Austin W.
@apdiarra.bsky.social
St. Paul based software engineer Physics and math nerd, mountain biker, rock climber, dungeon master. MNUFC fan. Millennial who missed the 90s. Fuck ICE.
"CEO says a thing, gets scifi concept wrong" damn y'all playing the hits today I see
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · last wk.The 'singularity' refers to the point at which AI outpaces human intelligence and becomes difficult to control.
From the great TM Gibbons-Neff: “Regarding the mujahedeen who were killed by your side, I do not know whether they or their families would forgive you,” Mr. Gulab said. “Those civilians may not forgive the foreign forces, but for me personally, I have my own authority and I have forgiven you.”
Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought (Gift Article)
First as a Marine and then as a journalist, I spent years tied to Afghanistan. I returned one last time to speak to a former enemy in search of answers, and perhaps closure.
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It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.
Many young children will have suffered through this game. At least it will have exposed to them the true nature of the world.
First and last FIFA halftime show, Inshallah, amen, hallelujah, Baruch hashem.
dawg the brazilians are calling it asfaltos unidos in the QTs we're getting cooked
Arif Hasan, but NFL🔨⚒️🛠️@arif.bsky.social · 2w agothis shot is so bleak lmao
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
A lot of people on the left are infected with the noble savage myth. “If we just show these people the benefits of civilization they will want it!” Actually, no, no they won’t.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 3w agoit amazes me how many people have made it to adulthood and not noticed yet how many if not most vocal critics of Rural America are people who are themselves FROM rural America, and who would rather eat broken glass than go back
Joe Rogan is exhibit A for my increasing conviction that a warped ideal of “critical thinking” has been the most destructive cultural phenomenon of the past three decades.
Anthony L. Fisher@anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 3w agoJoe Rogan is not a harmless, gullible bro. He’s a malevolent, gullible bro.
the kid on the right is objectively closer to the body shape and size of an ancient hoplite than Brad Pitt
The House of Pod@kavehmd.bsky.social · 3w agoI’m sorry but the most expressive part of Mr. Pitt’s acting in this movie is his butt.
2 - There are just two occasions of a team scoring first in the semi-final but not reaching the final of the FIFA World Cup in the 21st century – both of them are England (vs Croatia in 2018 and Argentina in 2026). Familiar.
it's one of those thing that a lot of secular people don't get but uh, Reformed Protestant evangelicals *really* really fucking hate Catholics
Sharon 🪳🌹@sharonk.bsky.social · 3w agowhile it might seem odd to a lot of people on here who are secular, anti-Catholicism as a bigotry is still alive and well within the United States (this, despite Catholics having their own wing of postliberal thought)
Lindsey Graham comes to a realization at the end of his 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell.
Haaland is yet more evidence that the joy in sporting comes from collecting dangerous mutants and letting them loose on each other