Rens
@shadur.bsky.social
Just a European guy with a few opinions.
It's a cold, cruel universe out there, and you don't owe anyone kindness. But give it anyway because that's how we make the universe less cruel.
It's a cold, cruel universe out there, and you don't owe anyone kindness. But give it anyway because that's how we make the universe less cruel.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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To Dick Van Dyke: I send the warmest of birthday wishes. Happy 100!! You and my father Colby Carter went to high school together in Danville IL!! I'm afraid this is the closest thing I have to a picture of us together, but it will have to do. ❤️
December 14, 2025 at 5:38 AM
To Dick Van Dyke: I send the warmest of birthday wishes. Happy 100!! You and my father Colby Carter went to high school together in Danville IL!! I'm afraid this is the closest thing I have to a picture of us together, but it will have to do. ❤️
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Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R. 
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Ms. Rachel is an absolute hero. She’s gotten so much abuse for her extremely compassionate, humane - and in my opinion, common sense - views on children being hurt and killed in Gaza. But she’s not letting that silence her. Bless you Ms. R. 
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
@msrachelforlittles.bsky.social
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Totally normal people tell you they're keeping a list of everyone who's wronged them just like a fictional character they created that everyone assumed to be intended as absurd.
Graham Linehan has such little self-awareness he *really* doesn’t understand how totally unhinged he seems in his ‘woe is me’ batshit crazy ranting! 😬
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
He’s the ‘cautionary tale’ of what obsessive ‘gender critical’ transphobia leads to: no friends, no life, and spaghetti carbonara for one!
December 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Totally normal people tell you they're keeping a list of everyone who's wronged them just like a fictional character they created that everyone assumed to be intended as absurd.
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note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
Lol the US just abandoned their effort to get mad at the guy that threw Bolsonaro in prison. Big "my toddler tantrum didn't get me nothing so we're done here" energy.
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US REMOVES BRAZIL'S MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
*US ALSO DELETES VIVIANE BARCI DE MORAES FROM SANCTIONS LIST
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
note to everyone else they're trying to intimidate: telling the administration to fuck off remains the single most effective response
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I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
December 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I know there's a lot of other massive problems with "AI," but as a techie and a PC builder I am GODDAMNED FUCKING SICK of some stupid hype bubble designed to fleece investors and nothing else ruining my hobby.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
Your crypto shit took all the video cards. Your "AI" took GPUs *and* RAM.
Fuck you all.
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A decade ago trans people warned this would happen.
The “gender-critical” transphobes have opened the door to a much wider attack on women’s rights, including on safe and legal abortion, birth control…
I even managed to get this published in @opendemocracy.net in 2022
The “gender-critical” transphobes have opened the door to a much wider attack on women’s rights, including on safe and legal abortion, birth control…
I even managed to get this published in @opendemocracy.net in 2022
December 12, 2025 at 3:56 AM
A decade ago trans people warned this would happen.
The “gender-critical” transphobes have opened the door to a much wider attack on women’s rights, including on safe and legal abortion, birth control…
I even managed to get this published in @opendemocracy.net in 2022
The “gender-critical” transphobes have opened the door to a much wider attack on women’s rights, including on safe and legal abortion, birth control…
I even managed to get this published in @opendemocracy.net in 2022
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these people do not know what an IP address is, clearly
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
these people do not know what an IP address is, clearly
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
I can’t even tell what IP addresses they think they’re asking for
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Be fair. This was just a routine Kavanaugh stop
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Be fair. This was just a routine Kavanaugh stop
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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You know how a thermos works, right? It keeps your soup hot by using a bottle inside another bottle, with a vacuum between them. An orbital datacenter would be your soup.
But wait, it gets worse. Take away that outer wall, so there's just a vacuum. So there's no way to radiate heat at all. Plus
But wait, it gets worse. Take away that outer wall, so there's just a vacuum. So there's no way to radiate heat at all. Plus
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
You know how a thermos works, right? It keeps your soup hot by using a bottle inside another bottle, with a vacuum between them. An orbital datacenter would be your soup.
But wait, it gets worse. Take away that outer wall, so there's just a vacuum. So there's no way to radiate heat at all. Plus
But wait, it gets worse. Take away that outer wall, so there's just a vacuum. So there's no way to radiate heat at all. Plus
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"datacenters in space" is delusional shit.
no power, no cooling, launch costs are enormous, no human management possible. c'mon.
no power, no cooling, launch costs are enormous, no human management possible. c'mon.
December 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"datacenters in space" is delusional shit.
no power, no cooling, launch costs are enormous, no human management possible. c'mon.
no power, no cooling, launch costs are enormous, no human management possible. c'mon.
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in the last few years i've had to drop so many things for stuff like embracing AI, any studio doing the Riyahd Games Fest is underestimating how willing i am to forego anything they put out lol
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
in the last few years i've had to drop so many things for stuff like embracing AI, any studio doing the Riyahd Games Fest is underestimating how willing i am to forego anything they put out lol
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IN DEPTH: If you could pay a monthly fee to access a sad simulacrum of your dead grandmother forever, would you?
Fixed that for you.
And the only possible answer is: No.
Fixed that for you.
And the only possible answer is: No.
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
IN DEPTH: If you could pay a monthly fee to access a sad simulacrum of your dead grandmother forever, would you?
Fixed that for you.
And the only possible answer is: No.
Fixed that for you.
And the only possible answer is: No.
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#DACA recipient Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was at work when agents swooped in like it was a warzone and then refused to uncuff him so he could communicate.
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
new from @tusk81.bsky.social:
From citizens to longtime neighbors, countless people were harmed under Trump’s extremist agenda in 2025. This was never about fixing the system, it was about wielding cruelty as power.
From citizens to longtime neighbors, countless people were harmed under Trump’s extremist agenda in 2025. This was never about fixing the system, it was about wielding cruelty as power.
A Look Back at 2025: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Obsession and Abuses of Power
It was never about keeping us safe.
americasvoicecnn.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#DACA recipient Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was at work when agents swooped in like it was a warzone and then refused to uncuff him so he could communicate.
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
He later said the court interpreter at his hearing “was the first time in wks someone communicated w/him using sign language.”
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To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
US plans to start checking tourists’ social media over last five years
The proposal would be part of the screening process for travellers entering the US under the Visa Waiver Program
www.irishtimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
To friends overseas, please don't visit the US right now unless it's an unavoidable necessity.
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Reminder, the guy who runs ChatGPT is being sued by his little sister for sexually abusing her for a decade: www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/b...
December 9, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reminder, the guy who runs ChatGPT is being sued by his little sister for sexually abusing her for a decade: www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/b...
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It took THREE worthless hacks from the NYT to write this crap entertaining garbage handed to them by fascist propagandists.
A 5th grader knows Uganda is in Africa and India is in Asia. But let's INVESTIGATE!!
@benryanwriter.bsky.social called it a "scoop".
@danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social
A 5th grader knows Uganda is in Africa and India is in Asia. But let's INVESTIGATE!!
@benryanwriter.bsky.social called it a "scoop".
@danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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What’s that saying, hit dog holler
December 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
What’s that saying, hit dog holler
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We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
December 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
We are dealing with such corruption in every aspect of our government, I don't know how we undo the damage.
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Hello! My name is Alexandra, and I make comics!
SideQuested.com is a fantasy romcom, and its first book launches on March 26! Preorder NOW!
FamilyDemons.com is about what happens if suddenly magic is a thing, and a 15yo has to rescue her whole liar family!
All art by me, words by @kbspangler.com
SideQuested.com is a fantasy romcom, and its first book launches on March 26! Preorder NOW!
FamilyDemons.com is about what happens if suddenly magic is a thing, and a 15yo has to rescue her whole liar family!
All art by me, words by @kbspangler.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hello! My name is Alexandra, and I make comics!
SideQuested.com is a fantasy romcom, and its first book launches on March 26! Preorder NOW!
FamilyDemons.com is about what happens if suddenly magic is a thing, and a 15yo has to rescue her whole liar family!
All art by me, words by @kbspangler.com
SideQuested.com is a fantasy romcom, and its first book launches on March 26! Preorder NOW!
FamilyDemons.com is about what happens if suddenly magic is a thing, and a 15yo has to rescue her whole liar family!
All art by me, words by @kbspangler.com
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lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
December 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
lmfao. chatgpt skipping the middleman and just sending you directly to the scammers now
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Kellyanne Conway: "We don't go to the movie theater to be lectured and to have somebody throw their ideology at us."
Sounds more like a "you" problem, Kellyanne. If you're offended by the fact that Superman is and has always been an immigrant.
Sounds more like a "you" problem, Kellyanne. If you're offended by the fact that Superman is and has always been an immigrant.
James Gunn, Nathan Fillion and More on MAGA Outrage Over Director Saying Superman Is an Immigrant: ‘I Don’t Have Anything to Say to Anybody’ Spreading Hate
James Gunn is responding to the backlash surrounding his comments about Superman being an immigrant.
variety.com
July 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Kellyanne Conway: "We don't go to the movie theater to be lectured and to have somebody throw their ideology at us."
Sounds more like a "you" problem, Kellyanne. If you're offended by the fact that Superman is and has always been an immigrant.
Sounds more like a "you" problem, Kellyanne. If you're offended by the fact that Superman is and has always been an immigrant.
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She followed+taunted David Hogg
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
School shooting
Survivor
Had a film crew+
Trolled him while he walked
To the Capitol
Yelled that he should admit
That the school shooting was fake
And that he was an actor
Told him she had a gun
Called him little Hitler
He was 19
0 thoughts/prayers/fks about her
Video surfaces of Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor with baseless claims | CNN Politics
Video of Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene confronting Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg before she was elected to Congress went viral Wednesday amid an uproar over newly surfaced comments sh...
www.cnn.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM