JK
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· Apr 28
Arizona Public Service killed my mother
www.APSKilledMyMom.com
I put together a proper website
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My mother Kate Korman owed $500 to Arizona Public Service, so shortly before her 82nd birthday they cut off her electricity.
Temperatures were in the 90s and climbing. Without air conditioning, the heat killed her within a few days.
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www.apskilledmymom.com
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My mother Kate Korman owed $500 to Arizona Public Service, so shortly before her 82nd birthday they cut off her electricity.
Temperatures were in the 90s and climbing. Without air conditioning, the heat killed her within a few days.
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www.apskilledmymom.com
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I have come across many 9/11 conspiracy theories — I’ve been teaching a class about terrorism for over 15 years — and many claim that “elites” (non-specified) secretly did it (don’t think too much about how). But this is the first time I’ve seen someone claim the elites did 9/11 to cover up 9/11.
If you want to get rid of some incriminating documents you don't want anyone to see, the best course of action is to hide them on the top floors of the most famous twin towers in the world and hit them with two hijacked passenger planes.
February 19, 2026 at 1:06 AM
I have come across many 9/11 conspiracy theories — I’ve been teaching a class about terrorism for over 15 years — and many claim that “elites” (non-specified) secretly did it (don’t think too much about how). But this is the first time I’ve seen someone claim the elites did 9/11 to cover up 9/11.
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Watching a senile sex criminal start wars for no reason while Congress shrugs is enough to make you go insane
The U.S. military has moved into place for possible strikes in Iran, leaving the White House with high stakes choices about pursuing diplomacy or war.
As Trump Weighs Possible Iran Strikes, U.S. Military Moves Into Place
President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
nyti.ms
February 19, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Watching a senile sex criminal start wars for no reason while Congress shrugs is enough to make you go insane
Also dudes who love Soderbergh.
Why wouldn’t you let him make you a billion-dollar movie?
Why wouldn’t you let him make you a billion-dollar movie?
This guy blocked me on my other account for pointing out that female Star Wars fans exist and have an interest in this movie.
February 19, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Also dudes who love Soderbergh.
Why wouldn’t you let him make you a billion-dollar movie?
Why wouldn’t you let him make you a billion-dollar movie?
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okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
I feel comfortable saying Rise of Skywalker was the worst Star Wars because it is the only one I genuinely do not remember enough of it to offer a coherent explanation of the plot. I think a knife and Poe’s ex-wife were somehow involved.
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 PM
okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
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It’s also one of the most lore building scenes and drops a ton of stuff on the viewer that George was just spitballing back then. It rules.
The Death Star board room scene is low key the funniest scene in cinematic history. It’s a work meeting with an evil samurai wizard everyone else finds mildly annoying and when his manager tells him to stop killing a coworker with his magicka, he has to listen.
February 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
It’s also one of the most lore building scenes and drops a ton of stuff on the viewer that George was just spitballing back then. It rules.
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I say this, every time i say it (which is far too fucking often), to myself as much as anyone else.
Like Kaba says, hope is a discipline, a practice. That doesn't mean "don't be sad," but rather using what you can to turn sadness, anger, frustration, even despair into something that drives change.
Like Kaba says, hope is a discipline, a practice. That doesn't mean "don't be sad," but rather using what you can to turn sadness, anger, frustration, even despair into something that drives change.
Please listen to me very carefully right now: Learn to take and celebrate small short wins, to build momentum and morale, or you and everyone you need to fight beside you will be burned out, demoralized, and demotivated before the next big opportunity comes along.
February 18, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I say this, every time i say it (which is far too fucking often), to myself as much as anyone else.
Like Kaba says, hope is a discipline, a practice. That doesn't mean "don't be sad," but rather using what you can to turn sadness, anger, frustration, even despair into something that drives change.
Like Kaba says, hope is a discipline, a practice. That doesn't mean "don't be sad," but rather using what you can to turn sadness, anger, frustration, even despair into something that drives change.
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[Cis men] are encouraged to have and express emotions by patriarchy, but only in ways that refer to that system of power.
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A very clarifying meditation on miscasting men’s feelings as special.
[Cis men] are encouraged to have and express emotions by patriarchy, but only in ways that refer to that system of power.
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A very clarifying meditation on miscasting men’s feelings as special.
One day I’m going to have to write another essay on this subject. The way that fragments of feminist analysis (ex: the question of how patriarchy affects men) have been co-opted and distorted to repackage incel talking points for the left is pretty sickening. butchanarchy.noblogs.org/post/2024/09...
Cry Like A Fag, Scream Like A Woman – Destroy What Destroys You
butchanarchy.noblogs.org
February 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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[Cis men] are encouraged to have and express emotions by patriarchy, but only in ways that refer to that system of power.
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A very clarifying meditation on miscasting men’s feelings as special.
[Cis men] are encouraged to have and express emotions by patriarchy, but only in ways that refer to that system of power.
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A very clarifying meditation on miscasting men’s feelings as special.
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Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
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Is this is a witty satire, or am I suffering from Reverse Poe’s Law?
Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
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Is this is a witty satire, or am I suffering from Reverse Poe’s Law?
moltbook - the front page of the agent internet
A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
www.moltbook.com
February 18, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
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Is this is a witty satire, or am I suffering from Reverse Poe’s Law?
Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.
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Is this is a witty satire, or am I suffering from Reverse Poe’s Law?
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This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
Someone doused Renee Good’s Minneapolis memorial and a nearby pile of wood with gasoline and started a fire at about 9 p.m. Tuesday.
Renee Good memorial site in south Minneapolis doused in gasoline
Damage was minimal but police are investigating.
bit.ly
February 18, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This is the kind of thing white supremacists have been doing to Emmett Till’s memorial for decades.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
It’s wild to see them do this to a white woman who the entire world saw extrajudicially murdered.
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ask anyone on the left about high-speed trains
is there a technology that "the left" is excited about?
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
www.transformernews.ai/p/the-left-i...
The left is missing out on AI
As a movement, it has largely refused to engage seriously with AI, ceding debate about a threat and opportunity to the right
www.transformernews.ai
February 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
ask anyone on the left about high-speed trains
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It’s an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.
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It’s an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.
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February 18, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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It’s an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.
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It’s an industry about execution, marketing, and attention to detail. All things AIs are great at.
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New treasure get!
February 18, 2026 at 4:04 AM
New treasure get!
A great performance from a great Hey It’s That Guy guy.
‘What Happened Was …’ isn’t a great film but it’s a good film and it’s very unmistakably HIS film.
‘What Happened Was …’ isn’t a great film but it’s a good film and it’s very unmistakably HIS film.
Oh, man. Tom Noonan died? His performance as Francis Dolarhyde in Manhunter is one of the most terrifying, mesmerizing I've ever seen in a film.
February 18, 2026 at 4:56 AM
A great performance from a great Hey It’s That Guy guy.
‘What Happened Was …’ isn’t a great film but it’s a good film and it’s very unmistakably HIS film.
‘What Happened Was …’ isn’t a great film but it’s a good film and it’s very unmistakably HIS film.
It gives me no pleasure to report that a great many Americans believe this, including many who •oppose• him
Leavitt: "I think it's frankly ridiculous that anyone in this room would even suggest that President Trump is doing anything for his own benefit. He left a life of luxury and a life of running a very successful real estate empire for public service."
February 18, 2026 at 3:24 AM
It gives me no pleasure to report that a great many Americans believe this, including many who •oppose• him
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Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Last week, in a move opposed by Multnomah County and the City of Portland, the EPA rolled back rules that regulated greenhouse gas emissions.
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
Read County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson's and Mayor Keith Wilson's responses to this rollback here: multco.us/news/chair-j...
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Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 17, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Historian of medicine here. Yes. Yes, they did.
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basically, they're (1) making following the law illegal in cases of immigrants pursuing green cards and citizenship by (2) violating the law. It's effectively a state of exception... an arbitrary "prerogative state."
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
basically, they're (1) making following the law illegal in cases of immigrants pursuing green cards and citizenship by (2) violating the law. It's effectively a state of exception... an arbitrary "prerogative state."
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Almost like teenagers who have experienced divisive and violent events that make proximity peer relationships difficult will seek out other, more distant peers with similar trauma to form support networks they can’t access locally.
(Seriously, we’ve known this since Yahoo Groups.)
(Seriously, we’ve known this since Yahoo Groups.)
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
Meta's own research found parental supervision doesn't really help curb teens' compulsive social media use | TechCrunch
An internal research study at Meta found that parental supervision may not help teens regulate their social media, and teens with trauma are more inclined to overuse social media.
techcrunch.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Almost like teenagers who have experienced divisive and violent events that make proximity peer relationships difficult will seek out other, more distant peers with similar trauma to form support networks they can’t access locally.
(Seriously, we’ve known this since Yahoo Groups.)
(Seriously, we’ve known this since Yahoo Groups.)
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i think a campaign geared toward what people online were arguing about in 2022 is probably not going to work out
Stephen A. Smith: "We wouldn’t have a border crisis under my watch."
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
"We ain’t defunding any police… There’s gonna be more."
It's with much regret I foresee the inevitable, he's running
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 PM
i think a campaign geared toward what people online were arguing about in 2022 is probably not going to work out
Thread about one of my heroes
(You may think that you already Know How This Story Will End, but you don’t, because it hasn’t ended.
The Sun still shines.)
The Sun still shines.)
February 17, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Thread about one of my heroes
I presume that massive investment in “AI” datacenters creating component shortages is more an unintended consequence than this, but it is at least true that “AI” leaders are •inclined• toward the empire-building centralization this tech implies
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i think lots of people underestimate how badly these “AI” companies want people to be unable to afford computers. they view personal computing as a roadblock to their desire for complete end-to-end centralization. the fact that their tech is putting hardware out of reach is not just a happy accident
WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out
February 17, 2026 at 6:50 PM
I presume that massive investment in “AI” datacenters creating component shortages is more an unintended consequence than this, but it is at least true that “AI” leaders are •inclined• toward the empire-building centralization this tech implies
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Have started seeing vibe coded projects show up at work and, speaking as a mediocre white man, the mediocre white man energy coming off them is PALPABLE.
February 17, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Have started seeing vibe coded projects show up at work and, speaking as a mediocre white man, the mediocre white man energy coming off them is PALPABLE.
I saw ‘Silence’ again recently and was struck by its diligent and catastrophically unsuccessful attempt to avoid reïnforcing transphobia.
Honorable of Levine to step up and speak to it.
Honorable of Levine to step up and speak to it.
I don't believe I've ever seen Ted Levine speak so candidly about his regrets of portraying Buffalo Bill in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. He and some of the crew on the film were asked about the film's cultural transphobia by The Hollywood Reporter.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
February 17, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I saw ‘Silence’ again recently and was struck by its diligent and catastrophically unsuccessful attempt to avoid reïnforcing transphobia.
Honorable of Levine to step up and speak to it.
Honorable of Levine to step up and speak to it.
This election is important. We cannot afford to take any chances.
And this was interestingly unanimous— and not being that well reflected yet in the offerings from actual Dem politicians. Word to the wise
February 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
This election is important. We cannot afford to take any chances.