Spencer Bagley

Mengele shit

THK is actually pretty easy. The Radiance, on the other hand,

Nought can Deform the Human Race
Like to the Armours iron brace
When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow
To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow

—William Blake, “Auguries of Innocence”

I have finally, for the first time across three save files, conquered the Trial of the Fool!!!!!

The promise of OpenAI and Grok being used in war is that no human can be held accountable for the war crimes it commits, all the way up to where it sits on the chain of command.

The total abdication of any kind of accountability, any kind of "am I following an unjust order" moral hesitation, etc.

Also: Spite. Fuck them.

Yeah

QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

ACAB includes ChatGPT

quitgpt.org

In 2026, colleges must teach students that this is not the end of the world. We must teach hope. Current undergraduates can barely remember a time before the threats of climate change and authoritarianism loomed to catastrophic scale. Since 2010, the future depicted in TV, books, and games has been dystopian or apocalyptic, so for our current students the end of the world feels more familiar and realistic than a future with hope. Now we are asking them to choose majors and life paths when the desirability, indeed the very existence, of whole sectors of employment are in question, due to the overwhelming promises of LLMs and machine learning. As young people hear daily that vocation after vocation may vanish into automation’s maw, and that democracy, liberty, land, sea, and sky are all in jeopardy, despair is growing. Despair is very emotionally tempting. It means freedom from the responsibility to shape the future. This is a terrifying turning point, but many generations before us have faced such turning points, and met them. We can offer our students perspective. Only a few dozen institutions on Earth are more than 900 years old, and the vast majority are universities. The university system is not a house of straw to buckle in this storm: We are the rocks that have sheltered the knowledge, hope, and truth through tumults which have toppled kingdoms while classrooms endured. We can endure this, and be a guiding light through it, but only by recentering, by teaching citizens, not workers; power, not PowerPoint; aspiration, not apocalypse. Despair is how we lose. The classroom is where we battle it. All other battles flow from here. Ada Palmer is an associate professor of history at the University of Chicago.

This, from Ada Palmer as part of The Chronicle's survey of 11 scholars on the future of higher ed, is what I needed to end the week.

The company’s “AI” famously can’t do anything right even 50% of the time, and they are so transparently unethical that even the Facebook folks are like “we probably shouldn’t use tech that way,” so sure, by all means, put them in charge of the nuclear codes or whatever.

Yeah was about to just wander in here and be like "whomst among us"

I think the bigger security risk is the gestapo she runs that murders people for standing in the street and kidnaps children to put them in concentration camps. But sure, if the shoe thing gets her shitcanned, do what you gotta do.

lol stuart adams get fucked

Four Colors Suffice, by Robin Wilson!! One of the best pop-math books I've ever read.

www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv...

Tired: -X points per unexcused absence

Wired: you're adults show up if you want to idgaf lol

Inspired: actually I have some ability to help encourage good habits, so you get X no-questions asked absences, after that you meet with me to discuss your progress and fully waive the grade penalty

Quick, somebody whip a hat on him!! 🤠

What if I got a tattoo of Hornet and the Knight sitting next to each other on a bench 🤔🤔🤔

Describe your favorite games poorly:

Head empty no thoughts bug saves entire bug world

"lost count" haha

"While there have been isolated incidents of possible due process or procedural violations,"
Amazing. Incredible.

Dear Spencer , Thank you for reaching out to share your thoughts about Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the recent discussions surrounding its tactics and funding. I appreciate the opportunity to provide additional context about ICE’s role, authority, and operations. ICE operates under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and was established in 2003 to enforce immigration and customs laws within the United States. The agency is responsible for detaining and removing noncitizens who are unlawfully present or have committed acts that make them removable under federal law. While there have been isolated incidents of possible due process or procedural violations, I’m confident that most of ICE’s actions are authorized by law and carried out within the bounds of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). It is important to note that ICE’s enforcement authority has existed under both Republican and Democratic administrations. For example, according to the Pew Research Center, the Obama Administration deported approximately 2.4 million people between 2009 and 2014. Congress has granted the Department of Homeland Security significant discretion in how to apply immigration laws, including procedures for expedited removal, which allows ICE to remove individuals without lengthy court proceedings under certain conditions. There has also been concern about ICE agents wearing masks during enforcement operations. This is a long-standing practice, not unique to any one administration. In areas where agents have faced harassment, violence, or doxing, they may cover their faces for personal safety. Federal regulations only require that officers identify themselves as immigration officials “as soon as it is practical and safe to do so” (8 C.F.R. § 287.8). That being said, I believe ICE should forego masks when it is safe to do so.

Unfortunately, social media often highlights only the most extreme examples of encounters involving ICE. Democrats tend to see rogue agents acting violently, while Republicans see protesters attacking ICE personnel or property. The reality is that there are over 20,000 ICE agents, and most of their interactions are professional, lawful, and uneventful. Regarding funding, ICE’s base budget is determined by congressional appropriations. The One, Big, Beautiful Bill (OBBB) recently allocated $74.8 billion in support of broader security priorities. However, the funding is dispersed across multiple agencies and organizations, meaning that funding does not specifically go to ICE. Of that amount, approximately $45 billion supports detention facilities and $29 billion is for hiring and fleet modernization. Additional funds, such as $46.5 billion for border wall construction, $20 billion for Border Patrol modernization, and $30 billion for local law enforcement reimbursement, are separate and not part of ICE’s operating budget. Historically, Americans have supported strong border security but have been more hesitant about large-scale deportation. However, with an estimated 10–15 million illegal crossings during the Biden Administration, public opinion has shifted. A recent Gallup poll found that 67% of Americans now support deportation for all illegal immigrants, which is the highest level ever recorded. Immigration enforcement remains one of the top concerns for voters nationwide. I believe we must enforce our laws, ensure due process, and protect both national security and human dignity. ICE agents have a difficult job, and they deserve to be safe and secure as they carry out their duties within the legal framework that Congress has established. Thank you again for contacting me about this important issue. I appreciate hearing from you and value your engagement in our nation’s immigration debate.

Hey, you wanna see a fuckass email that I got from my US House Representative?

Ahhhhh, the crisp, clean flavor of a fresh albuterol inhaler

Ever since I was a little girl, I knew that I wanted to answer 275 emails per day and argue with administrators. That’s why I chose a career in academia.

Abolish the legal gender marker entirely. No government can be trusted to have a database of which people have changed theirs, no government has any business tracking what your gender is "supposed" to be in the first place.

Also just one-shotted both of the first two Colosseums ᕙ⁠(⁠ ⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠‿⁠ ⁠•⁠ ⁠ ⁠)⁠ᕗ

Interesting; what's the r² on an exponential fit?

Mom can you come pick me up? America is collapsing under the weight of the ultra wealthy.

Oh fuck off, lol

Gawain the green knight opening a letter sealed with wax

Little Alex Horne in his studio chair with the caption "so a simple task: land a fair blow anywhere on the green knight. One year later meet him at the green chapel, receive the same blow yourself."

A cut to a wider shot showing Greg Davies in his throne turning to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Well surely no one just ran up and whanged his head clean off."

Cut back to Little Alex Horne subtitled "Let's see Gawain first."

Looks like the original has been swept away by the sands of time.