@criscoinferno.bsky.social
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The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
September 13, 2026 at 1:42 AM
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
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they're going to "scale back" because AI is bottoming out, and then say they did it out of the goodness of their hearts and interest in humankind
Then slow it down! We're not the ones who're developing it as if there's no tomorrow.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic boss Dario Amodei calls for AI development to slow down
The call comes amid growing concerns that AI models may become able to inflict serious damage worldwide.
www.bbc.com
September 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
they're going to "scale back" because AI is bottoming out, and then say they did it out of the goodness of their hearts and interest in humankind
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One of the big reasons modern sci-fi shows have such short runs is not enough of them happen on spaceships. When your show is set on a spaceship, you can dump a truckload of money into building like three specific sets right at the start, then just re-use them forever – it's very budget conscious!
September 5, 2026 at 5:06 PM
One of the big reasons modern sci-fi shows have such short runs is not enough of them happen on spaceships. When your show is set on a spaceship, you can dump a truckload of money into building like three specific sets right at the start, then just re-use them forever – it's very budget conscious!
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it's important that Moulton running as a transphobe was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Craig running as an anti immigrant goon was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Stevens running as a uber zionist was a loser. 1
it's important that Craig running as an anti immigrant goon was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Stevens running as a uber zionist was a loser. 1
September 3, 2026 at 4:56 AM
it's important that Moulton running as a transphobe was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Craig running as an anti immigrant goon was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Stevens running as a uber zionist was a loser. 1
it's important that Craig running as an anti immigrant goon was a loser in a D primary.
it's important that Stevens running as a uber zionist was a loser. 1
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I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
September 3, 2026 at 4:50 AM
I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on
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It’s becoming an increasingly unavoidable conclusion that a portion of mostly establishment Democrat electeds/pundits/consultants don’t like Democratic voters much and would much prefer to have Republican voters instead, and view their voters’ insistence on being represented as an annoying betrayal.
July 31, 2026 at 7:59 PM
It’s becoming an increasingly unavoidable conclusion that a portion of mostly establishment Democrat electeds/pundits/consultants don’t like Democratic voters much and would much prefer to have Republican voters instead, and view their voters’ insistence on being represented as an annoying betrayal.
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logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better'
September 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM
logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better'
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We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
August 28, 2026 at 1:00 AM
We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras.
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let's start doing it the other way. my latest for the atlantic: "baby boomers are dying at higher rates than younger generations — what are they doing wrong?"
August 27, 2026 at 2:03 PM
let's start doing it the other way. my latest for the atlantic: "baby boomers are dying at higher rates than younger generations — what are they doing wrong?"
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anytime people raise concerns about land use for solar projects or anything like that i just want to point out that half the corn we grow in this country gets used to make gasoline slightly worse
August 23, 2026 at 7:49 PM
anytime people raise concerns about land use for solar projects or anything like that i just want to point out that half the corn we grow in this country gets used to make gasoline slightly worse
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Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question?
Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable.
Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable.
Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Air conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in five European nations, survey finds
Poll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question?
Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable.
Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable.
Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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pain is health leaving the body
August 23, 2026 at 4:05 AM
pain is health leaving the body
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This added to the belief that criminals are innately different from noncriminals is why people believe surveillance can save us.
August 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
This added to the belief that criminals are innately different from noncriminals is why people believe surveillance can save us.
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You might not know this but it's common for police and the public to believe that police can visually identify "criminals."
August 20, 2026 at 3:54 PM
You might not know this but it's common for police and the public to believe that police can visually identify "criminals."
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The reason that the dem primary voters act this way is because resistance 1 people go: "your plan of having good policy is stupid we need to follow my plan of winning elections" then don't win elections
August 20, 2026 at 11:28 AM
The reason that the dem primary voters act this way is because resistance 1 people go: "your plan of having good policy is stupid we need to follow my plan of winning elections" then don't win elections
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I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling.
They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
August 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling.
They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.
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See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece.
In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue."
We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue."
We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
Maybe just start by charging a market rate for water instead of using prior appropriation
August 18, 2026 at 3:14 AM
See NYT asked me for an op-ed on the Colorado River water issue. So that's what I told them. And the editors panicked & cancelled the piece.
In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue."
We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
In case we're wondering why "nobody can figure out how to solve this difficult issue."
We absolutely can, a lot of our professional talkers are just cowards.
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I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
August 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
He killed an extremely specific guy. Not a "random guy."
August 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
He killed an extremely specific guy. Not a "random guy."
They're literally calling it "Unite The Right"?
Surprised that the article doesn't mention the particular history of that phrase, as pertains to far-right mobs.
All power to the counter-protesters.
Stay safe, and if you can't stay safe, do good.
Surprised that the article doesn't mention the particular history of that phrase, as pertains to far-right mobs.
All power to the counter-protesters.
Stay safe, and if you can't stay safe, do good.
"We will not let fascists have free rein:" Protest organised against Doncaster immigration demo www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/we-will...
"We will not let fascists have free rein," say organisers of protest against a demo
A counter protest is being organised against the Unite The Right demonstration
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
August 14, 2026 at 1:50 PM
They're literally calling it "Unite The Right"?
Surprised that the article doesn't mention the particular history of that phrase, as pertains to far-right mobs.
All power to the counter-protesters.
Stay safe, and if you can't stay safe, do good.
Surprised that the article doesn't mention the particular history of that phrase, as pertains to far-right mobs.
All power to the counter-protesters.
Stay safe, and if you can't stay safe, do good.
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the actual order of events from 2020-2024 gets strategically jumbled by reactionary centrists all the time. They love to blame 2024 on wokeness while skipping over the fact that Dems won in 2020. They talk about early COVID Iike it was a failure of Dem policy when Trump was in office.
I don't understand why this keeps getting overlooked: Joe Biden won in 2020 in the middle of Peak Woke. I'd go one step further than @brianbeutler.bsky.social does here: Biden *defended the BLM protesters!*
www.offmessage.net/p/woke-one-a...
www.offmessage.net/p/woke-one-a...
Woke One Happened Because American Government Is Broken
And it'll happen again if Democrats don't return to power and fix it.
www.offmessage.net
August 13, 2026 at 7:53 PM
the actual order of events from 2020-2024 gets strategically jumbled by reactionary centrists all the time. They love to blame 2024 on wokeness while skipping over the fact that Dems won in 2020. They talk about early COVID Iike it was a failure of Dem policy when Trump was in office.
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we literally stand on the shoulders of giants. towering figures who have exited the world. fierce intellects who believed things like "you can ban or regulate dangerous stuff" and "societies can rein in excesses," and "peace is generally preferable to war and chaos." may as well have been aliens
August 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
we literally stand on the shoulders of giants. towering figures who have exited the world. fierce intellects who believed things like "you can ban or regulate dangerous stuff" and "societies can rein in excesses," and "peace is generally preferable to war and chaos." may as well have been aliens
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Kill the puritan in your heart that pipes up with its shrill little voice every time you see something that you find off putting. Ppl publicly sneering at sex in art – including porn & kink – may as well just carry water for Mastercard, PayPal, and the conservative animus rn. I don't respect it
August 11, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Kill the puritan in your heart that pipes up with its shrill little voice every time you see something that you find off putting. Ppl publicly sneering at sex in art – including porn & kink – may as well just carry water for Mastercard, PayPal, and the conservative animus rn. I don't respect it
Douthat does everything that alt-right aspired to do, leading up to the Unite The Right atrocity in 2017. The difference is that he is better at that game (so far).
by @nberlat.bsky.social 1/ “Backlash white supremacy—or fascism—is a dialectical reaction to successful left & liberal liberation movements. Racial progress is met with escalating violence, whether that’s the Klan, the Red Summer, massive white resistance during the Civil Rights era, or Trumpism..
Ross Douthat Knows the Fascists are On His Side
Consensus white supremacy relies on fascism to crush its foes.
open.substack.com
August 11, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Douthat does everything that alt-right aspired to do, leading up to the Unite The Right atrocity in 2017. The difference is that he is better at that game (so far).
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