Max Phillips
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Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Because of external factors, this weekend’s Gist came out on Tuesday.
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
So if you got a chance to hit repost that would be very helpful.
It’s on Patrick O’Donovan’s plans to implement Meta’s preferred form of ‘regulation’, but also to make it worse.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-wav...
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Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
December 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Nothing is yours. It is to use. It is to share. If you will not share it, you cannot use it.
I don't know what the Meta x Ray-Ban collab is doing for Ray-Ban as a brand, but if there's the tiniest bit of justice in the world it will destroy it utterly.
New: A CBP agent in Charlotte wore Meta Ray Bans to an immigration raid and used it to record, based on photos shared with 404 Media. We've seen them wearing these glasses before but this is the first specific evidence we have of them recording
www.404media.co/border-patro...
www.404media.co/border-patro...
Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
www.404media.co
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I don't know what the Meta x Ray-Ban collab is doing for Ray-Ban as a brand, but if there's the tiniest bit of justice in the world it will destroy it utterly.
Re-spacing headline type with an X-Acto knife.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
When I was a security guard 40+ years ago, a number of posts had manual elevators. I got very good at getting the elevator to line up perfectly with the floor at which I wanted to exist.
December 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Re-spacing headline type with an X-Acto knife.
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you will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 3:36 AM
you will be visited by 3 spirits
"The farmers like me"
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"
December 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"The farmers like me"
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A book about the legendary Spitalfields store ‘Gardners’, a paper bag, and general sundries, supplier to many local businesses.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b...
Buy one/back it at the link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b...
Buy one/back it at the link
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A book about the legendary Spitalfields store ‘Gardners’, a paper bag, and general sundries, supplier to many local businesses.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b...
Buy one/back it at the link
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/gardners-b...
Buy one/back it at the link
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Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
I am unironically delighted that the regime has chosen the man with the most punchable face god ever made to defend its economic policies, and the man with the face too icky to punch do defend its immigration policies.
You have to be fucking kidding me with this shit!
“Americans don’t realize how good they have it.” ~ Scott Bessent on affordability
“Americans don’t realize how good they have it.” ~ Scott Bessent on affordability
December 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I am unironically delighted that the regime has chosen the man with the most punchable face god ever made to defend its economic policies, and the man with the face too icky to punch do defend its immigration policies.
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Blumenfeld •A passion for beauty at Purpose editions
July 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Blumenfeld •A passion for beauty at Purpose editions
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
The thing, I have never seen a politician who is wobbly on trans rights but rock solid on everything else. It's a litmus test in the best sense of the word. If you can't trust them to stick up for trans people, you can't trust them.
the reason that it's so disturbing when Newsom/Buttigieg/Harris say that they want to force trans ppl out of sports is that it signals that they don't want to fight for trans rights at a time when there is a massive genocidal campaign against trans people. 1
December 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The thing, I have never seen a politician who is wobbly on trans rights but rock solid on everything else. It's a litmus test in the best sense of the word. If you can't trust them to stick up for trans people, you can't trust them.
Giant golden zombie hands ripping the flesh off the world no notes
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Giant golden zombie hands ripping the flesh off the world no notes
Proud of my adopted country.
Ireland should be doing more for Palestine, boycotting the genocidal state of Israel on every level: trade, sporting, and cultural links.
But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
share.google/O7eDraWZmvyf...
But RTE's stand on the Eurovision is still cause to be proud.
share.google/O7eDraWZmvyf...
Ireland will not take part in next Eurovision Song Contest due to Israel’s inclusion
Meeting of European Broadcasting Union decided vote on Israel’s participation was not needed
share.google
December 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Proud of my adopted country.
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Hi other tech folks! Does anyone have recommendations for trans-friendly recruiters on the West Coast?
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hi other tech folks! Does anyone have recommendations for trans-friendly recruiters on the West Coast?
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
Starmer wannabe
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Starmer wannabe
so what do you think of my new Linkedin header
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
so what do you think of my new Linkedin header
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There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
December 2, 2025 at 6:54 PM
There are a lot of reasons for the failure of this narrative when it runs up against reality, but I think a lot of it is that we’ve been indoctrinated into this notion that capitalism is somehow inherently rational, which it is not
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I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
Breaking news: Government officials said they are increasingly concerned that the Trump administration intends to scapegoat the military officer who directed U.S. forces to kill survivors of a targeted strike on suspected drug smugglers in Latin America.
Hegseth, with White House help, tries to distance himself from boat strike fallout
As Congress vows accountability, the Trump administration emphasized it was a top military commander — not the defense secretary — who directed the engagement.
wapo.st
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I did not know the warrior ethos meant hiding behind a subordinate
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We all should start saying that Trump is an illegitimate president due to the 14th Amendment’s plain text and his pardons are null and void
dems should start saying that presidential pardons dont apply to international war crimes and in fact implicate the president, no idea if thats true but they should start saying it
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We all should start saying that Trump is an illegitimate president due to the 14th Amendment’s plain text and his pardons are null and void
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Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
November 30, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Unfortunately, in US journalism it is considered neutral to spread a lie, but it is considered "biased" to call out a lie. So, there is a structural asymmetry that rewards colorful lies with virality.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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I think there's an interesting study of media to be done looking at who gets labeled an "expert" and who gets labeled a "skeptic". Certainly for coverage of "AI", but I wonder if there are other topics that would make interesting comparisons.
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
I think there's an interesting study of media to be done looking at who gets labeled an "expert" and who gets labeled a "skeptic". Certainly for coverage of "AI", but I wonder if there are other topics that would make interesting comparisons.
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Sometimes I mourn the death of my local paper (the New York Times).
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Sometimes I mourn the death of my local paper (the New York Times).