K.
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Mostly lurking, but some politics, culture and now fandom stuff apparently ✌️😎💕
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Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can.
Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop.
Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵
www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...
Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop.
Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵
www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...
Free Images and Open Access | National Gallery of Art
Free open access image downloads are now available directly from the object pages located on this website. Close to 60,000 images are available for download, and we will continue to add more images fo...
www.nga.gov
February 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can.
Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop.
Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵
www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...
Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop.
Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! 🧵
www.nga.gov/artworks/fre...
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New writers often get frustrated when agents or editors can't define "voice" sufficiently for them to understand. Voice is very "you know it when you see it" and seeing it often comes from having seen so much that you know when something feels distinct.
LLMs produce the opposite of voice by design.
LLMs produce the opposite of voice by design.
February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
New writers often get frustrated when agents or editors can't define "voice" sufficiently for them to understand. Voice is very "you know it when you see it" and seeing it often comes from having seen so much that you know when something feels distinct.
LLMs produce the opposite of voice by design.
LLMs produce the opposite of voice by design.
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I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
I mean, are they really cheaper or easier to produce than just sourcing the right thing from a mass distributor? it's sweet but doesn't seem Pareto efficient, and I feel like that's important to the revolution
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 AM
I think people often wonder this, and it's a great question, so let me explain the advantages of 3D printing whistles. There are many.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
The 3D printing effort started from one of our organizers who started by sourcing mass-produced whistles.
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Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
Notes on Unbearable Stupidity, January 6, 2026 Edition
"A year ago, I went to Copenhagen to write about the political crisis Trump had created over Greenland," Anne Appelbaum said the other day on the hellsite formerly known as Twitter. "Danes told me tha...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Part of the unbearable stupidity of the current administration is its feckless enthusiasm for doing things that seem like manly feats of strength to manosphere idiots and also make this country weaker...all the way down to Pete Hegseth and his belief that pushups are a top military strategy.
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So I can’t read this for Reasons, but the first picture shows someone with matcha and guuuuys matcha is just chock full of caffeine. It’s more caffeinated than coffee.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
So I can’t read this for Reasons, but the first picture shows someone with matcha and guuuuys matcha is just chock full of caffeine. It’s more caffeinated than coffee.
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Blindspots for Millennials 😅
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Blindspots for Millennials 😅
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
IMO: it’s pretty accurate.
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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the one constant in mass shootings is the prevalence of misogyny/domestic violence/hatred toward women:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
September 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
the one constant in mass shootings is the prevalence of misogyny/domestic violence/hatred toward women:
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/u...
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Once again it’s not that conservatives deny the existence of racism, they merely deny the existence of racism against minorities.
WHAT THE HELL
September 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Once again it’s not that conservatives deny the existence of racism, they merely deny the existence of racism against minorities.
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I know a lot of people are being doxxed by the far right because they were too honest in public about how they felt about the Kirk assassination. I wrote a quick guide about the first things you should do if this is happening to you. (Not paywalled)
www.patreon.com/posts/85220523
www.patreon.com/posts/85220523
Six Things to Do If You Become the Target of Online Harassment: A Quick and Dirty Guide | Spencer Sunshine
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September 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I know a lot of people are being doxxed by the far right because they were too honest in public about how they felt about the Kirk assassination. I wrote a quick guide about the first things you should do if this is happening to you. (Not paywalled)
www.patreon.com/posts/85220523
www.patreon.com/posts/85220523
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There are people who believe that women are put on this earth to suffer. So when you say things like "hey maybe we should make childbirth conditions more favorable" or "what if women didn't do most of the work in a marriage," they just will not understand.
Because the point of women is to suffer.
Because the point of women is to suffer.
September 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
There are people who believe that women are put on this earth to suffer. So when you say things like "hey maybe we should make childbirth conditions more favorable" or "what if women didn't do most of the work in a marriage," they just will not understand.
Because the point of women is to suffer.
Because the point of women is to suffer.
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Okay. 38 years ago, an artist named Andres Serrano produced a work of art titled (then) “Immersion.”
It was not, as many people who never saw it believe, a sculpture. It was a photograph, one of a series.
It was not, as many people who never saw it believe, a sculpture. It was a photograph, one of a series.
September 2, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Okay. 38 years ago, an artist named Andres Serrano produced a work of art titled (then) “Immersion.”
It was not, as many people who never saw it believe, a sculpture. It was a photograph, one of a series.
It was not, as many people who never saw it believe, a sculpture. It was a photograph, one of a series.
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It's always been like this, and it's because the elites are essentially self-preserving, and civility has always been the tool by which non-elites are condemned.
I will never understand how American elites managed to convince themselves that uncivil debate — not fascism, not impunity and not widespread indifference to facts — is the defining problem of our time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
August 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
It's always been like this, and it's because the elites are essentially self-preserving, and civility has always been the tool by which non-elites are condemned.
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If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
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if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
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look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
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if the rage-bait works too well it might be fake
::clap clap::
look, we’ve all been fooled before
when a deep-fake makes us sore
but kindly doublecheck your source, it might be fake
::clap clap::
August 18, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
::clap clap::
If you want to believe it, check it twice
::clap clap::
Doesn’t matter if it’s awful
Doesn’t matter if it’s nice
If it confirms your bias, check it twice!
::clap clap::
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Reposting from X. I can't stress this enough. We live in a fascist society. When capitalism strips stories of their context and meaning and sells them back as empty nostalgia, they stop questioning power and become just aesthetics. That’s how we forget what they were meant to teach us.
August 18, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Reposting from X. I can't stress this enough. We live in a fascist society. When capitalism strips stories of their context and meaning and sells them back as empty nostalgia, they stop questioning power and become just aesthetics. That’s how we forget what they were meant to teach us.
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All of this is just ridiculous. If you struggle with pacing you're also struggling with character development. If you're great at dialogue but bad at action scenes, don't write action books. If you hate description just use vibes.
This is an "author" using the idea that you shouldn't suffer for your art AS A REASON TO USE GENERATIVE AI TO WRITE INSTEAD.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
That is not what that phrase means. It doesn't mean you shouldn't emotionally connect with your art--it means you shouldn't fucking starve or have chronic depression.
August 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
All of this is just ridiculous. If you struggle with pacing you're also struggling with character development. If you're great at dialogue but bad at action scenes, don't write action books. If you hate description just use vibes.
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I keep thinking about how the founder of ‘serious’ conservatism — the kind we allegedly need to bring back — was a dishonest, racist fraud. A life spent making the country irrevocably dumber and worse.
"Over and over we watch Buckley slander, deceive, withhold information, and defend the falsity of others. He lies with glee and without compunction; he lies willfully and by omission. He stands athwart history, yelling the wildest possible bullshit." defector.com/william-f-bu...
William F. Buckley's Bill Never Came Due | Defector
Perhaps the highest praise I can offer a book that took 27 years to complete and runs over 1,000 pages is that I can see why, and that it doesn’t feel like it. Sam Tanenhaus’s extremely long and anxio...
defector.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I keep thinking about how the founder of ‘serious’ conservatism — the kind we allegedly need to bring back — was a dishonest, racist fraud. A life spent making the country irrevocably dumber and worse.
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My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
My semi-regular reminder of a really important reality about cities, density, services and taxes.
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
Any questions?
Graphic recently cleaned up by @kathrynmathias.bsky.social. #CityMakingMath
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ok i have a cauliflower i need to use and the only thing i know how to make is gobi, give me your simple (simple!!!!) cauliflower recipes (simple! Gobi is like oil + cauliflower + spices, 15 min done) but i want something different thank you thank you in advance
July 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
ok i have a cauliflower i need to use and the only thing i know how to make is gobi, give me your simple (simple!!!!) cauliflower recipes (simple! Gobi is like oil + cauliflower + spices, 15 min done) but i want something different thank you thank you in advance
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What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Every one hour of an audiobook takes three hours of work. You burn hours trying to drink away mouth pops, redoing too loud or too soft lines, and forgetting how to say “penguin”
Every one hour of an audiobook takes three hours of work. You burn hours trying to drink away mouth pops, redoing too loud or too soft lines, and forgetting how to say “penguin”
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
SNAP spending is known to follow monthly cycles where beneficiaries often spend large proportions of their benefits within a couple days of receipt.
SNAP spending is known to follow monthly cycles where beneficiaries often spend large proportions of their benefits within a couple days of receipt.
June 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
The number of parents that don't care much about their kids and/or have very thinly veiled resentment against them is much higher than most people think.
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June 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes
June 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
kind of just endlessly sad and grieving that there are so few voices in the public sphere making the basic principled argument that immigration is an affirmative good in every way and the best way for this country to serve humanity is to welcome people who want or need to leave their homes