Midnight Ramble blog by Tim
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Mike Scott ( @a4epodcast.bsky.social ) returns to discuss 007’s last adventures at Dark Horse Comics.
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Mike Scott ( @a4epodcast.bsky.social ) returns to discuss 007’s last adventures at Dark Horse Comics.
Link: podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/s...
#jamesbond #90s #thriller #darkhorsecomics #hacking #comics #comicbooks #dinosaurs #dougmoench #paulgulacy #mikegrell
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I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
Tragically, Israel has done its best to ruin these Jewish symbols for everyone and brought danger to all Jews by constantly conflating the IDF’s barbarism with the Jewish people. That is unforgivable.
December 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’ve gotten a few replies like this today and I just want to point out
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
1. None of them have come from Palestinians
2. Violent antisemitism predates the existence of a Zionist movement, which began in Europe in an colonialist environment
3. These comments themselves conflate Judaism with Zionism
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Emily's books are great and, unfortunately, illustrate how often publishers let down the work of women (and other marginalized communities) authors. Give her books a purchase, request them from your library, etc.
i see so much love for inclusive detective stories, nick & nora spouses, and solid whodunnits and yet i can get no traction for my series that is all that and more.
can you PLEASE help people know about Viviana Valentine? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GFM/a...
can you PLEASE help people know about Viviana Valentine? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GFM/a...
December 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Emily's books are great and, unfortunately, illustrate how often publishers let down the work of women (and other marginalized communities) authors. Give her books a purchase, request them from your library, etc.
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"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
December 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump’s breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that prompted Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter,” writes Miles Taylor
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The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Trump gets distracted by a woman in the crowd he says looks like Ivanka and has her turn for the cameras
December 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The president interrupted his Christmas remarks because he was confused about whether or not the woman five feet in front of him was his daughter who, he has repeatedly said in public, he would very much like to fuck.
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
Anyway, Merry Christmas!
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AI became their replacement for DEI as a credentialed way of performing racism
And if people who claim to “critique” AI don’t actually mention this ?
You should be yelling at them as hard as you yell at the SV bros they claim to hate
And if people who claim to “critique” AI don’t actually mention this ?
You should be yelling at them as hard as you yell at the SV bros they claim to hate
It’s been fun while it lasted: “Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in artificial intelligence starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.”
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
www.forbes.com/sites/michae...
Purdue University Approves New AI Requirement For All Undergrads
Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students meet an AI competency requirement starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026.
www.forbes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
AI became their replacement for DEI as a credentialed way of performing racism
And if people who claim to “critique” AI don’t actually mention this ?
You should be yelling at them as hard as you yell at the SV bros they claim to hate
And if people who claim to “critique” AI don’t actually mention this ?
You should be yelling at them as hard as you yell at the SV bros they claim to hate
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Wow can't believe this bravery man. Dude said fuck it and probably saved a bunch of people
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wow can't believe this bravery man. Dude said fuck it and probably saved a bunch of people
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A Muslim stopped a massacre of Jews on Hanukkah
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 6:14 PM
A Muslim stopped a massacre of Jews on Hanukkah
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just FYI, there were 2 shooters.
after he disarmed one, the other--who was on a bridge--shot him twice
after he disarmed one, the other--who was on a bridge--shot him twice
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
just FYI, there were 2 shooters.
after he disarmed one, the other--who was on a bridge--shot him twice
after he disarmed one, the other--who was on a bridge--shot him twice
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Yep.
And to prevent people who are compensated for “critiquing” them from dealing with why the conversation is narrowed .
And to prevent people who are compensated for “critiquing” them from dealing with why the conversation is narrowed .
i’ve been saying AIs main utility to capitalists is to allow them to bring back all the racism sexism ableism transphobia and every other bigotry under the sun we’ve managed to mitigate in the last century and go “computer did it 🤷♀️” when called out for it
bro are you fucking kidding me
December 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Yep.
And to prevent people who are compensated for “critiquing” them from dealing with why the conversation is narrowed .
And to prevent people who are compensated for “critiquing” them from dealing with why the conversation is narrowed .
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AI is a consent removal and smear campaign machine.
It’s functioning like a grandiose narcisstic by telling you what you are
And a communal one by pretending that it’s good deeds are an acceptable exchange for control
It’s functioning like a grandiose narcisstic by telling you what you are
And a communal one by pretending that it’s good deeds are an acceptable exchange for control
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
AI is a consent removal and smear campaign machine.
It’s functioning like a grandiose narcisstic by telling you what you are
And a communal one by pretending that it’s good deeds are an acceptable exchange for control
It’s functioning like a grandiose narcisstic by telling you what you are
And a communal one by pretending that it’s good deeds are an acceptable exchange for control
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i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:10 PM
i don't think this is even a real statistical anomaly anymore. it seems like there's someone in the crowd at every mass shooting who has been through it before. this doesn't have to be our shared cultural experience.
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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New review!
THE DUDE (Quincy Jones, 1981): midniteramble.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#quincyjones #pattiaustin #jamesingram #rodtemperton #r&b #80s #popmusic
THE DUDE (Quincy Jones, 1981): midniteramble.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#quincyjones #pattiaustin #jamesingram #rodtemperton #r&b #80s #popmusic
The Dude (Quincy Jones, 1981)
The Dude is one of my favourite albums. I wrote a short review about it back in 2016, but it was too short. It was probably too soon after ...
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December 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
New review!
THE DUDE (Quincy Jones, 1981): midniteramble.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#quincyjones #pattiaustin #jamesingram #rodtemperton #r&b #80s #popmusic
THE DUDE (Quincy Jones, 1981): midniteramble.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
#quincyjones #pattiaustin #jamesingram #rodtemperton #r&b #80s #popmusic
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"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"Weissman was in her dorm room at Brown when a friend called to warn her that a shooting was under way. Her initial feelings of panic soon turned to anger, she told NBC. “I’m angry that I thought I’d never have to deal with this again, and here I am eight years later,” Weissman told NBC News."
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“In other news that made no headlines:
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“In other news that made no headlines:
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
In under 24 hours, 14 Palestinians died of severe cold, including months-old infants, as the Zionist blockade on Gaza denied them … basic warmth necessities …. The storm also destroyed 3,000 tents”
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
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Oh my gawd I just found this barbarian woman photo shoot Katy O'Brian did a few years and again: her. Movie. With battle axe. Now.
December 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Oh my gawd I just found this barbarian woman photo shoot Katy O'Brian did a few years and again: her. Movie. With battle axe. Now.
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The civilians in Gaza are homeless and hungry and suffering through floods. We're their only voice and means of survival.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and keep them safe. And find and give to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and keep them safe. And find and give to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
December 14, 2025 at 4:30 AM
The civilians in Gaza are homeless and hungry and suffering through floods. We're their only voice and means of survival.
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and keep them safe. And find and give to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed her children and keep them safe. And find and give to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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This. AI isn't enabling learning, it's replacing it. It won't enhance creativity, it's supplanting it, using stolen regurgitated material. It's not providing more accurate search results, it's grabbing what it infers you want to know from multiple sources and spewing the combined hodgepodge for you.
Maybe it's because I learned musical instruments from a young age. Maybe it's because I'm a scientist by training. Maybe it's because I also do coding, but I struggle to understand how people don't get this:
In order to get good at something, you first have to suck at it. A LOT, in some cases. 2/4
In order to get good at something, you first have to suck at it. A LOT, in some cases. 2/4
December 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
This. AI isn't enabling learning, it's replacing it. It won't enhance creativity, it's supplanting it, using stolen regurgitated material. It's not providing more accurate search results, it's grabbing what it infers you want to know from multiple sources and spewing the combined hodgepodge for you.
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Dick Van Dyke has now outlived the Confederacy 25 times in a row.
December 14, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Dick Van Dyke has now outlived the Confederacy 25 times in a row.
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Anyone who thought this guy was anything but a racist POS wasn’t paying attention to EVERY PERSON OF COLOR who tried to get folks to open their eyes on him. Fetterman chased a POC down the street with a gun. He has not changed a bit.
December 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Anyone who thought this guy was anything but a racist POS wasn’t paying attention to EVERY PERSON OF COLOR who tried to get folks to open their eyes on him. Fetterman chased a POC down the street with a gun. He has not changed a bit.
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Very telling that the Guardian Weekly article showing teenagers' reactions to Australia's social media ban have a bunch of healthy kids saying "Annoying but no biggie, I can wait two years" and one very disabled one saying "welp there goes my entire world."
December 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very telling that the Guardian Weekly article showing teenagers' reactions to Australia's social media ban have a bunch of healthy kids saying "Annoying but no biggie, I can wait two years" and one very disabled one saying "welp there goes my entire world."
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????