Stefan du Fresne

Stefan du Fresne

@sdufresne.info

software development https://sdufresne.info

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Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. ๐Ÿ”— Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.

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a friend coined the term โ€œyasslightingโ€ to mean โ€œwhen you are stupid wrong but your bad influence friend keeps telling you the opposite out of some bizarre obligation never to question you.โ€ Gambling websites, manosphere toxic masc trainings, many cults, and more are all built to yasslight.

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social

They've basically yassified degenerate gamblers. "Did your wife leave you because you were placing bets on high school volleyball games? What if we told you that you weren't a pathetic, hopeless loser but actually a VISIONARY WHO COULD PREDICT THE FUTURE?"

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Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

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yeah the steam machine is expensive, but the good news is everyone is making so much more money thanks to our AI-enhanced productivity

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Itโ€™s been five years since Alex Jones lost InfoWars to the Sandy Hook families. As the verdict came down, he asked: โ€œDo these people actually believe theyโ€™re getting any money?โ€ He hasn't paid them a penny. Well, The Onion is going pay them anyway. The new InfoWars begins July 2nd at 8 p.m. ET.

ms.nowThe Onion says it wonโ€™t wait for the courts, will launch Infowars to pay Sandy Hook familiesThe Onionโ€™s staff is tired of waiting for the courts to settle its pending takeover of Alex Jonesโ€™ brand, so the new Infowars will launch next month.

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Trans people have been around your whole life. Youโ€™ve been sharing bathrooms with them your whole life. Theyโ€™ve been in your communities your whole life. Theyโ€™ve even been playing sport your whole life. And you didnโ€™t care *at all* till a few years ago when every right wing org decided you should

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Happy International day of Transgender Visibility! All my homies say Trans Rights are Human Rights / anyone who's cool knows it too. We see you out there. Choose to be yourself and know that we have your back. Much love and respect today (and every day)! ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ #transrights #transdayofvisibility

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Virtually every digital technology of this century has been designed to feed and flatter the worst parts of yourself

Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.

More and more I think we should start writing letters to each other, and only seeing adverts if they are printed out and put on our local community bulletin board, alongside Jan's ad for dog walking and Phil's notice that a karate class is starting three months from now, so get in quick

Romeo Dandy, Insufferable Chevalier@sleepydawgs.bsky.social

I got a third one so I recorded it this time.

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You're absolutely right โ€” starting a land war in Asia wasn't just a bad call, it's ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€. Thank you for calling me out on that โ€” really. I'll be extra-strategic from now on. Would you like me to get cracking on those ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ?

dawg we are gonna lose a war because ChatGPT has this guy mobilizing divisions that don't exist and tasking real troops with holding mountain passes and ports an LLM hallucinated

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Replying to @veryimportant.lawyer

โ€œIโ€™m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farmโ€ of course you do. Youโ€™re twelve. โ€œI donโ€™t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only mealโ€ hell yeah homie youโ€™re twelve. โ€œMaybe if thereโ€™s crime we should just send the armyโ€ bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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the political policy cure for โ€œmale lonelinessโ€ is - more time to hang with the fellas (4 day work week) - more money to spend with the fellas (higher wages) - more things to do with the fellas (taxing the rich and building 3rd spaces)

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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians โ€“ "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

theguardian.comMicrosoft blocks Israelโ€™s use of its technology in mass surveillance of PalestiniansExclusive: Tech firm ends military unitโ€™s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

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It's taken me 35 years and five ZX Spectrums to complete The Hobbit. Feels like a bigger deal than buying my house or having my family. I kept this quest secret for so long, I can only mention it here. Now I'm finally in a comfy tunnel-like hall, feeling like I've won at life.

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This is an INSANE decision by the E.U. โ€œBy signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the U.S., the E.U. has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail โ€“ it is a political choice that puts trade convenience ahead of saving lives.โ€ This will kill people.

etsc.euETSC: Mutual recognition deal with U.S. will cost lives on Europeโ€™s roadsBy signing up to mutual recognition of vehicle standards with the United States, the European Union has waved the white flag on road safety. This is not a technical detail โ€“ it is a political choiceโ€ฆ

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We did it! ๐ŸŽ‰ All 24,976,511 solvable 5x5 nonograms completed in 80 days by over 200k players. Thank you everyone who participated! Hope it was fun.