Maid(evil)(spooky also)

Maid(evil)(spooky also)

@mallorymable.net

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Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

I made a reply to this effect but it's driving me nuts that he takes this tone and won't mention the Race Science of it all. It's not that it's hard to miss it's hard to avoid. Anytime the inhibitions are dropped (vibecamp, EAG afters, doing k late at night) It Will Come Up

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social

Roose does a very nice job signaling in the second paragraph what sort of book this will be. He decided to write it the night after partying with ketamine-snorting effective accelerationists. He isn’t e/acc himself, but he hangs with that crowd and accepts their premises as newsworthy,

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
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Explaining the assassins creed one is the one that makes you sound the most insane fwiw Like "so listen the thing you think is the titular Assassins Creed is part on a 1960s culture jamming campaign that involved sending prank letters to playboy"

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
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My last post on twitter was getting to ask Kevin Roose why he had the CEO of alpha schools onto his show to read ad copy

Benjamin Riley@benjaminjriley.bsky.social

And now the media heavyweights weigh in. @danagoldstein.bsky.social does a thorough job reporting on the ed-tech ambitions of Alpha School, and whether existing claims about its effectiveness withstand scrutiny (answer: no). Appreciate the nod to my reporting on the boot camp too. But...

nytimes.comAlpha School Claims to Teach Kids Twice as Fast. Many Don’t Make It. (Gift Article)Alpha School, a private network, is spreading into public education. While its students’ test scores are high, some parents and educators say it doesn’t live up to the hype.
Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

I kind of hate this like "oh trans woman, that consumer class that loves [PRODUCT] and [BRAND] and [HOBBY]" but in my weakness let's engage in some "oh you're a trans women I bet you love and [NixOS] and [Fromsoft] and [modding]

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

The Chicago PD torture blacksite is this insane genre of knowledge Your options bringing it up are - already know, thinks it's evil, there's nothing to add - already know, justified it, miserable conversation follows - doesn't know, thinks you're full of shit - doesn't know, useful

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
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So you just kinda don't talk about it and occasionally you have the doesn't know useful interaction and remember that "the Chicago PD had a building they'd disappear teenagers to to beat the shit out of them without booking them" isn't a fact people are just walking around with

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

Ted Nelson you fucking moron Probably a useful data point on the essay I will never write about the shift from SMI^2LE to TESCREAL. Yeah this guy mentored by John C Lilly thought it was going to have IP rights over the entire global storage system/subconscious

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Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

So the joke here is that I assume you know enough about John Brinkley to know not only that he's the goat nuts guy but that he had a crazy powerful radio station to play ads for goat nuts surgery and helped popularize bluegrass and other modern music which were popular but couldn't get airtiemme

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

The meta joke is that these are two lil freaks that everyone seems to get around to learning about when they like lil freaks but then I talk to a person who hasn't fried their brains and I go "you know the dolphin fucking guy who helped invent html kinda

Maid(evil)(spooky also)
@mallorymable.net

left slop is annoying but truly lib slop is the worst shit in the world "I'd rather united be in charge of my healthcare than RFK Jr." what the fuck are you talking about