Fi
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I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good. Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide.
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Ngunnawal country
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Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
January 1, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Holy fuck! Showing ZERO fear of retribution from a vengeance-obsessed TRAITOR who attempted to overturn the 2020 presidential election, usurp the constitution, and overthrow the U.S. government, Jack Smith, with ZERO fucks left to give is what a badass American hero looks like.
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GDP should never be used to assess the health of a countries economy. While no single metric can ever tell the full story, the best measure is the relative buying power of the median worker in a country. That will tell you how rich ordinary people actually are.
January 1, 2026 at 11:55 AM
GDP should never be used to assess the health of a countries economy. While no single metric can ever tell the full story, the best measure is the relative buying power of the median worker in a country. That will tell you how rich ordinary people actually are.
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I know it's a very contentious conversation to end the year, but "What it Sounds Like" is my favorite K-pop demon hunters song.
I think it's the anthem to start 2026 off strong. Owning our mistakes together and moving forward.
"So we're not heroes. We're still survivors."
I think it's the anthem to start 2026 off strong. Owning our mistakes together and moving forward.
"So we're not heroes. We're still survivors."
“What It Sounds Like” Song Clip | KPop Demon Hunters | Netflix Family
YouTube video by Netflix Family
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January 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
I know it's a very contentious conversation to end the year, but "What it Sounds Like" is my favorite K-pop demon hunters song.
I think it's the anthem to start 2026 off strong. Owning our mistakes together and moving forward.
"So we're not heroes. We're still survivors."
I think it's the anthem to start 2026 off strong. Owning our mistakes together and moving forward.
"So we're not heroes. We're still survivors."
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It’s the custom: on January the 1st #RecipeOfTheDay just has to be Eggs in Purgatory. Just letting you know now in case I’m not up and running in the morning! Happy New Year, and may 2026 be kind to us all. www.nigella.com/recipes/eggs...
Eggs in Purgatory
You don't actually need to have a hangover to enjoy this for breakfast (or anytime), but there is something about this easy and quick dish of eggs cooked in a fiery tomato sauce that just hits the spo...
www.nigella.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
It’s the custom: on January the 1st #RecipeOfTheDay just has to be Eggs in Purgatory. Just letting you know now in case I’m not up and running in the morning! Happy New Year, and may 2026 be kind to us all. www.nigella.com/recipes/eggs...
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Enshittification of an already overhyped app is on its way.
I wish universities understood how corrupted these tools are from the jump.
I wish universities understood how corrupted these tools are from the jump.
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Enshittification of an already overhyped app is on its way.
I wish universities understood how corrupted these tools are from the jump.
I wish universities understood how corrupted these tools are from the jump.
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After successfully fighting to un-dam the Klamath River, a land trust formed by 4 Northern California tribes just completed the purchase of a huge swath of land in the basin. They plan to focus on habitat recovery, cultural resource protection, & fire management lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/dec/29/...
Klamath Indigenous Land Trust Buys 10,000 Acres Along the Klamath River From PacifiCorp
lostcoastoutpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
After successfully fighting to un-dam the Klamath River, a land trust formed by 4 Northern California tribes just completed the purchase of a huge swath of land in the basin. They plan to focus on habitat recovery, cultural resource protection, & fire management lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/dec/29/...
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something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
There’s a funny Politico story showing that the latest polling on AI shows 80-20 in favor of heavy regulations, an absolute slam dunk platform, but Dems are worried about not winning back mask-off tech CEO donors
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
something very important for Dems to realize is that the tech overlords are not people you can win back by promising a lighter touch and saying a few nice things
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
they’ve gotten a taste of mask-off fascism and they are not going back, they don’t want to play nice with the peons anymore
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The Port of Le Havre, Night Effect - 1873
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8223
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8223
December 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Port of Le Havre, Night Effect - 1873
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8223
https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/8223
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No matter which Avatar you guys are referring to i am thinking about this guy:
a cartoon character says dah my cabbages in front of a wall
ALT: a cartoon character says dah my cabbages in front of a wall
media.tenor.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
No matter which Avatar you guys are referring to i am thinking about this guy:
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Small note: almost everyone* in Australia is immune to measles. If you aren't sure about your status and can't check your records there is a cheap blood test that can confirm your status.
The epidemiology methods for one disease may not always translate.
Vaccination is extremely effective...
The epidemiology methods for one disease may not always translate.
Vaccination is extremely effective...
December 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Small note: almost everyone* in Australia is immune to measles. If you aren't sure about your status and can't check your records there is a cheap blood test that can confirm your status.
The epidemiology methods for one disease may not always translate.
Vaccination is extremely effective...
The epidemiology methods for one disease may not always translate.
Vaccination is extremely effective...
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What our leading public health officials think
His view on the future is pretty bleak. He thinks much of what public health has achieved in the US will be dismantled:
"We've entered this, like, dark age and it's going to get worse. It is going to get so much worse."
"We've entered this, like, dark age and it's going to get worse. It is going to get so much worse."
December 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
What our leading public health officials think
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Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
The revealing pointlessness of Trump’s primetime speech
The president is a desperate man.
www.vox.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Trump's ridiculous primetime address was yet another sign that his presidency is failing www.vox.com/politics/472...
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Awful.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Awful.
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he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
he also kind of gets everyone's asses again in this follow up with the washington post
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I don’t want to spam the original thread, so I’m posting this again because I’ve had some really touching responses as it has gone viral outside of the United States
Read into this what you will, but I’d say 75% of my social media “audience” is in the USA and 90% of the hits to this are from Europe
Read into this what you will, but I’d say 75% of my social media “audience” is in the USA and 90% of the hits to this are from Europe
Forget Me Not - The Human Cost of War
Visualizing global conflict casualties (1900-2025). A homage to the poppy field.
dr.eamer.dev
December 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I don’t want to spam the original thread, so I’m posting this again because I’ve had some really touching responses as it has gone viral outside of the United States
Read into this what you will, but I’d say 75% of my social media “audience” is in the USA and 90% of the hits to this are from Europe
Read into this what you will, but I’d say 75% of my social media “audience” is in the USA and 90% of the hits to this are from Europe
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Rob Reiner 1947 - 2025 | TCM Remembers
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I'm not going back to a place that suppresses all my links, allows my misgendering, and stole my blue check for profit.
Elon's little serfs are quite literally begging journalists to come back because every publicly available source of data shows people have fled the platform and young people won't use it.
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
They are literally begging regular people to come back. Don't do it! It is a website by and for actual Nazis!
December 15, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I'm not going back to a place that suppresses all my links, allows my misgendering, and stole my blue check for profit.
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
December 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
If the US can seize a Venezuelan tanker carrying sanctioned oil, then can other tankers in other places, say the Baltic or the Black Sea, also be seized?
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"The platform stripped me of my right to say no. … yet the thought of being replaced by a machine that could do it 'better' wasn’t comforting either. I wasn’t just exploited, I was also disposable. … I was reduced to a voice without a will, a presence without consent."
Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion.
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/
The Emotional Labor Behind AI Intimacy, by Michael Geoffrey Asia.
Imagine confiding your most private fantasies to what you believe is an unfeeling algorithm that cannot judge or remember. Now imagine that on the other side of that conversation is a man sitting in a...
data-workers.org
December 10, 2025 at 6:49 AM
"The platform stripped me of my right to say no. … yet the thought of being replaced by a machine that could do it 'better' wasn’t comforting either. I wasn’t just exploited, I was also disposable. … I was reduced to a voice without a will, a presence without consent."
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