The people of Muskogee will have their revenge on Jack Dorsey

A shame. Seems like they were clearly inspired by it … I guess you can’t copyright a vibe.

I hope Toni Basil and the Ting Tings get big royalty cheques.

“Isn’t this a racist thing to say? Not according to Hitler!”

Only got a paragraph in because of the cheerful citation of aporia (the big Nazi website)

I love how he goes on and on about how it actually totally makes sense for the average IQ in Malawi to be 60 because most people don’t graduate school, ignoring that Lynn’s methodology wasn’t up to any basic standard

And by love I mean I fucking hate it

I read it in high school. Iirc, the main character in 1984 deeply hates a woman he works with and his violent fantasies about her are tied up in his desire to rebel against the regime. He later overcomes his desire to commit violence against her by having sex with her. His contempt for her fairly leapt off the page when I read it. I’m sure it’s arguable what Orwell meant or intended.

In another scene, the middle-class protagonists watch a working-class woman hanging out washing and tell themselves that if there was any hope for freedom, it lay in “the proles” (members of the mass underclass, like that woman). But the way they look at her and talk about her is dehumanizing.

It’s probably easier to just read 1984 yourself and make up your own mind. it’s not a very long book.

Eurgh. I’m now feeling angry at the thought of someone who is doing a degree in global health but gets persuaded that AI safety is more important.

Isn’t this just an economic move dressed up as an ideological one?

If only all those sneaker companies had thought to say they had to move their factories from America to Chinese sweatshops because American workers were too woke.

The backlash already happened - it’s been a few years of far right protests against drag shows and prides. Not that it can’t get worse!

All that cash Open AI gave to Labour was worth it, huh

I had to use clipchamp for something recently and my god, what an awful, enshittified piece of software. It’s sending me emails now!

I am no tech expert but I use tuta for email and disroot for forms, pads and file sharing.

Wow, this is like the 12 inch single of Blue Monday that supposedly cost more to manufacture than they made on sales. But shit.

Ahh I remember this article, it removed my illusions about lab grown meat. Thanks for bringing it back

That too - a significant section of the tradcath subculture spends most of its time fulminating against “Bergoglio” these days.

Also, if they happen to be the pro-Russian/anti-Ukraine kind of right-wing shithead, then the political alignment of some Orthodox churches may be amenable.

The left did not push Elon Musk away. The left has fundamentally different interests and values to the billionaire and alleged rapist.

A two-part lecture and discussion series that may be of interest to techsneerers:

Reimagining Space: Against Settler Colonial Space Futures

This workshop is a two-part lecture and discussion series addressing urgent issues in space and how they relate to Earth. What does ethics mean in the context of space? Is it possible to explore space ethically? How do military interests drive Mars exploration? Led by multi-disciplinary researchers and organizers Dr. C. Adeene Denton and Dr. Divya M. Persaud, this series will provide an overview of how space is grounded in real-world oppression, colonialism, and genocide and a chance to discuss together how this could be changed.

Runs on January 11th and 12th.

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I will always remember Sam Bankman Fried saying it’s obvious that Shakespeare can’t be the greatest author ever because it’s unlikely. Just because something’s unlikely doesn’t mean it’s impossible! You need to independently evaluate the evidence!

In the Going Clear documentary an author says that because Scientology was built by and for L. Ron Hubbard, people who follow Scientology are gradually moulded in his image and pick up his worst traits and neuroses. LessWrong was founded by a former child prodigy…