I think one of my favorite setting tropes in fiction is the huge futuristic city that is both beautiful and yet deeply dystopian.

78% of abortions occur before 9 weeks 92% of abortions occur before 13 weeks 6% of abortions occur between 14–20 weeks 100% are none of your fucking business

One type of internet content I never get tired of is housecats in places you wouldn't expect.

Wait, is the idea of Palantir that Thiel is Saruman?

Some say Trump is controlled by Putin. Some say he is controlled by Netanyahu. Maybe one, maybe the other, maybe both. However, I think his own ignorance, stupidity, and innate viciousness could explain every miserable thing he says and does, without any outside control.

I'm glad I got to live in an era of mass literacy and cheap printing technology. Books are a modern miracle, and I would hate to live in a world without them.

It's 2026 and the SimCity 3000 soundtrack still slaps.

Nothing screams “we’re just winging it” like having to buy oil from Iran while in the middle of a war with Iran.

AI isn't the problem. The economic structure in which AI is currently embedded is the problem.

America refusing to embrace green energy, relying on fossil fuels, and then getting into wars in which they destroy the supply of that energy source they refuse to divest from is kind of stupid if you think about it for more than 3 seconds.

Been listening to a lot of Roxette lately.

I hope one day the right figures out that heavy restrictions on immigration and trade is the polar opposite of a free market. You can't coherently be in favor of both.

It's so weird the kind of corrupt shit super wealthy people get up to. If I was a billionaire I would just spend all day reading at home.

Suppose the air conditioning in your car stopped working, and you brought the car into the shop, and the mechanic said, “I am afraid your car is broken, so I have started dismantling it”. That, in a nutshell, is what Trump and Musk are doing to your country.

I just discovered a new band called Future Palace and I absolutely love them.

I hate when a song has a good chorus but then they repeat it 94 times to the point that you're sick of the song before it's over.

I'm seeing a lot of memes about deviled eggs lately. I wonder what that's about.