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It’s good that more of Wall Street has realized a rule-of-law market economy is better than corrupt personalist authoritarianism.
Would’ve been nice if they got that last year, rather than thinking they’d gain from the corruption, or that the priority was getting to say slurs with less pushback.
Would’ve been nice if they got that last year, rather than thinking they’d gain from the corruption, or that the priority was getting to say slurs with less pushback.
“.. Much of the analysis from Wall Street .. comes down to ‘Who does Trump like best? It’s an almost unfathomable way of doing business.’”
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December 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s good that more of Wall Street has realized a rule-of-law market economy is better than corrupt personalist authoritarianism.
Would’ve been nice if they got that last year, rather than thinking they’d gain from the corruption, or that the priority was getting to say slurs with less pushback.
Would’ve been nice if they got that last year, rather than thinking they’d gain from the corruption, or that the priority was getting to say slurs with less pushback.
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In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
It's entertaining for people waking up to the fact that they aren't going off to campaign and pillage a foreign land
What if they constantly want culture war because policy war is complicated and hard and culture war is stupid and easy
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
December 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It's entertaining for people waking up to the fact that they aren't going off to campaign and pillage a foreign land
I miss my dead friends so much. It wouldn't be them. It would just be weird and sadder. I would give almost anything to talk to 2 specifically. But this is just creepy.
No. I miss my Pop Pop more than I express with words. If someone tried to pitch me an AI of him, I would kill them.
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I miss my dead friends so much. It wouldn't be them. It would just be weird and sadder. I would give almost anything to talk to 2 specifically. But this is just creepy.
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I saw some great old subway ads today including a few post-WW2 ads anticipating WW3. Please enjoy. Here’s a great couple of 1948 ads for NATO next to a ‘48 anti-communist presidential campaign ad
December 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I saw some great old subway ads today including a few post-WW2 ads anticipating WW3. Please enjoy. Here’s a great couple of 1948 ads for NATO next to a ‘48 anti-communist presidential campaign ad
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You know, every time I feel like I should be mad at Trump the more I remember how pathetic he is… Anyway, where are those Epstein Files?
December 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
You know, every time I feel like I should be mad at Trump the more I remember how pathetic he is… Anyway, where are those Epstein Files?
No, but I do now
Do you ever think about how George Washington had no idea what a dinosaur was.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
No, but I do now
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Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications
The dataset contains images of children’s faces downloaded from websites about autism, which sparked concerns at Springer Nature about consent and reliability.
www.thetransmitter.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Holy CRAP.
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Retired engineer takes random pics of *kids*, without consent or attribution, bins them into “autistic” or “not autistic”, and uploads that “data” for free on Kaggle.
Well over a HUNDRED papers are published, 38 in Springer Nature, 25 in IEEE, using it.
And no reviewers objected? WTF.🧪
Wow
Scientists have discovered a way to recharge aging and damaged cells, an innovation that could lead to better treatment for a variety of conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, muscular dystrophy and fatty liver disease.
The quest to slow aging leads scientists into the powerhouse of cells
Scientists at Texas A&M University have developed a method to boost the energy of aging or damaged cells, an innovation that could improve treatment of a variety of conditions.
wapo.st
December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Wow
My cousin said that JD Vance is the Maduro to Trump's Chavez.
Or the Medvedev to Trump's Putin.
Or the Medvedev to Trump's Putin.
December 7, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My cousin said that JD Vance is the Maduro to Trump's Chavez.
Or the Medvedev to Trump's Putin.
Or the Medvedev to Trump's Putin.
Right now there are two people on x that I know for a fact are real who post all the time. how hard would it be for a nation state to make little fake accounts and have these fake accounts pay money to substackers to keep x alive?
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Right now there are two people on x that I know for a fact are real who post all the time. how hard would it be for a nation state to make little fake accounts and have these fake accounts pay money to substackers to keep x alive?
@darjeelingltd.bsky.social you might want to share this with your hive. It takes a while for her to get to her point, but you'll want to watch to the end
#ai #bots #aichatbot #survey #fraud
#ai #bots #aichatbot #survey #fraud
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 AM
@darjeelingltd.bsky.social you might want to share this with your hive. It takes a while for her to get to her point, but you'll want to watch to the end
#ai #bots #aichatbot #survey #fraud
#ai #bots #aichatbot #survey #fraud
My take is there's two uses for text-based social media: either community building or keeping up with the news. Whatever news you choose to keep up with. Going on the internet to agree with sock puppets is bizarre
December 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My take is there's two uses for text-based social media: either community building or keeping up with the news. Whatever news you choose to keep up with. Going on the internet to agree with sock puppets is bizarre
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She voted for hepatitis?
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
She voted for hepatitis?
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Honestly, every left-wing group should create the tackiest cheapest ugliest trophy they can imagine and make a big show of presenting it to Trump with some obnoxious name like the Greenpeace Award for Big Beautiful Excellence in Body Odors or the ACLU Trophy for Presidential Strongly Napping.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Honestly, every left-wing group should create the tackiest cheapest ugliest trophy they can imagine and make a big show of presenting it to Trump with some obnoxious name like the Greenpeace Award for Big Beautiful Excellence in Body Odors or the ACLU Trophy for Presidential Strongly Napping.
One the most positive developments last year was I decided to get back into comics
the panel of orion sneaking in cracks me tf up
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
One the most positive developments last year was I decided to get back into comics
Netflix was cool. And then it sort of sucked. If I have to subscribe to Netflix so I can watch House of the dragon, game of thrones and sopranos I'm going to be mad.
I think HBO Max and Netflix are actually two different audiences and I'm not in the Netflix audience
I think HBO Max and Netflix are actually two different audiences and I'm not in the Netflix audience
This video remains one of the most prescient pieces of media/entertainment criticism of the last 20 years
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Netflix was cool. And then it sort of sucked. If I have to subscribe to Netflix so I can watch House of the dragon, game of thrones and sopranos I'm going to be mad.
I think HBO Max and Netflix are actually two different audiences and I'm not in the Netflix audience
I think HBO Max and Netflix are actually two different audiences and I'm not in the Netflix audience
Young millennial gen Z push to use gambling markets to figure adult things out is totally bizarre
December 6, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Young millennial gen Z push to use gambling markets to figure adult things out is totally bizarre
True but what in the world is the psyop for? Same with the doordash hate. It's got to be a psyop for real. But what's the goal?
#psyop #conspiracy #farright
#psyop #conspiracy #farright
i do spend a bit of time on cookery youtube and such and the amount of people still hating on seed oils is insane it must be a psyop
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
True but what in the world is the psyop for? Same with the doordash hate. It's got to be a psyop for real. But what's the goal?
#psyop #conspiracy #farright
#psyop #conspiracy #farright
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Look, people, there is no evidence that Senator Tom Cotton was caught pleasuring himself while watching the video of those survivors clinging to a portion of a wrecked boat until they were murdered by a second missile.
There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Look, people, there is no evidence that Senator Tom Cotton was caught pleasuring himself while watching the video of those survivors clinging to a portion of a wrecked boat until they were murdered by a second missile.
There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
There's just no truth to that at all. Stop saying it.
I agree
The problem is not the pardon power. The problem is us. We weren't supposed to elect a crook as POTUS. If we did, the people we elected in Congress are supposed to do something about it. We're idiots, so we've elected crooks & cowards all the way up the line.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
The problem is us. We need to fix us.
Giving the president the pardon power was a mistake. The most corrupt president in American history is conducting a jailbreak for his fellow criminals.
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I agree
Honest question
Has anyone seen anything about the ballroom getting built at the white house
Has anyone seen anything about the ballroom getting built at the white house
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Honest question
Has anyone seen anything about the ballroom getting built at the white house
Has anyone seen anything about the ballroom getting built at the white house
These people don't have media literacy
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
These people don't have media literacy
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Twitter (X) tries to "reprogram" its users.
The average user gets limited engagement for what they WANT to talk about, and more engagement for drama bait.
If you don't chase the algorithm, you get de-boosted—Your actual interests getting almost no attention at all.
I prefer quality over quantity.
The average user gets limited engagement for what they WANT to talk about, and more engagement for drama bait.
If you don't chase the algorithm, you get de-boosted—Your actual interests getting almost no attention at all.
I prefer quality over quantity.
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Twitter (X) tries to "reprogram" its users.
The average user gets limited engagement for what they WANT to talk about, and more engagement for drama bait.
If you don't chase the algorithm, you get de-boosted—Your actual interests getting almost no attention at all.
I prefer quality over quantity.
The average user gets limited engagement for what they WANT to talk about, and more engagement for drama bait.
If you don't chase the algorithm, you get de-boosted—Your actual interests getting almost no attention at all.
I prefer quality over quantity.
Chat GPT ads
Me: tell me about Linux
Chat GPT: would you like to buy a gaming mouse?
No thanks I'll pass.
Me: tell me about Linux
Chat GPT: would you like to buy a gaming mouse?
No thanks I'll pass.
December 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Chat GPT ads
Me: tell me about Linux
Chat GPT: would you like to buy a gaming mouse?
No thanks I'll pass.
Me: tell me about Linux
Chat GPT: would you like to buy a gaming mouse?
No thanks I'll pass.