Reuben Baron
@rubigb.bsky.social
He/They. Writer. Treasurer of @dorianawards.bsky.social. Formerly "AndalusianDoge" before the world's cringest billionaire ruined the meme. Posts don't express views of employers. #AbolishICE #BlackLivesMatter
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you can't work with Republicans. you can't compromise with them either. you either win or they do.
Kevin Roberts, President of The Heritage Foundation, claims that evidence suggests a correlation between undergoing Trans Medical Care and acts of violence.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
He states Heritage's public policy solution is to ban it for all ages and they're willing to work towards this goal on an incremental basis.
February 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
you can't work with Republicans. you can't compromise with them either. you either win or they do.
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And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting.
In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...
In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...
February 19, 2026 at 1:18 AM
And after all that, the Pitt/Cruise AI fight scene appears to have been just digital BG and face replacement on multi-angle green screen reference videos of two real live human stuntees fighting.
In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...
In other words, like most AI hype — it was a con. www.shokunin.studio/blog/2026/2/...
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JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
February 18, 2026 at 11:41 PM
JUST IN: Judge Provinzino in Minnesota has held a Justice Department attorney in civil contempt for violations of her order requiring the return of a released ICE detainee’s ID documents. He must pay $500 a day until the documents are returned.
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lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
lent and ramadan kicking off on the same day
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BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
February 18, 2026 at 5:39 PM
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.
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Bless her heart. She's never checked out a book from a library, has she?
Leavitt: "You need an ID to go and purchase alcohol. You need an ID to go to the library and check out a book. So the president thinks you should have an ID to vote in our nation's elections."
February 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Bless her heart. She's never checked out a book from a library, has she?
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...WTF.
If you don't read outside your time, how do you find out what people were thinking then?
Unless you're *afraid* to find out...
...or think those people weren't, you know, *human.*
If you don't read outside your time, how do you find out what people were thinking then?
Unless you're *afraid* to find out...
...or think those people weren't, you know, *human.*
Meanwhile, on threads, which actually is like what people on twitter think bluesky is like, a "teacher, author, poet" speaks...
February 18, 2026 at 7:44 PM
...WTF.
If you don't read outside your time, how do you find out what people were thinking then?
Unless you're *afraid* to find out...
...or think those people weren't, you know, *human.*
If you don't read outside your time, how do you find out what people were thinking then?
Unless you're *afraid* to find out...
...or think those people weren't, you know, *human.*
Is this the first TV anime to stream on Criterion?
GITS: Stand Alone Complex (aka the best Ghost in the Shell adaptation) and the Gunbuster movie are coming to Criterion Channel next month bit.ly/4aJwic3
February 18, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Is this the first TV anime to stream on Criterion?
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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Colbert has truly had a great relationship with CBS, even after he was told his contract wasn’t going to be renewed. So let me say: It’s stunning to me that, as he explains here, nobody at CBS told Colbert about the statement today.
This is a must-watch: youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
This is a must-watch: youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
Why Everyone's Talking About Stephen Colbert, CBS, The FCC And James Talarico
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
youtu.be
February 18, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Colbert has truly had a great relationship with CBS, even after he was told his contract wasn’t going to be renewed. So let me say: It’s stunning to me that, as he explains here, nobody at CBS told Colbert about the statement today.
This is a must-watch: youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
This is a must-watch: youtu.be/OQIljje2B_Q?...
Allegro no Troppo was a 1976 parody of Fantasia, a movie from 1940 that was mostly a forgotten flop until changing societal trends catapulted its 1968 rerelease to masterpiece consensus.
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
February 18, 2026 at 12:50 AM
Allegro no Troppo was a 1976 parody of Fantasia, a movie from 1940 that was mostly a forgotten flop until changing societal trends catapulted its 1968 rerelease to masterpiece consensus.
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
What would be the equivalent 90s movie reassessed in the 10s to get a parody movie in the 20s?
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Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
“.. ‘many system vendors will go bankrupt or exit product lines due to a lack of memory. Mobile phone production will be reduced by 200-250 million units, and PC and TV production will be significantly reduced.’ Yikes.”
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
@pcgamer.com #DRAM
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/mem...
February 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Love that AI, a thing we hate and don’t want, steals everything, ruins everything, shittifies everything. Drinks our water, plagiarizes our art, pisses all over our information fidelity, drives kids to suicide, serves the right-wing, and fucks up our devices and services. Good job, techbros!
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This is fucking me up because there's an actually good movie called The Breadwinner from 2017 based on a book by the same name.
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
The Breadwinner (2017 film) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is fucking me up because there's an actually good movie called The Breadwinner from 2017 based on a book by the same name.
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
It's about an Afghan girl who's forced to pose as a man and provide for her family after the Taliban abduct her father. It's like, basically, the opposite of this
Therapist: Did you see that woman who made a fool of herself before Congress? I forget her name.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
February 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Therapist: Did you see that woman who made a fool of herself before Congress? I forget her name.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
Me: Kristy Noem, the one who killed a dog.
Therapist: That’s why I forgot, her name sounds like a fake name. Like a filler character.
Me: …she does have a lot of filler.
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They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
They raided the jailed children to steal their letters.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
The problem, in federal officials' minds, wasn't confining children in prison-camp conditions; it was that the children could tell the public about it.
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Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.
Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Every story out of Dilley makes me think of Rep. McIver asking DHS officials:
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
"Do you think you're going to hell?"
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Television is usually the realm of serialized storytelling, but sometimes an episode of a TV show comes along that rivals a feature film for narrative impact.
10 TV Episodes That Feel Like Standalone Movies - Looper
www.looper.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Television is usually the realm of serialized storytelling, but sometimes an episode of a TV show comes along that rivals a feature film for narrative impact.
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Sending him somewhere he doesn’t mind going doesn’t scratch the itch hard enough for them. He must suffer
February 17, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Sending him somewhere he doesn’t mind going doesn’t scratch the itch hard enough for them. He must suffer
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it is remarkable how much this problem is the mirror image of every real filmmaker (has ideas, but no money)
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 6:47 PM
it is remarkable how much this problem is the mirror image of every real filmmaker (has ideas, but no money)
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to really dial in on this for a minute: if you have a few hard drives, a GPU, and some RAM, you can do pretty much anything these cunts can *but good*. and they don't want that. they really, really don't.
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 6:13 PM
to really dial in on this for a minute: if you have a few hard drives, a GPU, and some RAM, you can do pretty much anything these cunts can *but good*. and they don't want that. they really, really don't.
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May this one day happen to them.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
May this one day happen to them.
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it's wild how they find like two shooters out of a thousand that are trans and fixate on that, meanwhile 99 out of 100 have politics like this
it’s incredibly concerning that every mass shooter is a far right trump supporter
February 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
it's wild how they find like two shooters out of a thousand that are trans and fixate on that, meanwhile 99 out of 100 have politics like this