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I told youse we should have had a Royal Commission of Enquiry into the Standard of the Shit we are Expected to believe.

I fucking told youse.

But we didn't, did we?

And here we bloody are.
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All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. Transuranic heavy elements may not be used where there is life.
ITV Retro has put all of the science-fantasy series “Sapphire and Steel” (1979–1982) on YouTube. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Stars David McCallum and Joanna Lumley and very cheap production. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphir...
Sapphire and Steel - YouTube
The time-hopping adventures of two agents with super-human powers.
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A long(ish) read and well worth it. Clarified a lot for me, especially in regard to finding out what some of the transhumanist types mean specifically about things like 'existential risk'. I thought I knew what they meant, but not quite.
New piece on the surprising similarities between Eliezer Yudkowsky and Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber. This might sound like hyperbole, but it's not. In my view, the Rationalist community is a ticking time bomb--it's only a matter of time before someone does something inexcusable.
Eliezer Yudkowsky and the Unabomber Have a Lot in Common
(4,400 words)
www.realtimetechpocalypse.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Posting about dishwashers is controversial, someone is always like "I don't understand people who use dishwasher, I only eat gogurt and flush empty tubes down toilet"
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Without going into detail (also a small business) I found a discount offer where you could get basically unlimited free product and emailed their company and the AI responded that that was fine/intentional
February 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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Another US lethal strike on a boat, this one in the eastern Pacific. Total attacks now up to 38, killing at least 128.

As with previous boat bombings, in violation of US law and international treaties, without any causus beli, when the US wasn’t attacked, and hasn’t even advanced stated goals.
February 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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"We are with you till hell freezes, and when it does, we will furnish blankets to keep you warm" I know exactly why I'm crying in the club
February 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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Every time I re-read Trump v. United States, it feels like getting hit in the head with a mallet.
February 6, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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To recap the White House's official position, the racist video was posted erroneously by a staffer and they took it down, but even if it was posted on purpose, the outrage would have been fake because the post was fine and inspired by the Lion King
February 6, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.

Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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February 6, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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February 6, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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it is so obnoxious how everyone uses the word "ideology" now. "we don't want ideology in everything" everyone has ideology dipshit! it came free with your xbox
February 6, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Aside from the message, which I support, his control of his instrument is impressive
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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oh wow - check this out...
February 6, 2026 at 9:17 AM
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In the late 1980s, Israeli philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz made the controversial warning that the 1967 occupation risked turning Israelis into “Judeo-Nazis”

Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon tweeted “Leibowitz was right, & I was wrong”

It referred directly to professor Leibowitz's warnings
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Former Israeli Defense Minister: Israel’s ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’ resembles Nazi race theory
Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon says the “ideology of ‘Jewish supremacy’” has become dominant in Israel, and it “is reminiscent of the Nazi race theory.”
mondoweiss.net
February 5, 2026 at 10:04 AM
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jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
what the fuck man
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 AM
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Whether due to corruption, incompetence or both, the U.S. government just circulated child sex abuse material.

These bastards released unredacted photos of fully nude children and their faces—multiple news outlets had to inform DOJ, who scrambled to remove them.
#Epstein #Trump
February 6, 2026 at 5:54 AM
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one thing i always look for in a currency is the capacity to lose 15% of its value in response to nothing in particular
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
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When the ghouls say we need to grow the economy before we can afford the basics for our people, remember that our economy has made our households - on AVERAGE - amongst the richest in the world. Our issue is not the size of the pie, it's the size of the slice that goes to the rentiers.
February 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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The President of the United States is up past midnight posting videos of Barack and Michelle Obama as monkeys.

Of course all Republicans will deny having seen it…but we can make sure everyone else is reminded about what a racist POS Trump is.
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 7:15 AM
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I had a dream last night that Trump died in a military style portable toilet with a gold star on the front and they flew it away by helicopter and all the news channels that showed it were like “his body is in there” as it flew across the sky, swinging around gently

so maybe it will happen today.
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM