My landlord once told me that they have a saying here: in Russia, the military obeys the government; in the US, the government obeys the military.

The military is using him, how are you not seeing it

A bunch of absolute clowns, sold out to the prison industrial complex, pretending to be opposition.

If only you knew what I do. I wonder if it would make you hate everything, too. I thought that knowing was a good thing. Useful, a noble pursuit. Turns out that it breaks you. Everything comes with a price. And once you get it, its only correct use is making sure nobody else has to know.

They’re so incredibly fucking stupid. How did they think this was gonna go. They treat their own citizens like cattle.

How many more.

It is indeed a battle for the soul of the nation.

Did you know that, should a global apocalyptic event of any nature happen, California will have roughly a day less to exist than New Zealand

These movements kind of fit into the same framework I wrote about today: they're meant to signal that the old hierarchy is getting reinstituted, and all reflections on it have been sacrilegious. But this old hierarchy is completely alien to most of those alive today. Not just wrong: it's obsolete.

This is what the Democrats supported when they tried to throw trans people under the bus last year by the way

Alright, here's another thread I didn't expect to write. It's been an ongoing source of confusion for all of us how white conservatives (incl. ICE) claim to be the oppressed group, and generally display absolutely unhinged levels of hypocrisy. Now, there are a couple clips I want to show you. 1/

This isn't the thread I wanted to write, that one's still in the works, nor did I expected to feel the compulsion to write it, but here goes. There's been some buzz with regards to Russia amidst the US/Greenland situation, and I'm not sure Western media are painting the whole picture. 1/

People of Minneapolis are not just protecting each other. They are also protecting people in other states.

There's an opinion circulating that actually makes perfect sense: ICE are much closer to slave patrols than Gestapo. This isn't the "government machine", it's disorganized scum paid by the government for hitting quotas. Makes perfect sense to switch the language correspondingly too.

Pathetic. Even with all their gear, even with all the power (unlawfully) given to them, they're still the same pathetic selves they can't escape. And they're too happy to be tricked to realize they were, even amidst the ruin of their own making.

This answer is the most concise way to put what we're currently dealing with, and where it leads. And as for why we've ended up in this situation, and why does it lead where it does, I'll finish the thread discussing this in upcoming weeks.

The more news I see, the less safe my opinions become. From Twitter basically becoming a weapon for terrorizing women and girls, to literal scum being given power to kill innocents. It's all the same to me at this point, all is one and the same. I'm just gonna shut up and keep on working.

I can't with this shit.

Recently started to actively resent and even avoid deep intellectual work. Job-related burnout again. I'm spent, I'm drained. I can't do it at the same pace as I used to. If I push myself over the threshold, recovery takes days, and it feels like that threshold is getting lower and lower.

Today is best summarized by an old Doug Stanhope quote: if you're driving an SUV, you've killed people at the World Trade Center

So happy to see the exact same politicians who called me "a threat to international security" because of my passport four years ago (literally I have a paper that says exactly that) with their heads up their asses today

CONDEMN IT YOU ASSHOLE CONDEMN IT THE WAY YOU CONDEMNED RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE FOUR YEARS AGO YOU PIECE OF SHIT

Trump was betting on the AI bubble, and all we had to do was to leave their little circlejerk alone, and let them pass their precious money around like a hot potato to keep the numbers high. Look what we've done. /s

None of it matters for geopolitics though, because it’s been the same shit for like a century already. It just buys the system some more time before it eventually collapses anyway.

Offering emotional support to those who found themselves living in a terrorist state today, I see you

Happy New Year everyone. Whatever the hell this was, we need to do better than that.

Buddha, Jesus, Mohammed - were systems thinkers. Not even kidding. The scientific vocabulary that describes and explains how systems work was invented only a thousand+ years later, so they did what they could, with what they could - and even partially succeeded.

(This version of) human civilization must not be automated.

I wish I could convey just how profoundly, fundamentally screwed we are.

But one thing: someone should write “Singularity” on a baseball bat and apply that baseball bat to Ray Kurzweil’s stupid fucking head

I'll come back when I have something to say. If ever. Everything has already been said, thousands of times, and none of it is working. Aren't you sick of all this? How long can you stomach just witnessing it every day on your screen? A year more? A decade, or a few maybe? And then what?

Socials are a testament of our incredible collective potential - completely and utterly misplaced. The more time I spend away from them, the clearer it becomes.

And the greatest opportunity in the Land of Opportunities: to pull the ladder behind you.

I love you everyone and I'm really sorry, but everything about Thanksgiving is deeply revolting to me. But I do hope that you have the best time with your families and friends

You piece of shit. You disgusting brainless son of a bitch.

New week. Same everything else.

The thing that angers me the most about Holodomor is that none of the people who are writing and talking about it today actually care. It simply became a convenient political tool for the modern times. Go fuck yourselves with your books and lectures please. You know nothing, you don’t even want to.

My great grandmother was almost murdered and eaten. By her neighbors, I think. She was 8.

I wonder how these so called lawmakers are feeling about this pathetic joke of a resolution today after the meeting

It baffles me how humans can seriously think in terms of greatness. Their own, their group. Their "nation". Mf have you ever seen the sky above you. You are nothing. We are nothing. We are bacteria.

Qatar is getting a military base in Idaho, and Saudis get a bunch of F-35s and now an AI datacenter. All within the last couple months. All for war, in one way or another. The man will seek the angel at the bottomless pit.

As much as I hate to admit it... I'm not sure that the AI bubble is going to burst - at least the same way as the previous ones. Yes, there might be a storm. People will lose money, pensions, even jobs. These companies' ownership might change. But overall, the circus will carry on.

Already seeing prospective Dem candidates trying to imitate Zohran's campaign. Among many other things, imitating something as easily recognizable does not signal "I respect my audience".

Our dog doesn't let me skip meals. She always knows when I haven't eaten yet, and won't find peace until I have. I am grateful, but also don't know how to stop sharing at this point

Way too many people take me seriously here. Has to be the black profile pic, no other explanation

It pains me to no end that Zig is not 1.0 yet. And won't be for another what seems like five years or so. And even then it will be rushed, leaving some significant design decisions to 2.0 at least, if ever.

Finally catching up with Peter Joseph's Substack this morning. And, along with everything else, finding him voicing one of my most controversial views that I didn't even want to say out loud: that Hitler was not an anomaly - but a canary in a coal mine. The one we did not fucking heed.

What they don't tell you is that once you're out of a chronic depression you might get lazy. Like, if your resentment towards your circumstances was driving you, now it doesn't; so, now you have to find another drive, and form habits around it, which takes another forever.

Seeing lots of talk about MTG suddenly "waking up". 1. She's an opportunist. She sees Trump's future, and is simply using him as a springboard. A daring, but smart move. 2. She's farther to the Right than Trump, crazier, and more dangerous. Do NOT welcome her or give her the benefit of doubt.

This handsome gentleman came up to me while I’m waiting, and decided to wait with me. He’s the embodiment of how good today is. It feels great to feel great.