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Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Art and writing is a form of protest. It is a form of empowerment. It is part of being human.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
That is why you write when the world is on fire.
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But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
But the bigger reason that you should write and make art, is that your work is someone else's respite.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
You don't know who they are. They may be someone in the future. But if you have escaped into a book, or a painting, or a TV show... Someone created that.
You can do that for someone else.
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If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
January 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
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“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
The history books (if we even have books in this future) are not going to be kind to the people who sat on their hands on impeachment.
We just had a week that changed everything, including my view of impeachment. Before: Wait until 2027. Now: Embrace it in 2026 and hold hearing-like forums to spotlight the many articles of impeachment filed against Trump and his cabinet. My latest @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/embracing-...
Embracing Impeachment
The case against Trump and his cabinet keeps growing—and the argument for waiting is no longer convincing.
www.thebulwark.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The history books (if we even have books in this future) are not going to be kind to the people who sat on their hands on impeachment.
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I needed something to distract myself, so I decided to start writing a blog post for my rarely-used-blog and realized I've completely forgotten how.
I must have anticipated this moment because one of the 2 posts on the site right now is some documentation on how I set it up.
Yay past me!
I must have anticipated this moment because one of the 2 posts on the site right now is some documentation on how I set it up.
Yay past me!
January 3, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I needed something to distract myself, so I decided to start writing a blog post for my rarely-used-blog and realized I've completely forgotten how.
I must have anticipated this moment because one of the 2 posts on the site right now is some documentation on how I set it up.
Yay past me!
I must have anticipated this moment because one of the 2 posts on the site right now is some documentation on how I set it up.
Yay past me!
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Every reaction from any Democrat that stops short of impeachment is utterly disqualifying.
January 3, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Every reaction from any Democrat that stops short of impeachment is utterly disqualifying.
If this isn't it, then what is the line at which you would do the bare minimum of contacting your representatives?
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
January 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
If this isn't it, then what is the line at which you would do the bare minimum of contacting your representatives?
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
www.commoncause.org/find-your-re...
Would you love me if I was a computer worm?
December 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Would you love me if I was a computer worm?
I keep seeing reddit comments along the lines of "well, everyone is using AI for code, so who cares" and they just all make me want to scream.
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I keep seeing reddit comments along the lines of "well, everyone is using AI for code, so who cares" and they just all make me want to scream.
As someone who gets a lot of marketing email I keep seeing this and I'm glad that someone has done a write-up about it.
LLMs suck for a number of different ways, but I think that the marketing absorption of all machine learning techniques into the "Ai" term is one of the lesser seen impacts.
LLMs suck for a number of different ways, but I think that the marketing absorption of all machine learning techniques into the "Ai" term is one of the lesser seen impacts.
To capture funding and ride the wave of the AI bubble, a variety of institutions (commercial and otherwise) have pivoted to calling their machine learning applications "AI."
The paper I am linking below explains what's going on here. But there's also more to it than that!
The paper I am linking below explains what's going on here. But there's also more to it than that!
December 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
As someone who gets a lot of marketing email I keep seeing this and I'm glad that someone has done a write-up about it.
LLMs suck for a number of different ways, but I think that the marketing absorption of all machine learning techniques into the "Ai" term is one of the lesser seen impacts.
LLMs suck for a number of different ways, but I think that the marketing absorption of all machine learning techniques into the "Ai" term is one of the lesser seen impacts.
I regret to inform you that there are multiple slashfics on AO3 that involve Jake from State Farm.
December 18, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I regret to inform you that there are multiple slashfics on AO3 that involve Jake from State Farm.
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I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm told that HHS has just terminated all funding agreements with the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
Here's a letter HHS sent canceling one of the grants, relating to work on birth defects. Canceled because the project "emphasizes equity, diversity, and inclusion as key foundational components"
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Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Washington’s refusal to regulate AI is a corruption story. Just ask Donald Trump and Speaker Mike Johnson.
Yes, pipe dream was exactly like this.
pipe dream, print ad (1991) archive.org/details/vgce...
December 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Yes, pipe dream was exactly like this.
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"maybe hating AI shouldn't be your whole personality"
Well at least I still have a personality instead of letting the slop box generate one for me
Well at least I still have a personality instead of letting the slop box generate one for me
December 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"maybe hating AI shouldn't be your whole personality"
Well at least I still have a personality instead of letting the slop box generate one for me
Well at least I still have a personality instead of letting the slop box generate one for me
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If this doesn't convince you to get off Google, I'm not sure what will.
Also, help me get off Google!
Also, help me get off Google!
Copy of Hegseth's new AI order that I obtained
December 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If this doesn't convince you to get off Google, I'm not sure what will.
Also, help me get off Google!
Also, help me get off Google!
I just finished reading Christopher Ruocchio's "Empire of Silence" and went to go look to see what the next book in the series was.
Turns out there 7 (!!) more books and the most recent and final was released last week!
Turns out there 7 (!!) more books and the most recent and final was released last week!
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I just finished reading Christopher Ruocchio's "Empire of Silence" and went to go look to see what the next book in the series was.
Turns out there 7 (!!) more books and the most recent and final was released last week!
Turns out there 7 (!!) more books and the most recent and final was released last week!
Seen at my local Barnes & Noble
November 22, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Seen at my local Barnes & Noble
I'm on the NYC subway for the first time in forever and there are ads for AI shit all over the place. Ugh.
November 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I'm on the NYC subway for the first time in forever and there are ads for AI shit all over the place. Ugh.
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bad photoshop feels so much more dignified now because of ai
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
bad photoshop feels so much more dignified now because of ai
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now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
now that they've stopped making pennies, americans should update our sayings:
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers
* you can't put your two cents in, you must now put your five cents in
* nickel for your thoughts?
* a nickel saved is a nickel earned
* nickels from heaven
* worth every nickel
* penny-pinchers are now nickel-misers