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"Well, it doesn't actually help YOU per se. If anything, it has made the entire process slower and WILDLY inefficient. Yes, I hear what you're saying BUT imagine how much money I'll make once the slot machine pays out! Don't you want to be a part of that? No. No, I wouldn't pay you back..."
December 4, 2025 at 8:49 AM
"Well, it doesn't actually help YOU per se. If anything, it has made the entire process slower and WILDLY inefficient. Yes, I hear what you're saying BUT imagine how much money I'll make once the slot machine pays out! Don't you want to be a part of that? No. No, I wouldn't pay you back..."
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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This bird’s greed delights me
December 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This bird’s greed delights me
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Poor dumb young people; indoctrinated by the evidence of their eyes and ears; living in a bubble of what is actually happening instead of here in the real world of billionaire donor events and funder dinners.
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Poor dumb young people; indoctrinated by the evidence of their eyes and ears; living in a bubble of what is actually happening instead of here in the real world of billionaire donor events and funder dinners.
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It's easy to assume that because they're important and everyone they interact with online is important that they must have access to better information, but it's far more plausible that they're more susceptible to conformism and the costs of contesting misinfo are higher due to fears of ostracism.
December 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It's easy to assume that because they're important and everyone they interact with online is important that they must have access to better information, but it's far more plausible that they're more susceptible to conformism and the costs of contesting misinfo are higher due to fears of ostracism.
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Pols love to talk about "epistemic bubbles", but who can really afford to maintain that even with the luxury of a smartphone and a data plan? Normal people still have to work to feed themselves, interact with a broad swath of society who they often depend upon. But Clinton-types have no guardrails.
December 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Pols love to talk about "epistemic bubbles", but who can really afford to maintain that even with the luxury of a smartphone and a data plan? Normal people still have to work to feed themselves, interact with a broad swath of society who they often depend upon. But Clinton-types have no guardrails.
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I just completed "Printing Department" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/4
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Kind reminder to those of you that haven't made the switch to another platform that Spotify should remain boycotted www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in AI military
The band cited a ‘moral and ethical burden’ placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Kind reminder to those of you that haven't made the switch to another platform that Spotify should remain boycotted www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...
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Not only is Deezer not funding AI killing machines, but you can stream my music there! You can't do that on Spotify anymore, because Fuck Daniel Ek.
link.deezer.com/s/31MFWISnc9...
link.deezer.com/s/31MFWISnc9...
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Not only is Deezer not funding AI killing machines, but you can stream my music there! You can't do that on Spotify anymore, because Fuck Daniel Ek.
link.deezer.com/s/31MFWISnc9...
link.deezer.com/s/31MFWISnc9...
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'“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp'
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
How Palantir shifted course to play key role in ICE deportations
“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp, a longtime Democrat and the data management company’s chief executive.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
'“The truly progressive position on immigration” is “extreme skepticism,” says Alex Karp'
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
Who is a Black Jew whose family came here via open immigration policies and slavery
While he advocates for closed immigration policies and technologies designed to enslave
fuck you Alex
fuck you
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Funny how these detailed investigations never discover that things in Gaza weren’t as bad as we thought and were almost always far worse.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers | CNN
Ammar Wadi knew he was risking his life when he set out to get a bag of flour for his family from an aid truck near the Zikim crossing into Gaza in June.
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Funny how these detailed investigations never discover that things in Gaza weren’t as bad as we thought and were almost always far worse.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/m...
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Every organization is vulnerable somewhere. The larger they are, the more tender spots they have.
Disrupt their events. Drive negative press coverage. Damage their reputations. Compel your organizations and institutions to sever ties with them.
Be a hornet - sting where they are vulnerable.
Disrupt their events. Drive negative press coverage. Damage their reputations. Compel your organizations and institutions to sever ties with them.
Be a hornet - sting where they are vulnerable.
Here in Boston, we’ve made it more costly for Fenway to abandon trans youth and trans adults by protesting in front of their clinic, by severing ties with them, and by disrupting their gala and public events.
I suggest local activists elsewhere investigate similar potentials for disruption.
I suggest local activists elsewhere investigate similar potentials for disruption.
As a matter of survival, our response must be to make it as costly as we can, as ugly and as reputationally damaging and as expensive as we are able to - to abandon and sacrifice trans people.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Every organization is vulnerable somewhere. The larger they are, the more tender spots they have.
Disrupt their events. Drive negative press coverage. Damage their reputations. Compel your organizations and institutions to sever ties with them.
Be a hornet - sting where they are vulnerable.
Disrupt their events. Drive negative press coverage. Damage their reputations. Compel your organizations and institutions to sever ties with them.
Be a hornet - sting where they are vulnerable.
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As a matter of survival, our response must be to make it as costly as we can, as ugly and as reputationally damaging and as expensive as we are able to - to abandon and sacrifice trans people.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
As a matter of survival, our response must be to make it as costly as we can, as ugly and as reputationally damaging and as expensive as we are able to - to abandon and sacrifice trans people.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
To keep it from being an easy, simple bottom line decision to drive us out of public life.
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given how checked out he is there's a real temptation in the second term to ascribe a lot of the most extreme remigration stuff to the various ghouls propping up this administration but he really is as vile and racist as they come
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
given how checked out he is there's a real temptation in the second term to ascribe a lot of the most extreme remigration stuff to the various ghouls propping up this administration but he really is as vile and racist as they come
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Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
November 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apparently P*ypal now asks for customer opinions on accounts sending invoices.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
If you are paying an invoice to a nsfw artist, do NOT mention NSFW in any way, keep it blank even. you risk both your account and the artists.
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The story isn't so much that a senile rapist is having his inhibitory impulse filters dissolve, but that the media *does not seem to have a problem with this*
Think about how journalists who don't lick boots, would respond to this at that moment.
Think about how journalists who don't lick boots, would respond to this at that moment.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
people.com/donald-trump...
people.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The story isn't so much that a senile rapist is having his inhibitory impulse filters dissolve, but that the media *does not seem to have a problem with this*
Think about how journalists who don't lick boots, would respond to this at that moment.
Think about how journalists who don't lick boots, would respond to this at that moment.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
"She can be heard screaming as agents attempt to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. 'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
Gift link:
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
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Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.
December 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Like, I'm sorry the fascists are giving you difficult choices. But that's what fascists fucking do. The only legit answer is "fuck you make me". The only answer that shows you have actual fucking principles not preferences is "fuck you make me". And that sucks. But here we are.
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025
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December 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I just completed "Lobby" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/3
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It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
December 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It's that giving time of year again, so this is a reminder that no matter how they try to dress it up, the Salvation Army is not a charity.
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If it wasn't clear at the time, it's clear now why Admiral Alvin Holsey resigned in October just months into his term leading U.S. Southern Command.
December 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
If it wasn't clear at the time, it's clear now why Admiral Alvin Holsey resigned in October just months into his term leading U.S. Southern Command.