Alex Braud
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Gods of Egypt is great to laugh at, but I do *love* some bad movies like The Last Witch Hunter, Dracula Untold, Constantine, the entire Underworld series, almost anything with time travel, etc.
Name your fav bad movie.
September 28, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Gods of Egypt is great to laugh at, but I do *love* some bad movies like The Last Witch Hunter, Dracula Untold, Constantine, the entire Underworld series, almost anything with time travel, etc.
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These 7 men at Cornell drugged & raped a woman for hours, then called their friends to come rape her.
2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.
2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.
September 26, 2026 at 1:37 PM
These 7 men at Cornell drugged & raped a woman for hours, then called their friends to come rape her.
2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.
2 men got expelled. 5 had to write letter of apology. 0 faced any consequences. Men throughout the societal ladder are complicit. Women are not safe around men.
MAAA (THE MEATLOAF)!
Trump's Iran War has sent mortgage rates skyrocketing.
His trade wars have increased the cost of construction.
His mass deportations have decimated the home-building workforce.
And his HUD cuts have devastated affordable housing programs.
"Make America Affordable Again."
His trade wars have increased the cost of construction.
His mass deportations have decimated the home-building workforce.
And his HUD cuts have devastated affordable housing programs.
"Make America Affordable Again."
September 25, 2026 at 10:59 PM
MAAA (THE MEATLOAF)!
Understanding requires representation paired with meaning. We have an abductive argument that humans understand. We do not have a similar argument for AI, which just uses algorithms to predict the next expected letter. Imagining AI "understands" demonstrates a lack of understanding of transformers.
What is happening in this AI debate:
-I am making a trivially true point about AI that makes people uncomfortable
-People want to not think or talk about it
-People are avoiding the point by mocking me for making it. How silly! He doesn't have credentials
-Conveniently the point goes unaddressed
-I am making a trivially true point about AI that makes people uncomfortable
-People want to not think or talk about it
-People are avoiding the point by mocking me for making it. How silly! He doesn't have credentials
-Conveniently the point goes unaddressed
September 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Understanding requires representation paired with meaning. We have an abductive argument that humans understand. We do not have a similar argument for AI, which just uses algorithms to predict the next expected letter. Imagining AI "understands" demonstrates a lack of understanding of transformers.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Exclusive: These international observers have monitored US elections for decades. This time, the Trump admin didn’t invite them
It’s the latest ominous sign that the U.S. is backsliding on democracy — and adds to concerns that the administration wants to undermine the vote.
www.democracydocket.com
September 17, 2026 at 2:07 AM
EXCLUSIVE: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe told Democracy Docket that it hasn’t received an invitation from the Trump administration to observe the midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I want to highlight a memorial not far from my home. 4 days after 9/11, a racist shot and killed Balbir Singh Sodhi, a husband, father of five, and beloved member of his local Sikh community. His murder was the first hate crime in response to the attacks.
September 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
As we approach the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I want to highlight a memorial not far from my home. 4 days after 9/11, a racist shot and killed Balbir Singh Sodhi, a husband, father of five, and beloved member of his local Sikh community. His murder was the first hate crime in response to the attacks.
I laughed at this episode, but anyone who thinks its funnier than Don't Wake Standards and Practices is out of their gd mind.
I'd give it an 8.75/10 - Not to say it was a *Bad* episode, but 10/10 is wild.
I'd like to see this re-done w/ some reworked mechanics to even out the prizes and catches.
I'd give it an 8.75/10 - Not to say it was a *Bad* episode, but 10/10 is wild.
I'd like to see this re-done w/ some reworked mechanics to even out the prizes and catches.
The reviews for Game Changer's new episode "What's the Catch" are in! 🎣
August 25, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I laughed at this episode, but anyone who thinks its funnier than Don't Wake Standards and Practices is out of their gd mind.
I'd give it an 8.75/10 - Not to say it was a *Bad* episode, but 10/10 is wild.
I'd like to see this re-done w/ some reworked mechanics to even out the prizes and catches.
I'd give it an 8.75/10 - Not to say it was a *Bad* episode, but 10/10 is wild.
I'd like to see this re-done w/ some reworked mechanics to even out the prizes and catches.
This is literally the architect of the Trump Admin's meme-ification of their entire comms presence.
Every time you've rolled your eyes at or scoffed at the indignity of a meme posted by the Trump team, it's because of this guy.
Every time you've rolled your eyes at or scoffed at the indignity of a meme posted by the Trump team, it's because of this guy.
August 17, 2026 at 10:36 PM
This is literally the architect of the Trump Admin's meme-ification of their entire comms presence.
Every time you've rolled your eyes at or scoffed at the indignity of a meme posted by the Trump team, it's because of this guy.
Every time you've rolled your eyes at or scoffed at the indignity of a meme posted by the Trump team, it's because of this guy.
If Disney had any balls at all, they'd make the next incarnation of Magneto Palestinian.
August 15, 2026 at 3:15 PM
If Disney had any balls at all, they'd make the next incarnation of Magneto Palestinian.
And here I was thinking Prometheus jokes were picked clean. But they keep coming back.
July 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM
And here I was thinking Prometheus jokes were picked clean. But they keep coming back.
As we’ve known, it comes down to the same foundations as other fascist movements. It’s about THEIR freedom and THEIR “morality”. Family and Place are more about circling the wagons to protect the first two. At bottom, though, all of these are aimed at protecting conservative institutions of power.
Faith, Freedom, Family, Place — An Ethnographic Study
An ethnographic study of conservative Americans' relationships to democracy. SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins & ReD Associates, May 2026.
conservativestudy.redassociates.com
June 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
As we’ve known, it comes down to the same foundations as other fascist movements. It’s about THEIR freedom and THEIR “morality”. Family and Place are more about circling the wagons to protect the first two. At bottom, though, all of these are aimed at protecting conservative institutions of power.
Selection bias. Can anyone imagine a democrat happy in the presence of Trump?
What the president of the United States was doing while you were asleep.
June 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Selection bias. Can anyone imagine a democrat happy in the presence of Trump?
Imagine a top ranking white house official saying something like this in 2010. It would be so explosive that it probably would end more careers than just his. Today, it's just fully expected that our government is run by immature, bigoted losers.
Stephen Miller: "It's very bold that Democrats would choose Texas to nominate their first transgender Senate candidate who's transitioning into a female. When Talarico goes in for a blood test, blood doesn't come out, instead soy milk comes out. This man has less testosterone than Jasmine Crockett."
May 29, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Imagine a top ranking white house official saying something like this in 2010. It would be so explosive that it probably would end more careers than just his. Today, it's just fully expected that our government is run by immature, bigoted losers.
My wife & I watched The Crash last night, and it is the most disorienting experience.
The editing makes it read like satire.
The tragedy & horror of a 17 year old girl crashing into a wall at 100mph is juxtaposed with the most cartoonishly high school edge-lord nonsense ¡including by the adults!
The editing makes it read like satire.
The tragedy & horror of a 17 year old girl crashing into a wall at 100mph is juxtaposed with the most cartoonishly high school edge-lord nonsense ¡including by the adults!
May 23, 2026 at 8:57 PM
My wife & I watched The Crash last night, and it is the most disorienting experience.
The editing makes it read like satire.
The tragedy & horror of a 17 year old girl crashing into a wall at 100mph is juxtaposed with the most cartoonishly high school edge-lord nonsense ¡including by the adults!
The editing makes it read like satire.
The tragedy & horror of a 17 year old girl crashing into a wall at 100mph is juxtaposed with the most cartoonishly high school edge-lord nonsense ¡including by the adults!
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"Generally speaking, I think it takes a special kind of gall to assume that what a desperate world needs is your particular spin on giving up." organizingmythoughts.org/declining-in...
May 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
"Generally speaking, I think it takes a special kind of gall to assume that what a desperate world needs is your particular spin on giving up." organizingmythoughts.org/declining-in...
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Catastrophe can be plausible without being preordained, and treating every danger as destiny does not make us more prepared. My latest.
Pessimism Is Not Prophecy: On Declining Invitations to Surrender
“Public opinion is not a self-enforcing political mechanism; it’s a mood. If we want public disapproval to become public action, we need to extend worthwhile invitations.”
organizingmythoughts.org
May 22, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Catastrophe can be plausible without being preordained, and treating every danger as destiny does not make us more prepared. My latest.
As someone from Louisiana, Landry has been noticeably an idiot for decades.
Between him and Kennedy, Louisiana really knows how to pick 'em
I also can't help but think he looks like a claymation figure. It does a lot to make him funnier.
Between him and Kennedy, Louisiana really knows how to pick 'em
I also can't help but think he looks like a claymation figure. It does a lot to make him funnier.
Landry: "Greenland needs a deal. Greenland could be exporting 2 million barrels of oil a day right now. Think about what kind of pressure that would relieve in the Strait of Hormuz, what kind of leverage that would give America. It's time for the Danes to come to the table and let's get a deal done"
May 22, 2026 at 12:51 PM
As someone from Louisiana, Landry has been noticeably an idiot for decades.
Between him and Kennedy, Louisiana really knows how to pick 'em
I also can't help but think he looks like a claymation figure. It does a lot to make him funnier.
Between him and Kennedy, Louisiana really knows how to pick 'em
I also can't help but think he looks like a claymation figure. It does a lot to make him funnier.
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We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal.
Trump to NYT's David Sanger: "I had a total military victory. But the fake news, guys like you, write incorrectly. You're a fake guy. We had a total military victory. I actually think it's sort of treasonous what you write. You should be ashamed of yourself. I actually think it's treason."
May 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal.
Fuck πλεονεξία
All my homies hate πλεονεξία
All my homies hate πλεονεξία
May 11, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Fuck πλεονεξία
All my homies hate πλεονεξία
All my homies hate πλεονεξία
Vincent D’Onofrio is a wonderful actor who I’ve appreciated for decades now, but Wilson Fisk running is so silly, it takes me out of the show every time.
May 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Vincent D’Onofrio is a wonderful actor who I’ve appreciated for decades now, but Wilson Fisk running is so silly, it takes me out of the show every time.
Dominos, please say psych right now.
May 2, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Dominos, please say psych right now.
Film you've watched more than six times with gif.
hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli
hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli
April 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Film you've watched more than six times with gif.
hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli
hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli
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At his briefing on the war with Iran, Pete Hegseth denounced a country that kills innocent protesters.
April 24, 2026 at 12:28 PM
At his briefing on the war with Iran, Pete Hegseth denounced a country that kills innocent protesters.