Far right nutters are definitely more dangerous, but far left nutters are actively hindering the left as a whole from being politically impactful. We’ll never be able to convince Randy Fine that genocide is bad, but we can reach out to nutters on the left and make the left stronger as a result.

like, OSC’s worldview is weird and it absolutely bleeds into the books at times, but there’s no way the scenes where Ender kills other children are meant to be a moral example

isn’t this the point? Ender has no free will, he spends the whole book being manipulated

The "We need a Joe Rogan of the left thing" is bizarre because there is already a Joe Rogan of the left, he goes by HBomberGuy and the fact that his channel doesn't check their boxes is why the people demanding a Joe Rogan of the left in fact do not actually want a Joe Rogan of the left

Nah we ain’t running from this one chief

also you all need to see this, because this is something I don't think *anybody* could predict for where this ad goes

Aliens that make human costumes to wear around humans, because they have no concept of the uncanny valley

arachnid aliens that hide four of the legs to make humans more at ease around them (it does not work)

This is exactly right on what the government is getting badly wrong on the politics and policy of immigration:

I made a silent puppet film about Godzilla vs. Paul Bunyan.

(thank you to @iamchubbybunny.bsky.social for Japanese translations and @okaywolf.ink for clanky piano!!)

Wow the Persona team is cookin again

Recently I had a fantastic Power Through/Evolve build. The wounds weren’t useful on their own, but I hit the hand limit almost every turn! Very good with True Grit & Dark Embrace.

I’d argue doubt is a suitable stance when surrounded by people who agree with you, but when the world is run mostly by people whose morals are either deeply misguided or nonexistent, a bit of unshakeableness is appropriate. There’s a time for contemplation and a time for action.

It’s good to question your beliefs, but some things have to be unshakeable: for example, that human suffering is bad. If doubt means you ignore injustice, you may as well have no morals at all.

A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*

Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when

An LLM just generates text

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

The media doesn't want you to see that it's not a jail, it's slavery.

less dysentery though

oh also taking bribes

Drunk and disorderly in Martinaise.

"The worker who fears immigration because of the immigrant’s competition for jobs ought to be reassured by the reflection that for every new pair of hands to work there is at least one new mouth to feed and body to clothe."

New Republic 1938

HOW the super rich will impoverish you and your kids

wait until they hear about Marital Law

Israeli forces killed Palestinian rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah, firing on one ambulance after another. The Red Crescent wants an international probe.

So who were the medics Israel ambushed on March 23?

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i love this thread and strongly agree with its proscription

I taught a US citizenship class to South Sudanese refugees in Nebraska, 2006-2007. Fleeing civil war, they worked arduous jobs at a meat packing plant. Many had no literacy in any language.

But they studied hard for a citizenship exam which many native-born Americans would not be able to pass.

fucking sucked at the time as well tbh! the wine moms were right! orange man indeed bad! sorry their analysis wasn't intellectually sophisticated or edgy enough but they were correct!

It’s begun