Ben Allain 🥌
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My other car is another car that has a sticker that says my other car is this car.
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I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
I think the solution to this worry is to knock all this dumb shit off
Or - hear me out - you could just...put that 75 kWh of electricity into a battery and drive 200 miles with it rather than producing a single (1) gallon of gasoline
www.jalopnik.com/2083556/new-...
www.jalopnik.com/2083556/new-...
New York Startup Builds Fridge-Sized Machine That Can Turn Air Into Gasoline - Jalopnik
While it's not quite the free energy it sounds like at first, Aircela's technology in its current state has some practical, small-scale applications.
www.jalopnik.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Or - hear me out - you could just...put that 75 kWh of electricity into a battery and drive 200 miles with it rather than producing a single (1) gallon of gasoline
www.jalopnik.com/2083556/new-...
www.jalopnik.com/2083556/new-...
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I got fooled by someone who is famous for being a conman until it was too late. Here’s why that’s actually smarter than seeing it coming:
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I got fooled by someone who is famous for being a conman until it was too late. Here’s why that’s actually smarter than seeing it coming:
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the 45,000 gun deaths we suffer each year are just the price we pay to live in a society made safe from government tyranny by an armed populace
January 24, 2026 at 5:43 PM
the 45,000 gun deaths we suffer each year are just the price we pay to live in a society made safe from government tyranny by an armed populace
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When the NRA finds out that a citizen was shot and killed by Federal troops merely because he was carrying a gun, there is going to be hell to pay. This is the exact scenario they have been warning us about! These are the jack-booted government troops from which we need unfettered liberty!
January 24, 2026 at 7:40 PM
When the NRA finds out that a citizen was shot and killed by Federal troops merely because he was carrying a gun, there is going to be hell to pay. This is the exact scenario they have been warning us about! These are the jack-booted government troops from which we need unfettered liberty!
Me when my power goes out because they're replacing telephone poles in the neighborhood without telling me in advance:
a sign that says no loafing on it next to a table
ALT: a sign that says no loafing on it next to a table
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Me when my power goes out because they're replacing telephone poles in the neighborhood without telling me in advance:
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replace rfk jr with this guy
January 19, 2026 at 2:43 PM
replace rfk jr with this guy
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Vance: I'm crying right now because you stupids won't let me have your green island. I could literally just - don't you know I'm smarter than you? I'm your better - don't leave, don't get the army
Trump: McDonald's needs to sell milk again. Nobody likes the Grimace. They get the milk from him
Trump: McDonald's needs to sell milk again. Nobody likes the Grimace. They get the milk from him
January 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Vance: I'm crying right now because you stupids won't let me have your green island. I could literally just - don't you know I'm smarter than you? I'm your better - don't leave, don't get the army
Trump: McDonald's needs to sell milk again. Nobody likes the Grimace. They get the milk from him
Trump: McDonald's needs to sell milk again. Nobody likes the Grimace. They get the milk from him
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There are so many migrant farm workers snapping up $7800/month one-bedrooms in Westwood
HUD Secretary Scott Turner: "100% of rental demand in California and New York is because of illegal immigration"
January 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There are so many migrant farm workers snapping up $7800/month one-bedrooms in Westwood
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This is a cartoon about housing.
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a cartoon about housing.
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"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
Homan: "We gotta stop the hateful rhetoric. Saying this officer is a murderer is dangerous. It's just ridiculous. It's gonna infuriate people more which means there's gonna be more incidents like this."
January 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."
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This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
This kind of thing does point out a real ethical dilemma: block or mute?
January 10, 2026 at 5:05 PM
This thread is the best refutation of social-media doomerism that I have seen.
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'Thanks for calling. Did you know, on our website...' YES I HAVE TRIED YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT YOU SEE, YOUR WEBSITE IS A LOAD OF OLD SHIT, SO I AM CALLING IN THE - I ADMIT, FAINT - HOPE OF INTERACTING WITH A FUCKING HUMAN BEING
January 8, 2026 at 1:14 PM
'Thanks for calling. Did you know, on our website...' YES I HAVE TRIED YOUR WEBSITE BECAUSE IT IS THE 21ST CENTURY, BUT YOU SEE, YOUR WEBSITE IS A LOAD OF OLD SHIT, SO I AM CALLING IN THE - I ADMIT, FAINT - HOPE OF INTERACTING WITH A FUCKING HUMAN BEING
Man this is ballshit
CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…
January 8, 2026 at 4:53 AM
Man this is ballshit
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one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:10 PM
one of the things i hate most about this persistent line of argument is the implication that any of these actions would be fine if groceries were cheaper
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After a year in which Trump has bombed ...
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 PM
After a year in which Trump has bombed ...
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
- Venezuela
- Nigeria
- Iran
- Yemen
- Syria
- Somalia
- and civilian boats in international waters
... I’m thinking about the voters who convinced themselves that Trump was the candidate of foreign policy restraint.
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I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
January 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war
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all the proud maga isolationists now hastily adding an S to their AMERICA FIRST signs
January 3, 2026 at 1:26 PM
all the proud maga isolationists now hastily adding an S to their AMERICA FIRST signs
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To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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I mean I really feel like maybe we could just not
January 3, 2026 at 12:50 PM
I mean I really feel like maybe we could just not
Hey it's almost as if murdering 100 people with missiles in the ocean and having the CIA blow up a dock were tests to see if the public gave enough of a shit about what they were doing to pick their heads up from TikTok and ChatGPT for two seconds to even casually glance at a single fuckin war crime
January 3, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Hey it's almost as if murdering 100 people with missiles in the ocean and having the CIA blow up a dock were tests to see if the public gave enough of a shit about what they were doing to pick their heads up from TikTok and ChatGPT for two seconds to even casually glance at a single fuckin war crime
Can we at least try to avoid getting nuked until my Canadian passport arrives in the mail? Thanks.
January 3, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Can we at least try to avoid getting nuked until my Canadian passport arrives in the mail? Thanks.