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There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
the democratic response to this must be, in the words of @dennycarter.bsky.social, to go goblin mode on redistricting in the states where they have a trifecta. eliminate every republican district in those states.
This isn't a Supreme Court, it's just six Republican operatives imposing law on the rest of us in order to help Trump and MAGA destroy the Constitution and impose authoritarian rule.
December 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There’s just no choice anymore. There should be zero Republican House reps from blue states. None.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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Sometimes I wonder if Americans are so unused to doing political activity outside of voting that we dont appreciate how messy and imperfect it has to be just to get off the ground. Every time there’s a protest, there’s critics that expect ironclad discipline that can’t be expected of a sizable crowd
Something I have come to realize is that a lot of the people who tell you to “do something about it” in response to being upset about the collapse of eg American civil society are also the same people who get incredibly upset when they see someone doing something.
December 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Sometimes I wonder if Americans are so unused to doing political activity outside of voting that we dont appreciate how messy and imperfect it has to be just to get off the ground. Every time there’s a protest, there’s critics that expect ironclad discipline that can’t be expected of a sizable crowd
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If you're opposed to a protest against war with Venezuela because code pink and PSL are showing up, you should be opposed to no kings, because they also showed up. Purity is a luxury we do not have time, resources or leadership for atm
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
If you're opposed to a protest against war with Venezuela because code pink and PSL are showing up, you should be opposed to no kings, because they also showed up. Purity is a luxury we do not have time, resources or leadership for atm
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I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
This is not true. This is argument that pro-gun people use to discount red flag and waiting period laws. Ease of access and lethality (let alone cheerful instruction in the best method!) is the #1 predictor of attempts leading actual completion. The more barriers, the more people live.
I think it's fine Chat GPT is telling people how to kill themselves. They'll figure it out one way or another if they're serious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I am a suicide attempt survivor so I’m kind of selfishly interested in prevention and, again, while it may difficult to completely prevent IDEATION, what ChatGPT does (despite guardrails!) is *cheerlead and facilitate* completion. You can come back from ideation but not a chat-optimized completion.
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You'd think the President repeatedly spewing increasingly more racist shit daily would be newsworthy. Maybe one could even call it a trend. Perhaps it can tell us something about the Republican party broadly.
Or maybe journalists can keep grading Trump on a curve because this is "normal" for him.
Or maybe journalists can keep grading Trump on a curve because this is "normal" for him.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
You'd think the President repeatedly spewing increasingly more racist shit daily would be newsworthy. Maybe one could even call it a trend. Perhaps it can tell us something about the Republican party broadly.
Or maybe journalists can keep grading Trump on a curve because this is "normal" for him.
Or maybe journalists can keep grading Trump on a curve because this is "normal" for him.
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What's happening with Horses is a full repeat of the Rule Of Rose clusterfuck, which got the game blocked from release in multiple countries, based on (unfounded) rumors that the game contained - quoting Wikiepdia - "children buried alive underground, in-game sadomasochism, and underage eroticism."
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
What's happening with Horses is a full repeat of the Rule Of Rose clusterfuck, which got the game blocked from release in multiple countries, based on (unfounded) rumors that the game contained - quoting Wikiepdia - "children buried alive underground, in-game sadomasochism, and underage eroticism."
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Guess what I did given I was tired of being humiliated by a democratic establishment that still refuses to make an issue out of secret police putting my family in internment camps! It’s not too late to actually do something instead of getting mad online that someone else organized!
December 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Guess what I did given I was tired of being humiliated by a democratic establishment that still refuses to make an issue out of secret police putting my family in internment camps! It’s not too late to actually do something instead of getting mad online that someone else organized!
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damn if only we had a national democratic party that could help mobilize these instead of a loose assemblage of leftwing groups that are mostly volunteer based and therefor prone to entryism from any fringe actor with money
computer, enhance
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
damn if only we had a national democratic party that could help mobilize these instead of a loose assemblage of leftwing groups that are mostly volunteer based and therefor prone to entryism from any fringe actor with money
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the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
December 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
the HORSES affair is a startlingly low bar to cross to see if people actually care about protecting games from censorship of upsetting themes because it's far tamer and has way more moral clarity than a lot of stuff that doesn't get banned. but it's also very clarifying to see who can't cross it
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i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 7:03 AM
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
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Sometimes the intensity of AI hate weirds me out a little too but like cmon people hate it bc it’s coming for their jobs, and usually it’s literally visual artists and animators on here who are already facing nonzero financially meaningful competition from AI.
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Sometimes the intensity of AI hate weirds me out a little too but like cmon people hate it bc it’s coming for their jobs, and usually it’s literally visual artists and animators on here who are already facing nonzero financially meaningful competition from AI.
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Humble has relisted Horses.
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
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Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Humble has relisted Horses.
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I’m not anti-gambling in totality and even think a basic level of regulated sports gambling isn’t the worst thing in the world. But it’s pretty astounding how quickly the current system careened toward turning every dumbass bet you might casually make with your friends into multimillion dollar pots.
Hi. There has been $38 million worth of activity on the game of the year results on gambling platform Polymarket.
December 4, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I’m not anti-gambling in totality and even think a basic level of regulated sports gambling isn’t the worst thing in the world. But it’s pretty astounding how quickly the current system careened toward turning every dumbass bet you might casually make with your friends into multimillion dollar pots.
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All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
All corporate CEOs should understand: If you agree to attend an event at the White House, you are very likely to be filmed nodding appreciatively at a delusional racist rant. If you're ok with that, go. If not, you probably should stay away.
sometimes i look at the abyss and wonder what the shape of the appropriate anger is in response to just wanting to be able to breathe but getting caught in a whirlwind of a society-wide murder-suicide
December 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
sometimes i look at the abyss and wonder what the shape of the appropriate anger is in response to just wanting to be able to breathe but getting caught in a whirlwind of a society-wide murder-suicide
particularly filled with boiling hatred today
December 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
particularly filled with boiling hatred today
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If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
December 3, 2025 at 9:52 PM
If you're in San Francisco, there's a pop-up market this Saturday at 1 Columbus Ave. A bunch of menswear guys, along with shop owners, are selling stuff from their private wardrobes. Some of my stuff will be there. Ticket prices are $30 for 12pm-1pm preview hour, then $5 after 1pm.
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Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
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the complete drop off in the quality of learning materials for software in the last 3 years has been pretty fucking stark
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
the complete drop off in the quality of learning materials for software in the last 3 years has been pretty fucking stark
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New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
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ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
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December 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...