Yes, this will definitely be less traumatic for girls than not noticing the trans woman at the sink next to them would have been

Too bad -- you can't! But for the low low price of $19.99 / month (subject to bubble-related pricing increases) you can talk to a creepy-ass robot wearing her favorite sweater the way Hannibal wore that one cop's face

Uh oh, you have billions invested in generative AI: aftermath.site/generative-ai-...

Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.

Get u a videogame that bugs like this

Jesus that's a bad fuckin high

Just got hit with a $3500 vet bill, so taking the opportunity to remind folks that I'm available for all kinds of consultancy work, including stuff like mock/silent reviews, which I legit LOVE doing. Details here: www.lukeplunkett.com/consulting-2/ Thanks!

Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty. ~ Hannah Arendt

OS apps like Obsidian, taskell, harsh, etc could link into this. This could be set locally and synced through Dropbox, hosted on a droplet or home server, or served through a third-party secure host like Proton. Could allow for convenience of monolith apps but security and ownership of open source!

What if there were an open source "backend protocol" system that: - had an easy schema protocol for any number of other OS apps to tie into - could be self-hosted - could gracefully handle syncing - could be encrypted by the owner - potentially could be peer-linked like Mastodon or Bsky

Even a stopped clock etc

This is one of the city builders I'm most excited about, from the maker of The Banished Vault, one of the coolest, weirdest sci fi games I have played in many years!

Today was the first time I heard an ad that was like "AI was supposed to help you but instead it's made everything harder and more confusing! We have a *new* AI product that can help you navigate all those *old AI* problems." So that's something.

Many times I'm about to repost something that seems bad, & then I catch myself: Do I understand enough about it to write an article? To write even an undergrad reading response? If I don't, doesn't mean the thing isn't bad! It does mean that I'd risk spreading misinformation, which is its own bad.

Something RFK has had to say in more contexts than one

The Israeli genocide continues as expected: with all infrastructure brutally and intentionally destroyed, Palestinians in Gaza are dying from Israel's continued blockade on aid, Israel's continued land theft, and Israel's continued murdering. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

If performative masculinity is your deal, then you really should be able to do the most basic tool job. (I’m the least handy man imaginable but can hammer a nail.)

Huge scoop from Ed, who had several years of financial reports leaked to him. OpenAI has been over-reporting their revenue. The company is even less profitable than we knew.

I can't believe we get to have mamdani win and cuomo lose on the same day

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT-D... Anthem for the present day

No Kings Rally in tiny Grand County, high up in the Colorado mountains!

Yo @iwriteok.bsky.social, I'm finally getting around to the Heinrich Himmler episodes, and... this is definitely Vance for us, right? Thought it might be Miller up front but something about the smarminess and deep seated cringing kissass energy really sells it as Vance for me.

Like we really need to internalize that the response to fascism is to reject any equivalence between violent, supremacist, or exceptionalist ideologies & other ideologies that are defensive, communal, or constructive. Even when the former masquerade as the latter. You just have to reject that.

A deeply powerful final message.

In America, history is aspirational

Just discovered @whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com and even though the news is stressful, the conciseness and clarity with which this site presents it is calming me down again

An outstanding interview. Patrick Iber of Dissent Magazine has interviewed the legendary Polish political scientist Adam Przeworski about de-democratisation in the USA, and what lessons he’s gleaned from Chile, Peru & beyond. Iber’s questions are stellar. Przeworski’s answers, chillingly candid.

I came from Kirk's world. It is a standard evangelical dualism to profess love for the targets of their violence, even amidst the act. And their targets aren't going to be recently-ex-Maga white boys with guns like the actual shooter -- they're going to be trans and queer Americans like his partner.

“Sincerity” has been the sand trap of American public life for a century. So many conflate it with virtue in itself; so many others, encountering ugly politics, focus on what they then imagine must be their lack of sincerity, rather than the facts of real, sincere, brutality.

Some pundits praise Erika Kirk for her forgiveness, calling it an example for all. This is witless. One needn’t question the *sincerity* of her statements to do the basic work of reading public politics as such, by asking “what does *she* mean? What do her followers hear?”

I'm not exactly sure what yet but there's something important about this video. youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc?...

hell yeah

Nobody, and I emphasize, nobody should go to the US. If you're games industry, I promise you that there are better events everywhere else.

Possibly trying to make my "playing with cute cats" state machine while playing through War in the East 2 has influenced my state naming conventions

I am once again asking you to stop sending us money. But we do need your time. ⏰ zohranfornyc.com/events

Israel’s double-tap attack on Gaza’s last arguably functional hospital—which killed first responders & 5 journalists—turns out to have been a quadruple-tap strike. The IDF claimed it attacked the hospital bc Hamas operated a camera there, but provided no evidence for the claim. 🧵

This is a poorly framed question. Lots of conservatives would cut off a family member for being LGBT, for example, but that doesn’t clock as a ‘political view’ to them. Also, the narrative that leftists cut off their conservative family members too easily is extremely widespread on the right.

I agree with this reading. This isn’t a “can you believe he said that” moment. It’s a “he’s saying it and doing it right now. It’s happening” moment.

A valuable point. Good folks busy living their lives rather than following international politics can fall into trap of believing that massive crowds can’t be beat. In fact, they often are. This shouldn’t discourage us; it should strengthen our resolve.

This guy continues to impress. Hopefully this is a sign of things (and other candidates and campaigns) to come. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

ICYMI: Lina Khan wrote at @nytopinion.nytimes.com about our campaign's connection to small businesses and why we need to fight the concentrated economic power that too often suffocates them. It's not just good for a thriving local economy — it's good politics too.

/ it's humble meat servant

So like what's it going to take to get the term "President Pedo" off the ground

Nope

Predicting the denial phase in the months leading up to November

It’s about time someone stopped an Israeli bomb

Friendly reminder that Chrome lets you change search engines (Settings -> Search Engine). DuckDuckGo is more secure, more ethical, and these days also significantly more useful (because it doesn't rely on AI crap for everything).

I'm slightly gratified to discover that AI also doesn't understand c++ move constructors

I don't really believe in any of this religious stuff, but I can tell you that if hell is real, there's a telephone pole waiting there with Mike Johnson's asshole's name on it.