dubious blur
@dubiousblur.wtf
Infrastructuralist: systems, people, software, hardware. Nerdish, and autistic, but mostly harmless.
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Here’s to 2026
December 27, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Here’s to 2026
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You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
December 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
You can pretend to have your shit together if you want. They don’t really check
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one of the truly depressing things about the culture war over masks is that we simply refuse to treat them as a tool to mitigate the spread of illness! it should be normal to wear a mask in public when you don’t feel well even if it’s not about saving anybody’s life!!!!! why would you mock that
or- and this will blow too many minds, for reasons that depress me deeply-
THEY CARE ABOUT OTHER PPL
hence find it totally worthwhile
TO DO THIS 1 EASY FKN TRICK THAT MIGHT SAVE A LIFE OR FEW (+if nothing else save ppl some real unpleasant days/missed pay)
THEY CARE ABOUT OTHER PPL
hence find it totally worthwhile
TO DO THIS 1 EASY FKN TRICK THAT MIGHT SAVE A LIFE OR FEW (+if nothing else save ppl some real unpleasant days/missed pay)
These people aren't masking for shits and giggles- they are the immunocompromised, elderly, and others who are, or believe themselves to be, particularly vulnerable to infections of airborne viruses such as sars-cov-2, influenza, etc.
December 27, 2025 at 10:48 PM
one of the truly depressing things about the culture war over masks is that we simply refuse to treat them as a tool to mitigate the spread of illness! it should be normal to wear a mask in public when you don’t feel well even if it’s not about saving anybody’s life!!!!! why would you mock that
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I do support simping
Social control of production
Intuitive tax systems
Municipally-owned utilities
Payroll tax-funded social insurance
Implementing a social wealth fund
National health insurance
Guaranteed housing
Social control of production
Intuitive tax systems
Municipally-owned utilities
Payroll tax-funded social insurance
Implementing a social wealth fund
National health insurance
Guaranteed housing
December 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I do support simping
Social control of production
Intuitive tax systems
Municipally-owned utilities
Payroll tax-funded social insurance
Implementing a social wealth fund
National health insurance
Guaranteed housing
Social control of production
Intuitive tax systems
Municipally-owned utilities
Payroll tax-funded social insurance
Implementing a social wealth fund
National health insurance
Guaranteed housing
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don't threaten me with a good time
"Young, gay and vegan, Polanski, 43, is snapping at the governing Labour party’s heels in the polls, his ascent fueled by a Zohran Mamdani-like cocktail of promises to soak the rich and expand the government, married to an anti-Israel, identity politics agenda."
December 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
don't threaten me with a good time
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I think if you're a family therapist whose kids have gone no contact you should really consider not being a family therapist any more.
"I worry that we are rapidly moving towards a society of self-absorbed and entitled individuals who have no time, affection or care for their parents." Letter in the Times from a 'relationship and family therapist' in response to Sarah Ditum's article attacking kids who have cut off abusive parents
December 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I think if you're a family therapist whose kids have gone no contact you should really consider not being a family therapist any more.
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we undertake things massively all the time.
stop using "it would be difficult" as an excuse not to do things.
stop using "it would be difficult" as an excuse not to do things.
So, ending the federal government?
The US having universal healthcare would be like the entire EU having a singular, top down, centralized healthcare system. That's a massive undertaking.
The US having universal healthcare would be like the entire EU having a singular, top down, centralized healthcare system. That's a massive undertaking.
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
we undertake things massively all the time.
stop using "it would be difficult" as an excuse not to do things.
stop using "it would be difficult" as an excuse not to do things.
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NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO SPACE TO WORK FOR BILLIONAIRES. ALIEN IS NOT ASPIRATIONAL.
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NO ONE WANTS TO GO TO SPACE TO WORK FOR BILLIONAIRES. ALIEN IS NOT ASPIRATIONAL.
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And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, but was relaunched in Ultimate Tiny Tim #1, which takes place after Amazing Tiny Tim #332 and All-New Tiny Tim #200, and don’t forget to read the Scrooge / David Copperfield / Great Expectations crossover event minis otherwise the Miss Havisham bit won’t make sense
And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, and will return in Avengers: Doomsday
December 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
And to Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, but was relaunched in Ultimate Tiny Tim #1, which takes place after Amazing Tiny Tim #332 and All-New Tiny Tim #200, and don’t forget to read the Scrooge / David Copperfield / Great Expectations crossover event minis otherwise the Miss Havisham bit won’t make sense
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This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 AM
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
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A community can achieve so much when everybody does their part!
Mark Cuban Says ‘It Became Pointless’ To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban Says 'It Became Pointless' To Post On Bluesky Due To The Hate He Gets There
Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and longtime "Shark Tank" star, says he’s done posting on Bluesky for now, and the reason is simple: it’s not worth
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December 2, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A community can achieve so much when everybody does their part!
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christmas singalong dilemma solved
New Fairytale of New York lyrics just dropped... 😮💨
Grace Petrie 👏
Grace Petrie 👏
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
christmas singalong dilemma solved
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Notice how the event took place in October and she's saved the story for a couple of months until she can guarantee airtime over Christmas.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Notice how the event took place in October and she's saved the story for a couple of months until she can guarantee airtime over Christmas.
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I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
December 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I don’t know how anyone can still talk about “the AI revolution” with a straight face. Reuters story about a railroad company that has sunk $300,000 into “developing AI products” and appears to have made…a chatbot that doesn’t work?
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
archive.is/2025.12.17-0...
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No it's not OK to do scientifically unnecessary vaccine trials in Africa. Never forget Tuskegee.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No it's not OK to do scientifically unnecessary vaccine trials in Africa. Never forget Tuskegee.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
Belgian commutes pay off: Employees earn up to €810 for cycling to work
One in five people in Flanders commuted by bike and received compensation last year, but this figure is significantly lower in Brussels and Wallonia.
www.brusselstimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Commuting by bicycle in Belgium pays off as employees earn compensation for every km they ride. 1 in 6 employees commute by bike and get a bicycle allowance of €0.28/km. People cycling to work in 2024 earned an average of around €460 net per year (some as high as €810), up 20% over the past year.
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"An extreme overvalued belief is a rigid, non-delusional conviction, shared and reinforced within a culture or subculture, defended with passion, and experienced by the individual as entirely rational."
I am officially calling for the psychopathologization of genitally-obsessed bigotry.
I am officially calling for the psychopathologization of genitally-obsessed bigotry.
September 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"An extreme overvalued belief is a rigid, non-delusional conviction, shared and reinforced within a culture or subculture, defended with passion, and experienced by the individual as entirely rational."
I am officially calling for the psychopathologization of genitally-obsessed bigotry.
I am officially calling for the psychopathologization of genitally-obsessed bigotry.
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Narrator: They did not learn any lessons from COVID. "Wash your hands" and "don't panic" is as far as they ever got with infection control.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Vaccinate, isolate, ventilate: will we finally learn the lessons from covid this flu season?
With flu surging again, Stephen Reicher and colleagues draw on the experience of covid-19 to argue that predictable winter pressures demand more than individual responsibility, they also require syste...
www.bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Narrator: They did not learn any lessons from COVID. "Wash your hands" and "don't panic" is as far as they ever got with infection control.
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
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5/ The key message? No single measure is enough. Success comes from combining vaccination, isolation support, good ventilation, and clear communication. Governments must make this possible, or we will continue repeating the same cycle every winter.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
5/ The key message? No single measure is enough. Success comes from combining vaccination, isolation support, good ventilation, and clear communication. Governments must make this possible, or we will continue repeating the same cycle every winter.
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4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
4/ Ventilation saves lives. Clean indoor air, through ventilation or filtration, dramatically cuts the spread of respiratory infections. It’s time to treat air quality like food hygiene: a basic public health requirement.
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3/ Isolation is important but only works if people can afford it. Many people simply can’t stay home when sick. Without meaningful sick pay, asking people to isolate is unrealistic. Better financial support is essential to reduce transmission.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
3/ Isolation is important but only works if people can afford it. Many people simply can’t stay home when sick. Without meaningful sick pay, asking people to isolate is unrealistic. Better financial support is essential to reduce transmission.
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2/ Vaccination matters. Flu vaccines aren’t perfect, but they prevent misery, keep schools open, and help hospitals cope. Yet uptake is still too low, especially among those at higher risk. Making vaccines accessible, convenient, and community‑centred boosts uptake.
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
2/ Vaccination matters. Flu vaccines aren’t perfect, but they prevent misery, keep schools open, and help hospitals cope. Yet uptake is still too low, especially among those at higher risk. Making vaccines accessible, convenient, and community‑centred boosts uptake.
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🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com
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Which is, btw, exactly why deplatforming is so effective.
Back when we actually DID get high profile Nazis kicked off Twitter, they would try to regroup with fans on Telegram.
But most just could not keep the juice without libs to fight with
Back when we actually DID get high profile Nazis kicked off Twitter, they would try to regroup with fans on Telegram.
But most just could not keep the juice without libs to fight with
Also fwiw, honestly starving them of engagement IS an effective way to fight with the right. Without someone to troll or nobody to fall for the engagement bait they're just... adrift.
A performer without an audience.
A performer without an audience.
There are SO MANY other ways to effectively fight the the fucking right than screaming into the social media void and making yourself feel as awful as these dickheads actually are. They want to exhaust you here so you feel helpless everywhere else. Fuck them. Conserve your joy, online and off.
December 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Which is, btw, exactly why deplatforming is so effective.
Back when we actually DID get high profile Nazis kicked off Twitter, they would try to regroup with fans on Telegram.
But most just could not keep the juice without libs to fight with
Back when we actually DID get high profile Nazis kicked off Twitter, they would try to regroup with fans on Telegram.
But most just could not keep the juice without libs to fight with
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Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses
"For the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71 percent believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate."
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Buckle up Dem establishment, because me and my maximum wage tied to the minimum wage proposal are coming for your asses