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New pages coming soon! #AlliDrawsArt
October 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
New pages coming soon! #AlliDrawsArt
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by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you
news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
Using AI for just 10 minutes erodes your ability to persist at hard things - Berkeley News
A UC Berkeley researcher co-authored a study that raises profound questions about how we interact with artificial intelligence in education — and daily life.
news.berkeley.edu
October 9, 2026 at 8:00 PM
by all means, AI evangelists: leave me behind, off with you, godspeed, don’t let the door hit you
news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
news.berkeley.edu/2026/10/09/u...
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Six months ago:
DOJ To Bring Back Firing Squad As Means Of Entertainment
WASHINGTON—In an effort to provide some joy to the nation and boost overall well-being, Justice Department officials announced plans Monday to bring back firing squads as a means of entertainment. “Fo...
theonion.com
October 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Six months ago:
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Men - stop whining about having to face consequences for the thing you exclusively broke.
October 9, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Men - stop whining about having to face consequences for the thing you exclusively broke.
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Today I found out that Harry Houdini was so pissed at mediums pretending to be real and preying on grief that he instructed his wife to try to contact him after he died. When they failed to produce the code he left her with, she was like “tada—for his last trick, Houdini proved you’re full of shit”
October 9, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Today I found out that Harry Houdini was so pissed at mediums pretending to be real and preying on grief that he instructed his wife to try to contact him after he died. When they failed to produce the code he left her with, she was like “tada—for his last trick, Houdini proved you’re full of shit”
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Being an adult is somehow being both the lab rat and the scientist running the experiment.
October 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Being an adult is somehow being both the lab rat and the scientist running the experiment.
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All maps are wrong. This is not a bug, it is a feature. That's the whole point. We already have an entire planet waiting for you outside.
A map is useful because it condenses, slices and reveals something that we can't get from a person's vantage point. A map is useful because of its abstraction.
A map is useful because it condenses, slices and reveals something that we can't get from a person's vantage point. A map is useful because of its abstraction.
October 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
All maps are wrong. This is not a bug, it is a feature. That's the whole point. We already have an entire planet waiting for you outside.
A map is useful because it condenses, slices and reveals something that we can't get from a person's vantage point. A map is useful because of its abstraction.
A map is useful because it condenses, slices and reveals something that we can't get from a person's vantage point. A map is useful because of its abstraction.
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Hare and Opossum's Moonlight Conversation - is now finished. Changes from yesterday are subtle, can you spot them?
#art #sculpture #needleFelt #FiberArt #Hare #rabbit #opossum #ForestrFriday #AnimalArt #EastCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear #Anthropomorphic #mixedMedia
#art #sculpture #needleFelt #FiberArt #Hare #rabbit #opossum #ForestrFriday #AnimalArt #EastCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear #Anthropomorphic #mixedMedia
October 9, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Hare and Opossum's Moonlight Conversation - is now finished. Changes from yesterday are subtle, can you spot them?
#art #sculpture #needleFelt #FiberArt #Hare #rabbit #opossum #ForestrFriday #AnimalArt #EastCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear #Anthropomorphic #mixedMedia
#art #sculpture #needleFelt #FiberArt #Hare #rabbit #opossum #ForestrFriday #AnimalArt #EastCoastKin #ECK #ArtYear #Anthropomorphic #mixedMedia
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Daily birds 84 - Keel-billed toucan
October 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Daily birds 84 - Keel-billed toucan
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Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
October 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Productivity as an adult is just an endless process of applying new psychological tricks and operant conditioning to yourself until an acceptable number of tasks are completed.
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When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll.
The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%.
Now, we here.
The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%.
Now, we here.
Kind of a buried lede in the results of this Supreme Court approval rating poll from Marquette: Overall support for Supreme Court expansion, which even Democratic politicians were dismissing as "radical" just a few years ago, is now at 53 percent today.marquette.edu/2026/09/marq...
October 9, 2026 at 3:33 AM
When I started writing about Supreme Court expansion, you couldn’t get the question *asked* in a poll.
The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%.
Now, we here.
The first time I saw it actually polled, it was 8%.
Now, we here.
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What is possible is structured by the political environment, and although Democrats can shape that environment, it is not infinitely malleable, and that should be taken seriously as well.
October 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
What is possible is structured by the political environment, and although Democrats can shape that environment, it is not infinitely malleable, and that should be taken seriously as well.
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No, and nothing I said suggested that. You should try to reply to the things people say, rather than the things you imagine they think.
October 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
No, and nothing I said suggested that. You should try to reply to the things people say, rather than the things you imagine they think.
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We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
People in California who are facing a terrible ICE surge: remember that if you need whistles, we are still sending them out for free.
In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out.
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
In fact, we just passed 1.7 million whistles sent out.
linktr.ee/3Dwhistles
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We ship community protection whistles for free. Need some? Click the email link below & tell us how many you need (between 100 - 3000) & where to send them.
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October 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
We can still get 3k+ whistles out the door to people in need in under 24 hours and they are free.
I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING
I DO NOT WANT TO DOWNLOAD AN APP TO TURN OFF THE HOTEL THERMOSTAT
I WANT TO PUSH A BUTTON
I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING
I WANT TO PUSH A BUTTON
I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING
October 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
I WANT ONE BUTTON THAT DOES ONE THING
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I don’t care how many people that idiot killed, an execution should NOT be made public. PERIOD. EVER.
If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.
If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.
October 8, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I don’t care how many people that idiot killed, an execution should NOT be made public. PERIOD. EVER.
If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.
If you don’t understand my words, I cannot help you.
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“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
October 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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Under financial capitalism, profit is the prime directive. But care is too labor-intensive to be profitable at the level of compensation needed for sustainability. And it can't be easily automated at the level of quality required for human needs.
October 8, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Under financial capitalism, profit is the prime directive. But care is too labor-intensive to be profitable at the level of compensation needed for sustainability. And it can't be easily automated at the level of quality required for human needs.
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So, historically, men have used the privilege afforded to them by patriarchy to push the "unprofitable" work of care onto women, making it easier for them to hoard the more profitable (and thus higher-status) work for themselves. And companies encouraged this, because it meant more profits for them.
October 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
So, historically, men have used the privilege afforded to them by patriarchy to push the "unprofitable" work of care onto women, making it easier for them to hoard the more profitable (and thus higher-status) work for themselves. And companies encouraged this, because it meant more profits for them.
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Charles Dickens witnessed a public execution in 1849. He wrote a scathing letter to 'The Times' calling for the end to such a practice.
200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
October 8, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Charles Dickens witnessed a public execution in 1849. He wrote a scathing letter to 'The Times' calling for the end to such a practice.
200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
200 years later and here we are again. Public executions, fear mongering about immigrants, and (basically) poor laws. Go read Bleak House and get some compassion.
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Importantly, everyone knows he’s right. You can tell that they know it. He’s learning that you can say things like this when they are true.
October 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Importantly, everyone knows he’s right. You can tell that they know it. He’s learning that you can say things like this when they are true.
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I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
October 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.
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COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
Young teenagers are less likely to identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual than a few years ago, according to a new analysis.
“It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
“It really does look like a free fall,” Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology, said. “But what’s causing it is unclear.”
Number of teens who identify themselves as gay or bisexual is in ‘free fall’
Conservatives have trumpeted the data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but researchers say the reasons for the decline are unclear.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 8, 2026 at 8:01 PM
COULD IT BE THE UNMITIGATED HOMOPHOBIA AND GENDERED VIOLENCE UNDER A FASCIST REGIME?
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In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...
October 8, 2026 at 1:21 AM
In case anybody wants a source for this story that *isn't* on a website using AI and doesn't read like it was written by AI, here ya go: heritageheadlines.com/rare-west-vi...
Just thinking how it's maddening that we have legislation and court jurisdiction over specific human organs.
It sounds insane if like half the states will pursue you for murder if you refuse to donate a kidney to a family member who needs it, or jailing providers of lasik or plastic surgery.
It sounds insane if like half the states will pursue you for murder if you refuse to donate a kidney to a family member who needs it, or jailing providers of lasik or plastic surgery.
October 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Just thinking how it's maddening that we have legislation and court jurisdiction over specific human organs.
It sounds insane if like half the states will pursue you for murder if you refuse to donate a kidney to a family member who needs it, or jailing providers of lasik or plastic surgery.
It sounds insane if like half the states will pursue you for murder if you refuse to donate a kidney to a family member who needs it, or jailing providers of lasik or plastic surgery.