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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

i don't think "x/0 is undefined" is misleading at all. "x/0 = what" is the same as "0×what=x", and not even infinity equals anything other than 0 when multiplied by 0. "f(x) approaches y as x approaches z" ≠ "f(z)=y"

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

lol. if "actively studying language change" makes him a linguist, then i'm a linguist, archeologist, astronomer, historian, anthropologist, physicist, chemist, biologist, and psychologist.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i sometimes feel bad for implying i have more expertise than i do, but at least i'm mostly sure i've never publicly called myself a linguist.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

i feel like i just watched a public execution. it reminds me of hbomberguy's plagiarism video.

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I read EtymologyNerd’s Algospeak so you don’t have to.

YouTube video by languagejones

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

i hope i get to meet you in person one day. and i hope when i do, you're a dog. moreso. like, they put your brain in a dog body.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

the thing that makes me most not want to die is thinking about the non-zero odds we get anti-aging technology and quasi-immortality, and i get to live for thousands of years in a post-scarcity utopia. the odds might be low. but what a tragic waste it would be if we get there and i could have seen it

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

yeah. i've found "it hurts too much, i just need it to stop" is pretty hard to defeat with facts and logic. and the way our culture is so dogmatically anti-suicide makes me distrustful of all the reasons people give not to do it.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

if abraham lincoln had been against AI he would have mentioned it in the declaration of independence

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

i'm torn between three options: 1. homo erectus starting to use fire 2. the first sustained lens-making tradition beginning in italy in the 13th century (eventually leading to telescopes, microscopes, thermometers, barometers, prisms, etc) 3. that time in 1983 stanislav petrov saved the planet

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

i think we should have a legal wealth-cap of about 1.5 million dollars per person. that's about 3 times the national mean. i don't think there's a good reason to let anyone have more than 3 times the average.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

i would actually appreciate it if you named an individual action or two? i'd like to have a better handle on what specifically he's done that pisses people off so much

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

newsom has done evil shit. i hate his guts. but you're making it sound like i like everything he's done, which shows that you're the one who's not listening. democracy is what we have that russia doesn't, and i can't tell if you even care how close we are to losing it.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

because no democrat, including newsom, is a threat to democracy the way republicans are. it's that simple.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

question for anyone who wants to answer because i'm actually kinda curious what folks will say: what do you hate most about gavin newsom? for me it's that he vetoed SB 1047, a major piece of AI safety regulation.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

if gavin newsom gets the nomination i will commit arson in a fit of rage. and then i will campaign for him.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

yes, it is very embarrassing that i ever paid for claude premium in the first place. you may all point and laugh at me now.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

this video lead to me canceling my claude subscription and my youtube premium subscription. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOm...

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OpenAl Showed Up At My Door. Here’s Why They’re Targeting People Like Me

YouTube video by More Perfect Union

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

the more i hear the phrase "ripe for abuse" the weirder it seems to me. tender for exploitation. al dente for malfeasance.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back. Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance. Be a housing fan.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

someone should hire like 100 historians to make a version of this video but showing population density over time www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6Wu...

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The History of the World: Every Year

YouTube video by Ollie Bye

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

happy open-enrollment-eve to all who celebrate

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 01/10/2025

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD
@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy.

Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social
I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

happy petrov day everyone

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Weird question...but if your first language is something other than english or french, can you send a voice memo of the way people who speak your language tend to pronounce croissant to hankandjohn@gmail.com?

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

thank you jreg for giving me a way to sum up my particular flavor of insanity in a single easy-to-understand graphic. (from here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFc...)

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

i just found out both of my senators, both of them democrats, @bennet.senate.gov and @hickenlooper.senate.gov, voted against this. i'm appalled. israel is brazenly trying to ethnically cleanse the gaza strip. i called both their offices to complain. i wish i could do more.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

it's wild for me to think about how we've all been trying to picture the exact same doodle/birthday message without getting to actually see it

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

on the other hand, it makes it seem like we might be right about how dangerous our situation is. and that's terrifying. i really, really, really hope we're wrong.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

as time has gone on, i've been watching this way of thinking become more and more common. on one hand, it's kinda comforting. it's nice to know there are so many smart and well-connected people taking the problem seriously.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

in 2018 i read “superintelligence: paths; dangers; strategies” by nick bostrom, and it dramatically changed the way i think about ai. back then i felt very alone. almost no one was thinking about the dangers the way that book successfully encouraged me to.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

*putting the finishing touches on my Puppy Torture Device* Technology isn't inherently good or evil. It's just a tool. What matters is how you use it.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

obviously there's more important things happening, but, man. i thought it was just rumors, i didn't think they'd actually do it. but the folks over at google really are just, deep-throating that boot, huh.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

i did not, sorry. the way i made that video was just by going through the whole scene and pausing whenever i got to another instance of the phoneme, and deleting everything since the last one. i did that for every phoneme. it was infinitely more work than it was worth. godspeed.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

im planning on going to this tomorrow. in case you haven't heard about it. there's gonna be one in every state capital.

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

...as opposed to real historical crusaders, who i guess were all kindhearted pluralists?

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"why would you want me to be president? i'm only gonna make billionaires pay taxes. nobody else pays any taxes." welp, she has my vote. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG3f...

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US President Trixie Storc 2028: Establishing My Platform

YouTube video by Trixie the Golden Witch

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

i almost didn't make this little video essay but i'm glad i did, i think it turned out rather well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkSh...

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murder, corporate responsibility, and anarchy

YouTube video by Xidnaf's Secret Channel

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

recently heard news folks on the radio chastising people for celebrating the ceo murder. i don't remember anyone talking like that when bin laden was killed in 2011 and there was literal dancing in the streets. not gonna condone either, shooting people is mean, but like, whence the difference?

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

this is the only thing that goes through my head when i hear that name. (source: www.reddit.com/r/Shrek/comm...)

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xidnaf @xidnaf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

for the record, i consider ['nʉu.kʰçjə,lɚ] to be the only correct pronunciation of <nuclear>.

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