lexi
@barredspirals.bsky.social
thought launderer, accursed magus, aspiring victim of communism
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lexi
@barredspirals.bsky.social
· Nov 5
now if youll excuse me ill be in a bathroom stall boofing precisely 512mg of authentic soviet-era phenazepam to increase my posting powers and own the bourgeoisie
i have found a youtube channel 🙃🤡
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
i have found a youtube channel 🙃🤡
been thinking a lot about the "AI art is illegitimate" mindset. it's honestly so profoundly philosophically diseased that actually trying to express everything wrong with it would probably require a >5k-word essay. the absurdity goes deep
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
been thinking a lot about the "AI art is illegitimate" mindset. it's honestly so profoundly philosophically diseased that actually trying to express everything wrong with it would probably require a >5k-word essay. the absurdity goes deep
was reading about the history of palm os and realized my inner monologue had instinctively switched to the "'50s American film narrator" voice https://youtu.be/8UW0LgiHFQQ
January 5, 2026 at 7:58 PM
was reading about the history of palm os and realized my inner monologue had instinctively switched to the "'50s American film narrator" voice https://youtu.be/8UW0LgiHFQQ
TIL there was a palm os farcebook client https://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7590/palm-releases-a-facebook-client-for-palm-os/
January 5, 2026 at 6:49 PM
TIL there was a palm os farcebook client https://www.palminfocenter.com/news/7590/palm-releases-a-facebook-client-for-palm-os/
in centuries to come, historians are going to write off the entire record of the second Trump presidency as childish propaganda written by his political enemies, aren't they. "no one could be THAT crazy," they'll say. "the videos of Incitatus being appointed Secretary of War were clearly AI-generat
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
in centuries to come, historians are going to write off the entire record of the second Trump presidency as childish propaganda written by his political enemies, aren't they. "no one could be THAT crazy," they'll say. "the videos of Incitatus being appointed Secretary of War were clearly AI-generat
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test (but also cool!)
interesting experiments suggesting simple grammar in the japanese tit www.nature.com/articles/nco...
Experimental evidence for compositional syntax in bird calls - Nature Communications
Animal vocalizations contain distinct elements, but it is not clear whether they convey combined meanings in the same way as human speech. Here, Suzuki et al.show that Japanese great tits can combine ...
www.nature.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:19 PM
test (but also cool!)
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not enough people hold Obama accountable for the decline in public decency that started when he stole the chaos emeralds
January 5, 2026 at 8:12 AM
not enough people hold Obama accountable for the decline in public decency that started when he stole the chaos emeralds
the sheer amount of noise that AI coding tools try to stuff into context is kind of horrific
January 5, 2026 at 3:28 PM
the sheer amount of noise that AI coding tools try to stuff into context is kind of horrific
one of the most memorable interactions ive had online was back on fedi, with an american on the "high-energy, low-IQ" wing of the far right. I don't even remember the context but i'd mocked him for being incapable of nuance and his reply was (this is not paraphrased) "nuance is hasbara"
January 5, 2026 at 1:11 PM
one of the most memorable interactions ive had online was back on fedi, with an american on the "high-energy, low-IQ" wing of the far right. I don't even remember the context but i'd mocked him for being incapable of nuance and his reply was (this is not paraphrased) "nuance is hasbara"
tired: "anti-ai" vs "pro-ai"
wired: "butlerian" vs "ixian"
wired: "butlerian" vs "ixian"
January 5, 2026 at 12:58 PM
tired: "anti-ai" vs "pro-ai"
wired: "butlerian" vs "ixian"
wired: "butlerian" vs "ixian"
so is "crashout" Zoomer for "meltdown" or
January 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
so is "crashout" Zoomer for "meltdown" or
increasingly I'm wondering to what extent our current crop of political ideologies will actually still be relevant 10-20 years down the line
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
increasingly I'm wondering to what extent our current crop of political ideologies will actually still be relevant 10-20 years down the line
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I wrote this article about Venezuela in 2018. It basically explains the entire Venezuelan situation up until 2018. If you want to learn a lot about Venezuela then take some time out of your day & give it a read! johnben-net.pckt.blog/a-historic-p... #Venezuela #history #essay #Maduro
A Historic Political and Economic Analysis of the Fifth Venezuelan Republic - johnben.net
I wrote this article in 2018. Considering the recent (2026) United States actions against Venezuela and the Maduro government I decided to revise and post th...
johnben-net.pckt.blog
January 5, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I wrote this article about Venezuela in 2018. It basically explains the entire Venezuelan situation up until 2018. If you want to learn a lot about Venezuela then take some time out of your day & give it a read! johnben-net.pckt.blog/a-historic-p... #Venezuela #history #essay #Maduro
unnerving how hot batteries get when they're charging. constant reminder that you're holding a box full of extremely nasty chemicals that could quite easily kill or mutilate you if they escaped
January 5, 2026 at 12:06 PM
unnerving how hot batteries get when they're charging. constant reminder that you're holding a box full of extremely nasty chemicals that could quite easily kill or mutilate you if they escaped
what did grok know about epstein and when did it know it
January 5, 2026 at 11:39 AM
what did grok know about epstein and when did it know it
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The marketized chastity of the reactionary paradigm is nothing but emotional labor and an endless implosion into the woke adjacent image of the self.
January 5, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The marketized chastity of the reactionary paradigm is nothing but emotional labor and an endless implosion into the woke adjacent image of the self.
*gestures helplessly*
January 5, 2026 at 11:35 AM
*gestures helplessly*
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yeah I’m saying that the self effacement doesn’t help that, it says: hey! I’m bleeding over here! so it attracts ppl nursing sacred wounds & vampires in equal measure
take out the self effacement entirely to increase appeal AND confidence AND forestall my vampire -> despair -> polyamory experience
take out the self effacement entirely to increase appeal AND confidence AND forestall my vampire -> despair -> polyamory experience
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
yeah I’m saying that the self effacement doesn’t help that, it says: hey! I’m bleeding over here! so it attracts ppl nursing sacred wounds & vampires in equal measure
take out the self effacement entirely to increase appeal AND confidence AND forestall my vampire -> despair -> polyamory experience
take out the self effacement entirely to increase appeal AND confidence AND forestall my vampire -> despair -> polyamory experience
the year is 2042. Pope LaQueesha II, the first gay Muslim to lead the Catholic Church, has just been banned from TikTok over her "incendiary" theological diss tracks. Russia will run out of missiles any day now. six million Americans have been arrested for jailbreaking their toilets
January 5, 2026 at 10:23 AM
the year is 2042. Pope LaQueesha II, the first gay Muslim to lead the Catholic Church, has just been banned from TikTok over her "incendiary" theological diss tracks. Russia will run out of missiles any day now. six million Americans have been arrested for jailbreaking their toilets
excited to announce the launch of our innovative new customer service startup, which deploys the slop machine at scale to individually gaslight your users, with never-before-seen care and attention to detail
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
excited to announce the launch of our innovative new customer service startup, which deploys the slop machine at scale to individually gaslight your users, with never-before-seen care and attention to detail
little known fact: you can actually just write whatever bullshit you like in Computer Modern. in most countries it isnt even illegal
January 5, 2026 at 3:12 AM
little known fact: you can actually just write whatever bullshit you like in Computer Modern. in most countries it isnt even illegal
one of these days I should write up that incident where i publicly embarrassed a sketchy mobile app RAD platform on birdsite by breaking their sad attempt at obfuscating (or in their words, "compiling") the app source JS
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 AM
one of these days I should write up that incident where i publicly embarrassed a sketchy mobile app RAD platform on birdsite by breaking their sad attempt at obfuscating (or in their words, "compiling") the app source JS
if i didn't know better i'd think altman was a tv villain played by nicholas cage
January 5, 2026 at 1:58 AM
if i didn't know better i'd think altman was a tv villain played by nicholas cage
i think a key fact needed to understand what's going on in burgerstan is that american hegemony was built post-ww2 by very intelligent high-functioning psychopaths à la kissinger. they were then succeeded by a generation that was instead very stupid and very sheltered but equally malicious
January 5, 2026 at 1:37 AM
i think a key fact needed to understand what's going on in burgerstan is that american hegemony was built post-ww2 by very intelligent high-functioning psychopaths à la kissinger. they were then succeeded by a generation that was instead very stupid and very sheltered but equally malicious
tfw a barfight breaks out in your mentions and you can't even tell who's mad about what
January 5, 2026 at 1:24 AM
tfw a barfight breaks out in your mentions and you can't even tell who's mad about what