Matt Giltaji
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ACAB forever. Black Lives Matter. From the river to the sea. late 30s.
ACAB forever. Black Lives Matter. From the river to the sea. late 30s.
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We're choosing violence tonight.
December 10, 2025 at 6:22 AM
We're choosing violence tonight.
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Without Capitalism, I think society would be okay. People would spend a week indoors recovering... and then get on with the rest of their lives. Because there is so much to do, that people want to do, without need for money or reward, but simply for the act of doing it, and experience worth living.
December 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Without Capitalism, I think society would be okay. People would spend a week indoors recovering... and then get on with the rest of their lives. Because there is so much to do, that people want to do, without need for money or reward, but simply for the act of doing it, and experience worth living.
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6) Art is, in the end, a way of taking a feeling out of my head and trying to jam it into yours from across space and time. There may be some tasty junk food made by AI eventually, but without intention, our appetites to make will be unmet, and we will eventually move on. 6/6
December 10, 2025 at 5:25 AM
6) Art is, in the end, a way of taking a feeling out of my head and trying to jam it into yours from across space and time. There may be some tasty junk food made by AI eventually, but without intention, our appetites to make will be unmet, and we will eventually move on. 6/6
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4) Ages ago I noted there's just a vast gap in experience, in language, in the very ideas between the very rich, the techbros, and the rest of us, as deep as, say, THE ARRIVAL aliens. We do not use words with the same meaning. Don't even have the same value in and from the human experience
December 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
4) Ages ago I noted there's just a vast gap in experience, in language, in the very ideas between the very rich, the techbros, and the rest of us, as deep as, say, THE ARRIVAL aliens. We do not use words with the same meaning. Don't even have the same value in and from the human experience
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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I was not aware of this until now but if you check Congress.gov, you can see that Rep. Thanedar’s impeachment articles have consistently been in the top ten most viewed bills for months now.
www.congress.gov
December 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I was not aware of this until now but if you check Congress.gov, you can see that Rep. Thanedar’s impeachment articles have consistently been in the top ten most viewed bills for months now.
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My new policy of complimenting everyone’s nails—because it’s a thing they actively choose to do & feel good about and I think that deserves a nod—is going outstandingly well people are always excited to talk about their nails. Also that one teller at the credit union always has the most amazing set.
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
My new policy of complimenting everyone’s nails—because it’s a thing they actively choose to do & feel good about and I think that deserves a nod—is going outstandingly well people are always excited to talk about their nails. Also that one teller at the credit union always has the most amazing set.
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Jimmy Fallon:
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Jimmy Fallon:
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This article was just lying to you. California builds 25,000 ADUs per year because of state preemption. There are tens of thousands of homes built with state ministerial streamlining. There are now *hundreds of thousands* of homes that would not otherwise exist because of state preemption.
Statewide zoning reform isn’t producing the wins everyone expected. For example, state law can declare that small backyard cottages are legal. But unless cities can review them, permit them, and builders can finance them, legalization will remain largely symbolic.
December 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This article was just lying to you. California builds 25,000 ADUs per year because of state preemption. There are tens of thousands of homes built with state ministerial streamlining. There are now *hundreds of thousands* of homes that would not otherwise exist because of state preemption.
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if my yearbook photo were ai slop next to the word “cringe,” id burn down the school
December 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
if my yearbook photo were ai slop next to the word “cringe,” id burn down the school
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love how shit like this has to come up with euphemisms like “give your child the best start in life” bc calling it what it is makes it sound like race science
IVF+…eliminationist ableism
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
love how shit like this has to come up with euphemisms like “give your child the best start in life” bc calling it what it is makes it sound like race science
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
I feel the clients now using GenAI to do stuff and going "good enough" when they used to nitpick at every last detail is due to them finding out all those nit picky changes take time and work they cant be bothered to put in.
December 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every facet of generative AI has made my professional life worse, without question, but THIS specific aspect has been driving me NUTS.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
Clients, who have made me toil for weeks over indescribably small details, are now approving & producing in-house commercial artwork that looks like a fever dream.
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I think about this a lot.
balance of power, game over screen, msx (1988) mobygames.com/game/259/bal...
December 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I think about this a lot.
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Miami just elected its first democratic mayor in 28 years.
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
December 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Miami just elected its first democratic mayor in 28 years.
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
Mayor-elect Eileen Higgins calls herself “La Gringa” and rides transit.
Running on transit is a way to win elections!
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
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left behind a 125k following and it’s only made my skin clearer ✌️
“i can’t leave twitter, i need it, it’s where my audience is”
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
left behind a 125k following and it’s only made my skin clearer ✌️
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absolutely harrowing account of a tech worker named michael from nairobi kenya forced to act as an ai sex bot. how is this not classified as sexual abuse bordering on trafficking????
data-workers.org/michael/
data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
absolutely harrowing account of a tech worker named michael from nairobi kenya forced to act as an ai sex bot. how is this not classified as sexual abuse bordering on trafficking????
data-workers.org/michael/
data-workers.org/michael/
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it’s just remarkable how thoroughly the media has normalized all of this; how clearly the media will normalize absolutely anything provided it endures longer than a handful of news cycles.
This is just how we do mergers now.
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
"Paramount executives also plan to argue their deal will have a much shorter regulatory approval process given the company’s smaller size and friendly relationship with the Trump administration."
www.cnbc.com/2025/12/08/p...
Paramount Skydance launches hostile bid for WBD after Netflix wins bidding war
Netflix won a bidding war for the Warner Bros. film studio and HBO Max streaming service, but it doesn't plan to buy WBD's TV networks.
www.cnbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
it’s just remarkable how thoroughly the media has normalized all of this; how clearly the media will normalize absolutely anything provided it endures longer than a handful of news cycles.
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Whoa hey this clue token I just made is gonna be available at shooooebox 👀👀👀
December 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Whoa hey this clue token I just made is gonna be available at shooooebox 👀👀👀
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Palette Swap is officially making an offer for the nemesis system patent at $1
December 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Palette Swap is officially making an offer for the nemesis system patent at $1
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groverhaus of leaves
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
groverhaus of leaves
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broader internet culture refuses to give flowers to Woman Medical Autism meanwhile Male Medical Autism is lavished at all moments as being the peak of its form when actually both are really good bc both are examples of prime medical drama slop
Meredith Grey and Dr House have spent pretty much an equal amount of screentime being literally locked in prison for doing medical practice
December 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
broader internet culture refuses to give flowers to Woman Medical Autism meanwhile Male Medical Autism is lavished at all moments as being the peak of its form when actually both are really good bc both are examples of prime medical drama slop