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Artist designing software products by day and painting pop culture icons at night.
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· Apr 2
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
Masterful reading of Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century" by the one and lonely Mr. John Lithgow.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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“loss-making machine” why the feck does the media have such difficulty stating fact - OpenAI is a hole in the earth to burn money and cause ecological damage that will *NEVER* be profitable. “Suckers born every minute” PT Barnum
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“loss-making machine” why the feck does the media have such difficulty stating fact - OpenAI is a hole in the earth to burn money and cause ecological damage that will *NEVER* be profitable. “Suckers born every minute” PT Barnum
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...
Am I as bad as R2 @profanity.accountant
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Am I as bad as R2 @profanity.accountant
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This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs
Considering the orange man pardoned Ross Ulbricht and is now going to pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, the "protecting the homeland from drug dealers" rings a bit like bullshit, eh? How much did Hernandez pay Trump;
I can't wait until this chest-beating imbecile is brought up on murder charges.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Considering the orange man pardoned Ross Ulbricht and is now going to pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, the "protecting the homeland from drug dealers" rings a bit like bullshit, eh? How much did Hernandez pay Trump;
Sonas
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas has a slim elegance and glamour that…
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas has a slim elegance and glamour that…
Sonas
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas has a slim elegance and glamour that harkens back to broadway marquees and theater channel cut letters with bright bulbs shining from within.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sonas
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas has a slim elegance and glamour that…
Sonas in Irish, means happiness which accurately describes this font’s personality. The foundation of this family comes from an early 20th Century font from a marketing type sample from which we expanded into a full character set for modern use. Sonas has a slim elegance and glamour that…
We are 512 weeks past, Trump's administration's claim that they would have a plan in 2-weeks.
13 years in development, and Republicans still just have a concept of a plan.
November 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We are 512 weeks past, Trump's administration's claim that they would have a plan in 2-weeks.
HP announces a ~10% reduction in their staff; somewhere between 4,000 - 6,000 employees to "stay competitive" in the face of AI...really? Enrique Lores is blaming AI for his poor management? This guy's compensation for last year was almost $20 million, but it is the worker who gets fckd?
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
HP announces a ~10% reduction in their staff; somewhere between 4,000 - 6,000 employees to "stay competitive" in the face of AI...really? Enrique Lores is blaming AI for his poor management? This guy's compensation for last year was almost $20 million, but it is the worker who gets fckd?
Watching Ken Burns’ documentary on the revolution and he notes a key turning point towards revolution was having a standing army patrolling the colonists. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Watching Ken Burns’ documentary on the revolution and he notes a key turning point towards revolution was having a standing army patrolling the colonists. Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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200 Ansel Adams Photographs Expose the Rigors of Life in Japanese Internment Camps During WW II
200 Ansel Adams Photographs Expose the Rigors of Life in Japanese Internment Camps During WW II
Images courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Actor George Takei was once best known as Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu.
www.openculture.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
200 Ansel Adams Photographs Expose the Rigors of Life in Japanese Internment Camps During WW II
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@davidgerard.co.uk don't know if you have seen this already. Turns out the one good use of AI is detecting AI-based accounting fraud
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The Algorithm That Detected a $610 Billion Fraud: How Machine Intelligence Exposed the AI Industry’s Circular Financing Scheme
On November 20, 2025, trading algorithms identified what may become the largest accounting fraud in technology history—not in months or years, but in 18 hours.
substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
@davidgerard.co.uk don't know if you have seen this already. Turns out the one good use of AI is detecting AI-based accounting fraud
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
A movie that takes place where you're from ✨️
November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from ✨️
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Here’s the link to the Baker T’s. All proceeds going to a local food bank.
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
Tom Baker Dr Who T-shirt — Alisdair Wood
all proceeds going to a local food bank.
www.woodi.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here’s the link to the Baker T’s. All proceeds going to a local food bank.
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
There’s only about 5 medium, large and X-Large left. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. Uk only, £9.50 including p&p. Ta!
www.woodi.co.uk/shop-1/tom-b...
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Rep. Eugene Vindman is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a "concerning" 2019 phone call between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Rep. Eugene Vindman is calling on the Trump administration to release the transcript of a "concerning" 2019 phone call between President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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Reporter: Are affirming that you think Trump is a fascist?
Mamdani: We’ve spoken about—
Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.
Mamdani: We’ve spoken about—
Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.
November 21, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Reporter: Are affirming that you think Trump is a fascist?
Mamdani: We’ve spoken about—
Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.
Mamdani: We’ve spoken about—
Trump: That’s ok, you can just say it.
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Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Them: Stop calling us NAZIs.
Also Them: Swastikas are OK in the US Coast Guard.
Also Them: Swastikas are OK in the US Coast Guard.
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Them: Stop calling us NAZIs.
Also Them: Swastikas are OK in the US Coast Guard.
Also Them: Swastikas are OK in the US Coast Guard.
Not sure why anyone would go on Bill Maher's shows or Joe Rogan's at this point. You won't convince them of their position and you are just giving them content to expand their vitriol.
PATTON OSWALT: These people are scared. They're being targeted. We're watching them be targeted right now. We're watching transgender people be targeted in a very aggressive way, so—
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
BILL MAHER: We are? Where?
OSWALT: Oh my god.
MAHER: Where are they being targeted?
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Not sure why anyone would go on Bill Maher's shows or Joe Rogan's at this point. You won't convince them of their position and you are just giving them content to expand their vitriol.
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Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly
As Trump’s call for the execution of “seditious” Dems works against him, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, one of his targets, explains why she and other Dems are warning servicemembers against carrying out ille...
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Remarkable: Rep Chrissy Houlahan, one of the Dems that Trump called for executing, tells me her office literally filled out a Capitol Police threat report that listed "the president" as the person making the threat.
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
It's at 9:20 on our pod. Much more like that here:
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
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Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Slotkin: I’m not going to be dissuaded from standing up for the Constitution just because he threatens us. I’m not going to let him intimidate us out of speaking our minds.
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New work pinpoints origins for the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon
Lost Planet Theia that Created the Moon Came From the Inner Solar System
New work pinpoints origins for the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
New work pinpoints origins for the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon
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AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.
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If America saw what Trump was doing in another country, we would invade to secure the populace and restore order.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
If America saw what Trump was doing in another country, we would invade to secure the populace and restore order.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
An example of not following an unlawful order would be the military not shooting protesters, as Trump had requested. It is not treason, it is serving the Constitution.
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
November 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
An example of not following an unlawful order would be the military not shooting protesters, as Trump had requested. It is not treason, it is serving the Constitution.
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...
www.npr.org/2022/05/09/1...