🎄Brendan Agnew🏳️🌈
@blcagnew.bsky.social
Writer of Things, local n'er-do-well at cinapse.co, co-host of "Make Me Watch It," and Keeper of the Very Bad Dad Jokes. He/Him.
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Hey can we stop calling women ''females'' ? lol
February 15, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Hey can we stop calling women ''females'' ? lol
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Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
February 15, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Propaganda during WWI and WWII in fact
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THAT
was sick
as
FUCK
5 stars out the box.
was sick
as
FUCK
5 stars out the box.
February 15, 2026 at 11:11 PM
THAT
was sick
as
FUCK
5 stars out the box.
was sick
as
FUCK
5 stars out the box.
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Every trans selfie you see here is the technology not being used for its original purpose: weird dudes grifting each other for fake money and posting bullet point summaries of 100 page self help books and arguing about age of consent laws.
February 15, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Every trans selfie you see here is the technology not being used for its original purpose: weird dudes grifting each other for fake money and posting bullet point summaries of 100 page self help books and arguing about age of consent laws.
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Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Can you think of examples where people use technologies differently from what the developers intended, whether unintentionally or as an act of resistance?
February 15, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Bluesky was literally meant to be a cryptobro social network for grifters, LinkedIn sludge, and libertarians who know way too much about age of consent laws.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
Jack Dorsey *left* when instead of weird and off-putting cryptonerds, trans people started hanging out here.
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Optimistic projections aside, a $40 million Fri-Mon domestic opening weekend is pretty damn terrific for Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s $85 million, R-rated, adult-skewing romantic melodrama.
'Wuthering Heights' Box Office: Six Hot Takes From an $82 Million Worldwide Opening
Optimistic projections aside, a $40m Fri-Mon domestic opening weekend is pretty damn terrific for Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s R-rated, adult-skewing romantic melodrama.
scottmendelson.substack.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Optimistic projections aside, a $40 million Fri-Mon domestic opening weekend is pretty damn terrific for Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s $85 million, R-rated, adult-skewing romantic melodrama.
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Homer the Heretic is just scene after scene of incredible moments
February 15, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Homer the Heretic is just scene after scene of incredible moments
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All this talk about Platner is useful only in that it exposes people who would be OK w a Nazi in the Senate if it screwed over Democrats, because I have a hard time believing he’s within 25 points of Mills.
February 15, 2026 at 7:40 PM
All this talk about Platner is useful only in that it exposes people who would be OK w a Nazi in the Senate if it screwed over Democrats, because I have a hard time believing he’s within 25 points of Mills.
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A Washington Post columnist whose beat is food and science was whining on here yesterday about how scientists fleeing to Bluesky meant science was "hard left" - the truth is that if science has a leftward bias, it's because the right has decided to destroy science.
@bostonglobe.com Why no gift links? Not even one?
In any case, this is depressing:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
In any case, this is depressing:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...
‘My scientific career is essentially over.’ A brain drain imperils Massachusetts’ biomedical future - The Boston Globe
In a first-of-its-kind survey, the Globe asked hundreds of scientists about the impact of federal funding cuts.
www.bostonglobe.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:37 PM
A Washington Post columnist whose beat is food and science was whining on here yesterday about how scientists fleeing to Bluesky meant science was "hard left" - the truth is that if science has a leftward bias, it's because the right has decided to destroy science.
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I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, “R.E.M was wrong to leave ‘Fretless’ off of Out of Time” instead of “The secret police should stop murdering people.”
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It's also worth remembering that this narrative is Nazi in a way that actually pre-dates the Holocaust.
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
This message from the US State Department about "not wanting allies to be shackled by guilt and shame" is a pretty direct call-out to the German far-right argument that Germany has spent too long feeling guilty about the Holocaust, and needs to move on and stop doing remembrance.
February 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
It's also worth remembering that this narrative is Nazi in a way that actually pre-dates the Holocaust.
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
Hitler rose to power telling a story of a Germany shackled by guilt and shame (and of course the material concessions fallout) from WWI
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need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night
February 15, 2026 at 6:52 PM
need to make everyone in San Francisco watch this video every morning and every night
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Again, the contrast between professionals who actually deal with consumer spending, and Very Online Communists, is striking. The communists are like "people are ultra-rational utility maximizers" and the professionals are like "people will forget how much money they make and buy a boat"
I'm a financial advisor.
Humans are *very bad* at tracking, contextualizing, and understanding spending.
Like 80%+ of my clients who claim to live "paycheck to paycheck" have also immediately upgraded [car/house/electronics] significantly after minor pay increases.
Humans are *very bad* at tracking, contextualizing, and understanding spending.
Like 80%+ of my clients who claim to live "paycheck to paycheck" have also immediately upgraded [car/house/electronics] significantly after minor pay increases.
February 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Again, the contrast between professionals who actually deal with consumer spending, and Very Online Communists, is striking. The communists are like "people are ultra-rational utility maximizers" and the professionals are like "people will forget how much money they make and buy a boat"
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"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:33 PM
"OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
This isn't a dead canary in the coal mine, it's a miner. AI doesn't work.
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
February 15, 2026 at 6:24 PM
with alt text, because everyone needs to be able to read this 😭
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I hadn't heard this shit until now and finding out Platner was all in on "black people don't tip" makes way too much sense. And it's a huge red flag for anyone who works in hospitality because it's not true. Everyone who's worked behind the stick knows who undertips and it's not the black community
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 PM
I hadn't heard this shit until now and finding out Platner was all in on "black people don't tip" makes way too much sense. And it's a huge red flag for anyone who works in hospitality because it's not true. Everyone who's worked behind the stick knows who undertips and it's not the black community
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modern white nationalism is fundamentally cuck shit. just a swamp of marble bust avatars brainwashed by ccp propaganda. it's why all these dipshits are ready to torch nato and abandon taiwan. because they are cucks lol
February 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
modern white nationalism is fundamentally cuck shit. just a swamp of marble bust avatars brainwashed by ccp propaganda. it's why all these dipshits are ready to torch nato and abandon taiwan. because they are cucks lol
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something we don't talk about is how gullible the current ruling class is to chinese propaganda. these guys are cucks and morons who bought into state-created lies about han chinese ethnicity
We must speak plainly about the agenda Elon Musk & other MAGA leaders are pushing. It’s white nationalism.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
There’s no room for Black, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native, Jewish or all other Americans in Musk’s monocultural vision.
Multiculturalism is superior. We can’t allow Musk & others to end it.
February 15, 2026 at 9:15 PM
something we don't talk about is how gullible the current ruling class is to chinese propaganda. these guys are cucks and morons who bought into state-created lies about han chinese ethnicity
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My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
February 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My English-Scots-Irish ancestors didn't die for multiculturalism; they killed for it. Killed Confederates who said shit exactly like this.
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Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
February 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Reminder that Elon Musk is in the Epstein files and has already been named by one of the survivors. Anyone still using X is helping a pedophile succeed.
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Should have listened to the people who kept telling you no.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
‘Pulp Fiction’ Writer Says It Was ‘Impossible’ to Get His Movies Made Until He Started an AI Production Company: ‘Just Put AI in Front of It and All of a Sudden You’re in Production on Three Features’
'Pulp Fiction' writer Roger Avary says it was 'impossible' to get his movies made until he started an AI production company.
variety.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Should have listened to the people who kept telling you no.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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The singing gargoyles are rough, but Hunchback has highs that most other Disney movies can’t reach.
February 15, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The singing gargoyles are rough, but Hunchback has highs that most other Disney movies can’t reach.
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The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be
Net favorability of how Americans view
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Trump: -18
Hegseth: -15
Vance: -14
Rubio: -10
RFK Jr: -4
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
How Americans view key members of the Trump administration
A 58% majority say they have an unfavorable view of President Donald Trump, and 40% have a favorable view.
www.pewresearch.org
February 15, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The RFK number seems like a massive failure of the media to explain what RFK is doing to our public health system and how catastrophic it will be