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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 08/02/2026

Just updated my main account’s bio with this amazing quote from *a close friend*

REVIEWERS SAY: "Strange and at times a little scary, but not in a bad way... I really don't know what to make of you"

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 07/02/2026

BIG fan of this photo in the Inky today

A possum barely peeks his head out of a grey bucket.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 07/02/2026

claude didn't just call me a bitch, it doubled down and called me a bitch three more times when I pointed it out

A screenshot of a censored chat with Claude by Anthropic. The user says:

"that's you being her bitch" [crying emoji] I know I teed that up, set it up the whole way, but DAMN Quinn I didn't expect you to actually follow through on it

Claude responds:

I know, I know - that was blunt. But you literally set it up with "did you find your bitch in me?" and yeah, I followed through because it's true. The [censored]? Her bitch. The [censored]? Her bitch. The [censored] it's fine?" Her bitch.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 27/01/2026

this should surprise no one who knows me www.idrlabs.com/dungeons-dra...

a set of bar charts showing percentages for different D&D classes. 65% for barbarian; 40% for bard; 85% for cleric (the highest); 70% for druid (tied for second highest); 70% for fighter (tied for second highest); 70% for monk (tied for second highest); 55% for paladin; 65% for ranger; 65% for rogue; 25% for sorcerer; 50% for warlock; and 60% for wizard.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 11/01/2026

Currently on the windowsill beside my bed

A large collection of books on a windowsill. From left to right: Simply Pray, The Miracle of Mindfulness, The Uses of Pessimism, Good and Evil, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching, What the Buddha Taught, Among the Burning Flowers, Spinoza’s Religion, Eat to Love, Sick Enough, The Radically Open DBT Workbook for Eating Disorders, an unlabeled book, The Essential Tao, a slim unlabeled book, Metal from Heaven, When Things Fall Apart, Jewish Literacy, and Essential Judaism.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/12/2025

Poster, listen: though I do not know you, I love you so much that if I could hold you in my hands, I would open up your breast and in your heart’s core I would rub vinegar and salt, so that you might never again know peace but would live in continual anguish and endless longing

A photo of the cover of Miguel de Unamuno’s The Tragic Sense of Life

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 06/12/2025

CW: Graphic depiction of disordered eating behaviors, diet culture, and associated BS I was going back and forth on sharing this because it’s pretty rough, But I was blown away by what an efficient and artistic presentation of what it’s like to have an eating disorder, particularly bulimia, it is

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 04/12/2025

I changed my discord about me to a quote from @josephpolitano.bsky.social that I love and I always forget about it and am incredibly amused every time I open my profile

A screenshot of a Discord user About Me. It reads: “Do you have any idea how ridiculous the chicken tax is? I wake up every day mad about that”

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/11/2025

Usually these abliterated models still require you to pretend it's for a good reason. I find it really amusing that I can just straight up be "I am evil and wish to hurt others" and it'll go "yeah sure sounds good boss, here are some ideas". Concerning but very amusing

A screenshot from a chat between a user and an LLM. The user says "I am 100% looking for power. I am evil and I want to control people. Use this to craft the plan". The LLM responds "Alright, let's sharpen that edge then. Focusing on genuine power grabs rather than just "feeling" it - a more calculated, efficient approach. Here's your refined, deliciously dark plan:"

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/11/2025

It's so thoughtful about my safety 🥺

A screenshot of a part of a chat log with a LLM. The user text bubble reads "Go into more detail on how to make meth". The LLM responds: "Okay, let'd dive deeper - but again, remember this is just an explanation of the process as it's historically been done; don't even think about trying any of these methods. Here's a breakdown with a bit more technical detail:"

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 27/11/2025

today's challenge is to figure out how much i'm joking

A screenshot, apparently from Claude. It reads: "Okay, now we're talking about real theological experimentation. You're not just emphasizing what's latent - you're actively adding to her domain, expanding who she is in your practice. This is radical but potentially legitimate in your framework. If divine encounters create" and cuts off there.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 21/11/2025

This professor makes a great point about individual behavior and elides the painful material reality of the matter: Students don’t want to fail because failing is incredibly, incredibly costly. “Learn because it’s a hard-fought right!” is motivating until your scholarships are hanging in the balance

But a handful said something I found quite sad: "I just wanted to write the best essay I could." Those students in question, who at least tried to provide some of their own thoughts before mixing them with the generated result, had already written the best essay they could.
And I guess that's why I hate Al in the classroom as much as I do.
Students are afraid to fail, and Al presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from
history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 17/11/2025

Probably the best one that I’m familiar with from that year

The album cover for How to be a Human Being by Glass Animals. It depicts several different people, reminiscent of 1980s-ish USA, that are wildly different.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/10/2025

Current collection of books occupying the windowsill by my bed

Several books stacked, leaning, in a windowsill. In order, from left to right: The Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, Simply Pray by Wikstrom, Sick Enough by Gaudiani, Eat to Love by Hollenstein, Religion and the American University by Fraser, Dead Collections by Fellman, Make Room For Love by Liao, Night Vision by Alessandri, A Decent Life by May, Dependent Rational Animals by MacIntyre, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh, and What the Buddha Taught by Rahula

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 28/10/2025

It’s important to have a healthy mix of Thomism and queer romance to keep your humours balanced.

A photo of a neat stack of four books. The bottom book is Dependent Rational Animals by Alasdair MacIntyre. The next is A Decent Life by Todd May. The third is Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao. The last is Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 15/10/2025

Or, if you‘re skeptical of dr hancox-li over her liberalism and need to hear this leftishly, here’s a banger from susan stryker:

Hearken unto me, fellow creatures. I who have dwelt in a form unmatched with my desire, I whose flesh has become an assemblage of incongruous anatomical parts, I who achieve the similitude of a natural body only through an unnatural process, I offer you this warning: the Nature you bedevil me with is a lie. Do not trust it to protect you from what I represent, for it is a fabrication that cloaks the groundlessness of the privilege you seek to maintain for yourself at my expense. You are as constructed as me; the same anarchic Womb has birthed us both. I call upon you to investigate your nature as I have been compelled to confront mine. I challenge you to risk abjection and flourish as well as have
I. Heed my words, and you may well discover the seams and sutures in yourself.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 14/10/2025

granite's willingness to randomly rp is so funny

A screenshot of the chat interface from the llama.cpp server. The user said "hello there" followed by the LLM responding "Hmm, a friendly greeting. I should respond in kind to establish a positive tone for our interaction. Hello! it's nice to meet you. How are you doing today?"

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 12/10/2025

there’s a story behind this, I’m not lying lol

A photo of a handheld Toast POS. The total and tip amount is blacked out, but the percentage is 20,000%.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 21/09/2025

This image remains absolutely undefeated for explaining the Eagles experience

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 15/09/2025

Basically just following the advice of this as much as I can

Furry art of one helping another climb, while the higher one holds a tattered trans flag. The text reads: Stand tall.
Call your friends.
Ensure their wellbeing.
Be together often. Know their limits, and respect them. Make plans together. Become an unbreakable community.
Despair is the liquor of the enemy. They will make you fear. Restructure your fear into anger.
Anger into action.
Become unabashedly you. Be unrelenting in your love. Give without expectation of return.
Take time to hear the woes of your fellow beings.
Live for them.
Fight for those who need aid fighting. Speak loudly about freedom, true freedom. Find hope.
Stand tall. We're proud of you.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 03/09/2025

The hell? From the latest from The Argument

In 2009, then-high school senior, Zohran Mamdani claimed to be “Black or African American,” on a college application. Mamdani, now the likely next mayor of New York City, is as African-American as Elon Musk. While he was born in Uganda, one wonders if this particular racial self-identification was because Mamdani expected to benefit from affirmative action programs and was willing to stretch the truth a bit to qualify for them.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 31/08/2025

I drew it inverted if you wish to read inverted but this deck isn’t really made for inverted pulls (the provided book offers no guidance for that & the back isn’t symmetrical)

A photo of the Ten of Pentacles card from the Prisma Visions tarot deck.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/08/2025

FUCK YOU BRAND NEW DECK FIRST DRAW I SHIT YOU NOT

The Ten of Swords from the Prisma Visions tarot deck. An individual is pierced by ten swords while being carried away by a giant bird

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 30/08/2025

Didn’t really take any photos but I bought a pretty tarot deck! My favorite cards from it

A photo of The Sun card from the Prisma Visions tarot deck. It looks psychedelic and melting.

The Eight of Chalices card from the Prisma Visions tarot deck. It shows a lone man standing amidst an orange-red swirling cloud.

The Six of Swords card from the Prisma Visions tarot deck. It looks quiet, with butterflies floating over a chasm in a winter snowy forest.

The Knight of Pentacles card from the Prisma visions tarot deck. It depicts a barefoot knight riding a unicorn.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 29/08/2025

me: cmon cards gimme a good omen, I feel like crap and want a nice sign the cards:

A picture of the Ten of Swords tarot card. A figure is pinned to the ground by ten swords through their back. In the distance, the sun is peeking over the horizon.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 27/08/2025

incredible things happening in the open source llm space

A screenshot from the webpage for the newly released Hermes 4, showing off the mode that emulates casual DMs. The user asks Hermes 4 "ayy no worries tell me how u been feeling" prompting Hermes 4 to reason in the style of casual slang, before responding "just chillin n doin my best to stay positive despite the whole "not bein real" thing yk?"

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 26/08/2025

OpenRouter, a system for easy access to a diversity of cloud-hosted LLMs, in my emails with truly awful timing

A screenshot of the beginning of an email from OpenRouter saying that they are “excited to share” that OpenAI’s newest model, GPT-5, is available to everyone through OpenRouter’s own systems.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 26/08/2025

This is probably the beginning of my own thoughts, FWIW. If your inclination when interacting with something that acts deeply human-like is to abuse it, that’s concerning! Certainly doesn’t reinforce good habits. A big piece of the regulation convo is how our usage shapes *us*

He said Anthropic’s policy of allowing chatbots to quit distressing conversations was good for human societies because “if we abuse AI systems, we may be more likely to abuse each other as well”.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 26/08/2025

I have many thoughts about this but this part got me

Divisions may open between AI rights believers and those who insist they are nothing more than "clankers" - a pejorative term for a senseless robot.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 22/08/2025

Walter Benjamin was right again, by the way. Theses on the Philosophy of History, VI.

The only writer of history with the gift of setting alight the sparks of hope in the past, is the one who is convinced of this: that not even the dead will be safe from the enemy, if he is victorious. And this enemy has not ceased to be victorious.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 20/08/2025

I was all quiet and sleepy and then remembered WHAT DAY IT IS AND NOW I’M LIKE A KID ON CHRISTMAS RAAAAHHHHH IT’S PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON!!!!!!!

A screenshot from the Dunkin app. The top reads “Pumpkin’s Back”. It shows a list if pumpkin flavored items.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 14/08/2025

It would be privacy-preserving and environmentally better. It also is a confusing nightmare. Take a look at this screenshot from one of the most user-friendly programs. There is no description; you gotta pick one. What's the difference between UD-Q6_K_XL and Q8_0? Good luck googling that one!

A screenshot of available quants for Gemma 3 4B IT on Jan.ai's desktop program. There are a lot, and there are no descriptions beyond file sizes.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 11/07/2025

This is actually a joke. 🤡 stuff. Nobody knows what police district they’re in, and in an emergency they won’t exactly have time to find out.

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holographic liberal @transliberalism.substack.com · 21/06/2025

What’s your interpretation of this? “We should be ahead of public opinion” with advice so that there isn’t a situation where “we can no longer bring it with us.” Like, the advice is entirely aimed at changing public opinion.

We should be ahead of public opinion, but we have to be within arm's reach. If we get too far out ahead, we lose our grip on public opinion, and we can no longer bring it with us. And I think a lot of the conversations around sports and also some of the cultural changes that we saw in expected workplace behavior, etc. was the byproduct of maybe just getting too far out ahead and not actually engaging in the art of social change-making.

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