Sometimes I forget that Trump is a native English speaker.

Every once in a while my brain goes "If Lion King is Hamlet, then… Timo and Pumbaa are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" which is a thought that leaves me weirdly happy and then disappears again without leaving a trace.

Blogged it. Happy Hater Week. aftermath.site/war-crime-n6...

Do Not Buy The War Crime N64

There's so many ways to play the N64. You do not need to support Palmer Luckey's little project.

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Elon Musk called a man willing to drown to death to rescue a bunch of children trapped inside a cave a pedophile. He's always been like this - he's a parasite on humanity

Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · last wk.

Elon attacks the best human being on the planet

The dishonesty is not new. It's just disgusting how brazen it has become. www.euronews.com/2025/07/02/g...

Merz faces Pride flag fallout after saying Bundestag 'not a circus'

Friedrich Merz's stance against displaying the rainbow flag at the German parliament for the upcoming Christopher Street Day celebrations has sparked criticism from the opposition lawmakers.

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One arrest at the Nazi protest against Pride, multiple arrests at the leftist Internationalist Pride, and a murderer managed to break through a police barricade and drive a van into the big pride event without being stopped or caught. Berlin’s cops and politicians have made their priorities clear.

If you think today is a great day to play hitler's favorite opera as an act of "remembrance" but also as anti-"cancel culture", while blaming yesterday's hate and violence on muslims and immigrants, you are the fucking problem, not the solution.

It occurs to me so much major market news frames events the same way our corrupt politicians do: people are saying, questions are raised, etc. Statements which they see as helping maintain power, and which are perhaps true, but broadly meaningless except through cynical, conspiratorial implication.

Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 2w ago

Mamdani criticizes Netanyahu. Later, a crazy man stabs a Jewish man and an Asian man. And we get an article suggesting that while one stabbing (dismissed in six words) is just a shrug, the other implicates the mayor. Disgraceful framing. Shame on everyone involved. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/n...

True peace, real peace, lasting peace, only comes through freedom for all. Palestine must be free 🍉

If your favorite author is still on substack, it might be time to pick a different favorite author.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 3w ago

And as a commenter welcomes, guess who just welcomed Andrew Tate onboard? Yep, Substack.

Neonazis, die offen davon träumen, die gesamte politische Elite des Landes hinzurichten, sind bei Markus Lanz für das ZDF kein Problem. Musiker, die gegen genau diese Nazis ansingen, können natürlich aber im ZDF keine Bühne bekommen! Der geistige Zustand der Medien 2026.

If Linus Torvalds having a moderately positive view of AI is the breaking point for you, I would really be interested in where you spend the last 20 years to not notice the assholery from his general direction.

Seeing OpenAI selling a macro pad for some reason finally made me buy a ZSA Voyager after years of wanting one.

One thing about AI coding agents and ADHD. When your brain is heavily sabotaging you in starting a task, having an agent to help you over that first rudimentary implementation hurdle is a godsend. Can’t deny that.

Shoutout to everyone who gives their cat a little goodbye speech before leaving the house.

At some point we will run out of Tolkien names and tech bros will have to stop building stupid tech. ca.pcmag.com/news/16760/fcc-a...

FCC Approves Reflect Orbital's Space Mirror Satellite That Astronomers Hate

The FCC says the most controversial aspect of Reflect Orbital's Earendil-1 satellite, its giant mirror, falls outside its authority since the regulator mainly focuses on radio spectrum.

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The Richest Country Is Pretty Mid Now

"Leveragism" is a term I made up, and it describes what the American economy is increasingly heading towards. As you will see, this is really bad news. 💗 Support this channel and join an amazing community: http://www.patreon.com/bennjordan 👀 Stalk me on social media for more frequent updates: https://linktr.ee/BennJordan 🔴 Subscribe To My Streaming Channel. I stream weekly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geaIEWGhgsI 0:00 - About Capitalism 3:53 - Political Leverage 6:01 - The Gold Trap 8:00 - The Rug Pull 11:34 - The Bond Trap 15:23 - Classical Leverage 19:00 - Debts R' Us 20:32 - AI Circlejerk 22:45 - My Awesome Trip To Israel 29:09 - Authoritarian Leverage 35:01 - Siphoning Your 401K 39:02 - Time and the Smokescreen of Numbers

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Personally I cannot wait for the AI hype to explode in our collective faces. Because I am excited to discuss the merits and flaws of LLMs as a technology, instead of a overhyped panacea.

I feel relieved when Germany exits a World Cup. I feel with those genuinely enjoying soccer and identifying with "their" team, but when I see just how much public excitement drops after Germany is out, it seems like this is heavily an exercise in national pride. And that alienates me quite a bit.

Good news, everyone!

Seems like the German word for femicide is "family tragedy".

German World Cup Fan Can’t Believe How Different Real U.S. Is From Depiction In Pixar’s ‘Cars’ https://theonion.com/german-world-cup-fan-cant-believe-how-different-real-u-s-is-from-depiction-in-pixars-cars/

Did someone already coin "The Weekend War"? Or "The after-market war"?

TIL: ASI is when Goose.

SoftBank’s investor presentation is one of the greatest things ever made. I’ve been thinking about it all day. These are the real slides shown in a speech where Masayoshi Son said he wouldn’t retire for at least another decade. The goose stuff is truly demented. Bravo group.softbank/media/Projec...

Reminder: -Our farms are no longer yielding -Heatwaves -Advancement of desert is alarming -Our rivers are drying -Proliferation of pest and pathogens -Development of tropical diseases. -Our crop are dieing out. Climate change is a reality we must fight.

When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.

This is how AI companies justify getting billions in government contracts. Kill enough children and you're battle tested and ready for a public offering as an advanced hybrid of tech and the military industrial complex novaramedia.com/2026/06/18/u...

US Military Used Musk’s Grok AI to Fire 2,000 Missiles at Iran

Grok “greatly increased operational efficiency” during Operation Epic Fury, the US-Israeli joint military assault on Iran that eliminated supreme leader Ali Khamenei and killed thousands of civilians.

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Ngl, but this whole reflecting pool saga is probably more damaging to the public image of American empire than losing the Iran war.

And thanks to our Anonymoose benefactor and RainCity Rents, that number will be tripled to an incredible $126,239.07!