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Hey. Hey, want to read some stories from Palestinian writers? Buy my book. It’s good. It has a lot of words in it (but not too many words!).
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Speculati…
Thyme Travellers collects fourteen of the Palestinian d…
www.goodreads.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Hey. Hey, want to read some stories from Palestinian writers? Buy my book. It’s good. It has a lot of words in it (but not too many words!).
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
This has been an attempt at self marketing. www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...
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i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
It is not a "surveillance state" for your car to know that the speed limit is 25 miles per hour.
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i have been radicalized into agreeing with the car speed governor idea michael expressed at the top of this thread more or less entirely on the basis of the totally garbage responses to it. everyone who complains should also lose 1mph per complaint.
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I do not want to be part of a left that thinks bigotry is ok. In fact, I don't think that's left.
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I do not want to be part of a left that thinks bigotry is ok. In fact, I don't think that's left.
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The emerging left-right consensus--from "socialists" to JD Vance--that it's ok to be openly racist should worry us all.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The emerging left-right consensus--from "socialists" to JD Vance--that it's ok to be openly racist should worry us all.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
Open slurs were one way Black people were barred from full participation in daily life, including employment. "Socialists" who think this is ok are siding with capital.
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When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
"I was forced to use AI until the day I was laid off." Copywriters reveal how AI has decimated their industry
Copywriters were one of the first to have their jobs targeted by AI firms. These are their stories, three years into the AI era.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
When the AI boom began, copywriters were singled out as one of the jobs most vulnerable to AI. Now, three years later, I wanted to hear from workers on the frontlines of the industry, to hear what had actually taken place on the ground.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
For many, it was even worse than they'd feared.
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First comic that ever made me laugh until I cried, I think I was like 5 years old
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
First comic that ever made me laugh until I cried, I think I was like 5 years old
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it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
it's worth noting 1) that there's a longstanding tradition of trying to play solidarity against basic self-respect and 2) that the Combahee River Collective's coining of the term "identity politics" was directly in response to this
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Wait, chainsaws were allowed in libraries up til now??
I’ve worked in public libraries for 20 years, today was the first time we’ve had to tell someone they couldn’t bring their chainsaw in the library.
December 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Wait, chainsaws were allowed in libraries up til now??
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Let me bang this drum once again: CAUCUS SHOULD SELECT AND REMOVE LEADERS
And it would avoid this whole stupid situation.
And it would avoid this whole stupid situation.
When was the last time someone resigned as premier so that they could run to be premier?
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Rob Lantz resigns as P.E.I. premier to run for provincial PC Party's permanent leadership | CBC News
Rob Lantz has resigned as Prince Edward Island's 34th premier Thursday and announced his bid for the permanent leadership of the province’s Progressive Conservative Party.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Let me bang this drum once again: CAUCUS SHOULD SELECT AND REMOVE LEADERS
And it would avoid this whole stupid situation.
And it would avoid this whole stupid situation.
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Agree and also Mars, the Bringer of War from this series is definitely one of the all time classical bangers
Everyone needs to listen to Gustav Holst's "The Planets", not for hoity-toity nerd reasons, but because every epic sci-fi movie OST for the past century has been directly lifting shit from this one specific collection of pieces, and you deserve to hear your favourite motif in its native environment.
December 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Agree and also Mars, the Bringer of War from this series is definitely one of the all time classical bangers
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Woo is a reactionary force. Its association with hippies concealed this for a long time, but it has always been true.
This is strictly a personal observation from living in LA, but RFK scares me so much because otherwise orthodox liberals with a woo food and chemicals streak are being converted into lunatic conservatives.
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
December 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Woo is a reactionary force. Its association with hippies concealed this for a long time, but it has always been true.
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The bartender at our local brewery said her monthly premium is going from $450 to $1250. Per month. This is more than the increase those of us with employer insurance see when we grumble about premium increases and I need such folks to understand. It is literally unaffordable.
People are going to die because of the pending insurance premium hikes. I know the terrain of discourse is inconsistent and goes through a tumble cycle every 24 hours, but I really think we need to hone in on this reality and drive it home for people.
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The bartender at our local brewery said her monthly premium is going from $450 to $1250. Per month. This is more than the increase those of us with employer insurance see when we grumble about premium increases and I need such folks to understand. It is literally unaffordable.
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
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because i could not clank for death —
he kindly clanked for me —
he kindly clanked for me —
December 10, 2025 at 3:23 AM
because i could not clank for death —
he kindly clanked for me —
he kindly clanked for me —
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are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
December 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson
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just riffing on this, in 1944 my grandad's friend Paddy, who would go on to become a very distinguished writer, kidnapped a German general in occupied Crete and took him up into the mountains with a resistance team, from where he was sent on to the UK by submarine. Now, up in the mountains ...
there is not any particularly strong evidence that study of the humanities make people good people. the elites of many brutal empires were extremely well-read!
December 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
just riffing on this, in 1944 my grandad's friend Paddy, who would go on to become a very distinguished writer, kidnapped a German general in occupied Crete and took him up into the mountains with a resistance team, from where he was sent on to the UK by submarine. Now, up in the mountains ...
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wrote about this at greater length here. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/democrats-...
December 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
wrote about this at greater length here. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/democrats-...
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Like once a week I see someone on the subway with, like, a $10,000 Leica hanging around their neck or an Hermes shopping bag on their arm and I am continually amazed by how difficult it is to get robbed in this city
New York City went 12 days without a murder in November / December. That's tied for the longest stretch in history, according to the NYPD. As someone who was here when there were 6+ murders per day in this town, it continues to amaze me how safe the place is.
December 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Like once a week I see someone on the subway with, like, a $10,000 Leica hanging around their neck or an Hermes shopping bag on their arm and I am continually amazed by how difficult it is to get robbed in this city
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This is such a phenomenal detail, in that Musk didn't even lie about what he was demoing at the big splashy demo, but somehow the world just ate up the hype anyway:
![Excerpt from the linked article:
The current era of humanoid hype has a clear inauguration date. On August 19, 2021, at Tesla’s AI Day, a press jamboree to promote the company’s latest tech and future plans, Musk took the stage and announced that he was building a robot. The machine—then known as the Tesla Bot, now called Optimus—would have “human-level hands,” he promised. It would be able to perform “dangerous, repetitive, boring tasks” and follow simple commands like “Go to a store and get me the following groceries.” Lacking a prototype to show the audience, Musk had arranged for a man in a spandex robot costume to stand in for the Tesla Bot. The figure mounted the stairs with cartoonishly stiff movements before breaking into a frenetic, seemingly improvised dance as dubstep blared from nearby speakers. After the dancer exited to scattered applause, Musk shuffled back onstage. “Obviously that was not real,” he said.
[the final sentence, "Obviously that was not real", has been highlighted in the screenshot]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vhnfl7xl452tli2pzoqsxiu4/bafkreifafainbtp4nvd7qxf3ogglqfvxqcuzeypiayb4e34u3q5pxk3lhq@jpeg)
December 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is such a phenomenal detail, in that Musk didn't even lie about what he was demoing at the big splashy demo, but somehow the world just ate up the hype anyway:
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washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
December 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
washington post reporter code-switching on twitter and bluesky like a key & peele sketch
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Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
December 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Just a reminder that there's a Will Shakespeare miniseries from the heyday of BBC historicals starring Tim Curry as Shakespeare and Ian McShane as Marlowe, and it's on youtube:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpxC...
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OH THAT IS INTERESTING
December 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
OH THAT IS INTERESTING