Damien Miller
@damienmiller.bsky.social
debugging, v: the process of inserting printf statements into code until one's errors reveal themselves
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Today's appearance of a species of fool who can tell Trumpism is fascist but think the status quo ante of an all-powerful state surveillance apparatus was just fine as long as the right people were in charge of it is most extraordinarily repulsive
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Today's appearance of a species of fool who can tell Trumpism is fascist but think the status quo ante of an all-powerful state surveillance apparatus was just fine as long as the right people were in charge of it is most extraordinarily repulsive
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This is why I read and support Liberal Currents; a full throated defense of science, human rights (which include trans rights), and the courage to believe those things are worth fighting for.
The Atlantic? Busy platforming a kook anti-vaxxer under the guise of both-sides-ism.
The Atlantic? Busy platforming a kook anti-vaxxer under the guise of both-sides-ism.
Liberal Currents will never hand it to a man likely to kill untold number of children with his anti-vaccine anti-science crank activism from HHS. We will never throw trans people under the bus to score political points. Help elevate our voice to compete with The Atlantic’s gofund.me/bc470b67b
November 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is why I read and support Liberal Currents; a full throated defense of science, human rights (which include trans rights), and the courage to believe those things are worth fighting for.
The Atlantic? Busy platforming a kook anti-vaxxer under the guise of both-sides-ism.
The Atlantic? Busy platforming a kook anti-vaxxer under the guise of both-sides-ism.
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William Calley did 3 years house arrest for the My Lai massacre, Obama bombed wedding after wedding. The rest of the world knows what's going to happen to Hegseth; nothing.
To be explicit, we executed a German U-Boat commander who said he had to sink lifesaving gear / “inadvertently” kill survivors because it might give away his position, thereby potentially resulting in the loss of his submarine.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
We executed multiple members of that crew.
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
William Calley did 3 years house arrest for the My Lai massacre, Obama bombed wedding after wedding. The rest of the world knows what's going to happen to Hegseth; nothing.
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Labor's one concrete promise to welfare recipients in 2022 was to abolish compulsory cashless welfare.
As at 10 October 2025, there were 32,556 on income management (IM):
- 9,598 on old IM (BasicsCard) and 22,958 on enhanced IM (SmartCard)
- 6.7% (2,221) were voluntary, the rest under compulsory measures.
- 82% (26,599) on IM identify as Indigenous.
www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...
- 9,598 on old IM (BasicsCard) and 22,958 on enhanced IM (SmartCard)
- 6.7% (2,221) were voluntary, the rest under compulsory measures.
- 82% (26,599) on IM identify as Indigenous.
www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Labor's one concrete promise to welfare recipients in 2022 was to abolish compulsory cashless welfare.
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
Turn it on for your MAGA in-laws
November 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Turn it on for your MAGA in-laws
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We can already feed everyone and keep them housed with just 30% of our current productivity, and even that level is full of inefficiencies
How much growth is required to achieve good lives for all? Insights from needs-based analysis
Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:19 AM
We can already feed everyone and keep them housed with just 30% of our current productivity, and even that level is full of inefficiencies
I don't buy into any of the AGI x-risk stuff myself, but for those that do, having an AI controlled by someone who believes that empathy is a trait that must be extinguished seems like a pretty big problem
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I don't buy into any of the AGI x-risk stuff myself, but for those that do, having an AI controlled by someone who believes that empathy is a trait that must be extinguished seems like a pretty big problem
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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'Clinician–researcher David Simon (...) says the CAR-T therapies have since entered phase I and II clinical trials for autoimmune conditions including systemic sclerosis, myositis and rheumatoid arthritis. Phase III trials are also under way for lupus and myasthenia gravis'
‘They don’t have symptoms’: CAR-T therapies send autoimmune diseases into remission
Engineered T cells that have been used to treat ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus show promising results.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
'Clinician–researcher David Simon (...) says the CAR-T therapies have since entered phase I and II clinical trials for autoimmune conditions including systemic sclerosis, myositis and rheumatoid arthritis. Phase III trials are also under way for lupus and myasthenia gravis'
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Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Man Hoping People Notice How Many Folding Chairs He’s Carrying At Once https://theonion.com/man-hoping-people-notice-how-many-folding-chairs-he-s-c-1819576444/
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Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Roses are red
That dino looks ill
That dino looks ill
screw this, I want to see the polling on whether D. B. Cooper is alive and at large
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
screw this, I want to see the polling on whether D. B. Cooper is alive and at large
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So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
So happy to announce our new preprint, “A geothermal amoeba sets a new upper temperature limit for eukaryotes.” We cultured a novel amoeba from Lassen Volcanic NP (CA, USA) that divides at 63°C (145°F) 🔥 - a new record for euk growth!
#protistsonsky 🧵
#protistsonsky 🧵
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Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
The current Surgeon General of Louisiana has made headlines recently, including for allegedly burying a whooping cough outbreak.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Scoop: The apparent new #2 at CDC is a top ivermectin prescriber who ended Louisiana’s vaccine-promotion media campaigns.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The contention of this article doesn't make sense
If there's a problem with fertilizer contamination, then it's (literally) upstream of Amazon. Reuse of the DC cooling water doesn't make this problem worse, as that water was always going to go somewhere.
If there's a problem with fertilizer contamination, then it's (literally) upstream of Amazon. Reuse of the DC cooling water doesn't make this problem worse, as that water was always going to go somewhere.
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The contention of this article doesn't make sense
If there's a problem with fertilizer contamination, then it's (literally) upstream of Amazon. Reuse of the DC cooling water doesn't make this problem worse, as that water was always going to go somewhere.
If there's a problem with fertilizer contamination, then it's (literally) upstream of Amazon. Reuse of the DC cooling water doesn't make this problem worse, as that water was always going to go somewhere.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
More people should know about the most incredible piece of ekphrasis/found poetry on Youtube (and it's blast furnace adjacent)
Youtube won't let me link to a comment directly, but go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJF... and search for @mrc109 - it's probably worth watching the video first for context
Youtube won't let me link to a comment directly, but go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJF... and search for @mrc109 - it's probably worth watching the video first for context
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
More people should know about the most incredible piece of ekphrasis/found poetry on Youtube (and it's blast furnace adjacent)
Youtube won't let me link to a comment directly, but go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJF... and search for @mrc109 - it's probably worth watching the video first for context
Youtube won't let me link to a comment directly, but go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhJF... and search for @mrc109 - it's probably worth watching the video first for context
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The greatest gift I ever gave my parents was finally moving out of their house. In fact, I've given them this gift several times over the years, and it makes them happier each time.
November 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
The greatest gift I ever gave my parents was finally moving out of their house. In fact, I've given them this gift several times over the years, and it makes them happier each time.
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Housing in Australia is unaffiordable mainly because it has been the official and explicit policy of every government for a generation that dwelling prices must always rise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crush home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Housing in Australia is unaffiordable mainly because it has been the official and explicit policy of every government for a generation that dwelling prices must always rise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Always remember: a great many things are true about the empty set
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Always remember: a great many things are true about the empty set
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Love to see the King of the Manosphere discovering feminist theory from 1983:
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Love to see the King of the Manosphere discovering feminist theory from 1983:
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AI bubble thoughts
1. The no business model critique is wrong for FAANG; they’re posting record profits while spending on AI. It’s startups like OpenAI & Thinking Machines that lack the business models
2. Circular deals (Nvidia funding OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips) are a🚩. Major Lucent & Enron vibes
1. The no business model critique is wrong for FAANG; they’re posting record profits while spending on AI. It’s startups like OpenAI & Thinking Machines that lack the business models
2. Circular deals (Nvidia funding OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips) are a🚩. Major Lucent & Enron vibes
We remember the internet bubble. This mania looks and feels the same.
The AI revolution is three years old Nov. 30. In just 36 months AI has gone from great-new-toy, to global phenomenon, to where we are today - debating whether we are in one of the biggest technology b...
crazystupidtech.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
AI bubble thoughts
1. The no business model critique is wrong for FAANG; they’re posting record profits while spending on AI. It’s startups like OpenAI & Thinking Machines that lack the business models
2. Circular deals (Nvidia funding OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips) are a🚩. Major Lucent & Enron vibes
1. The no business model critique is wrong for FAANG; they’re posting record profits while spending on AI. It’s startups like OpenAI & Thinking Machines that lack the business models
2. Circular deals (Nvidia funding OpenAI to buy Nvidia chips) are a🚩. Major Lucent & Enron vibes