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he/him • philosophy professor • learning to be useless
a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
he/him • philosophy professor • learning to be useless
a lotta yall still dont get it ape holders can use multiple slurp juices on a single ape
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Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says “It hurts when I do this.” Doctor says “Treatment is simple. Don’t do this.” Man bursts into tears.
“But Doctor, I *am* do this.”
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
“But Doctor, I *am* do this.”
Good joke. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains.
Has anyone read “Ship of Fools” (“Unto Leviathan” in the UK) by Richard Paul Russo and wants to talk about or more importantly has recommendations of other books like it?
January 12, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Has anyone read “Ship of Fools” (“Unto Leviathan” in the UK) by Richard Paul Russo and wants to talk about or more importantly has recommendations of other books like it?
I think I am a genre anti-realist and they should switch to nominating performances within genre categories, so like best comedic lead performance, best dramatic lead performance; that way you can handle shows/films that are pretty serious with real currents of humor w/o calling them comedies
ok just catching up here but the Golden Globes separated Best Picture into Dramas, like the musical Sinners, and Comedy/Musicals, like the drama One Battle After Another? Got it, cool, this makes sense
January 12, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I think I am a genre anti-realist and they should switch to nominating performances within genre categories, so like best comedic lead performance, best dramatic lead performance; that way you can handle shows/films that are pretty serious with real currents of humor w/o calling them comedies
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A few years ago, it felt cringe to call Twitter "X", the ridiculous new name. I'm coming around on that now though. I think 2026 is the year when Twitter means the old site where you could tweet a joke at Sears, and X means the current site with Grok and the Nazis and all the rest.
![Twitter screenshot from 2017
@malki
Good morning @Sears, I wanted to report a typo in your catalog. Men's Pajamas is listed as being on page 696, when in actuality it's on page 966. Had to hunt it down! This is catalog #111, Spring 1902. Thanks.
[Followed by photos of the catalog in question] How embarrassing!
@Sears
Thanks, David for the finding! Good eyes!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r3jhbncpebnyeposo7cmqczc/bafkreib7dgezme4sqkmkwcx3oz63kfqlwcluzcjudrln3oi7pij43acdqy@jpeg)
January 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
A few years ago, it felt cringe to call Twitter "X", the ridiculous new name. I'm coming around on that now though. I think 2026 is the year when Twitter means the old site where you could tweet a joke at Sears, and X means the current site with Grok and the Nazis and all the rest.
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
So does every one accused of a crime get $10k from Ackman or is there a lottery process or a form to fill out or does he only do this for people who are accused of really heinous shit or what? Can someone ask him for more details about his commitment to the principal of innocent until proven guilty?
Bill Ackman has now confirmed what I first reported yesterday morning, that he donated $10K to the GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross, in a tweet.
January 12, 2026 at 8:47 PM
So does every one accused of a crime get $10k from Ackman or is there a lottery process or a form to fill out or does he only do this for people who are accused of really heinous shit or what? Can someone ask him for more details about his commitment to the principal of innocent until proven guilty?
I think we all know that the key to winning is to eat our own and have really bad reading comprehension.
January 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I think we all know that the key to winning is to eat our own and have really bad reading comprehension.
Yeah, the comments on his posts on Twitter are super respectful. It’s wissenschaft marketplace of ideas and respect all the way down over there!
January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Yeah, the comments on his posts on Twitter are super respectful. It’s wissenschaft marketplace of ideas and respect all the way down over there!
The US government does not care if you die, and is setting policy based on that disregard for life.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
January 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
The US government does not care if you die, and is setting policy based on that disregard for life.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Oh, right, the downside of a British Invasion is that terf island is out of their fucking minds
I remember the last time there was a huge influx of British people, and they all seemed extremely pleasant and nice until anybody mentioned trans people in any context and then I felt like I was in 1930's Germany.l
hope the UK follows through and blocks twitter but bsky is simply not prepared for becoming disproportionately British
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Oh, right, the downside of a British Invasion is that terf island is out of their fucking minds
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An administrative warrant is signed by ICE, not a judge. Without a signed judicial warrant, agents do not have the right to enter your home.
You have the right to ask to see the warrant.
You have the right to refuse entry without one.
You have the right to ask to see the warrant.
You have the right to refuse entry without one.
January 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
An administrative warrant is signed by ICE, not a judge. Without a signed judicial warrant, agents do not have the right to enter your home.
You have the right to ask to see the warrant.
You have the right to refuse entry without one.
You have the right to ask to see the warrant.
You have the right to refuse entry without one.
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In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
January 12, 2026 at 4:41 PM
In response to a quote tweet of DHS that says “you guys killed an American citizen,” Greg Bovino replies: “Triggered much?”
Okay so when you try to update we didn’t start the fire to include the burger wars, please note (unlike fallout boy) that the events are in chronological order it’s not just saying random things! It is saying random things in order and with a meter
Everyone remembers where they were when the war on protein began.
January 12, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Okay so when you try to update we didn’t start the fire to include the burger wars, please note (unlike fallout boy) that the events are in chronological order it’s not just saying random things! It is saying random things in order and with a meter
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Naive question from an outsider:
If (for example) Claude Code is so good, why aren't we seeing more open source developments? Like, why isn't OpenTTD or whatever accelerated? Why isn't there an open source alternative to Duolingo?
Or is it good only for personalized tasks?
If (for example) Claude Code is so good, why aren't we seeing more open source developments? Like, why isn't OpenTTD or whatever accelerated? Why isn't there an open source alternative to Duolingo?
Or is it good only for personalized tasks?
January 12, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Naive question from an outsider:
If (for example) Claude Code is so good, why aren't we seeing more open source developments? Like, why isn't OpenTTD or whatever accelerated? Why isn't there an open source alternative to Duolingo?
Or is it good only for personalized tasks?
If (for example) Claude Code is so good, why aren't we seeing more open source developments? Like, why isn't OpenTTD or whatever accelerated? Why isn't there an open source alternative to Duolingo?
Or is it good only for personalized tasks?
If Elrond really wanted to defeat Sauron he would have just shoved isildur off the ledge when they were in mt doom and saved everyone a lot of drama
elrond talks a lot of shit about isildur and men in general for a guy who didn’t actually have to contend directly with sauron’s will while in the seat of his power. not obvious to me that he would’ve cast the ring into the fire either! like maybe a take beat and humble yourself pal
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If Elrond really wanted to defeat Sauron he would have just shoved isildur off the ledge when they were in mt doom and saved everyone a lot of drama
Supreme Court emergency docket rulings be like:
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Supreme Court emergency docket rulings be like:
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I think I will never stop thinking about this
January 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I think I will never stop thinking about this
A lot of journalists are way too proud of asking the emperor what he thinks of his new clothes instead of reporting that the emperor is firing people for telling him he is naked and created a private army to murder people who disagree with him
January 12, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A lot of journalists are way too proud of asking the emperor what he thinks of his new clothes instead of reporting that the emperor is firing people for telling him he is naked and created a private army to murder people who disagree with him
The cure for this is sonic adventure 2 + chao garden
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The cure for this is sonic adventure 2 + chao garden
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Donald Trump and his father were busted by the DOJ for refusing to rent to Black people. They were guilty but they avoided responsibility by aggressively litigating. It was one of the formative experiences of his life.
Trump Says Civil Rights Led to White People Being ‘Very Badly Treated’
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Donald Trump and his father were busted by the DOJ for refusing to rent to Black people. They were guilty but they avoided responsibility by aggressively litigating. It was one of the formative experiences of his life.
This has been a staple of science since like, the 1500s
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
This has been a staple of science since like, the 1500s
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the left was right about everything. heres why thats good news for donald trump
January 12, 2026 at 12:59 PM
the left was right about everything. heres why thats good news for donald trump
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normal person: chatbot output is shit
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
January 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
normal person: chatbot output is shit
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
AI bro: look just try it yourself!!
normal person: (tries it) still sucks
AI bro: you're trying it *wrong*
AI boosters love to pretend that critics can avoid interacting with AI entirely as though this stuff isn’t crammed into every single website or app for no fucking reason and I don’t have repeated chances to address how garbage it is at the things people say it does well.
Lots otherwise smart people learned the term "stochastic parrot" in 2023, gave ChatGPT one try to do their whole job, then committed to years of loudly high-fiving themselves that it didn't immediately do their whole job. The lack of continued curiosity wrapped in motivated reasoning is striking.
January 12, 2026 at 10:35 AM
AI boosters love to pretend that critics can avoid interacting with AI entirely as though this stuff isn’t crammed into every single website or app for no fucking reason and I don’t have repeated chances to address how garbage it is at the things people say it does well.
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"The tools are getting better!" is a constant drumbeat in AI circles. They say, Claude is 1000x more powerful now. But practically what does that mean? It means nothing. The "insights" are just as fake as they were five years ago.
January 12, 2026 at 2:30 AM
"The tools are getting better!" is a constant drumbeat in AI circles. They say, Claude is 1000x more powerful now. But practically what does that mean? It means nothing. The "insights" are just as fake as they were five years ago.
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Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Patty, a woman observer in Minneapolis, was abducted from a car by federal agents today. She was released and talked about her experience in custody.
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social
An agent said, "You guys gotta stop obstructing us. That's why that lesbian bitch is dead."
🙏🏼 @statuscoupnews.bsky.social