Neil
@neil.io
AKA "neilio". Still living the life one surrealistic episode at a time.
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If the bulk of students are cheating with ChatGPT, at a certain point, no school can just go back to bluebooks. No administrator in the country is going to fail everyone to make a point. Now, apply that same logic to society in general. That's the problem we're quickly walking towards.
May 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If the bulk of students are cheating with ChatGPT, at a certain point, no school can just go back to bluebooks. No administrator in the country is going to fail everyone to make a point. Now, apply that same logic to society in general. That's the problem we're quickly walking towards.
Kate Wagner (aka the writer of "McMansion Hell"): 'Trump, like other practitioners of so-called “Dictator Chic” wishes to fashion himself in the style of the late Bourbon kings who ruled tyrannically and absolutely over their immiserated French populaces.' www.patreon.com/posts/mcmans...
The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo: a treatise | McMansion Hell
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May 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Kate Wagner (aka the writer of "McMansion Hell"): 'Trump, like other practitioners of so-called “Dictator Chic” wishes to fashion himself in the style of the late Bourbon kings who ruled tyrannically and absolutely over their immiserated French populaces.' www.patreon.com/posts/mcmans...
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Mike Waltz has left the chat.
May 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Mike Waltz has left the chat.
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Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
April 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Happy 80th anniversary of Hitler killing himself in his bunker to all who celebrate, which, as I now understand it, is not everybody
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Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.
RFK Jr: "We found that there's a direct inverse correlation between fluoride exposure and low IQ in children. So the more you get, the stupider you are."
April 30, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Former heroin addict turned HGH guy with worms in his brain who plays around with roadkill and only drinks raw milk: Everyone else is stupid and, frankly, their teeth work too good.
This is an excellent summary of how elections work in Canada, in case you or someone you know would like to know more: www.patreon.com/posts/127645...
A Canadian Elections Crash Course: election process, security, conspiracies, & more | Jodi Ettenberg
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April 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is an excellent summary of how elections work in Canada, in case you or someone you know would like to know more: www.patreon.com/posts/127645...
This flash survey on the Conservative’s website is a great reminder of the fuckery we just avoided www.conservative.ca/cpc/flash-su...
Official Election Flash Survey - Conservative Party of Canada
www.conservative.ca
April 29, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This flash survey on the Conservative’s website is a great reminder of the fuckery we just avoided www.conservative.ca/cpc/flash-su...
This election is also a victory (of a kind) for 2SLGBTQAI+ and other marginalized groups. A CPC majority in government would have been a disaster.
There's lots of work to do, but with Carney as PM at least Canadians can build from the statuo quo instead of fighting for recognition.
There's lots of work to do, but with Carney as PM at least Canadians can build from the statuo quo instead of fighting for recognition.
April 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This election is also a victory (of a kind) for 2SLGBTQAI+ and other marginalized groups. A CPC majority in government would have been a disaster.
There's lots of work to do, but with Carney as PM at least Canadians can build from the statuo quo instead of fighting for recognition.
There's lots of work to do, but with Carney as PM at least Canadians can build from the statuo quo instead of fighting for recognition.
I believe it is my patriotic duty to link to this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
We are Canadian.
YouTube video by Average Joes
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March 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I believe it is my patriotic duty to link to this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...
Well this is a little too on the nose, nature. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Photographer who snapped fight between a bald eagle and Canada goose calls it 'very symbolic' | CBC News
A bald eagle may have thought it spotted an easy lunch in a Canada goose sitting on an icy bay in Burlington, Ont., but according to Mervyn Sequeira — who watched and photographed a 20-minute battle b...
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March 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Well this is a little too on the nose, nature. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The hits keep coming. RIP Gene Hackman. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
Actor Gene Hackman and his wife found dead in their New Mexico home | CBC News
Oscar winner Gene Hackman, one of the most versatile actors in film, was found dead along with his his wife and the couple's dog in their New Mexico home, authorities said Thursday. Foul play was not ...
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February 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The hits keep coming. RIP Gene Hackman. www.cbc.ca/news/enterta...
The Boy, after reading that Michael Bay is producing a Skibidi Toilet movie and TV show: “Auuuugh when is the news going to stop being so freaking weird?”
February 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The Boy, after reading that Michael Bay is producing a Skibidi Toilet movie and TV show: “Auuuugh when is the news going to stop being so freaking weird?”
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Well, this is fine.
January 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Well, this is fine.
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The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
January 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The TikTok ban, the Musk Twitter takeover, the Facebook moderation policy changes, the Republicans’ rapidly intensifying crackdowns on speech... let these be the proof you needed to move anything you care about online to a space you control.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
Digital sovereignty is more important than ever.
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"Year-end bonuses will be distributed exclusively in the form of Call of Duty XP."
Mark Zuckerberg Makes Meta More Masculine
“Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of ‘culturally neutered’ companies that have sought to distance themselves from ‘masculine energy,’ adding that ...
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January 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Year-end bonuses will be distributed exclusively in the form of Call of Duty XP."
And again, other people are better at capturing my thoughts than I am.
David Lynch has been not only my favorite director but the artist most central and attuned to my inner life since I was an alienated child in a junior high school in a tiny town in Montana and I feel just unglued from the world.
January 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
And again, other people are better at capturing my thoughts than I am.
A classic: David Lynch makes quinoa. youtu.be/uSP-ewdJYJc?...
David Lynch on Cooking Quinoa
YouTube video by scaynes
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January 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A classic: David Lynch makes quinoa. youtu.be/uSP-ewdJYJc?...
Lynch often said he didn’t see his work as nightmarish or transgressive. To him, it was all about capturing a story, a moment in time, or a state of mind. Straight Story captures all of these beautifully.
If you've never seen The Straight Story — maybe you think you don't even LIKE David Lynch — you should watch this one.
PSA: It's streaming on Disney+, of all places.
January 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Lynch often said he didn’t see his work as nightmarish or transgressive. To him, it was all about capturing a story, a moment in time, or a state of mind. Straight Story captures all of these beautifully.
Looked at my Instagram Reels tab for the first time in ages and it’s filled with garbage celebrity news, AI spew, and… Bollywood videos? 🫠
January 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Looked at my Instagram Reels tab for the first time in ages and it’s filled with garbage celebrity news, AI spew, and… Bollywood videos? 🫠
Finally found the solution to fix the "no notification sounds when the phone is locked" issue with Messages. It turns out you need to uncheck the email address in Messages' "send and receive" settings so it's just your phone number. APPLE.
January 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Finally found the solution to fix the "no notification sounds when the phone is locked" issue with Messages. It turns out you need to uncheck the email address in Messages' "send and receive" settings so it's just your phone number. APPLE.
There needs to be a word for the disappointment you feel when someone posts the link to something that sounds really interesting, and you end up on Substack. Subsmacked?
January 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There needs to be a word for the disappointment you feel when someone posts the link to something that sounds really interesting, and you end up on Substack. Subsmacked?
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Value judgments of the technology aside, why is Meta's product deployment of AI just completely and uniformly deranged
New: Days after Meta had to kill its AI-generated profiles due to backlash, some Instagram users are now being shown AI-generated images of themselves that are being automatically created by Instagram and put in their feeds
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
www.404media.co/instagram-be...
Instagram Begins Randomly Showing Users AI-Generated Images of Themselves
Meta AI put a Redditor into "an endless maze of mirrors" as part of a new AI feature it is testing.
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January 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Value judgments of the technology aside, why is Meta's product deployment of AI just completely and uniformly deranged