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the good that you do persists in this world
December 14, 2025 at 8:20 PM
the good that you do persists in this world
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Today's featured article from Wikipedia. Disguising human labour as machine intelligence isn't so new. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...
Mechanical Turk - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Today's featured article from Wikipedia. Disguising human labour as machine intelligence isn't so new. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechani...
Tech Bros are the Mamluks of the disinformation age
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Tech Bros are the Mamluks of the disinformation age
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"The soldiers who agreed to talk confirmed the IDF’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians racing to reach food handouts..." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"The soldiers who agreed to talk confirmed the IDF’s routine use of human shields, contradicting official denials, and gave details of Israeli troops opening fire unprovoked on civilians racing to reach food handouts..." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
We've got to figure out a way to give Americans cultural cringe
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We've got to figure out a way to give Americans cultural cringe
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want to feel old?
the dvd (1986) is now as old as Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731) was when the dvd was invented
the dvd (1986) is now as old as Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731) was when the dvd was invented
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
want to feel old?
the dvd (1986) is now as old as Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731) was when the dvd was invented
the dvd (1986) is now as old as Bede's Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum (731) was when the dvd was invented
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real sign of the times that an oil fund has to suspend its ethics rules to hold tech company stocks
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund's ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Finance minister Jens Stoltenberg says #NBIM move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel:
Finance minister Jens Stoltenberg says #NBIM move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel:
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
real sign of the times that an oil fund has to suspend its ethics rules to hold tech company stocks
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost
your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
Alexa what are some museums with second story windows accessible from the street?
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Alexa what are some museums with second story windows accessible from the street?
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NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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“The classified data backs up the findings of several studies suggesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed civilians at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare."
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
IDF database suggests 83% of Gaza dead were civilians
Classified intelligence reveals Israel killed 8,900 militants by May, indicating an almost unparalleled proportion of civilian slaughter.
www.972mag.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“The classified data backs up the findings of several studies suggesting Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed civilians at a rate with few parallels in modern warfare."
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
1989: announcing the end of history. 2025: going back for more history.
Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’
english.elpais.com/culture/2022...
english.elpais.com/culture/2022...
Francis Fukuyama: ‘The neoliberals went too far. Now, we need more social democratic policies’
The political scientist, who at the beginning of the 1990s declared ‘the end of history,’ returns with a new book where he identifies the threats to classical liberalism: runaway capitalism and too mu...
english.elpais.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
1989: announcing the end of history. 2025: going back for more history.
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Can’t help but feel that we are living in an era of overwhelming anti-intellectualism on every front, with AI being the corporate vanguard of this cultural emptiness.
May 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Can’t help but feel that we are living in an era of overwhelming anti-intellectualism on every front, with AI being the corporate vanguard of this cultural emptiness.
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What is the threshold for sanctioning PM Netanyahu and his govt?!
Signatories to the genocide convention like 🇦🇺 must take action in the face of genocide, including taking measures to stop it.
The global community has to do more.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Signatories to the genocide convention like 🇦🇺 must take action in the face of genocide, including taking measures to stop it.
The global community has to do more.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, major UN report finds
Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide in Gaza, according to the "most authoritative assessment" to date.
www.abc.net.au
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What is the threshold for sanctioning PM Netanyahu and his govt?!
Signatories to the genocide convention like 🇦🇺 must take action in the face of genocide, including taking measures to stop it.
The global community has to do more.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Signatories to the genocide convention like 🇦🇺 must take action in the face of genocide, including taking measures to stop it.
The global community has to do more.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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There have been a lot of garbage hot takes about liberalism and political non-violence over the past few days, so here's my garbage hot take: 'Liberalism for me, but not for thee'
open.substack.com/pub/clothedv...
open.substack.com/pub/clothedv...
Liberalism for me, but not for thee
Engaging seriously with the question of political non-violence
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:21 AM
There have been a lot of garbage hot takes about liberalism and political non-violence over the past few days, so here's my garbage hot take: 'Liberalism for me, but not for thee'
open.substack.com/pub/clothedv...
open.substack.com/pub/clothedv...
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Remember when you were five years old and would stretch your lolly snake to make it bigger* but you knew it was the same amount of snake because you weren't actually an idiot?
September 16, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Remember when you were five years old and would stretch your lolly snake to make it bigger* but you knew it was the same amount of snake because you weren't actually an idiot?
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U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat
September 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
U.S. Military Bans Men With Girl Names From Participating In Combat
Slapstick comedy where Putin desperately tries to keep Trump alive as various American and European factions try to get rid of him
Nonzero chance someone in trumps cabinet poisoned him in the white house
Nonzero chance putin poisoned trump in Alaska
September 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Slapstick comedy where Putin desperately tries to keep Trump alive as various American and European factions try to get rid of him
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BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
August 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr
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Can't wait to find out what a meltdown at 0.17g looks like
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Can't wait to find out what a meltdown at 0.17g looks like
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EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.