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Live from DUP HQ
September 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Live from DUP HQ
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Your Granda on when he was an apprentice
October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Your Granda on when he was an apprentice
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Sharing this again because it’s so totally spot-on. “Warrior,” as I’ve written about before, is a term utterly unfit for a citizen-soldier professional military. I want to buy @briankerg.bsky.social a beer or two for this.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
Where Exactly Has the Warrior Ethos Gotten Us?
The Marine Corps should revive its traditional ethos, emphasizing professional competence, readiness, honor, courage, and commitment for the demands of modern warfare.
www.usni.org
September 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Sharing this again because it’s so totally spot-on. “Warrior,” as I’ve written about before, is a term utterly unfit for a citizen-soldier professional military. I want to buy @briankerg.bsky.social a beer or two for this.
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
www.usni.org/magazines/pr...
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Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
September 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days
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If Ed Sheeran is feeling stressed I’m sure Robert Kraft has some good spa recs
September 16, 2026 at 2:05 PM
If Ed Sheeran is feeling stressed I’m sure Robert Kraft has some good spa recs
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nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes
September 15, 2026 at 3:41 AM
nobody else has the steel moral core to tell you the truth in release notes
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I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview.
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
September 13, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I did a somewhat deep dive into the recent OpenAI and Anthropic "hacks" for an upcoming interview.
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
IMO, the AI companies are better off running with the "rogue AI" story because the real story is actually pretty embarrassing.
Like making your Wi-Fi password "wifi" embarrassing. 🧵
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The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
There are currently no active conversations for a full ‘MUPPET SHOW’ series revival.
Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on.
(Source: Deadline)
Disney, The Muppets Studio and Point Grey Pictures have had difficulties with deciding on a premise for the series that they can all agree on.
(Source: Deadline)
September 10, 2026 at 8:40 PM
The fact we have an executive class that doesn't know what to do with the Looney Tunes or The Muppets really sums up what a joyless, barren world they inhabit.
I'm really curious how "One Evening" by Feist ended up on the M&S muzak playlist. It never charted in the UK, so how on earth did it end up in rotation?
I'm not complaining, it's just weird to hear it in the wild.
I'm not complaining, it's just weird to hear it in the wild.
September 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
I'm really curious how "One Evening" by Feist ended up on the M&S muzak playlist. It never charted in the UK, so how on earth did it end up in rotation?
I'm not complaining, it's just weird to hear it in the wild.
I'm not complaining, it's just weird to hear it in the wild.
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I followed the law, paid the migrant tax (that kept doubling every time I renewed my visa), and am still in the red. Everything I and my husband ever saved was repeatedly wiped out every two and a half years. These fees put every migrant worker that follows the law in precarity, likely in perpetuity
Exactly! And in that time your employer, to whom you are tied for the entire time, feels the same way (hard to invest in training you etc) and you have to pay huge Home Office fees every 2.5 years, meaning your family is very materially worse off than your co-workers and peers.
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 10, 2026 at 9:27 AM
I followed the law, paid the migrant tax (that kept doubling every time I renewed my visa), and am still in the red. Everything I and my husband ever saved was repeatedly wiped out every two and a half years. These fees put every migrant worker that follows the law in precarity, likely in perpetuity
Oddly specific problem, but has anyone else had issues with getting carrots to soften in the frying pan lately?
I can't remember ever spending so long trying to get the damn things soft enough for a spag bol or casserole.
Usually it feels like you're fighting to keep their shape.
I can't remember ever spending so long trying to get the damn things soft enough for a spag bol or casserole.
Usually it feels like you're fighting to keep their shape.
September 8, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Oddly specific problem, but has anyone else had issues with getting carrots to soften in the frying pan lately?
I can't remember ever spending so long trying to get the damn things soft enough for a spag bol or casserole.
Usually it feels like you're fighting to keep their shape.
I can't remember ever spending so long trying to get the damn things soft enough for a spag bol or casserole.
Usually it feels like you're fighting to keep their shape.
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so are we gonna get a bunch of political analysis thumbsucker pieces about the cautionary tale of a promising youngish politico who torpedoed his career by latching on to the biological gender extremists who are attempting to drag the Democratic Party into hugely unpopular political waters or nah
September 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
so are we gonna get a bunch of political analysis thumbsucker pieces about the cautionary tale of a promising youngish politico who torpedoed his career by latching on to the biological gender extremists who are attempting to drag the Democratic Party into hugely unpopular political waters or nah
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How to enjoy a staff meeting:
1. Stop listening.
2. Imagine you’re down at Fraggle Rock.
1. Stop listening.
2. Imagine you’re down at Fraggle Rock.
September 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
How to enjoy a staff meeting:
1. Stop listening.
2. Imagine you’re down at Fraggle Rock.
1. Stop listening.
2. Imagine you’re down at Fraggle Rock.
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“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.
December 30, 2024 at 3:20 PM
“Every Rose Has Its Porn: Optical Character Recognition and the Middle English Problem” is a title for an article that I don’t even need to write. Please cite this post.
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Women buried with swords actually used them (how shocking! But also—seriously cool analysis). “These princesses were active practitioners of hunting or athletic skills rather than merely symbolic owners of the weapons found in their tombs,” says Zeinab Hashesh” ⚔️ www.snexplores.org/article/egyp...
Ancient Egyptian princesses may have been skilled warriors
A study of six mummies from ancient Egypt challenges the idea that the weapons buried with some royal women were merely ceremonial.
www.snexplores.org
September 1, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Women buried with swords actually used them (how shocking! But also—seriously cool analysis). “These princesses were active practitioners of hunting or athletic skills rather than merely symbolic owners of the weapons found in their tombs,” says Zeinab Hashesh” ⚔️ www.snexplores.org/article/egyp...
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Calvin and Hobbes really called it, didn’t they?
September 1, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Calvin and Hobbes really called it, didn’t they?
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I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
August 31, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form
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Let's not be selfish.
August 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Let's not be selfish.
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Them: We want to start a fume hood back up.
Me: Okay, not really my thing unless it was a former rad lab. [starts pulling contact info of the correct person] Out of curiosity, which room?
Them: Seaborg's former space.
Me: [hands freeze] I can already tell you that you don't have enough money.
Me: Okay, not really my thing unless it was a former rad lab. [starts pulling contact info of the correct person] Out of curiosity, which room?
Them: Seaborg's former space.
Me: [hands freeze] I can already tell you that you don't have enough money.
August 31, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Them: We want to start a fume hood back up.
Me: Okay, not really my thing unless it was a former rad lab. [starts pulling contact info of the correct person] Out of curiosity, which room?
Them: Seaborg's former space.
Me: [hands freeze] I can already tell you that you don't have enough money.
Me: Okay, not really my thing unless it was a former rad lab. [starts pulling contact info of the correct person] Out of curiosity, which room?
Them: Seaborg's former space.
Me: [hands freeze] I can already tell you that you don't have enough money.
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Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. “It should never be given the keys.” www.wired.com/story/insura...
You Know Who Really Hates AI? Insurance Claims Adjusters
Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. “It should never be given the keys.”
www.wired.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Of the Glassdoor reviews from claims adjusters that mentioned AI, a staggering 98 percent were negative. “AI is just a tool,” one person tells WIRED. “It should never be given the keys.” www.wired.com/story/insura...
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I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.
August 28, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.
Quick Time Events in games need to die a death.
They're not fun, they're not interesting, they're just irritating.
You can just have FMVs, you don't need to ruin them with QTEs.
They're not fun, they're not interesting, they're just irritating.
You can just have FMVs, you don't need to ruin them with QTEs.
August 30, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Quick Time Events in games need to die a death.
They're not fun, they're not interesting, they're just irritating.
You can just have FMVs, you don't need to ruin them with QTEs.
They're not fun, they're not interesting, they're just irritating.
You can just have FMVs, you don't need to ruin them with QTEs.
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WHAT IF EVERY WNBA TEAM HAD A POKEMON TEAM?
I wrote this so long ago and was saving it for Worlds weekend and here it is
www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/what-if-ev...
I wrote this so long ago and was saving it for Worlds weekend and here it is
www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/what-if-ev...
What if every WNBA team had a Pokemon team?
The analysis and graphic design you've been wanting, I promise
www.valkyriesbeat.com
August 29, 2026 at 4:04 PM
WHAT IF EVERY WNBA TEAM HAD A POKEMON TEAM?
I wrote this so long ago and was saving it for Worlds weekend and here it is
www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/what-if-ev...
I wrote this so long ago and was saving it for Worlds weekend and here it is
www.valkyriesbeat.com/p/what-if-ev...