Joseph
@hbarsquared.bsky.social
An American in Sweden. Netrunner, cats, and leftist outrage.
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hello yes I installed a CK3 mod that removed the need for Casus Belli, I didn't want to bother
and now everyone's just invading each other, kidnapping each others' leaders, nobody will marry my children, nobody even trades anymore, the game basically stopped working, uninstall uninstall uninstall
and now everyone's just invading each other, kidnapping each others' leaders, nobody will marry my children, nobody even trades anymore, the game basically stopped working, uninstall uninstall uninstall
January 3, 2026 at 10:30 PM
hello yes I installed a CK3 mod that removed the need for Casus Belli, I didn't want to bother
and now everyone's just invading each other, kidnapping each others' leaders, nobody will marry my children, nobody even trades anymore, the game basically stopped working, uninstall uninstall uninstall
and now everyone's just invading each other, kidnapping each others' leaders, nobody will marry my children, nobody even trades anymore, the game basically stopped working, uninstall uninstall uninstall
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The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
I wish I could like this a billion times. Every single billionaire is a failure of policy.
and on the question of a billionaire tax, you could get a real big one off lump sum but the point is to make being a billionaire illegal. allowing anyone to accumulate that much is a threat to national security
December 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I wish I could like this a billion times. Every single billionaire is a failure of policy.
"The age of human creativity is over!" the least interesting men in the world gleefully decree, while wondering why no one wants to buy their plagiarism machine.
December 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
"The age of human creativity is over!" the least interesting men in the world gleefully decree, while wondering why no one wants to buy their plagiarism machine.
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I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
December 15, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
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Gonna condemn grandma to the torment nexus because I never wanna grow up.
December 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Gonna condemn grandma to the torment nexus because I never wanna grow up.
Just got back from Stockholm's Nobel Lights exhibit and this year was phenomenal!
December 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Just got back from Stockholm's Nobel Lights exhibit and this year was phenomenal!
Every time I get mad at some bullshit random grammar rule in my Swedish learning journey, I have to stop myself and ask if it's the same or worse in English, and let me tell you it almost always is.
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Every time I get mad at some bullshit random grammar rule in my Swedish learning journey, I have to stop myself and ask if it's the same or worse in English, and let me tell you it almost always is.
They said "We're too big to fail".
We said "If you don't lose you'll never learn".
"Oh we'll learn," they said. "Trust us."
We said "If you don't lose you'll never learn".
"Oh we'll learn," they said. "Trust us."
Top US financiers sound alarm on lending standards on.ft.com/3JeFnzL
Top US financiers sound alarm on lending standards
Apollo’s Marc Rowan warns of ‘willingness to cut corners’
on.ft.com
October 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
They said "We're too big to fail".
We said "If you don't lose you'll never learn".
"Oh we'll learn," they said. "Trust us."
We said "If you don't lose you'll never learn".
"Oh we'll learn," they said. "Trust us."
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YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
October 6, 2025 at 5:37 PM
YOU MUST MAINTAIN YOUR STRENGTH AND POWER! TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS.
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If you see this, post a random photo or meme from your photo gallery without explaining it.
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you see this, post a random photo or meme from your photo gallery without explaining it.
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If you make and show me a Sora 2 video I want you to know I think of you as infinitely less important than a worm, whose movements and excrement nuture the soil, whereas a Sora 2 user is a creature that asks robots to despoil the world out of boredom.
October 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If you make and show me a Sora 2 video I want you to know I think of you as infinitely less important than a worm, whose movements and excrement nuture the soil, whereas a Sora 2 user is a creature that asks robots to despoil the world out of boredom.
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Ope this is going off
Ok folks! My Congressman is a MAGA clown who's on multiple ag committees.
As a farmer, I need ag policymakers who tell Trump no.
So for every donation to Kim Hardy, who's running against my
Congressman, I will post one (1) ag fact.
secure.actblue.com/donate/nc07s...
Ok folks! My Congressman is a MAGA clown who's on multiple ag committees.
As a farmer, I need ag policymakers who tell Trump no.
So for every donation to Kim Hardy, who's running against my
Congressman, I will post one (1) ag fact.
secure.actblue.com/donate/nc07s...
Help Kimberly flip NC-07!
Kimberly is a mom, educator, and social worker running against a MAGA extremist.
secure.actblue.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ope this is going off
Ok folks! My Congressman is a MAGA clown who's on multiple ag committees.
As a farmer, I need ag policymakers who tell Trump no.
So for every donation to Kim Hardy, who's running against my
Congressman, I will post one (1) ag fact.
secure.actblue.com/donate/nc07s...
Ok folks! My Congressman is a MAGA clown who's on multiple ag committees.
As a farmer, I need ag policymakers who tell Trump no.
So for every donation to Kim Hardy, who's running against my
Congressman, I will post one (1) ag fact.
secure.actblue.com/donate/nc07s...
Imagine spending ten billion dollars to try and save twenty million dollars, and then failing in the exact way the haters said you would.
And techbros wonder why everyone thinks they're a joke ...
And techbros wonder why everyone thinks they're a joke ...
Lionsgate right now is struggling to make AI generated movie
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Imagine spending ten billion dollars to try and save twenty million dollars, and then failing in the exact way the haters said you would.
And techbros wonder why everyone thinks they're a joke ...
And techbros wonder why everyone thinks they're a joke ...
Ten years ago we were installing a GW of solar power every week. Now we are doing it every *12 hours*.
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ten years ago we were installing a GW of solar power every week. Now we are doing it every *12 hours*.
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AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
September 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
There are so many, but I keep coming back to when they bombed that hospital in the first days of the conflict.
They came up with a dozen lies in 24 hours, and seeing the media blindly swallow each one made me realize that they would not see any real consequences for their actions.
They came up with a dozen lies in 24 hours, and seeing the media blindly swallow each one made me realize that they would not see any real consequences for their actions.
August 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There are so many, but I keep coming back to when they bombed that hospital in the first days of the conflict.
They came up with a dozen lies in 24 hours, and seeing the media blindly swallow each one made me realize that they would not see any real consequences for their actions.
They came up with a dozen lies in 24 hours, and seeing the media blindly swallow each one made me realize that they would not see any real consequences for their actions.
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We have a societal and educational crisis on our hands of people not understanding what LLMs are and are not, can and cannot do. It's impacting economics, the job market, art, mental health, and business at all levels. If you think I'm an AI skeptic because I don't understand them, think again.
August 24, 2025 at 5:48 AM
We have a societal and educational crisis on our hands of people not understanding what LLMs are and are not, can and cannot do. It's impacting economics, the job market, art, mental health, and business at all levels. If you think I'm an AI skeptic because I don't understand them, think again.
There are so many, but Rakesfall by @vajra.me is one that I'll be re-reading for years to come. If you love reading, you need to read this book.
In response to this, name the last book that you read that you would recommend.
abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...
abcnews.go.com/Health/ameri...
Americans spend less time reading for fun and more time on screens: Study
Fewer Americans are opening a book for fun each day, with reading for pleasure in the U.S. down 40% over the past 20 years, a new study published Wednesday found.
abcnews.go.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
There are so many, but Rakesfall by @vajra.me is one that I'll be re-reading for years to come. If you love reading, you need to read this book.
Toejam & Earl on the Sega Genesis. The high-level enemies (crazed dentists and phantom ice cream trucks) were a staple of my 8-year-old nightmares.
What was the first video game that scared you?
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
It doesn't have to be a horror game. Maybe you didn't even play it -- plenty of ads freaked me out as a kid.
August 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Toejam & Earl on the Sega Genesis. The high-level enemies (crazed dentists and phantom ice cream trucks) were a staple of my 8-year-old nightmares.
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rich people were a mistake
August 19, 2025 at 1:45 AM
rich people were a mistake