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Just change the name of the paper to THE WASHINGTON POST-TRUTH.
June 7, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Just change the name of the paper to THE WASHINGTON POST-TRUTH.
❝ he finds himself in a living room in the mid-1950s
a news broadcast shows the white house controlled by germany
a door opens
talla shoots, knocking adam unconscious
ed ends the simulation
ed is struck by the tragedy of a child warped by a machine into "a mass of hatred & shattered hopes" ❞
a news broadcast shows the white house controlled by germany
a door opens
talla shoots, knocking adam unconscious
ed ends the simulation
ed is struck by the tragedy of a child warped by a machine into "a mass of hatred & shattered hopes" ❞
February 3, 2026 at 4:34 PM
❝ he finds himself in a living room in the mid-1950s
a news broadcast shows the white house controlled by germany
a door opens
talla shoots, knocking adam unconscious
ed ends the simulation
ed is struck by the tragedy of a child warped by a machine into "a mass of hatred & shattered hopes" ❞
a news broadcast shows the white house controlled by germany
a door opens
talla shoots, knocking adam unconscious
ed ends the simulation
ed is struck by the tragedy of a child warped by a machine into "a mass of hatred & shattered hopes" ❞
picturing feynman here trying to get all loosey-goosey to stay in tune with a universe that isn't motivated by math prizes
February 3, 2026 at 1:04 PM
picturing feynman here trying to get all loosey-goosey to stay in tune with a universe that isn't motivated by math prizes
scandal when financial investigation of mayor reveals 50-year-pile of groundhog research into greenhouse effect sensitivity
February 3, 2026 at 1:43 AM
scandal when financial investigation of mayor reveals 50-year-pile of groundhog research into greenhouse effect sensitivity
❝ nat king cole began playing 'nature boy' for live audiences… but he needed permission before releasing it as a single and was unable to find the songwriter ahbez, who had disappeared w/o providing contact details… cole got his permission after ahbez was discovered living under the hollywood sign ❞
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
❝ nat king cole began playing 'nature boy' for live audiences… but he needed permission before releasing it as a single and was unable to find the songwriter ahbez, who had disappeared w/o providing contact details… cole got his permission after ahbez was discovered living under the hollywood sign ❞
trek writer sez 'cloud minders' started out "gritty… about the social issue… no magical zenite gas"
episode came out around same time as the first clinical studies of environmental lead poisoning
making "let's solve it all in the last five minutes w/ gas masks" more realistic than metropolis redux
episode came out around same time as the first clinical studies of environmental lead poisoning
making "let's solve it all in the last five minutes w/ gas masks" more realistic than metropolis redux
February 1, 2026 at 9:12 PM
trek writer sez 'cloud minders' started out "gritty… about the social issue… no magical zenite gas"
episode came out around same time as the first clinical studies of environmental lead poisoning
making "let's solve it all in the last five minutes w/ gas masks" more realistic than metropolis redux
episode came out around same time as the first clinical studies of environmental lead poisoning
making "let's solve it all in the last five minutes w/ gas masks" more realistic than metropolis redux
this is odd, i suddenly realize i never asked programmers why they stopped talking about their personal daemons, maybe i intuited the level they were working had risen far above system interaction
February 1, 2026 at 8:43 AM
this is odd, i suddenly realize i never asked programmers why they stopped talking about their personal daemons, maybe i intuited the level they were working had risen far above system interaction
music is math, but math isn't music, because filling variables with pleasurable values leads to errors
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
music is math, but math isn't music, because filling variables with pleasurable values leads to errors
i do not see the humility in raising moore's law to the level of realizing there were billions of years of pre-history
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 AM
i do not see the humility in raising moore's law to the level of realizing there were billions of years of pre-history
❝ porn virus aside, i am very grateful to have you on board ❞
January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
❝ porn virus aside, i am very grateful to have you on board ❞
seems a lifetime ago when emergency services had to call their natural disaster prep 'counterterrorist' to get federal funding
but your proposal is so much uglier
a new g.i. bill for brownshirts
party loyalty oaths for professional certification
a free ride to hell for open, constructive society
but your proposal is so much uglier
a new g.i. bill for brownshirts
party loyalty oaths for professional certification
a free ride to hell for open, constructive society
January 27, 2026 at 9:08 PM
seems a lifetime ago when emergency services had to call their natural disaster prep 'counterterrorist' to get federal funding
but your proposal is so much uglier
a new g.i. bill for brownshirts
party loyalty oaths for professional certification
a free ride to hell for open, constructive society
but your proposal is so much uglier
a new g.i. bill for brownshirts
party loyalty oaths for professional certification
a free ride to hell for open, constructive society
well that's why they all took the presidential oath, so they could declare war on their own mom, if she made them feel weak
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
well that's why they all took the presidential oath, so they could declare war on their own mom, if she made them feel weak
they cornered themselves
staking ever more pride in guns, until they had to believe in a constitutional right to kill people—had to believe in a constitutional right to declare war in your own neighborhood—or the whole thing just looked & felt ridiculous
is murder a form of speech? opinions differ
staking ever more pride in guns, until they had to believe in a constitutional right to kill people—had to believe in a constitutional right to declare war in your own neighborhood—or the whole thing just looked & felt ridiculous
is murder a form of speech? opinions differ
January 25, 2026 at 1:25 AM
they cornered themselves
staking ever more pride in guns, until they had to believe in a constitutional right to kill people—had to believe in a constitutional right to declare war in your own neighborhood—or the whole thing just looked & felt ridiculous
is murder a form of speech? opinions differ
staking ever more pride in guns, until they had to believe in a constitutional right to kill people—had to believe in a constitutional right to declare war in your own neighborhood—or the whole thing just looked & felt ridiculous
is murder a form of speech? opinions differ
more i think about god, w/o asking any so-called prophets who didn't know about dinosaurs, let alone black holes or programming a coffee machine, i am struck by the image of
leaning on a rail some tropical morning & vibing w/ a bunch of yawny parrots
all us waking up to get'er done in high spirits
leaning on a rail some tropical morning & vibing w/ a bunch of yawny parrots
all us waking up to get'er done in high spirits
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 PM
more i think about god, w/o asking any so-called prophets who didn't know about dinosaurs, let alone black holes or programming a coffee machine, i am struck by the image of
leaning on a rail some tropical morning & vibing w/ a bunch of yawny parrots
all us waking up to get'er done in high spirits
leaning on a rail some tropical morning & vibing w/ a bunch of yawny parrots
all us waking up to get'er done in high spirits
maybe a definition of art, community, courage i didn't write down might've even—oh no—inferred it from—some lively theater costume—concept
see, between the wars,
jazz was a public project
maybe even the companion dance daylight, of the unison mass murder darknesses
everywhere
in 'the jazz age'
see, between the wars,
jazz was a public project
maybe even the companion dance daylight, of the unison mass murder darknesses
everywhere
in 'the jazz age'
January 24, 2026 at 11:49 PM
maybe a definition of art, community, courage i didn't write down might've even—oh no—inferred it from—some lively theater costume—concept
see, between the wars,
jazz was a public project
maybe even the companion dance daylight, of the unison mass murder darknesses
everywhere
in 'the jazz age'
see, between the wars,
jazz was a public project
maybe even the companion dance daylight, of the unison mass murder darknesses
everywhere
in 'the jazz age'
don't you feel grounded by statuary & crowds
these your kin where they've always been
where you were & when & will be again
painted draped & singing, feathered, in the eyes
gravity soft & dry
stairs strangle skyscrapers
all sleep curled on the windows on the river
water slaps against our kind
these your kin where they've always been
where you were & when & will be again
painted draped & singing, feathered, in the eyes
gravity soft & dry
stairs strangle skyscrapers
all sleep curled on the windows on the river
water slaps against our kind
January 24, 2026 at 4:53 AM
don't you feel grounded by statuary & crowds
these your kin where they've always been
where you were & when & will be again
painted draped & singing, feathered, in the eyes
gravity soft & dry
stairs strangle skyscrapers
all sleep curled on the windows on the river
water slaps against our kind
these your kin where they've always been
where you were & when & will be again
painted draped & singing, feathered, in the eyes
gravity soft & dry
stairs strangle skyscrapers
all sleep curled on the windows on the river
water slaps against our kind
oh hello
it never occurred to me to directly ask but serendipitously here you are so i ask—
is there dunning-kruger for groups? sociological event?
in any sense… but particularly, when an attentive group loses connection with facts but continues (increasingly?) confidently believing in its acuity
it never occurred to me to directly ask but serendipitously here you are so i ask—
is there dunning-kruger for groups? sociological event?
in any sense… but particularly, when an attentive group loses connection with facts but continues (increasingly?) confidently believing in its acuity
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 AM
oh hello
it never occurred to me to directly ask but serendipitously here you are so i ask—
is there dunning-kruger for groups? sociological event?
in any sense… but particularly, when an attentive group loses connection with facts but continues (increasingly?) confidently believing in its acuity
it never occurred to me to directly ask but serendipitously here you are so i ask—
is there dunning-kruger for groups? sociological event?
in any sense… but particularly, when an attentive group loses connection with facts but continues (increasingly?) confidently believing in its acuity
if cows had power, and could cede that power to the ultrarich, they too would be living in a DDoS flood of paranoid bullshit
January 22, 2026 at 6:47 PM
if cows had power, and could cede that power to the ultrarich, they too would be living in a DDoS flood of paranoid bullshit
(four seasons later)
January 21, 2026 at 3:15 AM
(four seasons later)
yeah nothing says "authenticity" like the crypto biz & high-speed trading
why does it elude us, that sustainable balance btwn liberal democracy & meme stocks
do we need to follow the president's lead & make rug-pullers a protected class
can't we all just get along? yes, i'll tell you how for $995
why does it elude us, that sustainable balance btwn liberal democracy & meme stocks
do we need to follow the president's lead & make rug-pullers a protected class
can't we all just get along? yes, i'll tell you how for $995
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 PM
yeah nothing says "authenticity" like the crypto biz & high-speed trading
why does it elude us, that sustainable balance btwn liberal democracy & meme stocks
do we need to follow the president's lead & make rug-pullers a protected class
can't we all just get along? yes, i'll tell you how for $995
why does it elude us, that sustainable balance btwn liberal democracy & meme stocks
do we need to follow the president's lead & make rug-pullers a protected class
can't we all just get along? yes, i'll tell you how for $995