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A touching tribute to Mike F
![Classic Mike F tweet:
Check this shit out motherfucker [I slide one foot out from under me and fall on my ass, its not clear what kind of move I was trying to do]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:g62tajye723r3fa4gqw7l7ql/bafkreiacssf7vnpkyqovhna4mfme3qexnhqifch625ta46ibfzgpswz6ue@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A touching tribute to Mike F
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Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
January 6, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Got paid AND his job back, lmao. Keep fighting these dweebs
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one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
January 3, 2026 at 4:24 PM
one problem with learning is it will make you so angry at how stupid everything is
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Because the 80s/90s angry misogynist nerd to techbro pipeline is unbeaten.
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
How did The Lord of the Rings end up so beloved by the right wing?
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Because the 80s/90s angry misogynist nerd to techbro pipeline is unbeaten.
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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They'll stall, delay, and deflect until he's dead and powerless, at which point the files will show he was an even bigger raping criminal scumbag than anybody assumed, at which point they'll pivot to their new chosen one and memory hole the last decade
From the politics community on Reddit: Epstein files might not be released in full until after Trump leaves office
Explore this post and more from the politics community
www.reddit.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
They'll stall, delay, and deflect until he's dead and powerless, at which point the files will show he was an even bigger raping criminal scumbag than anybody assumed, at which point they'll pivot to their new chosen one and memory hole the last decade
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"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
On the first day back following the kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro & first lady Cilia Flores, 6 Senate Democrats vote yea to confirm Keith Bass as an Assistant Secretary of Defense by a vote of 50-35.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
"what do you expect dems, who have NO POWER, to do???" and then they do this 8 times a month
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The GOP didn't have the votes for many years but that didn't stop them from pulling out every procedural trick possible while screaming at Dems on TV. And now they're in charge.
Lot of people yelling recently "but we don't have the votes!" True! That doesn't mean "immediately quit." (Also not what propter is saying here, to be clear.) It means create a spectacle, make things cause celebres, make the Republican position untenable.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
Create bargaining position and force votes.
January 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
The GOP didn't have the votes for many years but that didn't stop them from pulling out every procedural trick possible while screaming at Dems on TV. And now they're in charge.
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The Internet is one of the most destructive things humanity has ever created, not because it destroys bodies or physical material but rather it the destroys the social fabric that binds society and civilization together and that’s a first of its kind sort of thing.
Anyway, here’s a fun thought: things 09A show that “communities” based around pure nihilism can form online, this combined with LLMs and chatbot psychosis, mean you could create scalable turnkey antisocial behavior inculcators as a service. I’m certain nation-states are already thinking about this.
I think the mechanism is pretty clear imo: it's trained to be agreeable, and so when someone with mental illness starts inputting their delusions it defaults to affirmation. what's more interesting is why this isn't happening with the other chatbots. just not as much market penetration?
January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The Internet is one of the most destructive things humanity has ever created, not because it destroys bodies or physical material but rather it the destroys the social fabric that binds society and civilization together and that’s a first of its kind sort of thing.
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this is the future of digital conflict and it will work.
Anyway, here’s a fun thought: things 09A show that “communities” based around pure nihilism can form online, this combined with LLMs and chatbot psychosis, mean you could create scalable turnkey antisocial behavior inculcators as a service. I’m certain nation-states are already thinking about this.
I think the mechanism is pretty clear imo: it's trained to be agreeable, and so when someone with mental illness starts inputting their delusions it defaults to affirmation. what's more interesting is why this isn't happening with the other chatbots. just not as much market penetration?
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
this is the future of digital conflict and it will work.
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"nearly all digital communities become incredibly toxic as a result of fundamental issues in how online socialization works"
"What about [single example of a healthy community]"
thank you for this incredibly salient counter argument.
"What about [single example of a healthy community]"
thank you for this incredibly salient counter argument.
January 5, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"nearly all digital communities become incredibly toxic as a result of fundamental issues in how online socialization works"
"What about [single example of a healthy community]"
thank you for this incredibly salient counter argument.
"What about [single example of a healthy community]"
thank you for this incredibly salient counter argument.
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What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids?
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Democratic Senator Jack Reed calls the Venezuela operation "well conceived and courageously executed" before adding the campaign is "illegal"
January 5, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Democratic Senator Jack Reed calls the Venezuela operation "well conceived and courageously executed" before adding the campaign is "illegal"
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Thinking about how the Taliban hates running Afghanistan because they have to actually show up to work every day instead of shooting guns with their friends.
Dan Bongino has departed FBI, per statement
January 5, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Thinking about how the Taliban hates running Afghanistan because they have to actually show up to work every day instead of shooting guns with their friends.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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02 Jan 2026
January 4, 2026 at 7:07 PM
02 Jan 2026
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
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We had a good run
2026 could be great. We simply don't know.
January 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
We had a good run
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Just a reminder: here is all that it took to get president Andrew Johnson impeached.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Just a reminder: here is all that it took to get president Andrew Johnson impeached.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
They introduced this and voted on it. They came up with the exact articles to send to the senate later.
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I would take Goofus out behind the shed and shoot him. Gallant I would shoot somewhere else, a place of honor
January 3, 2026 at 6:08 AM
I would take Goofus out behind the shed and shoot him. Gallant I would shoot somewhere else, a place of honor