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I keep going back to this analogy, but if you're appalled by how credulous journalists, technocrats, billionaires, governments etc. are over this obvious parlour trick, please consider the veracity of everything else they do and say.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I keep going back to this analogy, but if you're appalled by how credulous journalists, technocrats, billionaires, governments etc. are over this obvious parlour trick, please consider the veracity of everything else they do and say.
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
![Examining the bodies returned to their people after the most recent so-called ceasefire, Palestinian doctors noted that, in some bodies “the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw—a medical saw, a bone saw—and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, [were] lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organ being taken.” Organ procurement, with few exceptions like skin and cornea, requires that the body be either alive—via brain death—or just-dead—via circulatory death. It is plausible that some Palestinian prisoners’ torture led to brain death. It is also possible their torturers felt no need to wait. Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs. The transplant surgeon waits for a person to die; the soldier can’t. The settler surgeon wields his mastery over the body to serve the state. Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreiesvmsm3hrmrwxi7d7wvuaxc7u7oovqonpx2tdpxdnjhlgxh7lhni@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
"Palestinian witnesses have reported that some prisoners were alive at the time they were taken for organ extraction. In one batch of bodies, the organs removed were those commonly transplanted: heart, liver, lungs... Here, the surgeon acts as—is—a soldier."
I'm honestly speechless.
I'm honestly speechless.
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This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
February 11, 2026 at 4:46 PM
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Like 75% of the US Olympic curlers are from Minnesota. A lot of them curl out of two clubs in Saint Paul, one club is in Frogtown, a neighborhood that has been very heavily targeted by ICE. These curlers are good neighbors.
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Not at all the point, but palantir leadership refers to the company’s workers as “hobbits.”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company’s products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Not at all the point, but palantir leadership refers to the company’s workers as “hobbits.”
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We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:14 AM
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
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The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
February 10, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The U.S. killed two more civilians in a boat strike today. A survivor will likely die at sea.
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Name the last time Cuba destroyed a nation, committed genocide, did anything but defy American supremacy and strip a bunch of slave owners of their plantations.
The United States is purposefully blockading Cuba from accessing fuel that powers everything from grocery stores to hospitals. People will die. Children will die. What's being done to the people of Cuba is monstrous.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
The people in power were ok with it in Gaza and now they're doing it to Cuba.
February 10, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Name the last time Cuba destroyed a nation, committed genocide, did anything but defy American supremacy and strip a bunch of slave owners of their plantations.
Green Day is the Monkees with distortion
February 9, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Green Day is the Monkees with distortion
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See if you can find yourself in the Bluesky map
Sally Hazelet Drummond, Hummingbird, 1961
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135099
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1135099
February 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
See if you can find yourself in the Bluesky map
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if you have a ring camera you are a child, terrified of the silhouette of a jacket hanging on a chair. you are lower than a worm to me. you have sold your soul to a devil that has offered you nothing in return
February 9, 2026 at 2:43 PM
if you have a ring camera you are a child, terrified of the silhouette of a jacket hanging on a chair. you are lower than a worm to me. you have sold your soul to a devil that has offered you nothing in return
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
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Heya! I'm garin, a freelance artist and currently I'm looking for work and open for commissions!
Feel free to hit me up anytime!
garincomms@gmail_com 📩
Feel free to hit me up anytime!
garincomms@gmail_com 📩
February 7, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Heya! I'm garin, a freelance artist and currently I'm looking for work and open for commissions!
Feel free to hit me up anytime!
garincomms@gmail_com 📩
Feel free to hit me up anytime!
garincomms@gmail_com 📩
Here's the actual best Kendrick track, and an astonishing video to boot. Never Catch Me | Flying Lotus (feat. Kendrick Lamar) youtu.be/2lXD0vv-ds8?...
Flying Lotus - Never Catch Me ft. Kendrick Lamar
YouTube video by FlyingLotusVEVO
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February 7, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Here's the actual best Kendrick track, and an astonishing video to boot. Never Catch Me | Flying Lotus (feat. Kendrick Lamar) youtu.be/2lXD0vv-ds8?...
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Who do you want to see guest host the muppets motherfucker? Don't look at him, look at me, I'm asking. And this is the last time I'm fucking asking. Oh. Kendrick? Haha yeah that would be pretty good. Sorry I think I broke your wrist, but yeah, kendrick. Already raps muppety he'd be perfect,
February 7, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Who do you want to see guest host the muppets motherfucker? Don't look at him, look at me, I'm asking. And this is the last time I'm fucking asking. Oh. Kendrick? Haha yeah that would be pretty good. Sorry I think I broke your wrist, but yeah, kendrick. Already raps muppety he'd be perfect,
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I heard they used GenAI in the olympics opening ceremony sounds great, can't wait to sit down and watch it, see JD Vance waving, see israel, see a rich corrupt organization not even employ artists, haa
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 AM
I heard they used GenAI in the olympics opening ceremony sounds great, can't wait to sit down and watch it, see JD Vance waving, see israel, see a rich corrupt organization not even employ artists, haa
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More practice shooting people in the back.
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
More practice shooting people in the back.
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we’re not doing this under Woke 2 sorry not sorry
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
we’re not doing this under Woke 2 sorry not sorry
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