KMS Bezio

LOL you gotta hand it to South Korea for gifting Trump a Silla dynasty crown. For those that don't know; that dynasty fell to financial instability, incredibly high taxes, wealth inequality and widespread rebellion against their king. Trump is too dumb to understand this is a prophecy and President Lee is basking in this moment, deservedly.

🧵 This is trending on Korean socials

Please be advised that moral, physical and human laws don’t apply in the extra hour.

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

Them: “Professor Brock, are you doing anything scary for Halloween?”

Me: “I’m sure I’ll read the news.”

Happy Halloween 2025, everyone! 👻🎃😬🫣

48 Hours Without A.I.

I don’t find this to be an even slightly difficult task.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

i mean this. If anyone in your life starts nattering on about this, you reply "oh, so you're pro-genital inspections for children??"

Fuck this horrible human being and don't support her.

Also 15, unless you count airports, then 17. (I have been to other parts of Hawaii and will go to Portland this week, but not explicitly Honolulu or Seattle except through their airports.)

This video from Portland is a metaphor for what is going on in America. ICE trying so hard to get Americans to cross a line and if they don't, dragging them across the line and violently attacking.

Visit Neal T. Smith's Memorial Website Take part in remembering Neal T. Smith. Read his obituary, share your own memories, and learn about any funeral details on Ever Loved.

For anyone who knew Dad...

everloved.com/life-of/neal...

Mad Magazine, over 50 years ago

Chart titled "Women are more concerned than men about range of possible artifical intelligence applications" % of US adults who say they would be very or somewhat concerned if AI computer programs could... with highest results (in the 70% range) for both genders for "make important life decisions for people" and "know people thoughts and behviors."

This Pew survey from 2021 is interesting.

Vast majorities were concerned about AI being used in the very ways that the tech bros are now using them (esp. "know people's thoughts and behaviors") as they market AI companionship, porn, therapy, coaching, and more.

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Gen X: I can think of maybe 2 guys I knew from high school who might have had a "nazi phase", and it was not a phase -- they knew goddamn well back then to keep their fucking mouths shut and have only been emboldened now as adults because our fucking country now enables this bullshit. Punch nazis.

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Once again, one reason Trump says & does whatever he wants is bc every societal institution, including the media, has totally normalized & internalized the idea that the laws, the Constitution, & the international treaties we have signed & ratified simply don’t apply to this one guy. It’s maddening.

If you're a writer/other creator in the United States, consider creating an LLC for your business and then signing up for a local area Chamber of Commerce. Many of them have health insurance plans that pool their members and members of other CoCs to create insurance efficiencies relative to ACA.

Orange and white cat has had enough

I am of tha opinyin tha houmin werld haz gone gompletey mad and frankly i am just worn owt by it all

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

Something maybe worth noting is that all the frog costumes and signs and good-natured memeing came about because a wide spectrum of Americans saw someone in direct, brave confrontation with ICE—getting pepperballed and standing their ground—and thought “that’s awesome. That person is a hero”

Here’s a block list:

bsky.app/profile/did:...

By my count: Of the 15 Departments of the US Government, 13 launched new BlueSky accounts tonight (all but Justice and HUD), and all 13 have posted explicitly partisan political posts blaming Democrats and/or Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown.

"With the advent of artificial intelligence, the internet transformed from a collaborative space into an extraction zone."

Worth reading this even if you don't know what robots.txt is.

This is what gets me: people will say “you have to admit AI has some uses” which is like: I guess? I can use a hammer to open a bottle but the result’s kinda not worth it.

Every ”use” truly feels like it has alternative options that are less costly, more effective, or both.

Using ChatGPT

okay so a thing I am struggling with right now, does anybody else feel like the media does not look like the world AT ALL?!?

and people who are contributing to that dissonance want you to baby them for exacerbating that dissonance at our expense

Trying my best to enjoy life despite knowing facts and information

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.