Christopher Bird
@mightygodking.com
Lawyer, writer, boardgamer, cyclist, tries-not-to-be-a-dickhead-ist.
T-dot 4 life (or until something better comes along).
Likes are "I need to check this out later" and nothing else
Email: mgk (at) (BS handle)
(he/him)
T-dot 4 life (or until something better comes along).
Likes are "I need to check this out later" and nothing else
Email: mgk (at) (BS handle)
(he/him)
look, it's the exact moment Brock Lesnar's mystique finally fell apart
November 25, 2025 at 6:38 AM
look, it's the exact moment Brock Lesnar's mystique finally fell apart
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I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Senators call on prime minister to ban advertising for sports betting | CBC News
Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada. A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon as...
www.cbc.ca
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I could not agree more strongly with this. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Everybody is making Dershowitz jokes because he's the easier target, but Dana Loesch's entire career has been genuinely psychotic declarations of moral war and mentioning her as squad goals is super fucked up
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Everybody is making Dershowitz jokes because he's the easier target, but Dana Loesch's entire career has been genuinely psychotic declarations of moral war and mentioning her as squad goals is super fucked up
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my goodness:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
ALT: a man in a hospital gown with the words i 've made a huge mistake behind him
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
my goodness:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
Chotiner: who funds this shit
Ben Smith: How dare you ask such a question. Check your facts!
Chotiner: I have now checked my facts. A thread (1/381)
Ben Smith:
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Any time corporate executives are in a room together and don't know they're being recorded, the transcript is like: "Christ, I hate our customers. We're agreed that we all hate our customers? Let's lie to the IRS, criminally. Did I mention the Holocaust never happened? Put more lead in our soda."
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And instead of hanging around here trying to make your taxpayer’s voice heard why don’t you get off your ass, buddy, and go apply for a Skills Development Fund grant like all my hardworking friends do!!
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 AM
And instead of hanging around here trying to make your taxpayer’s voice heard why don’t you get off your ass, buddy, and go apply for a Skills Development Fund grant like all my hardworking friends do!!
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The only good Star Wars movie is Galaxy Quest. Wait I told it wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The only good Star Wars movie is Galaxy Quest. Wait I told it wrong.
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In 2022 @mightygodking.com and I visited the Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island to witness dozens of kororā coming home to their families after a day's fishing in the Pacific. It was, in every respect, the absolute best. Happy Birthday to little Lazzie!
Cool Penguin Facts
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
1. There's a version of them that's little. And blue. 💙. Shockingly, they are called Little Blue Penguins. Also sometimes, fairy penguins.
2. The oldest one is 25 years. Old. This is her.
3. Her name is Lazzie and it's her birthday.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
In 2022 @mightygodking.com and I visited the Ōamaru Blue Penguin Colony on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island to witness dozens of kororā coming home to their families after a day's fishing in the Pacific. It was, in every respect, the absolute best. Happy Birthday to little Lazzie!
I think if Michael Porter Jr. wants to prove himself against WNBA players he should know there is no rule in the WNBA against kicking players in the dick
Angel McCoughtry goes off on Michael Porter Jr.
She says NBA players load-manage for headaches, while WNBA players deserve credit for being able to drop 40 on their period, come back to play after pregnancy, and still hoop while having a husband and kids at home.
She says NBA players load-manage for headaches, while WNBA players deserve credit for being able to drop 40 on their period, come back to play after pregnancy, and still hoop while having a husband and kids at home.
November 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I think if Michael Porter Jr. wants to prove himself against WNBA players he should know there is no rule in the WNBA against kicking players in the dick
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i'm going to sound sarcastic here but genuinely one of the most interesting aspects of LLMs is that they are proving that evil is real, by which i mean if you train them to do one bad thing they start doing other bad things that you have not trained them to do
At least once a month, Anthropic puts out an alignment paper d AI behavior where, if you saw it in a science fiction film, you‘d be screaming at the idiot scientists onscreen to stop development
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
www.anthropic.com/research/eme...
From shortcuts to sabotage: natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
i'm going to sound sarcastic here but genuinely one of the most interesting aspects of LLMs is that they are proving that evil is real, by which i mean if you train them to do one bad thing they start doing other bad things that you have not trained them to do
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Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
November 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Anti-solar NIMBYs aren't beating the accusations of being pretty dim bulbs. "Extracting from the sky" is a good one
if I had to see this then you fucking well have to see it as well. yes. I am doing this out of spite.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
if I had to see this then you fucking well have to see it as well. yes. I am doing this out of spite.
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
My current desktop setup is seven years old. My phone is four years old. Would I *like* to get a new computer and phone? Of course. Do I *need* them? Not until something dies. Or when the extension on Microsoft supporting Windows 10 ends.
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My current desktop setup is seven years old. My phone is four years old. Would I *like* to get a new computer and phone? Of course. Do I *need* them? Not until something dies. Or when the extension on Microsoft supporting Windows 10 ends.
straight up amazing that some minis company just decided to make 80s Cartoons With The Serial Numbers Sanded Off: The Miniatures Game
like, there are several Transformers factions, one faction that's obviously M.A.S.K., another that's Dino-Riders, a Robotech, a GI Joe, etc
like, there are several Transformers factions, one faction that's obviously M.A.S.K., another that's Dino-Riders, a Robotech, a GI Joe, etc
BotWar Ranges Archives - Traders Galaxy
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November 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
straight up amazing that some minis company just decided to make 80s Cartoons With The Serial Numbers Sanded Off: The Miniatures Game
like, there are several Transformers factions, one faction that's obviously M.A.S.K., another that's Dino-Riders, a Robotech, a GI Joe, etc
like, there are several Transformers factions, one faction that's obviously M.A.S.K., another that's Dino-Riders, a Robotech, a GI Joe, etc
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My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
November 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My friend just fuckin showed up with a corncob pipe & that’s when it hit me that we are all in our 40s which means we get one new accessory slot
Anybody who knows me knows I've long advocated that leaving DINO-RIDERS in IP Neverland is leaving gold in the ground
Random cool trivia; there was a very short lived toyline about futuristic soldiers arming dinosaurs with high tech weaponry and using them as vehicles.
Among other cool aspects of this; the dinosaurs are VERY detailed, and look pretty great.
Among other cool aspects of this; the dinosaurs are VERY detailed, and look pretty great.
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Anybody who knows me knows I've long advocated that leaving DINO-RIDERS in IP Neverland is leaving gold in the ground
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the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
the economic success of the U.S. is significantly built on the land grant universities and in particular their excellent agricultural science tradition.
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Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation.
They include a rockstar, six billionaires, a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician.
They include a rockstar, six billionaires, a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician.
November 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Thomas Massie says the FBI is sitting on information that implicates 20 other men in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation.
They include a rockstar, six billionaires, a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician.
They include a rockstar, six billionaires, a high-profile government official, a very prominent banker, and a magician.
Jon Moxley after losing clean to Kyle O'Reilly, looking at the other Death Riders
November 23, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Jon Moxley after losing clean to Kyle O'Reilly, looking at the other Death Riders
just old-school gorgeousness right here
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
just old-school gorgeousness right here
ME: COME ON BANDIDO YOU GOT THIS
VIRGINIA, IN THE OTHER ROOM: what are you saying
ME: I'm just talking at the wrestling sweetie
VIRGINIA, IN THE OTHER ROOM: what are you saying
ME: I'm just talking at the wrestling sweetie
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 AM
ME: COME ON BANDIDO YOU GOT THIS
VIRGINIA, IN THE OTHER ROOM: what are you saying
ME: I'm just talking at the wrestling sweetie
VIRGINIA, IN THE OTHER ROOM: what are you saying
ME: I'm just talking at the wrestling sweetie
not gonna lie, getting a rejection to work for Amazon Mechanical Turk is, shall we say, a real low point
November 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
not gonna lie, getting a rejection to work for Amazon Mechanical Turk is, shall we say, a real low point
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If you go looking for revenge, first dig two graves. You might find some revenge in there. Squirrels bury them. Actually I think that might be acorns. If you go looking for acorns, first dig two graves
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you go looking for revenge, first dig two graves. You might find some revenge in there. Squirrels bury them. Actually I think that might be acorns. If you go looking for acorns, first dig two graves