"half the IQ in the world is possessed by women" it's a small thing in this, but I don't know what to make of the idea that Larry Summers imagines there's a global supply of IQ

that's the only real problem with the party, the wrong quislings are in charge

why, intending to demand is just one small step from actually demanding! can we afford to be that radical?

New awareness campaign

This will be a long thread on yesterday police massacre in Rio. In nothern Rio de Janeiro city, there is a couple of hills called Complexo da Penha. It's Comando Vermelho("Red Command", a drug gang), or CV, territory. CV is the greatest gang in Rio, second in the whole Brazil. +

"Friends" is a beloved American sitcom that aired from 1994 to 2004, following six young adults—Rachel, Ross, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe—living in New York City. The show explores their friendships, romances, careers, and personal growth over ten seasons.

tear the whole place down, rip out every trace of it and salt the earth

there's the phony nostalgia of "everything in my childhood was wonderful," but there's also the redemptive nostalgia of "this good thing I remember from my earlier life has been lost," and if you can't or won't see the difference then I suspect you of being some kind of authoritarian

as tech execs demand the adoption of a.i. and force their employees to dogfood their own a.i. agents in the name of increased productivity, the actual quality of software has plummeted

Love my neighborhood. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/12/4...

@govpritzker.illinois.gov owns every arrest and act of violence against protesters this morning. He is aiding and abetting Operation Midway Blitz by allowing state cops to do this. He tells us to film ICE. His cops have shoved me around for filming this morning.

The scumbags who forced this sweet child to spend her final hours in agony and terror while using her as bait to kill her rescuers are walking free, allowed to travel the Western world on holiday or to fly in and out of their actual countries without repercussions. I can’t say what I truly want.

reminder that xAI claims it's running the world's biggest supercomputer to do this shit www.404media.co/grok-exposes...

This is the eleventh anniversary of Mike Brown's murder. Still for his family and our community, no justice has been had.

White Noise, Libra, Underworld

FFS @bsky.app STOP deleting Palestinians in the middle of a genocide

Bemidbar 35:33 — If you allow the murderers of innocents among your people to go free, you defile the land and drive away the divine presence.

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We have total Gen AI avoidance tips here. @neha.bsky.social stopgenai.com/how-to-avoid...

I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance' danmcquillan.org/decomputing_... It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!

I don't know who needs to know this, but Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases) projects.propublica.org/claimfile/

Nasal COVID Vax Shows Promise in Phase 1 Clinical Trial. Encouraging results from the first U.S. human trial of a nasal COVID vaccine (CVXGA) show it was well tolerated and triggered strong mucosal and systemic immunity. The highest dose group had significantly fewer symptomatic infections.

Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social. propub.li/3DGXECO

every morning I wake up and say to myself, "another night of not being targeted by hired assassins," and it puts a little spring in my step