Jonathan
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While it sounds like he's criticizing the Iraq War on principle, he's wording is really chilling:
"Thousands of lives, and we don't even have it..."
He's complaining about the money and lost lives because we haven't taken POSSESSION of anything at the end of it. He still wants the imperialism.
"Thousands of lives, and we don't even have it..."
He's complaining about the money and lost lives because we haven't taken POSSESSION of anything at the end of it. He still wants the imperialism.
Truly, one of the best moments of the 2016 GOP primaries was when Trump cooked Jeb and the entire Bush family
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 PM
While it sounds like he's criticizing the Iraq War on principle, he's wording is really chilling:
"Thousands of lives, and we don't even have it..."
He's complaining about the money and lost lives because we haven't taken POSSESSION of anything at the end of it. He still wants the imperialism.
"Thousands of lives, and we don't even have it..."
He's complaining about the money and lost lives because we haven't taken POSSESSION of anything at the end of it. He still wants the imperialism.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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The Elon Musk Xitter algorithm is literally rigged to boost Matt Yglesias, catturd, Ben Shapiro, and other right wing accounts.
Of course Yglesias is upset that you don't use it.
www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23...
Of course Yglesias is upset that you don't use it.
www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23...
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Elon Musk Xitter algorithm is literally rigged to boost Matt Yglesias, catturd, Ben Shapiro, and other right wing accounts.
Of course Yglesias is upset that you don't use it.
www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23...
Of course Yglesias is upset that you don't use it.
www.theverge.com/2023/3/28/23...
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looking for website inspiration 👀✨
what are your favorite personal dev portfolios/blogs (or websites of small dev/design agencies)? I'm not talking super whimsical (although they are great 🤩), but beautifully made, nice to look at and read, great typography, nice little extras... 😊
what are your favorite personal dev portfolios/blogs (or websites of small dev/design agencies)? I'm not talking super whimsical (although they are great 🤩), but beautifully made, nice to look at and read, great typography, nice little extras... 😊
December 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
looking for website inspiration 👀✨
what are your favorite personal dev portfolios/blogs (or websites of small dev/design agencies)? I'm not talking super whimsical (although they are great 🤩), but beautifully made, nice to look at and read, great typography, nice little extras... 😊
what are your favorite personal dev portfolios/blogs (or websites of small dev/design agencies)? I'm not talking super whimsical (although they are great 🤩), but beautifully made, nice to look at and read, great typography, nice little extras... 😊
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I call this "The Lying Screen"
December 15, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I call this "The Lying Screen"
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Is it political violence when students get killed after JD Vance and Trump call universities the enemy of the people? Or is that just "tragedy" while only the murder of far-right advocates of violence like Charlie Kirk qualifies for political recognition?
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
What Is Political Violence? - Boston Review
Pundits and politicians conceal the truth: it’s all around us, perpetrated by our political system itself.
www.bostonreview.net
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Is it political violence when students get killed after JD Vance and Trump call universities the enemy of the people? Or is that just "tragedy" while only the murder of far-right advocates of violence like Charlie Kirk qualifies for political recognition?
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/wha...
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I’m not some fancy business knower but aren’t you supposed to get paid for licensing rather than paying the company using your copyrights?
Disney and OpenAI sign a deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
Disney makes $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will become a "major" OpenAI customer
openai.com/index/disney...
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m not some fancy business knower but aren’t you supposed to get paid for licensing rather than paying the company using your copyrights?
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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Because capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act.
AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap. jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap. jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
AI Art Is Weird, Sad, and Ugly. Let’s Not Pretend Otherwise.
Because capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act. AI art is just the slop frothing up from t...
jacobin.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Because capitalism orients people toward profit rather than allowing us to pursue our interests freely, it inevitably separates humans from the creative act.
AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap. jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
AI art is just the slop frothing up from that gap. jacobin.com/2025/12/ai-s...
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It’s hard to imagine a better metaphor for late-stage Silicon Valley: Pay us a cut to imagine the future for us. An industry completely devoid of new ideas asking users to gamble on what might happen next.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-are-1...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-are-1...
December 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
It’s hard to imagine a better metaphor for late-stage Silicon Valley: Pay us a cut to imagine the future for us. An industry completely devoid of new ideas asking users to gamble on what might happen next.
www.garbageday.email/p/here-are-1...
www.garbageday.email/p/here-are-1...
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The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
www.wired.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The media successfully convinced itself all the humorless scolds were on the left, and while we certainly have our share of them, oh, baby, is it not even CLOSE to how many there are on the right.
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I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
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Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Here’s Judith Butler explaining what this movement is and always was, about five years ago.
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One of the reasons Trump has appeal amongst poor folk is that he is a poor person’s idea of a rich person.
The idea of becoming that rich person is engrained in American society. We have a TON of work to do before it is politically viable to tell people being that rich person isn’t possible
The idea of becoming that rich person is engrained in American society. We have a TON of work to do before it is politically viable to tell people being that rich person isn’t possible
Wrote about the whole Strong Floor, No Ceiling thing, the pipe dream of American class consciousness, and the political salience of economic security:
badfaithtimes.com/strong-floor...
badfaithtimes.com/strong-floor...
Strong Floor, No Ceiling, Bad Slogan
A bad slogan doesn't mean it's bad policy, however.
badfaithtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
One of the reasons Trump has appeal amongst poor folk is that he is a poor person’s idea of a rich person.
The idea of becoming that rich person is engrained in American society. We have a TON of work to do before it is politically viable to tell people being that rich person isn’t possible
The idea of becoming that rich person is engrained in American society. We have a TON of work to do before it is politically viable to tell people being that rich person isn’t possible
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
www.aidsmemorial.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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The indie web is here to make the internet weird again
The indie web is here to make the internet weird again
Welcome to the new old internet.
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The indie web is here to make the internet weird again
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Chihiro from SPIRITED AWAY is the most millennial-coded character in fiction:
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
January 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Chihiro from SPIRITED AWAY is the most millennial-coded character in fiction:
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
- forced to beg in order to get worst job in the entire universe
- incompetent at work due to being coddled by pig boomer parents
- immediately starts dating her manager
- quits after two days to move back home
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i'm way better than all of the dogs in the dog show. i can ride a bike, i can cook meals, and i'm very familiar with computers. i can do all kinds of things that they will never be able to do
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
i'm way better than all of the dogs in the dog show. i can ride a bike, i can cook meals, and i'm very familiar with computers. i can do all kinds of things that they will never be able to do
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SCULLY: It's impossible. There's no one on earth who could teach you to fit that many marshmallows in your mouth.
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
December 7, 2024 at 5:42 AM
SCULLY: It's impossible. There's no one on earth who could teach you to fit that many marshmallows in your mouth.
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
MULDER: Daff righ...... No one...... on urff...
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The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The real and true story of why Police Squad (the TV series Naked Gun was based on and easily the funniest tv show of its time) was canceled is legitimately insane and one of the most egregious examples of TV malpractice I’ve ever heard:
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oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
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Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Mamdani turned his haters into waiters at the table of success
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2005 me: I love literary journalism, I love writers who bare their souls
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
2005 me: I love literary journalism, I love writers who bare their souls
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
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