The Summoning Dark (it/that)
@radherring.bsky.social
AuDHD auntie, occasional witch, full time crank, most problems can be solved by the judicious application of cast iron.
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a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 AM
a thing to ask yourself re: the GOP's electoral position is what could happen over the next year that could *improve* its position? and what could trump do, plausibly, that might *boost* his numbers with the public?
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So the lesson is: if Republicans freak out, spend all the money they can in the last two weeks, and get good rural turnout, they can limit Democratic overperformance relative to 2024 to 16 points.
December 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
So the lesson is: if Republicans freak out, spend all the money they can in the last two weeks, and get good rural turnout, they can limit Democratic overperformance relative to 2024 to 16 points.
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guys who have no belief in or respect for human rights are becoming oddly invested in whether robots have rights
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
guys who have no belief in or respect for human rights are becoming oddly invested in whether robots have rights
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NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
NEW: Reports of DOGE’s death aren’t highly exaggerated, they’re wrong. Follow @makenakelly.bsky.social and @telliotter.bsky.social on a voyage into the federal agencies where all your favorite young engineers are burrowed in ”like ticks.”
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As everyone knows, the basis of capitalism is that if a product is great you'll need to cram it down everyone's throats (without consent) for years before finally being bailed out by the government
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
As everyone knows, the basis of capitalism is that if a product is great you'll need to cram it down everyone's throats (without consent) for years before finally being bailed out by the government
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
This isn’t important per se but why does the world feel like it’s awash in unforced, amateurish, idiotic, entry level errors?
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This isn’t important per se but why does the world feel like it’s awash in unforced, amateurish, idiotic, entry level errors?
December 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
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everyone wants there to be an easier or flashier answer than winning like a thousand Democratic primaries for offices other than the presidency but there is not an easier or flashier answer than winning like a thousand Democratic primaries for offices other than the presidency
this is a perfectly good theory which presents the problem that it has not happened once in american history
Independent, pro-worker, class warrior candidates can absolutely beat Republicans in red states if they are not tainted by the Democratic Party brand. The labor movement can make this happen systematically.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-to-win...
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
everyone wants there to be an easier or flashier answer than winning like a thousand Democratic primaries for offices other than the presidency but there is not an easier or flashier answer than winning like a thousand Democratic primaries for offices other than the presidency
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also think this fantasy of mastery expresses itself as an opportunity for total surrender, to expect nothing from yourself
"Generative AI platforms center the idea that one has written, or created, by interacting with a structure they did not build and do not understand" - this I think is key -- less about interpassivity & 100% about the master/slave dialectic: the point is not to create but to be a master.
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
also think this fantasy of mastery expresses itself as an opportunity for total surrender, to expect nothing from yourself
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They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
The fuck they do
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The fuck they do
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The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Roundworld year for 2026 shall be known as [FX Drum Roll] : The Year of the Curious Squid. Artwork by Discworld artist Paul Kidby.
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zohran's gonna play him so hard lmao
Trump in a room with a very charismatic person results in like half a day of Trump agreeing with everything that person said, so this has the potential to be very, very funny.
Trump says he’s meeting with “communist” Mamdani at the White House on Friday
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 AM
zohran's gonna play him so hard lmao
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Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
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WHY WAS THERE AN AI TEDDY BEAR TO BEGIN WITH????
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
WHY WAS THERE AN AI TEDDY BEAR TO BEGIN WITH????
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saruman participated in nofap november
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
saruman participated in nofap november
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“Businesses can’t take on the entire burden.” For a supposedly business friendly nation we ask businesses to do an awful lot of the work of society. Why does my employer need to manage my health insurance? Or my sick days?
Where’s the restroom? Minneapolis needs more answers
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Businesses can’t take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
by Lee Eubanks
www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
Where are the restrooms? Minneapolis needs more answers - MinnPost
Businesses can't take on the entire burden. The city must invest in a network of free, accessible and well-maintained public restrooms.
www.minnpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Businesses can’t take on the entire burden.” For a supposedly business friendly nation we ask businesses to do an awful lot of the work of society. Why does my employer need to manage my health insurance? Or my sick days?
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"A company’s main profit center is now the guy tasked with monitoring the president’s Truth Social account. And that’s never a good sign." ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social's first edition on Receipts, on tariffs and the upcoming Supreme Court decision: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
How the Supreme Court Could Save Christmas
If Trump lets them.
www.thebulwark.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"A company’s main profit center is now the guy tasked with monitoring the president’s Truth Social account. And that’s never a good sign." ICYMI @crampell.bsky.social's first edition on Receipts, on tariffs and the upcoming Supreme Court decision: www.thebulwark.com/p/how-the-su...
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I heard Cuomo got last-minute endorsements from ingrown toenails, guys who turn right from the left-hand turn lane, and Lyme disease
November 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I heard Cuomo got last-minute endorsements from ingrown toenails, guys who turn right from the left-hand turn lane, and Lyme disease
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what do you MEAN there’s no more baseball this year
November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
what do you MEAN there’s no more baseball this year