I think what grosses me out so much about stuff like Bremmer's bullshit here is that it tries to completely erase the concept of culpability. Musk destroyed USAID entirely on purpose. Trying to get around that means erasing Musk as a person and acting like it was an act of nature.

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 2w ago

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

I think there's an argument that the backlash is proof that it *is* working. LGBTQ+ people being seen as normal and present is an existential nightmare for the worst people in the world, so they're freaking out and trying desperately to prevent it, and in most cases, it's way too late.

Steve Kenson ❌👑@stevekenson.com · last mo.

"Were queer people wrong to come out when they could have all just stayed in the closet? We're just asking questions!" Fuck. Off.

This is a pretty good example of the issues with these lists. Yes, I really dislike the current state of AI and LLM technology. They have uses, legitimate ones, but they’re fueling one of the biggest economic bubbles in history and they’re being advertised with stuff like “AI will take your job”

GAI Debord@dylanschenker.com · last mo.

I'm sorry but lol

🕯️Manifesting 🕯️

The trick seems to be that anonymity (but with a consistent pseudonym) frees people up from having to be performative. They’re more likely to act like how they really are. With the IRL name, the horrible performative behaviour is more likely to carry over.

Micah@rincewind.run · 2mo ago

every single study done on this shows that the actual best behavior is done under consistent pseudonyms and people behave worse under real names it’s counterintuitive but at this point the real names thing is willful denial of evidence

So, after thinking about it for a while, I picked up a couple of @tkingfisher.com books and finished off the Twisted Ones last night. It was maybe a bad idea to read it until 1am, but I really, really enjoyed it. And my cat kept sitting where she could see the pages, so I think she liked it too.

Something, Somewhere, At One Particular Moment

Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 4mo ago

One Day of Summer

So I've been playing the Silent Hill 2 remake and a youtube video started up at the exact funniest time. Here's my approximation of what happened. It's not really a spoiler.

So...I see this article talking about a fantasy series that's being ignored and I look because I like a lot of obscure things that failed for various reasons. Turns out this is a Daily Wire show, the article starts with saying Joe Rogan likes it and then tries to shame readers for not watching.

I think I just came up with a term that describes how Trump and the GOP behaves. It's "Tasmanian Devil Politics". It's just anger and rage and mindless destruction because they can't comprehend anything but blind loyalty, and anyone who questions anything is seen as an enemy or traitor.

No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise. (Babylon 5)

a surprised woman stands in front of a sign that says boom

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Darryl Mott@gamerstavernshow.com · 2y ago

No Star Wars. No Star Trek. Name a favorite sci-fi franchise.

The hiccup, IMO, is that without government regulation, you rapidly get schools that just exist to make money or schools that are in no way designed to encourage post-secondary education. There are schools under the existing voucher systems that never have anyone go to university from them.

My latest video, a short look at the mindblowing importance of Flight into Danger, a mid 50s Canadian TV move that doesn't exist anymore. A load-bearing structure of the last 70 years of pop culture. youtu.be/BqGkWNcHHZ0

The most important TV movie you've NEVER seen.

YouTube video by DiamandaHagan

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youtu.be/p9m3LOUzZs4?... Trying out Overman King Gainer, and it's pretty fun so far. Apparently it was inspired by the French novel series that was the original inspiration of the comic Snowpiercer was based on, so that's cool.

Overman King-Gainer OP (HQ) (Non-Credit)

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What is one of your comfort movies?

a woman in a blue dress is surrounded by butterflies .

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autumn!@imprainbows.bsky.social · 2y ago

What is one of your comfort movies? (first one moreso than the second one. haven't seen that one in a while)

I think what people tend to not tell you about severe burnout is that it makes it significantly harder to actually accomplish anything that would help you escape the burnout. My particular flavour also comes with extreme difficulty sleeping which is...fun because it just makes it worse every day.