Nostr notes by Quinn Norton

When are Americans going to stop having parades and actually do ...

2026-05-16T19:47:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…zpz0
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When are Americans going to stop having parades and actually do something about about the Trump administration? Hint: if your protest has a parade permit, it's not a protest. It's a parade, a walk with cute signs.

Block something, fight back, take the streets ffs, maybe get in the way of the government.

This, on the gear to cover (or attend) a real protest, holds up ...

2026-05-16T19:42:25Z

This, on the gear to cover (or attend) a real protest, holds up after some years.

https://medium.com/message/dressed-for-excess-47a89d343a06

I'm endlessly confused by the wave of legislation to ban ...

2026-04-24T08:30:49Z

I'm endlessly confused by the wave of legislation to ban children from accessing social media, rather than banning social media companies from harming children.

And yes I know Free Speech but now we know that we can torture and sicken people, including kids, in this medium. Some of the things we currently call Free Speech turn out to be poison, mental control, and torture.

At some point we have to separate the "innovation" from the digital lead and asbestos tech companies are feeding people.

I just need to say this every so often to keep myself sane: ...

2026-04-21T13:00:01Z

I just need to say this every so often to keep myself sane: IT'S NOT THE FUCKING DEPARTMENT OF WAR IT'S THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CHANGING THE NAME TAKES AN ACT OF CONGRESS

YOU KNOW CONGRESS? THE MOST POWERFUL BRANCH OF THE US GOVERNMENT? THAT ONE? THE ONE THAT CAN EXCLUSIVELY DECLARE WAR?

And then these mofos are going to blame the electorate because ...

2026-04-13T21:00:41Z

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And then these mofos are going to blame the electorate because they should be able to win while phoning it in and buying their second beach house. It sucks. The Dems suck. They suck so much that we have Trump the raving lunatic and we all know how that happened.

It doesn't get better until the culture of this electoral system burns to the fucking ground.

"Vote Blue no matter who" Fucking hell, I've been ...

2026-04-13T20:54:03Z

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"Vote Blue no matter who"

Fucking hell, I've been hearing that my whole life, and more I got to know the Dems the more I wanted to stab people. The DNC is more hedge fund than political party. Somewhere back in the 70s or 80s they decided whoever raises the most money wins, and they've never let reality shake that belief.

And I suppose it's not wrong, if you work for the dems. They pump a whole economy into the party, and they always keep the money pump primed.

Who doesn't love Democrats? They don't fail democracy, ...

2026-04-13T20:37:03Z

Who doesn't love Democrats? They don't fail democracy, democracy fails them. Losing elections to idiots, dementia patients, or idiot dementia patients (yes I have specific people in mind) and still it's "don't blame me I voted democrat"

All democrats ask of their candidates is a fucking pulse, and barely that. And thusly that's all they get. A pulse and corporate expense accounts.

Then they get mad that doing the barest minimum possible doesn't make them heroes of the people.

My fellow journalists, I need you to stop talking about the ...

2026-04-06T16:40:32Z

My fellow journalists, I need you to stop talking about the Turing Test; it was never a good metric. Turing was a computer scientist, not a psychologist. ELIZA passed it, and also was a decent Person-centered therapy bot. Some people actually used it that way, even knowing it was a bot.

A) There are many paths to the top of a mountain, and

B) LLMs and other AIs aren't real girls and boys just because we feel they are.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116355757033992032 Money ...

2026-04-06T08:14:13Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jplebreton/116355757033992032

Money was a bad idea.

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for those tracking John Carmack's descent into right wing total moral disorientation, he's now at "Palmer Luckey should buy Wired and do to it what Elon Musk did to Twitter".
he's full fash at this point. totally gonna deliver AGI by 2030 though.
increasingly disgusting that he named his shitass company after Commander Keen, a joyful little video game from before he became a millionaire and was empowered to become his worst self.

I literally have no idea what that is. 🤷

2026-04-05T23:56:02Z

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I literally have no idea what that is. 🤷

there's a lot of good people saying important things on ...

2026-04-05T16:07:32Z

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there's a lot of good people saying important things on Twitter still, too. People I respect and people I care about. Network effects are crucial.

not many of my non geeky friends are here, and none of the ...

2026-04-05T16:06:01Z

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not many of my non geeky friends are here, and none of the communities I am trying to reach out to 😔

it has shrunk a lot which i am sad about, but what people need to ...

2026-04-05T13:09:09Z

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it has shrunk a lot which i am sad about, but what people need to remember is that foss shit never goes away, even when you want it to 😂

I'm worried that the younglings have never seen it and want ...

2026-04-03T18:26:38Z

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I'm worried that the younglings have never seen it and want to correct the error immediately

RE: https://social.yoyodyne-it.eu/@rafi0t/116341293183911034 ...

2026-04-03T18:21:46Z

RE: https://social.yoyodyne-it.eu/@rafi0t/116341293183911034

Seriously if you've never seen Wag the Dog, it's absolutely vital in this geopolitical moment.

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Seems we've reached the plot point "hero left behind enemy lines" of Wag the dog?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116323734408381625 My ...

2026-03-31T14:31:34Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/116323734408381625

My trans homies, remember that your stealth roll is nerfed today, but you can use hit dice to restore more HP than usual 🙌

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Today is International Trans Day of Visibility. Sending my love, support, and solidarity to all my trans and non-binary friends. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

RE: https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/116253899766465545 ...

2026-03-19T08:54:00Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/116253899766465545

This is so good. Thanks 🏴🦄 Ugo 🏳️‍🌈🏴 (npub1g7j…4z3z) for sharing it.

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"If No One Pays for Proof, Everyone Will Pay for the Loss" https://freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/89367 (back on "AI still doesn’t work very well in business, businesses are faking it, and a reckoning is coming" https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/17/ai_businesses_faking_it_reckoning_coming_codestrap/)

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2026-03-17T09:35:20Z

All

Hey guys I wrote this short story twelve years ago, but oops it ...

2026-03-16T18:05:46Z

Hey guys I wrote this short story twelve years ago, but oops it came true. It's a dark look at the AI lifestyle, and it hits so many notes.

I would very much appreciate any boosting you might think warranted.

https://medium.com/message/agency-3d37adfc69a3

So ways in which masto is my favorite... 1. I woke up to over 500 ...

2026-03-15T18:12:06Z

So ways in which masto is my favorite...

1. I woke up to over 500 notifications and just said FUCK audibly. This is going to be a whole thing. But no, it was just a wide ranging and interesting discussion about America's class and social systems, and how they terribly disadvantage most Americans.

2. I can edit my posts to clean up my terrible spelling

the wire is so good! But precious few Europeans can follow a ...

2026-03-15T10:47:57Z

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the wire is so good! But precious few Europeans can follow a bmore accent 😂

The rest of world never sees the poor and desperate America, they ...

2026-03-14T09:38:34Z

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The rest of world never sees the poor and desperate America, they mostly stay in the decently rich bits of New York or California, and have no idea what a "food desert" is.

Europeans don't, maybe sometimes can't, understand the ...

2026-03-14T09:34:10Z

Europeans don't, maybe sometimes can't, understand the absolute crushing pressure and gaslighting that most Americans are put through to make us the way we are.

It's a decades long effort to turn most of the population into a money and power pump for a tiny elite class, all while grinding us into dust.

We're crazy and scared all the time, and have no idea what's going on in the rest of the world.

There's a reason dying of opiates seemed like a rational choice to a lot of people.

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116224961260367484 Guys, ...

2026-03-14T09:07:09Z

RE: https://flipboard.social/@newsguyusa/116224961260367484

Guys, guys, Bezos is trying to kill it, but also use it as a test bed for continuing the Amazon data experiments in dynamic pricing while killing it.

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Washington Post notifies subscribers their rates are set to increase, explaining the price rise“was set by an algorithm using your personal data.” https://washingtonian.com/2026/03/12/the-washington-post-is-using-reader-data-to-set-subscription-prices-how-does-that-work/

Hey guys, I actually wrote some science fiction. It's a ...

2026-03-13T13:43:04Z

Hey guys, I actually wrote some science fiction. It's a capstone to my AI series at Emptywheel, but it takes place in 30 years. IT COUNTS. I'm also not actually anti AI in it.

https://emptywheel.net/2026/03/13/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-epilogue/

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2026-03-11T19:03:09Z

RE: https://flipboard.com/@aljazeera/middle-east-news-oapkqap7z/-/a-kRUVgfJURbW4b9zw7Xxp3Q%3Aa%3A3199698-%2F0

The only reason to do this to Beirut is pure evil spite. Lebanon is so torn up, and just gets kicked by one power after another (including Hezbollah)

Beirut is the capital city, not a Islamist fortification or something. When I was there the locals immediately bought me arak and we swapped stories all damn night.

I have never met the people of another nation as cool, chill, and funny as the Lebanese. I am extremely sad.
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If the whole of Europe isn't in a civilizational mad dash for ...

2026-03-04T19:26:20Z

If the whole of Europe isn't in a civilizational mad dash for renewables within months I don't know what to tell you. It's going to get real rough and even more expensive to function.

I tried doing alt-text for a while, but I just ended up not ...

2026-02-27T18:53:28Z

I tried doing alt-text for a while, but I just ended up not posting at all. I don't understand why screen readers can't recognize and OCR text in the year of our lord 2026. I used OCR so much back in the day.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/116143219894094373 Me ...

2026-02-27T17:58:02Z

RE: https://mastodon.social/@effinbirds/116143219894094373

Me with AI companies/bros

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But also sometimes when you're US centric it has its ...

2026-02-26T22:00:08Z

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But also sometimes when you're US centric it has its moments/posters

Checked in over at bsky ...

2026-02-26T21:19:05Z

Checked in over at bsky

on the down low, it could also be a miner affair, you dig?

2026-02-24T23:19:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…wz3m
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on the down low, it could also be a miner affair, you dig?

So it looks like Trump raped a child. Will he suffer any ...

2026-02-24T15:57:45Z

So it looks like Trump raped a child. Will he suffer any reduction in support from his base for it?

Here's a fun thought: You know how you work in.. that field ...

2026-02-22T12:06:20Z

Here's a fun thought: You know how you work in.. *that field* You know what I mean. With all the management crises and no one really know how it's all held together, but we keep duct taping it all so that it doesn't fall over. We all know it can't go on like this forever, and when someone asks "Who are the adults in the room" you just laugh and go back to managing your stress with questionable habits.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116104393407032622 and ...

2026-02-20T18:40:27Z

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@metacurity/116104393407032622

and popcorn futures go through the roof

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note1z6d…kln6

This is for Wynn Resorts.

ShinyHunters demands $1.5M not to leak Vegas casino and resort chain data
https://www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/shinyhunters_wynn_resorts/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

The PTSD clinic I work with in Bordeaux keeps a posted list of ...

2026-02-20T14:02:44Z

The PTSD clinic I work with in Bordeaux keeps a posted list of human rights lawyers on the wall. It's hard to explain how comfortable and validating that is.

It took a year and getting through several medical emergencies ...

2026-02-20T12:12:16Z

It took a year and getting through several medical emergencies (the kind that drag on) to get here, but I got here.

The final installment of the AI series for Emptywheel is What We Talk About When We Talk About AI (Part Five) "Not With a Bang But a Whimper"
https://emptywheel.net/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-ai-part-five/

I think you guys are going to love this one.

...and they're right! until maybe the day they aren't.

2026-02-18T21:36:23Z

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...and they're right! until maybe the day they aren't.

and honestly, they're blending way too much these days. I ...

2026-02-18T21:35:17Z

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and honestly, they're blending way too much these days. I spend a lot of time thinking about how to avoid the former, and have been at the mercy of the latter. My intuition is that when they finally collide is where we get into 1984 territory, probably without realizing we're there at all.

When I offer to help people actually avoid surveillance, they almost always demur, they care, but not enough to safeguard themselves. People always assume it will happen to someone else.

everyone is scared and powerless right now, i fear they will only ...

2026-02-18T21:10:50Z

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everyone is scared and powerless right now, i fear they will only increase for a while. And worse, there's a grain of truth to it, making it all the harder to handle.

I speak with some experience with these things 😬

(having been targeted I've realized that you can never tell when you've crossed the invisible line between paranoia and person of interest)

I've spent my whole life seeking reliable expertise and ...

2026-02-17T10:50:26Z

I've spent my whole life seeking reliable expertise and asking, humbly, for time and specialized knowledge from the people who are the experts. This really is the shape of my career and key to who I am. I want to get things right, and I want to fix it when I don't.

But I'm now living in a society that's just thrown all that away for hallucinating stocastic parrots as arbiters of truth.

stupid. Most recently people were agreeing with each other that ...

2026-02-12T09:21:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…33rh
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stupid. Most recently people were agreeing with each other that if he was now harassing CoY off platform as well, there's nothing bsky can do 🤷

I checked and.. the discourse about catsofyore on Bluesky is ...

2026-02-12T09:17:30Z

I checked and.. the discourse about catsofyore on Bluesky is exactly what you think it is.

anytime, you can count on us. We're like the Spider-Man of ...

2026-02-12T00:29:12Z

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anytime, you can count on us. We're like the Spider-Man of Fediverse, for some weird reason there's too many of us.

I mean, there is some. We're not talk interstellar medium ...

2026-02-12T00:25:49Z

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I mean, there is some. We're not talk interstellar medium empty, where Voyager 2 is now. but it says something that V2 went though a 50,000 C temperature zone, and matter was so dispersed that it was fine

not necessarily cook itself, there is some heat transfer in ...

2026-02-11T23:56:19Z

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not necessarily cook itself, there is *some* heat transfer in space, especially a busy place like and inner solar system. But modern computer components absolutely would toast themselves long before you really got much up and working. A whole datacenter? That's just absurd.

that's easy, NOTHING IS EVER ALLOWED TO BREAK.

2026-02-11T23:47:53Z

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that's easy, NOTHING IS EVER ALLOWED TO BREAK.

Space isn't quite cold, for this purpose it's more empty. ...

2026-02-11T23:44:13Z

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Space isn't quite cold, for this purpose it's more empty. you need matter to transfer heat into a medium dense enough to allow heat to flow. Put something generating heat in a vacuum, and it will cook itself.

I'm so confused, I am a bear of little brain, can someone ...

2026-02-11T23:27:11Z

I'm so confused, I am a bear of little brain, can someone explain to me, in simply words... HOW THE FUCK DO YOU COOL A DATA CENTER IN SPACE

yeaaah... Substack is a bad idea. Look into Outpost or Ghost, and ...

2026-02-07T19:14:40Z

yeaaah... Substack is a bad idea. Look into Outpost or Ghost, and stop supporting literal Nazis. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters

As an American, and a journalist, I can't express how upset I ...

2026-02-07T10:18:13Z

As an American, and a journalist, I can't express how upset I am that these demonic fuckers came for the CIA world fact book. It's literally the only good thing the CIA ever did, and it was wonderful. I remember discovering it as a kid, and it was like the first time you discovered Wikipedia.

It's just evil. It's destroying something because it was good. It makes no sense! Afaik, they didn't even give a reason. Destroy, destroy, destroy.

Peter Mandelson, you scamp. CONFIDENTIAL – STRICTLY NOT FOR ...

2026-02-06T22:12:08Z

Peter Mandelson, you scamp.

CONFIDENTIAL – STRICTLY NOT FOR PUBLICATION:

"Mr Mandelson’s representatives state that he does not wish to speak to the media at this time. He requests that the press do not take photos or film, approach, or contact him via phone, email, or in-person."

Yeah, that should take care of it.

RE: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116013966140738150 This, ...

2026-02-04T19:44:24Z

RE: https://federate.social/@mattblaze/116013966140738150

This, all of this. Fucking man babies.
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the losers are also anyone who has to deal with climate change ...

2026-02-04T07:38:18Z

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the losers are also anyone who has to deal with climate change too!

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116003787681227517 ...

2026-02-03T00:17:37Z

RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116003787681227517

Can't help but notice no mention of Tesla here
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RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/116002845169409239 I'm ...

2026-02-02T20:19:22Z

RE: https://mstdn.social/@Nickiquote/116002845169409239

I'm beginning to think, against all expectations, that this might not be a good movie.
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So my journalistic alma mater, Wired, has been doing great ...

2026-02-02T18:20:56Z

So my journalistic alma mater, Wired, has been doing great coverage. Last year they put out a video on how governments spy on protestors, and everything about it is technically superb (though it has been a while and it might be out of date.) It comprehensive look at surveillance at protests, and how to evade it.

But it missed an important political point: You go to a protest to make a political statement about your rights and desires.

I have been invited to forgo my work day. Sigh. ...

2026-02-02T16:29:36Z

I have been invited to forgo my work day. Sigh.

Been deluged in Epstein news, just like everyone else. But what ...

2026-02-02T16:03:35Z

Been deluged in Epstein news, just like everyone else. But what strikes me is how far you can get as a mediocre white man, if you truly have no morality at all. It's breathtaking how stupid they all are.

RE: https://social.circl.lu/@quinn/115989814863816106 If I post ...

2026-01-31T13:02:20Z

RE: https://social.circl.lu/@quinn/115989814863816106

If I post this on Bluesky I'm going to get so canceled, aren't I?

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Can someone explain to me, in simple language even a tech and politics journalist can understand, how Bellingcat isn't labor exploitation?

Can someone explain to me, in simple language even a tech and ...

2026-01-31T12:55:18Z

Can someone explain to me, in simple language even a tech and politics journalist can understand, how Bellingcat isn't labor exploitation?

What if we were able to pay attention to more than one genocide ...

2026-01-23T17:16:33Z

What if we were able to pay attention to more than one genocide at any given time? That would be amazing.

Aw well.

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2026-01-23T16:50:26Z

Proposal to nickname AI the stupidification machines.

I'm still a bit on edge about it, these guys find ways to ...

2026-01-16T01:40:01Z

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I'm still a bit on edge about it, these guys find ways to ruin shit I didn't even know you could ruin.

I may have not understood this; it's about scraping, not ...

2026-01-16T01:29:16Z

I may have not understood this; it's about scraping, not generating articles? It's a bit confusing.

Does anyone remember when we were going to make an energy ...

2026-01-14T10:52:05Z

Does anyone remember when we were going to make an energy transition so we didn't all doom our children in a climate apocalypse, before we just forgot about climate change and just burnt our carbon budget on AI slop?

Seems so long ago.

would love to dig into it... When this flu is done with me. 😂

2026-01-11T19:51:11Z

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would love to dig into it... When this flu is done with me. 😂

it feels highly avoidable though, they all tend to be on the same ...

2026-01-11T19:42:06Z

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it feels highly avoidable though, they all tend to be on the same instances. The Nazi furries aren't exactly evenly distributed.

I have been hearing people talk about mastodon in the past tense, ...

2026-01-11T17:12:29Z

I have been hearing people talk about mastodon in the past tense, and it's weirdly upsetting. It turns out that it has lost a lot of users apparently? This is by far the best social media site in terms of communication health. Not... That that is saying much in this social media environment.

I was sick for all of CCC, which sucked. But the session that I ...

2026-01-09T19:20:43Z

I was sick for all of CCC, which sucked. But the session that I am most sad at missing was the hack of WhiteDate. *chef's kiss* https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-the-heartbreak-machine-nazis-in-the-echo-chamber

I'm not sure I even think the like button is good. I use it ...

2026-01-07T09:22:28Z

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I'm not sure I even think the like button is good. I use it because of social pressure. Afaik, it mainly exists to drive engagement and is a tool for social media companies to keep you on platform and surface content that drives engagement. My favorite thing about fedi is that no one is engineering the platform to keep me here instead of living my damn life.

this is very good but also NOT ENOUGH :)

2026-01-06T17:20:26Z

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this is very good but also NOT ENOUGH :)

I wish news orgs would figure out how to use Mastodon. sigh.

2026-01-06T17:13:06Z

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I wish news orgs would figure out how to use Mastodon. sigh.

This is incredibly hard and and incredibly good reporting. ...

2026-01-06T17:12:37Z

This is incredibly hard and and incredibly good reporting.
@npr's ([@npr](https://flipboard.com/@npr ))(?) look back on the Jan 6 attack on the capitol.

Part 1: https://npr.org/2026/01/04/nx-s1-5666343/inside-the-jan-6-capitol-riot-part-1-of-2
Part 2: https://npr.org/2026/01/04/nx-s1-5666352/inside-the-jan-6-capitol-riot-part-2-of-2

So many lives destroyed, that day and beyond

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2026-01-01T16:35:20Z

I love all the posts on Public Domain Day every year.

It's day three of CCC, and my fever has returned. I will be ...

2025-12-29T09:54:00Z

It's day three of CCC, and my fever has returned. I will be lying in bed all day at the hotel yet again.

look this is effectively the only way I can go viral at this ...

2025-12-28T13:34:43Z

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look this is effectively the only way I can go viral at this point in my career

I have hit the bad part of this flu. I woke up with aching in ...

2025-12-28T09:56:32Z

I have hit the bad part of this flu. I woke up with aching in every part of my body, and feeling like I'm trying to breathe though a half pound of gauze. This will officially be my worst CCC ever.

You know what no one needed? Liberal Twitter but with Merkel ...

2025-12-27T17:15:29Z

You know what no one needed? Liberal Twitter but with Merkel trees, unusable federation, and VC.

The AI controversy is the loneliness crisis, the inequality ...

2025-12-24T02:12:35Z

The AI controversy is the loneliness crisis, the inequality crisis, and the education crisis stacked on each other, wearing a trenchcoat and a fedora.

oh you sweet summer child 😂

2025-12-07T15:04:53Z

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oh you sweet summer child 😂

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2025-12-07T11:32:12Z

Ouch

In which I am a bit weird, I admit, but Pete Hegseth is so, so ...

2025-12-04T01:08:41Z

In which I am a bit weird, I admit, but Pete Hegseth is so, so much worse.

Back on my bullshit for emptywheel (npub1ejx…afye)

https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/03/pete-hegseth-and-the-radical-queer-wing-of-al-qaeda/

I've definitely compared it to asbestos, but I've also ...

2025-11-30T11:54:56Z

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I've definitely compared it to asbestos, but I've also compared social media to asbestos. Together they're Super Asbestos 😬

oh, they're definitely going to be identified by AI. For ...

2025-11-22T21:00:03Z

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oh, they're definitely going to be identified by AI. For their own safety of course.

This pansy ass giving up shit is why everyone hates the ...

2025-11-10T11:58:39Z

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This pansy ass giving up shit is why everyone hates the Democrats. Enjoy going back to millions suffering and dying without healthcare, America.

The right is fascist incompetents, but I didn't realize the ...

2025-11-10T11:50:36Z

The right is fascist incompetents, but I didn't realize the left was this feckless.

Living that life 😂 ...

2025-11-08T19:03:09Z

Living that life 😂

Oh ffs, this is insane. Antifa foreign terrorist designation ...

2025-10-28T09:59:17Z

Oh ffs, this is insane. Antifa foreign terrorist designation could completely fuck America.
https://one.npr.org/i/nx-s1-5587726:nx-s1-9508257

Being one of the white trash usians who gets dumped on, getting ...

2025-10-28T02:15:08Z

Being one of the white trash usians who gets dumped on, getting called a Nazi and bs like that, I'm damn tired of how self defeating the US left is determined to be. Trump has no better ally than social media progressives who tear down anyone who tries. Anything. Harvard perfect only.

The foul mouth Mainer who got to be the main character of left social media turns out to be basically an ok if emotionally damaged guy. Because war. https://jacobin.com/2025/10/platner-maine-senate-reddit-media

He's up against Susan Collins ffs

I... Just don't know. It could be a form of self expression ...

2025-10-26T11:56:25Z

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I... Just don't know. It could be a form of self expression for some people. Probably never huge, but, the glasses are coming back successfully. Also apparently in workplace mandates? More surveillance.

I think it's most likely going to fail because our phones ...

2025-10-26T11:48:42Z

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I think it's most likely going to fail because our phones already do most of this anyway and existing ai companies have already made friend agents power enough to drive us into psychosis anyway. 😬

it's deeply cynical, and could very possibly work on more ...

2025-10-26T11:39:22Z

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it's deeply cynical, and could very possibly work on more people than I'd like to admit.

they're targeting lonely people without community or social ...

2025-10-26T11:37:35Z

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they're targeting lonely people without community or social support. That's not you, but statistically that's most Americans, especially the young ones.

Unpopular opinion, but I don't care that much what they do ...

2025-10-24T12:28:46Z

Unpopular opinion, but I don't care that much what they do with the Whitehouse, I'm much more concerned about what they're doing to the people and civil institutions while distracting us with the Whitehouse.

I know I mentioned it in my piece, but I cannot recommend ...

2025-10-23T20:30:52Z

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I know I mentioned it in my piece, but I cannot recommend watching the Revisionaries enough. https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/revisionaries/

And it's right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqd-k03pJJE (Though you might need a VPN if you're not in America)

but you know with ever so slight variations, so we swing on ...

2025-10-23T20:18:11Z

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but you know with *ever so slight variations*, so we swing on each other like good leftists 😂

You're walking into an abattoir and trying to set up a tea ...

2025-10-23T19:10:52Z

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You're walking into an abattoir and trying to set up a tea room. You're fighting a founder effect and an interface culture of Twitter at its worst. Just the founder effect on its own is basically cursed. This is "they only moved the headstones" territory.

you cannot decentralize your way out of bsky's kneejerk ...

2025-10-23T19:04:36Z

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you cannot decentralize your way out of bsky's kneejerk culture of bonding over hating people.

They have bigger problems. Have you seen how fucked their culture ...

2025-10-23T19:02:33Z

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They have bigger problems. Have you seen how fucked their culture is? It's like watching overcrowded chickens peck each other to death.