Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 12hThe normalization of piracy as a righteous form of theft has been bad for basically every form of art AND it’s made a completely insufferable kind of person 2485
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 18hlook i know she has boring office lady vibes and that's cringe and bad and uncool but she's objectively closer to AOC than Rahm or whoever 5797
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 16hIsn’t this guy our Vice President’s favorite public intellectual? I mean, I understand this isn’t Hasan Piker-level antisemitism, but “I openly endorse the views of the guy openly endorsing Hitler” seems like it merits, I dunno, a newspaper story or something 1748775
RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 12hImagine showing this to someone back in 2001. 000
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)The Associated Press @apnews.com · 05/10/2026AP Exclusive: Survivors of a drone attack that killed six U.S. soldiers question Army leadership over safety and the medical care that followed.bit.lyExclusive: Soldiers and Gold Star families press Army leadership after deadly Iranian drone strikeIt's the deadliest strike against American troops during the war with Iran. Now U.S. soldiers wounded in a drone attack on Port Shuaiba in Kuwait are raising their concerns publicly about whether commanders underestimated the threat and saying the military medical system failed them. 14203104
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)finrodsauronvorecommissionfolderabsurdres @yungdreyfusard.bsky.social · 23hto be perfectly honest i think assad and his allies probably have more to do with the half a million dead on account of them being the people physically dropping the bombs and shooting the bullets 1026742
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Gotta say until you read the actual motion it's not clear just how rabid the Greens' positioning is. The motion calls for the end of the State of Israel. 2237689
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)David Schraub @schraubd.bsky.social · 05/10/2026One of my least favorite political narratives is this weird idea that it’s *obvious* how to defeat the fascists and the only reason Democrats don’t do it is because they’re feckless/corrupt/cowards. 69714
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Michael Feinberg @michael-feinberg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We’re being fought to a draw by Iran, and we can’t protect our aircraft from them in, ahem, the United Kingdom, but at least the Defense Department is winning the war on — let me check my notes — beards and wokeness. Pete Hegseth is clearly the second coming of George Marshall.nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 1130471
RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I wonder if there were similar feelings when Civil War and Revolutionary War veterans began to pass away. Then again it was prolly different due to the large age disparities in those wars compared to the Greatest Gen in WW2. Still makes me wonder. 050
RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Last year I got to hear the story of Col. Richard Bushong at the B-17 museum near Tuscon. Man was nearly 100 years old and sharp as a tack. As someone who has consumed a lot of history media, hearing stories directly from a veteran themselves ALWAYS registers differently. The loss is truly felt. 000
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)lowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026merrick garland totally exonerated 311410
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Kerr Avon ♨️ @kerravon.bsky.social · 05/10/20263.) Trump's comeback would be impossible with a multi-party system (Brazil has a multi-party system) 4.) Recent memories of past authoritarianism makes far-right comebacks difficult (see also: South Korea) 2606
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Kerr Avon ♨️ @kerravon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I am now calling a moratorium on takes declaring: 1.) "quick prosecutions" solve fascism (Flavio's dad was prosecuted and barred from office for Brazil's J6 incident) 2.) left-wing populism solves fascism (Lula is the Bernie of Brazil) 912317
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Risa Brooks @risabrooks12.bsky.social · 04/10/2026With Hegseth in the news this week, I’ve noticed him using a particular rhetorical tactic: packaging highly ideological messaging to the military & public w/ (superficially) reasonable & substantive policy proposals. Before I explain what he is up to and why it matters, here are three examples: 723376
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Important analysis from @risabrooks12.bsky.social, one of the best civ-mil analysts: Hegseth's proposals are even more ideological and corrosive than they appear --> 05115
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Secretary of Defense Rock @sodrock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Every single one of these stories is like this and it pisses me off to no end 892054367
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Sam @samd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026hard to think of a cartoon that better sums up the mind of a Trump voter than this 151230195
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 04/10/2026🔴 A new UN report details a systematic pattern of sexual violence used as torture by Russian forces in Ukraine. 🧵 1/8 ⬇️ 13247148
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Remember, you are under no obligation to ever side with Tucker Carlson when he makes some anti-Trump comment. He is a fascist apologist who apparently thinks Hitler winning WWII would have been fine. He is, in my humble opinion, a silver spooned bigot who romanticizes white supremacy. 61718159
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield @patblanchfield.bsky.social · 04/10/2026new wolfenstein looks like shit 293124342453
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Again, <only Republicans> ever get to talk like this. If a single municipal level Democrat ever did, it would be a national outrage &spark a wave of “civility” discourse, & op-eds about how Dems must Respect Real Folkz & talk across difference. Democracy is incompatible with this double standard. 582234581
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Counter, he's the Antichrist @counterfactor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Germany removed Hitler's mustache in Wolfenstein 2 but can't be fucked to ban AfD 03415
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Der Fisher @blackholefun.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Unpopular opinion: LLMs are generally deradicalizing people whose beliefs are based on pure propaganda. I've been watching this happen slowly with some people I care about. ChatGPT is one of the reasons they finally accept that the NRA, OAN, and NewsMax are lying to them. 1553148
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Matt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 03/10/2026There's growing experimental evidence¹˒²˒³˒⁴ that LLMs are unusually good at talking people out of entrenched false beliefs and conspiracy theories. ¹ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39264999/ ² pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41179846/ ³ sciety.org/articles/act... ⁴ connecticut.adl.org/resources/re... 36836215
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)mr. TIM @timkellogg.me · 04/10/2026we found the reverse Gish Gallop where Trump-like people just try to lie faster than you can correct them, an LLM can correct lies faster than you can lie 521329
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026i think that to some extent professing concern about biden’s health was a polite way of masking the actual voting decision factor: “my pockets were fatter in 2019” 51358
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Substantial portions of conventional charity and philanthropy are extremely adverse to any kind of effort to impose rigor or ask in any way “is this working at all”. It’s not a strawman that they’re critiquing, at least in my personal experience. 933015
RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Kissinger was certainly a man who had ideas. 010
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If I had to guess, the obvious reason for this is that an LLM simply does not fucking tire. It will always be ready for an other round of argument, it will always be able to dig into whatever dumb rabbit hole you want to pivot to. You have to fucking kneecap it to stop it from doing these things. 1827230
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The people extolling LLMs in 2023 (I was not one of them tbh) were saying "imagine how powerful they'll be in a few years" and it turned out they were completely right 725318
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 03/10/2026This week on the blog! more Hearts of Iron IV. Having discussed the game's military simulation in previous weeks, this week we look at how HoI4 understands politics and...it's rough - design streamlining leads to an incomplete and authoritarian political model. acoup.blog/2026/10/02/t...acoup.blogTeaching Paradox: Hearts of Iron IV, Part IIIa: Focusing on PoliticsThis is the first half of the third part (I, II) of our long-delayed series looking at Hearts of Iron IV, Paradox Interactive’s World War II grand strategy game, easily one of the most popula… 1731338
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)dame @dame.is · 02/10/2026i’ve been hesitant to say it, but when i see exchanges like this that are so out of touch with objective reality (AND overtly bad faith from otherwise smart people), it makes me think anti-AI psychosis IS real 819218
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026that twitter still has a lot of normal people on it is the main problem! it would be a lot better if it was exclusively fascists and the blast radius of their propaganda was smaller! truth social isn't warping brains that weren't already warped 241252167
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 02/10/2026for what it's worth Third Way has been afaik pretty good on trans rights for a while (2023, below). the various organs of centrism in the D party are centrist on different axes and Third Way's centrist thing is almost entirely that they don't really want to pay taxes.thirdway.orgHow to Talk about Transgender YouthThird Way is a national think tank and advocacy organization that champions moderate policy and political ideas. Our work on the center left acts as a critical bulwark against political extremism. 1120721
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Thorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 02/10/2026I get why a lot of people got defensive about Molly Shah, they really wanted to feel like they were helping, but that's the exact sort of psychology that makes you a mark. 310117
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Legal folks, how is this "defying Democrats" and not "illegally misappropriating funds"? 703027705
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Discussions of criminal justice have just gotten so dumb, man. I feel like social media has had a really pernicious effect on this. Like just a really useless idiot polarization between people who think CRIME!!! means basic civil rights are woke vs everyone is a Jean Valjean victim of circumstance. 1031137
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)I Nied braaaaiiiiins 🧟 @nied.bsky.social · 01/10/2026As an aside, while I am against using blocklists or automated blocks in general, I do recommend setting up or subscribing to a blocklist that blocks anyone with a triangle emoji in their handle as it's basically always an indication of someone who isn't worth interacting with. 1011720
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's important to him because he's a white supremacist, which is the same reason he avoids mentioning the Nazis or Confederates when he lists the foes America has defeated. My guess is at least one of his speechwriters believes the wrong side lost in WW2, if Hegseth doesn't. 8884139
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If we could figure out some quality or feature that was common to all the states where this happened or, conversely, common to all the states where this did not happen, that might help suggest a strategy to correct and/or prevent this 16633124
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Vituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A particular annoyance of mine—which is extremely obvious if you’ve read a book in the last decade but less so if your exposure to the Civil Rights movement is Twitter screenshots of Tumblr posts—is that “[Southern] white moderate” and “[Northern] white liberal” were not identical categories to King 331964
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hey is the strait open yet 491158165
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass. 151068135
RussianHacker (Marklin) @russianhacker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026youtu.be/NYJ2w82WifUyoutu.beTHE DICTATOR - HIV AladeenYouTube video by Brykks 000
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Kori Schake 🎃 @kschake.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is so dumb. How to destroy a capable military. 1525031
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026great Build-A-Blocklist Workshop in the replies here 310215
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)A penitent who is loud @loudpenitent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It is genuinely chilling how quickly antisemitism in leftist and entertainer spaces is accelerating. All they need to do is cite Palestine and suddenly everyone forgets everything they've been told in favor of defending blatant antisemitism from has-beens and mediocrities. 1819751
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)mallow's hyperrealistic blood @bajablastenjoyer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026not great that we're at "Mamdani is a Jew-puppet for doing hatecrime protections" imo 412733
Reposted by RussianHacker (Marklin)Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Nothing really prepared me for the whiplash that came from Israel/Palestine transforming from famous shorthand for “an extraordinarily complicated mess with no good outcomes” to something “so simple, you’re an evil moron if you disagree with me.” It literally happened in the discourse overnight. 1214325