w.m.d. du bois
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bisexual feminist corvid. hiker. haunted doll. chaotic good. relentless & unpleasant. waiting & dreaming at r’lyeh. my other ride is shai hulud. former sex worker. usc phil & lit alumna. exhausted anarchocommunist. mallet percussionist. go broncos. she/her
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w.m.d. du bois
@sjroadw.bsky.social
· Feb 5
re-watching the chernobyl miniseries because sometimes you need some jared harris on a wednesday night. jared harris punch me in the stomach for $15 challenge
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wind and solar are a rootless cosmopolitan ie jewish energy source that is borderless and abundant
coal, oil, and gas are literally an antediluvian, blood and soil energy source whose scarcity generates zerosum struggle
this is basically andreas malm's thesis in his white skin, black fuel
coal, oil, and gas are literally an antediluvian, blood and soil energy source whose scarcity generates zerosum struggle
this is basically andreas malm's thesis in his white skin, black fuel
September 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
wind and solar are a rootless cosmopolitan ie jewish energy source that is borderless and abundant
coal, oil, and gas are literally an antediluvian, blood and soil energy source whose scarcity generates zerosum struggle
this is basically andreas malm's thesis in his white skin, black fuel
coal, oil, and gas are literally an antediluvian, blood and soil energy source whose scarcity generates zerosum struggle
this is basically andreas malm's thesis in his white skin, black fuel
y’all a bought a hot rod
September 19, 2026 at 5:21 AM
y’all a bought a hot rod
lol turns out yeah there are in fact some things in the here and now these people take seriously
Based upon their documented behavior over the past few years, the tech industry is less afraid of the potential ramifications of Artificial Superintelligence than they are of Lina Khan.
September 19, 2026 at 12:20 AM
lol turns out yeah there are in fact some things in the here and now these people take seriously
the way people trust these fucking llms is terrifying. millions of people outsourcing their own thoughts and expertise to the sycophantic plagiarism machine
It appears the analyst in question didn’t even bother to check his own work or the conclusions reached by the chatbot
September 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
the way people trust these fucking llms is terrifying. millions of people outsourcing their own thoughts and expertise to the sycophantic plagiarism machine
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I feel about this roughly the same way I would feel about all the pharmaceutical companies getting together to say they wanted to waive anti-trust laws so they could form a cartel to ban medical research:
these people are the enemies of humanity.
these people are the enemies of humanity.
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I feel about this roughly the same way I would feel about all the pharmaceutical companies getting together to say they wanted to waive anti-trust laws so they could form a cartel to ban medical research:
these people are the enemies of humanity.
these people are the enemies of humanity.
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NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!!
The new wild cat species is about the size of a domestic kitten and lives in Bolivia.
New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is smaller than a house cat, slender and spotted. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
nbcnews.to
September 17, 2026 at 5:30 PM
NEW CAT JUST DROPPED!!!!!
hell of a time for me to have a midlife crisis and buy a v8 hot rod lmao
JPMorgan’s commodities team:
“For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”
“For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”
September 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
hell of a time for me to have a midlife crisis and buy a v8 hot rod lmao
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i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now!
Nick Beckstead, noted longtermist and "effective altruist,” just comes out and says it:
"But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal."
"But it now seems more plausible to me that saving a life in a rich country is substantially more important than saving a life in a poor country, other things being equal."
September 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
i’m sorry but this entire worldview seems not just evil but deeply stupid? the far future is fake! it doesn’t exist! what matters are people here and now!
the last good website
Okay so @defector.com has had an odd glitch since the site redesign a couple of weeks back where the wrong photo and headline are often put together on the main page and I was going to ask them about fixing it but this just happened and as far as I'm concerned they have to leave it as is.
September 17, 2026 at 4:49 AM
the last good website
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I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset.
Fun part about David Ellison destroying CBS News, 60 Minutes and his late-night show is that he'll never be able to get any of it back. You could argue that latter was heading toward obsolescence anyway, but the Weiss-ification of the news has led to a permanent erosion of trust.
September 16, 2026 at 3:20 PM
I think this is correct, and I've been thinking a lot about what replaces all this stuff. If it is going away, you'd think the institutional players would have some idea of what might take its place. But they don't seem to have a vision for that, or any interest in it. It's private equity mindset.
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I don't buy that she was hired to sink CBS, but I would buy that she is very good at pitching herself and eventually ended up in a situation where there are measurable outcomes and, well, lol, lmao.
September 16, 2026 at 2:14 AM
I don't buy that she was hired to sink CBS, but I would buy that she is very good at pitching herself and eventually ended up in a situation where there are measurable outcomes and, well, lol, lmao.
founding a new church based on the idea that the superhuman future AI will be very nice and give us all a million dollars and pets that don’t poop
September 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
founding a new church based on the idea that the superhuman future AI will be very nice and give us all a million dollars and pets that don’t poop
lol. lmao even
September 16, 2026 at 2:40 AM
lol. lmao even
sky and faine are fellow keepers of the esoteric ai/ea gangbang cult knowledge and i guess it’s time you all found out too. sorry
September 16, 2026 at 2:12 AM
sky and faine are fellow keepers of the esoteric ai/ea gangbang cult knowledge and i guess it’s time you all found out too. sorry
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OK, if this is going to blow up my notifications this much I'm going to fess up and say that I have, in fact, written the book about these guys, and it's even a pretty good book if I may say so myself. www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right
Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right - Kindle edition by Sandifer, Elizabeth, Graham, Jack. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Neoreaction a Basilisk: Essays on and Around the Alt-Right.
www.amazon.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
OK, if this is going to blow up my notifications this much I'm going to fess up and say that I have, in fact, written the book about these guys, and it's even a pretty good book if I may say so myself. www.amazon.com/Neoreaction-...
i don’t even hate the accessories; gloves & necklace could have worked fine if the actual outfit tailoring wasn’t atrocious lol. that drape is so bad! and the pants needed like inches of hemming. also hair down for this one. fire your stylist girl
September 15, 2026 at 9:13 AM
i don’t even hate the accessories; gloves & necklace could have worked fine if the actual outfit tailoring wasn’t atrocious lol. that drape is so bad! and the pants needed like inches of hemming. also hair down for this one. fire your stylist girl
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As Nancy Kress told me, we love football because it combines the 2 worst aspects of American life- violence and committee meetings
September 14, 2026 at 3:04 AM
As Nancy Kress told me, we love football because it combines the 2 worst aspects of American life- violence and committee meetings
i mean this is obviously just stupid and wrong but it’s also very funny that this is coming from a person with a john brown avatar
The gay rights message was: "Look, we're just regular people who want to love who we love. What's so wrong with that?"
The trans rights message is: "Support us or go fuck yourself you bigoted asshole."
Guess which one is more persuasive.
The trans rights message is: "Support us or go fuck yourself you bigoted asshole."
Guess which one is more persuasive.
They apparently took all of the wrong lessons from the wildly successful gay rights movement, choosing to be as alienating as possible. I won't be surprised if it ends up like abortion and 20 years from now public opinion is effectively frozen on the issue somewhere around 50/50.
September 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
i mean this is obviously just stupid and wrong but it’s also very funny that this is coming from a person with a john brown avatar
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My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
JD Vance Called Out Over Hypocritical Racist Dogwhistle
The vice president’s remarks about America becoming “dirtier” sparked fierce backlash.
www.thedailybeast.com
September 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
My man looks like a Teddy Ruxpin doll programmed by the Heritage Foundation
this is how you do it and it’s not hard
In Massachusetts, we have a responsibility to protect the vulnerable and stand up for those who need it. We don’t throw trans kids under the bus for political points. We protect them—and all of our neighbors—because trans rights are human rights.
September 11, 2026 at 8:26 AM
this is how you do it and it’s not hard
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of Americans approve of labor unions and 56 million Americans would join a union tomrorow if they could.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
We are witnessing a historic rebirth of worker power.
If you want a better life for you and your children, join or support a union.
Unions are extremely popular: 56 million workers would join a union if they could
New Gallup polling finds that 71% of people in the U.S. approve of unions, continuing the highest period of favorability in over 60 years. This coincides with the greatest number of workers represente...
www.epi.org
September 9, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
of course this is absurd but in all seriousness the answer to “would x society have been better if the people it sought to oppress, exclude and criminalize ran it instead of the people who actually did” is probably like 75% of the time absolutely yes
September 8, 2026 at 8:13 AM
of course this is absurd but in all seriousness the answer to “would x society have been better if the people it sought to oppress, exclude and criminalize ran it instead of the people who actually did” is probably like 75% of the time absolutely yes
okay so i already know about it because i’m on this site, but i’m finally watching season 2 of the rehearsal and godDAMN knowing what happens doesn’t actually make it less insane lmao
September 8, 2026 at 7:43 AM
okay so i already know about it because i’m on this site, but i’m finally watching season 2 of the rehearsal and godDAMN knowing what happens doesn’t actually make it less insane lmao