David
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There were refrigerated trucks with corpses in them in my city because the morgues were all full. *So* many people died and the majority of people pretend it never happened and if they acknowledge it it's to complain about how they had to stay inside a lot for a few months and couldn't go to bars.
there’s a thread on reddit right now called “was COVID really that bad?” and it is interesting to read people’s accounts five years out
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
there seems to be a collective trauma response where people (outside of healthcare workers) don’t remember how many people died
someone called it anticlimactic
January 6, 2026 at 9:13 PM
There were refrigerated trucks with corpses in them in my city because the morgues were all full. *So* many people died and the majority of people pretend it never happened and if they acknowledge it it's to complain about how they had to stay inside a lot for a few months and couldn't go to bars.
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Good thing it's just the flu and only killing thousands.....mostly the antivax crowd..
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Good thing it's just the flu and only killing thousands.....mostly the antivax crowd..
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
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babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
“What appears to be a newly created account appeared to invest $30,000 Friday in Maduro's exit. After Maduro went into custody Saturday morning, that same investor netted $436,759.61.”
Someone made $400K by predicting Maduro's capture. Here's what happened
The winnings come as the rules governing prediction markets are still evolving.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 PM
babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes
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instead of a fanboy the ideal creative director for lucasfilm is someone who doesn’t give a shit about star wars but does care about making good movies and TV
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
instead of a fanboy the ideal creative director for lucasfilm is someone who doesn’t give a shit about star wars but does care about making good movies and TV
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It's true but to me "the voters" are farther down on the responsibility scale. At the top are the elites who failed to understand the danger, the necessity for accountability, and kinda just hoped this would all go away. In a healthy political system he'd never be allowed to run again
The American people electing Trump after he staged a coup attempt 5 years ago was a nail in the coffin of our democracy. You can rationalize it all you want - But inflation! But wokeness! - but ultimately it was a societal suicide attempt and probably the dumbest collective voting decision ever made
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
It's true but to me "the voters" are farther down on the responsibility scale. At the top are the elites who failed to understand the danger, the necessity for accountability, and kinda just hoped this would all go away. In a healthy political system he'd never be allowed to run again
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I implore you to hit up CVS and get your flu shot. Please don’t game it with whatever else you heard. It’s real serious and we don’t gave any public health allies in the government now.
“These viruses are serious, dangerous, and life-threatening. We are seeing children who are seriously ill, families grieving devastating losses, and hospitals under capacity strain.”
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/h...
Flu reaches highest levels in the US in 25 years | CNN
Flu continues to visit misery across the US, with all but four states showing high or very high levels of activity as a new virus strain called subclade K continues to spread.
www.cnn.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:28 PM
I implore you to hit up CVS and get your flu shot. Please don’t game it with whatever else you heard. It’s real serious and we don’t gave any public health allies in the government now.
On a related note, 4K Blu-ray is turning 10 this March.
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The passage of time can be so cruel. How the fuck is it turning 10 years old already? I swear, it came out 5 years ago or some shit.
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The passage of time can be so cruel. How the fuck is it turning 10 years old already? I swear, it came out 5 years ago or some shit.
January 6, 2026 at 7:11 AM
On a related note, 4K Blu-ray is turning 10 this March.
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The passage of time can be so cruel. How the fuck is it turning 10 years old already? I swear, it came out 5 years ago or some shit.
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The passage of time can be so cruel. How the fuck is it turning 10 years old already? I swear, it came out 5 years ago or some shit.
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Today's reminder to take your ibuprofen is brought to you by the fact Blu-ray is 20 years old
a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man in a military uniform looking at the camera with a serious look on his face .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Today's reminder to take your ibuprofen is brought to you by the fact Blu-ray is 20 years old
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"if you scoff at the idea that one should have any ethical boundaries at all, and think that there’s no reason to care about the overall utilitarian impact of this technology, that it’s worth using no matter what else it does as long as it makes you 5% better at your job, that’s sociopath behavior."
Deciphering Glyph ::
How To Argue With Me About AI, If You Must
Deciphering Glyph, the blog of Glyph Lefkowitz.
blog.glyph.im
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 AM
"if you scoff at the idea that one should have any ethical boundaries at all, and think that there’s no reason to care about the overall utilitarian impact of this technology, that it’s worth using no matter what else it does as long as it makes you 5% better at your job, that’s sociopath behavior."
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A reminder that the only single reason for something like this is eugenicist thinking, and that they not only don't care that people will die, but they want them to
Breaking News: Federal health officials made dramatic changes to recommended child vaccines, reducing the number of diseases prevented by shots from 17 to 11.
RFK Jr. Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
Federal health officials now recommend that children be routinely inoculated against 11 diseases, not 17, citing standards in other wealthy nations.
nyti.ms
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM
A reminder that the only single reason for something like this is eugenicist thinking, and that they not only don't care that people will die, but they want them to
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Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
January 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Plain and simple my politics is that nobody should be wealthy enough to make their insecurities my problem.
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second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 AM
second degree murder, and specifically depraved heart murder, wherein the accused doesn't actively plan to kill a specific person or people but acts with callous disregard for human life - like firing a gun into a crowd or driving drunk - should apply to decisions made by CEOs and heads of industry
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Would pay good money for subtitles that don’t put a giant [***SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE***] over the in-movie captions actually explaining what those characters are saying
January 5, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Would pay good money for subtitles that don’t put a giant [***SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE***] over the in-movie captions actually explaining what those characters are saying
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Not every show needs to make 20+ episodes a year, but SO many current shows would be better off doing at least 10-13.
at the end of the broadcast era, we were pumping out 23 eps of Lost a year and now we can't get the second season of Heated Rivals, which has like 10 cast members, six locations, and no effects, until 2027. we must do better.
January 5, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Not every show needs to make 20+ episodes a year, but SO many current shows would be better off doing at least 10-13.
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There’s only one thing that keeps me going in the face of it all, and it’s RPG campfire scenes
May 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
There’s only one thing that keeps me going in the face of it all, and it’s RPG campfire scenes
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You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
January 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
You couldn't publish this today. You'd have to cloak it under several layers of metaphor.
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metric - black sheep feat. brie larson [full version (guitar solo included)], you know?
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
metric - black sheep feat. brie larson [full version (guitar solo included)], you know?
Why the FUCK is it so hard to get around Jersey on foot??
January 5, 2026 at 3:56 AM
Why the FUCK is it so hard to get around Jersey on foot??
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2026 already be like:
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
2026 already be like:
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Part 1
Insane animation with a compelling story, and you can feel the staff’s love and hard work in every frame,
but it’s hampered by its severely disjointed pacing from all those backstories.
3/5.
Part 1
Insane animation with a compelling story, and you can feel the staff’s love and hard work in every frame,
but it’s hampered by its severely disjointed pacing from all those backstories.
3/5.
January 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle
Part 1
Insane animation with a compelling story, and you can feel the staff’s love and hard work in every frame,
but it’s hampered by its severely disjointed pacing from all those backstories.
3/5.
Part 1
Insane animation with a compelling story, and you can feel the staff’s love and hard work in every frame,
but it’s hampered by its severely disjointed pacing from all those backstories.
3/5.
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My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.
January 4, 2026 at 1:14 AM
My latest with @ichotiner.bsky.social.