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David Call
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actor / filmmaker / woodworker / flyfisherman / jeep cherokee xj rescuer / guy from that thing

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the bbc changed their article from saying 'trans woman' to saying 'biological male who identifies as a woman'.

even if you don't care about trans ppl it should alarm you just how captured the bbc has become.

they will no longer even say 'trans woman'. that's not normal and shows massive bias.
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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National parks have SO MANY people from other countries (since they get real vacations!)

And they spend a lot of money on hotels, food, souvenirs, etc.

This is unbelievably dumb, it will destroy entire tourist towns
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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Now, remind me again that non-Americans should mind their own business.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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you're telling me a right-wing catholic convert is just a protestant in disguise? shocked
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.

He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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this is such a perfect example of conservatism

we’re raising prices on this thing that should be free but “they” will be paying more than “you” so show some gratitude you worms
The Trump administration is raising national parks' prices and adding fees for international tourists from next year in an "America-first" initiative, the Interior Department announced.
Trump admin hikes national parks prices by up to $170 for international tourists
The Interior Department said the "America-first" policy will see "resident-only patriotic fee-free days" on some holidays.
www.axios.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Is this a zen koan?
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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[completely unironic voice] the greatest generation
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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I think it's become more neutral but this reads a bit like walking into an Australian outback pub and going "so, gents, you still all pooftahs in here or have some of you stopped mincing about".

You know what's going to happen, I have to assume you want what's going to happen, you can't complain.
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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you don’t understand, under Biden doordash was expensive
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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in 2026 we're bringing back consequences
June 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Imagine going through life like this
what?
November 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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i think tech and ai positive people are going to be in for a big shock when anti tech and anti ai sentiment becomes a major part of leftwing politics going forward especially as datacenters continue to destroy communities and raise electricity bills
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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NEW: ICE has torn up its $180M cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program and is now guaranteeing private surveillance firms at least $7.5M each, with potential payouts reaching $281M per vendor. The change signals a shift from “pilot” to full-scale outsourcing of street-level investigative work.
ICE Offers Up to $280 Million to Immigrant-Tracking ‘Bounty Hunter’ Firms
Immigration and Customs Enforcement lifted a $180 million cap on a proposed immigrant-tracking program while guaranteeing multimillion-dollar payouts for private surveillance firms.
www.wired.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Considering Eric Adams deliberately, as one of his last acts, left a huge $5 billion hole in the budget to screw over Mamdani, feel like Zohran's justified in purging all Adams staffer actually
SCOOP: More than 170 staffers in Mayor Eric Adams’ administration will be notified Wednesday that they will not be working under the administration of incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/25/m...
Mamdani Team to Terminate 179 Adams City Hall Staffers
Mayor’s Office shakeup in store “as is standard practice for a mayoral transition.”
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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The idea the big banks collapsed the ENTIRE world economy in 07’ and derivatives still aren’t heavily regulated is insane and point to how much control banks have over the U.S. government.
November 26, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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And derivatives aka bets on bets on bets just amplify the reach of the whole house of cards creating a too big to fail scenario.

Many people think that’s AI right now.

I would argue it’s happening with pretty much every industry. Maximum stock price/bonuses & screw everything else.
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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If you're ever wondered why journalists seem so out of touch most of the time it's because in order to establish yourself you need to either come from money, marry into money, or be OK with abject poverty and daily financial panic

That third thing is unsustainable long-term
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Giant 2-part historical epic about the birth of the Mormon church. From Joseph Smith in upstate NY to his lynching in IL. Then Brigham Young leading them to Utah, getting the railroad routed thru SLC, culminating w the Mountain Meadows Massacre forcing them to renounce polygamy & accept statehood.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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"The logical end point of AI progress is feudalism for 99.9 percent of humanity, so vote for me and we'll eliminate the billionaire class responsible for it" is a political platform I will vote for, if offered.
AI threatens to liberate the rich from their age-old dependence on ordinary people's labor -- thereby entrenching a permanent oligarchy.

My essay on that grim hypothetical is now out from behind the paywall www.vox.com/the-highligh...
The most likely AI apocalypse
How artificial intelligence could be leading most humans into an inescapable trap.
www.vox.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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The idea that this, of all companies, could take over Warner Brothers is just...horrific and insane. It's like saying, "Hey, I have a great idea--what if the Discovery Channel took over HBO?"

Wait.

Oh shit.
November 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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This is disgraceful toadying to someone who could well be dead, out of office, or both by the time this reanimated corpse knuckle-drags itself to the screen. Some context: Ratner directed the state-approved Melania doc that is coming to Prime, so he's now a friend of The Family. >
I teased this last night in What I’m Hearing but now confirmed: Paramount WILL release Rush Hour 4 after prodding from Trump on behalf of Brett Ratner. Distribution deal. Producer Tarak Ben Ammar is lining up financing. Get ready for the dumbest possible state-controlled media.
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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I manage all of this, a dialysis machine, a ventilator, tubes, a stressed out family, and more, but the government thinks we aren't professionals
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM