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lmao, awesome

11.03.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

These are the 4 things AI can do well:

β€’Clean up your email inbox (badly)
β€’Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party
β€’Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself
β€’Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday

You can see why we need to base our economy around it

06.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 5400 πŸ” 1190 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 9

Another tough day for team β€œthere’s no point in complaining about AI, just accept it.”

11.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 4454 πŸ” 1187 πŸ’¬ 31 πŸ“Œ 7
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Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

10.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 23976 πŸ” 6447 πŸ’¬ 209 πŸ“Œ 397

The end of history is an incredibly misunderstood essay IMO -- you've got the right of it here. People don't bat an eye at Fisher saying it's easier to imagine the end of the world than capitalism but there is more overlap between the two theses than people realize.

10.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
NBC News poll

Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

NBC News poll Voters hold negative views of Al. In fact, the only topics less popular in the survey were the Democratic Party and Iran.

Truly a perfect news alert

10.03.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 17124 πŸ” 3478 πŸ’¬ 306 πŸ“Œ 237

It occasionally feels like being in the skepticism trenches circa 2010, fighting naturopath freaks and Alex Jones-adjacent paranoiacs was the ultimate survival training for the stupidity of the 2020s

10.03.2026 14:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The thing is, GenAI was immediately popular with midwits and grifters and that's the most reliable signal that something actually sucks ass (see crypto, see nfts)

10.03.2026 14:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Post your favorite Lord of the Rings character. Wrong answers only.

10.03.2026 02:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
John Lennon doing that stupid walk

John Lennon doing that stupid walk

Walking away from Omelas like

10.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 1929 πŸ” 275 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 11

Lot of "newsstand plotline in Watchmen" vibes going on right now

10.03.2026 01:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Saw a pedestrian, college-aged, giving a cybertruck the middle finger. They noticed that I was laughing about it from the cabin of my car and we gave each other a thumbs up. Anyway there's still beauty in this world

09.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We replaced USAID with giving a city of ten million Gulf war syndrome

09.03.2026 16:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every now often I peek at what's happening on Twitter now and I have great news for you if you are deranged, a crackpot, a grifter, or some combination of those things: there is a social media platform entirely made up of people just like you

08.03.2026 00:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got stranded in Cleveland today. Finally my first major travel delay shit storm πŸ™ƒπŸ˜Ž

06.03.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

-turn one dark ritual, cast buried alive
-turn two exhume, okay everyone gets a creature from their graveyards
-Nobody has anything? Ok I pick valgavoth terror eater

06.03.2026 06:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My first tournament competitive type 2 deck was a tempest block, mono black aggro using cheap shadow creatures, four dark rituals and four hatreds

06.03.2026 05:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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I am a filthy black player, sorry

06.03.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
"Garfield Minus Garfield" in the Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus Zero font with the G logo on an orange background

"Garfield Minus Garfield" in the Godzilla Minus One and Godzilla Minus Zero font with the G logo on an orange background

06.03.2026 01:59 πŸ‘ 415 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
04.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2718 πŸ” 756 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 20

Mom, come pick me up, the best lack all conviction and the worst are full of passionate intensity.

02.03.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 2418 πŸ” 512 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 14

Getting the feeling this week is gonna be dumb as shit

02.03.2026 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed.

01.03.2026 20:14 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

every time one of these markets dissembles and parses and weasels their way out of paying people on a technicality my heart grows three sizes like the grinch. i love to watch these people get scammed on crypto and nfts and gambling. they deserve it and it's funny and it's not my problem at all

01.03.2026 15:56 πŸ‘ 3576 πŸ” 668 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 11

It's actually a little incredible how much Donald Trump and Steven Seagal are basically the same guy

28.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Never forget who you’re fighting for.

28.02.2026 12:04 πŸ‘ 11126 πŸ” 2860 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 57
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a man wearing a suit and tie is looking at the camera ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is looking at the camera
28.02.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Bought a sick ass new Necropotence, born to rip 30 cards for 30 life, forced to lock in

27.02.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just want to play Magic the Gathering all weekend but I'm stuck grading ten billion papers

27.02.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0