Dave (@6502_ftw from Tweets)
@cursed.monster
Computer necromancer/vivisectionist, spoiler of grain, electromagnetic wave wrangler. Has strong opinions, weakly held. Pronouns (he/him) in bio, always antifascist.
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Radio stuff is regarded as wizardry, and sometimes it still feels like that (especially when you get into at atmospheric effects), but it’s rewarding to learn about electromagnetic waves and how they interact with the world around us, plus you can call Elon a poser when he talks about Maxwell’s Laws
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Yes, there's an explicitly Nazi fan-made pony. The brony fandom did fuck-all to get rid of Nazis in their midst, as Woot here can attest (and frequently has). Anyway if you have any doubt that the dude was a fascist, here's some pretty fucking good evidence.
the January 6th pipe bomb guy was a brony who faved over 300 pictures of a nazi my little pony character on Derpibooru, the fandom's largest image site.
@derpibooru.bsky.social
@derpibooru.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Yes, there's an explicitly Nazi fan-made pony. The brony fandom did fuck-all to get rid of Nazis in their midst, as Woot here can attest (and frequently has). Anyway if you have any doubt that the dude was a fascist, here's some pretty fucking good evidence.
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How the SMH reports on a white guy who chased a hungry young person for a hot chook vs how they report on a non-white guy shot up by a terrorist as he wrestled a gun off another shooter
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
How the SMH reports on a white guy who chased a hungry young person for a hot chook vs how they report on a non-white guy shot up by a terrorist as he wrestled a gun off another shooter
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The hill I will die on:
as Belle dances through the village, the baker who yells to his wife, "Marie, the baguettes!"
The term "baguette" used to refer to an elongated loaf of bread did not enter use until the 1920s. The half-timbered architecture suggests Alsace.
Therefore: BatB was interwar.
as Belle dances through the village, the baker who yells to his wife, "Marie, the baguettes!"
The term "baguette" used to refer to an elongated loaf of bread did not enter use until the 1920s. The half-timbered architecture suggests Alsace.
Therefore: BatB was interwar.
I do not want Gaston backstory, I do not need Gaston backstory, I reject Gaston backstory
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
he is a fully formed oaf, consuming eggs by the dozen in one of the greatest villain songs ever written, and that is all we need of him
Disney Developing Live-Action ‘Gaston’ Movie From Writer Dave Callaham And Producer Michelle Rejwan
Disney is in early development on a new live-action pic centered on the Beauty and the Beast character Gaston.
deadline.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
The hill I will die on:
as Belle dances through the village, the baker who yells to his wife, "Marie, the baguettes!"
The term "baguette" used to refer to an elongated loaf of bread did not enter use until the 1920s. The half-timbered architecture suggests Alsace.
Therefore: BatB was interwar.
as Belle dances through the village, the baker who yells to his wife, "Marie, the baguettes!"
The term "baguette" used to refer to an elongated loaf of bread did not enter use until the 1920s. The half-timbered architecture suggests Alsace.
Therefore: BatB was interwar.
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The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
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Kind of darkly funny that the government's defense of the well thought out plan for Trump's bigly beautiful ballroom looks like this
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Kind of darkly funny that the government's defense of the well thought out plan for Trump's bigly beautiful ballroom looks like this
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, a freshman at Brown, had a condition as a child that required brain surgery. The experience created an unshakable ambition to become a brain surgeon, his sister said.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
He died after being shot on campus on Saturday.
Brown shooting victim was pursuing dream of becoming brain surgeon
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18, was one of two people killed at Brown University on Saturday.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"He took every Advanced Placement class he could, earned a scholarship to Brown and worked at Wawa over the summer to make enough money to buy a laptop, according to his two sisters."
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When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
December 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
When I interviewed Spinal Tap and Marty DiBergi this summer, none of them broke character, for the whole hour. Except Rob Reiner, once, losing it when Michael McKean's David St Hubbins talked about minimalism. I didn't use this in the feature and hadn't published any audio, but this is joyful.
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kinda peanuts compared to [gestures everywhere] but it really sucks having a president who is utterly incapable of doing basic office of the presidency stuff like this
April 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
kinda peanuts compared to [gestures everywhere] but it really sucks having a president who is utterly incapable of doing basic office of the presidency stuff like this
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If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
The Takeover of Malheur Kicked Off a Decade of Lawlessness
The wildlife refuge occupation set the stage for Trump, January 6, and so much more.
www.pdxmonthly.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
If you can believe it, January 1, 2026 marks ten years since the armed takeover of Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. For Portland Monthly, I wrote about how the ensuing decade was dominated by anxious men and a culture of lawlessness.
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-cit...
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🎄 GOOD MORNING, and welcome back to the annual Italian Christmas Donkey Challenge 🫏
The rules are simple 🌟
You must find a person who has never heard “Dominick the Donkey” and play it for them:
youtu.be/Ca5wXojemRM?...
The rules are simple 🌟
You must find a person who has never heard “Dominick the Donkey” and play it for them:
youtu.be/Ca5wXojemRM?...
Lou Monte - Dominick The Donkey (HQ Audio)
YouTube video by Christmas 365
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
🎄 GOOD MORNING, and welcome back to the annual Italian Christmas Donkey Challenge 🫏
The rules are simple 🌟
You must find a person who has never heard “Dominick the Donkey” and play it for them:
youtu.be/Ca5wXojemRM?...
The rules are simple 🌟
You must find a person who has never heard “Dominick the Donkey” and play it for them:
youtu.be/Ca5wXojemRM?...
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God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For some songs like old Yoda talk
About that Christmas Day
Let nothing you dismay
For some songs like old Yoda talk
About that Christmas Day
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Let nothing you dismay
For some songs like old Yoda talk
About that Christmas Day
Let nothing you dismay
For some songs like old Yoda talk
About that Christmas Day
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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the problem for transphobes is that at this point nearly everyone has met or at least interacted with a trans person and figured out that they're just people trying to live their lives. this is why they want to ban trans people from existing in public at all costs
11% of Britons say they feel 'very negatively' about trans people which just highlights how much this is a top-down hate project with around 95% of the media hating trans people and a high percentage of MPs.
Hello. I’m a “same-sex attracted person” (loathe that description of my sexuality) & I support Trans rights, like the majority of female “same sex attracted people”.
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
December 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
the problem for transphobes is that at this point nearly everyone has met or at least interacted with a trans person and figured out that they're just people trying to live their lives. this is why they want to ban trans people from existing in public at all costs
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This is your occasional reminder that attention is literally their business model, and when you don’t give it to them, they fail.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is your occasional reminder that attention is literally their business model, and when you don’t give it to them, they fail.
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He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
The cultural impact of Rob Reiner cannot be understated. Legend isn't big enough a word. It goes to 11. You can't handle the truth. As you wish. I'll have what she's having. I'm your number one fan. You guys wanna see a dead body? The very idea of a bucket list. The West Wing.
All from his movies.
All from his movies.
December 15, 2025 at 3:59 AM
He's also responsible for raising all the money that paid for bringing Hollingsworth v. Perry & even more importantly Bostic v. Schaefer, which created the circuit split that forced SCOTUS to take on Obergefell v. Hodges. The role he played in American marriage equality cannot be overstated.
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
BREAKING: Authorities will release the person of interest in the Brown University shooting, officials said, as the investigation continues.
Live updates: Person of interest identified after 2 killed and 9 injured at Brown University
Live updates: 2 dead, 9 wounded in Brown University shooting; person of interest in custody
nbcnews.to
December 15, 2025 at 5:45 AM
This is what happens when the FBI is run by two right-wing conspiracy theorist podcasters who spent the last 11 months purging almost anyone with institutional knowledge from the bureau. They're going to keep fucking this kind of thing up.
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Well, I had just got out from the county prison
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I'm a genius
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I'm a genius
This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants
December 15, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Well, I had just got out from the county prison
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I'm a genius
Doin' ninety days for non-support
Tried to find me an executive position
But no matter how smooth I talked
They wouldn't listen to the fact that I'm a genius
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I have returned to bed to work as I have a headache, and this photo tells you everything you need to know about how my Monday is going: an update I can't defer taking ages; a big floofy arse plonked on my keyboard.
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I have returned to bed to work as I have a headache, and this photo tells you everything you need to know about how my Monday is going: an update I can't defer taking ages; a big floofy arse plonked on my keyboard.
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Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
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Every year I learn about a new terrible Christmas song that people swear has always existed and I am becoming increasingly convinced it's a decade long collective gaslighting attempt.
remembering the time i did a worst christmas song ever bracket and everyone got mad at me because i didn't know about some horrible donkey carol they all had intractable beef with
December 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every year I learn about a new terrible Christmas song that people swear has always existed and I am becoming increasingly convinced it's a decade long collective gaslighting attempt.
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This is what happens when you don't know the difference between mRNA theraputics and CRISPR-Cas9 theraputics, but are obligated to say something profound because you think you are a super-genius who knows everything.
Had to go watch the video myself before reposting, because this seemed so absurd I thought it might be fake. But, nope, it happened. He also says (in the same sentence) "with enough effort, you could probably stop aging, reverse it..."
He really doesn’t understand any of the most basic biology concepts at all, huh
December 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This is what happens when you don't know the difference between mRNA theraputics and CRISPR-Cas9 theraputics, but are obligated to say something profound because you think you are a super-genius who knows everything.
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It also means that it’s one of the few places where you have agency over what you consume. When you return a book or dvd, there isn’t an algorithm or marketing company telling you what to consume next. You can ask library staff, but you get to decide what information you share to get recommendations
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It also means that it’s one of the few places where you have agency over what you consume. When you return a book or dvd, there isn’t an algorithm or marketing company telling you what to consume next. You can ask library staff, but you get to decide what information you share to get recommendations
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Like, you can use the computers at the library without having to watch an ad first. You don’t go to story time “Sponsored by Jim Beam Whiskey”. We are so constantly bombarded with ads, but libraries are one of the few places where you can escape that.
December 14, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Like, you can use the computers at the library without having to watch an ad first. You don’t go to story time “Sponsored by Jim Beam Whiskey”. We are so constantly bombarded with ads, but libraries are one of the few places where you can escape that.
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I think it’s important to understand: there is no Twitter to come back to.
Dear Bluesky liberals. Come back to Twitter. Please. PLEASE.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
I think it’s important to understand: there is no Twitter to come back to.