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if Eliezer Yudkowsky was born into a somewhat poorer family and missed a couple lucky breaks, he’d have ended up as an archetypal specimen of your friend’s older cousin who keeps boa constrictors and makes you listen to him talk about quantum physics in his parent’s basement in exchange for weed
September 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
if Eliezer Yudkowsky was born into a somewhat poorer family and missed a couple lucky breaks, he’d have ended up as an archetypal specimen of your friend’s older cousin who keeps boa constrictors and makes you listen to him talk about quantum physics in his parent’s basement in exchange for weed
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I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs
September 14, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I need younger generations to understand how weird it is that trump is such a unique terrible fuck up that it’s actually correct to blame the president for a demonstrably shittier economy and costs
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Remember when we were all complaining that this wasn’t the weird cyberpunk future we were promised? Well, about that.
September 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Remember when we were all complaining that this wasn’t the weird cyberpunk future we were promised? Well, about that.
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can we bring this design asthetic back please
September 12, 2026 at 4:50 AM
can we bring this design asthetic back please
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Ankle monitors are a little over the top; surely they could just wear, like... a cloth patch on their shirts? Maybe a big "H" in yellow?
If you don't see what's coming here, I don't know how to make you.
If you don't see what's coming here, I don't know how to make you.
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/08/14/h...
Haitians in Springfield are required to report to Ohio's ICE offices and wear ankle monitors • Ohio Capital Journal
Haitians living in Springfield, Ohio are being required to wear ankle monitors and turn their passports over to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
August 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Ankle monitors are a little over the top; surely they could just wear, like... a cloth patch on their shirts? Maybe a big "H" in yellow?
If you don't see what's coming here, I don't know how to make you.
If you don't see what's coming here, I don't know how to make you.
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Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.
August 12, 2026 at 6:28 PM
Bluesky should go back to invites, continue aggressive bot bans, create a Craigslist-style marketplace (since you’re more likely to buy/get services from a educated or good person on here than any other social network), and market this place like a walled garden protected from enshittification.
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So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
August 11, 2026 at 10:07 PM
So embarrassing when people think the point of reading a novel is to know the plot, so a summary is just as good. The plot isn’t important, you rube. You absolute simpleton. The point of reading a novel is to find out what the characters are eating and start thinking about what you want for dinner.
I can't be the only one, can I?
August 7, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I can't be the only one, can I?
In college I worked the graveyard shift in a coffee shop that shared basement space with a bar that had a cooler with this exact latch. Let’s just say that that coffee shop was my friends’ favorite after hours spot.
July 27, 2026 at 12:27 AM
In college I worked the graveyard shift in a coffee shop that shared basement space with a bar that had a cooler with this exact latch. Let’s just say that that coffee shop was my friends’ favorite after hours spot.
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A reminder that no one is ever entitled to your time and attention.
That is especially true on the internet.
That is excruciatingly true of AI bros on the internet.
That is especially true on the internet.
That is excruciatingly true of AI bros on the internet.
July 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
A reminder that no one is ever entitled to your time and attention.
That is especially true on the internet.
That is excruciatingly true of AI bros on the internet.
That is especially true on the internet.
That is excruciatingly true of AI bros on the internet.
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Exactly. Pretty concrete (ahem.) evidence that we need a hell of a lot more of them.
July 19, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Exactly. Pretty concrete (ahem.) evidence that we need a hell of a lot more of them.
Vicious Sneering Odium is the name of my Faith No More themed Oasis cover band.
Imagine describing something as vicious sneering odium and thinking that’s not the coolest shit you’ve ever heard in your life.
The progressive version of Twitter offers a world of vicious, sneering odium that only those who see themselves as kinder humans dish out
🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/03/is-there-anything-more-pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_li_pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/
🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07/03/is-there-anything-more-pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_li_pathetic-than-a-bluesky-user/
July 4, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Vicious Sneering Odium is the name of my Faith No More themed Oasis cover band.
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we are one day away from the funniest VAR offsides graphic ever
BREAKING: England players are reportedly permitted to use Viagra to help manage World Cup altitude conditions in Mexico City.
July 3, 2026 at 8:29 PM
we are one day away from the funniest VAR offsides graphic ever
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this countrys fetish for punishing those we decide are unworthy of help at the expense of all of us is so completely bat shit
Water fountains disappeared from the Longleaf Trace in June as the board that governs it grew concerned about how homeless people were using its facilities.
Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat.
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Runners and bikers who use the 44-mile trail fear the decision could have dire consequences in Mississippi's summer heat.
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Longleaf Trace Removes Water Fountains Over Homelessness Fears, Infuriating Trail Users
The Longleaf Trace removed all water fountains in June over homelessness concerns, alarming trail users and health experts.
www.mississippifreepress.org
July 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
this countrys fetish for punishing those we decide are unworthy of help at the expense of all of us is so completely bat shit
Pure, unadulterated joy.
June 28, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Pure, unadulterated joy.
Mount Lemmon is an easy climb. It’s just really long.
Here I invite you to be a micro-heretic. To bring small shame on your people.
Tell me about a highly praised thing in your hometown/area that all locals LOVE except YOU.
I’m from the Seattle area.
Taco Time is nothing special. Bland. Not horrible but not worth going out of your way.
Now you go!
Tell me about a highly praised thing in your hometown/area that all locals LOVE except YOU.
I’m from the Seattle area.
Taco Time is nothing special. Bland. Not horrible but not worth going out of your way.
Now you go!
June 26, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Mount Lemmon is an easy climb. It’s just really long.
My old friend Chloe is kind of a big deal. You should follow her.
Big news: I've been elected to the Oberlin College Board of Trustees as a 2026 Alumni-Elected Trustee!
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www.oberlin.edu/alumni-engag...
Alumni Trustee Election | Oberlin College and Conservatory
We are pleased to announce that Chloe E. Bird '86 and Francisco X. Dominguez '89 have been elected as the 2026 Alumni Elected Trustees, with terms of service running from July 1, 2026 through June 30,...
www.oberlin.edu
June 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
My old friend Chloe is kind of a big deal. You should follow her.
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If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
June 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250
There are two kinds of people: those who admit they pee in the shower, and filthy shameless liars.
Are you a conformist? A mere slave, who pees in the toilet that your overlords provide for you? Or do you exercise your God-given, constitutional right to pee in the floor drain in the stall?
June 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM
There are two kinds of people: those who admit they pee in the shower, and filthy shameless liars.
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What you wish you could be doing in New York right now is what you could be doing when It happens. HAVE A PLAN.
June 14, 2026 at 4:31 AM
What you wish you could be doing in New York right now is what you could be doing when It happens. HAVE A PLAN.
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NYC's response to the Knicks' run is an explicit rejection of Trumpism. Civic engagement is at an all-time high. Fearmongering about public safety was crushed by the hundreds of spontaneous watch parties. Unimaginably diverse groups rallying behind a sense of collective identity.
June 14, 2026 at 1:34 PM
NYC's response to the Knicks' run is an explicit rejection of Trumpism. Civic engagement is at an all-time high. Fearmongering about public safety was crushed by the hundreds of spontaneous watch parties. Unimaginably diverse groups rallying behind a sense of collective identity.
Pure, distilled joy. This is us.
June 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Pure, distilled joy. This is us.
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"The Trump administration's goal is not to make the world think none of this is happening, or to make the world think what's happening is fine. It's to show that nobody can stop it."
The State Of Sportswashing | Defector
On Dec. 5, 2025, FIFA President Gianni Infantino presented Donald Trump with the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, nominally for Trump’s “tireless efforts to bring people together in a spirit of peace.” I…
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June 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
"The Trump administration's goal is not to make the world think none of this is happening, or to make the world think what's happening is fine. It's to show that nobody can stop it."