Ben Klug
@silkandstone.itch.io
I'm not mad, this is actually an opportunity to experience amor fati for me
he/him
SF studies podcast: https://www.abnormalmapping.com/starboard
TTRPG: https://silk-stone.itch.io/detect-or-die
Contact: [email protected]
he/him
SF studies podcast: https://www.abnormalmapping.com/starboard
TTRPG: https://silk-stone.itch.io/detect-or-die
Contact: [email protected]
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A LOT of our current idiotic Discourse situation is downstream of the NYT throwing in--and in a ham-handed and oft frankly stupid way--with one faction after another, switching its targets and favored subjects according to what its leadership deemed most prestigious, always trying to stay Relevant.
January 1, 2026 at 7:32 PM
A LOT of our current idiotic Discourse situation is downstream of the NYT throwing in--and in a ham-handed and oft frankly stupid way--with one faction after another, switching its targets and favored subjects according to what its leadership deemed most prestigious, always trying to stay Relevant.
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It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
In this in-depth interview Billie Jean Sweeney — a former editor at The New York Times — details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, why this was directed from the very top, how some staff pushed back and the immense damage done by the NYT legitimizing bigotry.
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It's worth reading the whole interview in full. It basically verifies that the NYT has spent the past decade-plus doubling down on top-down narratives for coverage, getting more intense over time.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
Sulzberg personally picked & chose whom the news apparatus would target and whom it would kiss up to.
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People will be basically the same as today
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 PM
People will be basically the same as today
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People will read old newspaper clippings
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
People will read old newspaper clippings
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honestly i think that the táriverse concept is as played out as Marvel. it was one thing when they went to a tár concert on Young Sheldon -- really cool crossover -- but i don't know, thematically, why she even owned a rocket launcher in One Battle After Another.
can't believe stranger things season 5 ends with vecna being shoved off the stage of the hawkins philharmonic by none other than hometown conductor lydia tár
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 PM
honestly i think that the táriverse concept is as played out as Marvel. it was one thing when they went to a tár concert on Young Sheldon -- really cool crossover -- but i don't know, thematically, why she even owned a rocket launcher in One Battle After Another.
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South African Freedom Charter cited by the new Mayor of New York City
January 1, 2026 at 7:53 PM
South African Freedom Charter cited by the new Mayor of New York City
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I became the victim of a random deposit/chargeback scam recently in the most ridiculous of ways and am still over 300 bucks in the hole. Hate to do this on the last day of the year but I'm completely cooked rn with bills still unpaid
ko-fi.com/scjreal
ko-fi.com/scjreal
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I became the victim of a random deposit/chargeback scam recently in the most ridiculous of ways and am still over 300 bucks in the hole. Hate to do this on the last day of the year but I'm completely cooked rn with bills still unpaid
ko-fi.com/scjreal
ko-fi.com/scjreal
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Zohran has been mayor for twelve minutes and it's still cold in NYC. What the fuck. Mr mayor can you please turn on the sun.
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Zohran has been mayor for twelve minutes and it's still cold in NYC. What the fuck. Mr mayor can you please turn on the sun.
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The liberal consensus for years was that Palestinians existed outside of liberalism and human rights frameworks and Mamdani, among others, are the byproduct of the underlying shifts in public opinion and the opinion of liberal institutions.
January 1, 2026 at 6:01 PM
The liberal consensus for years was that Palestinians existed outside of liberalism and human rights frameworks and Mamdani, among others, are the byproduct of the underlying shifts in public opinion and the opinion of liberal institutions.
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Every American is an American
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Every American is an American
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It is a little funny that some people, they are now mostly still on Twitter, genuinely miss and think it was better when DSA was a glorified Harringtonite book club
No matter where we go from here I cannot believe we, as DSA, in under 10 years of reconstitution, elected a guy to govern the most important city in the world that says in his inaugural speech: “I was elected as a democratic socialist and I will govern as a democratic socialist.”
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
It is a little funny that some people, they are now mostly still on Twitter, genuinely miss and think it was better when DSA was a glorified Harringtonite book club
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Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-01-31 hosted by W.H. Arthur & Rook and Role. An analogue game jam in 48 words This game jam is for 48-words RPGs, open to game designers of all experience level. The...
itch.io
January 1, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Happy 2026 everyone! 🍾
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
48-word RPG Jam has started on itchio!
Make a RPG in 48 words in this new year!
itch.io/jam/48wordrp...
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hey girl, are you a pokemon. because I'm not sure I buy that a creature capable of such violence would ever choose to be treated like a pet
December 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
hey girl, are you a pokemon. because I'm not sure I buy that a creature capable of such violence would ever choose to be treated like a pet
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one last time, for the road
January 1, 2026 at 5:21 AM
one last time, for the road
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leave it to John Roberts to bring up Lincoln's 1857 speech decrying the majority opinion in Dred Scott - without acknowledging that the real point of the speech was to decry an opinion using originalist methods, and to question the deference due the court
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
![Perhaps the finest explanation for the Declaration’s continuing influence comes from one of our greatest Presidents, Abraham Lincoln. Speaking shortly after the Supreme Court handed down its infamous decision in the Dred Scott case, Lincoln noted that “[t]he
assertion that ‘all men are created equal’ was . . . placed in the Declaration . . . for future use.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cwubi5bzl5l7aipwkhiehozj/bafkreicsryjz6r4wlyt6lkfh7etvvmy7sizxkrd4u5bu54v4ci4w6tsiqu@jpeg)
January 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
leave it to John Roberts to bring up Lincoln's 1857 speech decrying the majority opinion in Dred Scott - without acknowledging that the real point of the speech was to decry an opinion using originalist methods, and to question the deference due the court
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/y...
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higgledy-piggledy whale statements
January 1, 2026 at 3:47 PM
higgledy-piggledy whale statements
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I can't believe we have to deal with Less Wrong idiots and Moldbug in 2026.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
I can't believe we have to deal with Less Wrong idiots and Moldbug in 2026.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
I remember making fun of them in 2000s SA alongside the bodybuilding(dot)com forums as being two types of incredible dumbshit.
Also the Hitler genius thing isn't even remotely true, classic "smart guy for dumbasses" idea.
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The New Year has come,
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The New Year has come,
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
A fresh and rosy child;
See! he clasps the hand
Of a lady young and wild.
With images by Walter Crane, and verse by his daughter Beatrice, this illustrated series of poems (ca. 1899) personifies the months of the year: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crane-months
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Merry (late) xmas and happy new year everynyan C:
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Merry (late) xmas and happy new year everynyan C: