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it seems likely that total disengagement from social media would be preferable to this artificial approximation of it, if one wanted to actually understand or shape society

this has made it favorable for me as a space to post while i work an uncomfortably visible job. it's also helped me break out of detrimental habits of mind I'd fallen into on twitter. but the resultant isolation has maybe led to an overly conservative attitude to an online left still shaped on X

bluesky has probably found its niche as an american social media alternative with a distinctive left-liberal culture (defined mainly by shared polarization against musk's X) and a negligible position in overall society

Peasant with a 10,000-sq-ft hovel with a heated driveway, top-end coach he leases for 3 libri a month, flatbrim coif embroidered with the crest of the local jousting team, special bracelet with an enchanted gemstone that tracks his steps

Matin - Wake up, pray, mill to lift millstones
Lauds - Check pigeons
Terce - Deep work
Sext - Burger at the Wounded Hart for lunch
None - Load turnip cart, send last pigeons of the day
Vespers - Dinner with family
Compline - Prayer of thanksgiving, bed

Just wanted you guys to see “Riding in a golf cart fatly”

Map of Israeli airstrikes in the Beirut suburbs over the last few hours (6 MaRCH 2026). Image from https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2026/6-march-13-the-israeli-raid-that-targeted-the-southern-suburbs

Israel is extensively bombing the suburban area of Dahiya, south of Beirut. This is the namesake of the 'Dahiya Doctrine', a strategy whereby the IDF targets civilians and civilian infrastructure to put political pressure on governments they don't like. It's literally the definition of a war crime.

On a clear day, Eugene rose and looked around him and, regrettably, saw who he was.

On a clear day, Eugene rose and looked around him and, regrettably, saw who he was.

yea I'm realizing this week that this site has pretty much failed as an alternative structure for reporting or politics

someone wise and actually quite wealthy once said “jerk off a homie, have a hug for the night. teach a homie to jerk off and they’ll hug you for the rest of your life”

Israel has just issued a demand that all of Beirut’s southern suburbs, an area roughly the size of central Berlin or lower Manhattan, run for their lives. Tens of thousands are forced to flee- again. Real fears that they will level much of southern Beirut- an area where more than 500,000 live.

Fetterman is basically a reactionary now: there is no real effort to explain why Mullin - a buffoon who spent the week insisting we are not at war with Iran - is qualified. Trump nominated Mullin, and that’s good enough for him.

'Long As You Know You're Living Yours - Keith Jarrett Belonging Quartet 1974 YouTube video by Mr. Wolf

some listeners (like my neighbors' dogs) detest his shrill sax tone. but it's like MSG to me. Jarrett's material brought out the best in his playing
youtu.be/A3GcuHcSxJE?...

heard Jan Garbarek had a birthday yesterday. enjoy these fujo-bait images from his stint in Keith Jarrett's band

I need a girl with a warm skirt
and a liiiight jacket

from each category: As You Like It / King Lear / Henry IV Part One / Tempest

*guy scrambling to hide noumena* it's what it looks like!

obviously it doesn't stop them from doing damage, but it does warm the heart a bit when you notice that most anti-trans activists seem to have no other interests, and are visibly warped by their obsessions.

yea, it's a lot of eggs for one basket.. but i'll have a whole lotta chickens once they hatch

I should get out of here and sort my life out

This stuff is so infuriating. As a young person figuring this stuff out not once did someone suggest to me I might be trans. but once I came out as trans people *repeatedly* suggested to me that I might just be a feminine gay boy or nonbinary or something less extreme. as if we were negotiating

The creator of ChatGPT is named "Altman," as in "alternative to human" and he leads OpenAI, which is completely closed. His main opponent is the company Anthropic, meaning "human-centered" is led by "Amodei," as in "loves gods". Then there's "Gemini," meaning "two-faced," from a cmpany that says it will do no evil. Brilliant work as always Kojima! [picture of kojima, watermark of @mediocre_mason on tiktok]

We're smokin' that Argentinian himejoshi catgirl shit out of a puma bone pipe at an altitude of 12,600 feet, concurrent with the third Dynasty of Ur, you stupid shit.

(22 year old lecturing you about their heritage, which they only started engaging with this month, mostly through a series of Instagram reels)

"I think people really don't understand how important food is in Italian culture."

From Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 4: The Seven Ghosts Mickey finds Goofy, sitting in an armchair and wearing a suit, looking glum. Mickey: Gosh! What's th' matter, Goofy? Are ya sick or somethin'?? Goofy: Nope! I'm just plain happy - a-settin' here thinkin' beautiful thoughts!

"Left wing populism" in a US context literally just means smallholder interest politics lmfao.

These women were Golden Age masters — why have they been ignored by art historians? An ambitious exhibition highlights the glory of Low Countries artists still ripe for rediscovery, centuries after their first fame

What a mystery! I hope they get to the bottom of it.

dreamt I was buying estrogen in my hometown through a sort of DIY drivethru on a suburban street. I could barely remember how to operate a car and kept bumping into the vehicles ahead of me. when I got to the front of line the woman doing the handoff politely pointed out that I was peeing my pants

assaults on democratic legitimacy will persist, conspiratorial populism will predominate in discourse, bigotry will be widespread and openly exploited