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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 16/10/2026
dude’s having fun. sounds like a winner. voters fucking love winners.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
“Just as Leo XIII upheld the dignity of the worker in the age of the steam engine, so Leo XIV means to uphold the dignity of the person in the age of the algorithm: the danger is not that machines will become human, but that humans will reduce themselves to machines.” www.equator.org/articles/to-...
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To Dwell in Possibility • EQUATOR
A Vatican adviser explains how the Pope became the most formidable critic of the algorithmic age
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HeidiO Just wants the democrats to fight @heidiotoo.bsky.social · 14h
"This is 15 minutes!"
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 16h
this strategist's particular bubble is shocked, shocked that people are suffering and unhappy. No one at their $30K private daycare is suffering, everyone at Politico is doing just fine, and all the folks living in their co-op building seem happy.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 17h
“that no one is aware of” is so incredible
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localswampgay @localswampgay.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
is anyone plotting anything and if so can I join you
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The Monarch Diaries @monarchdiaries.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Take that, Umberto Eco
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
www.threads.com/share/KGTaq3...
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Parody Nigel Farage (@parody_pm) on Threads
On the birthday of Margaret Thatcher, let us take a moment to remember what a cruel, heartless piece of shit she was.
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Can't believe Jean Twenge, the woman who has dedicated her career to manipulating data about teen mental health, would manipulate data about teen sexuality.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
not soon enough
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Maggie McNeill @maggiemcneill.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I think we can safely say that any "book" with a hashtag on the "cover" can safely be ignored.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I'm sure he already has a condo in Dubai
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 10/10/2026
This article offers half a dozen reasons why people have stopped having friends and family over, but it ignores the fact that the women who planned parties and kept homes tidy enough for unplanned guests are now working for pay full-time (usually more than 9-5). www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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The dreadful decline of hosting at home: ‘I feel shame any time a friend comes over’
It used to be quite normal to pop next door for a coffee or invite friends over for dinner. But not any more. What’s behind this change – and just how damaging is it?
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Snowden St. @snowden.st · 11/10/2026
nods a little ruefully
I have worked multiple jobs at a five-star resort, including caddie and bartender. Please do not tell me that the average business executive is normal.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
let's start referring to it as RI
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
empty ecological niches are always filled eventually
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Trump moved the ethical line" perfectly reflects the collaborationist thought processes of NYT. No he didn't. The ethical lines were the same before as they are now. It's the collaborators who have moved the lines—but to be clear, they never had any in the first place.
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An Outrage in 2019. No Problem in 2026. Trump Has Moved the Ethical Line.
The president’s decision to hold an international summit at his own private golf club, an idea rejected in his first term, illustrates how much he has shattered norms.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
you could argue that civilization started with domestication
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Word_Geek @word-geek.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
My blood pressure went up, I spent 2 hideous months off the ADHD meds as I titrated through the BP meds, and now I am back on the ADHD meds If your BP issue can't be treated, that's different, but don't let them fob you off if they haven't tried treating the BP
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peppermintSpookiness @peppermintrer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“God, windows sucks so much now!” “Here’s a really simple solution you can put on a flash drive, it even has a similar UI to windows.” “That seems too HAAAARD!” Linux Mint took me 20 minutes to download and install, and I am not good with the computer.
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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A new Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology has just been published, in which it is claimed that the human species is polytypic: not only is race biologically meaningful but the races are distinct enough to be considered subspecies. Published by Elgar. In 2026.
Chapters in Part III take stock of the current state of evolutionary psychology, by casting wider attention to other social and behavioral sciences and assessing the field's influence on them. In Chapter 11 ('Evolutionary psychology and anthropology'), Heiner Rindermann identifies three major forces that oppose scientific anthropology: Religion, National Socialism ('Nazism'), and woke leftist ideology. Ironically, in this sense, woke left ideologues, who include most anthropologists themselves, geneticists, and other university academics, share much in common with the Nazis in their common opposition to scientific anthropology.
Rindermann's extensive review of the literature leaves no doubt that humans are genetically polytypic and contain different biological races or 'subspecies' At the end of the chapter, Rindermann delivers devastating rebuttals to all potential arguments against the notion of races/subspecies among humans.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
If your constituents are dumb-ass low-talent Americans, then this effort to prevent highly talented people from coming to America makes sense. But let’s be clear, this is NOT “America First” — it’s “(stupid) AmericaNS first” (and the resta yall be damned) www.foxbusiness.com/politics/van...
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Vance suspends Microsoft, others from foreign workers applying for green cards, alleges visa 'abuse'
The Trump administration is suspending the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program for Microsoft and other companies, Vice President JD Vance said.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
It’s almost impossible to exaggerate how degraded the quality of our political discourse is
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scaryKB @sorrykb.myatproto.social · 07/10/2026
“This was a radicalized young man” Yes, because the Feds had spent two years radicalizing him.
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 07/10/2026
oh look paid protesters
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
more like a 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks' project
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Lisa Carey @msleedy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Genuinely concerned about what's happening to the space-time continuum in this toilet.
A toilet door with a sign saying "Temporally Out Of Order"
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In my opinion, we can improve society somewhat by treating admirers of Adolf Hitler with the public contempt they deserve, like we used to
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politiBOO! @politiburb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The thing is the media will find some way to paint the result as suboptimal for Dems regardless, that's just not even a question.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/08/2026
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
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Leah @leah.myatproto.social · 05/10/2026
"much serious, very core"
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just saw a Mazda B2000 in a parking lot, total High School flashback
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
efficiency is only a paramount value in an engineering setting. EVERY other setting considers it tertiary at best.
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Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reposting for awareness
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
half-caf w foamed oat milk - on the side, of course, since they "never make it right"
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/10/2026
The “states’ rights” people in the past knew it was bullshit back then too, because slaver states wouldn’t let free states pass laws protecting self-emancipated people within their borders.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 27/09/2026
Today is the 35th anniversary of my professional writing debut, as the film critic for the Fresno Bee newspaper. To celebrate, I've posted the first two reviews I wrote, for the Goldie Hawn thriller "Deceived" and the Terry Gilliam masterpiece "The Fisher King." whatever.scalzi.com/2026/09/27/a...
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And Now, For Their 35th Anniversary, My First Two Professional Movie Reviews
First off, look at that dork. What’s going on with his hair? Why is he tugging on his ear? Did he really think round glasses were right for his face? Someone needs to go back to 1991 and give…
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
that's their story & they're stickin' to it
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Phil PlAIt @philplait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I'm at a concert of the Charlottesville Symphony (they're pretty good!) and they just played Ligeti's "Atmospheres". I had no idea how much John Williams leaned on this piece for Close Encounters but it's obvious once you hear it.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Isn't there a 'notability' standard to be met?
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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I mean, what’s the cut off. We already have American citizens executed in the streets doing nothing. Is there anything left?
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pundits are wrong until proven otherwise, no exceptions
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Bill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today’s conservative intelligentsia is the apotheosis of the B- student who thinks he didn’t get into NYU because of minorities.
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
can already imagine the political media of 2028 discussing how partisan it is to demolish both the arch and ballroom
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I reconcile myself to blocking with the phrase 'get therapy, peasant'
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
When an unprincipled influencer of the left starts to see a long term decline in revenue, a conversion to the right is inevitable. Just a general observation, not tied to any particular recent news.
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watching a cartel form right out in the open is really something.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
the people who don't even know their neighbors' names can't understand normal people and never will.
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The Misrules of Acquisition @livingonferenginar.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
WOAT
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