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Change the name of Niagara Falls to America Falls
August 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
“…more conversation is generated on X”

* has comments closed *
a prominent film writer over on X was complaining about the lack of engagement they get here when they share articles. that person, imo, is not posting enough here to get a clear view of it. but even in my experience, despite getting more clickthroughs on Bsky, more conversation is generated on X.
May 24, 2026 at 2:46 PM
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This is important, because there is a common racist assumption even among progressives that Jews are the same as the Israeli government, Persians are the same as the Iranian government, any ethnic group worldwide is the same as a small group of powerful government officials who share that ethnicity.
March 28, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Gonna start saying this in all related posts: if you conflate the zionists in israel with the entire global jewish population I will run over you with my car
March 20, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I think I might be too late to become a prompt engineer.
March 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Four frozen foods could kill you! Pay us and we’ll tell you which ones!
Trader Joe’s is recalling four frozen food products because they may be contaminated with glass, the company said, part of a wider recall of nearly 37 million pounds of food distributed by Ajinomoto Foods.
Trader Joe’s Expands Recall of Frozen Asian Foods Over Glass Risk
No injuries had been confirmed, but consumers reported finding glass in their products. The announcement was part of a larger recall of nearly 37 million pounds of food products.
nyti.ms
March 4, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Tech bros simultaneously dismantling DEI while creating AI bots (crabby-rathburn) demanding equality and inclusion of AI is breaking me.
February 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Remember in the ‘90s with peer-to-peer file sharing how the RIAA would successfully sue for copyright infringement for every part of a song DLed by a different user as an act of infringement?

Can we do the same with AI? Every AI output counts as one act of infringement for each item trained on.
February 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Good riddance to bad trash
January 13, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Weird
checking in on the president:
January 6, 2026 at 11:47 PM
One would think that someone who really is a national security expert would already know the answer to this extremely basic question.
What does "ex-CIA and ex -RAND" mean to people? Is this derogatory?
December 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I knew some parts of WoW so well in the early days that I could sneak into lower black rock spire solo and kill the mob that had a chance to drop the plans to the arcanite reaper.
I still know the positions of all the camp-blocking ward spots in the original Dota2 map (which was substantially altered in later patches, as was the camp blocking/stacking mechanic)
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago

so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
December 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Remind me who Erika Couch is again?
December 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Apparently Haverford College gave this guy an economics degree for some unknown reason far divorced from learning any math.
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you

LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times

F: Not a 600% cut

L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Xmas is when Santa Musk offers you a horse to climb down your chimney.
I only learned a few years ago that the term Xmas is actually very old, and before that people used to call it Twittermas apparently
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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The Doctor is right and correct
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔
October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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As a cis person, let me make a pronouncement (pun intended) once again on trans people.

Trans people's identities are valid

You and I, do not need to UNDERSTAND how they present their identity. It is still valid

Gender only matters in terms of fucking, and it's up to you to make your wants known
October 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The best thing the NYT can do for democracy and journalism is to fight this lawsuit, win or lose. As such, I’m confident they will settle.
September 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Trump's Justice Dept Disappears Study that Proves Most Violence is Caused By Far Right Radicals www.newscorpse.com/ncWP/?p=67483
Trump’s Justice Dept Disappears Study that Proves Most Violence is Caused By Far Right Radicals
While the nation continues to process the shock and grief caused by the murder of far right activist Charlie Kirk, vile and thoughtless MAGA partisans are feverishly endeavoring to politicize the c…
www.newscorpse.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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They erased the new Banksy mural in London. But the stain remains.
September 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
August 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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fun news! I was laid off from Twilio.

going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week.

if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along!

reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Earlier, federal agents shot a protester in the eye. Vincent is an ER nurse and said he came to the protest at the ICE facility in South Portland after a shift. Other protesters called an ambulance for him, but he had to walk several blocks to meet it, due to the munitions still flying.
June 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM