Thalweg Borborygme
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Well, the best lack all conviction
And the worst keep sharpening their claws
They're peddling in their dark fictions
While what's left of us
Well, we just hem and we haw
~Andrew Bird
And the worst keep sharpening their claws
They're peddling in their dark fictions
While what's left of us
Well, we just hem and we haw
~Andrew Bird
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Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
December 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Worth repeating this with every new Epstein document drop. The party of Denny Hastert is the party of Jim Jordan is the party of Matt Gaetz is the party of Donald Trump. Looking the other way and protecting child predators from the law is their brand.
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We’re saddened by the news about Rob Reiner, whose work has reflected a commitment to Humanism and a secular government, most recently through his documentary "God & Country" that examined the dangers of Christian nationalism.
December 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We’re saddened by the news about Rob Reiner, whose work has reflected a commitment to Humanism and a secular government, most recently through his documentary "God & Country" that examined the dangers of Christian nationalism.
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✨Camp Omni wishes you & yours a splendid Winter Solstice and a new year of strengthened community. Thank you for your support!
🌌Due to inclement weather, our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser has been moved to Dec. 28. Join us for an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!🔭☕
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🌌Due to inclement weather, our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser has been moved to Dec. 28. Join us for an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!🔭☕
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December 22, 2025 at 1:15 AM
✨Camp Omni wishes you & yours a splendid Winter Solstice and a new year of strengthened community. Thank you for your support!
🌌Due to inclement weather, our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser has been moved to Dec. 28. Join us for an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!🔭☕
Details 🔽🔽
🌌Due to inclement weather, our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser has been moved to Dec. 28. Join us for an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!🔭☕
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When synthesizers came on to the market, manufacturers actively worked to court musicians into using them. If they'd sold it like a lot of these guys sell LLMs they would have hit the "demo" button on a synthesizer & said "Now you don't need those stuck up musicians (who we all hate) to make music!"
December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When synthesizers came on to the market, manufacturers actively worked to court musicians into using them. If they'd sold it like a lot of these guys sell LLMs they would have hit the "demo" button on a synthesizer & said "Now you don't need those stuck up musicians (who we all hate) to make music!"
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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"A.i." is a tool of racists and fascists and liars. Do not use it and do not spread it. Abolish "A.i." from every space and org you have authority over - at the very least from your own computers and social media feeds.
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
"A.i." is a tool of racists and fascists and liars. Do not use it and do not spread it. Abolish "A.i." from every space and org you have authority over - at the very least from your own computers and social media feeds.
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
Heads at corpo Democrat PR firms...
December 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Heads at corpo Democrat PR firms...
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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These tools are dangerous because of what they take from us - our independent thought, our own voices, our ethics, even our aspirations and some part of our humanity. They concentrate cognition in the same way that work-or-die capitalism concentrates wealth, with the same costs in inequality.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
These tools are dangerous because of what they take from us - our independent thought, our own voices, our ethics, even our aspirations and some part of our humanity. They concentrate cognition in the same way that work-or-die capitalism concentrates wealth, with the same costs in inequality.
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🌌🔭Celebrate the turning of the seasons on Dec. 21 with an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!
🌟☕Enjoy a guided Star Talk + snacks & hot beverages at our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser - all proceeds support Camp Omni!
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Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser
Celebrate the solstice with us at Camp Omni as we welcome the turning of the seasons with an evening of science, stories, and stars! Enjoy a guided Star Talk featuring the constellations, planets, and...
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December 6, 2025 at 11:23 PM
🌌🔭Celebrate the turning of the seasons on Dec. 21 with an evening of science, stories & stars in Davis!
🌟☕Enjoy a guided Star Talk + snacks & hot beverages at our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser - all proceeds support Camp Omni!
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🌟☕Enjoy a guided Star Talk + snacks & hot beverages at our Stargazing at the Solstice Fundraiser - all proceeds support Camp Omni!
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December 5, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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That arc toward justice won't bend itself
January 27, 2025 at 8:24 PM
That arc toward justice won't bend itself
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I would not get in a car if Hakeem Jeffries was driving. We can’t continue to let him and those like him “lead” a milquetoast opposition to overt fascism.
Primary appeasers.
Elect fighters.
Primary appeasers.
Elect fighters.
Jeffries: "The border is secure. That's a good thing. It happened on his watch. He wants to claim credit for it, of course he'll get credit for that. In terms of making sure that we actually deal with the issues that matter, including on immigration, there's a lot that's left to be desired."
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I would not get in a car if Hakeem Jeffries was driving. We can’t continue to let him and those like him “lead” a milquetoast opposition to overt fascism.
Primary appeasers.
Elect fighters.
Primary appeasers.
Elect fighters.
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If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
Pete Hegseth Should Be Charged With Murder
No matter how you look at the strikes on alleged “drug boats”—as acts of war or attacks on civilians—Hegseth has committed a crime and should be prosecuted.
www.thenation.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If we're not at war, Pete Hegseth is a murderer. If we are at war, Pete Hegseth is still a murderer. He's a murderer. And you don't need to go to The Hague to hold him accountable because there are perfectly good, American laws AGAINST MURDER.
My latest in @thenation.com
My latest in @thenation.com
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This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
one insidious thing about gen AI is it's not just causing us to mistrust dodgy images, it's also making us mistrust images that look perfectly normal. this is gaslighting in a very literal sense bc the technology is undermining the trust we have in our own ability to perceive reality!
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This is why folks call it a tool of fascism. It generates fear and distrust, which benefits fascist liars.
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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these people are fucking morons and anyone who believes them about anything is also a fucking moron I cannot believe this is how huge amounts of the planet gets damaged this is stuff Douglas Adams couldn't have written at his most cynically depressed about humanity
I laughed at loud. These people are so pathetic; our enemies are numbskulls. They will kill us all and still not know hs physics.
COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
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COWEN: The stupidest question possible: Why don’t we just make more GPUs?
ALTMAN: Because we need to make more electrons.
conversationswithtyler.com/episodes/sam...
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
these people are fucking morons and anyone who believes them about anything is also a fucking moron I cannot believe this is how huge amounts of the planet gets damaged this is stuff Douglas Adams couldn't have written at his most cynically depressed about humanity
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See you tomorrow at Woodstock's🍕 in Davis for our November networking social & the *last meetup* this year as we say 👋Farewell to 2025!
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November 24, 2025 at 3:11 AM
See you tomorrow at Woodstock's🍕 in Davis for our November networking social & the *last meetup* this year as we say 👋Farewell to 2025!
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📋Entering 2026, help shape CapSciComm's future by taking our Community Survey! ▶️ forms.gle/vJhN5rxxqdTKG3nJ9
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.
November 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
America putting most of its eggs in the generative AI basket, China going hard into green tech. When history looks back on this period, someone is going to look awfully stupid.