merp
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long time account haver, first time account user. they/them.
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Can't be exaggerated: every bully believes themselves a victim. Even Hitler! Even US slave owners!
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
so I'm about halfway through my re-read of "the rise and fall of the third reich," world war 2 is about to kick off, and one notable thing is how many times hitler would start off speeches and meetings talking about how badly he/germany had been treated, usually by countries he planned on crushing
February 1, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Can't be exaggerated: every bully believes themselves a victim. Even Hitler! Even US slave owners!
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
It's part of the psychology. There is no amount of power or privilege that can ameliorate it.
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“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
January 22, 2026 at 4:21 AM
“Cant sleep… i’ll just have a quick look at my phone”
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People in books are always nobly turning down offers of huge sums of money from their wealthy suitors. I simply wouldn’t
January 18, 2026 at 9:29 PM
People in books are always nobly turning down offers of huge sums of money from their wealthy suitors. I simply wouldn’t
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The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
January 16, 2026 at 5:16 PM
The actual story is that a family of American citizens trying to evacuate from a neighborhood that ICE had made unsafe, and then ICE tossed munitions into the car, causing three kids to be hospitalized and a six month old to stop breathing. DHS called the family “radical agitators”
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They do not have enough goons and they know it, so they're trying to overawe any resistance into giving up voluntarily. That's what all this is! They simply do not have the manpower to execute the sort of takeover they want.
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
They do not have enough goons and they know it, so they're trying to overawe any resistance into giving up voluntarily. That's what all this is! They simply do not have the manpower to execute the sort of takeover they want.
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I have a question.
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I have a question.
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hey, elected officials? nobody who says anything like revamp or reform or rehabilitate or retrain ICE has my vote. i don't want ICE 2.0. i don't want "hurt and terrorize and murder and abduct my neighbors but in a more socially acceptable way." get them fucking gone and maybe we'll talk
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
hey, elected officials? nobody who says anything like revamp or reform or rehabilitate or retrain ICE has my vote. i don't want ICE 2.0. i don't want "hurt and terrorize and murder and abduct my neighbors but in a more socially acceptable way." get them fucking gone and maybe we'll talk
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oh ffs Alito
"There are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes with them – what do you say about them? Are they bigots? Are they deluded for thinking they’re subjected to unfair competition?"
well you're a bigot I can tell you that for free
"There are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes with them – what do you say about them? Are they bigots? Are they deluded for thinking they’re subjected to unfair competition?"
well you're a bigot I can tell you that for free
January 13, 2026 at 4:35 PM
oh ffs Alito
"There are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes with them – what do you say about them? Are they bigots? Are they deluded for thinking they’re subjected to unfair competition?"
well you're a bigot I can tell you that for free
"There are an awful lot of female athletes who are strongly opposed to participation by trans athletes with them – what do you say about them? Are they bigots? Are they deluded for thinking they’re subjected to unfair competition?"
well you're a bigot I can tell you that for free
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Nothing so perfectly proves the concept of whiteness as a social construct than the reality that white people who stand up for minorities forfeit some of the protections that whiteness afforded them.
January 8, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Nothing so perfectly proves the concept of whiteness as a social construct than the reality that white people who stand up for minorities forfeit some of the protections that whiteness afforded them.
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I just typed some offensive words into my computer and it showed them right on the screen. this should not be allowed
January 9, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I just typed some offensive words into my computer and it showed them right on the screen. this should not be allowed
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
The focus on training misses the mark. Yes, many federal agents are sloppy and unprepared, but years of organizing against police violence have taught me that more training doesn't stop violence. It just makes the death-making more respectable (sometimes) and more expensive.
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plenty of you will yell at a random woman on the internet before you take any steps to improve your own lives and it shows
January 4, 2026 at 8:53 PM
plenty of you will yell at a random woman on the internet before you take any steps to improve your own lives and it shows
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I just want everyone to step back and realize how often it's a trans woman getting bullied off social media.
January 5, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I just want everyone to step back and realize how often it's a trans woman getting bullied off social media.
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every time you hit post the computer feels pain
January 4, 2026 at 11:07 PM
every time you hit post the computer feels pain
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The fact is that you cannot even safely screenshot the examples of potential CSAM being generated by xAI because it may then constitute possession of child pornography
Let experts in this field do the work that needs to be done and if you’re going to try and look for it, do not save to your phone
Let experts in this field do the work that needs to be done and if you’re going to try and look for it, do not save to your phone
January 2, 2026 at 8:55 PM
The fact is that you cannot even safely screenshot the examples of potential CSAM being generated by xAI because it may then constitute possession of child pornography
Let experts in this field do the work that needs to be done and if you’re going to try and look for it, do not save to your phone
Let experts in this field do the work that needs to be done and if you’re going to try and look for it, do not save to your phone
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THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
January 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
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How I feel drawing anything rn
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
How I feel drawing anything rn
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"But there's no way to get books without a megacorp." go indie.
"All the game companies are using AI, how can I play games?" go indie.
"Record labels keep giving to bad causes, I can't avoid it!" go indie.
Even if we're not perfect, indie creators can't do harm on the same *scale* as a megacorp.
"All the game companies are using AI, how can I play games?" go indie.
"Record labels keep giving to bad causes, I can't avoid it!" go indie.
Even if we're not perfect, indie creators can't do harm on the same *scale* as a megacorp.
December 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"But there's no way to get books without a megacorp." go indie.
"All the game companies are using AI, how can I play games?" go indie.
"Record labels keep giving to bad causes, I can't avoid it!" go indie.
Even if we're not perfect, indie creators can't do harm on the same *scale* as a megacorp.
"All the game companies are using AI, how can I play games?" go indie.
"Record labels keep giving to bad causes, I can't avoid it!" go indie.
Even if we're not perfect, indie creators can't do harm on the same *scale* as a megacorp.
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Has anyone else noticed the year number goes up pretty much every year
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Has anyone else noticed the year number goes up pretty much every year
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The people who talk about expanding the tent are never, ever actually expanding the tent. They want to pick up the tent and move it rightwards. If the tent were getting bigger, letting in new people would not require pushing other people out, which the metaphorical expansion somehow always does.
Well um is the tent big enough for us? Oh just big enough for hate mongers? Oh.
December 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The people who talk about expanding the tent are never, ever actually expanding the tent. They want to pick up the tent and move it rightwards. If the tent were getting bigger, letting in new people would not require pushing other people out, which the metaphorical expansion somehow always does.
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give money to trans journalists.
December 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
give money to trans journalists.
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Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
For more stories like this, like Slate on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.
slate.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
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www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/c...
Lab error, even unintentional due to a software bug, is orders of magnitude more common than an actual false match.
And it is *very* hard to actually bring up lab errors except years later when the damage has already been done
Lab error, even unintentional due to a software bug, is orders of magnitude more common than an actual false match.
And it is *very* hard to actually bring up lab errors except years later when the damage has already been done
Lab used in Kristin Smart trial may have incorrectly analyzed DNA in hundreds of cases
It’s unclear at this time if the Smart case was affected by the reported error or how it may impact Paul Flores’ murder conviction.
www.sanluisobispo.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/c...
Lab error, even unintentional due to a software bug, is orders of magnitude more common than an actual false match.
And it is *very* hard to actually bring up lab errors except years later when the damage has already been done
Lab error, even unintentional due to a software bug, is orders of magnitude more common than an actual false match.
And it is *very* hard to actually bring up lab errors except years later when the damage has already been done