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I need two people to come with me tonight to break into the local billionaire’s house at midnight dressed as ghosts. I’ll explain everything tomorrow when we are feasting on the prized turkey from the butcher’s window.
December 24, 2023 at 7:43 PM
I need two people to come with me tonight to break into the local billionaire’s house at midnight dressed as ghosts. I’ll explain everything tomorrow when we are feasting on the prized turkey from the butcher’s window.
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2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
December 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
2025 Headline of the Year nominee (November)
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
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if you could choose between learning to live with your emotions or burning the whole world down in an attempt to avoid them which would you pick?
December 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
if you could choose between learning to live with your emotions or burning the whole world down in an attempt to avoid them which would you pick?
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it is very easy to get hoodwinked by grifters that's all I'm saying
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
it is very easy to get hoodwinked by grifters that's all I'm saying
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I think a lot about how dangerous this all is from the point of view of someone who once went into a ghost hunting experience for tourists ironically, with the goal of live-blogging it afterwards, and ended up crying in the Victoria BC Maritime Museum because the dowsing rods didn't summon my mom
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I think a lot about how dangerous this all is from the point of view of someone who once went into a ghost hunting experience for tourists ironically, with the goal of live-blogging it afterwards, and ended up crying in the Victoria BC Maritime Museum because the dowsing rods didn't summon my mom
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also, by the way
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
also, by the way
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
a lot of us process our grief by making art
they're trying to replace that process with AI from both directions
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it's also an act of generous creative imagination
sometimes when I really need my mom, and she's not here, I have to think about like, okay when she was being her best self, what might she say or do in this situation? it's a story we tell ourselves that gives comfort and meaning. no app can do that
sometimes when I really need my mom, and she's not here, I have to think about like, okay when she was being her best self, what might she say or do in this situation? it's a story we tell ourselves that gives comfort and meaning. no app can do that
December 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
it's also an act of generous creative imagination
sometimes when I really need my mom, and she's not here, I have to think about like, okay when she was being her best self, what might she say or do in this situation? it's a story we tell ourselves that gives comfort and meaning. no app can do that
sometimes when I really need my mom, and she's not here, I have to think about like, okay when she was being her best self, what might she say or do in this situation? it's a story we tell ourselves that gives comfort and meaning. no app can do that
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it's not just that I find it chilling to imagine Sam Altman wearing my dead mom's face in order to sell me ads
it's that the way we ACTUALLY keep our lost loved ones alive requires a myriad of human skills these assholes perpetually devalue, like storytelling and deep emotional connection
it's that the way we ACTUALLY keep our lost loved ones alive requires a myriad of human skills these assholes perpetually devalue, like storytelling and deep emotional connection
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
it's not just that I find it chilling to imagine Sam Altman wearing my dead mom's face in order to sell me ads
it's that the way we ACTUALLY keep our lost loved ones alive requires a myriad of human skills these assholes perpetually devalue, like storytelling and deep emotional connection
it's that the way we ACTUALLY keep our lost loved ones alive requires a myriad of human skills these assholes perpetually devalue, like storytelling and deep emotional connection
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your AI algorithm (or worse, the underpaid and horribly treated remote worker in India somewhere you are forcing to pretend to be your AI algorithm) doesn't know my dead mom. *I* know my dead mom. *I* know what she'd say to me. learning to give *yourself* that guidance is what wisdom looks like
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
your AI algorithm (or worse, the underpaid and horribly treated remote worker in India somewhere you are forcing to pretend to be your AI algorithm) doesn't know my dead mom. *I* know my dead mom. *I* know what she'd say to me. learning to give *yourself* that guidance is what wisdom looks like
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we talk a lot about the weirdo techbro obsession with immortality these AI necromancy projects embody, but I'm arguably even MORE fascinated by the terror of allowing yourself to experience deep, complex emotions they so obviously reveal
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
we talk a lot about the weirdo techbro obsession with immortality these AI necromancy projects embody, but I'm arguably even MORE fascinated by the terror of allowing yourself to experience deep, complex emotions they so obviously reveal
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
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I hate these people but I gotta admit a giant statue of Prometheus actually goes hard, especially because the project will inevitably be canceled and go unfinished and then we'll have an unfinished statue of Prometheus as a monument to these people's hubris and that is so poetic
Conservative-leaning tech investors are racing to build a new American colossus, and they want something much, much bigger than the Statue of Liberty. Meet the new monuments men of the tech right and their plans for statue-maxing:
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
www.bloomberg.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I hate these people but I gotta admit a giant statue of Prometheus actually goes hard, especially because the project will inevitably be canceled and go unfinished and then we'll have an unfinished statue of Prometheus as a monument to these people's hubris and that is so poetic
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Whatever it is, this is my favourite sport.
June 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Whatever it is, this is my favourite sport.
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GRRM expressed frustration in his latest blog post that people online say he will never finish The Winds of Winter.
Like most people, GRRM's problem would be solved by getting off the internet and doing something else. Like most of us, he will not do it. An icon of the age.
Like most people, GRRM's problem would be solved by getting off the internet and doing something else. Like most of us, he will not do it. An icon of the age.
May 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
GRRM expressed frustration in his latest blog post that people online say he will never finish The Winds of Winter.
Like most people, GRRM's problem would be solved by getting off the internet and doing something else. Like most of us, he will not do it. An icon of the age.
Like most people, GRRM's problem would be solved by getting off the internet and doing something else. Like most of us, he will not do it. An icon of the age.
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Me (crying): Please...I just need to message my coworkers
Microsoft Teams Developers: No you don't. You want a Bunch of Bullshit that also changes week-to-week for some reason
Microsoft Teams Developers: No you don't. You want a Bunch of Bullshit that also changes week-to-week for some reason
May 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Me (crying): Please...I just need to message my coworkers
Microsoft Teams Developers: No you don't. You want a Bunch of Bullshit that also changes week-to-week for some reason
Microsoft Teams Developers: No you don't. You want a Bunch of Bullshit that also changes week-to-week for some reason
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Basically every time I have to grab a lime I hear “I’ll just grab a lime. I’m saved by the buoyancy of citrus!”
It’s not even a great joke, considering some of his other work, but it’s worn deep into a groove of my brain.
It’s not even a great joke, considering some of his other work, but it’s worn deep into a groove of my brain.
Everyone has one Mitch Hedberg joke stashed in their brain like a squirrel to sustain them whenever they need to feel joy for 30 seconds and mine is “they say the recipe for Sprite is Lemon and Lime but I tried to make it at home, there’s more to it than that”
May 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Basically every time I have to grab a lime I hear “I’ll just grab a lime. I’m saved by the buoyancy of citrus!”
It’s not even a great joke, considering some of his other work, but it’s worn deep into a groove of my brain.
It’s not even a great joke, considering some of his other work, but it’s worn deep into a groove of my brain.
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At the risk of sounding corny, hope really is a practice. I’m as much of a cynical depresso as the next person. The reason why I find doomerism so toxic is that it forecloses the possibility of a better future. The devils want us to fall into despair.
May 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
At the risk of sounding corny, hope really is a practice. I’m as much of a cynical depresso as the next person. The reason why I find doomerism so toxic is that it forecloses the possibility of a better future. The devils want us to fall into despair.
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one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
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May 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
one thing I respect about medieval beekeepers is their total commitment to looking like Doctor Who villains
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Last September, a new card was issued for Magic: The Gathering ...
“Zimone, All-Questioning”
Apparently the card makes it possible to deal infinite damage ...
... *so long as the twin primes conjecture is true*
Item #12 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
“Zimone, All-Questioning”
Apparently the card makes it possible to deal infinite damage ...
... *so long as the twin primes conjecture is true*
Item #12 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
May 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Last September, a new card was issued for Magic: The Gathering ...
“Zimone, All-Questioning”
Apparently the card makes it possible to deal infinite damage ...
... *so long as the twin primes conjecture is true*
Item #12 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
“Zimone, All-Questioning”
Apparently the card makes it possible to deal infinite damage ...
... *so long as the twin primes conjecture is true*
Item #12 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
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If you were asked to prove your citizenship right now, how would you do it?
If birthright citizenship is disrupted, your birth certificate may not be sufficient. Now what?
Your parents are citizens, you say? Sure. How do you prove that?
See the problem?
If birthright citizenship is disrupted, your birth certificate may not be sufficient. Now what?
Your parents are citizens, you say? Sure. How do you prove that?
See the problem?
May 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If you were asked to prove your citizenship right now, how would you do it?
If birthright citizenship is disrupted, your birth certificate may not be sufficient. Now what?
Your parents are citizens, you say? Sure. How do you prove that?
See the problem?
If birthright citizenship is disrupted, your birth certificate may not be sufficient. Now what?
Your parents are citizens, you say? Sure. How do you prove that?
See the problem?
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When I post photos of my kid at a party I crop out other kids bc I don’t feel like surveying parents so it looks like he’s always lonely but this is preferable to my neighbor who posted his daughters sports team and black-barred the eyes of all the other kids like it was an episode of Forensic Files
May 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When I post photos of my kid at a party I crop out other kids bc I don’t feel like surveying parents so it looks like he’s always lonely but this is preferable to my neighbor who posted his daughters sports team and black-barred the eyes of all the other kids like it was an episode of Forensic Files
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Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
May 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Coprolite isn't my favorite fossil but it's a solid number two.
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pope having a totally never trump twitter account is just way outside any of my expectations
May 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
pope having a totally never trump twitter account is just way outside any of my expectations