Matt Hewes
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[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
December 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
[breathing a sigh of relief as I carefully remove the poison, hammer, Geiger counter, and radioactive source before helping Tiny Tim out of the box]
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While I never usually complain about being Welsh, at this time of year, constantly having to musically deny a horse skull access to my booze puts a real strain on my already rather limited singing abilities.
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
While I never usually complain about being Welsh, at this time of year, constantly having to musically deny a horse skull access to my booze puts a real strain on my already rather limited singing abilities.
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Abolishing ICE no longer cuts it. We need to prosecute every one of these motherfuckers
Officially, seven people have died in ICE detention this month. Thinking about the way the Trump admin vanishes both people and data, I suspect the real number is higher.
December Was Deadliest Month in Deadliest Year in ICE Custody Deaths
There has been an alarming spike in immigrants dying while in ICE detention during the Trump administration.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Abolishing ICE no longer cuts it. We need to prosecute every one of these motherfuckers
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anyway someone put together a drive with the unredacted versions of the files if you want 'em
December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
anyway someone put together a drive with the unredacted versions of the files if you want 'em
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LeoLabs says they see hundreds of debris objects from the Starlink failure event
December 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
LeoLabs says they see hundreds of debris objects from the Starlink failure event
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I say again that I will throw my support behind the candidate who promises to burn this pig's legacy to the ground and jail his accomplices
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I say again that I will throw my support behind the candidate who promises to burn this pig's legacy to the ground and jail his accomplices
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The voice of an academic colleague, calling in the wilderness. Who will hear them?
…. The evidence is that at least 50 people so far did not 😂
…. The evidence is that at least 50 people so far did not 😂
December 17, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The voice of an academic colleague, calling in the wilderness. Who will hear them?
…. The evidence is that at least 50 people so far did not 😂
…. The evidence is that at least 50 people so far did not 😂
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The one thing I appreciate about him is that we never have to respect Republicans ever again
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 AM
The one thing I appreciate about him is that we never have to respect Republicans ever again
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Hey America, turns out it IS possible to talk about gun reform immediately after a mass shooting. Australia is saddling up to do it for a second time in three decades.
(NB. Our more conservative political party was in power last time, lest you wish to blame woke left ideology for our gun laws.)
(NB. Our more conservative political party was in power last time, lest you wish to blame woke left ideology for our gun laws.)
December 15, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Hey America, turns out it IS possible to talk about gun reform immediately after a mass shooting. Australia is saddling up to do it for a second time in three decades.
(NB. Our more conservative political party was in power last time, lest you wish to blame woke left ideology for our gun laws.)
(NB. Our more conservative political party was in power last time, lest you wish to blame woke left ideology for our gun laws.)
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Tinker Swift, Taylor Swift, Soldier Swift, Spy Swift
December 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Tinker Swift, Taylor Swift, Soldier Swift, Spy Swift
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Remember to be good this year or else the Holiday Bearstronaut won't bring you any gifts
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Remember to be good this year or else the Holiday Bearstronaut won't bring you any gifts
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
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He's not a god king who is divinely owed a throne, he is a man who might run for president in a primary that is years away. Now is the exact time for us to be shouting from the rooftops that transphobes won't get our vote so we demand other candidates.
"How can you say you're never voting for Newsom? You're handing the election to the GOP!"
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
Because I don't vote for Republicans, ever. Newsom is a racist, transphobic, genocide supporting Republican. Ergo, I am not voting for him. Find me someone who isn't a Republican and I'll consider them.
December 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
He's not a god king who is divinely owed a throne, he is a man who might run for president in a primary that is years away. Now is the exact time for us to be shouting from the rooftops that transphobes won't get our vote so we demand other candidates.
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“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
NYC’s congestion pricing cleaned the air. This is also what happened when EZ-Pass was put in place in NJ.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“It’s really exciting to me that air quality improved throughout the entiremetro area,” said Fraser. “This tells us that congestion pricing didn’t simply relocate air pollution to the suburbs by rerouting traffic. Instead, folks are likely choosing cleaner transportation options altogether”
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A really fun part of American politics is these people are considered to be normal whereas if you want kids not to starve to death you're a dangerous lunatic
i love that a significant portion of the population of the world believes in demons and the devil and satan. they just think this stuff is real and it genuinely scares them
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A really fun part of American politics is these people are considered to be normal whereas if you want kids not to starve to death you're a dangerous lunatic
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1. It works.
2. It doesn't die.
3. It doesn't need updates.
4. It doesn't have AI shoved into it.
5. It doesn't spy on you.
6. It can't be shut down when the company goes out of business.
7. It can be shared.
8. You bought it, you own it, do what you want with it.
Shall I continue?
2. It doesn't die.
3. It doesn't need updates.
4. It doesn't have AI shoved into it.
5. It doesn't spy on you.
6. It can't be shut down when the company goes out of business.
7. It can be shared.
8. You bought it, you own it, do what you want with it.
Shall I continue?
December 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1. It works.
2. It doesn't die.
3. It doesn't need updates.
4. It doesn't have AI shoved into it.
5. It doesn't spy on you.
6. It can't be shut down when the company goes out of business.
7. It can be shared.
8. You bought it, you own it, do what you want with it.
Shall I continue?
2. It doesn't die.
3. It doesn't need updates.
4. It doesn't have AI shoved into it.
5. It doesn't spy on you.
6. It can't be shut down when the company goes out of business.
7. It can be shared.
8. You bought it, you own it, do what you want with it.
Shall I continue?
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In the sixth month
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
In the sixth month
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
of a disastrous reign in the house of money
in the street of money in the city of money in the country of money,
our great country of money, we (forgive us)
lived happily during the war
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For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the ‘Metaverse’ has cost Meta more than $77B
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
The company now plans to cut spending on it and shift focus to AI wearables instead
(via WSJ)
December 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
For comparison, every robotic mission NASA has ever sent in its history, from the dawn of the Space Age 65 years ago to today, from Mercury to Pluto and beyond, has cost less than $40B.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
I know which one has done more for humankind and which one should be dismantled.
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The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
December 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The US government is summarily executing people on a weekly basis without telling the American people any of their names or presenting any proof of their guilt, for alleged crimes that do not carry the death penalty in the US.
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To every transphobe out there: I wish you the most miserable, upsetting, lonely Christmas possible. Especially the mouldy bastard in her castle.
December 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
To every transphobe out there: I wish you the most miserable, upsetting, lonely Christmas possible. Especially the mouldy bastard in her castle.
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The Strange New Worlds backlash has been interesting for me just because imo it's the best thing the franchise has made since DS9 and it's not particularly close
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Strange New Worlds backlash has been interesting for me just because imo it's the best thing the franchise has made since DS9 and it's not particularly close