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If you just arrived here and are following me, hi! I have a couple lists in my profile you might be interested in. You might even be on one, if you are just getting back into an old account. If you want to be taken off, just let me know.
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
Otherwise, there’s a cheese tray and crudite in the back….
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December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job.”
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“The AI can't do your job, but an AI salesman can convince your boss to fire you and replace you with an AI that *can't* do your job.”
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The Fall of Mark Welsh
The Fall of Mark Welsh - Lawyers, Guns & Money
It’s about the domination of every social and political institution: During the short meeting at the Texas Capitol, Abbott peppered Welsh with questions about the comments Texas Scorecard had dug up, and about Welsh’s views on diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Abbott was apparently unsatisfied by Welsh’s answers, according to five people briefed on the […]
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Fall of Mark Welsh
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screw wikipedia, we deserve a proper oral history written by a badass academic
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
screw wikipedia, we deserve a proper oral history written by a badass academic
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I understand what about the capitalist hellscape pushes people to think this way, but I also think that deciding things are only worth knowing if they help at your job is needlessly giving the game away to those genuinely evil forces.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I understand what about the capitalist hellscape pushes people to think this way, but I also think that deciding things are only worth knowing if they help at your job is needlessly giving the game away to those genuinely evil forces.
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President Convicted Felon orders National Park Service gift shops to purge all items referring to diversity, which will be tough when it comes to historic sites involving the Civil War & slavery, such as Kingsley Plantation in #Florida. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... h/t @sejorg.bsky.social
Trump admin orders parks to purge shops of DEI, trans references
The review comes as the White House leans heavily on parks as the vanguard of next year’s celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the
www.eenews.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
President Convicted Felon orders National Park Service gift shops to purge all items referring to diversity, which will be tough when it comes to historic sites involving the Civil War & slavery, such as Kingsley Plantation in #Florida. www.eenews.net/articles/tru... h/t @sejorg.bsky.social
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The same bit from the other end. My school made me take science classes, as part of being a well rounded student, and I loved it all so much I switched from pre-law to engineering. Very few 18 year olds know what they want, or understand the options. The "consumer" model is anti-person.
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The same bit from the other end. My school made me take science classes, as part of being a well rounded student, and I loved it all so much I switched from pre-law to engineering. Very few 18 year olds know what they want, or understand the options. The "consumer" model is anti-person.
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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one thing about these arguments that college should be directly job-relevant is that it's REALLY HARD TO GAME OUT what specific skills will be needed in 4 years, let alone 10, 15, ESPECIALLY in technical fields. Even strictly instrumentally, critical thinking and broad coverage is a better answer.
This is actually a good example of why the customer model is wrong.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
I wouldn't have chosen poetry writing, but UNC made me take a class. And it absolutely made me become a much better writer, with an eye to concision and an ear now trained to the rhythm of words. I'm a better historian as a result.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
one thing about these arguments that college should be directly job-relevant is that it's REALLY HARD TO GAME OUT what specific skills will be needed in 4 years, let alone 10, 15, ESPECIALLY in technical fields. Even strictly instrumentally, critical thinking and broad coverage is a better answer.
December 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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The Danish word ‘hygge’ refers to “a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.”
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
Ten Kinds of Happiness
Joyful words from around the world
www.merriam-webster.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The Danish word ‘hygge’ refers to “a cozy quality that makes a person feel content and comfortable.”
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
We hope this list of joyful words makes you feel hygge.
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/ten...
“The computer in one of the basements inside Meyer’s skull predicts an eventual Florida population of 32 million folk, and by that time it will level off because it will not be any more desirable to live in Florida than it is to live in Rhode Island or West Virginia.” -John D McDonald, 1981.
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
“The computer in one of the basements inside Meyer’s skull predicts an eventual Florida population of 32 million folk, and by that time it will level off because it will not be any more desirable to live in Florida than it is to live in Rhode Island or West Virginia.” -John D McDonald, 1981.
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Part of me would want to say no just to see if it worked
Man arrested, accused of robbing Tulsa liquor store with antique gun
Man arrested, accused of robbing liquor store with antique gun
The Tulsa Police Department arrested a man accused of robbing a south Tulsa liquor store with an antique gun on Friday night.
www.fox23.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Part of me would want to say no just to see if it worked
I said: THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD.
Suzanne said: ONE THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD AFTER ANOTHER.
Suzanne said: ONE THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD AFTER ANOTHER.
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I said: THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD.
Suzanne said: ONE THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD AFTER ANOTHER.
Suzanne said: ONE THERE WILL BE NO COUNTRY FOR OLD BLOOD AFTER ANOTHER.
MK-ULTRA, but with the users wearing the badges.
Get ready for COINTELPRO redux, but run by substantially less competent people.
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
MK-ULTRA, but with the users wearing the badges.
Jamie Miller's comms department is launching a new campaign for the remade #NewCollegeOfFlorida. Not sure this will go as expected.
>> Have a story to tell about why you chose New College?
We’d love to feature you. Contact Veronica Brandon Miller at [email protected] or 941.487.4686. <<
>> Have a story to tell about why you chose New College?
We’d love to feature you. Contact Veronica Brandon Miller at [email protected] or 941.487.4686. <<
December 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Jamie Miller's comms department is launching a new campaign for the remade #NewCollegeOfFlorida. Not sure this will go as expected.
>> Have a story to tell about why you chose New College?
We’d love to feature you. Contact Veronica Brandon Miller at [email protected] or 941.487.4686. <<
>> Have a story to tell about why you chose New College?
We’d love to feature you. Contact Veronica Brandon Miller at [email protected] or 941.487.4686. <<
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In 2021, I founded Our Tallahassee with Bob Lotane to provide an alternative news source to the useless Tallahassee Democrat. We broke stories about the Chamber of Commerce and the extremism of our police chief and caught a lot of grief doing it. Bob died today. He was a good man. I miss him.
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
In 2021, I founded Our Tallahassee with Bob Lotane to provide an alternative news source to the useless Tallahassee Democrat. We broke stories about the Chamber of Commerce and the extremism of our police chief and caught a lot of grief doing it. Bob died today. He was a good man. I miss him.
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you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:31 AM
you know how i know im a 44yo dad? how much i laughed at this shit
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You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You've heard of elf on a shelf. Now get ready for...
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Band has a chance to release a really funny album…
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Band has a chance to release a really funny album…
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people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
December 4, 2025 at 3:47 AM
people, you have the chance to put my book ahead of Olivia Nuzzi’s on the bestseller list. put aside all other considerations and think how objectively funny this would be. #1, that Mountain Goats guy. #2, Antivax Man Has My Heart. funniest list of the century. We can do this if we try
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Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!
Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Never believe the fuckers who say "why bother, they already won"
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Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Scientists if you’re like “man I wish more people knew about X” then I humbly suggest hiring an artist to make a thing that communicates X and then put it into the world because it’s so fun, extremely “hell yeah” inducing, you gotta try it.