Elf M. Sternberg
@elfsternberg.bsky.social
Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote.
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I have no doubt that when the Democrats get back in, they will act as decisively towards ICE as Obama did wrt Guantanamo.
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I have no doubt that when the Democrats get back in, they will act as decisively towards ICE as Obama did wrt Guantanamo.
"More power and control" of what? To who's benefit?
See, these are the questions nobody asks, but are essential. Who benefits from these regulations? In this case, removing them makes the wealthy wealthier, and the poor more sick.
See, these are the questions nobody asks, but are essential. Who benefits from these regulations? In this case, removing them makes the wealthy wealthier, and the poor more sick.
FOX NEWS: Do you believe climate change is a hoax?
EPA ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN: It has been a con job of using this for more power and control
EPA ADMINISTRATOR LEE ZELDIN: It has been a con job of using this for more power and control
February 13, 2026 at 3:09 PM
"More power and control" of what? To who's benefit?
See, these are the questions nobody asks, but are essential. Who benefits from these regulations? In this case, removing them makes the wealthy wealthier, and the poor more sick.
See, these are the questions nobody asks, but are essential. Who benefits from these regulations? In this case, removing them makes the wealthy wealthier, and the poor more sick.
"Peter Theil doesn't talk like a man afraid of death. Theil — pale, gaunt, never seems to get older but no one has any photos of him looking young, either— talks like someone 1,400 years old who's tired of pretending." machielreyneke.com/blog/vampire...
Why Vampires Live Forever | Machiel Reyneke
The modern longevity movement's obsession with blood transfusions makes perfect sense — if you accept that Peter Thiel and Bryan Johnson are vampires.
machielreyneke.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
"Peter Theil doesn't talk like a man afraid of death. Theil — pale, gaunt, never seems to get older but no one has any photos of him looking young, either— talks like someone 1,400 years old who's tired of pretending." machielreyneke.com/blog/vampire...
The "Greater Than" campaign has a logo that mocks the "equals sign" of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group The Human Rights campaign. It's premise is that all gay people are "groomers:" "Gay marriage grants more legal rights to the sexual desires of adults than it does to the safety of children."
February 13, 2026 at 2:46 PM
The "Greater Than" campaign has a logo that mocks the "equals sign" of the LGBTQ+ advocacy group The Human Rights campaign. It's premise is that all gay people are "groomers:" "Gay marriage grants more legal rights to the sexual desires of adults than it does to the safety of children."
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Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Democrats should promise, today, that Melania Trump, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel will be stripped of citizenship and deported if the administration advances this effort
Pieces like this remind me that the transhumanists have an ugly, ugly bias against those who have cognitive&morphological dissonance already.
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/988e9c...
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/988e9c...
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This dissertation examines how the human bodymind has been seen as malleable by science, technology, and policy practitioners from the Eugenic era in the United States in the first half of the 20th ce...
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February 13, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Pieces like this remind me that the transhumanists have an ugly, ugly bias against those who have cognitive&morphological dissonance already.
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/988e9c...
vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/items/988e9c...
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From sketch to render
February 13, 2026 at 4:27 AM
From sketch to render
Same, Chuck.
Found an additional graphic that gets even more of these quotes together.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
I've kept "I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees" pinned above my desk since I first started studying evolutionary biology as an undergraduate. So relatable to get extremely frustrated with your study system.
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Same, Chuck.
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Fun fact: In addition to everything else wrong with him, JD Vance and the techno-fascists who like him are the literal embodiment everything I got into my research to unmask and fight against.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
Where J.D. Vance Gets His Weird, Terrifying Techno-Authoritarian Ideas
Yes, Peter Thiel was the senator’s benefactor. But they’re both inspired by an obscure software developer who has some truly frightening thoughts about reordering society.
newrepublic.com
July 23, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Fun fact: In addition to everything else wrong with him, JD Vance and the techno-fascists who like him are the literal embodiment everything I got into my research to unmask and fight against.
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
newrepublic.com/article/1839...
When you're at the symphony, you know the opening piece was pretty weird when you think the second piece, Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, will be a welcome, relaxing change.
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
When you're at the symphony, you know the opening piece was pretty weird when you think the second piece, Shostakovitch's Symphony No. 5 in D minor, will be a welcome, relaxing change.
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If a Black man said he'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would call him a thug and demand he spend the rest of his life in prison.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
February 13, 2026 at 1:37 AM
If a Black man said he'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would call him a thug and demand he spend the rest of his life in prison.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
If a trans person said they'd done cocaine off toilet seats everyone would say this was proof trans people are unstable and need to be institutionalized.
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Bunmaxing
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Bunmaxing
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i can remember how in the 80s and the 90s, imelda marcos’ shoe collection was a shorthand for comically naked thievery and corruption and now we have a first family who literally shat in golden toilets
one of the things that’s harder to see while we are in it, but will jump off the page at future historians, is how deeply corrupt *the entire trump family* is, and how they abused and and manipulated every lever of the federal government they could grab to steal everything that isn’t nailed down
News: The top-secret whistleblower complaint against Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted last spring in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
February 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
i can remember how in the 80s and the 90s, imelda marcos’ shoe collection was a shorthand for comically naked thievery and corruption and now we have a first family who literally shat in golden toilets
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it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
it's not easy breeding deer for gigantism, but that's why I make the big bucks
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Was this supposed to make MN AG Ellison look like a badass patriot? Because that’s what I’m taking from it 🤷🏻♂️😂
RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
February 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Was this supposed to make MN AG Ellison look like a badass patriot? Because that’s what I’m taking from it 🤷🏻♂️😂
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NBC repeatedly misgenders trans Winter Olympic skier Elis Lundholm https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nbc-repeatedly-misgenders-trans-winter-olympic-skier-elis-lundholm/?utm_content=1770938400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
NBC misgenders trans Winter Olympic skier Elis Lundholm
Commentators for NBC Sports misgendered trans skier Elis Lundholm throughout its women’s moguls coverage shared on Peacock.
www.thepinknews.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
NBC repeatedly misgenders trans Winter Olympic skier Elis Lundholm https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/nbc-repeatedly-misgenders-trans-winter-olympic-skier-elis-lundholm/?utm_content=1770938400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
February 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Not going to read them all because jesus fucking christ but this is nasty work from Friedersdorf
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The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
February 12, 2026 at 4:21 PM
The Atlantic is Atlanticking extremely hard this morning
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okay basically what this means is that, in the game of ecclesiastical chicken currently being played between the Vatican and this trad cult over whether there's gonna be a right-wing schism, the Vatican did not blink first
things might get spicy from here, guys
things might get spicy from here, guys
February 12, 2026 at 11:07 PM
okay basically what this means is that, in the game of ecclesiastical chicken currently being played between the Vatican and this trad cult over whether there's gonna be a right-wing schism, the Vatican did not blink first
things might get spicy from here, guys
things might get spicy from here, guys
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So...today I read @braddelong.bsky.social's repost of John Warner's indictment of David Brooks as a career long embodiment of suckitude and that drove me back to my old blogging days to see what I had written to make that same case back in the day.
It was...a lot: (the index covers several pages)
It was...a lot: (the index covers several pages)
Search Results for “david brooks” – The Inverse Square Blog
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February 12, 2026 at 9:53 PM
So...today I read @braddelong.bsky.social's repost of John Warner's indictment of David Brooks as a career long embodiment of suckitude and that drove me back to my old blogging days to see what I had written to make that same case back in the day.
It was...a lot: (the index covers several pages)
It was...a lot: (the index covers several pages)
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Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
Vince Guaraldi - earliest television recording of "Linus and Lucy"
YouTube video by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc.
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February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...