When simulation becomes the norm, it weakens the human capacity for discernment. As a result, our social bonds close in upon themselves, forming self-referential circuits that no longer expose us to reality. We thus come to live within bubbles, impermeable to one another. Feeling threatened by anyone who is different, we grow unaccustomed to encounter and dialogue. In this way, polarization, conflict, fear and violence spread. What is at stake is not merely the risk of error, but a transformation in our very relationship with truth.

pope tweets good

No one is better for this mood than Leonard Cohen.

wife just pranked me by “accidentally” sharing pics of her and her boss in a hot tub in Cabo. Not falling for that one Linda, I know you’re at a conference in Phoenix lol

Culture Crave sucks:

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I made a sign for No Kings. Front:

I made a sign for No Kings. Back:

I made a sign for No Kings.

Your reminder that John Cena holds the record for granting the most wishes for the Make-a-Wish Foundation by a considerable margin.

When you’ve lost the Australians, things have really gone off the rails. They’ve have been almost pathologically loyal to US foreign interests going back to Korea.

you mean vance?

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What’s your favorite movie about a deranged opera enthusiast who drags a steamboat over an Amazon jungle mountain?

Pillars of creation as taken by JWST. But with googly eyes added to the pillars and floating santa hats on top. Don't ask...

Merry Christmas! 🎄✨

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Fiddler Ashley MacIsaac has show cancelled over Google AI-generated misinformation Cape Breton musician was set to perform in Nova Scotia before a search summary incorrectly described him as a sex offender

New from me: The storied fiddler Ashley MacIsaac wanted to play a show at a Nova Scotia First Nation. It got cancelled because Google's AI search summary incorrectly called him a sex offender. Now he's worried for his safety www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/arti...

It’s a Succession storyline. Everyone involved is a terrible person.

Earpeace brand. Significant attenuation without losing all the treble.

ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections

[Exit Clown.]

At this rate the 2026 Dem meta will be running dead-eyed CIA officers whose campaign ads are just them graphically describing what war crimes they will do to Republicans

ladies and gentlemen...we got him

people playing music/videos on their phone speakers in public is more than just mildly annoying and is instead a leading indicator of the decline of community and empath

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

From a dear friend in Porto, Portugal.

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Pretty much every single one of these new government accounts is posting rage bait. It's possible (like 100% guaranteed) they are trying to provoke people here on purpose, so don't fall for it. Blockity block block block.

Don't engage. Just block. They want to push their rage bait on here. Don't give them the satisfaction.

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Some DOE employee was given a thankless task. This seems…fine? What are you proposing would been better?

the actual story here, which the media never talks about, is that police in this country have become a discrete right-wing political operation. the story isn't about cops leaving (they're lying about that), it's about the police trying to exert influence over elections.

Happy NYC gingko tree puke smell season, for those who celebrate!

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war