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When someone says "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism," do you hear a warning, or an excuse?
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
When someone says "there's no ethical consumption under capitalism," do you hear a warning, or an excuse?
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Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
February 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
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I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
keaton's batman feels like wolverine and jackman's wolverine feels like batman
January 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
keaton's batman feels like wolverine and jackman's wolverine feels like batman
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Journalists for the big pubs will never embed the premise that the people who lie about everything every day are just liars.
January 7, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Journalists for the big pubs will never embed the premise that the people who lie about everything every day are just liars.
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Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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barkeep, can i get another activity placemat over here please? (sliding a fifty across the bar) and keep those crayons comin'
December 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
barkeep, can i get another activity placemat over here please? (sliding a fifty across the bar) and keep those crayons comin'
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im losing my shit it's literally the exact same bit
![James Gunn (via Twitter)
Truth. Justice. Whatever. #Supergirl
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Critical Drinker (via Twitter)
So edge. Much cool. Wow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:atdbmignbrjbjgj2ba4axnwl/bafkreida34s2hex5tjmbn3zi2aox3tudj5lx6kxlj53c7exemv4kmuwvne@jpeg)
December 15, 2025 at 4:05 AM
im losing my shit it's literally the exact same bit
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Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
Possible California Wealth Tax Causes Billionaire Freakout: Page, Thiel Threaten To Leave
“California is on a path to self-destruction,” wrote Bill Ackman, joining opposition to a tax proposal alongside Google’s cofounder and more.
www.forbes.com
December 27, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Despite threats, billionaires don't leave the largest population centers, because it's where there is the most money to be had from the collective value generated by human beings, and despite what they insist, they don't generate wealth; they collect it.
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December 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
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it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
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The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
they put the postal service in the fucking constitution
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
it is a public service and not supposed to make a fucking profit
aaaaaaaaaaa
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You can't invent the lightbulb by improving the candle. You can't create new shit just by reading, regurgitating and rewording old shit. AI would tell you to build an iron lung to treat the symptoms but the human brain discovers penicillin to kill the cause of the symptoms.
it's so goofy to believe making software that mimics human thought is related in any meaningful way to making software that thinks. building the most amazing lifelike animatronic horse the world ever saw does not represent progress if your goal is to create a real horse. huge waste of time actually
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 AM
You can't invent the lightbulb by improving the candle. You can't create new shit just by reading, regurgitating and rewording old shit. AI would tell you to build an iron lung to treat the symptoms but the human brain discovers penicillin to kill the cause of the symptoms.
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it's a variation of how a factor in the return to office push was the same ultra wealthy class with mountains of money underpaid workers earned them also have a bunch tied up in commercial real estate
or like how Pepsi bought KFC / Taco Bell / Pizza Hut so any restaurants sold Pepsi instead of Coke
or like how Pepsi bought KFC / Taco Bell / Pizza Hut so any restaurants sold Pepsi instead of Coke
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it's a variation of how a factor in the return to office push was the same ultra wealthy class with mountains of money underpaid workers earned them also have a bunch tied up in commercial real estate
or like how Pepsi bought KFC / Taco Bell / Pizza Hut so any restaurants sold Pepsi instead of Coke
or like how Pepsi bought KFC / Taco Bell / Pizza Hut so any restaurants sold Pepsi instead of Coke
A fifth basketball game won by the Washington Wizards?!?!
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 AM
A fifth basketball game won by the Washington Wizards?!?!
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You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
You're mad because you expect a "software update" to make things work better. You will only be free when you understand this to be an illusion and accept the fact that software is suffering
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"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
December 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"they don't know how to express the idea" here's rian johnson's storyboard for knives out
pick up a pencil and a napkin
pick up a pencil and a napkin
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There is a difference between a bus people ride to go places and 50 buses redlining their engines while parked in a lot because the bus company CEO has decided that will create some kind of bus god if they rev hard enough.
December 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
There is a difference between a bus people ride to go places and 50 buses redlining their engines while parked in a lot because the bus company CEO has decided that will create some kind of bus god if they rev hard enough.
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When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
December 16, 2025 at 9:30 AM
When 97% is 'no clear consensus', and 52% is 'the will of the people', it's time to face facts that Governments do what Governments want to do regardless of what their people actually want.
a fourth basketball game goes to the Washington Wizards 😎🤩😛
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
a fourth basketball game goes to the Washington Wizards 😎🤩😛