’s like how the modern animation industry is about 50% “people who watched Utena”
you watch Dear Brother and it makes so many other shows just click into place
it’s like how the modern animation industry is about 50% “people who watched Utena”
you watch Dear Brother and it makes so many other shows just click into place
Yeah, no shit it's delayed. How about an actual update? What the fuck are these companies even charging for? It's sure as shit not, y'know, *delivering* anything.
February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Yeah, no shit it's delayed. How about an actual update? What the fuck are these companies even charging for? It's sure as shit not, y'know, *delivering* anything.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
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production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
February 7, 2026 at 12:40 AM
production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA
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When the Prime Minister talks like he’s pleading down a white collar crime charge, that’s how you know your government is in ship shape
UK PM STARMER: I HAD NO REASON TO BELIEVE MANDELSON WAS LYING BEFORE HE WAS APPOINTED
February 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
When the Prime Minister talks like he’s pleading down a white collar crime charge, that’s how you know your government is in ship shape
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I do not mind telling you I teared up watching this.
February 5, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I do not mind telling you I teared up watching this.
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The people with the most power in our society appear to be nothing more than a pack of rabid chimpanzees singularly focused on destroying the works of people immeasurably better than they are.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
The people with the most power in our society appear to be nothing more than a pack of rabid chimpanzees singularly focused on destroying the works of people immeasurably better than they are.
I've got Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast in my office and Dragon Quest VII on the Switch 2 upstairs, but for some goddamn reason I've got to be "doing my job". What is this bullshit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
I've got Skies of Arcadia on the Dreamcast in my office and Dragon Quest VII on the Switch 2 upstairs, but for some goddamn reason I've got to be "doing my job". What is this bullshit.
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Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Westboro Baptist Church tried to make an Anti-Luigi Mangione poster but it just looks like Luigi is threatening billionaires and goes unironically hard af
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This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This watermark graffiti by street artist Mathieu Tremblin is, like, the best thing ever.
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it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity! Or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop falling over
The broligarchs legitimately believe they'll be uploading their consciousness into these within 10 years
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
it can't be bargained with, it can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity! Or remorse or fear and it absolutely will not stop falling over