My new piece for The Guardian

The real goal of 'Make America Healthy Again'? Woo-woo treatments for the rich, shrinking healthcare for the poor | Alexander Avila

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You might’ve heard about right wing tech figures like Peter Thiel and Curtis Yarvin. Or maybe Trump’s destruction of democracy & Project 2025. Maybe radical philosophies like accelarationism. But how does it all come together? What are the links? This video covers it all. youtu.be/olhu9UhFGl4?...

How Tech Bros Hijacked the Government A feature length treatise on techno fascism and the future. For my favorite platform, BlueSky :)

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So do people still think I’m a fan of Curtis Yarvin? Because that was pretty funny.

I would love nothing more than the AI hype bubble popping, the death of big closed proprietary models, and for AI development to fall back in the hands of small transgender Marxist furry open source developers

I want to address the weird telephone rumor that I only made the AI video because “I got called out for using genAI to read quotes my Hamilton video.” I literally read every single quote in that video.

My overall point is made in the video: practically, the *expansion* of copyright in this case would not fix the problem of displacement and consolidate power in the hands of bad actors. I believe training should be considered fair use (with that caveat that outputs CAN be infringement in specific

My response to certain factual claims in this post and other general comments I've received about the video: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

1. I never claimed the lawsuit was dismissed, I claimed that the *specific* claims I was referencing were dismissed, namely, the ones about derivative works. [1:34:39]. I say “According to copyright law, a derivative work is one which substantially borrows the expression of ideas

I've spent the last half year investigating the nefarious interests behind the anti-AI Backlash. The results were surprising.

AI WARS A 5 HOUR SERIES IN TWO PARTS PART 1 OUT TOMORROW youtu.be/gEsJTqxacFM?...

If there are any creators who hate and/or are skeptical generative AI (especially image generation) and are willing to preview the first 2.5 hours of my AI series, comment below

my bad do you mind if it's a bit longer, i'm still not done though :3

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Do you guys mind if the AI video is 3 hours long

Come join me for a discussion on identity politics this Sunday.

Fuck looksmaxxing. I’m looksminning. I want to be as off putting and unapproachable as possible. I want my loved ones to ask me “what happened?!”

Trump’s war on trans kids: an ex-trans kid’s perspective. youtu.be/HTO81EM-Tuk

About to watch Emilia Pérez for the first time. Anyone have strategies for keeping my will to live in tact?

The link to our upcoming charity livestream is now live! If you would like to donate to TLC early, you can <3 www.youtube.com/live/iQ1FbkI...

Who wanna commit logocentrism 2nite 👀

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Had a really engaging talk with @jessiegender.bsky.social on my podcast Peer Review! It's available NOW at www.patreon.com/c/aretheygay There's also tons of other episodes available with other incredible creators!

Let men be masculine

HRT should be over the counter

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This Week

Just woke up from a dream where El*n M*sk convinced Tr*mp to let him into the government so that he could funnel all government resources into building a way for rich people to escape earth when the climate collapses. Um lol?

I'm sorry, it's going to get worse. But giving up is not an option. All the little bullshit we fight over doesn't matter anymore. We need each other more than ever before. Stay.

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Huh? What was that?

Kudos to the millennial critics for reviving the pre-19th century gimmick of Capitalizing Random Phrases

Hate how gay shipping is delegitimized as a form of artistic appreciation. Yeah, I’m enjoying the nuances of the unique dynamics between the characters. Am I not a true fan because I’m less interested in fighting over the Top 10 Most Coolest Lightsaber Battles

Francis Fukuyama wrote “The End of History?” because HERstory will never end. ✊

Where my Pee People at? United we stand (or sit!) #uriNATION

Hey just checking are you guys a figment of my imagination thanks

Too many guys look ambiguously like Aaron Paul, including Aaron Paul himself, making it difficult for Aaron Paul fans everywhere.

*pointing at a bag of Funyuns* Can I take a hit of that?

Anyone else stupid? Anyone else a filthy, good-for-nothing, unabashed knucklehead? Just a bumbling, tripping, thoughtless fool? A empty-headed, nose-picking, glaze-eyed nitwit midwit? An unapologetically moronic blockhead perpetually out to lunch?

Where can I find the social science and humanities professors and grad students on here that hate their lives. That was my favorite part of Tw*tter

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