James Young
@pronoiac.bsky.social
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I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I'm not sure it's in the self interest of America's tech bro billionaires to suggest that we bring back public executions to punish the most destructive people in our society.
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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Are You There, God? God? God, You're On Mute. You're On Mute. God, You're, OK, Yep, We Can Hear You Now God, No, I Know, You'd Think We'd All Be Used To It By Now, Haha, Okay, So, It's Me, Margaret
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Are You There, God? God? God, You're On Mute. You're On Mute. God, You're, OK, Yep, We Can Hear You Now God, No, I Know, You'd Think We'd All Be Used To It By Now, Haha, Okay, So, It's Me, Margaret
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funny thing about this is depending on the scale of the swing next year this might end being worse for republicans than striking down the maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
Supreme Court Conservatives Reinstate Texas’ Gerrymandered House Maps
The Supreme Court, in a Thursday evening order, put on hold a...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
funny thing about this is depending on the scale of the swing next year this might end being worse for republicans than striking down the maps talkingpointsmemo.com/news/supreme...
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tapping the sign
December 4, 2025 at 4:35 PM
tapping the sign
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In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
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I got offered a LOT of money to host an official HP podcast and turned it down immediately. I’m assuming since I am not a podcaster that they have an extremely long list of people who have also said no to this. Dunno what‘s going on with the actors but the comics are holding the line lol
Once again thinking about every actor trying to justify taking the money for the new HP series.
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I got offered a LOT of money to host an official HP podcast and turned it down immediately. I’m assuming since I am not a podcaster that they have an extremely long list of people who have also said no to this. Dunno what‘s going on with the actors but the comics are holding the line lol
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ALTMAN: And so you can use Sora to generate interesting videos of you and your friends, all with AI.
FALLON: (giggling) So, heh, so that's a video of me in space, wow!
ALTMAN: Exactly.
FALLON: Could you generate a video of me where I'm not just a useful clown for fascism? Where my work has meaning?
FALLON: (giggling) So, heh, so that's a video of me in space, wow!
ALTMAN: Exactly.
FALLON: Could you generate a video of me where I'm not just a useful clown for fascism? Where my work has meaning?
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
ALTMAN: And so you can use Sora to generate interesting videos of you and your friends, all with AI.
FALLON: (giggling) So, heh, so that's a video of me in space, wow!
ALTMAN: Exactly.
FALLON: Could you generate a video of me where I'm not just a useful clown for fascism? Where my work has meaning?
FALLON: (giggling) So, heh, so that's a video of me in space, wow!
ALTMAN: Exactly.
FALLON: Could you generate a video of me where I'm not just a useful clown for fascism? Where my work has meaning?
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
Heads up, @marthawells.com , Murderbot was on Jeopardy yesterday - Television for $800. No one got the clue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo0...
j-archive.com/showgame.php...
#murderbot #jeopardy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo0...
j-archive.com/showgame.php...
#murderbot #jeopardy
Television | Category | JEOPARDY!
YouTube video by Jeopardy!
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Heads up, @marthawells.com , Murderbot was on Jeopardy yesterday - Television for $800. No one got the clue.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo0...
j-archive.com/showgame.php...
#murderbot #jeopardy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvo0...
j-archive.com/showgame.php...
#murderbot #jeopardy
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Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Doctor says, 'Dont worry, parser design is simple. Great programmer Kate Compton has written the parser you seek’
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Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
a statue of a hippopotamus with its mouth open and teeth showing .
Alt: A hippo being tossed a watermelon, which it crushes in its massive jaws.
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I have been doing entirely too much earnest posting about deep things recently, I need to do a proper thread about hippo testicles or something just to keep myself sane.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
Oh by the way hippos have migratory testicles.
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[extremely Suzanne Vega voice]
I am sitting
in the morning
in a lone and
level desert
there are two legs
vast and trunkless
and a visage
shattered half-sunk
and the pedestal beside it
reads “my name is Ozymandias
I’m the king of kings and you shall
look on my works and despair”
I am sitting
in the morning
in a lone and
level desert
there are two legs
vast and trunkless
and a visage
shattered half-sunk
and the pedestal beside it
reads “my name is Ozymandias
I’m the king of kings and you shall
look on my works and despair”
August 31, 2023 at 8:54 PM
[extremely Suzanne Vega voice]
I am sitting
in the morning
in a lone and
level desert
there are two legs
vast and trunkless
and a visage
shattered half-sunk
and the pedestal beside it
reads “my name is Ozymandias
I’m the king of kings and you shall
look on my works and despair”
I am sitting
in the morning
in a lone and
level desert
there are two legs
vast and trunkless
and a visage
shattered half-sunk
and the pedestal beside it
reads “my name is Ozymandias
I’m the king of kings and you shall
look on my works and despair”
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Shout, shout. Let it all out
Here is my handle and here's my spout
Come on. I'm talking to you
Teapot
Here is my handle and here's my spout
Come on. I'm talking to you
Teapot
November 27, 2023 at 8:53 PM
Shout, shout. Let it all out
Here is my handle and here's my spout
Come on. I'm talking to you
Teapot
Here is my handle and here's my spout
Come on. I'm talking to you
Teapot
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Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
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florence pew: thread
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
florence pew: thread
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It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Trial Begins for Man Accused of Lobbing a Sandwich at a Federal Agent
www.nytimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's not in this article but the government asserts that the sandwich was thrown at "point blank range", which implies subway sandwiches have defined effective weapon ranges of varying lethality, and I would like to see the government's chart of these ranges.
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Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Cigarettes used to be cheap enough that you could give a whole pack out to each trick or treater instead of just one or two loosies. Failed fucking empire
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