Hal Duncan
@halduncan.com
Writer, editor, gardener--sometimes even in that order.
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
Queer. He/thon, but mainly just cause thon's a guid Scots pronoun fur aebdy, whitever thur gender.
Contact: hal AT halduncan DOT com
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Hal Duncan
@halduncan.com
· May 7
your intermittent reminder that the left/right axis is a spatial metaphor, not a reality, that the "centre" is not in fact a moderate middle ground but rather the *centre of power & privilege* protected by the vulgarly overt antisocialists operating on behalf of the polite paternalist antisocialists
I always assume I'm getting a wildly unrealistic image of Thai culture from the BL shows when it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance because duh, that's just the genre, but holy fuck, on *that* metric at least they're head & shoulders ahead of *everyone*
the Ipsos Pride survey is genuinely an awesome product, but jesus the difference in the UK/US on trans issues is nuts
November 26, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I always assume I'm getting a wildly unrealistic image of Thai culture from the BL shows when it comes to LGBTQ+ acceptance because duh, that's just the genre, but holy fuck, on *that* metric at least they're head & shoulders ahead of *everyone*
I did not even notice the name for literal minutes I was too busy staring at the image thinking someone used some sort of Becky-ise filter on Walton Goggins as the Ghoul from the Fallout tv show
November 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I did not even notice the name for literal minutes I was too busy staring at the image thinking someone used some sort of Becky-ise filter on Walton Goggins as the Ghoul from the Fallout tv show
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I've heard people say that Jeff Bezos doesn't HAVE be eaten and the Washington Post burned to the ground, but I find that quite a controversial opinion, tbh, saying billionaires don't need eaten and their propaganda outlets razed to the ground seems a pretty wild claim to me, let's be sensible now
Btw, why describe this as a “controversial video”? Controversial to whom?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I've heard people say that Jeff Bezos doesn't HAVE be eaten and the Washington Post burned to the ground, but I find that quite a controversial opinion, tbh, saying billionaires don't need eaten and their propaganda outlets razed to the ground seems a pretty wild claim to me, let's be sensible now
you can tell those gazillion slop-eds about "cancel culture" were just butthurt hissy fits over being judged "a bit racist" for being a bit racist, because if the commentariat had really wanted to critique overzealous liberal propriety they had SO much more material they could've mined. hilariously.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
you can tell those gazillion slop-eds about "cancel culture" were just butthurt hissy fits over being judged "a bit racist" for being a bit racist, because if the commentariat had really wanted to critique overzealous liberal propriety they had SO much more material they could've mined. hilariously.
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In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In addition to being a fascinating (if horrific) insight into a mostly-unknown period of European prehistory, this includes a BANGER of a quote: "I can see why all these people without heads wouldn’t be good for a community, and might be a cause for abandonment."
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Hey Labour!
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation
Dutch public broadcaster NOS on Tuesday said it had stopped posting on Elon Musk's social media platform X, as it said it did not want to facilitate the spreading of disinformation.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Hey Labour!
I now think the real question is whether journo hacks writing shite like this maybe actually operate as meatsuited LLMs themselves with zero sentience and that's why they just spew out this slop to prompt, I want them prove *they're* capable of thought now
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I now think the real question is whether journo hacks writing shite like this maybe actually operate as meatsuited LLMs themselves with zero sentience and that's why they just spew out this slop to prompt, I want them prove *they're* capable of thought now
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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This is going to ring true to this guy’s idiot fan base because it’s largely true. Timing may not make any difference to the allegations but it’s true we are now getting a very late, very isolated bout of Noticing Things that could and should have been noticed many years earlier.
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is going to ring true to this guy’s idiot fan base because it’s largely true. Timing may not make any difference to the allegations but it’s true we are now getting a very late, very isolated bout of Noticing Things that could and should have been noticed many years earlier.
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I remember the last cross-examination question was about whether Sophia had been arrested. It wasn’t revealed at the time it was literally the convicted bigot who SWATTED her.
Here's a thread from Twitter shared with Sophia's permission in which she finally is able to talk about Graham using the police as HIS personal goon squad and getting Sophia arrested at home by EIGHT armed police officers, somewhat putting the standard Heathrow armed cops in perspective.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I remember the last cross-examination question was about whether Sophia had been arrested. It wasn’t revealed at the time it was literally the convicted bigot who SWATTED her.
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Owens has fully broken from reality due to being held to account for lying about people for the first time in her life
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Owens has fully broken from reality due to being held to account for lying about people for the first time in her life
the worm ourobouros
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
the worm ourobouros
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You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You're kidding me. We only rate dogs. This is a rainbow bagel. I really need you all to start sending us dogs, because we only rate dogs. Thank you... 12/10 (IG: mrpeanutbutter.69)
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Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also, no one seems to talk about all the MeToo accusations leveled at Ratner anymore.
"pirate a sandwich" is just being the sort of MAGA type who doesn't tip serving staff and in fact looks for pretexts to get their meal comped by *complaining* about serving staff but using ancap bullshit to paint your kleinburger grabbyhands egoism as anti-establishment & revolutionary
We’re not small business owners, ffs - we’re independent contractors, and we are routinely robbed by the world’s dumbest dingbats.
![A quote-tweet with the profile blocked out because I won’t be accused of sending flying monkeys at this digital turd.
counterpoint: pirate everything all the time. pirate a sandwich. download a car. abscond from from small business owner mindset with your brain
[High Priestess, Low Patie... • @cherie... • 14h
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.]
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every time vulgar leftism pipes in from the sidelines of petit bourgeoisdom i am forced to become 8.75% more marxist](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x2ssvkga34xug334b66hvrje/bafkreigp2f33rtfu62kqjygnsxhg3jxxs6udwuyisipmyqrh5ew4c6kbyi@jpeg)
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"pirate a sandwich" is just being the sort of MAGA type who doesn't tip serving staff and in fact looks for pretexts to get their meal comped by *complaining* about serving staff but using ancap bullshit to paint your kleinburger grabbyhands egoism as anti-establishment & revolutionary
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Adding this again, just in case there is still someone in the UK who doesn't know that this government is now being controlled by US corporations
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bsky.app/profile/lexi...
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Adding this again, just in case there is still someone in the UK who doesn't know that this government is now being controlled by US corporations
bsky.app/profile/lexi...
bsky.app/profile/lexi...
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"The Green Party leader Zack Polanski also spoke at the event but received a markedly more positive reception from the young crowd. Once finished, he received raptures of applause from the students, with many even standing up and cheering."
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The Green Party leader Zack Polanski also spoke at the event but received a markedly more positive reception from the young crowd. Once finished, he received raptures of applause from the students, with many even standing up and cheering."
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"The school kids shouted out fuck you Tice"
via Harish Dalal
via Harish Dalal
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"The school kids shouted out fuck you Tice"
via Harish Dalal
via Harish Dalal
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If anyone wants to understand Alex's views on the police, get hold of his book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
If anyone wants to understand Alex's views on the police, get hold of his book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/products/the...
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Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
November 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Hello network. This is real shit. I’m looking for transgender, nonbinary, or gender nonconforming front and back end web designers for a project to help trans people get housing in NJ. This is a paid opportunity.
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
Please share this if you see it, and my DMs are open for more information. Tysm 🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵
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The number of salmonella cases this year are going to go through the roof.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The number of salmonella cases this year are going to go through the roof.
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This whole thread, but this post in particular.
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
And this is where, if it wasn't obvious, I point out that this is what LLMs do. They have no concept of truth, accuracy, or competence. They only track how likely certain parts of words fit together. They've consumed more than a thousand pieces of input, obviously, but it's all treated the same.
6/
6/
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This whole thread, but this post in particular.
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day
I guess today is my "fuck LLMs" day