I right-click on a folder, it pops up a menu I right-click on a folder, it reads a config file to get the items it will display I right-click on a folder, it runs an SMT solver to determine which items to display I right-click on a folder, it decides if a TM halts for each menu item v responsive

Reskeeting because it's seriously the best analysis I've seen of the psychology that's driving all this.

10/10 for not just caving I guess but don't kid yourself that this administration cares what's written in the Constitution or about how things are "supposed to work". Most of all, stop trying to appeal to their humanity, because *they have none*.

You only need a disinformation campaign if you need to manufacture consent for your actions. It's gone past that point now.

Back then, we called this "Sharpiegate". Can you imagine if today we were still "-gate"ing everything like this? There'd be a new "-gate" every 2 days. It would be a linguistic nightmare. We'd run out of "-gate"s.

"How can he believe these things?!" ProTip: he doesn't believe these things. "How can he expect us to believe these things?!" ProTip: he's not trying to persuade you of these things.

i made a helpful reference

In his playful collection "Forty-Four Esolangs," Daniel Temkin (@dtemkin.bsky.social) challenges conventional definitions of language, code, and computer, showing the potential of esolangs—or esoteric programming languages—as pure idea art: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255308...

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Earlier this year, I had the idea that one could implement Relation Algebra (a la Tarski et al) as a set of combinators in miniKanren. It looks like it should work. miniKanren is all about the relations. It would be so cool, if it worked. You could just plug relations together. It doesn't work.

From 1969 to 2008 John Margolies photographed the eccentric roadside architecture and ephemera of the US. @librarycongress bought the lot, a total of 11,710 colour slides, and lifted all copyright restrictions on them. Here's our highlights: publicdomainreview.org/collection/j...

Have you ever heard of an artist named Drew Galloway? He did landscapes rendered in oil on found sheets of metal. incorporating the natural patina of the metal (rust, oxidation, etc.) sometimes only a 1/3 or 1/2 of the painting’s surface was covered in paint at all. momentumgallery.com/blog/72/

Frame challenge: if facts mean nothing to you then it doesn't matter if you're idiot or not. Reserve your indignation for the things that matter the most.

New theory of art: Art is hyperlife. It only remains to define what is meant by "hyperlife".

The hypocrisy is axiomatic. The incoherence is weaponized. It freezes your brain - "shock and awe", if you like. They want your brain frozen. They want you to waste time and effort reacting to the wrong things

Wow, the meme wasn't kidding when it said "one size fits most". I mean, this *almost* fits perfectly.

First they came for the Hispanics, and I did not speak out, because I was not Hispanic. Then they came for the homeless, and I did not speak out, because I was not homeless. Then they came for the comedians

Yes but there are two big differences that worry me: * In the 1930s the Deutsche Mark wasn't the world's reserve currency. * In the 1930s there was no highly-integrated global network of digital products and services dominated by a handful of giant German corporations.

Neat map. These numbers represent positions, though. Snapshots in time. The map doesn't show velocity or acceleration. If it did, I have to think that right now it would show the USA in free fall.

Nascent fascist state bingo card starting to look pretty filled up

The censorship will continue until free speech improves

It may be helpful to remember that those who have internalized post-truth will unblinkingly push whatever narrative they find most advantageous to their agenda without any regard to quaint pre-post-truth concepts such as "scientific consensus", "cause and effect", or "objective reality"

It is an interesting viewpoint to analyze it from: one side doing everything they can to prevent genuine engagement. What would that look like, I wonder.

When all you have is invective, every criticism looks like disparagement

Contagion. Hmm, I wonder if there is a way to misspell that word for crude humourous effect

...and then eaten, I assume. I mean, it would be a shame to let all that meat go to waste, plus it saves the cost of burial. Very efficient solution! Bigly aligned with the glorious new Nazi ghoul social order of tomorrow. (Literally tomorrow)

At this point, you have to take the hypocrisy as an axiom. You can't hold them to their word; they have none. They use whichever words will give them the most advantage, always, in all circumstances. This is what "post-truth" means. Outrage over the hypocrisy itself is mostly wasted effort.

That more Americans don't find this attitude reprehensible boggles my mind. "Tyrrany's just fine when it's my buddy who's the tyrant"

"OH, we'll just vote them out in 2026 and take back our government." He's setting the stage for having ICE and DHS to be in major cities at polling locations so they can grab any,ANY, person of color to "check their citizenship" and prevent them from voting. You waking up yet?

The Challenger disaster, but in super-slow motion. Every day, you go outside, you look up, and it's still there, it's just a little bit more exploded than it was yesterday. That's what it's like logging on to Bluesky for me

Oh phoo, looks like I'm going to have to nip down to the chemist's and pick out a "Congratulations on Your New Police State" card

The lack of mainstream coverage of regular huge protests reminds me of a talk from a Twitter employees who explained that they had to drop BLM off the Trending Tags section because otherwise it would have been there permanently. The modern media environment has no appetite for sustained movements.

As a Canadian in the UK, how'm I supposed to feel about the USA's disastrously strange theories about what makes a nation strong? On one hand, I feel very sorry for y'all. On the other hand, if the USA gets too sick and poor to properly conquer other countries, honestly, that's in the plus column.

This post hole goes all the way to China* *the other side of the Earth from the USA is actually the Indian Ocean, not China

Well show us the evidence that he was a FBI informant. That would be part of the Epstein files

One of the best signs I've ever seen Enjoy your Labor Day Weekend

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Memetics offers some explanations for why rumours take off. Ideas don't propagate because they're true, they propagate because they're appealing.

"So how can things both be terrific and an emergency calling for drastic action?" The same way the chocolate ration can be raised from 7 grams to 5 grams: Post-truth. With enough axioms you can prove anything. Loyalty means ignoring the same axioms the strongman is ignoring at the moment.

The Nazi party never had more than 30% of the electorate. But they didn't need more because everybody in power capitulated for one reason of another (all of which turned out to be wrong).

Chicago keeping art alive:

Y'know, although people often misuse the term "gaslighting", I don't mind too much, because there's a lot of human behaviour that is, uh, gaslighting-adjacent, that English doesn't really have good words for. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's things like this that prevent me from giving up hope for the US entirely. Civil War + Cool War = Cool Civil War, and what does that look like? Guess we're going to be finding out?

Strongman logic: Those in power are making the same mouthnoises as I am. QED.


Only a fcking idiot would believe the word of a convicted sex trafficker over 23 victims. Oh

"DC" now stands for "Donnie's Citadel"

Actually, while you're wrapping your head around things, wrap your head around this as well: When the other side flaunts breaking the rules, simply accusing them of being rule-breakers accomplishes very little. Better to focus on the damage that's being done by the actions.