Kalpar
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Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
December 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Techbros seem to love Tolkien, so here's an analogy to help you understand what genAI is.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
GenAI is The One Ring. You think your use is justified, b/c you don't have evil in your heart.
But it came from evil, it is intended for evil purpose, & anything you do with it will be twisted to that end.
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"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
December 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Are we still capable of talking to each other," asks the woman hired by billionaires whose economic model is predicated on fomenting polarization to install an actual criminal who dismantles the regulatory state that kept them from fully extracting what remaining wealth there was from the lower 99%
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“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
December 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
“it’s reasonable to ask questions about trans girls in sports” was always intended to mainstream transphobia.
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
It’s absurd that people fell for it. Democrats are constantly letting oppressors set the terms of debate instead of just saying “no, fuck you.”
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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz to announce moves to ban gender-affirming care for young people
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday.
n.pr
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to announce a package of measures that would together ban gender-affirming care for minors. A press conference is set for 11 a.m. Thursday. n.pr/44xQKdD
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December 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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This is the kind of thread that used to make social media actually magic. And still can, apparently!!
In your 20s, there will be a LARPing event that will suck so bad you'll spend three days having back to back panic attacks.
It's very important that you go.
Or: let me tell you about how I learnt I was autistic. 🧵
It's very important that you go.
Or: let me tell you about how I learnt I was autistic. 🧵
December 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
This is the kind of thread that used to make social media actually magic. And still can, apparently!!
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In Missouri prisons, people can purchase some Nintendo Game Boy Advance titles on their Securus tablets. Last year, Byron wrote about how Harvest Moon took over his facility: "About a week after the game was made available, it was the only thing you heard many prisoners here talking about."
This Video Game Has Residents of My Missouri Prison Obsessed
It seems that everyone here is tending farms in Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.
prisonjournalismproject.org
August 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In Missouri prisons, people can purchase some Nintendo Game Boy Advance titles on their Securus tablets. Last year, Byron wrote about how Harvest Moon took over his facility: "About a week after the game was made available, it was the only thing you heard many prisoners here talking about."
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I have spent about a week getting my ass kicked by an outline. Multiple drafts of multiple paths through the story, all hitting dead ends, or taking too long to get to the point. The job is to work through these until I find the one that works. A machine randomizing a hundred more options ain’t it.
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I have spent about a week getting my ass kicked by an outline. Multiple drafts of multiple paths through the story, all hitting dead ends, or taking too long to get to the point. The job is to work through these until I find the one that works. A machine randomizing a hundred more options ain’t it.
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This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this:
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
I can’t believe you idiots are still arguing with me about this. Idc what your job is paying you now, you still have to labor for your money. You’re working class.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this:
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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More light in the darkess: "Mariana and the Black Whippets" by our former Dartmoor neighbour David Wyatt.
December 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
More light in the darkess: "Mariana and the Black Whippets" by our former Dartmoor neighbour David Wyatt.
HOLD THE LINE
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 16, 2025 at 12:35 AM
HOLD THE LINE
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wait a minute how are the "your body has gone soft from not eating the raw meats of your ancestors" guys also the "the computer should summarize the big scary email for your inadequate brain" guys
December 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
wait a minute how are the "your body has gone soft from not eating the raw meats of your ancestors" guys also the "the computer should summarize the big scary email for your inadequate brain" guys
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"We, the techbro community, are delighted to announce our new device that allows you to ejaculate immediately. Where messy sex and blowjobs used to take minutes or even hours to complete, our new tech will allow you to reach climax in *nanoseconds*, allowing you more time to do work and chores."
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
"We, the techbro community, are delighted to announce our new device that allows you to ejaculate immediately. Where messy sex and blowjobs used to take minutes or even hours to complete, our new tech will allow you to reach climax in *nanoseconds*, allowing you more time to do work and chores."
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I don't make art to sell it, i sell my art because y'all made it illegal to live without being eaten alive by rent seekers
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 AM
I don't make art to sell it, i sell my art because y'all made it illegal to live without being eaten alive by rent seekers
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This really exposes that AI shills are not artists and never will be. They're business people, and more to the point CEOs.
The premise here is that, if you are already a creator, you can create "exponentially more" now. The idea behind *that* is that this growth means you can also make more money.
The premise here is that, if you are already a creator, you can create "exponentially more" now. The idea behind *that* is that this growth means you can also make more money.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This really exposes that AI shills are not artists and never will be. They're business people, and more to the point CEOs.
The premise here is that, if you are already a creator, you can create "exponentially more" now. The idea behind *that* is that this growth means you can also make more money.
The premise here is that, if you are already a creator, you can create "exponentially more" now. The idea behind *that* is that this growth means you can also make more money.
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The writing is my favorite part. Why would I want a machine to do the thing I LOVE? I get fulfillment & purpose from the hours, days, & weeks I pour into a single scene. Why would I want that to be over & done in minutes? Where's the joy in that?
And why? So I can have more time to wash dishes?
And why? So I can have more time to wash dishes?
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The writing is my favorite part. Why would I want a machine to do the thing I LOVE? I get fulfillment & purpose from the hours, days, & weeks I pour into a single scene. Why would I want that to be over & done in minutes? Where's the joy in that?
And why? So I can have more time to wash dishes?
And why? So I can have more time to wash dishes?
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I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
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If you have the DVD, you can watch the making of in which Christopher Lee gets quite snippy while insisting: “It’s not a horror film. It’s a musical thriller.” Personally I’m always up for Sing-Along-a-Wicker Man, and I listened to the soundtrack obsessively as a teenager so I know all the lyrics
The Wicker Man was a musical.
This is why many who have tried to copy it have failed, you gotta have prominent folks songs about coitus to torment repressed policemen with.
This is why many who have tried to copy it have failed, you gotta have prominent folks songs about coitus to torment repressed policemen with.
Gently Johnny - The Wicker Man HD
YouTube video by qwertt14
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December 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If you have the DVD, you can watch the making of in which Christopher Lee gets quite snippy while insisting: “It’s not a horror film. It’s a musical thriller.” Personally I’m always up for Sing-Along-a-Wicker Man, and I listened to the soundtrack obsessively as a teenager so I know all the lyrics
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Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
![A post by Rebecca Johnson:
“I finally learned how to teach my guys to ID the passive voice. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, you have passive voice.”
A tumblr respond from mightymur:
“The final, brilliant word on passive voice.
"She was killed [by zombies.]"<--passive
"Zombies killed [by zombies] her." <-- active”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kfrqgupz2gfe4fnqs7tunewt/bafkreih7pn6bwnhxtkd6xpfcck6gnwiqsuuixc4suhzfo4qi7djweo3ggm@jpeg)
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Because it feels relevant as we continue to evaluate the media and our representatives’ statements, my favorite way to identify the active vs. passive voice.
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I guess we all get to touch the stove together!
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I guess we all get to touch the stove together!
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Spend & unlock:
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December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🎄 Holiday freebies are live!
Spend & unlock:
$50 — Mini Christmas Rocky
$75 — Hot Rod Santa
$100 — Figgy Pudding (Translucent)
$200 — Santaur Claus
Sculptors: Gene Van Horne & Jason Wiebe
Shop ➜ ReaperMini.com
Spend & unlock:
$50 — Mini Christmas Rocky
$75 — Hot Rod Santa
$100 — Figgy Pudding (Translucent)
$200 — Santaur Claus
Sculptors: Gene Van Horne & Jason Wiebe
Shop ➜ ReaperMini.com
Hate to admit it, but next year's dime design goes hard.
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Hate to admit it, but next year's dime design goes hard.
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Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
December 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Waste. Fraud. Abuse.
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