beck they/them
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the little dude who crawls around in your computer, casting the spells that make it show you websites. they/them
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obama only hurt people i don't care about. what a guy
January 11, 2026 at 10:53 PM
obama only hurt people i don't care about. what a guy
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Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Again, "I only make CSAM for money" would not help an ordinary person's defence, but would aggravate their sentencing.
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we've seen plenty of evidence that a lot of people have trouble remembering *other humans* are conscious
maybe it's less that they see computer programs as human than they they see humans as computer programs
maybe it's less that they see computer programs as human than they they see humans as computer programs
January 2, 2026 at 9:17 AM
we've seen plenty of evidence that a lot of people have trouble remembering *other humans* are conscious
maybe it's less that they see computer programs as human than they they see humans as computer programs
maybe it's less that they see computer programs as human than they they see humans as computer programs
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seen multiple people with this take, very sympathetic to the people buying into this shit, that it's *really hard* to remember a thing that you can have a conversation with is not actually conscious, and what can I say but "no it's not"?
I don't think I'm exceptional, here
I don't think I'm exceptional, here
January 2, 2026 at 9:14 AM
seen multiple people with this take, very sympathetic to the people buying into this shit, that it's *really hard* to remember a thing that you can have a conversation with is not actually conscious, and what can I say but "no it's not"?
I don't think I'm exceptional, here
I don't think I'm exceptional, here
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I do not "have trouble" with this and am increasingly disturbed by the idea others do
the thing that strikes me about the Grok "apology" thing is that even those of us who are against "AI" as it is marketed to us have trouble not falling into the basic fallacy that they are trying to sell us, i.e. There's A Little Guy In There
January 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I do not "have trouble" with this and am increasingly disturbed by the idea others do
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Never got great fresh photos of him but I got amazing healed pics of this Steve Irwin tat I got to do for @apocalypso_arts, this is seriously one of my favorite tattoos I’ve ever done, thank you again! #kytattooer #lexingtonky #queerartist #queertattooartist
#tattooflash #kentucky
#tattooflash #kentucky
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Never got great fresh photos of him but I got amazing healed pics of this Steve Irwin tat I got to do for @apocalypso_arts, this is seriously one of my favorite tattoos I’ve ever done, thank you again! #kytattooer #lexingtonky #queerartist #queertattooartist
#tattooflash #kentucky
#tattooflash #kentucky
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This professor has never posted Mamdani, Spanberger, or even used the word election in a post to refer to this one before today. I diagnose him with the most common disease of the academic: talking out of his ass on a topic he has no actual credentials in or special insight regarding with authority.
Btw, the press obsessing about Mamdani seems weird. He seriously underperformed the Democratic vote in NYC compared to recent elections, barely scraping 50%. Moderate Democrats in VA and NJ dramatically overperformed. That seems the real story
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This professor has never posted Mamdani, Spanberger, or even used the word election in a post to refer to this one before today. I diagnose him with the most common disease of the academic: talking out of his ass on a topic he has no actual credentials in or special insight regarding with authority.
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if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
November 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
if you see anyone expressing shock that a candidate who exudes warmth and authenticity and wants to improve the quality of life for working class people won over a rapist whose entire campaign was
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
"that guys a terrorist" that's not a smart person. you don't have to listen to that person anymore.
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Every Centrist two days ago: *pushes up glasses* Actually the extremely handsome and popular guy cannot possibly defeat the hated sex criminal. It's impossible because in America people do not like it when you help them. If you don't believe this, you're not a serious thinker.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Every Centrist two days ago: *pushes up glasses* Actually the extremely handsome and popular guy cannot possibly defeat the hated sex criminal. It's impossible because in America people do not like it when you help them. If you don't believe this, you're not a serious thinker.
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map of America's "great red cities"
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
map of America's "great red cities"
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'we need to expand the tent!' 'to the left also, to include socialists?' 'no no, exclusively rightwards tent-expansion, thankyou'
November 6, 2025 at 2:24 AM
'we need to expand the tent!' 'to the left also, to include socialists?' 'no no, exclusively rightwards tent-expansion, thankyou'
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been having a chuckle about this. looking on that subreddit, the mods are constantly running searches for and deleting posts that mention mamdani. the posters have been saying things like "the frontrunner for mayor" and so on to evade getting banned lol
The Reddit community r/Democrats has a conspicuous absence of any news about Zohran Mamdani today. But that's by design.
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
The moderators have rules that ban people from talking about democratic socialists.
www.reddit.com/r/democrats/
November 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
been having a chuckle about this. looking on that subreddit, the mods are constantly running searches for and deleting posts that mention mamdani. the posters have been saying things like "the frontrunner for mayor" and so on to evade getting banned lol
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i want to go to bouncing bubble world
November 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
i want to go to bouncing bubble world
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The "don't talk about social issues" strategy only works if you *admit that was your strategy after the fact*. We're in this doom loop where Democrats try something, gaslight themselves into believing they didn't try it, then decide to try it again.
"if we just don't talk about it, they can't hit us for talking about it" has been thoroughly discredited but we're going to keep trying it because the point was always that party elites/centrist Dems don't want to talk about those things, not whether it was good strategy/messaging to do so!
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The "don't talk about social issues" strategy only works if you *admit that was your strategy after the fact*. We're in this doom loop where Democrats try something, gaslight themselves into believing they didn't try it, then decide to try it again.
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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I appreciate that dedicated tech outlets like 404 and the verge (mostly) meet this stuff where it's at and try to seriously engage with the implications of its use while legacy outlets continue to treat it as indistinguishable from actual magic
the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I appreciate that dedicated tech outlets like 404 and the verge (mostly) meet this stuff where it's at and try to seriously engage with the implications of its use while legacy outlets continue to treat it as indistinguishable from actual magic
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"From our vantage point as a fundamentally innumerate body of milquetoast thinkers who are wrong about everything, holding fewer sincere beliefs is the key to electoral success."
The Partisans Are Wrong: Holding No Sincere Beliefs Is the Way to Win
“Moving to the center would enable Democrats to confront [Trump] more aggressively and effectively because voters would see them as credible.” — Fr...
buff.ly
October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"From our vantage point as a fundamentally innumerate body of milquetoast thinkers who are wrong about everything, holding fewer sincere beliefs is the key to electoral success."
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Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah
Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen
Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah
Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him
Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen
Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah
Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Charlie Browns mom: Waaah wah wah wah waaah waaah waaah wah
Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen
Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah
Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him
Charlie Brown: oh, you mean pigpen
Charlie browns mom: Wah way. Waaaah wahwahwah wah wah waaah waaaah wahwhawah wah wah
Charlie Brown: yeah I get that. It’s pretty bad over there but I don’t think they hit him
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like if i have to spend a bunch of my time teaching it to not be wrong, it's not really a tool helping me, is it. i'm a tool helping it
October 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
like if i have to spend a bunch of my time teaching it to not be wrong, it's not really a tool helping me, is it. i'm a tool helping it
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i've asked an llm one question, about something i know about, and it made up a bunch of incorrect bullshit that i knew to be false. what am i supposed to do with that
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
i've asked an llm one question, about something i know about, and it made up a bunch of incorrect bullshit that i knew to be false. what am i supposed to do with that
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This the kinda shit people say to me in the smoking zone outside the gay bar
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This the kinda shit people say to me in the smoking zone outside the gay bar
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I think it's a belief that some people might vaguely hold, but that the far more important impulse is just simple anti arab sentiment. And that rapture talk kinda of functions as a fun curiosity distracting from more practical and important neo-conservative reasons for American Zionism
October 6, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I think it's a belief that some people might vaguely hold, but that the far more important impulse is just simple anti arab sentiment. And that rapture talk kinda of functions as a fun curiosity distracting from more practical and important neo-conservative reasons for American Zionism
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being a furry is weird because sometimes you'll just see a cereal mascot orgy and you just gotta hold that
October 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
being a furry is weird because sometimes you'll just see a cereal mascot orgy and you just gotta hold that