usagibrian
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This place had great Tumblr energy.
No LGB without the T (and the QIA+).
With limited exceptions, I autoblock people with a "K" after their following count.
No LGB without the T (and the QIA+).
With limited exceptions, I autoblock people with a "K" after their following count.
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After spending nearly 18 months deliberately aping Nigel Farage and legitimising Reform’s politics, Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney are sending out their Torgos to lecture the public about how the real Farage clone is the one person in politics who meaningfully opposes him. Let’s see how it works.
Farage and Polanski have something in common. They are both wrong about Britain.
Thread & link at the end 🧵
Thread & link at the end 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
After spending nearly 18 months deliberately aping Nigel Farage and legitimising Reform’s politics, Keir Starmer and Morgan McSweeney are sending out their Torgos to lecture the public about how the real Farage clone is the one person in politics who meaningfully opposes him. Let’s see how it works.
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I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
It is utterly catastrophic that RFK Jr. plans to end CDC recommendations for most childhood vaccines.
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
It’s a betrayal of science, ethics, compassion, and the people of the United States.
And it was also a specific goal of Project 2025 (page 254).
December 20, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I feel like that makes it worse, bc it underscores that it's not just (using just loosely) RFK Jr randomly being a conspiracy addled eugenicist wackjob -- this catastrophe was coordinated and had the backing of the conservative legal movement
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this is still my take on the Epstein files destroying what’s left of Bill Clinton, by the way
it’s not even a sacrifice, it’s like a Free Gift With Purchase
December 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
this is still my take on the Epstein files destroying what’s left of Bill Clinton, by the way
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You know what's wild? They have NEVER asked any of these people--'what rights do you think women have?' Or 'are women equal to men?' Or 'are white people superior intellectually or morally?' Or 'how can you be in office if you think people who are not Christian do not count as much as others?'
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
You know what's wild? They have NEVER asked any of these people--'what rights do you think women have?' Or 'are women equal to men?' Or 'are white people superior intellectually or morally?' Or 'how can you be in office if you think people who are not Christian do not count as much as others?'
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I’m so very tired of “Trump doesn’t care about that!” posts. Thank you, yes, this is not news. His lack of caring is well-documented. It’s not actually necessary to breathlessly inform people of this anymore.
NB: When I, a professor of law, profess that an act is unlawful, I am not doing it to inform the lawbreaker, but rather to inform you, the reader.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
So the question “what, like you think he cares?” is inapposite. The question is whether *you* care. I think you should, which is why I bother.
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I’m so very tired of “Trump doesn’t care about that!” posts. Thank you, yes, this is not news. His lack of caring is well-documented. It’s not actually necessary to breathlessly inform people of this anymore.
Little shocking how hard a time some people have grasping this.
I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
December 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Little shocking how hard a time some people have grasping this.
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I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
December 20, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I really do not care if the guy who has raped kids is from my political party. My moral philosophy is that you don't rape kids, and there is nothing you can do that earns you a get-out-of-raping-kids-free card.
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People learning how to read longer forms of the written word, and being encouraged to continue doing so, was one of the singular accomplishments of human culture, and it is singularly bad that deep reading has disappeared from popular culture.
September 3, 2024 at 6:42 PM
People learning how to read longer forms of the written word, and being encouraged to continue doing so, was one of the singular accomplishments of human culture, and it is singularly bad that deep reading has disappeared from popular culture.
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If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
December 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If we could just take a fucking breath and admit "our kids are people, we don't get to decide who they are," and stop using "BUT THE CHILDREN" as a reason to attack trans people, and autistic people, and whoever else we've decided not to like, that would be cool.
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We often associate anti-vaxx, "crunchy" views with "Hollywood liberals" in SoCal, and all that.
But I really do think far more people in east coast news media are sympathetic to the anti-vaxx, alt-health stuff than we realized.
But I really do think far more people in east coast news media are sympathetic to the anti-vaxx, alt-health stuff than we realized.
December 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
We often associate anti-vaxx, "crunchy" views with "Hollywood liberals" in SoCal, and all that.
But I really do think far more people in east coast news media are sympathetic to the anti-vaxx, alt-health stuff than we realized.
But I really do think far more people in east coast news media are sympathetic to the anti-vaxx, alt-health stuff than we realized.
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He's the endpoint of assimilation: A white gay man trying to out-white cishet man the actual white cishet men.
Hates trans people, hates bi people (really, "hates everyone but the 'G' in LGBTQ+"), hates non-whites, women, fat people, look I'm basically like JD Vance do I get 1 acceptance now???
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Hates trans people, hates bi people (really, "hates everyone but the 'G' in LGBTQ+"), hates non-whites, women, fat people, look I'm basically like JD Vance do I get 1 acceptance now???
🤮
December 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
He's the endpoint of assimilation: A white gay man trying to out-white cishet man the actual white cishet men.
Hates trans people, hates bi people (really, "hates everyone but the 'G' in LGBTQ+"), hates non-whites, women, fat people, look I'm basically like JD Vance do I get 1 acceptance now???
🤮
Hates trans people, hates bi people (really, "hates everyone but the 'G' in LGBTQ+"), hates non-whites, women, fat people, look I'm basically like JD Vance do I get 1 acceptance now???
🤮
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I keep saying: This country/dominant culture hates children. Absolutely hates them. Regards them as property far more than (vulnerable, in need of guidance and conscientious, respectful protection) full human beings
I know this is something I circle back to a lot, but it honestly feels, to me, like half the attacks on our trans siblings roots back to "children aren't people." The doctor said "boy," so I get to be the parent of a boy child! Not a girl child! How dare my child want things I don't want?!
December 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I keep saying: This country/dominant culture hates children. Absolutely hates them. Regards them as property far more than (vulnerable, in need of guidance and conscientious, respectful protection) full human beings
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From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
From this point on, I'm forced to assume that every elected politician who does not immediately call for Trump's impeachment is in the Epstein files. Sorry. Just cutting the Gordian knot here, as one does during societal collapse.
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
Yes, that's the point.
They think that if children can't survive without vaccines they shouldn't.
They've been very vocal about it.
That's what Congress is supporting every day that they let this continue.
They think that if children can't survive without vaccines they shouldn't.
They've been very vocal about it.
That's what Congress is supporting every day that they let this continue.
“They’re going to bring back suffering and death,” said Dr. Sean O’Leary, chair of the infectious disease committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics. “I don’t say that with any hyperbole, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.”
R.F.K. Jr. Likely to Swap U.S. Childhood Vaccine Schedule for Denmark’s
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Yes, that's the point.
They think that if children can't survive without vaccines they shouldn't.
They've been very vocal about it.
That's what Congress is supporting every day that they let this continue.
They think that if children can't survive without vaccines they shouldn't.
They've been very vocal about it.
That's what Congress is supporting every day that they let this continue.
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The great old comedy writer Larry Gelbart said that your style is formed by what you can’t do. I wish more people understood that. That and the Martha Graham quote about keeping the channel open.
December 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The great old comedy writer Larry Gelbart said that your style is formed by what you can’t do. I wish more people understood that. That and the Martha Graham quote about keeping the channel open.
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As with public schools, the nice thing about standardized vaccines is they take some of the burden off overtaxed and underfunded parents. Making every aspect of childhood a bespoke experience that the mother has to figure out on her own isn't "choice." It's piling on duties that some can't handle.
December 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
As with public schools, the nice thing about standardized vaccines is they take some of the burden off overtaxed and underfunded parents. Making every aspect of childhood a bespoke experience that the mother has to figure out on her own isn't "choice." It's piling on duties that some can't handle.
"Everyone knows that..."
Because it was published in the 1800s in a nicely bound volume that was bought and paid for by the guy who came up with it with his friends on a weekend absinthe bender at his hunting lodge.
Something to help you keep perspective, the existence of tectonic plates... 1/3
Because it was published in the 1800s in a nicely bound volume that was bought and paid for by the guy who came up with it with his friends on a weekend absinthe bender at his hunting lodge.
Something to help you keep perspective, the existence of tectonic plates... 1/3
To echo: do not cite anything you have not at least skimmed and can verify it really exists and says what you say it says (or is about what you say it is about). Even if you collect citations from others' work (a legit practice), CHECK THEM.
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 20, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Everyone knows that..."
Because it was published in the 1800s in a nicely bound volume that was bought and paid for by the guy who came up with it with his friends on a weekend absinthe bender at his hunting lodge.
Something to help you keep perspective, the existence of tectonic plates... 1/3
Because it was published in the 1800s in a nicely bound volume that was bought and paid for by the guy who came up with it with his friends on a weekend absinthe bender at his hunting lodge.
Something to help you keep perspective, the existence of tectonic plates... 1/3
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This.
Please enjoy the same thrill I got when I tracked down the source of an oft-cited, factually wrong bit of drug war propaganda, that oxycodone is some huge multiple stronger than morphine. (It’s 1.5 times stronger.)
The source: An editor at Christian Science Monitor pulled it out of his ass.
Please enjoy the same thrill I got when I tracked down the source of an oft-cited, factually wrong bit of drug war propaganda, that oxycodone is some huge multiple stronger than morphine. (It’s 1.5 times stronger.)
The source: An editor at Christian Science Monitor pulled it out of his ass.
To echo: do not cite anything you have not at least skimmed and can verify it really exists and says what you say it says (or is about what you say it is about). Even if you collect citations from others' work (a legit practice), CHECK THEM.
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
December 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This.
Please enjoy the same thrill I got when I tracked down the source of an oft-cited, factually wrong bit of drug war propaganda, that oxycodone is some huge multiple stronger than morphine. (It’s 1.5 times stronger.)
The source: An editor at Christian Science Monitor pulled it out of his ass.
Please enjoy the same thrill I got when I tracked down the source of an oft-cited, factually wrong bit of drug war propaganda, that oxycodone is some huge multiple stronger than morphine. (It’s 1.5 times stronger.)
The source: An editor at Christian Science Monitor pulled it out of his ass.
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this is neither immediately the point nor an original observation but why do these assholes whose job is at best a perversion of domestic police work dress like they're going into Fallujah in 2004
I really do think that ICE and DHS goons just presumed all of white America would support their actions
Get his ass
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
this is neither immediately the point nor an original observation but why do these assholes whose job is at best a perversion of domestic police work dress like they're going into Fallujah in 2004
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finally my turn to post one of these
December 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
finally my turn to post one of these
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
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The AO3 joke, but no longer funny.
If they're going to award Nebulas for partial LLM-created works then I want a piece of those Nebulas since my work was stolen to create them.
I'm so disappointed in @sfwa.org for this. I understand that by requiring disclosure of partial LLM-created works, as their announcement states, means SFWA's letting "nominators and the voters" make the final decision. BUT YOU'RE STILL ALLOWING SUCH WORKS ON THE NEBULA AWARDS FINAL BALLOT! 1/
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The AO3 joke, but no longer funny.
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the original working title for OLNN was WE ARE ALL SO VERY TIRED
WE ARE ALL SO VERY TIRED is also appropriate right now. Congratulations on making it through! Wow, it’s nice, though, isn’t it? I’m glad you did the 100# stock and layflat. Your former publisher doesn’t know the pent-up demand they missed out on!
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
the original working title for OLNN was WE ARE ALL SO VERY TIRED
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One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.
it's so wild that people conflate quickness with quality so they think chatGPT writing a wall of text in 10 seconds means it's good writing.
December 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One major problem, bluntly, is that lots of folks can't distinguish between good writing and poor writing. This is about education, not intelligence: they could learn the difference, but it's frequently not taught, even in "good" schools. This is ultimately a competitive disadvantage for them.