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Me reading DUNE decades ago: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind," haha, religious zealots are so weird
Me now: Slack referring to itself as "me" in a notification is an obscenity and the people who programmed it to do that will not see heaven
Me now: Slack referring to itself as "me" in a notification is an obscenity and the people who programmed it to do that will not see heaven
March 17, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Me reading DUNE decades ago: "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind," haha, religious zealots are so weird
Me now: Slack referring to itself as "me" in a notification is an obscenity and the people who programmed it to do that will not see heaven
Me now: Slack referring to itself as "me" in a notification is an obscenity and the people who programmed it to do that will not see heaven
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if you think the way PBS is framing this issue (see QT below) is a joke, please read & share my latest essay, which flips that framing, exposing its many flaws: juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
September 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM
if you think the way PBS is framing this issue (see QT below) is a joke, please read & share my latest essay, which flips that framing, exposing its many flaws: juliaserano.medium.com/on-democrats...
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Surely there is some mistake! There's no way this tax applies to me, a retired diplomat who lives in Paris who spent millions of dollars renovating the 12 million dollar apartment I never intended to live in. There must be some mistake
August 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Surely there is some mistake! There's no way this tax applies to me, a retired diplomat who lives in Paris who spent millions of dollars renovating the 12 million dollar apartment I never intended to live in. There must be some mistake
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Moment Of Silence Followed By Hot Dog Race
August 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Moment Of Silence Followed By Hot Dog Race
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If you're not singing outside your range at karaoke, are you really doing karaoke
July 9, 2026 at 6:49 PM
If you're not singing outside your range at karaoke, are you really doing karaoke
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after re-reading the Prairieland indictment I should probably disclose that I am a member of an "Antifa Cell" (Signal group chat w/disappearing messages) practicing "need-to-know" (not posting on petsitter dot com) "opsec" (coordinating with local catsitters before going out of town)
June 30, 2026 at 2:47 AM
after re-reading the Prairieland indictment I should probably disclose that I am a member of an "Antifa Cell" (Signal group chat w/disappearing messages) practicing "need-to-know" (not posting on petsitter dot com) "opsec" (coordinating with local catsitters before going out of town)
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Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
June 24, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Rod literally created the Twilight Zone because he took a teleplay about racism that kept getting rejected, changed the victims to aliens, and execs were like “Neat! Now THIS is good stuff!”
Once he saw producers were blind to social metaphor if you add a lil sci-fi, boom, TV’s greatest was born
Once he saw producers were blind to social metaphor if you add a lil sci-fi, boom, TV’s greatest was born
June 19, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Rod literally created the Twilight Zone because he took a teleplay about racism that kept getting rejected, changed the victims to aliens, and execs were like “Neat! Now THIS is good stuff!”
Once he saw producers were blind to social metaphor if you add a lil sci-fi, boom, TV’s greatest was born
Once he saw producers were blind to social metaphor if you add a lil sci-fi, boom, TV’s greatest was born
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Hey Bluesky! My apologies for my post about Jeff Bezos' statement on prioritizing water consumption for data centers over human consumption. It was fake news. To make amends, I contacted the Founder/Editor of the Print, who had it fixed. Here is the report: theprint.in/feature/jeff...
AI is not a threat, it will create more jobs, says Jeff Bezos
Skipping fears of mass unemployment, Bezos used his VivaTech panel to argue that an 'artificial general engineer' just creates more tasks.
theprint.in
June 20, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Hey Bluesky! My apologies for my post about Jeff Bezos' statement on prioritizing water consumption for data centers over human consumption. It was fake news. To make amends, I contacted the Founder/Editor of the Print, who had it fixed. Here is the report: theprint.in/feature/jeff...
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at least the Nazis had the sense to have Hugo Boss dress them. this is gildan tshirt fascism
June 14, 2026 at 4:47 AM
at least the Nazis had the sense to have Hugo Boss dress them. this is gildan tshirt fascism
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Happy Birthday, asshole. 🎉
June 13, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Happy Birthday, asshole. 🎉
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"I don't think anything I have to say here is going to matter one way or the other to Mr. Platner, but if he does ever happen to read this, I hope he understands how much is at stake and what he's asking of voters in trusting him over Sen. Collins."
Thoughts on the Graham Platner Saga
I have many.
charlotteclymer.substack.com
June 6, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"I don't think anything I have to say here is going to matter one way or the other to Mr. Platner, but if he does ever happen to read this, I hope he understands how much is at stake and what he's asking of voters in trusting him over Sen. Collins."
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He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes.
5 months until the Midterms.
#AccountabilityIsComing
5 months until the Midterms.
#AccountabilityIsComing
June 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
He's a master of distracting us from crimes he's already committed by continuously committing new crimes.
5 months until the Midterms.
#AccountabilityIsComing
5 months until the Midterms.
#AccountabilityIsComing
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A potentially useful visual aid
June 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
A potentially useful visual aid
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I didn't have the best opinion of c-suiters before AI, I assumed they were mostly evil, but I always thought they were calculatingly evil.
That turned out to be a vast overestimation of their abilities. They're not even good at being coldly and creatively malevolent. They're just unethical sheep.
That turned out to be a vast overestimation of their abilities. They're not even good at being coldly and creatively malevolent. They're just unethical sheep.
May 29, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I didn't have the best opinion of c-suiters before AI, I assumed they were mostly evil, but I always thought they were calculatingly evil.
That turned out to be a vast overestimation of their abilities. They're not even good at being coldly and creatively malevolent. They're just unethical sheep.
That turned out to be a vast overestimation of their abilities. They're not even good at being coldly and creatively malevolent. They're just unethical sheep.
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Some anxiety reducers from this piece just bc I know not everyone will read all of it:
1) This & other headlines are a bad summary
2) Many will still be able to adjust
3) It's an interpretation, not new law
4) Does NOT apply to conditional/permanent/renewing residents
5) Courts *will stop it*
1) This & other headlines are a bad summary
2) Many will still be able to adjust
3) It's an interpretation, not new law
4) Does NOT apply to conditional/permanent/renewing residents
5) Courts *will stop it*
IS USCIS REALLY GOING TO "FORCE" EVERYONE WHO COULD OTHERWISE GET A GREENCARD OUT OF THE COUNTRY?
My law office is being flooded with questions about yesterday's stunning USCIS policy announcement. In Part I of the most thorough analysis yet published on it, I provide detailed answers with receipts
My law office is being flooded with questions about yesterday's stunning USCIS policy announcement. In Part I of the most thorough analysis yet published on it, I provide detailed answers with receipts
DID DHS JUST STOP PROCESSING GREENCARDS? A CLOSER LOOK
Someone who has been helping people through the immigration system for 20 years answers your questions about USCIS's stunning new policy announcement
deportnation.substack.com
May 25, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Some anxiety reducers from this piece just bc I know not everyone will read all of it:
1) This & other headlines are a bad summary
2) Many will still be able to adjust
3) It's an interpretation, not new law
4) Does NOT apply to conditional/permanent/renewing residents
5) Courts *will stop it*
1) This & other headlines are a bad summary
2) Many will still be able to adjust
3) It's an interpretation, not new law
4) Does NOT apply to conditional/permanent/renewing residents
5) Courts *will stop it*
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What’s in the DNC 2024 autopsy?
May 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
What’s in the DNC 2024 autopsy?
Oh lawd, he cherpin!
May 19, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Oh lawd, he cherpin!
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“I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see a video on Instagram that's like, 'Hollywood is cooked,' what follows is, like, the most stupid dog shit I've ever seen in my life…”
Seth Rogen Says If “Your Instinct Is to Use AI” to Write Scripts, “You Shouldn’t Be a Writer”
'The Studio' creator said people who are thinking about using the technology to aid their writing skills should try another occupation: "Go do something else."
www.hollywoodreporter.com
May 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
“I don't understand what it's supposed to do. Every time I see a video on Instagram that's like, 'Hollywood is cooked,' what follows is, like, the most stupid dog shit I've ever seen in my life…”
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Movies in which Sally Hawkins develops a profound emotional relationship with a sentient nonhuman who’s under threat of capture, and a regular bathroom gets filled up entirely with water like it’s a fishtank
May 16, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Movies in which Sally Hawkins develops a profound emotional relationship with a sentient nonhuman who’s under threat of capture, and a regular bathroom gets filled up entirely with water like it’s a fishtank
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ONE STEP CLOSER 😤
Goals from Kati Tabin and Maggie Flaherty power @victoire-lphf.bsky.social to their second OT win in the Walter Cup Finals!
Goals from Kati Tabin and Maggie Flaherty power @victoire-lphf.bsky.social to their second OT win in the Walter Cup Finals!
May 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
ONE STEP CLOSER 😤
Goals from Kati Tabin and Maggie Flaherty power @victoire-lphf.bsky.social to their second OT win in the Walter Cup Finals!
Goals from Kati Tabin and Maggie Flaherty power @victoire-lphf.bsky.social to their second OT win in the Walter Cup Finals!
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I hate how now I constantly have to wonder if I'm expending time and energy trying to understand genAI slop.
May 15, 2026 at 5:15 AM
I hate how now I constantly have to wonder if I'm expending time and energy trying to understand genAI slop.
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but then who’s gonna infiltrate their union
May 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
but then who’s gonna infiltrate their union
