Cliomancer
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Keir Starmer more like Queer Harmer.
December 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Keir Starmer more like Queer Harmer.
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"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
Come to think of it, Johnny, what's the Thagomizer called in Japanese?
December 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"Thagomizer" in Japanese is, in fact, サゴマイザー/sagomaizaa, and you can imagine my delight when it dawned on me what the katakana I was reading represented.
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
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December 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
firefox AI and slop disablers from tumblr for the people from local hero mckitterick. Tried it on my end and the browser is significantly faster now
(copy paste-able in the alt text)
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
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Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Part of me feels like Dark Souls wouldn't have caught on if the first game had difficulty settings. It'd be "cheap", "pointless", etc.
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
Arcade games had a relatively granular difficulty option via credit feeding and it played a big part in them written off as "button mashers"/"quarter munchers".
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Sometimes I just feel an overwhelming urge to draw a bunny landsknecht:
November 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Sometimes I just feel an overwhelming urge to draw a bunny landsknecht:
Frankly, Charlie Brown, I don't give a damn.
That’s my secret, Charlie Brown. I’m always angry.
It’s over, Charlie Brown. I have the high ground.
November 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Frankly, Charlie Brown, I don't give a damn.
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I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I’ve been a FreeTaxUSA proselytizer for years and years and I strongly encourage everyone to make the switch. same kind of step by step “for dummies” interface, even for my complicated freelancer taxes, and you don’t have to give your money to one of our most evil lobbyists
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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-Horror where deeply unfamiliar problem happens to relatively normal but clever people
-Romance but it doesn't work out somehow
-Film I was told to look at to enhance the enjoyment of a Tabletop RPG
-Coenesque farce
-Film I didn't realise The Simpsons referenced a zillion times
-Romance but it doesn't work out somehow
-Film I was told to look at to enhance the enjoyment of a Tabletop RPG
-Coenesque farce
-Film I didn't realise The Simpsons referenced a zillion times
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-An incredibly arbitrary Thing is true, let's ponder the Implications
-The director had a Budget, and a chunk of it was spent on hallucinogens
-The director had a Budget and didn't NEED hallucinogens
-Fuck it, let's just do fight scenes.
-Porn, but nice.
-An incredibly arbitrary Thing is true, let's ponder the Implications
-The director had a Budget, and a chunk of it was spent on hallucinogens
-The director had a Budget and didn't NEED hallucinogens
-Fuck it, let's just do fight scenes.
-Porn, but nice.
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Two girls bond over evil
-Art drives people insane
-Australia is weird
-Everybody who died shows up at the end as ghosts and makes you cry
-Repo Man
-Two girls bond over evil
-Art drives people insane
-Australia is weird
-Everybody who died shows up at the end as ghosts and makes you cry
-Repo Man
November 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
-Horror where deeply unfamiliar problem happens to relatively normal but clever people
-Romance but it doesn't work out somehow
-Film I was told to look at to enhance the enjoyment of a Tabletop RPG
-Coenesque farce
-Film I didn't realise The Simpsons referenced a zillion times
-Romance but it doesn't work out somehow
-Film I was told to look at to enhance the enjoyment of a Tabletop RPG
-Coenesque farce
-Film I didn't realise The Simpsons referenced a zillion times
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One of the early female protags in video/computer games: Kim Kimberly from Level 9's Snowball. (1983)
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
One of the early female protags in video/computer games: Kim Kimberly from Level 9's Snowball. (1983)
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It's Bunlith: The Witch Upstairs
📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER!
Watch Now!! 📺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER!
Watch Now!! 📺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's Bunlith: The Witch Upstairs
📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER!
Watch Now!! 📺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER!
Watch Now!! 📺
www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...
If you see this post egg
youtu.be/vEMvriiWr4c?...
youtu.be/vEMvriiWr4c?...
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
If you see this post egg
youtu.be/vEMvriiWr4c?...
youtu.be/vEMvriiWr4c?...
Always come back to Jack Monroe's Sausage Casserole:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Always come back to Jack Monroe's Sausage Casserole:
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Censuring this also contributes to the underdevelopment of critical thinking.
More and more people lately take everything literally or not think that there is a subtext behind it. Which is very dangerous and more now with the increase of GenAI brainroot flooding into everything.
More and more people lately take everything literally or not think that there is a subtext behind it. Which is very dangerous and more now with the increase of GenAI brainroot flooding into everything.
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Censuring this also contributes to the underdevelopment of critical thinking.
More and more people lately take everything literally or not think that there is a subtext behind it. Which is very dangerous and more now with the increase of GenAI brainroot flooding into everything.
More and more people lately take everything literally or not think that there is a subtext behind it. Which is very dangerous and more now with the increase of GenAI brainroot flooding into everything.
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Reskeeting with alt text but yeah that's basically right. Reagan fucked us all in ways that we can barely comprehend
October 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reskeeting with alt text but yeah that's basically right. Reagan fucked us all in ways that we can barely comprehend
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Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
October 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Learned that an anonymous outside expert on submersibles did an interview with the OceanGate Titan investigation, and they released a transcript, with all the names redacted. The first line of his first answer? "I'm sure you're familiar with my film Titanic."
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@tredlocity.bsky.social Finished watching City The Animation and I'm trying to remember if you had posted something interesting about it or if it was another cool and funny person I follow.
October 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@tredlocity.bsky.social Finished watching City The Animation and I'm trying to remember if you had posted something interesting about it or if it was another cool and funny person I follow.
🧵So I'm writing an idea about kids on the internet coming up with creepypasta cryptids/weird guys who have a chance of becoming real, though generated by a kind of exquisite corpse method of one post after another putting a single short sentence into a thread until you've built up a weird creature.
October 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
🧵So I'm writing an idea about kids on the internet coming up with creepypasta cryptids/weird guys who have a chance of becoming real, though generated by a kind of exquisite corpse method of one post after another putting a single short sentence into a thread until you've built up a weird creature.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.