Normal Human Despair
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poet. writer. educator. queer.
Display name and tag are both references to old forgotten jokes.
Display name and tag are both references to old forgotten jokes.
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With this list of Minnesota labor and community orgs this is REAL. Not internet randos repeating a meme.
Unions and community orgs are calling for a Minnesota-wide shutdown in 10 days to protest the ferocious assault by federal immigration agents. They're saying on Jan 23, no work, no school, no shopping. SEIU Local 26, UNITE HERE Local 17, & others are supporting, w/ more to join. By me, Amie Stager
“We Are Facing a Tsunami of Hate”: Amid ICE Crackdown, Unions and Community Groups Call for Minnesota Shutdown in 10 Days
Following the ICE murder of Renee Good and an assault on the state by federal immigration forces, a labor-community coalition is calling for residents to refuse to work, shop or go to school on Januar...
inthesetimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:35 AM
With this list of Minnesota labor and community orgs this is REAL. Not internet randos repeating a meme.
Poor baby, make something good instead.
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335
Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI
" extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said.
gizmodo.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Poor baby, make something good instead.
Making me want to start painting my skaven I’ll never play
Warhammer Owner Games Workshop Bans Its Creative Staff From Using GenAI.
Warhammer Owner Games Workshop Bans Its Creative Staff From Using GenAI
A "few senior managers" are testing the tech but remain unexcited, says CEO
www.timeextension.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Making me want to start painting my skaven I’ll never play
Writing this cover letter like I’m not furious at being made to write a fucking cover letter.
January 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Writing this cover letter like I’m not furious at being made to write a fucking cover letter.
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Trans people: "Fix your hearts or die!"
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Trans people: "Fix your hearts or die!"
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
Scott Adams: ok *dies*
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We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 AM
We don’t dance on the grave of NFTs enough. I had a year where I was repeatedly told by bozos I was going to be irrelevant and extinct for not embracing them, I should be allowed a victory lap.
Anyone have an insurer they don’t hate? I’ve filed my first claim with Allstate and my car has been in the shop for over 5 weeks, with every delay caused by them and most of it from their insistence on my repair shop contracting out autoglass work to Safelite.
Ideally looking for condo and auto.
Ideally looking for condo and auto.
January 13, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Anyone have an insurer they don’t hate? I’ve filed my first claim with Allstate and my car has been in the shop for over 5 weeks, with every delay caused by them and most of it from their insistence on my repair shop contracting out autoglass work to Safelite.
Ideally looking for condo and auto.
Ideally looking for condo and auto.
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ICE is in Bloomington-Normal IL and has already picked up at least one person. Be careful, neighbors.
#blono #bloomington #normal #bloomingtonnormal #centralillinois #bloomington-normal #bn
#blono #bloomington #normal #bloomingtonnormal #centralillinois #bloomington-normal #bn
January 13, 2026 at 5:47 PM
ICE is in Bloomington-Normal IL and has already picked up at least one person. Be careful, neighbors.
#blono #bloomington #normal #bloomingtonnormal #centralillinois #bloomington-normal #bn
#blono #bloomington #normal #bloomingtonnormal #centralillinois #bloomington-normal #bn
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A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
How a St. Louis cartoonist replaced 'Dilbert' in the Washington Post
"Heart of the City" replaced "Dilbert" in the Washington Post.
www.stlpr.org
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
A reminder that my strip took over Dilberts vacant spot in the Washington Post after they dropped his ass. 😎
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...
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Hahaha People Mag comes out blasting
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Hahaha People Mag comes out blasting
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If you’re pissed about Libby’s recent embrace of AI, here’s the best way you can tell them what you think (in up to 500 words AND you can ask for a response via email)!
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 AM
If you’re pissed about Libby’s recent embrace of AI, here’s the best way you can tell them what you think (in up to 500 words AND you can ask for a response via email)!
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 9:46 AM
One reason I feel like I'm going mad is, even if Musk did immediately halt Grok and issue a grovelling apology - rather than PAYWALLING IT - he should *still* be prosecuted and his website banned. Very obviously! You don't get out of CSAM charges by just stopping. AND HE STILL HASN'T STOPPED.
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I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
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They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
Trump Administration Deploying More Border Patrol Agents to Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
My life has been… something… lately, but this was good and necessary.
🚨 A new season of Dimension 20 begins RIGHT NOW! 🚨
The first episode of Dimension 20: Gladlands is now live on @dropout.tv!
Join Brennan and the Dusty Do-gooders for the most heartwarming high-octane adventure you've ever seen 🫂☀️🚙
#Gladlands
The first episode of Dimension 20: Gladlands is now live on @dropout.tv!
Join Brennan and the Dusty Do-gooders for the most heartwarming high-octane adventure you've ever seen 🫂☀️🚙
#Gladlands
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 AM
My life has been… something… lately, but this was good and necessary.
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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DUTCH GUY ON BLUESKY THAT POSTS ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS ≥ 3 TIMES A DAY: You Americans should be taking up armed struggle against your government.
MALCOM X'S GHOST IN HEAVEN:
MALCOM X'S GHOST IN HEAVEN:
January 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
DUTCH GUY ON BLUESKY THAT POSTS ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS ≥ 3 TIMES A DAY: You Americans should be taking up armed struggle against your government.
MALCOM X'S GHOST IN HEAVEN:
MALCOM X'S GHOST IN HEAVEN:
*modem noises*
Without revealing your actual age,what's something you remember that if you told a younger person they wouldn't understand?
January 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
*modem noises*
Bluesky yet again showing me a post I was working on upon opening the app, eating it immediately afterward.
Anyway, there was a 4 mech thing going around, so have at them. Yes I know Eva technically aren’t mechs.
Anyway, there was a 4 mech thing going around, so have at them. Yes I know Eva technically aren’t mechs.
January 8, 2026 at 6:10 AM
Bluesky yet again showing me a post I was working on upon opening the app, eating it immediately afterward.
Anyway, there was a 4 mech thing going around, so have at them. Yes I know Eva technically aren’t mechs.
Anyway, there was a 4 mech thing going around, so have at them. Yes I know Eva technically aren’t mechs.
Sorry folks, tried to think of a positive one, but this is the one that jumps in when I feel hollow, like the world is torturing me, and that’s unfortunately been “often” this past year.
January 8, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Sorry folks, tried to think of a positive one, but this is the one that jumps in when I feel hollow, like the world is torturing me, and that’s unfortunately been “often” this past year.