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Cómo llegas a fin de año
Spirit guardian, Henan or Hebei China, ca. 500-534
December 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Cómo llegas a fin de año
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HUMBUG! To you and yours from the Christmas Bat
December 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
HUMBUG! To you and yours from the Christmas Bat
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It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
December 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It's time! Behold the Christmas hedgehog! From Verdun, Bibl. mun., ms. 0107, f. 008. Our thanks as always to @etreharne.bsky.social who found her.
parang soca is still the best christmas music and its not even close
Scrunter - Eat Something - CCN/TV6 (2000)
YouTube video by Visual Art and Production
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December 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
parang soca is still the best christmas music and its not even close
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the tiger bites down with crushing force. suddenly its mouth is flooded with the flavors of arugula and fernet branca. the italian escapes… this time.
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
the tiger bites down with crushing force. suddenly its mouth is flooded with the flavors of arugula and fernet branca. the italian escapes… this time.
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🌎Procnias nudicollis
Conservação: Vulnerável
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December 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
🇧🇷Araponga
🌎Procnias nudicollis
Conservação: Vulnerável
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📷 Rudimar Cipriani
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A moratorium on new data centers is immediately destructive to the the environment and hurts virtually every other sort of modern computing more than anything 'AI'.
There's a ton of necessary work needed to better regulate the creation and application of new AI technology but this? This ain't it.
There's a ton of necessary work needed to better regulate the creation and application of new AI technology but this? This ain't it.
I will be pushing for a moratorium on the construction of data centers that are powering the unregulated sprint to develop & deploy AI.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
The moratorium will give democracy a chance to catch up, and ensure that the benefits of technology work for all of us, not just the 1%.
It's Time for a Moratorium on Data Centers | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
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December 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A moratorium on new data centers is immediately destructive to the the environment and hurts virtually every other sort of modern computing more than anything 'AI'.
There's a ton of necessary work needed to better regulate the creation and application of new AI technology but this? This ain't it.
There's a ton of necessary work needed to better regulate the creation and application of new AI technology but this? This ain't it.
biked beans
beans.mp4
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December 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
biked beans
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Again, anti-wokeness is a backlash to integration of white collar work. Only white men are allowed to have prestigious jobs otherwise it's unfair bsky.app/profile/mike...
Wow, the horror. Completely shut out of an industry that … promoted him to senior reporter by 40
December 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Again, anti-wokeness is a backlash to integration of white collar work. Only white men are allowed to have prestigious jobs otherwise it's unfair bsky.app/profile/mike...
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i am convinced that most people making a strong argument for an ideological presence on twitter simply do not understand what recommenders are or how they work
Part of the problem i feel is that people want to treat Twitter as a Habermasian public sphere when in reality, the ideological skew is defined by Musk
This is probably the worst sales pitch I've ever heard - "join this app, everyone is radicalised, hates you and wants to argue with you" - 99% of social media users don't want an experience that resembles that at all
December 15, 2025 at 3:24 AM
i am convinced that most people making a strong argument for an ideological presence on twitter simply do not understand what recommenders are or how they work
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trying to finish a few eurorack modules this winter. the four channel, equal-power panning stereo mixer (with meter and automation) is coming along nicely.
December 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
trying to finish a few eurorack modules this winter. the four channel, equal-power panning stereo mixer (with meter and automation) is coming along nicely.
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District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
District court judges are engaged in a bipartisan project of [forgive me] actually calling balls and strikes. Republican circuit judges are largely going full-tilt partisan.
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
Stats as of last month:
courtaccountability.substack.com/p/where-law-...
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lol
Would hate to have to work with Wa-Luigi Coates on a group project
Imagine looking around America in 2025 and thinking, "What we need less of is morality."
November 19, 2025 at 6:26 PM
lol
Larry Summers is good at connecting donors and funders to institutions who want money and access. His educational position is a perk he was given for that job – not the other way around – and perks are the *first* thing you lose after being confirmed to be a weird fucking creep.
I know that at this point it's a subplot in the Epstein files drama, but I feel compelled to point out, once again, that Larry Summers HAS NO BUSINESS teaching students at ANY university ever again!
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest cries into the abyss, in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Why Is Larry Summers Still Employed?
The revelations about the economist’s attempts to pressure a women into a “relationship”—with guidance from Jeffrey Epstein—should finally disqualify him from teaching students.
www.thenation.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Larry Summers is good at connecting donors and funders to institutions who want money and access. His educational position is a perk he was given for that job – not the other way around – and perks are the *first* thing you lose after being confirmed to be a weird fucking creep.
there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play james bond
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
there’s no rule that says a dog can’t play james bond
the rats don't run this city — we do 🌱
if any of them can get inside my 4' cube of hardware cloth, they probably deserve the many delights it will contain
if any of them can get inside my 4' cube of hardware cloth, they probably deserve the many delights it will contain
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
the rats don't run this city — we do 🌱
if any of them can get inside my 4' cube of hardware cloth, they probably deserve the many delights it will contain
if any of them can get inside my 4' cube of hardware cloth, they probably deserve the many delights it will contain
by the time you actually have the popular support necessary to create a viable third party, you've likely already taken over an existing party. you've already won, go home.
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
by the time you actually have the popular support necessary to create a viable third party, you've likely already taken over an existing party. you've already won, go home.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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It may no longer be implemented in time for the next Census, but I think the latest version of SPD-15 still requires that detailed race / ethnicity categories be included in federal surveys e.g. Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean.
one thing that is clear from the precinct data is that "Asian" needs to be disaggregated (in ways that weren't really the case in 2024)
Zohran ran up large majorities in heavily South Asian areas while running closer to even in heavily East Asian (primarily Chinese) areas
Zohran ran up large majorities in heavily South Asian areas while running closer to even in heavily East Asian (primarily Chinese) areas
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It may no longer be implemented in time for the next Census, but I think the latest version of SPD-15 still requires that detailed race / ethnicity categories be included in federal surveys e.g. Asian Indian, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean.
many people dislike steven pinker's habit of laundering dubious personal opinions that don't hold up to factual scrutiny, but people shouldn't sleep on the fact that he's also an asshole.
The committee hosted Steven Pinker, who said, "Canada has the reputation now of being more woke than the United State... because of some of these EDI programs and policies that are being put in place, researchers do not feel welcome here."
This fantasy is being deployed to create anti-EDI policy.
This fantasy is being deployed to create anti-EDI policy.
November 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
many people dislike steven pinker's habit of laundering dubious personal opinions that don't hold up to factual scrutiny, but people shouldn't sleep on the fact that he's also an asshole.