Quantum
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Tired. I probably know you from Barbelith? Maybe Tumblr? Anyway nice to see you, come on in.
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Confucius vs Qin Shi Huang
existentialcomics.com/comic/636
existentialcomics.com/comic/636
Confucius vs Qin Shi Huang
A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes
existentialcomics.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Confucius vs Qin Shi Huang
existentialcomics.com/comic/636
existentialcomics.com/comic/636
1989 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, or maybe Cyberpunk or Cthulhu around the same time- then at university I played pretty much every day for four years and got really into Mage, love that game.
Still playing weekly now, current d&d group is 5 years so far!
Still playing weekly now, current d&d group is 5 years so far!
Remember the first time you played a really great role-playing game with a great group and you became a little obsessed?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
a group of people are playing a board game with a railroad crossing sign in the background
ALT: a group of people are playing a board game with a railroad crossing sign in the background
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January 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
1989 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, or maybe Cyberpunk or Cthulhu around the same time- then at university I played pretty much every day for four years and got really into Mage, love that game.
Still playing weekly now, current d&d group is 5 years so far!
Still playing weekly now, current d&d group is 5 years so far!
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Remember the first time you played a really great role-playing game with a great group and you became a little obsessed?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
a group of people are playing a board game with a railroad crossing sign in the background
ALT: a group of people are playing a board game with a railroad crossing sign in the background
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Remember the first time you played a really great role-playing game with a great group and you became a little obsessed?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
Do you still remember it fondly years later?
And bonus: what game was it, and was it a module or home brew adventure?
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If you want your TTRPG randomizers to deliver interesting answers, it's preferable that you ask them interesting questions first!
January 5, 2026 at 6:12 AM
If you want your TTRPG randomizers to deliver interesting answers, it's preferable that you ask them interesting questions first!
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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it’s about oil and yet from an energy markets perspective that doesn’t make much sense, unless we assume USG all but seizes control of US oil companies. Karthik Sankaran outlines the doesn’t-make-sense reasons here: responsiblestatecraft.org/venezuela-oil/
When Trump's big Venezuela oil grab runs smack into reality
The White House is proudly embracing an era of fossil-fuel imperialism when global markets are vastly different
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 5, 2026 at 5:51 AM
it’s about oil and yet from an energy markets perspective that doesn’t make much sense, unless we assume USG all but seizes control of US oil companies. Karthik Sankaran outlines the doesn’t-make-sense reasons here: responsiblestatecraft.org/venezuela-oil/
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it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
Your fact of the day:
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
The US Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six American citizens suffers a food-borne illness annually. In the UK, the figure is one in 132.
bylinetimes.com/2020/02/28/f...
Fowl Play: How US Chicken Imports will Pollute Britain's Poor
Since joining the EU British food has gone from bog-awful to top-notch, but Otto English reveals how a US Trade deal will unravel 40 years of progress.
bylinetimes.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:15 AM
it's funny when watching US movies or tv shows i used to be like "man, they sure do use food poisoning as a plot device *a lot* in america..."
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
then i learned their food poisoning statistics and it blew my mind. that's just how they live!
people DIE of food poisoning regularly in the US.
it's MAD.
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A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
January 4, 2026 at 9:40 AM
A very long and important THREAD -
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
The real reason the US is invading Venezuela goes back to a deal Henry Kissinger made with Saudi Arabia in 1974.
And I'm going to explain why this is actually about the SURVIVAL of the US dollar itself.
Not drugs. Not terrorism. Not "democracy." 1/
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If you ride sabre toothed tigers then you don't need a sleigh at all (according to Les Edwards)
January 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
If you ride sabre toothed tigers then you don't need a sleigh at all (according to Les Edwards)
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I'm just a lawyer, but I feel like there are some threshold jurisdictional questions here.
The US Attorney General confirms Maduro is being charged with "conspiracy to possess machine guns" - something Republicans usually call a constitutional right.
January 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm just a lawyer, but I feel like there are some threshold jurisdictional questions here.
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Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
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"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
En kvinna, utklädd till rosa Power Ranger, hackade datingsida för högerextrema. Hon raderade hela sidan, men först fick hon användarna att bli kära i AI-botar som hon drev och fick på så sätt ut information om dem. Över 8000 högerextrema profiler har nu kartlagts.
cybernews.com/security/inv...
cybernews.com/security/inv...
Investigator breaches white supremacist dating sites, exposes 8,000 users
An investigative journalist infiltrated three white supremacist platforms, including the dating site WhiteDate, exfiltrating over 8,000 user profiles and 100GB of sensitive data.
cybernews.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
"A woman dressed as a pink Power Ranger hacked a dating site for far-right extremists. She deleted the entire site, but first she made users fall in love with AI bots she ran, thus obtaining information about them. Over 8,000 far-right profiles have now been mapped."
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
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Venezuela opposition reports the so called "capture" of Maduro was a negotiated deal between Maduro and US for an agreed exit strategy. We reported in November that this would be the case. The US bombed Venezuelan service members as part of a death theatre. #VenezuelaInvasion
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Venezuela opposition reports the so called "capture" of Maduro was a negotiated deal between Maduro and US for an agreed exit strategy. We reported in November that this would be the case. The US bombed Venezuelan service members as part of a death theatre. #VenezuelaInvasion
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
January 3, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
“Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.”
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Meanwhile, my friends and I have had a joke for the past decade about Less Wrong speedrunning the theological debates and issues of early Christianity
April 2, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Meanwhile, my friends and I have had a joke for the past decade about Less Wrong speedrunning the theological debates and issues of early Christianity
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If you want to understand where a very large swathe of "AI" is, today, then you very seriously need to engage w/ religious studies & mythology — & understand I don't mean "mythology" in the pejorative sense of "falseness" or "fantasy;" I mean "animating beliefs," or "fundamental guiding narrative."
November 21, 2023 at 11:37 PM
If you want to understand where a very large swathe of "AI" is, today, then you very seriously need to engage w/ religious studies & mythology — & understand I don't mean "mythology" in the pejorative sense of "falseness" or "fantasy;" I mean "animating beliefs," or "fundamental guiding narrative."
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Everything DIE for $15! That's:
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
DIE RPG Bundle
Adventurer! This new DIE RPG Bundle presents DIE, the tabletop roleplaying game from Rowan, Rook, & Decard based on – rather, created in parallel with – the DIE Image Comics series (20 issues,…
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January 1, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Everything DIE for $15! That's:
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
- The massive corebook
- A map-based scenario about previous lovers (the "Ex-Crawl")
- Couple's therapy as an explicit wargame
- Ersatz Yu-Gi-Oh
- 6 other scenarios ranging from upsetting to innovative to upsettingly innovative
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Let me get this straight - the US just attacked a sovereign nation, flew in and kidnapped its leader and is bringing them back to the US?! Trump just unilaterally declared full out war on Venezuela? What the actual fuck. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Venezuelan president Maduro captured and flown out of country following ‘large scale’ US attack, Trump says – live
US president says: ‘the United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela’
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Let me get this straight - the US just attacked a sovereign nation, flew in and kidnapped its leader and is bringing them back to the US?! Trump just unilaterally declared full out war on Venezuela? What the actual fuck. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Forgot to post this one
![[Scene is KEIR STARMER as FATHER CHRISTMAS in his factory, with RACHEL REEVES as an awkward-looking Head Elf]
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FATHER KEIR:
Well, well, well!
[Elf Reeves is holding an enormous sack of letters]
2
FATHER KEIR:
Look at all these letters of membership cancellation!
ELF REEVES:
More than ever this year
3
[Father Keir reads one out:]
“Dear Father Keir
I am writing to cancel my Labour Party membership…”
Awww how sweet
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“I have truly believed for 40 years, but now I’ve had enough.”
5
“Please please please this year can you deliver some policies that aren’t craven right wing bullshit?”
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FATHER KEIR:
Well, I think we know what to give this good boy don’t we?
Elf Mahmood!
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[Show SHABANA MAHMOOD as an elf poking her head round a doorway to afactory full of busy elves, above the door is a wooden sign reading CRAVEN RIGHTWING BULLSHIT FACTORY]
ELF MAHMOOD:
What.
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FATHER KEIR:
Do we have any performatively cruel immigration stuff left?
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ELF MAHMOOD:
We've got ‘stealing their belongings and a 20-year wait for settled status’…?
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FATHER KEIR:
In the sack, please!
[Elves Mahmood and Reeves push the big sack into the sleigh as father Keir climbs in the driver’s seat]
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And off we goooo!
[He wooshes off into the snowy polar night]
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[Cut to a person’s LIVING ROOM - a man and a woman are looking in their stockings - the man looks disappointed]
WOMAN:
Is it not what you wanted
MAN:
Not really, no
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreid3i66ptsq5hvcwqftxwpr5hetglcixslpbskhsigu7t6c7bng3uq@jpeg)
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Forgot to post this one
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there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
January 2, 2026 at 6:59 PM
there are endless headlines about "grok apologizes" or "grok says it will be fixed" after it generated CSAM using pictures of minors and zero headlines about "grok being shut down" or "musk and xAI in big legal trouble" and I think something fundamental has broken here
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Can magnetic fridge poetry show contrition. Do dice feel pain. Is this calculator my friend.
An AI chatbot does not have PERSONHOOD. It has no agency. It cannot meaningfully apologise. It cannot speak on behalf of another. It cannot speak for itself; it has no self. Stop asking it for quotes for articles. Stop printing its quotes.
January 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Can magnetic fridge poetry show contrition. Do dice feel pain. Is this calculator my friend.