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That's why you hire a lawyer to draft a binding contract, several pages in length, of the exact specifities, length, duration, and intensity of the wish, airtight and covering all use cases, so the monkey's paw can't pull a fast one on you.

"YOU WILL REGRET YOUR PURCHASE TODAY!!" "Right, like I've never bought anything on impulse before."

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"Yes, millions of bodybuilders have lifted these exact same weights before. What I want to know is can *YOU* lift them... without using a forklift."

Not even remotely a new idea. Aristotle first proposed it 2300 years ago, and he got upset at the Ionian philosophers of Miletus for insisting that philosophical truths must be backed by practical application (ie: science). He argued that pure thought (ie: vibes) was just as good.

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It'll be something like "lets give Israel more weapons and money."

Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You're not making the point you think you're making if the analogy you want to use is dogs.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

These are *NOT* the questions to ask. The questions to ask are: When AI replaces human cognition. When WHOLE INDUSTRIES of occupations, from paralegals to graphic artists, are reduced to a fraction of the current workforce.... What then will the surplus Labor do?

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cincinnati Kid. It uses all five of them and its writing is absolutely perfect, with an ending that call backs to the intro that you think is just aimless banter at first.

Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We were afraid of Robert Stack.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

For a country that extols so much gun violence it is strangely incompetent at judicial executions.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yes -- with a bear around the woman need fear no man.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Enemies of superpowers have learned throughout history that the best way to fight a superior force is not through direct conflict, but to bankrupt it through provocation. The Romans even did this to Hannibal.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

He's certainly the fastest.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If you have the time, sign up to become an election worker. Make sure your vote is actually counted. Protect your democracy.

Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I mean we're all wiping our hands on our pants anyway....

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't need algorithms; got Discogs.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Jim Klobuchar used to go ice fishing with Bud Grant. That dude had some stories.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

He outright banned a bunch of things. Tariffs are too slow so he's moved on to full on state boycotts now. Y'know there is a market opportunity here, bootlegging verboten contraband across the border.

Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Nah -- The Windhover by Gerard Manley Hopkins is better. Just recite it out loud and tell me you aren't spittin fire like Eminem by the end.

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In television parlance we call them "red shirts".

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EVERY single great thinker, writer, inventor, genius, and Great Man before the 20th century had ruthless opinions about other races/peoples, especially the Jews. Without exception. They all would have been thoroughly horrible people today. Brilliant minds, yes, but scathingly elitist views.

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If you really want to be flippant, just reply with "lol"

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This has nothing to do with MBJ, I know. I just like it when we identify actors early in their careers and are like "This actor is good. I bet they'll go on to bigger/better things." Speaking of which: Whatever happened to that kid the Seavers took in on the last season of Growing Pains?

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I remember watching an old ep of Night Court that was one of those "Very Special Episodes" where Roz talks a black youth out of joining a street gang, played by a very young Don Cheadle. They wanted to do a followup ep the next season but then he starred in Colors and his career took off.

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Ishkur @ishkur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Clearly you haven't watched enough James Burke.

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The History of Engineering would be an awesome course. Too many history classes are devoted to war and politics. Instead go full James Burke and explore the history of how people solved problems, and how those solutions evolved into the technology we use today.

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Yeah, the "rising tide lifts all boats" capitalist maxim is only meaningful to those who own boats. Everyone else just drowns.

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They kept Blue Bloods on the air for 14 seasons.

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Today is the first time I've even heard of her. Sounds like an AI name.

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The name Ella Langley sounds like some fake AI pseudonym, like Tilly Norwood. I have neither the evidence nor the confirmation to believe that she actually exists, and I lack the compulsion to care to find out.

Do you want American style perpetual campaigning and no governing? Because that's how you get American style perpetual campaigning and no governing. Snap elections are great. 6 weeks, get it over with, move on.

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I dunno, I kinda think that looks like Stalin.

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Not enough funny tachikomas.

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Also: "I don't want to stop it from happening, I just want to stop it from happening to me."

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holy crap I am not making this up but I literally just watched those exact same videos like 5 minutes ago. One after the other, in sequence, in my feed: AI goat, service dog fail, cornbread skull.

Well... yes, typically what happens is the sun disappears behind a cloud in November and then we don't see it again until February, so there's a ring of truth to that. But that's not the reason.

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