Jason Lange
@jasonlange.me
Evolutionary Men’s Guide & Integral Theory Nerd that loves Film and Pearl Jam
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Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Yet another example of what happens if we allow LLMs to become a form of epistemic grounding for society.
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There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There’s a specific mechanism in authoritarian movements that we’re seeing play out in real-time across American media and tech. It’s a simple rule: "If we cannot co-opt it, we must destroy it."
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
It is the logic of "scorched earth." It's the logic of the Nero Decree and it's happening right now. 🧵
If Paramount decrees were still intact far less likely we’d have this massive mega mergers of studios and tech companies.
Maybe time for fresh decrees.
Maybe time for fresh decrees.
December 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
If Paramount decrees were still intact far less likely we’d have this massive mega mergers of studios and tech companies.
Maybe time for fresh decrees.
Maybe time for fresh decrees.
Trickle down economics was never really a thing. But trickle down culture really matters.
What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
By Phil Klay
trump, his administration, and the republican party are pieces of shit on so many levels. just sayin'
NYTs Gift Article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
By Phil Klay
trump, his administration, and the republican party are pieces of shit on so many levels. just sayin'
NYTs Gift Article
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Trickle down economics was never really a thing. But trickle down culture really matters.
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It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
My rule of thumb is if the company is named after something in Lord of the Rings, it’s almost certainly evil.
Since its founding in 2017, Anduril Industries has become one of the hottest companies in a crowded field of defense-tech startup.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
Its fast-moving approach comes with its share of setbacks.
November 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It will never cease to amaze me that so many tech bros read Lord of the Rings, decided the hobbits were the bad guys and Sauron and his forces were the good guys, and have built their entire personalities around being corporate ring wraiths.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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We’re about to experience heretofore unimaginable levels of “I haven’t read the story.”
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We’re about to experience heretofore unimaginable levels of “I haven’t read the story.”
Think our culture is about to learn a big lesson about shadow and projection.
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Think our culture is about to learn a big lesson about shadow and projection.
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You Are Not Supposed to Believe in Anything.
You Are Not Supposed to Believe in Anything
The New Propaganda
anneapplebaum.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You Are Not Supposed to Believe in Anything.
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BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Consolidation and enshittification go hand and hand.
Once Warner bros goes Hollywood looking bleak.
Once Warner bros goes Hollywood looking bleak.
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Consolidation and enshittification go hand and hand.
Once Warner bros goes Hollywood looking bleak.
Once Warner bros goes Hollywood looking bleak.
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I guess if I *had* to pick my favorite part of the video the president posted where he’s a big boy pilot and he pew pew pews his poop all over everyone, it would be the part where he shits on the American flag?
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I guess if I *had* to pick my favorite part of the video the president posted where he’s a big boy pilot and he pew pew pews his poop all over everyone, it would be the part where he shits on the American flag?
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Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
OPERATION INFLATION
www.operationinflation.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Y’all here is a fun fact: Portland has a brand new volunteer organization called “operation inflation” that allows people to borrow inflatable costumes for protests. They just started a couple weeks ago and have like a 160 costume library (and counting because people keep donating).
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Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.
October 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Whoever came up with the idea of mocking this gratuitously cruel regime with cute, nonthreatening plastic frogs really hit a gold mine. The clever imagery has made it all the way across the Atlantic.
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"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Mike Johnson: "The last time I checked, Americans have more freedom right now to express themselves and speak their minds after Republicans took over ... it is the Republicans who restored your right to share and speak your mind."
October 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Incredible and terrifying story of our completely broken information ecosystem that AI only makes worse.
new.epsilontheory.com/a/anatomy-of...
new.epsilontheory.com/a/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a Narrative Virus - How a story spreads
The story of how a date, an age, a ham radio operator, an big anonymous account, the DHS press secretary, and an AI changed reality for millions.
new.epsilontheory.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Incredible and terrifying story of our completely broken information ecosystem that AI only makes worse.
new.epsilontheory.com/a/anatomy-of...
new.epsilontheory.com/a/anatomy-of...
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This single story is worth the cost of my year's subscription to
@wired.com
@wired.com
October 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 8, 2025 at 10:51 PM
She's Canadian, you wouldn't know her.
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Disappointing Apple. www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
October 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Disappointing Apple. www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Taco
Let's say it again:
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
1) Harvard said "No," and Trump has backed off.
2) Chicago (and Illinois) said "No," and Trump has backed off.
It's day by day. But those who said "OK, sure," have gained nothing at all. Except shame.
(CNN) - President Donald Trump shelved his plans to target Chicago as the next city for his domestic crime push after advisers warned him that sending in troops .. could create legal headaches they want to avoid, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/09/12/p...
September 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Taco
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What happened today is awful. People who fight against gun violence, people who loathe what Charlie Kirk stood for, must also condemn political violence. It’s a vicious cycle. This is a very dangerous moment.
September 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What happened today is awful. People who fight against gun violence, people who loathe what Charlie Kirk stood for, must also condemn political violence. It’s a vicious cycle. This is a very dangerous moment.
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Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
September 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Everyone with a platform right now should be condemning political violence of all stripes, and particularly from their own side. Fanning the flames here - on either side - is an act of encouraging further political violence. We have to stop this cycle, not feed it.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
RIP, Charlie Kirk.
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Whether it's John F. Kennedy saving thousands of children's lives by founding the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ending thousands of children's lives by limiting access to vaccines, both Kennedys impacted children's health.
September 10, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Whether it's John F. Kennedy saving thousands of children's lives by founding the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ending thousands of children's lives by limiting access to vaccines, both Kennedys impacted children's health.