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I know that primarying Dems is the call to action for the moment, but why can’t we recall them too when they vote against their constituents wishes or ignore public outcry?
Their manipulation in ending the shutdown for a pinky promise shows them working around primaries.
Their manipulation in ending the shutdown for a pinky promise shows them working around primaries.
December 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I know that primarying Dems is the call to action for the moment, but why can’t we recall them too when they vote against their constituents wishes or ignore public outcry?
Their manipulation in ending the shutdown for a pinky promise shows them working around primaries.
Their manipulation in ending the shutdown for a pinky promise shows them working around primaries.
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Look at the date. Disabled people told you.
They made too many disabled people.
They made too many disabled people.
December 18, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Look at the date. Disabled people told you.
They made too many disabled people.
They made too many disabled people.
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I'm reminded this holiday season that the block button is the greatest gift of all. 🎁
December 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I'm reminded this holiday season that the block button is the greatest gift of all. 🎁
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10/10 would buy
Someone should make these for illness diagnosis
December 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
10/10 would buy
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Tell me how shit like this isn’t an existential threat to our ability to seek new knowledge. Tell me how it’s better that e never know what’s true again so you can fuck your chatbot and write overblown Disney princess fanfic.
December 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Tell me how shit like this isn’t an existential threat to our ability to seek new knowledge. Tell me how it’s better that e never know what’s true again so you can fuck your chatbot and write overblown Disney princess fanfic.
This is great. I'd love something like that in my area. Even if it is just overpasses and underpasses
In Canada, along British Columbia’s Highway 93 and the Rocky Mountains corridor, new overpasses, fencing and retro-fitted bridges are being built to cut animal collisions on roads as wildlife corridors aim to make stop highways becoming death traps for animals.
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A dangerous road for B.C. wildlife is getting safer | The Narwhal
Work is underway to reduce collision risks on Highway 3 through the Rockies from B.C. to Alberta
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December 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
This is great. I'd love something like that in my area. Even if it is just overpasses and underpasses
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Possibly the most sublime Roman fresco of a temple.
The architectural detail of the spiky-topped wooden barrier, the painted relief in the pediment, & the offerings burning on the altar; it’s a symphony of observations.
Archaeological Museum of Capri (no provenance)
#FrescoFriday
The architectural detail of the spiky-topped wooden barrier, the painted relief in the pediment, & the offerings burning on the altar; it’s a symphony of observations.
Archaeological Museum of Capri (no provenance)
#FrescoFriday
December 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Possibly the most sublime Roman fresco of a temple.
The architectural detail of the spiky-topped wooden barrier, the painted relief in the pediment, & the offerings burning on the altar; it’s a symphony of observations.
Archaeological Museum of Capri (no provenance)
#FrescoFriday
The architectural detail of the spiky-topped wooden barrier, the painted relief in the pediment, & the offerings burning on the altar; it’s a symphony of observations.
Archaeological Museum of Capri (no provenance)
#FrescoFriday
Ableism is a tool to harm every marginalization, and get away with it. Because it is still perceived as socially acceptable across the entire political spectrum.
the goal is to subtly demonstrate that you won’t be punished for saying the n-word
similar to congress not punishing sitting members for calling trans people “tranny”
although even the new york times just prints the word “tranny” uncensored but will censor the word “fuck” in the same article
similar to congress not punishing sitting members for calling trans people “tranny”
although even the new york times just prints the word “tranny” uncensored but will censor the word “fuck” in the same article
“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Ableism is a tool to harm every marginalization, and get away with it. Because it is still perceived as socially acceptable across the entire political spectrum.
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grown adults in charge of people's lives frequently sounding like when ur in 2nd grade and a classmate w diabetes has to go to the nurse to get a snack and another one of ur classmates is like "um. how come *I* don't get to go to the nurse to get a snack 🤨" except it's like. 50 yr old men.
December 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
grown adults in charge of people's lives frequently sounding like when ur in 2nd grade and a classmate w diabetes has to go to the nurse to get a snack and another one of ur classmates is like "um. how come *I* don't get to go to the nurse to get a snack 🤨" except it's like. 50 yr old men.
Terrifying.
The vandalism continues www.cnn.com/2025/12/21/p...
White House pushes Smithsonian to comply with review to receive federal funding | CNN Politics
The Trump administration has signaled to the Smithsonian Institution that the White House could withhold federal funding from the museum organization if it does not comply with the administration’s un...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Terrifying.
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let's all take a moment to remember that in the 80s Ferris Bueller "Oh Yeah" song by Yello, the singer is canonically a little fat creature who is simply living his best life and chilling
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
let's all take a moment to remember that in the 80s Ferris Bueller "Oh Yeah" song by Yello, the singer is canonically a little fat creature who is simply living his best life and chilling
It's incredibly disturbing. I used to like the Grinch. Now he is ruined, and doesn't mean anything anymore.
I know I’m not the first person to say it but the hyper commercialization of the Grinch story is pretty sad and a perfect illustration of the ability of capital to absorb critiques painlessly
December 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's incredibly disturbing. I used to like the Grinch. Now he is ruined, and doesn't mean anything anymore.
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"Our demands are simple."
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
Why We Are on Hunger Strike in UK Jails
Amu Gib is one of eight prisoners incarcerated for alleged involvement in direct action against Israeli genocide currently on hunger strike in UK jails.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
"Our demands are simple."
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
"One: shut down the weapons factories." "Two, deproscribe Palestine Action." "Three, an end to the mistreatment of prisoners." "Four, immediate bail." "And five: a fair trial."
#UK #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Incarceration #Food #Protest #Genocide #Military
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This really is the most important bit:
No matter how "confident" "Gen AI" sounds, it's only calculating what you're mostly likely to accept.
Like a pickup sleazebag or the current occupant of the oval office, maybe Something it says will resemble the truth, but it doesn't know or care if it does.
No matter how "confident" "Gen AI" sounds, it's only calculating what you're mostly likely to accept.
Like a pickup sleazebag or the current occupant of the oval office, maybe Something it says will resemble the truth, but it doesn't know or care if it does.
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
This really is the most important bit:
No matter how "confident" "Gen AI" sounds, it's only calculating what you're mostly likely to accept.
Like a pickup sleazebag or the current occupant of the oval office, maybe Something it says will resemble the truth, but it doesn't know or care if it does.
No matter how "confident" "Gen AI" sounds, it's only calculating what you're mostly likely to accept.
Like a pickup sleazebag or the current occupant of the oval office, maybe Something it says will resemble the truth, but it doesn't know or care if it does.
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"Generative AI" doesn’t tell the truth, which is believing you know facts & trying to communicate them; it doesn't lie, which is believing you know facts & trying to obscure them; it isn't even "mistaken," which is Trying to tell the truth but erring in either what's known, how it's told, or both.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Generative AI" doesn’t tell the truth, which is believing you know facts & trying to communicate them; it doesn't lie, which is believing you know facts & trying to obscure them; it isn't even "mistaken," which is Trying to tell the truth but erring in either what's known, how it's told, or both.
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…Bc even when "Gen AI" "Hallucinates" (gets stuff wrong), it is doing *Exactly* what it was built & trained to do. Users just, in those instances, don't happen to like the outputs.
Put another way, "Gen AI" is *Always* bullshitting ("hallucinating"); users just happen to like a lot of what it spews
Put another way, "Gen AI" is *Always* bullshitting ("hallucinating"); users just happen to like a lot of what it spews
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
…Bc even when "Gen AI" "Hallucinates" (gets stuff wrong), it is doing *Exactly* what it was built & trained to do. Users just, in those instances, don't happen to like the outputs.
Put another way, "Gen AI" is *Always* bullshitting ("hallucinating"); users just happen to like a lot of what it spews
Put another way, "Gen AI" is *Always* bullshitting ("hallucinating"); users just happen to like a lot of what it spews
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So… these "questions of accuracy" were always going to happen once the Washington Post chose to make "Personalized AI Podcast" bullshit, bc statistically generative sycophantic bullshit engines are not, & frankly cannot be about "accuracy." You know that, right NPR? Please say you know that by now…
Questions of accuracy arise as Washington Post uses AI to create personalized podcasts
The Post calls the podcast an "AI-powered tool" that turns its articles into an audio news digest.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
So… these "questions of accuracy" were always going to happen once the Washington Post chose to make "Personalized AI Podcast" bullshit, bc statistically generative sycophantic bullshit engines are not, & frankly cannot be about "accuracy." You know that, right NPR? Please say you know that by now…
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Marcel Marceau spent the Occupation in hiding & working in the Resistance. His first big gig was performing for 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. In 1946 he had this portrait made at Studio Harcourt.
December 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Marcel Marceau spent the Occupation in hiding & working in the Resistance. His first big gig was performing for 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. In 1946 he had this portrait made at Studio Harcourt.
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Happy birthday to Jean-Michel Basquiat (born Dec 22, 1960).
A singular force who fused street culture, Black history, poetry, and fury into a visual language that still crackles with urgency. Crowns up, always.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #BlackArt #JeanMichelBasquiat
A singular force who fused street culture, Black history, poetry, and fury into a visual language that still crackles with urgency. Crowns up, always.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #BlackArt #JeanMichelBasquiat
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Happy birthday to Jean-Michel Basquiat (born Dec 22, 1960).
A singular force who fused street culture, Black history, poetry, and fury into a visual language that still crackles with urgency. Crowns up, always.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #BlackArt #JeanMichelBasquiat
A singular force who fused street culture, Black history, poetry, and fury into a visual language that still crackles with urgency. Crowns up, always.
#QueerHistory #QueerArt #BlackArt #JeanMichelBasquiat
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Puppy portrait! Did a little drawing of my brother’s dog, Winnie.
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Puppy portrait! Did a little drawing of my brother’s dog, Winnie.
Adorable. I love it.
December 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Adorable. I love it.
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A few billionaires control things.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
@theradr.bsky.social Hi Rabbi - your piece on anti-semitism is a wonderful resource. Question you may have addressed before.
How should we think abt the idea that a handful of billionaires (Musk, Thiel, Trump, Putin, etc) control the world, which is so similar to the anti-semitic conspiracy theory?
How should we think abt the idea that a handful of billionaires (Musk, Thiel, Trump, Putin, etc) control the world, which is so similar to the anti-semitic conspiracy theory?
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A few billionaires control things.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
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BLUF: Press is talking about "Super Flu" bc this year's dominant strain isn't a great match to the vaccine. Get vax'd anyway (consider the high-dose vax), wear a mask (protects against airborne pathogens), and have a testing + treatment strategy ahead of time because viral replication is exponential
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December 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
BLUF: Press is talking about "Super Flu" bc this year's dominant strain isn't a great match to the vaccine. Get vax'd anyway (consider the high-dose vax), wear a mask (protects against airborne pathogens), and have a testing + treatment strategy ahead of time because viral replication is exponential
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Damn it sure would be embarrassing for the writer of this if there were any medical conditions where people could walk but not for long distances
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Damn it sure would be embarrassing for the writer of this if there were any medical conditions where people could walk but not for long distances
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Yeah fuck these guys.
Add a zero to your quote price and tell them you'll add another if they haggle, then pull the plug at the last minute when there's no time to find a replacement.
Or better, just name them for the boycott.
Add a zero to your quote price and tell them you'll add another if they haggle, then pull the plug at the last minute when there's no time to find a replacement.
Or better, just name them for the boycott.
They're the same companies who are now advertising for temporary positions for human writers to "train AI" to be better at doing the jobs. Which is why none of us should, on any account, do that for them.
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Yeah fuck these guys.
Add a zero to your quote price and tell them you'll add another if they haggle, then pull the plug at the last minute when there's no time to find a replacement.
Or better, just name them for the boycott.
Add a zero to your quote price and tell them you'll add another if they haggle, then pull the plug at the last minute when there's no time to find a replacement.
Or better, just name them for the boycott.