JP Babb

The DCCC appears to have decided the best closing message for the midterms is "vote for us and we'll work together with the GOP to stomp the shit out of that tranny filth" and meanwhile liberals are scolding trans people on this site for being skeptical about voting D

The only think that's ever made me want to play MTG

"...the separation option received less votes than the total number of signatures that would have been required to trigger a citizen initiative referendum when the Citizen Initiative Act was initially passed in 2021." #abpoli https://daveberta.substack.com/p/six-takeaways-from-albertas-referendum

Remember: It’s All Hallow’s EVE, not All Hallow’s STEVE. @theonion.com

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Welp. I've agreed to edit a collection of essays on hiveminds. God help me.

Construction trucks leaving Bloor and Islington area after being successfully deterred from starting work on removing bike lanes in Toronto by a large protest.

This is just what all of the train tracks are like in Canada.

Modern civilization will say shit like "Oh, that's a wicked problem, it can't be solved, only managed" and then not manage it

Chapter nineteen of my serialized audiobook is now available for free! www.buzzsprout.com/2589821/epis...

#scd #strictly www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-r...

Post a vampire that isn't Dracula

What do you want to bet that the Ellisons promised to use their media dominance to juice-up Newsom's presidential bid?

Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary.

It's worth noting that the cultural memory of mid-20th century science fiction as an uncritical techno-utopia is itself an instance of a torment nexus problem. Like, you're engaging with the aesthetics of this genre without engaging with its substance.

I'm a third of the way through the sequel. You can read what will probably be the prologue on AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/92209571

Prediction: The Republicans will badly lose the midterms (because of course they will), and then "Canadian political interference" will become a new Lost Cause myth amongst the American hysterical Right.

It continues to be interesting to me just how many men, when presented with a clear and obvious answer to a test of morality and empathy, will nevertheless choose to "devil's advocate" themselves into a position of complete assholery

"...And fucked be he who cries 'hold, enough'"

Ok don’t let’s get carried away but I found something genuinely good on Threads.

Just finished @jpbabb.bsky.social great book 'Reality's End'! Reads like a mix of Pratchett and Tchaikovsky, but grounded in a much more modern perspective. Highly recommend!

New chapter of my serialised audiobook is up! www.buzzsprout.com/2589821/epis...

Do NOT vote for anti-transgender Democrats. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-guide-...

I'm willing to go one further: everyone should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries whether they're making income for stockholders or not.

Anything is "Superior Intelligence" when Donald Trump is the point of reference.

The midterms are shaping up to be a referendum on whether trans people should exist, with Republicans saying we shouldn't and Democrats saying maybe Republicans have a point on some of these issues. Good luck, everybody!

Controversial opinion, but I don't think it's possible for regular people to meaningfully defame billionaires. Like I think it's basically impossible for anything I say online about JK Rowling to demonstrably hurt her. I don't think that such lawsuits should be legal.

Americans Fondly Recall 9/11 As Last Time Nation Could Unite In Bloodlust https://theonion.com/americans-fondly-recall-9-11-as-last-time-nation-could-1847607772/

NEW: Saddle Lake Cree Nation calls Alberta trans health-care laws a violation of Treaty rights, announces path to work around the legislation

PEOPLE WITH LIBERAL ARTS DEGREES: so while i see there is utility to the system, i’m more or less morally opposed to their current constructs and have big concerns over the business structure and environmental impact WEB CODER: so i met God today,

Guys, I can't stress this enough: We had nothing to do with this. Tucker's team cut this up like this. They are 100% serious. These people really are this stupid.

New chapter of my serialised audiobook is up! www.buzzsprout.com/2589821/epis...

The year is 1969 and the executives are cancelling Star Trek after grievously mishandling it The year is 2005 and the executives are cancelling Star Trek after grievously mishandling it The year is 2026 and the executives are cancelling Star Trek after grievously mishandling it

Happy Star Trek day from the tiny Borg action figure that I keep on my desk to remind me to always be obsessed with hiveminds!

I think MAHA is very straightforwardly the triumph of the snake oil salesmen and the way we beat it is the same way you always beat snake oil salesmen: regulate their claims

COYOTE v ACME is very very good.

Happy bi-sexual awareness month to icon of the movement, spinning spirally blue head guy from the x files.

Going to be honest, I don't think that things will ever be "normal" again, and that my default impulse of asking "but how will this look when things return to normal" is now a maladaptive social behaviour. The world we grew up in is gone.

The words "play stupid games, win stupid prizes" leap to mind.

Even by reactionary centrist standards, this is an insane issue to hang this argument on. Gaza *is* a case of an oppressor and victim. There's no "both sides" reason why hospitals need to be bombed and children starved.

have to imagine living in mid- to late-30s Europe had a similar vibe. Hitler taking these insanely aggressive gambles and almost every opposition figure going "buhh guhh duhh...uhh...he'll probably be satisfied with the Sudetenland right" bsky.app/profile/sahi...

This is where we post from

TL;DW - "Artificial intelligence" is really just a capitalist attempt to enclose the collective intelligence of humanity, and we should start calling it collective intelligence