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Hey remember when you had a racist meltdown because you couldn't comprehend that Palestinians have access to the internet? Didn't you throw a whole pity party about leaving? God you're pathetic.

in retrospect i think the big mistake i made with this blog was not immediately treating every self-identified ML as having shit idiot brain fungus on par with the terfs or the white supremacists

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2025 additions

Some Journeys to the West

the void

Sex and Moral Sight

I Want to Believe in Abundance

Will Jesus Christ return in an election year?

A random assortment of writing that has stuck with me especially hard

Seven Swords for Difficult Problems

a meditation on boundaries

Hot Allostatic Load

Forgiveness

Issendai's series on estranged parent forums

The Asshole Filter

I Am A Transwoman. I Am In The Closet. I Am Not Coming Out.

Everything is Correlated

explain to me how gears are machined

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thinking about julius ceasar crossing the comic con again and want to get your take. julius caesar crossing the comic con, the anime expo. I've discussed this before. what's your take on julius caesar crossing the anime expo in his julius caesar in his uhm, deadpool cosplay probably. I believe julius caesar would watch deadpool 2016 and decide he is a big fan but not really be able to get trhough many of the comic books without being like "this is a bunch of dumb bullshit for kids" but sort of pretend he read them to establish a cultural identity as like, a suburban dad-level "nerd" guy. and anyway he'd like memorize a couple of deadpool's catchphrases (I don't know shit about deadpool, I assume he has some) and then he'd like say them for the camera etc. to youtubers filming and maybe he'd even go up to some girls and like, be a little too pushy like totally "ironically" in-costume flirting with them, emboldened by the fact that he was wearing a mask, but then like afterwards feel super weird about it. he'd julius caesar crossing the comic con in a deadpool costume. invading rome defying the senate by crossing the comic con. julius caesar at anime expo 2015 looking forward to the new season of, attack on titan or whatever.

from the archives

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here's the world record speedrun of this type of thing if you're curious

short answer: plasma deck, mime and baron, 4 copiers (blueprint/brainstorm), ectoplasm and antimatter for extra joker slots, DNA to bring the deck up to a large enough size, and boss reroll voucher so you can fight The Serpent with burglar so you can get enough handsize for the final hand

hey guys i finally beat Balatro

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hey guys i finally beat Balatro

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i would like to get off this ride please

vote blue no matter who guys love saying "trump would be even worse on palestine" but literally how could he possibly be worse than biden short of nuking the gaza strip. biden might be the single most zionist president in US history lol

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two things i feel relatively certain about:

1) one day we’ll all look back on sj culture wars discourse as emblematic of a very specific time period, much in the way we look at the atheism discourse of an earlier era

2) whatever comes next will be even worse

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hod dog 🤤🤤🤤

hog dod

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What is the current meta re: best possible Tumblr substitute? Is it still Dreamwidth? Cohost imploded and I'm sure as fuck not going to Twitthreadstodonsky.

I'm happy to pay for it, even.

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i will miss this place when it finally kicks the bucket. not as much as i would've a couple years ago, but still

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#a beginner is usually better able to win against a master because they will play moves that are unpredictable.#so maybe not that many?

cannot possibly stress enough how false this is

people who don't follow chess I promise this post is really funny

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new substack article just dropped

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anyway. i think most people left of mainstream US liberal are uh. insufficiently scared of Trump. this has become a cringe take over the years but i think electing him again has a really terrifying set of tail outcomes that are unlikely but possible

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speaking of being embarrassingly incapable of dealing with serious points, you can read some thoughts about bad arguments about AI art and one kinda good argument about AI art

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Hiii, I am curious to learn more about your personal politics. Are u socialist of democractic socialist? Do you reject Marxism–Leninism? Are you more of a reformist of revolutionary?

Over time I've moved away from talking about my own ideology on here for a variety of reasons (I have lots of disparate influences and there's no label I 100% identify with, everyone loves to start heated fights on here, it seemed a bit self-absorbed, etc.) But considering that it has been years since I've really made any attempt at laying out what my viewpoint is, it might make sense to do so again.

There are three terms you could fairly use to describe my views:

I am a democratic socialist because I think that the people should be able to collectively decide upon their shared fate, and that democracy is superior to both political dictatorship and capitalist oligarchy. (See Eugene Debs, Michael Harrington, etc.)

I am a liberal socialist because I believe that socialism is the logical extension of historical liberalism as an attempt at liberating people from existing hierarchies and authoritarianism. (See Carlo Rosselli, John Rawls, etc.)

I am a social democrat because I believe that the potential for successfully achieving transformative change through aggressive action within the presently existing system is drastically larger than the potential for a successful proletarian revolution, mass insurrection, etc., etc. (See Eduard Bernstein, Jean Jaurès, etc.)

This all puts me very firmly in the reformist camp of the reform vs. revolution debate. I would not consider myself a Marxist, although there are ways in which Marx's thought has influenced my own both directly and through the thought of others in the broader Marxist tradition.

In further detail:

I am a market socialist who believes in a large welfare state that provides for everyone's basic needs from cradle to grave; workplace democracy through widespread cooperatives and strong labor unions; progressive reforms to redistribute wealth more evenly; full employment; the reorganization of the global economy to eliminate present injustices; the diminishment of corporate power; strategic public ownership in certain key sectors; and the provision of opportunities for everyone to live their lives in the way that they desire.

I am a democrat who believes in an equal opportunity for everyone to influence public policy, including the periodic chance for the people to freely select their own leadership from amongst a variety of different choices, without unfair restrictions, corrupt financing by the wealthy, domination of the process by a political elite, or external interventions.

I am an anti-militarist opposed to armed conflict in any and every scenario where it can be avoided; an anti-imperialist opposed to the abuses of all powerful governments which take advantage of others and impose their will upon them; and an internationalist who believes in a democratic system of multilateral diplomacy and equitable exchange in which all countries can resolve their differences peacefully and cooperate for the common good.

I am a progressive who believes in an egalitarian culture that values every single person equally, abolishes rigid social hierarchies like patriarchy and white supremacy, welcomes immigrants, embraces secularism to separate church from state, and provides for the full rights and liberties of all peoples.

I am a civil libertarian who believes in the universal right of all people to fundamental liberties (speech, belief, protest, press, association, etc.) and protections from authoritarianism (privacy, government transparency, a fair legal system, limits to detention, humane treatment of prisoners, rule of law, anti-discrimination policies, demilitarized state security forces, etc.)

I am an environmentalist who believes in a just transition that ends our dependence on fossil fuels and establishes a green economy that minimizes (and even reverses) the damage of climate change; ensures clean air, water, and land; preserves natural ecosystems; and provides for everyone's needs in a sustainable fashion.

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not to be controversial but i'm not the biggest fan of this Trump guy, and would in fact prefer if he were not the president