Cover image for audiobook of “The Rapture of the Nerds” by Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross
“as we approach superintelligence.” They really do believe that the Rapture of the Nerds is soon. They are building God, and It will upload them to virtual Heaven.
08.05.2025 06:15 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of typical “one hole per beverage” soda dispenser with green check mark, above a single-spout multi-beverage dispenser and a red X, labeled “unholy drink cloaca”.
Simple, just upgrade all the factories into magic production cornucopias
12.04.2025 20:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Illustration of robot Gir, wearing a green dog costume, holding tacos.
Text: I love the little tacos, I love them good
But what will happen to the little tacos?
24.03.2025 20:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE, thefire.org) is a Koch-funded advocacy group primarily focused on college campuses, opposing (liberal) intolerance and cancel culture and promoting (conservative) free speech. (Source: Fox News)
19.03.2025 15:56 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Next episode: Gavin Newsom interviews Baron Harkonnen
12.03.2025 16:48 — 👍 49 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0
Trump Uses Lies to Lay the Groundwork for Radical Change
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24.02.2025 00:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
If they could kill us all, they would not wipe out the essential queerness of the human spirit. The next generations would be born into darker times than we have seen, and yet, they would be born.
Eppur si muove.
They can issue all the orders they want, and still, it moves.
21.01.2025 03:46 — 👍 174 🔁 34 💬 2 📌 1
A whole column just to pout and demand a Big Inspiring Speech. Bummer that real disasters don’t have a satisfying three-act structure and a tidy resolution.
14.01.2025 17:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
the pool is to swim the horses
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