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Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Rolling out the Matt Christman quote from after Charlottesville (2017) again:
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
October 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
SS Edmund Fitzgerald had a structural defect in its keel. Sailors on that ship had complained about the ship bending and flexing during storms, especially when it was overloaded, which it usually was. They had also found old keel weld breaks due to structural fatigue, which were never repaired
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Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
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AI as wage depression tool is a very useful and compelling framing
Hagen is the author of a great short book, Why We Fear AI, which argues, among other things, that AI should not be viewed as a productivity tool, but a *wage depression* tool.
www.commonnotions.org/why-we-fear-ai
www.commonnotions.org/why-we-fear-ai
Why We Fear AI — Common Notions Press
Fears about AI tell us more about capitalism today than the technology of the future.
www.commonnotions.org
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
AI as wage depression tool is a very useful and compelling framing
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"Consider the implications if ChatGPT started saying “I don’t know” to even 30% of queries ... Users accustomed to receiving confident answers to virtually any question would likely abandon such systems rapidly."
The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.
Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow
The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.
tcnv.link
September 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
"Consider the implications if ChatGPT started saying “I don’t know” to even 30% of queries ... Users accustomed to receiving confident answers to virtually any question would likely abandon such systems rapidly."
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Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.
August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Asbestos as a metaphor for where I suspect we might be going with LLM tools: rapid push to shove it into everything as a "modern solution," then an eventual "oh shit" walkback.
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had the idea of collecting the most ominous or threatening images of MrBeast but fear nothing can top this
August 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
had the idea of collecting the most ominous or threatening images of MrBeast but fear nothing can top this
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Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
July 6, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Pyramids
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Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Soul Music
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the gender wizard | patreon.com/lubchansky
July 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
the gender wizard | patreon.com/lubchansky
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Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
“The children refused to disbelieve in the monsters because, frankly, they knew damn well the things were there. But she’d found that they could, very firmly, also believe in the poker.”
“The children refused to disbelieve in the monsters because, frankly, they knew damn well the things were there. But she’d found that they could, very firmly, also believe in the poker.”
Discworld QOTD, from The Light Fantastic
"‘If you kill me a thousand will take my place,’ said the man, who was now backed against the wall.
‘Yes,’ said Cohen, in a reasonable tone of voice, ‘but that isn’t the point is it? The point is, you’ll be dead.’"
"‘If you kill me a thousand will take my place,’ said the man, who was now backed against the wall.
‘Yes,’ said Cohen, in a reasonable tone of voice, ‘but that isn’t the point is it? The point is, you’ll be dead.’"
Discworld QOTD, from Small Gods
"When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point-of-view is seldom necessary."
"When you can flatten entire cities at a whim, a tendency towards quiet reflection and seeing-things-from-the-other-fellow's-point-of-view is seldom necessary."
June 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
“The children refused to disbelieve in the monsters because, frankly, they knew damn well the things were there. But she’d found that they could, very firmly, also believe in the poker.”
“The children refused to disbelieve in the monsters because, frankly, they knew damn well the things were there. But she’d found that they could, very firmly, also believe in the poker.”
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GOAT
June 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
GOAT
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Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
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i think SpaceX is best understood as a revolutionary leap forward for littering
May 7, 2025 at 12:25 AM
i think SpaceX is best understood as a revolutionary leap forward for littering
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"i actually never really had dysphoria up until recently" -girl who just started HRT and is slowly realizing she had 0 will to live for Decades and had completely emotionally isolated herself to such a degree that Constant Dysphoria just became her baseline for her entire life up until now
April 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"i actually never really had dysphoria up until recently" -girl who just started HRT and is slowly realizing she had 0 will to live for Decades and had completely emotionally isolated herself to such a degree that Constant Dysphoria just became her baseline for her entire life up until now
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"Validity" is what we say to break the inertia of wondering "am I?" and to allow transition (social, medical) to begin.
It's the beginning, not the end-goal.
Validation without helping us to achieve equal rights doesn't mean a whole lot.
It's the beginning, not the end-goal.
Validation without helping us to achieve equal rights doesn't mean a whole lot.
"trans women are women, trans men are men, non-binary people are valid"
You know what, this isn't fucking roll call.
Why don't you try "Trans people deserve dignity, autonomy, and freedom from discrimination"? "Trans people deserve access to healthcare without gatekeeping"? "Trans people matter"?
You know what, this isn't fucking roll call.
Why don't you try "Trans people deserve dignity, autonomy, and freedom from discrimination"? "Trans people deserve access to healthcare without gatekeeping"? "Trans people matter"?
April 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"Validity" is what we say to break the inertia of wondering "am I?" and to allow transition (social, medical) to begin.
It's the beginning, not the end-goal.
Validation without helping us to achieve equal rights doesn't mean a whole lot.
It's the beginning, not the end-goal.
Validation without helping us to achieve equal rights doesn't mean a whole lot.
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I hate to admit this but the only thing I can ever think of when I see this sprite is “Based? Based on what?”
a pixel art of a man giving a speech in a courtroom
ALT: a pixel art of a man giving a speech in a courtroom
media.tenor.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I hate to admit this but the only thing I can ever think of when I see this sprite is “Based? Based on what?”
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