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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Yeah I might get to that one eventually. Got a bunch of other stuff higher up the list but it definitely looks worth watching.

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That's the one about the future avatar of Vishnu?

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Wait that's not the right version

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Megan Thee Stallion did a collab remix of her single Cobra backed by Spiritbox and it slaps.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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This is almost as good a genre-cross as the metal remix of Cobra. (Complimentary)

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Except for us commies. We know they’re a lib. ;)

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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I don't want to be on this planet anymore.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Yeah Schopenhauer wasn't a biologist. LOL

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Freyja Katra Valentine's avatar Freyja Katra Valentine @freyjavalentine.bsky.social
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hence, a return to "neo-feudalism" today is not just ahistorical, but actually *more* tyrannical and controlling than anything humanity has ever seen. Just as how modern border control, invented super recently, is the most inhumane it has ever been in human history.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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The originally Evangelion is mid. And specifically its philosophical aspirations are as deep as a coating of electrostatic spray paint.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Yeah. Nukes were a mistake and all. LOL

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Man the UN security council is such a fucking joke. You know, maybe having a tiny exclusive club of nuclear powers who all hate each other being the only part of the UN with any real power was a bad idea.

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Pickle Tiedrich's avatar Pickle Tiedrich @prettyliltakemachine.is-extremely.gay
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ANIME EXEC: Upon due consideration we’ve elected to not move forward with your series pitch for ‘Help! I Drank Poison At The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia And Now I’m An Elf In A Magical World??? ME: It’s because I’m trans isn’t it. Fuck you

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Wikipedia is grossly imperfect. I'm an off-and-on active editor because I find that the debates there frequently vex me to the point I need to take long breaks. But for all its multitudinous flaws Wikipedia is far better than ChatGPT will ever be.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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With Wikipedia every reference is there and you can just go and look at what they said for yourself. Chat GPT is opaque bespoke nonsense. Also Wikipedians know ChatGPT is a garbage source. Recently a guy was found to be routinely using LLMs to draft wiki content and his ass was kicked off t project

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Matt the Buff Joker (Middle Aged) 's avatar Matt the Buff Joker (Middle Aged) @undefeatedmatt.wifeguy.online
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Wikipedia provides transparency. You can see what was removed and why. ChatGPT is a black box with the most racist idiot you’ve ever met inside of it

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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It it's Christopher Paolini he only has a career because of explicit nepotism. So.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Marx's favourite poet wrote a poem about strangling kings with the entrails of priests.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Literally Terrifier 2. LOLOLOLOL

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Did you read the Obama Aurileus that's floating around yet?

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John Cutting's avatar John Cutting @johncutting.bsky.social
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This reminded me to circle back to whether or not Universal Studios got punished for cutting all the branches off of the trees near their studio so that striking writers would not have any shade. Good news: The studio was found responsible Bad news: They were fined $250

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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He looks like a potato that is just about to go to seed.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Imagine being aroused by Keir Starmer - a man with the face of a two-week old Jack O' Lantern.

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The.Simpsons.s4e12.Marge.vs.the.Abigail.avi's avatar The.Simpsons.s4e12.Marge.vs.the.Abigail.avi @popeguilty.bsky.social
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That moment when I realized that Hot Fuzz is by far the best of that trilogy, just a borderline flawless film

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Edith Charles 🏳️‍⚧️ 's avatar Edith Charles 🏳️‍⚧️ @edithcharles.bsky.social
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It’s so funny in Hot Fuzz how Angel mistakenly thinks he’s solved the crime because he’s identified the killers’ economic anxiety, only later discovering the truth that they’re simply fascists who think ‘niceness’ must be enforced with murder. That film really understood Britain.

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Ian's avatar Ian @ianagp.bsky.social
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(Palestine doesn't have sovereignty so I won't eat Palestinian flag bios)

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Ian's avatar Ian @ianagp.bsky.social
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Reminder: in the event of nuclear holocaust I will become a cannibal and eat people who had state flags in their bios. I will not differentiate which flag. Food shaped is food shaped and I'll reward the nationalists for the world they created.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Is there a way to report reviews for being bigoted?

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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It also smells like an armpit.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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The leaat-cool American city is Fresno.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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What she was accused of and what Munro has been accused of are remarkably similar which makes this quite apropos.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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We have a sour cherry tree that is absolutely replete with super tart, super delicate cherries so yesterday I baked so much cherry banana bread. And, who knows, at the rate climate change is going maybe I'll be able to grow my own bananas soon too.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Munro is a far more significant and powerful artist than Gaiman but the things she's been credibly accused of are galling.

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I know there's also a fair bit of discourse surrounding the recently surfaced posthumous allegations brought forward by the daughter of Alice Munro that are being mistaken for Gaiman discourse.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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I really want this to be real

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M L Clark's avatar M L Clark @mlclark.bsky.social
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Today we reflect on how legacy media is still engaging in malinformation. It's not that some issues are without merit, but there's a lost principle of proportionality at work, training citizens to see only certain outcomes as wins. To build better democracies, we have to remember what those entail.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Just tell them you're celebrating Canadian Pride Month - we usually do ours in July because June is still fucking cold historically.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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Or because it's a culturally accessible short-hand for getting at something else. How many people think the violence in Blood Meridian is *just* because Cormac McCarthy was preoccupied with violence? Like Judge Holden was an historical guy. He's also Satan.

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Simon McNeil's avatar Simon McNeil @simonm223.bsky.social
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So, while I cannot be sure, I suspect this astoturf is Fraser Institute's doing. The slimeballs.

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