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Real person. I'll check your profile & probably follow back if you don't follow a ridiculous # of accounts. Software developer. Novid. War is murder. No crypto. No AI slop. I love science, arts, health research, environmentalism, and commas.
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This path leads to chaos.
November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This path leads to chaos.
Reminder the Sam Altman has become so dissociated from reality by people calling him a genius that he mused about powering A.I. by ENCLOSING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM within a vast sphere of solar energy collectors.
Here's AI evangelist Sam Altman absolutely freebasing bullshit and making Elon Musk's perpetual self-serving lies look puny by comparison
November 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Reminder the Sam Altman has become so dissociated from reality by people calling him a genius that he mused about powering A.I. by ENCLOSING OUR SOLAR SYSTEM within a vast sphere of solar energy collectors.
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I never want to hear the phrase "illegal immigrant" again. It turns out ICE can't find any.
Q: "A 75-year-old Cuban national died in lCE custody. He had lived in the U.S. for 60 years. Is there anything you can tell us about that?"
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
Tom Homan: "People die in lCE custody. People die in county jails. People die in state prisons."
July 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I never want to hear the phrase "illegal immigrant" again. It turns out ICE can't find any.
Whatever Trump's motivations are here, we know he's not doing it "for science".
Personally I think he imagines dropping a massive AI-bomb in the Nevada desert to demonstrate America's power.
Personally I think he imagines dropping a massive AI-bomb in the Nevada desert to demonstrate America's power.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Whatever Trump's motivations are here, we know he's not doing it "for science".
Personally I think he imagines dropping a massive AI-bomb in the Nevada desert to demonstrate America's power.
Personally I think he imagines dropping a massive AI-bomb in the Nevada desert to demonstrate America's power.
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Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
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LOL. It's amazing that Elon Musk's propaganda machine Twitter decided to release this information.
Not a single one of the big pro-Trump "Canadian MAGA" accounts is actually Canadian.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
LOL. It's amazing that Elon Musk's propaganda machine Twitter decided to release this information.
LA Times recently reported Donald Trump's favorite movie is "Sunset Boulevard". Really?
I assume he's seen it. I assume he remembers the title well enough to bring it up during one of his rants. But his favorite movie? Doesn't really seem possible.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
I assume he's seen it. I assume he remembers the title well enough to bring it up during one of his rants. But his favorite movie? Doesn't really seem possible.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: How a fictitious Hollywood diva helped forge Trump's entire personality
The president's favorite film, 'Sunset Boulevard,' dramatizes how narcissistic delusions can lead to madness.
www.latimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
LA Times recently reported Donald Trump's favorite movie is "Sunset Boulevard". Really?
I assume he's seen it. I assume he remembers the title well enough to bring it up during one of his rants. But his favorite movie? Doesn't really seem possible.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
I assume he's seen it. I assume he remembers the title well enough to bring it up during one of his rants. But his favorite movie? Doesn't really seem possible.
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
LOL. It's amazing that Elon Musk's propaganda machine Twitter decided to release this information.
Not a single one of the big pro-Trump "Canadian MAGA" accounts is actually Canadian.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
LOL. It's amazing that Elon Musk's propaganda machine Twitter decided to release this information.
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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From the JewsOfConscience community on Reddit: Former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz speaking to the Jewish Federation and lamenting that young people are learning the wrong lessons from Holocaust e...
Explore this post and more from the JewsOfConscience community
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
www.reddit.com/r/JewsOfCons...
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The UN Climate Change Conference is on fire if you were looking for any obvious metaphors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: conference centre evacuated as fire breaks out
UN secretary-general António Guterres earlier used speech at Belem summit to urge countries to find compromises in final hours of negotiations
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The UN Climate Change Conference is on fire if you were looking for any obvious metaphors
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This is such an important point. Not just anti-science ideologues but EVERYONE these days likes to trumpet any research that supports their preconceptions. And if it challenges what they believe, they do a self-appointed "peer review" with the intention of debunking it.
This sounds reasonable but is 100% wrong. Whether you or agree or disagree with a study is completely immaterial. What matters is whether the study was conducted properly and generates valid results. And it's impolitic to say but it's true: you have to have some level of expertise to judge that.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 20, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This is such an important point. Not just anti-science ideologues but EVERYONE these days likes to trumpet any research that supports their preconceptions. And if it challenges what they believe, they do a self-appointed "peer review" with the intention of debunking it.
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On the left is a fantastic (in both senses) painting by Oscar Chichoni. I don't think it's any specific character, just concept art of an android/alien.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
On the left is a fantastic (in both senses) painting by Oscar Chichoni. I don't think it's any specific character, just concept art of an android/alien.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
On the left is a fantastic (in both senses) painting by Oscar Chichoni. I don't think it's any specific character, just concept art of an android/alien.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
On the left is a fantastic (in both senses) painting by Oscar Chichoni. I don't think it's any specific character, just concept art of an android/alien.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
I use it as PC wallpaper sometimes, and when I was watching Guillermo del Toro's "Frankenstein" I couldn't stop thinking about the resemblance.
One day later and the WH has come up with multiple reasons not to release any damaging information, including Trump has bone spurs again and that IRS audit from 2015 isn't complete yet
Trump will never stop lying, cheating, denying and delaying. Never.
He'll never admit he's beaten and resign himself to the inevitable. Never.
He's like a feral cornered rat. Whatever this is, it's part of a plan to save himself.
He'll never admit he's beaten and resign himself to the inevitable. Never.
He's like a feral cornered rat. Whatever this is, it's part of a plan to save himself.
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
One day later and the WH has come up with multiple reasons not to release any damaging information, including Trump has bone spurs again and that IRS audit from 2015 isn't complete yet
Batmobile, 1943. This is incredibly cool.
November 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Batmobile, 1943. This is incredibly cool.
Health Experts Say Trump Becoming Addicted to Self-gilding
November 8, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Health Experts Say Trump Becoming Addicted to Self-gilding
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Incredible headline: "After week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire
After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violence
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Incredible headline: "After week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
September: Department of Defense becomes Department of War
October: Department of Justice becomes Department of Revenge
November:
October: Department of Justice becomes Department of Revenge
November:
November 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
September: Department of Defense becomes Department of War
October: Department of Justice becomes Department of Revenge
November:
October: Department of Justice becomes Department of Revenge
November:
Incredible headline: "After week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘We don’t feel safe’: after week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire
After initial enthusiasm, people fear ceasefire does not mean end to war but just less frequent, more unpredictable violence
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Incredible headline: "After week of bombings, people in Gaza are losing faith in ceasefire"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Worst names of romantic couples in Arthurian legend:
Geraint and Enid
Uther and Igraine
Gawain and Ragnelle
Tristan and Iseult (known in the tabloids as "Triseult")
Geraint and Enid
Uther and Igraine
Gawain and Ragnelle
Tristan and Iseult (known in the tabloids as "Triseult")
Illustration from "Geraint and Enid", the classic Arthurian tale of two what appear to be mannequins, who probably came together due to their terrible names
November 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Worst names of romantic couples in Arthurian legend:
Geraint and Enid
Uther and Igraine
Gawain and Ragnelle
Tristan and Iseult (known in the tabloids as "Triseult")
Geraint and Enid
Uther and Igraine
Gawain and Ragnelle
Tristan and Iseult (known in the tabloids as "Triseult")
Illustration from "Geraint and Enid", the classic Arthurian tale of two what appear to be mannequins, who probably came together due to their terrible names
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Illustration from "Geraint and Enid", the classic Arthurian tale of two what appear to be mannequins, who probably came together due to their terrible names
Trump wakes up every morning and wonders "How can I make the world worse today?"
I mean this very literally. It's not an attack, it's exactly what happens because of his endless craving for attention.
I mean this very literally. It's not an attack, it's exactly what happens because of his endless craving for attention.
"A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought"
- Ronald Reagan
- Ronald Reagan
October 30, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Trump wakes up every morning and wonders "How can I make the world worse today?"
I mean this very literally. It's not an attack, it's exactly what happens because of his endless craving for attention.
I mean this very literally. It's not an attack, it's exactly what happens because of his endless craving for attention.
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Keep in mind that every action Trump has taken since he became president in 2017 has intentionality been laying the groundwork for using the Madman Strategy: "Don't call my bluff! I'm crazy enough to do it!!"
October 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Keep in mind that every action Trump has taken since he became president in 2017 has intentionality been laying the groundwork for using the Madman Strategy: "Don't call my bluff! I'm crazy enough to do it!!"
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Drug kingpin who trafficked over 1,800 kilos of fentanyl has been extradited to the US to receive his pardon from Donald Trump
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/a...
Mexico hands suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin over to US authorities, minister says | CNN
Mexico has handed an alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin over to authorities in the United States, where he is wanted for money laundering and drug trafficking.
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Drug kingpin who trafficked over 1,800 kilos of fentanyl has been extradited to the US to receive his pardon from Donald Trump
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/a...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/a...