All of which, you know, explains a lot.

"Those with meanness, characterized by low empathy and hostility, showed a stronger interest in technology and hands-on mechanical work. Disinhibition, the impulsive facet, was linked to creative expression, such as arts and design, alongside practical, hands-on roles."

Another puzzle piece comes from Brian Klaas who shows in his book Corruptible www.amazon.de/dp/1982154098 why it's not so much that power corrupts people, but corrupt people are attracted to power, which is exactly what above study confirms.

'Dark' personality traits thrive in societies with corruption and inequality, global study shows A new global study shows that people in societies characterized by corruption, inequality, poverty, and violence are more likely to develop aversive, "dark" personality characteristics such as selfish...

However, especially this study is interesting. When dark triad traits show "a strong pull toward leadership roles where persuasion and power come into play" then this explains why "'Dark' personality traits thrive in societies with corruption and inequality", as shown here phys.org/news/2025-06...

To be clear, and i have the feeling that especially on this site you have to do this disclaimer: Psychopathy is a very normal psychological trait everyone shows to some degree, nobody is free from it. Some people are just more emphatic than others.

Update to those "business people are psychopaths"-studies, which consistently found dark triad traits among entrepreneurs and lawyers and such: People with dark personality traits are naturally inclined towards leadership roles, finds new study
phys.org/news/2026-04...

As suspected, it's the great Clickhole reloaded: "With this new InfoWars, we will democratize psychological torture, welcoming brutal and sadistic ideas from everyone, even the very stupidest among us. ... Heidecker told the (NYT) on Monday that he plans to parody Jones’s 'whole modus operandi'."

Someone get The Asylum on it fast

The Chemical Brothers - The Salmon Dance (Official Music Video) YouTube video by ChemicalBrothersVEVO

Does "behave differently" mean that salmon high on coke where doing Chemical Brothers (!) Salmon Dance? We'll never know. www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDj7...

So, after Cocaine Bear and Cocaine Shark and Cocaine Cougar and Cocaine Werewolf and Cocaine Crabs (aswell as Meth Gator), may i introduce you to Cocaine Salmon: "Salmon exposed to cocaine swim farther and behave differently than unexposed fish" www.404media.co/scientists-g...

My first guess is this gonna be Clickhole reloaded for tiktok/genAI age? Clickbait 3000 turned up to 11? I'm here for it.

With the help of the Sandy Hook families, The Onion has reached a long-awaited deal to take over InfoWars.

We've enlisted the help of @timheidecker.bsky.social, who will be InfoWars' Creative Director.

Please stand by for more.

Now I'm waiting for the first hypester to compare these lines to the viral stories of chinese factory workers hiding messages in clothes and products, and claims that the model is conscious and these are cries for help.

Now I'm waiting for the first hypester to compare these lines to the viral stories of chinese factory workers hiding messages in clothes and products, and claims that the model is conscious and these are cries for help.

Omnizuck. These tasteless pricks really never saw one episode of Black Mirror did they.

think of my posts here as "clips" from longform essays (that I happen to never write)

"We synthesize emerging evidence that a tiny number of highly active users drives a disproportionate share of misinformation and toxicity, and explain how platform incentives reward moralized, identity-salient, and emotionally charged content."

My favorite still is Mario Klingemann quasimondo.com early AI art pioneer, and i can't get over this t-SNE visualization of 1300 dildos by Sabrina Verhage.

What i find fascinating about good AI art (i won't discuss if such a thing exists) is that it's interesting because it talks mostly about itself and it's algorithmic origin, not about the physical, material world outside, but the data world it inhabits.

It's only 3 years into generative AI. AI art has been going for more than 10 years and has produced some actually fascinating works through programming and locally trained datasets. My favorite is still probably Anna Ridler's Mosaic Virus where the dataset was as much a part of the work.

IDIOTS Official Trailer (2026) Peter Dinklage, Dave Franco YouTube video by Rapid Trailer

This is what i'd call one effective, cool trailer for a good looking movie with a great title. On top, it's from Macon Blair who not only directed the pretty good Toxic Avengers remake, but also played in Jeremy Saulniers Murder Party, Blue Ruin and Green Room. I already love everything about this.

Absolutely incredible.

NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman, who commanded Artemis II, took this footage from the far side of the Moon with his iPhone.

Watch with sound on.

Kreator Offizielle Website zum Dokumentarfilm KREATOR von Cordula Kablitz-Post. - TRAILER, TICKETS, GALERIE, CAST & CREW

kreator-film.de / youtu.be/Gu6TjZvlKVg?...

THREAD: The IEA global energy review 2026

* CO2 record high, but growth nearly ground to halt
* Clean energy shaved 3bn tonnes off CO2
* Fossil-fuel power pushed into reverse
* Age of Electricity "confirmed"
* "Extraordinary" solar growth
* Batteries up 40%
* EVs up 20%
1/10

"Thrash, Altenessen" 1989 German TV documentary about Kreator (better quality!) YouTube video by Old School VHS

In case you missed it: youtu.be/2lKL9_njNa8

"Thrash, Altenessen" 1989
German TV documentary about Kreator (and others)

Polly Wants a Better Argument The “Stochastic Parrot” Argument is Both Wrong and Actively Harmful

Here's a good post deconstructing the outdated parrot-argument, making the same point.

A better criticism of AI that shifts away from the outdated parrot/bullshit/useless arguments to adressing real issues with very potent new cultural technologies may mitigate this sometimes irrational extreme hostility.