Satya
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If you talk with the most down-to-earth, level-headed multi-millionaires, you see it taking form: So much invisible friction has been removed from their lives in ways great & small that they don't even see, so with best intentions they feel like they can still relate to common folks, but they can't.
If you have a billion dollars or more, you are evil. You don't start out as evil, so it's not like only evil people ever get a billion dollars; it's just that being a billionaire forced you to make a choice, be evil or change how you do things and stop being a billionaire. Billionaires choose evil.
You can look at the Epstein files and conclude that only bad people have billions of dollars, but I think it’s also possible that having billions of dollars cauterizes your humanity
February 4, 2026 at 1:24 AM
If you talk with the most down-to-earth, level-headed multi-millionaires, you see it taking form: So much invisible friction has been removed from their lives in ways great & small that they don't even see, so with best intentions they feel like they can still relate to common folks, but they can't.
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let me strongly recommend Sandifer's writings on comics, which are as dense and fascinating and crazy as an Alan Moore script.
Today on Eruditorum Press, a massive post in every sense as Last War in Albion reaches From Hell. Make yourself a fresh pot of tea and settle in with it; this one’s a wild ride.
Chapter Three: The Ordering and Reordering of Data (From Hell)
CW: This post contains multiple graphic images, including Figure 1834, a photograph of a violently dismembered body.
Previously in Last War in Albion: Alan Moore took a big payday cranking out goofy...
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February 1, 2026 at 4:40 AM
let me strongly recommend Sandifer's writings on comics, which are as dense and fascinating and crazy as an Alan Moore script.
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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The cause of the male loneliness crisis is that they arrested Jeffrey Epstein, the only man who appears to have had friends.
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The cause of the male loneliness crisis is that they arrested Jeffrey Epstein, the only man who appears to have had friends.
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The Trumps are out of control. Four journalists have been arrested by Donald, and almost as many moviegoers are being tortured by Melania.
January 30, 2026 at 7:50 PM
The Trumps are out of control. Four journalists have been arrested by Donald, and almost as many moviegoers are being tortured by Melania.
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For example, why did California pass strict gun control? Progressive blue state policies? Think again! www.history.com/articles/bla...
January 25, 2026 at 12:02 PM
For example, why did California pass strict gun control? Progressive blue state policies? Think again! www.history.com/articles/bla...
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Eastwood corners you in an alley. You reach in your pocket for gift links but there are none. He stands over you, squinting with the slightest smirk. He whispers the words like a death sentence:
January 24, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Eastwood corners you in an alley. You reach in your pocket for gift links but there are none. He stands over you, squinting with the slightest smirk. He whispers the words like a death sentence:
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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A friend just had her checking account wiped out by her family's new health insurance premium (which went from $890 a month to $2800). The thing is, she'd cancelled the policy in early December, assuming it would also cancel the autopay.
Nope.
Nope.
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A friend just had her checking account wiped out by her family's new health insurance premium (which went from $890 a month to $2800). The thing is, she'd cancelled the policy in early December, assuming it would also cancel the autopay.
Nope.
Nope.
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Wow, this is an amazing bundle and a good cause. Check it out.
www.humblebundle.com/books/lone-w...
www.humblebundle.com/books/lone-w...
Humble Book Bundle: Lone Wolf & Cub and More by Koike ENCORE by Dark Horse
We’ve teamed up with Dark Horse for a manga bundle highlighted by the riveting parent-child series of Lone Wolf and Cub series.
www.humblebundle.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:09 AM
Wow, this is an amazing bundle and a good cause. Check it out.
www.humblebundle.com/books/lone-w...
www.humblebundle.com/books/lone-w...
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Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
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Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
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"The emergence of the post-literacy world is accompanied by the rise of Medieval Peasant Brain, a mental soup of superstition and magical thinking bolstered by tech-enabled information bubbles"
@seva.bsky.social On Medieval Peasant Brain
hegemon.substack.com/p/how-to-mon...
@seva.bsky.social On Medieval Peasant Brain
hegemon.substack.com/p/how-to-mon...
How to monetize the rise of Medieval Peasant Brain
a short guide for the downwardly mobile elite
hegemon.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"The emergence of the post-literacy world is accompanied by the rise of Medieval Peasant Brain, a mental soup of superstition and magical thinking bolstered by tech-enabled information bubbles"
@seva.bsky.social On Medieval Peasant Brain
hegemon.substack.com/p/how-to-mon...
@seva.bsky.social On Medieval Peasant Brain
hegemon.substack.com/p/how-to-mon...
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There have been many exposes of the far-right Hindu American Foundation this year.
Here is another.
Bottom lines:
- Hindutva is an American problem
- Far-right hate harms us all
- Specific groups promote this
- Hindus in the U.S. deserve better
tribune.com.pk/story/258426...
Here is another.
Bottom lines:
- Hindutva is an American problem
- Far-right hate harms us all
- Specific groups promote this
- Hindus in the U.S. deserve better
tribune.com.pk/story/258426...
Inside Hindutva’s American headquarters | The Express Tribune
A Washington-based outfit is quietly spreading Modi’s Hindutva by weaponising lawsuits, lobbying, liberal discourse
tribune.com.pk
December 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
There have been many exposes of the far-right Hindu American Foundation this year.
Here is another.
Bottom lines:
- Hindutva is an American problem
- Far-right hate harms us all
- Specific groups promote this
- Hindus in the U.S. deserve better
tribune.com.pk/story/258426...
Here is another.
Bottom lines:
- Hindutva is an American problem
- Far-right hate harms us all
- Specific groups promote this
- Hindus in the U.S. deserve better
tribune.com.pk/story/258426...
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Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
December 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Rob Reiner was one of the key people behind the effort to go to court to overturn California's anti-marriage equality Proposition 8 when it passed in 2008.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
Working with Chad Griffin, they founded the American Foundation for Equal Rights and got Ted Olson and David Boies to team up to fight Prop 8.
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spotify? no no i use a plant-based free-range streaming service from the farmers market
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
spotify? no no i use a plant-based free-range streaming service from the farmers market
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You’re absolutely right — you are Pagliacci. It would certainly be difficult for you to attend your own performance! I should not have given such paradoxical advice, and I apologize deeply for the error. There is no excuse for my failure.
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You’re absolutely right — you are Pagliacci. It would certainly be difficult for you to attend your own performance! I should not have given such paradoxical advice, and I apologize deeply for the error. There is no excuse for my failure.
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The MAGA cult is so far gone that they truly believe Dear Leader should be allowed to kill their own children.
On “The Necessary Conversation” podcast, Chad’s Trump supporter parents tell him the military should follow Trump’s illegal orders and kill everyone in LA if Trump commanded it — even with him and his sister in the city😳
November 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The MAGA cult is so far gone that they truly believe Dear Leader should be allowed to kill their own children.
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A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A roll of aluminum foil is maybe one of the most incredible things you will ever hold in your life. That was a creation for kings and you wrap it around food and throw it in the dumpster. You talk about planes as aluminum cans, as if both are not one of the most incredible creations in history.
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That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
November 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
That time, ~400 years ago, when Jesuits dragged a new world turkey nearly 2,000 kilometers from Goa to northern India.
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
Fun, but also reflective of premodern India's integration in global networks of trade and travel.
#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving2025
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I’ve spent a lot of the last three years investigating the rise of anti-trans politics. Often, it came back to the controversy over trans women athletes.
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
So I teamed up with @pablo.show to look into the leading figure on the issue: Riley Gaines.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202... 1/
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I wrote about Johnny Cash.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
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The Empty Stage
Johnny Cash, loss, and redemption
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I wrote about Johnny Cash.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-empty-...
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17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
November 16, 2024 at 8:21 PM
17 November 1988 'Cinema Paradiso' (in Italy 'Nuovo Cinema Paradiso') goes on general release in Italy. It is a total flop everywhere, except in one cinema in Messina and, maybe, it only goes on to win an Oscar due to the determination of Giovanni Parlagreco, owner of that cinema [Thread] >> 1
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was not expecting to learn that Oglaf the Barbarian influenced by Footrot Flats today but ... okay is it weird that I see it now
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
Talking Oglaf with Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne: 'We'd stay up all night drawing stuff to make each other laugh' - The Comics Journal
Other than some time off every year for Christmas, Trudy Cooper and Doug Bayne have delivered a new Oglaf comic, skewering fantasy tropes with absolutely not safe for work humor, every week since 2008...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
was not expecting to learn that Oglaf the Barbarian influenced by Footrot Flats today but ... okay is it weird that I see it now
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh
www.tcj.com/talking-oglaf-with-trudy-cooper-and-doug-bayne-wed-stay-up-all-night-drawing-stuff-to-make-each-other-laugh