JD S. Pumpkins
@jdniemand.bsky.social
Journo, occasional RPG writer, Twitter escapee. He/him.
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Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Just for absolute clarity, the government’s proscription of Palestine Action is a self-evident farce, deeply unethical and morally bankrupt. It is an unforgivable waste of time and resources, and makes them look both deeply unserious and as ideologically compromised as they clearly are.
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Princess Aiko's increasing popularity is sparking discussions about changing Japan's male-only succession law. Aiko is the only child of the current emperor and cannot succeed him under the law.
Princess Aiko's popularity sparks calls to change Japan's male-only succession law
Princess Aiko's increasing popularity is sparking discussions about changing Japan's male-only succession law.
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December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Princess Aiko's increasing popularity is sparking discussions about changing Japan's male-only succession law. Aiko is the only child of the current emperor and cannot succeed him under the law.
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Mark Kelly: "We have a president who doesn't understand the Constitution, who installed an unqualified secretary of defense. I cannot think of a secretary of defense in the history of our country that is less qualified than Pete Hegseth. He should've been fired after Signal-gate."
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mark Kelly: "We have a president who doesn't understand the Constitution, who installed an unqualified secretary of defense. I cannot think of a secretary of defense in the history of our country that is less qualified than Pete Hegseth. He should've been fired after Signal-gate."
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ive heard a few variations of: "trump doesn't like wars but he likes spectacles of violence" and i think that's essentially spot on. he wants to drop a big bomb and walk away. shoot a few protestors in the kneecaps but still be beloved by all. he's a fucking cretin
As in the first term I think he might actually be too pussy to start the real war his psycho advisors want lol
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ive heard a few variations of: "trump doesn't like wars but he likes spectacles of violence" and i think that's essentially spot on. he wants to drop a big bomb and walk away. shoot a few protestors in the kneecaps but still be beloved by all. he's a fucking cretin
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I mean I get that it’s just a slogan but ceilings are pretty important it’s like saying “good shower, no toilet” as your political slogan
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I mean I get that it’s just a slogan but ceilings are pretty important it’s like saying “good shower, no toilet” as your political slogan
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Did this again with Google Gemini's "thinking" model.
3,592 words spewed out of this software, when a human would think for about 4 seconds and say 'that makes no sense'.
These systems are tuned to provide an answer to questions even when it cannot reliably provide them
pastebin.com/HGpm1mBC
3,592 words spewed out of this software, when a human would think for about 4 seconds and say 'that makes no sense'.
These systems are tuned to provide an answer to questions even when it cannot reliably provide them
pastebin.com/HGpm1mBC
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Did this again with Google Gemini's "thinking" model.
3,592 words spewed out of this software, when a human would think for about 4 seconds and say 'that makes no sense'.
These systems are tuned to provide an answer to questions even when it cannot reliably provide them
pastebin.com/HGpm1mBC
3,592 words spewed out of this software, when a human would think for about 4 seconds and say 'that makes no sense'.
These systems are tuned to provide an answer to questions even when it cannot reliably provide them
pastebin.com/HGpm1mBC
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insane that they'd do something like this after the essay was published. it was dog shit writing. humiliatingly bad for someone over the age of 20.
It's not great that a student can turn in a bad essay but vaguely point to the Bible and religious beliefs as an excuse for not following the actual assignment and terrible writing. That's not what college is supposed to be.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
The professor did nothing wrong but she was pulled off the course anyways.
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
insane that they'd do something like this after the essay was published. it was dog shit writing. humiliatingly bad for someone over the age of 20.
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I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
November 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I just don't need to know what the Telegraph has written about Dungeons & Dragons. It's a newspaper for people who are frightened of samosas.
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Saw this from an oncologist and had to post it.
“Vaccines cause adults, not autism.”
“Vaccines cause adults, not autism.”
December 1, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Saw this from an oncologist and had to post it.
“Vaccines cause adults, not autism.”
“Vaccines cause adults, not autism.”
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do not say seggs. do not say unaliving.
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
do not say seggs. do not say unaliving.
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If LLM data centres that serve generative AI platforms were erased from the Earth…
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
November 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If LLM data centres that serve generative AI platforms were erased from the Earth…
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
…we’d be fine.
They prop up nothing of essential value we can’t do ourselves.
If we let them proliferate for a generation, we may lose institutional expertise.
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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one more cab calloway thing: he performed "minnie the moocher" in blues brothers, which was a 1931 song in a 1980 movie, the modern equivalent would be aerosmith performing "back in the saddle" in a movie released this year, you're all welcome
November 30, 2025 at 6:50 PM
one more cab calloway thing: he performed "minnie the moocher" in blues brothers, which was a 1931 song in a 1980 movie, the modern equivalent would be aerosmith performing "back in the saddle" in a movie released this year, you're all welcome
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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some of you are still in denial about the impact my Shrink Ray technology is going to have on every aspect of everyday life, not to mention macro economics, in the next few weeks
November 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
some of you are still in denial about the impact my Shrink Ray technology is going to have on every aspect of everyday life, not to mention macro economics, in the next few weeks
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Revenge prank where a month or so before christmas you subtly indicate to everyone that your enemy is really interested in horses, ensuring that all their gifts from that christmas *on* are horse-adjacent.
Their house will be stuffed full of horse paraphernalia for the rest of their lives.
Their house will be stuffed full of horse paraphernalia for the rest of their lives.
December 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Revenge prank where a month or so before christmas you subtly indicate to everyone that your enemy is really interested in horses, ensuring that all their gifts from that christmas *on* are horse-adjacent.
Their house will be stuffed full of horse paraphernalia for the rest of their lives.
Their house will be stuffed full of horse paraphernalia for the rest of their lives.
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I agree, but: if the main reason you are in power now is that the national press kicked seventeen shades of shit out of all your internal and external opponents and repeated every word of the drivel and horseshit you sent them as God’s honest truth, then this is just too bad.
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I agree, but: if the main reason you are in power now is that the national press kicked seventeen shades of shit out of all your internal and external opponents and repeated every word of the drivel and horseshit you sent them as God’s honest truth, then this is just too bad.
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I feel like we're moving closer to the inevitable day when Liz Truss announces she's defected to Reform, and Reform frantically spins that she absolutely has not
December 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I feel like we're moving closer to the inevitable day when Liz Truss announces she's defected to Reform, and Reform frantically spins that she absolutely has not
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When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
When pro-democracy people say they support rule of law, they mean a government and national leader bound by law, with institutions upholding that.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
No one advocating rule of law in that context means all law is inherently good and any dictators’ proclamations must be respected as such.
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One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
December 1, 2025 at 9:20 AM
One Afghan immigrant shoots two National Guard members, MAGA insists that all immigration from "Third World" (Read: Brown countries) is immediately and permanently halted.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
Young white American males gun down dozens of school children each year, MAGA insists we make it easier for them to get guns.
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you know what's rad?
I use libre office for writing and it has no AI dogshit in it, ever, because it's an open source program!
I use libre office for writing and it has no AI dogshit in it, ever, because it's an open source program!
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
you know what's rad?
I use libre office for writing and it has no AI dogshit in it, ever, because it's an open source program!
I use libre office for writing and it has no AI dogshit in it, ever, because it's an open source program!