Dylan
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Dylan
@drhspoliticalcafe.bsky.social
· Mar 4
This is the Cool Zone, Hot Zone, and Shit Zone all in one.
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'Walmart Mike' blocked me on Twitter after I asked him why he was designing a surveillance system that was exclusively for the stalls in the women's restrooms.
yeah he apparently builds the dystopian spy surveillance tech that narcs on walmart’s underpaid employees if they eat food on the clock or pee for too long or w/e
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 AM
'Walmart Mike' blocked me on Twitter after I asked him why he was designing a surveillance system that was exclusively for the stalls in the women's restrooms.
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I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
Musk's people infiltrated the GSA technology arm early on and demanded root-level access to computer systems, trying to circumvent normal security procedures. Here's one example where they pushed so hard they forced someone to resign rather than give in.
Why did they do this?
Why did they do this?
Musk Ally Demands Admin Access to System That Lets Government Text the Public
A worker resigned in protest rather than giving Thomas Shedd access to Notify.gov, which they said would allow him to see "all personally identifiable information moving through the Notiy system, incl...
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I remain convinced DOGE was a massive, planetary scale data exfiltration scheme and that Palantir has it all now
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All that being said, I always make a point of being polite to voice assistant software, and I raised my son to do the same.
It's not Pascal's wager, I just didn't want him to learn the habit of yelling and taking out his frustrations at assistants (who are usually voiced female-coded too)
It's not Pascal's wager, I just didn't want him to learn the habit of yelling and taking out his frustrations at assistants (who are usually voiced female-coded too)
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 AM
All that being said, I always make a point of being polite to voice assistant software, and I raised my son to do the same.
It's not Pascal's wager, I just didn't want him to learn the habit of yelling and taking out his frustrations at assistants (who are usually voiced female-coded too)
It's not Pascal's wager, I just didn't want him to learn the habit of yelling and taking out his frustrations at assistants (who are usually voiced female-coded too)
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Their denial of the body as merely a vessel for code is shown daily by the way these men treat actual living human beings, including the ones who work for their companies.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People's Blood
The contrarian venture capitalist believes transfusions may hold the key to his dream of living forever.
www.inc.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Their denial of the body as merely a vessel for code is shown daily by the way these men treat actual living human beings, including the ones who work for their companies.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
These men are chasing their own personal immortailty over piles of corpses. They're the closest thing we have to vampires tbh.
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The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The Singularitarian fantasists who want us to elevate machines to consciousness are not interested in the happiness of all beings.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
They want to degrade the biological body to a mere vessel, one they can discard. It's bunk theology for men who believe they're too smart and special to die.
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The desire to treat AI as having a soul is based on the same pathological terror at their own mortality that drives these same men to invest in life extension foundations.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
The desire to treat AI as having a soul is based on the same pathological terror at their own mortality that drives these same men to invest in life extension foundations.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
If the AI has a soul, then consciousness is code and their own consciousness can be uploaded and thus they can live forever.
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This is narcissism masquerading as philosophy — the technophile elite are not recognizing a new soul in AI, they're falling in love with their creation, staring at their own reflection in a digital pool.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 AM
This is narcissism masquerading as philosophy — the technophile elite are not recognizing a new soul in AI, they're falling in love with their creation, staring at their own reflection in a digital pool.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
It is the ultimate in solipsism and has its roots in a pathological fear and denial of death.
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If I was this woman's lawyer i would advise her not to stop suing until she owned Glenn Beck's house
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
How an innocent woman's name was tied to the Jan. 6 pipe bombs
The FBI has ruled the woman out as a suspect in the 2021 plot, sources said, but only after her name circulated on social platforms and a conservative news site.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 AM
If I was this woman's lawyer i would advise her not to stop suing until she owned Glenn Beck's house
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-p...
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Here EVERY two hours, trying to meet the daily emergency needs of six families. Recently that's meant food, healthcare + surgery, infant supplies, tents, and more. What an honor that we can make such a difference, right?
Click "weekly" on a five and keep it going: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Click "weekly" on a five and keep it going: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Here EVERY two hours, trying to meet the daily emergency needs of six families. Recently that's meant food, healthcare + surgery, infant supplies, tents, and more. What an honor that we can make such a difference, right?
Click "weekly" on a five and keep it going: chuffed.org/project/hope...
Click "weekly" on a five and keep it going: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
Idk if I'm right. Here's what I think I'm seeing:
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
Police are using her lawn as a staging area. She wants them off. The say she's obstructing them and they'll arrest her. She keeps repeating that it's her property and she won't let them on it without a warrant.
They stay!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
If this is what it looks like, this is a live third amendment issue. The third amendment has always been my favorite amendment, but largely because it never came up.
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No hay tortillas
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
No hay tortillas
My god, when Tucker is the voice of reason near the end, you know you’re one of the biggest pieces of shit. And Fuentes is a giant one. An incredibly pathetic one too.
New It Could Happen Here 🔞
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 AM
My god, when Tucker is the voice of reason near the end, you know you’re one of the biggest pieces of shit. And Fuentes is a giant one. An incredibly pathetic one too.
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Fuentes is such a genuinely awful person that Tucker is actually making decent counterpoints by the end of this. Just stunning.
New It Could Happen Here 🔞
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Fuentes is such a genuinely awful person that Tucker is actually making decent counterpoints by the end of this. Just stunning.
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By overwhelming popular demand, the Nick Fuentes x Tucker Carlson porn cut has finally been released. #ReleaseThePornCut
New It Could Happen Here 🔞
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
Garrison and Robert examine Nick Fuentes and Tucker Carlson’s debate over OnlyFans, the incel mindset, and the role of men and women in marriage during their interview.
@bishonentype.bsky.social @iwriteok.bsky.social
www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
By overwhelming popular demand, the Nick Fuentes x Tucker Carlson porn cut has finally been released. #ReleaseThePornCut
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Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
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I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I just learned the Bugs Bunny No meme doesn't even come from him saying no. It's a frame rotated 90 degrees from him taking a drink from a bottle. I needed to share this.
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This discourse about how you need to marry money or be otherwise subsidized to be a journalist has come around before and it fucking infuriates me every time. Take that confessional energy and use it to GET YOUR COLLEAGUES PAID BETTER.
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This discourse about how you need to marry money or be otherwise subsidized to be a journalist has come around before and it fucking infuriates me every time. Take that confessional energy and use it to GET YOUR COLLEAGUES PAID BETTER.
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I think it shocks some of my students but I emphasize that having a job outside journalism is fine and common. I also toss in practical industry talk that’s not strictly in the curriculum. On Monday we discussed contracts: “for-hire,” indemnity, kill fees, scope of work. Freelancers need to know!
If you have ever thought that my journalism or my first book were net positives for the world, understand that they probably would not exist if I did not have a spouse who paid the mortgage. If I'd been a solo earner/parent, I likely would have left criticism, journalism or book writing long ago.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I think it shocks some of my students but I emphasize that having a job outside journalism is fine and common. I also toss in practical industry talk that’s not strictly in the curriculum. On Monday we discussed contracts: “for-hire,” indemnity, kill fees, scope of work. Freelancers need to know!
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DAILY MEMO: In Absence of Border Patrol, ICE and HSI Steps Up to Take Its Place
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
DAILY MEMO: In Absence of Border Patrol, ICE and HSI Steps Up to Take Its Place
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Peter Beinart has been called out by Palestinians on Twitter before - he made some “what about my feelings?” comments back in 2023 if I recall. It sparked a lot of discourse on leftist Twitter at the time. This is akin to breaking a boycott of apartheid South Africa.
BDS means BDS.
This ain’t it.
And this better not be a paid appearance.
This ain’t it.
And this better not be a paid appearance.
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Peter Beinart has been called out by Palestinians on Twitter before - he made some “what about my feelings?” comments back in 2023 if I recall. It sparked a lot of discourse on leftist Twitter at the time. This is akin to breaking a boycott of apartheid South Africa.
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OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
The family of Adam Raine filed a lawsuit against the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that is not responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
OpenAI says a 16-year-old who died by suicide after using ChatGPT misused the app and so, the company argues, his parents can't sue. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne... via @angelayang.bsky.social
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November 26, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Seattle and Portland area folks:
These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it).
Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.
These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it).
Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.
November 26, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Seattle and Portland area folks:
These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it).
Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.
These two sweeties need a new foster home by December 12th. One boy, one girl, both fixed. They’ll come with food, toys, and litter (also a cat playpen if you want it).
Would really appreciate any shares to cast a wider net.
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Such unfortunate behavior from Beinart, there’s just not excuse, you really can’t violate the boycott and support it at the same time, it’s just not possible. You won’t get much out of what you’re doing in the first place, Israeli universities are a bubble in comparison to what’s outside of them.
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Such unfortunate behavior from Beinart, there’s just not excuse, you really can’t violate the boycott and support it at the same time, it’s just not possible. You won’t get much out of what you’re doing in the first place, Israeli universities are a bubble in comparison to what’s outside of them.
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I am absolutely seeing this in real time. I get at least 3 emails a day from people I know and people I don't asking me if I have leads on work. I usually have to say I do not. The job market is NOT GOOD right now at all.
November 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
I am absolutely seeing this in real time. I get at least 3 emails a day from people I know and people I don't asking me if I have leads on work. I usually have to say I do not. The job market is NOT GOOD right now at all.