@manydills.bsky.social
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I am so happy I left X.
I loved the community there.
But it is gone.
I loved the diversity there.
But it is gone.
I loved the idea I was getting good information.
But it is gone.
And I have discovered new things here and in the world.
And I sleep better.
And I am not supporting Twitter.
It is gone
I loved the community there.
But it is gone.
I loved the diversity there.
But it is gone.
I loved the idea I was getting good information.
But it is gone.
And I have discovered new things here and in the world.
And I sleep better.
And I am not supporting Twitter.
It is gone
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I am so happy I left X.
I loved the community there.
But it is gone.
I loved the diversity there.
But it is gone.
I loved the idea I was getting good information.
But it is gone.
And I have discovered new things here and in the world.
And I sleep better.
And I am not supporting Twitter.
It is gone
I loved the community there.
But it is gone.
I loved the diversity there.
But it is gone.
I loved the idea I was getting good information.
But it is gone.
And I have discovered new things here and in the world.
And I sleep better.
And I am not supporting Twitter.
It is gone
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Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Exactly. Newsom translated is “we need to treat a lot of you as abnormal and we need you to be a lot less judgmental about it.”
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Nah but who the fuck is Gavin Newsom to tell me what is normal? He be fully chubbed up in tight ass wranglers tearing down homeless encampments with his bare hands
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Nah but who the fuck is Gavin Newsom to tell me what is normal? He be fully chubbed up in tight ass wranglers tearing down homeless encampments with his bare hands
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Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Which is it man because you can’t say ‘be more normal’ back-to-back with ‘be less judgmental’ without a hint of irony because that’s just positioning yourself as cultural authority & then demanding the type of grace that by virtue of your immediately preceding statement you refuse to extend to us
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Centrist Democrats want to be Republicans so bad.
December 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Centrist Democrats want to be Republicans so bad.
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This is a very judgmental thing to say.
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the Democratic Party needed to be “more culturally normal” and “less judgmental.”
December 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is a very judgmental thing to say.
"God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule."
Funny at a time humor felt fraught and hard to reach.
Funny at a time humor felt fraught and hard to reach.
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule."
Funny at a time humor felt fraught and hard to reach.
Funny at a time humor felt fraught and hard to reach.
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It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Fox News' Will Cain: "I’m sure there are very honorable law-abiding upstanding citizens and contributors from the Somali community here in the United States, BUT..."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
He goes on to say "we aren’t going to pretend here that all cultures are of equal value or the same."
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
It’s true. We shouldn’t pretend that. Trumpist culture is not the same as American culture and not equal. Trumpist culture is proudly ignorant, defiantly against America’s founding values and subsequently developed values, venomously bigoted, and generally despicable.
Time to rethink attending any Iowa Regents Institution. There were worse choices for this role, but not many.
Republican Robert Cramer, former chair of The Family Leader, named regents president
Republican Robert Cramer, former chair of The Family Leader, named regents president
Robert Cramer — a long-time executive with his family's bridge-construction and land development company and past board member of The Family Leader — on Wednesday was elected president of Iowa's Board of Regents.
www.thegazette.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Time to rethink attending any Iowa Regents Institution. There were worse choices for this role, but not many.
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just for anyone who lost track;
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
December 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
just for anyone who lost track;
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
The inch bigots were given a decade ago has turned into several miles and my friends are suffering for it.
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Well, at least you know the product is good when it's being nonconsensually jammed into every possible application and begging people to use it
December 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Well, at least you know the product is good when it's being nonconsensually jammed into every possible application and begging people to use it
Good. More of this. Sooner next time.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Good. More of this. Sooner next time.
Yeah, Bradley should be right up there next to Hegseth, right next to his team.
The orders were illegal. Obviously so. Everyone who took part needs to be done.
The orders were illegal. Obviously so. Everyone who took part needs to be done.
I would think Bradley’s reputation would have been harmed by, you know, committing a war crime, not by somebody noticing he’d committed a war crime.
December 2, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Yeah, Bradley should be right up there next to Hegseth, right next to his team.
The orders were illegal. Obviously so. Everyone who took part needs to be done.
The orders were illegal. Obviously so. Everyone who took part needs to be done.
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Where are all those "but academic freedom!" folks? Harper's Letter signatories? What's up?
This is insane. Any material a prof thinks is necessary but isn’t for formal licensing has to get the signoff of the chair, then dean, then provost?
This is an absolutely mockery of academic freedom.
I feel like Texas Tech HAS to lose its accreditation for this, no? It’s preposterous.
This is an absolutely mockery of academic freedom.
I feel like Texas Tech HAS to lose its accreditation for this, no? It’s preposterous.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Where are all those "but academic freedom!" folks? Harper's Letter signatories? What's up?
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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I understand that the policy role former conservatives such as myself will have in the Big Tent, which is absolutely zero. That's completely fine and fair. It's not policy that interests us at this point.
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I understand that the policy role former conservatives such as myself will have in the Big Tent, which is absolutely zero. That's completely fine and fair. It's not policy that interests us at this point.
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Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
HASSETT: Gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon in a lot of places
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
CORDES: Gas prices on average are still at $3 a galloon
HASSETT: For a few states they got below $2
November 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just once I'd like to hear a TV news anchor say, "Sir, that's not true, and if you keep insisting it is, we're going to end this interview to protect our viewers from further disinformation. And we won't invite you back."
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"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them
Instead of "strong floor, no ceiling", how about "Fuck these fucking assholes and make them pay for what they did."
Or
"Everyone who contributed to this can expect to die penniless."
Or
"Everyone who contributed to this can expect to die penniless."
“Strong floor, no ceiling” is absolutely the type of slogan that a focus group of swing voters will tell you they find appealing after it has been a whole hour and they just want to go home.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
It’s a slogan for people convinced this country *really* wants a Mike Bloomberg presidential campaign.
November 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Instead of "strong floor, no ceiling", how about "Fuck these fucking assholes and make them pay for what they did."
Or
"Everyone who contributed to this can expect to die penniless."
Or
"Everyone who contributed to this can expect to die penniless."
I would love a ceiling on the amount of wealth a person is allowed to accumulate. It should be 8 digits, no more. The rest is taxed at a 110% marginal rate.
The New Deal wasn’t built on a promise that there would be “no ceiling” for the richest Americans.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
Quite the opposite, in fact. FDR knew its politics could only work if he singled out the rich as villains and knew that its policies could only work if the rich paid their fair share in taxes.
November 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I would love a ceiling on the amount of wealth a person is allowed to accumulate. It should be 8 digits, no more. The rest is taxed at a 110% marginal rate.
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This despite it being aggressively shoehorned into every productivity application available - maybe investors are stupid???????
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 30, 2025 at 2:49 AM
This despite it being aggressively shoehorned into every productivity application available - maybe investors are stupid???????
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I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I don’t get it, why does making art become unsatisfying when you remove the part where your brain works and is rewarded with a sense of accomplishment
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People will listen to neuroscience podcasts 18 hours a day and never shut up about optimizing themselves and still willfully forget that the point of making art is not for a computer to generate an image as quickly as possible it is to activate different parts of that brain you supposedly care about
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
People will listen to neuroscience podcasts 18 hours a day and never shut up about optimizing themselves and still willfully forget that the point of making art is not for a computer to generate an image as quickly as possible it is to activate different parts of that brain you supposedly care about
"Below the Root", for the Apple IIe.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"Below the Root", for the Apple IIe.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’