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Sensitive Boys Date Night - Well, Back To It Then
open.spotify.com
I used to make playlists for fun. I suppose I should change it to, sometimes I make playlists for fun.
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The Italian Woman by Henri Matisse, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137825
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137825
January 16, 2026 at 3:47 AM
The Italian Woman by Henri Matisse, 1916
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137825
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137825
I really feel like in the last 4 years, there has been a slow but steady degradation in metadata based systems, and its going to come back and bite us in the butt after we turn LLMs loose on the world's repositories of human meaning.
January 16, 2026 at 3:55 AM
I really feel like in the last 4 years, there has been a slow but steady degradation in metadata based systems, and its going to come back and bite us in the butt after we turn LLMs loose on the world's repositories of human meaning.
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I never thought I would walk away from Star Trek. I’ve written about it for a decade and I’ve eagerly shared it my entire life. But given who owns it now and who stands to profit from Trekkies’ loyalty, I can’t keep promoting it. The Trekkie in me won’t allow it.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
I Can Say Goodbye To Star Trek Because Star Trek Raised Me
Star Trek instilled in me many of the same values that are taught in houses of worship across the world, but in my faith, there is no God to judge or punish me—I learned how to rely on my own moral co...
aftermath.site
January 15, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I never thought I would walk away from Star Trek. I’ve written about it for a decade and I’ve eagerly shared it my entire life. But given who owns it now and who stands to profit from Trekkies’ loyalty, I can’t keep promoting it. The Trekkie in me won’t allow it.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
Here’s why I’m beaming out.
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Me at age 13: hahaha the internet is so funny i wish the entire world worked like this
Me at age 31:
Me at age 31:
January 16, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Me at age 13: hahaha the internet is so funny i wish the entire world worked like this
Me at age 31:
Me at age 31:
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At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
January 15, 2026 at 11:48 PM
At one point today, there were 283 Minnesota attorneys doing a training on how to file emergency habeas petitions to keep our neighbors from being shipped out of state and held indefinitely.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
That would be the second largest law firm in the state. And that training was just put together this week.
Is anyone dealing with poor quality worldcat records when doing research?
January 15, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Is anyone dealing with poor quality worldcat records when doing research?
Personalized pricing can sound nifty when you first hear about it. Why shouldn't people who can pay more, pay more, and people who can pay less, pay less? After all, from each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
If ICE and genocide and grift and tyranny weren’t enough, this alone should have fire running down every street in America.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
Quoted in this Marketplace piece on modern price discrimination. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Personalized pricing can sound nifty when you first hear about it. Why shouldn't people who can pay more, pay more, and people who can pay less, pay less? After all, from each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
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If ICE and genocide and grift and tyranny weren’t enough, this alone should have fire running down every street in America.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
Quoted in this Marketplace piece on modern price discrimination. www.marketplace.org/story/2026/0...
Different customers, different prices: Companies use data for personalized pricing
Between surveillance pricing and discounting, it's harder than ever to figure out if you're getting the best price.
www.marketplace.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
If ICE and genocide and grift and tyranny weren’t enough, this alone should have fire running down every street in America.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
This isn’t the way to live.
We do not have to live this way.
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January 15, 2026 at 8:37 PM
So we can use Grok to generate images of Elon in a bikini. Good to know.
January 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
So we can use Grok to generate images of Elon in a bikini. Good to know.
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When you find out how the Siege of Constantinople in 626 AD ended.
January 15, 2026 at 2:04 PM
When you find out how the Siege of Constantinople in 626 AD ended.
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More evidence for the “POTUS is actually Stephen Miller in a skin suit” theory
ICE officers tell media that the conduct in Minneapolis is part of a plan by Stephen Miller to provoke as much violence and death as possible—which in turn will be taken as pretext for more. “They’re essentially operating now in a resource constraint-free environment and doing very dangerous things”
Former members of ICE say recent violence is "by design"
"What has changed is there has been an encouragement from the top to be much more aggressive in enforcement."
www.motherjones.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:41 PM
More evidence for the “POTUS is actually Stephen Miller in a skin suit” theory
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Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
January 14, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
“We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.”
(Ungated summary here ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...)
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/6 ICE is a monument to totalitarianism, lawlessness, and bigotry. It should be ripped out and woodchippered root and branch and replaced with something focused on the concept that you can’t defend the rule of law by burning it down.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
/6 ICE is a monument to totalitarianism, lawlessness, and bigotry. It should be ripped out and woodchippered root and branch and replaced with something focused on the concept that you can’t defend the rule of law by burning it down.
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I want to go to there
Great data analysis of what would US would be like if it were just an average country in its cohort of wealthy democracies, e.g. “the nation that would exist if our democracy functioned to serve the public rather than protect the already powerful”. [kottke.org]
The America That Could Be
The main point of Adam Bonica’s post The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls is about the optimism of this moment: that the US could be ripe for a Berlin Wall-falling moment that opens the door for a better future. I’m n
kottke.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM
I want to go to there
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This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
Going after the Hmong, that's really, really low. Like, "Oh yeah, the ethnic group that had to flee Vietnam and Cambodia, because they were such staunch allies of the United States.", low
Shameful.
Shameful.
January 14, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Going after the Hmong, that's really, really low. Like, "Oh yeah, the ethnic group that had to flee Vietnam and Cambodia, because they were such staunch allies of the United States.", low
Shameful.
Shameful.
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There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies
The agency used to warn of chelation, used by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine ally David Geier.
arstechnica.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:30 AM
There’s a big story everyone is missing—but this article hits on it.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
We aren’t just seeing public health dismantled bc we’ve been taken over by conspiracy theorists and lunatics.
What we’re really seeing is the giant, predatory, underegulated wellness industry come to Washington.
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📢 PhD Scholarship at QUT to join my DECRA project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" @qutdmrc.bsky.social
📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026
More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...
Please share and reach out if you have questions!
📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026
More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...
Please share and reach out if you have questions!
QUT - Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats (PhD scholarship)
www.qut.edu.au
January 13, 2026 at 4:55 AM
📢 PhD Scholarship at QUT to join my DECRA project "Democratic Resilience Online: Strengthening Public Opinion Formation Amid Digital Threats" @qutdmrc.bsky.social
📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026
More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...
Please share and reach out if you have questions!
📅 Applications close: 13/03/2026
More info here: www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-a...
Please share and reach out if you have questions!
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2016 vs 2026
January 9, 2026 at 6:43 AM
2016 vs 2026
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SPEAKING OF THE COLD!!!
Activists have given @lefttheprairie.bsky.social another list of things they desperately need to stay warm & safe in the streets in the coming days!
All of this is going to the twin cities! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you hate the 'zon our GFM does direct help.
Activists have given @lefttheprairie.bsky.social another list of things they desperately need to stay warm & safe in the streets in the coming days!
All of this is going to the twin cities! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you hate the 'zon our GFM does direct help.
Donate to Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!, organized by Emily Hilleren
Since late September, I’ve been organizing whistle kit assembly par… Emily Hilleren needs your support for Support Whistle Distribution in Chicago and Beyond!
www.gofundme.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
SPEAKING OF THE COLD!!!
Activists have given @lefttheprairie.bsky.social another list of things they desperately need to stay warm & safe in the streets in the coming days!
All of this is going to the twin cities! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you hate the 'zon our GFM does direct help.
Activists have given @lefttheprairie.bsky.social another list of things they desperately need to stay warm & safe in the streets in the coming days!
All of this is going to the twin cities! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...
If you hate the 'zon our GFM does direct help.
Seeing kids, not much younger than the students I teach, get terrorized and abused by federal officers is a real rage stoker. I've watch the video of the Target kid in the Walmart parking lot wail, "I'm not Ok" probably more times than I should have. It is going to be with me for a long time.
January 14, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Seeing kids, not much younger than the students I teach, get terrorized and abused by federal officers is a real rage stoker. I've watch the video of the Target kid in the Walmart parking lot wail, "I'm not Ok" probably more times than I should have. It is going to be with me for a long time.
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Have we tried actually turning it off and turning it back on again? You know sometimes you just have to wait for the capacitors to get completely empty for a hard restart to work.
January 14, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Have we tried actually turning it off and turning it back on again? You know sometimes you just have to wait for the capacitors to get completely empty for a hard restart to work.
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Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.
Sen. Kevin Cramer: "Maybe the point should be if you're the attorney for Jay Powell and you want to avoid an indictment, how about you go to Jeanine Pirro and say, 'I'll make a deal. I'll step down today if you drop the investigation today.' To me, that would be a win win for everybody."
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Sometimes they just tell us they are weaponizing the criminal justice system to push their political agenda.