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First Gamer Pope

Odd how this archaic, ritual-bound, insanely conservative organisation produced one of the most progressive and radical voices of the modern era.

Yeah

J6 did not come remotely close to being a successful coup, because they made no attempt to assure a cooperative (or at least docile) military and civil service. They are creating those conditions now.

enjoy reading early medieval islamic dunks on christians. "these dumb motherfuckers think 3=1." shit like that.

I don’t know why anyone would go through US customs with any devices except burners tbh

“I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation.”

― Samuel Beckett

Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon.

—Bertolt Brecht

I've had no fucking idea what is going on in the US. Not because of a bad "information environment," or "misinformation" but because I adopted the minimal news consumption habits of a normal person for six days.

Ohh "America First" was a hit list

Please elaborate

“Neuralink, LLMs, chatbots: all expressions of a longing. The human mind’s longing after its ancestral bicamerality. Of its desire to once again feel the steadiness of hearing god’s voice.”

need to start posting like this again

I spent the past 15 or so years studying computers and bureaucracy, believing I was preparing for a coming political crisis, only to discover—when that moment finally arrived—that I'm as adrift in the historical currents as everyone else.

This is basically what I proposed doing in every class when AI noise started

glad we're finally going to cancel culture. long time coming.

A black and white linocut print numbered 29/30 titled 'Katzen' (Cats). The image shows several stylized cats in white against a black background, positioned around and on top of what appears to be a building structure. There are small cross and star-like marks scattered throughout, and geometric grid patterns in the background. The cats are depicted in a playful, abstract style, with curved lines suggesting their tails and movements.

Otto Dix's "Cats" (1920) asks and answers important questions like "What if cats were enormous? Would they use city buildings as scratching posts? Would they try to attack and dethrone the moon from its midnight cathedra?"

I'm always saying this, but the thing about large language models is that they're large models of language. Often overlooked.