The wave of transphobia engulfing the British ruling class and rippling through society in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling is abhorrent. Please do what you can, starting by writing to your MP. You can do it here. Do it now. www.writetothem.com

First Gamer Pope

Odd how this archaic, ritual-bound, insanely conservative organisation produced one of the most progressive and radical voices of the modern era.

J6 did not come remotely close to being a successful coup, because they made no attempt to assure a cooperative (or at least docile) military and civil service. They are creating those conditions now.

enjoy reading early medieval islamic dunks on christians. "these dumb motherfuckers think 3=1." shit like that.

“I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.”

― Samuel Beckett

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

—Bertolt Brecht

I've had no fucking idea what is going on in the US. Not because of a bad "information environment," or "misinformation" but because I adopted the minimal news consumption habits of a normal person for six days.

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

need to start posting like this again

I spent the past 15 or so years studying computers and bureaucracy, believing I was preparing for a coming political crisis, only to discover—when that moment finally arrived—that I'm as adrift in the historical currents as everyone else.

glad we're finally going to cancel culture. long time coming.

Otto Dix's "Cats" (1920) asks and answers important questions like "What if cats were enormous? Would they use city buildings as scratching posts? Would they try to attack and dethrone the moon from its midnight cathedra?"

I'm always saying this, but the thing about large language models is that they're large models of language. Often overlooked.