baba bear
@thatdobson.bsky.social
i’m what happens when you teach a peckerwood to read.
word and noisemaker.
like aimes from that one book if they weren’t such a loser about it.
parent.
word and noisemaker.
like aimes from that one book if they weren’t such a loser about it.
parent.
To yes, and/ add clarity, as someone who experienced a related but not LLM derived psychosis last year, our minds are pattern machines that need reinforcing.
A healthy tribe will say, "Yeah, that's not a pattern."
LLMs have no inhibitor, neither do cults, neither do yes men. See also, Scientology.
A healthy tribe will say, "Yeah, that's not a pattern."
LLMs have no inhibitor, neither do cults, neither do yes men. See also, Scientology.
Ppl ask how a chatbot could give someone psychosis and it’s not the chatbot-as-tech but the dialog and storytelling the chatbot engages in with a vulnerable person in the right way (for that person)—which could be carried out by another human, but the delivery mechanism of LLMs makes it available.
January 6, 2026 at 8:25 AM
To yes, and/ add clarity, as someone who experienced a related but not LLM derived psychosis last year, our minds are pattern machines that need reinforcing.
A healthy tribe will say, "Yeah, that's not a pattern."
LLMs have no inhibitor, neither do cults, neither do yes men. See also, Scientology.
A healthy tribe will say, "Yeah, that's not a pattern."
LLMs have no inhibitor, neither do cults, neither do yes men. See also, Scientology.
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There is a reason though and that reason is the fact that those running the showing now are acolytes of people like Moldbug and Land who hate the rules-based international order with every fiber of their being and the liberal democratic principles that brought it about.
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 2:08 AM
There is a reason though and that reason is the fact that those running the showing now are acolytes of people like Moldbug and Land who hate the rules-based international order with every fiber of their being and the liberal democratic principles that brought it about.
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they're doing it for gender, imo
It’s genuinely wild that the United States spent decades building an elaborate rules-based international order which de facto cemented its permanent status as the dominant global hegemon, sustained by ideology rather than might, and now is just blowing it all up for literally no reason
January 6, 2026 at 1:57 AM
they're doing it for gender, imo
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this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
MILLER: The US is using its military to secure our interests unapologetically in our hemisphere. We're a superpower. It's absurd we'd allow a nation in our backyard to become a supplier of resources to our adversaries
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
TAPPER: Sovereign countries shouldn't be able to do what they want?
M: *yells*
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 PM
this is small comfort given he has state power and i don’t but i am struck by what an obviously weak and fragile man miller is. a blubbering piss baby whose entire affect and personality is an attempt to make up for his profound feelings of inadequacy
I'd say where are my esotericists and magick types but that starts veering into politics real quick...
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I'd say where are my esotericists and magick types but that starts veering into politics real quick...
My unyielding rage for self-identified "Content Creators" remains fully justified
US artist visas are now given based on your number of social media followers
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
My unyielding rage for self-identified "Content Creators" remains fully justified
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The Dems’ fear of being called a bunch of pansies for not supporting an illegal military operation once again proves that it’s just gender all the way down
January 3, 2026 at 9:52 PM
The Dems’ fear of being called a bunch of pansies for not supporting an illegal military operation once again proves that it’s just gender all the way down
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Even the so-called distractions now have distractions.
You might want to consider that these are not distractions. At all.
You might want to consider that these are not distractions. At all.
January 3, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Even the so-called distractions now have distractions.
You might want to consider that these are not distractions. At all.
You might want to consider that these are not distractions. At all.
A Kentucky Republican having more spine than Jeffries is why I take most New Yorker's political opinions with a brick of salt, and why I don't have time for theory bros on the internet any more.
January 3, 2026 at 6:27 PM
A Kentucky Republican having more spine than Jeffries is why I take most New Yorker's political opinions with a brick of salt, and why I don't have time for theory bros on the internet any more.
Primary Jeffries YESTERDAY.
January 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Primary Jeffries YESTERDAY.
Oh holy shit I thought this was a bit but like, that ghoul actually said this holy fucking shit
"Monroe Doctrine, we sort of forgot about it. Very important but we forgot about it we don't forget about it anymore." Talks about the "Donroe doctrine"
January 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Oh holy shit I thought this was a bit but like, that ghoul actually said this holy fucking shit
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"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
January 3, 2026 at 1:24 PM
"Maduro is a brutal authoritarian dictator," I wisely intone, as the corrupt demented paedophile US President violating Constitutional Law while operating a gestapo and concentration camps illegally arrests a foreign leader on charges which read like they were written on a paper placemat in crayon.
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if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
if you are talking today about how bad maduro was and were alive, at all, during the run-up to the iraq war you are potentially the dumbest person to ever live
Eddington smacks you in the jaw with the third act if you forget you’re watching an Ari Aster film.
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Eddington smacks you in the jaw with the third act if you forget you’re watching an Ari Aster film.
When you’re an idiot, everything’s a conspiracy!
JD VANCE THINKS BRITAIN & FRANCE ARE AMERICAS LIKELY ENEMIES.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
The world is getting bizarrely screwed with this kind of bull being spewed out.
December 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When you’re an idiot, everything’s a conspiracy!
Oh man I forgot about this.
Simulation theory goes out the window when you think about things for five seconds because no computer would generate something this dumb.
Simulation theory goes out the window when you think about things for five seconds because no computer would generate something this dumb.
they held a press conference with a dude who claimed to be an ex-marine sex worker who’d had a months-long BDSM affair with Warren, who was apparently too much for him
this was the sign
I am not making any of this up
this was the sign
I am not making any of this up
December 26, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Oh man I forgot about this.
Simulation theory goes out the window when you think about things for five seconds because no computer would generate something this dumb.
Simulation theory goes out the window when you think about things for five seconds because no computer would generate something this dumb.
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An understated part of our present reality is that way too many ppl believe concepts are fixed and objective but the right, for all their obsession with rigid hierarchies, fully internalized that concepts are made up, and thus can be unmade and then remade, and turned this into a political weapon
I, a philosopher, hate to break it to that guy but all concepts are in fact made up, socially constructed, artificial, etc.
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
An understated part of our present reality is that way too many ppl believe concepts are fixed and objective but the right, for all their obsession with rigid hierarchies, fully internalized that concepts are made up, and thus can be unmade and then remade, and turned this into a political weapon
If these “Anti-Woke” writers had any sort of actual literary interest, they could speak to the challenge of seeing “all the stars aflame,” MAYBE.
But they don’t read. They don’t engage in critical thought. That’s why nobody cares.
But they don’t read. They don’t engage in critical thought. That’s why nobody cares.
it requires an absolutely staggering lack of self awareness for chatterton to complain that he has lost elite opportunities because he has anti-woke views.
The Other Way the ‘Super Woke’ Left Discriminates
Race and gender aren’t the only categories that determine who gets special treatment.
www.theatlantic.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
If these “Anti-Woke” writers had any sort of actual literary interest, they could speak to the challenge of seeing “all the stars aflame,” MAYBE.
But they don’t read. They don’t engage in critical thought. That’s why nobody cares.
But they don’t read. They don’t engage in critical thought. That’s why nobody cares.
Non-Binary as in I Identify As A
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Non-Binary as in I Identify As A
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“and my Dodge Charger, which did NOT get repossessed”
December 18, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“and my Dodge Charger, which did NOT get repossessed”
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO
"According to the…annual Harris Poll, for the 1st time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy. A remarkable 71% believe there should be a wealth tax. A majority believe there should be a cap on how much wealth a person can accumulate." www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO
I despise Jimmy Donald with every single fiber of my being.
And Daniel Penny will now be JD Vance’s guest at the #ArmyNavy game. Leo and I talk about how this will be the most politicized #ArmyNavy game ever.
#LeaveTheHerds and #DeclareYourIndependence: independentamericans.us/311-leo-shan... Powered by #Righteous Media.😲🎙️🇺🇸🎄🏈
#LeaveTheHerds and #DeclareYourIndependence: independentamericans.us/311-leo-shan... Powered by #Righteous Media.😲🎙️🇺🇸🎄🏈
311. Leo Shane III. The Legendary Military Times Reporter on Hegseth’s History and Rocky Nomination. Collins for VA Secretary—Who Is This Guy? Assad Goes Down. Musk and Ramaswamy Wanna Cut All Vets Be...
independentamericans.us
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I despise Jimmy Donald with every single fiber of my being.
I’m so tired of my tax dollars funding their humiliation kink.
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m so tired of my tax dollars funding their humiliation kink.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
Anti-Flag’s “1 Trillion Dollars” now is just about America. Whew.
As Trump drags us into an Iraq-style war in Venezuela, 312 members of the House — including 115 Democrats — just voted to authorize over $900 billion in military spending.
December 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Anti-Flag’s “1 Trillion Dollars” now is just about America. Whew.