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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I know this must've been pointed out before, esp since he said this years ago, but it still makes me chuckle

Pic of Sam Altman on the left in an orange shirt wearing a mic headset

Quotation on the right , white text on black background:

"AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll he great companies."

New Yorker cartoon of a guy in a tattered business suit, sitting around a fire with 3 small kids, in what looks like a cave. The text at the bottom says:

"Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders."

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Was gonna be like "huh?" but I guess the federal govt was partially shut down then. Feels like a long time ago.

Screenshot of the web page for bls.gov's "CPI Inflation Calculator" (that title is in white text inside of a blue band across the top). It reads:

$ 100.00

in November 2014

has the same buying power as

$141.85

in August 2026

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Calculations using October 2025 data cannot be calculated due to a lapse in appropriations.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The way this assumption is so broadly assumed in all the media that people in the UK are likely to see that it is in effect nearly hidden – when its plain falsity is the key factor in this whole issue – is depressing. This propaganda only took root over the past 15-20 yrs; it was fringe before then.

Screenshot from the article linked in the quoted post, taken from a mobile screen. Only text is visible. The visible text is as follows (the portion between the asterisks is highlighted on the mobile screen):

All of this dynamic exchange between periphery and centre, from above and below, was termed cumulative radicalisation by the German historian Hans Mommsen. The regime and the people virtually competed to achieve a result that wasn’t quite defined by anyone but somehow understood by all. A minister in the Reich Ministry of Agriculture, Werner Willikens, termed this process “Working Towards the Führer” in 1934 and it is central (if, inevitably, disputed) to understanding Nazi society and policy in all areas.

How is this relevant to the UK in 2026? Or am I just breaking/confirming Godwin’s Law, and making this about my field? To answer, I defer to Rev. Dr. Jo Kershaw (@mthjro) who pithily said this morning:

Ironically there are “legitimate concerns” you could have about warehousing the unfortunate asylum seekers on a rural military base – it’s not suitable accommodation and will do nothing for their wellbeing or integration or the local community- *but acting as if they’re a danger is gutter racism.

We are at a point where British society has internalised the idea that migrants are a problem.* Stunts like the vote in Piddington are both symptom and further cause. Unless we reframe the discussion urgently to highlight the humanity of the people

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Well at least I found out what it (I think) means ..

Screenshot of a Google search from a smartphone (dark mode). It looks normal, but in the fifth line of text (still the first sentence), becomes a very long string of 9's and 7's, and a few 8's

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

OK. IDK why there was one section of Filipino text when I searched for a definition of "veneer". (It translates to basically the same as what you get at the top in English; but I've no connection to the Philippines.) Although, I did learn about Filipino, a modern standardized form of Tagalog.

One of the results when I searched for ç veneer" on Google on my phone. If you translate it using Google lens, you'll find that it consists of the sort of result you'd expect, only in Filipino.
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What is the meaning of the word veneer?

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Ang veneer ay tumutukoy sa manipis na layer ng materyal (tulad ng kahoy o porselana) na idinidikit sa isang mas murang base para pagandahin ang hitsura nito, o maaari ding isang panlabas na anyo na nagtatago sa totoong kalikasan ng isang bagay, na nagpapahiwatig ng pagiging huwad o panlabas lamang. Ginagamit ito sa furniture para magmukhang solid wood, sa ngipin para sa cosmetic purposes, at sa mga gusali bilang ornamental facing.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Flu Fix Flan, is this anything

Close-up photo, taken indoors, of a small white cylindrical over-the-counter-type pill bottle, propped up at an angle with a shadow visible at the bottom, on a light gray table with the edge of a black raised tabletop visible at the right. The bottle says "Genexa" (the 'a' is cut off by the curve of the bottle).

Black text on the bottle is as follows:

Genexa
Flu Fix
Non-Drowsy Organic Flu Formula*

[black text below that is against pink rectangle backgrounds with rounded edges:]

Body Aches & Headache*
Fever, Chills, [rest is cut off]
Congestion & Sore Throat*

[pink text below:]

Homeopathic

[black text at the bottom:]

60 Chewable Tablets

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Institutionalized misery .. authored by the same people who caused both ends of these journeys

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Agents in El Centro had warned journalists of “bandits” in that area, but Harmon scoffs at the notion there’s danger lurking. She walks around the desert wearing the multicolored shoelaces she finds near the border. Arresting agents make migrants leave the laces, she said, so they can’t use them to hang themselves while in custody.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Got this meme from a Gen-X friend of mine. Facts.. 🥜🍫

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

religionnews.com/2025/08/04/w... Outrageous first amendment violations and other desecration of the constitution is a daily thing all over the country now

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Well, what he means with the unabomber lie is that he and his MIT uncle discussed how brilliant Ted Kaczynski was a decade before he was ID'd as the unabomber, i.e. "i, trump, am so casually brilliant", etc. [sorry, it's a bit hard to avoid these AI summaries.. but at least this one is right]

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Yes, despite their outward appearance of confidence and superiority, narcissists are generally believed to be deeply insecure. Their grandiose behavior and need for admiration are often seen as a defense mechanism to mask their fragile self-esteem and fear of inadequacy.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

open.spotify.com/track/0kKl93...

Album cover (low resolution screenshot from Spotify)

The album title is grainy but it appears to read "Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order"

Blind Alfred Reed

The track (name not visible in the screenshot, but FYI) is:

How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

open.spotify.com/track/6m1L8O...

Screenshot from Spotify:

Album cover:

THE FUNKEES

DANCING TIME

THE BEST OF EASTERN NIGERIA'S AFRO ROCK EXPONENTS 1973-77

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

(with context in case you didn't see it)

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Superman isn't an immigrant. He is an orphan. The fact they can spend $300 million on a film and can't get this very basic concept correct really is something.

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Nathan Fillion on MAGA backlash to James Gunn calling Superman an immigrant: "Somebody needs a hug. It's just a movie guys."

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Not all triangular numbers are Kaprekar numbers, but 45 is both. Also, 2025 = 45² = sum of the first 9 cubes = 1³ + 2³ + 3³ + ... + 9³ en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangu...

Screenshot from https://www.cuemath.com/algebra/sum-of-cubes-of-n-natural-numbers/ showing a proof of the formula that the sum of the first n cubes, where n = the natural or "counting" numbers (1, 2, 3, etc), is equal to n²(n+1)²/4.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Deadwood again. Been many years

Screenshot from S1, E2 of "Deadwood", showing the whole town/camp from the POV of the cemetery in bright early daylight, with conifer-like forested hills in the background, rough-hewn crosses in the foreground, and 2 characters in black holding their hats at the front of the middle ground while a preacher with his back to the camera gives a sermon. Closed captions read, "We abide the just and the unjust alike under your tearless eye."

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

More from this very worthwhile article here

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In her excellent book Doppelganger, Naomi Klein explains how today’s conspiracy fictions are a distorted response to the impunities of power. We know we’re being lied to, we know justice is not done, we see the beneficiaries flaunting their immense wealth and undemocratic power. Conspiracy fantasists may get the facts wrong, “but often get the feelings right”.

I would add a couple of thoughts. I see conspiracy fictions as a form of reassurance. This might sound odd: they purport to reveal “the terrifying truth”. But look at what they’re actually saying. Climate breakdown? It’s a hoax. Covid? All fake. Power? Just a tiny cabal of Jews. In other words, our deepest fears are unfounded.

These fictions are highly conservative. Several of Harry Vox’s libels would have been familiar in England 800 years ago. Suspicion of science and technology, to judge by the widespread association of blacksmithing with dark arts, goes back to the iron age. Anti-vaxx myths in Europe are as old as vaccination. Conspiracy fictions tell us nothing has changed, the same bastards are in charge, this is an evil we know. Perhaps this is why some fantasists become so attached to their stories: they’re a place of safety.

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Conspiracy fictions also tell us we don’t have to act. If the problem is a remote and highly unlikely Other – rather than a system in which we’re deeply embedded, which demands a democratic campaign of resistance and reconstruction – you can wash your hands of it and get on with your life. They free us from civic responsibility. This may be why those who take an interest in conspiracy fictions are so seldom interested in genuine conspiracies.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

MAGA guys looove to think about trump while holding their lil dicks in their lil hands

To the left, there's the top of a white urinal, with metal piping coming out of its top and entering the wall, which is beige/off-white. The entry is secured by a white circle about 5" in diameter, attached with four screws.

To the right, part of a metal partition is seen. On the wood to which the partition is secured is written graffiti where the words "TRUMP" and "MAGA" are visible.

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

AP News shows the location of Port Authority Bus Terminal (which they call a "depot") *very* incorrectly in this map, like way up near the Bronx – I think that location, numbered as 6 on the map, may actually be of the hostel he stayed at (not #1), which is reported to have been near Columbia U

Map of Manhattan from AP News article about the UHC shooter, with numbered points illustrating a timeline of his actions at various locations. The one labeled "6" shows the location of Port Authority Bus Terminal incorrectly, way up north in upper Manhattan near Columbia University. Location 1 (the hostel) may therefore also be wrong. The other 4 locations appear accurate. Points are listed below:

1. Suspect may have stayed at HI New York City Hostel

2. Dec. 4 at 6:45 a.m. Gunman fatally shoots Thompson

3. Gunman flees and heads towards Central Park on a bike

4. Exits Central Park on a bike near 77th Street and Central Park West

5. Gets into a taxi near 86th St and Columbus Ave

6. Arrives at a Port Authority bus depot in the taxi

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I forgot to add alt text, here is the image updated with that

$Screenshot from https://www.eater.com/24295503/home-made-pasta-volcano-better-method Highlighted text (underlined in red by me; the word "newer" is circled in red by me): "are newer than they're made out to be" Full text: Alberto Grandi, a Marxist academic who has argued that many Italian traditions are newer than they’re made out to be, says adherence to (or creation of) these traditions is about bolstering nationalism, often at the hands of right-wing governments. “It’s all about identity,” he tells FT. “When a community finds itself deprived of its sense of identity, because of whatever historical shock or fracture with its past, it invents traditions to act as founding myths.” Grandi argues that fresh pasta was not a mainstay of the Italian diet until the later 20th century, and certainly not unique to Italy. And, for example, recipes for French ravioli (a culture no less finicky about tradition) say you can make pasta in a bowl.$

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

As a Hindu, I *felt* this part .. but that's a different conversion

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,323,131!

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

Honestly, I would kinda like trump if not for the fascism, venality, rape, treason, etc. Maybe I'm just a brain-poisoned American, but this shit is almost endearing. He's actually a good salesman, almost ideal for the mid-to-upper castes in this fucked up society we live in. x.com/cbouzy/statu...

screenshot of a tweet from Christopher Bouzy (spoutible.com/cbouzy) @cbouzy 21h ago, with text:

This is the crazy shit I have ever seen a presidential candidate do in the middle of a campaign.

[image is of a video paused at 0:11/2:10, of a background with mixed purple/red/blue tones, with white text in a red box at the top saying "AMERICA FIRST", and white text at the bottom saying "CollectTrumpCards.com"

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

Via @blackamazon.bsky.social www.diggitmagazine.com/column/racis... Important point that I wish I could make whenever someone belonging to an "upper caste" type group responds to criticism of the relevant social hierarchy with "oh so you just think we're HORRIBLE & contribute NOTHING" like.. no..

Where do we go from here?
Reflecting on his experience of teaching Arendt’s work, Gordon notes that sometimes, when he points out the anti-black racism in her writings, his colleagues and students interpret this as meaning that ‘we should not read her work’; that he wishes to remove Arendt from the reading list.

Gordon calls this ‘a white response’: it is a response typical of those who had the privilege of being surrounded by scholarship that is not offensive to their being. Yet, the world is different for Black scholars: it would be weird if canonical (Western) texts did not contain any racism.

Gines/Belle makes a similar point:

‘Anybody you read in the canon, right, there is this way in which anybody you read in the canon, there’s gonna be issues of anti-black racism … there’s gonna be issues of sexism, homophobia, and all of these things … what I want to invite scholars and students and reader of these texts to do is, you know, read what’s actually there.’

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Am I dumb, or does this statement make no sense in the context of laying off 20% of the actual journalists? "..focus on strengthening the outlet's journalism.." <-- I guess the implication, in a statement by the owner (a doctor & biotech billionaire), is that the laid-off workers were dead weight.

highlighted text from the linked LA Times article:

"The cuts were necessary because the paper could no longer lose $30 million to $40 million a year without making progress toward building higher readership that would bring in advertising and subscriptions to sustain the organization, the paper’s owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, said Tuesday.

Drastic changes were needed, he said, including new leaders who would focus on strengthening the outlet’s journalism to become indispensable to more readers.

“Today’s decision is painful for all, but it is imperative that we act urgently and take steps to build a sustainable and thriving paper for the next generation. We are committed to doing so,” Soon-Shiong said."

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 09/01/2024

"Moms For Liberty" - coming soon to PornHub (the wife is the co-founder of that group) These Nazis really hitting all the tropes www.cnn.com/2024/01/08/p...

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

The logo on here, when you open the app, looks like one of the transitions from one of the eps of Venture Bros when the monarch's logo flies at the screen

Symbol of the Monarch villain from The Venture Bros animated series

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Posting this image is not an original thought for someone my age, but anyway

Poochie from the Simpsons S8 episode "The Itchy And Scratchy And Poochie Show"

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

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A leaked email reveals a real estate billionaire and the owner of CNN are planning a $50m media campaign to bolster support for Israel's war on Gaza. "Public opinion will surely shift at scenes of Palestinian suffering....we must get ahead of the narrative."
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The media campaign, which has launched a website called Facts for Peace, sent an email seeking $1m from 50 US billionaires, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Dell CEO Michael Dell and billionaire financier Michael Milken, a convicted fraudster pardoned by Trump
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Real estate billionaire Barry Sternlicht launched the campaign after Israel began its assault following the Hamas attack. Sternlicht wrote that he’d had 'a great conversation' with CNN owner David Zaslav
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They write in the email that an explicit goal of the campaign is to 'cast Hamas as the enemy of the US' to ensure the conflic

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 14/11/2023

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Just this week, official Israeli government accounts have tweeted, then deleted, the following:

- Video of a fake nurse claiming that Hamas took over the Al-Shifa hospital

- False claim that “AP, CNN, NY Times, and Reuters had journalists embedded with Hamas terrorists on October 7th massacre”

- Video with fake captions claiming a crying elderly Gaza woman blames Hamas for the siege

- Graphic asserting Israeli ownership of all the occupied territories, including Syria’s Golan Heights

- False claim that Israel is “facilitating the supply of humanitarian aid to Gazan civilians.”

- Assertion that hospitals and ambulances constitute "legitimate military targets."
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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

fuck me man I cannot quit the other place just yet, this thread had me cryin twitter.com/bklynb4by/st...

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resident evil village cutscenes:
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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

Wow. I don't know how to confirm this, but it rings true. x.com/christapeter...

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Some context for Israel’s targeting of hospitals is that they are the essential infrastructure for tracking injuries and deaths, and the core forensics team that documents war fatalities is at al Shifa. This is likely to seriously inhibit monitoring
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The al Shifa team normally photographs each case and sometimes takes X-rays and tissue samples, which could provide evidence of nonconventional weapons. A lot of documentation could be lost here
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The MoH hasn’t updated counts since the 10th and as long as so many hospital are closed they are unlikely to be able to. The sheer death toll was a major source of international pressure for a ceasefire
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harder to do genocide with a running public tally

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IT'S AN EMU! @stargdn.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

twitter.com/YehudaShaul/... +If they fight back, they'll be met w/overwhelming state force, backed & funded by the US govt for generations. Are you a student of American history? Does this sound at all familiar to you? For example, during the half-century following the 1877 end of Reconstruction?

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Yehuda Shaul
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[1] Last night, settlers entered the Wadi Jheish (Southern Susya, South Hebron Hills), took down the wind turbine used for electricity and broke their satellite dish which was used by several villages in the area to connect to the internet.

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