Roko’s Modern Basilisk
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People First: We the People should matter more than billionaires, corrupt politicians, or corporations.
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how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
October 29, 2025 at 11:50 PM
how it feels to do physical activity after the age of 35
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Watching my daughter grow up without evangelical religious trauma is breathtaking.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Watching my daughter grow up without evangelical religious trauma is breathtaking.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
She’s not scared of a hell, or a god who would condemn her to everlasting torture, and she’s never heard of a rapture. Growing up without that fear really does something good to a young person.
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"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
December 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"You shouldn't make art for the money" buddy I'll take it one step further and say we shouldn't have to labor for capital at all but in the meantime pay an artist
Trans folks are literally biohackers and it’s fucking awesome
December 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Trans folks are literally biohackers and it’s fucking awesome
Technical achievement is much easier than (and largely irrelevant to) moral achievement.
See: Musk, Elon.
See: Musk, Elon.
Success and failure, American-style:
This is the landing capsule from Apollo 14, on display at Kennedy Space Center.
We can put people on Moon and bring them home safely…but we can’t elect a president who isn’t a non-lunatic, malignant narcissist who only cares about himself.
This is the landing capsule from Apollo 14, on display at Kennedy Space Center.
We can put people on Moon and bring them home safely…but we can’t elect a president who isn’t a non-lunatic, malignant narcissist who only cares about himself.
December 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Technical achievement is much easier than (and largely irrelevant to) moral achievement.
See: Musk, Elon.
See: Musk, Elon.
Lock flow from Silat entry! #silat #kungfu #martialarts
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December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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December 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How did I miss this for the last 16 years?!
While trying to convince my nephew of the magic of the Lord of the Rings movies I showed him this LOTR/Mulan mashup AMV, and now I fear his love for it exceeds his love for either property youtu.be/fMiM0O1YiMo?...
Éomer's Bootcamp (I'll Make a Man Out of You)
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December 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
How did I miss this for the last 16 years?!
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The Babylonian House God when there's a baby crying
December 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The Babylonian House God when there's a baby crying
Hahah
Thank you, New York Times. I too agree that The Onion had the same level of cultural impact this year that Sabrina Carpenter did.
December 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Hahah
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American distilleries are dying because Trump murdered them.
One of the few things still made in America has been destroyed by tariffs and loose talk about taking over Canada.
Billions in revenue and thousands of jobs lost.
One of the few things still made in America has been destroyed by tariffs and loose talk about taking over Canada.
Billions in revenue and thousands of jobs lost.
December 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
American distilleries are dying because Trump murdered them.
One of the few things still made in America has been destroyed by tariffs and loose talk about taking over Canada.
Billions in revenue and thousands of jobs lost.
One of the few things still made in America has been destroyed by tariffs and loose talk about taking over Canada.
Billions in revenue and thousands of jobs lost.
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Been thinking a lot about how I want to move forward in 2026. In 2025, I spent a huge amount of time borderline incapacitated by fury. There was a lot to be furious about, and it was the correct emotional response. However I let it lock me up instead of driving me to action.
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Been thinking a lot about how I want to move forward in 2026. In 2025, I spent a huge amount of time borderline incapacitated by fury. There was a lot to be furious about, and it was the correct emotional response. However I let it lock me up instead of driving me to action.
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This is such an amazing review from @ruthjoffre.bsky.social at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! "The stories in We Will Rise Again offer readers a glimpse of not just how things are now but also how they could be. They present worlds where we solve problems collectively..."
Fantastical Transcendence and the Magic of Resistance | Los Angeles Review of Books
Ruth Joffre digs into a new anthology of speculative writing about resistance, edited by Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older.
lareviewofbooks.org
December 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is such an amazing review from @ruthjoffre.bsky.social at @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social! "The stories in We Will Rise Again offer readers a glimpse of not just how things are now but also how they could be. They present worlds where we solve problems collectively..."
The @theonion.com absolutely brutal take
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The @theonion.com absolutely brutal take
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We should bring back gladiator fights but exclusively to pit economists and polprofs against each other.
December 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We should bring back gladiator fights but exclusively to pit economists and polprofs against each other.
Aww such adorable little aliens 🐙
Oh my word, 2 really young Graneledone!! Adorable big headed youngsters. @Schmidt Ocean 🌊 dive 887 #argentiniandeepseeps #CONICET #MarineLife
December 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Aww such adorable little aliens 🐙
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Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
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So very “Christian” to bomb another country on Christmas Day. This is the same guy who has practically begged for the Nobel Peace Prize.
December 26, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So very “Christian” to bomb another country on Christmas Day. This is the same guy who has practically begged for the Nobel Peace Prize.
I love seeing all the retro games people have been gifted this year. It’s gonna suck in 10 more years when a switch 2 is dead weight after they kill the online service
December 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I love seeing all the retro games people have been gifted this year. It’s gonna suck in 10 more years when a switch 2 is dead weight after they kill the online service
Did…did the president call in an airstrike on Christmas Day? What the fuck
The malignant narcissist can’t stand America trying to have a peaceful Christmas without him.
December 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Did…did the president call in an airstrike on Christmas Day? What the fuck
Happy Christmas from these two cute doofuses 🐈⬛🐈
December 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Happy Christmas from these two cute doofuses 🐈⬛🐈
The English really just need to admit that a tea bag is fine
December 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The English really just need to admit that a tea bag is fine
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Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
Mr. Cuban, I'm a professor at Yale School of Public Health. Here's a paper published by one of my colleagues in the top medical journal evaluating the Medicare for All Act, which would not only get us there, but would save $450B per year. Happy to discuss! www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA
Although health care expenditure per capita is higher in the USA than in any other
country, more than 37 million Americans do not have health insurance, and 41 million
more have inadequate access to c...
www.thelancet.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Would you believe me if I told you Mark Cuban didn’t want a peer reviewed answer to his question from the top medical journal
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Things you can't have in the United States anymore:
State of the art drones.
State of the art electric cars
Inexpensive state of the art mobile phones.
Cheaper Affordable Care Act healthcare
New mRNA vaccines that might prevent cancers
Ability to be in public without papers
Academic Freedom
DEI
State of the art drones.
State of the art electric cars
Inexpensive state of the art mobile phones.
Cheaper Affordable Care Act healthcare
New mRNA vaccines that might prevent cancers
Ability to be in public without papers
Academic Freedom
DEI
December 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Things you can't have in the United States anymore:
State of the art drones.
State of the art electric cars
Inexpensive state of the art mobile phones.
Cheaper Affordable Care Act healthcare
New mRNA vaccines that might prevent cancers
Ability to be in public without papers
Academic Freedom
DEI
State of the art drones.
State of the art electric cars
Inexpensive state of the art mobile phones.
Cheaper Affordable Care Act healthcare
New mRNA vaccines that might prevent cancers
Ability to be in public without papers
Academic Freedom
DEI