Sean Gleeson

You'll Never Think Alone On chatbot totalitarianism

"What I’m really worried about is less an active plot than the terminal erosion of those habits of mind and cultural practices that sustain a mass democracy."
publiccomment.blog/p/you-ll-nev...

24.06.2025 01:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

After Hours (1985)

12.06.2025 04:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wouldn't have the attachment if literally any other fast food chain in the world did a crinkle cut

31.05.2025 07:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

Kingsley's

31.05.2025 07:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

What attracts Nepali youths to the monarchy? On the young people who support the pro-monarchy movement

"There is a very real frustration and disillusionment among young people that needs to be addressed and engaged with. Ignoring the monarchists or belittling and dismissing them outright will only allow this movement to grow unfettered."
kalamweekly.substack.com/p/what-attra...

31.05.2025 02:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

it’s extremely funny to show up somewhere with a black eye and then say that you were punched by a baby

30.05.2025 20:56 — 👍 3202    🔁 422    💬 108    📌 11

Need to befriend a Canadian so I have someone to talk to about how good Shoresy is www.youtube.com/watch?v=cREp...

18.02.2025 05:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Behold also these goregopus photos from our regular Kolkata photographer Dibyangshu of the city and its emblematic taxi fleet: "The litany of defects found in the average 'Amby' gave rise to an oft-repeated joke: the only thing in the car that doesn't make a sound is its horn."

17.02.2025 05:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.

I had probably too much fun editing this story on a city I love dearly: "The city's skewed demographics prompted its pre-eminent novelist to once quip that while Delhi was for seeking power and Mumbai was for chasing riches, Kolkata was for visiting one's parents."
www.france24.com/en/live-news...

17.02.2025 04:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture | Defector I can’t ease you into this one, so: Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched a bespoke cryptocurrency token called HAWK last Wednesday, the same day she told Fortune it was “...

"She could only have successfully pivoted into a position where she has a lot of money and a chance at permanent fame because of A) the rapid decay of traditional media, and B) the relatively modern phenomenon of the wide acceptance and praise of bag-chasing nihilism."
defector.com/the-hawk-tua...

14.12.2024 07:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

OK I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna become a Poster again

14.12.2024 07:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0