Ken☆

To be clear, we're talking about a *literal* take-no-prisoners approach. This is not a metaphor. We're describing the Secretary of Defense in literal terms as a guy who is genuinely committed to doing war crimes

America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

“America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle”

too many people just focus on supply side of foreigners using tech for disinformation. Its the demand side - American society is broken yet wealthy - that makes it a business model
www.404media.co/americas-pol...

"When it's summer in the northern hemisphere, it's winter in the southern hemisphere" feels like the sort of quaint nonsense you would read in a 1532 scholarly tome, except that it's actually true.

fuck these guys, fuck openai😭

(Bloomberg) - Costco Wholesale Corp. joined a fast-growing list of businesses suing the Trump administration to ensure eligibility for refunds if the US Supreme Court strikes down the president’s signature global tariffs policy.

$COST
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amanda Askell has confirmed the soul document is indeed a real thing they trained Claude on. x.com/AmandaAskell...

TETO SONIC 2026 | 重音テト 重音テト近年の大ヒット曲を手がけた超豪華クリエイター大集合のDJイベント、TETO SONIC 2026開催！

i'll be performing in japan, for real this time!
february 15th, for TETO SONIC 2026!
:~) ❤️💚
tetosonic.jp

"Romeo's Blue Skies" anime series (1995) for free on Youtube until December 28th (HD remaster / Japanese dub only).
>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Was voluntold to go to this conference from tuesday to thursday and what a pain

Jill and Alma commission

Zootopia 2: was good! A bit worse than the first but that's a high bar to meet

8-8.5/10

sell water to a fish sell time to a clock

Dear Americans: if your theory of some higher education problem (like grade inflation) hinges on a general aspect of American society that also exists in Singapore, like high inequality and a middle-class culture that centers degrees, you should check whether it also exists in Singapore. (Hint: no.)

• “I didn’t watch it, but TikTok told me it’s problematic.”
• “I didn’t read it, but here’s my take based on screenshots.”
• “I didn’t follow the narrative, but I saw a gifset and that’s enough.”
• “I don’t understand the plot, therefore the writing is bad.”

(The problem is the kids are dumb but UCSD changing admission standards won't make the kids smarter. It will let them more easily pick the smarter kids, but why as a society do we care about that)

I think it's fine if some students get into programs they are unprepared for and flunk out, future students will learn to apply not to just the best place they can get in but also the best place they can actually graduate. I don't see the problem

I don’t think LLMs automate me out of work. But they’ve made me reckon with the idea that something plausibly will in my lifetime

BIG Challenges 🐊

A Dishonorable Strike Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder

A Dishonorable Strike
Indulging all assumptions in favor of the administration’s boat strikes, killing helpless men is murder

www.execfunctions.org/p/a-dishonor...

Jail.

This is madness! The “no new wars” president is taking us to war with Venezuela.

Bombing ships in the Caribbean, as an ongoing operation, without congressional authorization, crosses the line into an unconstitutional use of military force.

That first Kamen Rider anime slapped tho

It is odd to me that, like, you'd think it'd be parody if you said: to be clear, they only like the bad bits of Western Civilisation -- but that turns out to be true. They like the rapacious imperial murder, but not the art or intellectual achievements or civil liberties, etc.

I think I'm tapping out I have really disliked these last 13 episodes 😭 (at the end of S4)

Fuck this endeavour redemption. Fuck bakugo. Season 1 to 3 are good but man even a minor decrease in quality really tanks my enjoyment

This is the second little arc in a row in which I've had a VERY STRONG preference to see the villian win, I think that is a real failure of writing!!!

Observing that many people think hero academia season 4 is better than season 1 and these people are smoking crack

This show can't get by with workman like direction, it needs the good stuff to work