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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1h

just saw 👍

Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2h

~ an egg

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2h

why haven’t you acknowledged the ai-generated video?

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 9h

inspiring: this reporter is so committed to her job that when she was handcuffed she grew a third arm so she could still hold her microphone

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 19h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

the distinction between the two is basically: is this someone who has topics you could talk to them about where you would learn things

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

the reactionary center divides pretty cleanly into folks who are genuinely smart with independent accomplishments (Pinker, McWhorter) and total, obvious hacks (Weiss, TCW), and the fact that the former tolerate the latter makes me doubt their intellectual sincerity

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

“listen, if they *were* trying to hide the fact that they’re vampires, do you really think they’d call themselves ‘Blood Drinkers’?”

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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

Charlie Brown had hoes

Benjamin Hoffman @bhh.bsky.social · 1d

Ah yes, famously uncool singer Johnny Cash. I am glad noted arbiter of cool the Wall Street Journal is willing to reconsider his case.

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

the first is associated with the time-moving perspective while the second is associated with the ego-moving perspective

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

if you ask people “a meeting that was originally scheduled for 1PM was moved back an hour, what time is the meeting?” some people will answer 2PM and some will answer 12PM

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

it's kind of weird that the time-centric vs. ego-centric divide on the perception of time doesn't cause more chaos. you'd think you'd run into more problems scheduling things!

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 1d

"The reasonable listener of 'Not Like Us' would conclude that Lamar is rapping hyperbolic vituperations."

“Not Like Us” is replete with profanity, trash-talking, threats of violence, and figurative and hyperbolic language, all of which are indicia of opinion. A reasonable listener would not equate a song that contains lyrics such as, “Ain’t no law, boy, you ball boy, fetch Gatorade or somethin’, since 2009 I had this b**** jumpin’,” with accurate factual reporting. Accordingly, the reasonable listener of “Not Like Us” would conclude that Lamar is rapping hyperbolic vituperations.

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

so I mentioned to my partner that while in Poland I'll be 6 hours behind and after a long discussion it's now very clear that I have an ego-centric perspective on time while she has a time-centric one

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

what I don’t understand is: if he’s gonna make shit up, why isn’t he making shit up about vaccines?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

you get this is secular “jesus was a great moral teacher” folks too

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 1d

it’s fun how progressive christians will be like “the problem with conservative christians is that they’re focused on the old testament” which is low-key pretty antisemitic

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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 1d

Time for another round of “I can’t believe the Pope is Catholic”! Which American pundit—who converted to Catholicism as an adult, but in their bones remains an intellectually-embarrassed evangelical Protestant with a Yale BA—will gift us an outraged First Things or (dv) Atlantic essay this time?

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 2d

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

in a first for the series, the next four generations of the doctor were announced

Jonny Morris @jonnymorris.bsky.social · 2d

Is this real or am I in a coma?

Young Conservative with a Doctor Who question mark pullover.

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

the racial categories of the 21st century US surviving hundreds of years of a world government and instantaneous international travel

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

as evidenced both by the relationships portrayed and also by the fact that afaict the closest thing we have to a multiracial character is La’an, and that’s only bc of the actress

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

a bit weird that in Star Trek people frequently marry literal other species but interracial relationships are apparently rare

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

I don't remember this case from L.A. Paul

subvariety sarah @scgriffith.bsky.social · 2d

the internal lore of rationalists is so funny to me. no man. this thought experiment is not "famous"

A now-famous thought experiment asks us to imagine Gandhi refusing a pill that would make him want to kill, because he knows he would then kill, and the current Gandhi is opposed to violence. This misses the real problem by assuming the change could be evaluated in advance.

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