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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1h

Writing a prompt asking Claude to write me a prompt to write a prompt to write a prompt to wri

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1h

The lion does not concern himself with Forever Chemicals

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 17h

I know this is state level but I think Texas seems to be a sort of testing ground for a lot of their power plays, and this seems clearly coordinated with the national-scale goal to create the appearance of an organized militant “antifa” threat or whatever

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 17h

They might try and disrupt all the DSA chapters in the country or something like that, but I personally think that would be a grave error on their part and if there are any old fashioned deep state fascists left they will really not want Trump to destabilize a situation they currently have tabs on

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 17h

People are parsing this as cointelpro 2, they’re parsing it as a bluff meant to sow mistrust among the ranks of orgs, idk, I assume they have a certain degree of penetration, won’t successfully gain more quickly, so this is 90% pandering to the base & validating the notion of a home-grown insurgency

Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 22h

Citing the “martyrdom” of Charlie Kirk, Texas AG Ken Paxton says his office is pursuing sweeping undercover investigations into “leftist” groups. “To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."

"Leftist political terrorism is a clear and present danger. Corrupted ideologies like transgenderism and Antifa are a cancer on our culture and have unleashed their deranged and drugged-up foot soldiers on the American people," said Attorney General Paxton. "The martyrdom of Charlie Kirk marks a turning point in America.
There can be no compromise with those who want us dead. To that end, I have directed my office to continue its efforts to identify, investigate, and infiltrate these leftist terror cells. To those demented souls who seek to kill, steal, and destroy our country, know this: you cannot hide, you cannot escape, and justice is coming."
The radical Left has incubated an environment where political violence is not only justified but celebrated and praised. In July, nearly two dozen armed leftists connected to various Texas-based Antifa-like groups ambushed an Immigration and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") facility in Alvarado, Texas. On September 10, 2025, a leftist assassin connected to the radical transgender movement murdered Charlie Kirk because of Kirk's bold support for truth, love of country, and unshakable faith. Two weeks later, another deranged leftist opened fire at an ICE facility in Dallas.
President Donald Trump has officially designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization and instructed his administration to "utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations — especially those involving terrorist actions — conducted by Antifa." Building on President Trump's bold actions, Attorney General Paxton has instructed his office to initiate sweeping investigations into radical leftist organizations engaged in or providing support to those performing political violence.

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 20h

Guy who hasn’t quite got the whole Wizard of Oz routine down because it’s his first day on the job:

“Hey look kids! Check out what I just found behind the curtain!”

thehive.ai evaluates all images posted to the site. We don't actually provide any input.

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Bryn @slimewave.me · Jul 23

Ok now that we’re having this conversation is it legal for me to point out that the original top-down push from the admins to create a user culture of Alt Text on this site seemed like a blatant attempt to create a marketable AI training data set? Not that that’s the worst thing—I alt text my images

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Bryn @slimewave.me · Sep 22

Personally? I would probably not be using alt text to diligently label others’ and my own transness so as to ease the workload of the team who’ll inevitably be tasked with developing a Transexuality Detection & Neutralization Algorithm, but I respect that some of u are more generous in spirit than I

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 21h

Do you ever wonder if the fall of Rome was actually the same amount undignified and unnecessary as everything happening right now, and they just kinda fudged the history afterward to make it look like a dignified tragically unavoidable decline?

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 22h

And yes I checked, Bari Weiss and Mark Manson are both 41, placing them at the start of the Millenial cohort. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 22h

This feels like an inflection point past the point of no return which was the mid-2010’s deluge of banal self-help books with titles like “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.” Everything is toothless VICE News, including Vice; Millenials are doing to swearing & DMT what hippies did to LSD & orgies

Jesus Lizard Superstar 🖤 🐀🐀🐀 @acekatana.bsky.social · 22h

“Let’s do the fucking news” is such a hilariously terrible rallying cry 😭 she’s never gotten close enough to journalism to even sniff it what is going on

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

Imagining a guy who pisses on you and really, genuinely believes it when he tells you that it’s raining. Imagining a ruling class stacked with spiritual clones of this guy.

Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

I really do find myself wondering if these people are actually dumb as dogshit or if they just think that we are. I know, it’s inconsequential either way, the same class interests will compel them to act whether they have a pretense of shame about it or believe their own bullshit or not. But still,

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

Imagining a Will Stancil who doggedly insists that Biden had the largest perkiest naturals of any president in the last 50 years, and it’s a Real Shame that mean girl leftists on Bluesky won’t admit this

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

I really do find myself wondering if these people are actually dumb as dogshit or if they just think that we are. I know, it’s inconsequential either way, the same class interests will compel them to act whether they have a pretense of shame about it or believe their own bullshit or not. But still,

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 1d

Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."

Opinion
Guest Essay

That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
Oct. 7, 2025, 5:01 a.m. ET

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? @ahhhhhlt.bsky.social · 23h

The only kind of systemic, institutional trauma people on the left will consistently tell you you’re being too dramatic about and being too harsh about is religious trauma

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? @ahhhhhlt.bsky.social · 23h

Suddenly the purpose of a system is what it does is thrown out the door. Suddenly, this oppressive system has redeeming qualities

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GirlSuffer (Cake Tyrant) Society Edition @girlsuffer.bsky.social · 23h

EVERYBODY WIP OUT YOUR TITS NOW ITS THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THE ECONOMY

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

Imagining a Will Stancil who doggedly insists that Biden had the largest perkiest naturals of any president in the last 50 years, and it’s a Real Shame that mean girl leftists on Bluesky won’t admit this

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 23h

Titflation is out of control smh 😤

[obligatory “yeah I WISH it was”]

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1d

Me when the free samples table has a strict “one per person” rule

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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axolotl lovely ⚧️🏴‍☠️ @vaporlight.bsky.social · 1d

Instant death. Of course, that's not the end of the agony. Hell awaits the cassiophagous man. In the second bolgia, they who flatter their meager aliments canelously must soak forever in piping-hot sewage, wrestling in stuporous fury with all souls fool enough to paint lilies and gild refined gold

pocket item: "what happens to your body when you eat cinnamon every day"

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1d

Rage quit? I wish mine would 😤🤬

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1d

I’ll hecking do it istfg

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1d

Small business tyrants pissing it all away on sports betting on their phone. Titans of industry setting it all on fire to try to keep the closed funding loop of the AI grift churning a bit longer before it collapses like the AMOC. An empire carrying out its own slow-motion ritual suicide

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Bryn @slimewave.me · 1d

We are living in an unprecedented age of World-Historic Bag Fumbles. Dizzying, Dazzling—the sheer multitude of concurrent, concatenated, cascading unforced errors. Like an Escher drawing. This must be what Kant meant by the Mathematical Sublime

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