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Kids today will never know how it feels to own a copy of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom taped off the TV at Christmas and you've watched it fifty times so you know the order of the adverts off by heart and you just flat-out watch them every time.

A bold, terrifying statement.

What if the things people talk about and the things we hear about and the things that dominate public discourse are the things that people are talking about and hearing about

I think it’s remarkable that we’ve hallucinated this class of “normal people,” who only believe normal things, whose views are all reasonably grounded in policy or kitchen-table concerns, who apparently do not use social media or appear in public communication in any way, but decide every election

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

Here’s the thing: if you believe people like Charlie Kirk are just sharing “opinions,” you can’t, on the other hand, blame left wing rhetoric for his death. Either opinions are powerful and capable of fomenting hatred and violence, or they aren’t.

In my experience most of them break down because of something like:
A: "I don't like that AI is knowongly based off of my art for which I was never compensated nor consulted."
B: "TOO BAD IT'S HERE NOW SHUT UP!"

Which leads to:
C: "So, about AI-"
A: "You know what fuck AI fuck off fuck you."

If someone quoted one of your otherwise anodyne posts with a bunch of red triangle emojis, I think we'd all understand the implied threat being made and not pretend to be stupid but maybe I have too much faith in a lot of you

this post really lives in my head

Isn't it great that some of the most difficult problems concerning the philosophy of mind, cognitive science, philosophy of technology, the nature of language etc. have simple and obvious answers that I can get morally indignant about? I am a Bluesky poster.

Apparently a lot of ppl needs to hear this

#bskycensorship

You ever get in an argument with someone and their like, "Oh yeah, name one thing..." and you have trouble thinking of ONE because you know their are THOUSANDS of things???

Taylor Swift announces next album title: The Queen in Yellow. She told Variety: "A few years back I came across this amazing play and I was so inspired. It's been living in my head for years. I even dream of it, of the city in the play."

"The unexpected reason why the drive-through line is so long" by artist Devin Elle Kurtz
#Dragons #Fastfood

Choose your online engagement.

“If she wants to know something specific, but doesn’t want people to notice her asking questions, she should simply make incorrect statements while in the company of experts. Her companions will correct her, especially if they're men.”

- Advice for female agents in WW2, provided during SOE training

Sex workers posting wildly incorrect WW2 rage bait to get people to click on their bio instead of thirst traps is the funniest anecdote you can tell about this place

Oh how the tables have turned...