RationallyDense (they/he/she/any)
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"People keep saying we murdered a bunch of shipwrecked people. But that's so unfair. The shipwrecked people wanted to get rescued!"
2/ What Adm. Bradley and Gen. Caine told Congress raises credibility concerns.
"The military officers briefing Congress on Thursday said the survivors could have been trying to beckon to other alleged drug traffickers in a plane or boat to come get them...."
But ... get this ...
"The military officers briefing Congress on Thursday said the survivors could have been trying to beckon to other alleged drug traffickers in a plane or boat to come get them...."
But ... get this ...
December 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
"People keep saying we murdered a bunch of shipwrecked people. But that's so unfair. The shipwrecked people wanted to get rescued!"
Posters are mad that the mods are mean to them.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 5, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Posters are mad that the mods are mean to them.
A new front opens in the worm wars.
In lieu of affordable universal health insurance, Texans will now be given better access to de-worming medication.
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A new front opens in the worm wars.
The Secret to politics.
Even her political commentary — the thing she is allegedly good at — is fucking gibberish. We're supposed to overlook her execrable ethics for this?!
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
The Secret to politics.
Losing your citizenship latæ sententiæ has got to be weird.
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, just introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship. The bill says that to “preserve the integrity of national citizenship, allegiance to the United States must be undivided.” It’s called the Exclusive Citizenship Act.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Losing your citizenship latæ sententiæ has got to be weird.
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
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mid-21st century etiquette guide:
1. a gentleman never openly goons to his waifu
2. a gentleman has his servant communicate with the rabble on X, he does never do so himself
3. a gentleman instructs his waifu how to recite Tennyson, play the piano, and sketch portraits
bsky.app/profile/aelk...
1. a gentleman never openly goons to his waifu
2. a gentleman has his servant communicate with the rabble on X, he does never do so himself
3. a gentleman instructs his waifu how to recite Tennyson, play the piano, and sketch portraits
bsky.app/profile/aelk...
given that the excess of the 18th century preceded the Victorian "gentleman keep the freaky shit out of public view" stuff, I do wonder if we will eventually transition into a neo-Victorian state where future Musk magnates keep the AI waifus in the server-champagne room
November 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
mid-21st century etiquette guide:
1. a gentleman never openly goons to his waifu
2. a gentleman has his servant communicate with the rabble on X, he does never do so himself
3. a gentleman instructs his waifu how to recite Tennyson, play the piano, and sketch portraits
bsky.app/profile/aelk...
1. a gentleman never openly goons to his waifu
2. a gentleman has his servant communicate with the rabble on X, he does never do so himself
3. a gentleman instructs his waifu how to recite Tennyson, play the piano, and sketch portraits
bsky.app/profile/aelk...
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This is, like, a minor disagreement and I'm completely fine with the person living their own life as they see fit so don't wanna put them on blast or be annoying in their mentions. But also I do disagree, I feel like this is a bit of a puritanical attitude tbh. It's ok to have some fun sometimes.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is, like, a minor disagreement and I'm completely fine with the person living their own life as they see fit so don't wanna put them on blast or be annoying in their mentions. But also I do disagree, I feel like this is a bit of a puritanical attitude tbh. It's ok to have some fun sometimes.
The conspiracy theorists are all wrong. If this is what my emails sounded like and they were about to be leaked, I would also kill myself.
(Except for "memebrane". That one slaps.)
(Except for "memebrane". That one slaps.)
"skin as part of brain?"
This is that great intellect people talk about?
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The conspiracy theorists are all wrong. If this is what my emails sounded like and they were about to be leaked, I would also kill myself.
(Except for "memebrane". That one slaps.)
(Except for "memebrane". That one slaps.)
I don't super care about this person, but people constantly argue for policies that would undeniably cause physical harm to people without bans. (Military action or criminal enforcement are the most obvious.) It's an interesting microcosm about how "legitimate" violence is not seen as violence.
The account owner was immediately notified of the reason for the content takedown and engaged in a discussion with our moderation team. Our community guidelines prohibit content that threatens or wishes harm to others. 2/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I don't super care about this person, but people constantly argue for policies that would undeniably cause physical harm to people without bans. (Military action or criminal enforcement are the most obvious.) It's an interesting microcosm about how "legitimate" violence is not seen as violence.
So, are we supposed to pretend to be sad again or no?
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
So, are we supposed to pretend to be sad again or no?
If losing things was an Olympic sport, I would have misplaced so many gold medals by now.
September 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
If losing things was an Olympic sport, I would have misplaced so many gold medals by now.
Your honor, what even is a crime?
September 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Your honor, what even is a crime?
My favorite fantasy is going back in time and jump starting technology. Mostly because it would be funny to explain to some guy in 500 BCE that it's called Algebra after a future mathematician. And he thinks I'm crazy, but I'm the only one who knows how to make guns, so he can't just kick me out.
September 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My favorite fantasy is going back in time and jump starting technology. Mostly because it would be funny to explain to some guy in 500 BCE that it's called Algebra after a future mathematician. And he thinks I'm crazy, but I'm the only one who knows how to make guns, so he can't just kick me out.
Along similar lines, it's good to see how many people are rightfully outraged by Trump claiming he can order the assassination of anyone he designates a terrorist.
But how many of them know this was the official policy of the Obama administration as written in a memo by Eric Holder?
But how many of them know this was the official policy of the Obama administration as written in a memo by Eric Holder?
How come white Dem voters *do* know that Trump allocated $45 billion dollars for ICE to target immigrants and abuse them with unnecessary arrest quotas...
But *don't* know that Biden allocated $50 billion dollars for cops to target Black people and abuse us with unnecessary arrest quotas?
But *don't* know that Biden allocated $50 billion dollars for cops to target Black people and abuse us with unnecessary arrest quotas?
2024 was the worst year *in history* as far as cops murdering Black men. The worst!
Biden transferred over $50 billion USD from Covid relief to the cops to fund things like Scorpion units to beat Black men to death for no reason.
2020 Biden increased mass incarceration more than 2016 Trump.
Biden transferred over $50 billion USD from Covid relief to the cops to fund things like Scorpion units to beat Black men to death for no reason.
2020 Biden increased mass incarceration more than 2016 Trump.
September 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Along similar lines, it's good to see how many people are rightfully outraged by Trump claiming he can order the assassination of anyone he designates a terrorist.
But how many of them know this was the official policy of the Obama administration as written in a memo by Eric Holder?
But how many of them know this was the official policy of the Obama administration as written in a memo by Eric Holder?
At the end of the day, the talking head class finds this unacceptable because this is an example of political violence targeting one of them. Political violence that targets protesters, professors, activists, etc may be an interesting story. But it's only an emergency when it affects them.
When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families?
My own colleagues are silent.
September 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
At the end of the day, the talking head class finds this unacceptable because this is an example of political violence targeting one of them. Political violence that targets protesters, professors, activists, etc may be an interesting story. But it's only an emergency when it affects them.
I'm seeing a resurgence of Reddit atheism debates and so I want to say the phrase "burden of proof" should be prohibited outside legal contexts. Evidence is something you provide because you want to persuade. You can't replace it by claiming someone else has the burden of proof.
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I'm seeing a resurgence of Reddit atheism debates and so I want to say the phrase "burden of proof" should be prohibited outside legal contexts. Evidence is something you provide because you want to persuade. You can't replace it by claiming someone else has the burden of proof.
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
We're not going to persuade conservatives. That's simply not going to happen. That's why the pro-Palestine movement has been focusing on more realistic goals, like persuading liberals and private companies.
July 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We're not going to persuade conservatives. That's simply not going to happen. That's why the pro-Palestine movement has been focusing on more realistic goals, like persuading liberals and private companies.
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the american jewish establishment has made it transparently clear that you can hate jews and wish for jesus to come back and convert and kill us all, so long as you’re pro-israel. conversely, it doesn’t matter if you’re an observant jew—if you’re anti-israel you’re as good as david duke to them.
The accusations of antisemitism against Mamdani are flaccid and transparent AND I also want to point out that the Normative American Politician, particularly the evangelical Christian politician, is baseline pretty fucking antisemitic and very few people bat an eye about that
July 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
the american jewish establishment has made it transparently clear that you can hate jews and wish for jesus to come back and convert and kill us all, so long as you’re pro-israel. conversely, it doesn’t matter if you’re an observant jew—if you’re anti-israel you’re as good as david duke to them.
Whom among us has never wanted to ask their friends "do you like me?" Social anxiety is no joke.
FBI Director Kash Patel has forced senior officials to reveal, under polygraph tests, whether they have ever said anything bad about him, The New York Times reported on Thursday.
'Weak': Kash Patel slammed as he polygraphs FBI officials for bad-mouthing him
FBI Director Kash Patel has forced senior officials to reveal, under polygraph tests, whether they have ever said anything bad about him, The New York Times reported on Thursday."In interviews and polygraph tests, the F.B.I. has asked senior employees whether they have said anything negative about M...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Whom among us has never wanted to ask their friends "do you like me?" Social anxiety is no joke.
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"I asked ChatGPT"
"I asked Grok"
Well, I asked the High Priest to consult the Urim and Thummim on his breastplate to divine the will of the Holy One but they stopped giving answers after King David’s reign so I had to go use actual research skills instead to get the answers I needed.
"I asked Grok"
Well, I asked the High Priest to consult the Urim and Thummim on his breastplate to divine the will of the Holy One but they stopped giving answers after King David’s reign so I had to go use actual research skills instead to get the answers I needed.
June 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"I asked ChatGPT"
"I asked Grok"
Well, I asked the High Priest to consult the Urim and Thummim on his breastplate to divine the will of the Holy One but they stopped giving answers after King David’s reign so I had to go use actual research skills instead to get the answers I needed.
"I asked Grok"
Well, I asked the High Priest to consult the Urim and Thummim on his breastplate to divine the will of the Holy One but they stopped giving answers after King David’s reign so I had to go use actual research skills instead to get the answers I needed.
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Did another check in and not only still permanently furious but now also posting a bit about the dangers of "low IQ immigration". Oh dear!
Thought I'd check in at the end of the month to see if maybe it just took some time to sink in. Nope! Still furious!
Out of a kind of morbid curiosity I just checked the twitter feed of an outspoken conservative philosopher who is very invested in culture war. (I've no desire to send people at him so please don't name.) In line with this prediction he's posting as if nothings changed, still seething all the time.
June 13, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Did another check in and not only still permanently furious but now also posting a bit about the dangers of "low IQ immigration". Oh dear!
I feel like this is a good moment to remind everybody that Gavin Newsome got into politics because a building inspector wanted him to install a mop sink in his wine bar. I don't think that guy knew he was setting California on a path to secession.
June 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I feel like this is a good moment to remind everybody that Gavin Newsome got into politics because a building inspector wanted him to install a mop sink in his wine bar. I don't think that guy knew he was setting California on a path to secession.
Let's not forget it was the mainstream press that gave Wakefield the audience he needed to spread his autism vaccine fraud. It's not that surprising to see them doing it again.
I will never understand why the media feels the need to whitewash RFK Jr constantly.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
May 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Let's not forget it was the mainstream press that gave Wakefield the audience he needed to spread his autism vaccine fraud. It's not that surprising to see them doing it again.