James Pitt
@sahelanth.bsky.social
this is all Tiktaalik's fault
I thought "the dumbest and worst things I know about on the internet are becoming relevant to real life" had ended back in in like 2016.
now I learn Epstein possibly had a hand in 4chan getting taken over by Nazis?
and also was A Gamer (derogatory) like a year before Gamergate?
christ
now I learn Epstein possibly had a hand in 4chan getting taken over by Nazis?
and also was A Gamer (derogatory) like a year before Gamergate?
christ
January 31, 2026 at 4:22 AM
I thought "the dumbest and worst things I know about on the internet are becoming relevant to real life" had ended back in in like 2016.
now I learn Epstein possibly had a hand in 4chan getting taken over by Nazis?
and also was A Gamer (derogatory) like a year before Gamergate?
christ
now I learn Epstein possibly had a hand in 4chan getting taken over by Nazis?
and also was A Gamer (derogatory) like a year before Gamergate?
christ
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imaging some guy mourning the loss of his Halo 3 squad mate not knowing it was Epstein
January 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM
imaging some guy mourning the loss of his Halo 3 squad mate not knowing it was Epstein
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thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
![From: Jeffrey Epstein [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 8:31 AM
To: Boris Nikolic
Subject: Re:
i liked mmot alot. i drove him home, he is very bright
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Boris Nikolic kc C91117' wrote:
Sure.
I will be there as well.
In 2 weeks or so.
Just left Bill — running for a lunch with Rubenstein.
How did you like moot?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tj2pxmoos64rzl2ofxkeke2d/bafkreidfyt4bab4roc3b3e2cyxjvpglanjz2acizlljc6nk5osi2bqbnsy@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 3:44 AM
thought this was a shitpost and oh jesus
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Am I asking too much to ask that the Director of the National Institutes of Health gets his facts approximately correct?
There are examples that would illustrate his point, but this is not it.
This really makes me crazy; it reflects lack of knowledge, scholarship, and care.
13/14
There are examples that would illustrate his point, but this is not it.
This really makes me crazy; it reflects lack of knowledge, scholarship, and care.
13/14
January 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Am I asking too much to ask that the Director of the National Institutes of Health gets his facts approximately correct?
There are examples that would illustrate his point, but this is not it.
This really makes me crazy; it reflects lack of knowledge, scholarship, and care.
13/14
There are examples that would illustrate his point, but this is not it.
This really makes me crazy; it reflects lack of knowledge, scholarship, and care.
13/14
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after a day of meetings on zoom, i have come to appreciate george lucas’ decision to portray a technologically advanced civilization capable of interstellar space flight to still have communication systems with notably shitty audio quality
October 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
after a day of meetings on zoom, i have come to appreciate george lucas’ decision to portray a technologically advanced civilization capable of interstellar space flight to still have communication systems with notably shitty audio quality
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Each time I see an email from one of these academics to Epstein (which is FAR more often an occurrence than it should be), I think of Claudine Gay and grow irate.
Look im not jumping into the opsec conversation but consider the irony of people debating opsec while more powerful people are just using their academic emails like this
Doo do doo
January 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Each time I see an email from one of these academics to Epstein (which is FAR more often an occurrence than it should be), I think of Claudine Gay and grow irate.
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Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Networking
7,370 languages visualized as a force-directed network
dr.eamer.dev
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Data visualization: Every human language, from modern day back through protolanguage to a hypothetical common origin. Accurate, sourced, possibly complete. Includes sign language!
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
Tap or mouse over to highlight individual branches; many also have more info.
🛌 this project has been a beast
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“It would cover essentially anyone they want to arrest without a warrant, making the general premise of ever getting a warrant pointless,” she added.
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:14 AM
“It would cover essentially anyone they want to arrest without a warrant, making the general premise of ever getting a warrant pointless,” she added.
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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I don't think it's good to have tried to get Jeffrey Epstein to pay you to turn STDs into a female viagra mind control drug
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 AM
I don't think it's good to have tried to get Jeffrey Epstein to pay you to turn STDs into a female viagra mind control drug
five classes you took in college
- introduction to vertebrate surgery
- american prizefighting, 1801-present
- primate disease ecology
- virgil: poetry and reception
- principles and practices of drug development
- introduction to vertebrate surgery
- american prizefighting, 1801-present
- primate disease ecology
- virgil: poetry and reception
- principles and practices of drug development
five classes you took in college
- self reflexivity in european cinema
- ancient greek
- latin poetry
- organ lessons
- music composition
- self reflexivity in european cinema
- ancient greek
- latin poetry
- organ lessons
- music composition
Five classes you took in college:
-Rising from Ruin: East Germany and the World, 1945-1991
-Introductory Akkadian
-Statistical Methods in Oceanography
-Ceramics Studio I
-Current Topics in Municipal Finance
-Rising from Ruin: East Germany and the World, 1945-1991
-Introductory Akkadian
-Statistical Methods in Oceanography
-Ceramics Studio I
-Current Topics in Municipal Finance
January 31, 2026 at 12:36 AM
five classes you took in college
- introduction to vertebrate surgery
- american prizefighting, 1801-present
- primate disease ecology
- virgil: poetry and reception
- principles and practices of drug development
- introduction to vertebrate surgery
- american prizefighting, 1801-present
- primate disease ecology
- virgil: poetry and reception
- principles and practices of drug development
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I got a literal learning disability, it took me a long long time to be able to write, I'm still a poor speller and I have a thing where my brain switches words while I'm writing
and it PISSES me off how much time and effort I spend to be legible while these fucknuts write like drunk 5 year olds
and it PISSES me off how much time and effort I spend to be legible while these fucknuts write like drunk 5 year olds
January 30, 2026 at 10:09 PM
I got a literal learning disability, it took me a long long time to be able to write, I'm still a poor speller and I have a thing where my brain switches words while I'm writing
and it PISSES me off how much time and effort I spend to be legible while these fucknuts write like drunk 5 year olds
and it PISSES me off how much time and effort I spend to be legible while these fucknuts write like drunk 5 year olds
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i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
January 30, 2026 at 7:54 PM
i think this is exactly right. fascism is the Death Drive as ideology. it's why the catastrophic end of the Nazi Party does not deter people from worshipping Nazis. that the Nazis destroyed Germany along with the rest of Europe is part of the appeal.
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Meet the gribble. These tiny pill-bug relatives live in the ocean and nosh on wood and plant debris. They were Enemy #1 during the days of wooden ships (along with shipworms), but have since faded into peaceful obscurity.
Like the gribbles of yore, may your future be filled with uneventful days.
Like the gribbles of yore, may your future be filled with uneventful days.
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Meet the gribble. These tiny pill-bug relatives live in the ocean and nosh on wood and plant debris. They were Enemy #1 during the days of wooden ships (along with shipworms), but have since faded into peaceful obscurity.
Like the gribbles of yore, may your future be filled with uneventful days.
Like the gribbles of yore, may your future be filled with uneventful days.
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New article! That we live in uncertain times is almost certainly and understatement. How do humans deal with uncertainty? Is it the same everywhere? How do we cope in the face of chaos, turbulence, and unpredictability?
hraf.yale.edu/coping-with-...
hraf.yale.edu/coping-with-...
Coping with Uncertainty: Oracles, Divination and Decision-Making | Human Relations Area Files
hraf.yale.edu
January 30, 2026 at 7:56 PM
New article! That we live in uncertain times is almost certainly and understatement. How do humans deal with uncertainty? Is it the same everywhere? How do we cope in the face of chaos, turbulence, and unpredictability?
hraf.yale.edu/coping-with-...
hraf.yale.edu/coping-with-...
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OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
OK, so Musk was planning to go to Epstein's island, but it's not like he went there with the intent to go to a wild party or something, it was probably just some business. Excuse me, an email just came in.
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
*Reads:* "What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?"
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The US Ambassador to Israel and close friend of Joe Biden, Jack Lew, personally blocked the distribution of a cable written by USAID which accurately described the situation in northern Gaza
Another banger from Jonathan Guyer, who's been on the USAID-Gaza beat for a few years.
If anyone wonders why I really, really hate Joe Biden and his administration? It's because I had to work for them on Gaza. They're evil, evil people who deserve prison.
If anyone wonders why I really, really hate Joe Biden and his administration? It's because I had to work for them on Gaza. They're evil, evil people who deserve prison.
January 30, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The US Ambassador to Israel and close friend of Joe Biden, Jack Lew, personally blocked the distribution of a cable written by USAID which accurately described the situation in northern Gaza
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i think part of the key is simply doing away with the preconception that cooking has to look like a meal capable of impressing others
The basic psychology is that if you never learned how to cook, it feels like an incredibly complex and daunting task. When in fact it is very simple to master the basic principles of cooking, and from there you can make a lot of things. bring back home ec tbh
The sociology of food delivery apps needs to be studied more. These apps arrived ten years ago, accelerated rapidly during COVID, and now some people have seemingly no ability to function without it, to the point of substantial financial ruin, even though it is incredibly easy to exist without
January 30, 2026 at 6:25 PM
i think part of the key is simply doing away with the preconception that cooking has to look like a meal capable of impressing others
<annoyed grunt> is a complete sentence
January 30, 2026 at 5:12 PM
<annoyed grunt> is a complete sentence
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STEP 1
Work hard to achieve my goals.
STEP 0
Figure out what to do to achieve my goals.
STEP -1
Figure out what my goals should be.
STEP -2
Establish sound methodology to interpret and resolve deontic questions.
STEP -8
How is it that some things are, while others fail to be?
Work hard to achieve my goals.
STEP 0
Figure out what to do to achieve my goals.
STEP -1
Figure out what my goals should be.
STEP -2
Establish sound methodology to interpret and resolve deontic questions.
STEP -8
How is it that some things are, while others fail to be?
January 30, 2026 at 6:05 AM
STEP 1
Work hard to achieve my goals.
STEP 0
Figure out what to do to achieve my goals.
STEP -1
Figure out what my goals should be.
STEP -2
Establish sound methodology to interpret and resolve deontic questions.
STEP -8
How is it that some things are, while others fail to be?
Work hard to achieve my goals.
STEP 0
Figure out what to do to achieve my goals.
STEP -1
Figure out what my goals should be.
STEP -2
Establish sound methodology to interpret and resolve deontic questions.
STEP -8
How is it that some things are, while others fail to be?
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Using a comprehensive dataset of posts from a major platform for anime- and manga-style artwork to study the impact of the launch of a prominent text-to-image generative AI, from Sueyoul Kim, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Eungik Lee www.nber.org/papers/w34733
January 29, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Using a comprehensive dataset of posts from a major platform for anime- and manga-style artwork to study the impact of the launch of a prominent text-to-image generative AI, from Sueyoul Kim, Ginger Zhe Jin, and Eungik Lee www.nber.org/papers/w34733
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Yeah I’m into philosophy of games (balaban and ullman’s ‘physics versus graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition’)
January 29, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Yeah I’m into philosophy of games (balaban and ullman’s ‘physics versus graphics as an organizing dichotomy in cognition’)
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In Nebraska, a student at a high school was hospitalized, after an SUV with a Trump flag crashed into her during a student walkout against ICE. After striking the student, the car then drove away. northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/534142...
Protester struck by SUV displaying Trump flag at Fremont High School
FREMONT, Neb. — A girl who was part of a protest against ICE taking place at a Nebraska school is injured after being hit by a vehicle displaying a Trump flag. It happened around 2:30 p.m. Thurs
northeast.newschannelnebraska.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 AM
In Nebraska, a student at a high school was hospitalized, after an SUV with a Trump flag crashed into her during a student walkout against ICE. After striking the student, the car then drove away. northeast.newschannelnebraska.com/story/534142...
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I'm hearing from multiple people that students who submitted ecology GRFP proposals are having those proposals rejected without review, despite ecology being listed as an eligible field. If this is a programmatic change, this is devastating. Ecology is the study of Earth's life support systems.
A number of our students got the following comment back on a rejection for the NSF GFRP. They are in an eligible STEM field. Is this something people in other places are getting too? Is it a quirk or targeted?
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I'm hearing from multiple people that students who submitted ecology GRFP proposals are having those proposals rejected without review, despite ecology being listed as an eligible field. If this is a programmatic change, this is devastating. Ecology is the study of Earth's life support systems.