Alex Mason
@freemanonthe.land
Softwarer. Hunk. Father. Mother. Crystal owner. Beloved by all, defeated by none.
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Old UP joke about a milkman who was notorious for watering down milk. Indra took pity on him & came to earth
Indra: look you don't need to cheat to save money. I grant you a whole lake of milk.
Milkman: you are the greatest. One more boon?
Indra: name it
Milkman: can I also get 2 lakes of water
Indra: look you don't need to cheat to save money. I grant you a whole lake of milk.
Milkman: you are the greatest. One more boon?
Indra: name it
Milkman: can I also get 2 lakes of water
who invented this stuff, a milkman from Uttar Pradesh??
September 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Old UP joke about a milkman who was notorious for watering down milk. Indra took pity on him & came to earth
Indra: look you don't need to cheat to save money. I grant you a whole lake of milk.
Milkman: you are the greatest. One more boon?
Indra: name it
Milkman: can I also get 2 lakes of water
Indra: look you don't need to cheat to save money. I grant you a whole lake of milk.
Milkman: you are the greatest. One more boon?
Indra: name it
Milkman: can I also get 2 lakes of water
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i held up the twin towers for as long as i could so firemen could escape but eventually mayor mamdani demanded that i evacuate the area. there is blood on his hands but mine are clean. so was my suit. many firemen were saying thank you, sir, they'd never seen anyone so clean.
September 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
i held up the twin towers for as long as i could so firemen could escape but eventually mayor mamdani demanded that i evacuate the area. there is blood on his hands but mine are clean. so was my suit. many firemen were saying thank you, sir, they'd never seen anyone so clean.
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who cares if bug spray is "not food," it's in the grocery store
While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own. www.wired.com/story/who-ca...
Who Cares if AI Is Conscious—It’s Basically Alive
While philosophers ponder AI consciousness, the models have ideas of their own.
www.wired.com
September 4, 2026 at 3:46 PM
who cares if bug spray is "not food," it's in the grocery store
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it’s very validating that there’s no one who’s extremely pro-Israel but then otherwise a normal, kind person. it’s all guys who are disgusted by children’s hospitals.
Fetterman text to aide: “Why do I have to keep having to meet with [Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia]?”
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Aide: “Because they are worried about vaccines and Medicaid cuts.”
Fetterman: “Well I’m not.”
@wsj.com #PAsen
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
September 4, 2026 at 4:57 PM
it’s very validating that there’s no one who’s extremely pro-Israel but then otherwise a normal, kind person. it’s all guys who are disgusted by children’s hospitals.
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Fearing for public safety, he decided to discharge his weapon at a member of the public
July 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Fearing for public safety, he decided to discharge his weapon at a member of the public
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Author name jumpscare
The world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative ft.trib.al/t5mxaNR
The world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative
If even I, an implacable opponent of the president, can accept this as the best option, then surely others can too?
ft.trib.al
June 18, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Author name jumpscare
This simulation project has been quite a journey so far, with plenty of fixes and features ahead, but what a great feeling to see these little phenomena emerge from a careful, systems-driven design.
June 15, 2026 at 5:35 AM
This simulation project has been quite a journey so far, with plenty of fixes and features ahead, but what a great feeling to see these little phenomena emerge from a careful, systems-driven design.
Experts Warn that Fostering the Juster May Hasten Global Folly
Experts Will Be Consumed in The Folly
Experts Will Be Consumed in The Folly
If the Juster did not exist it would be necessary to create him
May 29, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Experts Warn that Fostering the Juster May Hasten Global Folly
Experts Will Be Consumed in The Folly
Experts Will Be Consumed in The Folly
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They know what their class interest is. It's to use prejudice, patriarchy, and property to prevent the emergence of a diverse meritocracy. That would redound to the benefit of people from all backgrounds who find their opportunities in the city. "Can't make it anywhere, but I can make it here."
May 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
They know what their class interest is. It's to use prejudice, patriarchy, and property to prevent the emergence of a diverse meritocracy. That would redound to the benefit of people from all backgrounds who find their opportunities in the city. "Can't make it anywhere, but I can make it here."
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Notice how he's not saying "this is the fault of Parisian Sans-Culottes for being condescending to those poor peasants who would only support them if they knew that they shared a class interest." They don't share a class interest! These people *are a different class* that is *hostile to our class*.
May 16, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Notice how he's not saying "this is the fault of Parisian Sans-Culottes for being condescending to those poor peasants who would only support them if they knew that they shared a class interest." They don't share a class interest! These people *are a different class* that is *hostile to our class*.
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There was a Trump in the 19th century too, you know. A demagogue with a famous name who won an election and centralized power around himself with the uncritical support of smallholding rural morons. Marx explained all of this in real time a century and a half ago. www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
May 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
There was a Trump in the 19th century too, you know. A demagogue with a famous name who won an election and centralized power around himself with the uncritical support of smallholding rural morons. Marx explained all of this in real time a century and a half ago. www.marxists.org/archive/marx...
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I just pissed myself... this is the movie he is mad that people are calling slop...
I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...
I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...
May 11, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I just pissed myself... this is the movie he is mad that people are calling slop...
I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...
I demand you watch with the sound on... it is so much worse than you think it is going to be...
Enjoying my last matcha before The Event
May 14, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Enjoying my last matcha before The Event
My non-rhetorical question to AI consciousness debaters: what are you talking about?
freemanonthe.land/2026/04/20/m...
freemanonthe.land/2026/04/20/m...
My Big Brain Take (AI Lmao 2 Years Later)
Wow, an LLM has gotten so good it can hack the Gibson. Anthropic gave it psychotherapy in a sort of reverse ELIZA stunt, showing just how far we’ve come. Far past solving your problems, they say, o…
freemanonthe.land
April 20, 2026 at 4:52 PM
My non-rhetorical question to AI consciousness debaters: what are you talking about?
freemanonthe.land/2026/04/20/m...
freemanonthe.land/2026/04/20/m...
Going to a fancy restaurant with a monkey chef called like "Out on a Limb" and they're serving peanuts on the half shell. The waiter is swinging his arms above his head as he walks and spilling water everywhere. They've been in business for 2 years
April 17, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Going to a fancy restaurant with a monkey chef called like "Out on a Limb" and they're serving peanuts on the half shell. The waiter is swinging his arms above his head as he walks and spilling water everywhere. They've been in business for 2 years
"Has anyone ever told you you look like Bo Burnham?"
No, not even once. Yet strangely I've been asked this exact question dozens of times.
No, not even once. Yet strangely I've been asked this exact question dozens of times.
April 9, 2026 at 8:33 PM
"Has anyone ever told you you look like Bo Burnham?"
No, not even once. Yet strangely I've been asked this exact question dozens of times.
No, not even once. Yet strangely I've been asked this exact question dozens of times.
Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio, introduction to the 2006 edition
December 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Speed and Politics by Paul Virilio, introduction to the 2006 edition
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Let's remind the voters that Im running against a freaking astronaut and that I have resting Patrick Bateman face!!!
*actual campaign media*
*actual campaign media*
November 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Let's remind the voters that Im running against a freaking astronaut and that I have resting Patrick Bateman face!!!
*actual campaign media*
*actual campaign media*
The waxing gibbous moon over my head. A thought bubble, it shines blankly.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
The waxing gibbous moon over my head. A thought bubble, it shines blankly.
With the way society has gone these days, half the HTTP requests aren't even for transferring hypertext
November 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
With the way society has gone these days, half the HTTP requests aren't even for transferring hypertext
It's so brutal that this is one of the scam ads
November 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It's so brutal that this is one of the scam ads
Very cool, the economy is booming and investors are more optimistic than ever!
October 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very cool, the economy is booming and investors are more optimistic than ever!
Suppose a machine shuffles a deck of N cards, by moving one card at a time from the top of stack A to a random position in stack B.
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
September 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Suppose a machine shuffles a deck of N cards, by moving one card at a time from the top of stack A to a random position in stack B.
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?
The last card from stack A is guaranteed a uniformly random position in stack B, but what about the first? Does it have a 1/N chance of ending up on the bottom of B?