We do not live in the “best of all possible worlds.” Just because people put seeds in the ground does not mean it had to lead to fascism and inequality, societies just chose those things too.

People confuse agriculture being a proximate cause of inequality with being a necessary one. It did happen that way, quite tragically, but it did not have too. Cultures and people made plenty of other decisions that led to the shit of a society we have now.

Slow prepping

kids who played disco elysium in middle school are now in college

Inside the Richmond field office, a controversial 2023 memo mapped connections between extremist violence and radical religious views. Now, that administrative document becomes a lightning rod, resulting in termination of five analysts, signaling a shift in FBI culture.

MANATOES

We honestly don't know for sure, but it's a weird reminder of how the sea cows and the elephants are close cousins, because of the nails on their non-existent toes.

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Well I dont even have a “401K” so HA!

As an an old man I can tell you all this simply not true and you should not accept it

People have to many opinions about things… I mean, nobody asked

well, this is a fun post by @weirdmedieval.bsky.social trust me, you gotta see this illustrations by some very creative - or very bored - scribes genius either way weirdmedievalguys.substack.com/p/how-to-int...

SCOOP: I got exclusive internal documents from the white supremacist group Patriot Front, showing the group is in 49 states and has grown fast. The docs outline strict rules on propaganda and show the group’s expansion into racist “active clubs”: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

WHAT IF DARK MATTER IS MADE OF TWO PARTICLE TYPES?? New paper! My latest to get through peer review: Congrats to @cosmolooney.bsky.social @markneyrinck.bsky.social and our crew for getting this paper across the finish line! We show that two axion scenarios have 3 distinct ground states. ⚛️🧪🔭

Honestly, I hope the entire ship is crewed with crypto billionaires. Send a whole fleet of them, if you need to.

At Stanford's Hoover Archives at Stanford, I have discovered a 1978 letter to an ex-CIA officer from notorious KGB spy/MI6 turncoat Kim Philby, wherein Philby wonders if "we shall all be gobbling each other up in an orgy of cannibalism" one day, and that he would opt for "Breast of Brigette Bardot."

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Alabama to use congressional map that will eliminate a majority-Black district a lower court said intentionally discriminated against Black voters. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

We need to have at least enough control to shut them down if the people running them are anti-human assholes. This goes for all companies of a sufficient size, not just AI

Eating at home is, in fact, quite economically optimal

man i’ve heard all the arguments against it but i can’t help it i want one of these guys in my house. he can shoot me with a gun if he wants

Shane put an awful lot of hard work in to this, from our chat when I was in the Twin Cities to this finished version. I hope you'll read it.

#OnThisDay June 2 1838: After being evicted from Fort Snelling by the US Army, French-Canadian bootlegger Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant moves downstream to Fountain Cave, establishing the first saloon and permanent settlement that eventually becomes the city of St Paul, Minnesota.

Holy Shit

AI is just message boards and chat forums personified

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reading body language

it’s Sneakers and it isn’t particularly close perfect cast, perfect movie

I’m starting a farm!

Yes, that is exactly Netanyahu’s plan

YOLO Capitalism… Gonna be a wild ride till it isnt

talked to the people behind the Houston Associated Experimental Press, a new community arts newspaper in Montrose, about Houston's thriving indie publishing scene and recapturing the magic of alt-weeklies www.chron.com/culture/arti...

It’s a sign we live in the YOLO economy

I have 10 hours worth of Godspeed bootlegs… They’ll get it

Canada continuing genocide aga... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why would God have a dick if nobody had a pussy?

Same

As a credit card ceo myself, I completely agree

Nietzsche

It’s interesting how one of my most controversial opinions in allegedly leftist circles is that I believe our ancestors didn’t sacrifice what they did for us to save the US from itself. They did it so we have a chance to escape that horror. Many people can’t connect with this idea.

Probably the biggest mass murderer in all of Hollywood

Near my apartment I found a stack of discarded photocopies of photos taken in China. I estimate they're ~50yrs old. I'm fascinated by this glimpse into history. If anyone can tell me where and when they were taken or who the people are I would love to know. Please share! 🧵

In the last 48 hours, The New School has fired almost two dozen colleagues in humanities and social sciences, many of them tenured faculty of color, and multiple staff members, including in social justice.

Who is Christopher Olah, the 33-year-old Pope Whisperer? - Anthropic Co-Founder. - Thiel Fellow. - EA Poster Boy. - Useful Idiot Participating in the Destruction of Higher Ed. 80000hours.org/podcast/epis...

Thinking about a @thwphipps.bsky.social classic

Prob gonna take it out on Iran and do something stupid

Lol

Lol

Lots of luck