FauxRomano
@fauxromano.bsky.social
"What is your greatest ambition in life?"
"To become immortal--and then die."
"To become immortal--and then die."
Charles G. D. Roberts [1923]
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Charles G. D. Roberts [1923]
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AI is going so great after years of hype that all these companies had to take out half the ads in the Super Bowl begging you to use this shit.
- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
AI is going so great after years of hype that all these companies had to take out half the ads in the Super Bowl begging you to use this shit.
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Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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:blink:
(RPO is contracted future revenue, the pipeline of money you expect to come in—fairly important for a software-as-a-service company)
(RPO is contracted future revenue, the pipeline of money you expect to come in—fairly important for a software-as-a-service company)
holy f*ck
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT: 45% OF COMMERCIAL RPO DRIVEN BY OPENAI COMMITMENTS
*MICROSOFT 2Q REV. $81.27B, EST. $80.31B
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
*MICROSOFT 2Q INTELLIGENT CLOUD REV. $32.91B, EST. $32.39B
*MICROSOFT 2Q AZURE & OTHER CLOUD REV EX-FX +38%, EST. +38%
January 28, 2026 at 9:14 PM
:blink:
(RPO is contracted future revenue, the pipeline of money you expect to come in—fairly important for a software-as-a-service company)
(RPO is contracted future revenue, the pipeline of money you expect to come in—fairly important for a software-as-a-service company)
Monsieur Vénus [1929, Boyd translation]
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Monsieur Vénus [1929, Boyd translation]
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HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
A battle over the truth erupts after deadly Minneapolis shooting
Federal and local leaders are sharply divided over what happened and who is to blame.
dlvr.it
January 26, 2026 at 6:46 AM
HOW IT WORKS IN MOVIES:
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
1. Government lies
2. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
3. Press says “the government is lying!”
HOW IT APPARENTLY WORKS IN REAL LIFE
1. Brave heroes release video showing the truth
2. Government lies
3. Press says “Oh no, what now? So confusing! So hard!”
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This article — which closes with a series of accounts from Rev. Ingrid, who I also ran into there (and watched get arrested) — does a really good job of rounding up the different pieces that make the community response in Minneapolis so remarkable to witness.
Also…
Also…
“.. Dan and Jane resisted the idea that they had become political. .. ‘It became clear very quickly that ICE is the Proud Boys, the Boogaloo boys. They’ve given them uniforms and let them run wild,’ Dan said.”
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
@theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
January 26, 2026 at 12:58 PM
This article — which closes with a series of accounts from Rev. Ingrid, who I also ran into there (and watched get arrested) — does a really good job of rounding up the different pieces that make the community response in Minneapolis so remarkable to witness.
Also…
Also…
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we're told we can't afford healthcare or food stamps, but sure, let's build this 🙄
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
we're told we can't afford healthcare or food stamps, but sure, let's build this 🙄
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folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
January 20, 2026 at 7:01 PM
folks, this is some really weird shit. the president is not well.
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i think stuff like this is a thought terminating cliche. you're too lazy to learn anything and think cynicism is a substitute for brain activity.
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
i think stuff like this is a thought terminating cliche. you're too lazy to learn anything and think cynicism is a substitute for brain activity.
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It's absolutely INFURIATING to see the same people in the press who did their armchair neurology routine diagnosing Joe Biden with dementia and questioning his basic motor functions b/c he wore orthopedic shoes have absolutely NOTHING to say about this.
January 15, 2026 at 2:11 PM
It's absolutely INFURIATING to see the same people in the press who did their armchair neurology routine diagnosing Joe Biden with dementia and questioning his basic motor functions b/c he wore orthopedic shoes have absolutely NOTHING to say about this.
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“It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.” This is how an ICE agent described the app Palantir worked on for finding neighborhoods to raid.
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
January 15, 2026 at 2:16 PM
“It’s basically a map of the United States. It’s kind of like Google Maps.” This is how an ICE agent described the app Palantir worked on for finding neighborhoods to raid.
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
I've seen the interface, it does look exactly like that www.404media.co/elite-the-pa...
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I added captions to this video of people heckling Greg Bovino leaving a Target in Minneapolis, and there's so many people yelling things at him it's like a comedy skit
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I added captions to this video of people heckling Greg Bovino leaving a Target in Minneapolis, and there's so many people yelling things at him it's like a comedy skit
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Images from films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi - BOTD in 1938
School in the Crosshairs (1981)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Hanagatami (2017)
Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
School in the Crosshairs (1981)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Hanagatami (2017)
Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
January 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Images from films directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi - BOTD in 1938
School in the Crosshairs (1981)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Hanagatami (2017)
Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
School in the Crosshairs (1981)
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (1983)
Hanagatami (2017)
Labyrinth of Cinema (2019)
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Starting to think that as society we didn’t consider how slippery the legalized gambling slope would be
January 9, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Starting to think that as society we didn’t consider how slippery the legalized gambling slope would be
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this visual presentation really drives home that their movement is all about the inversion of all values for the sake of contrariness and spite, rather than the creation of a stable order that can stand stably on its own merits
I will not be following this new food pyramid because I would like to live. I like not having high cholesterol. I like not having gout.
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 PM
this visual presentation really drives home that their movement is all about the inversion of all values for the sake of contrariness and spite, rather than the creation of a stable order that can stand stably on its own merits
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Second, and probably most importantly, it's tactically wrong. "No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won't be elections anyway" cedes victory to your enemies. It's defeatism and nihilism.
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Second, and probably most importantly, it's tactically wrong. "No point discussing political opposition to fascism, there won't be elections anyway" cedes victory to your enemies. It's defeatism and nihilism.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
The “prosecute the former regime at every level” candidate has my vote in 2028.
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Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
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Good, direct, unequivocal messaging here.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
ICE shot and killed a woman on camera today. We all saw the video.
The Trump administration is lying.
The Trump administration is lying.
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Good, direct, unequivocal messaging here.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
Also: to Trumpists, lying is a patriotic sacrament. Trumpists lie because they believe, as a tenet of Trumpism, that the people they hate deserve to be lied to and that it’s for the best for the few people they don’t hate today.
ICE murdered someone in cold blood. More talk like this, fuck ICE.
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
ICE murdered someone in cold blood. More talk like this, fuck ICE.