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Asst. Prof. of poli sci at UW-Eau Claire | PhD at UC Davis, JD at GWU Law | political theorist | cult watcher | apatheist | ex-Mormon | father | 13th-level warlock www.adamkunz.com https://www.uwec.edu/profiles/kunzas https://www.lalichcenter.org/
…I've said it so many fucking times, now, but I'll say it again, that it's really fucking messed up that all of these conversations seek to apply to fucking LLMs a standard of personhood we still don't consistently and meaningfully apply to other fucking humans.
Could we all just collectively decide not to change our clocks tonight? Like, why can’t we just reject this stupidity?
Remember, kids: being in Trump’s inner circle lasts a couple of years, but the cosmetic surgery lasts a lifetime.
Shit…BE NORMAL…
Links or it didn’t happen
Because this has never gone poorly for the Kurds in the past.
ORDER Based on the foregoing, and on all of the files, records, and proceedings herein, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the Petition (Doc. No. 1) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part, as follows: 1. 2. Respondents are ORDERED to release Petitioner from custody immediately in Minnesota, subject to and in accordance with the conditions in his preexisting Order of Supervision, no later than 4:00 p.m. CST on February 24, 2026.
another one
Whoops!
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-reason...
Frankly, we've seen enough: it's time to fire all the cowards who toadied to Trump and disgraced their institutions in the process. CEOs, lawyers, university presidents. Clear them all out, replace them with people who stood firm. Remake our society with leaders who have principles and courage.
Trump is now saying that he is ready to restart negotiations with the Iranian regime and is walking back support for a popular uprising.
www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
A screenshot of a Washington Post story announcing the killing of the leader of Iran
Americans can feel safe knowing that counterterrorism efforts will be handled by [checks notes]…Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel.
Iran has every reason to follow this strategy. The airstrikes will be over in a week, Trump will still call it a win regardless of what happens, and that will be that.
This. And it's been this way basically since Reagan.
Trump bombed Iran. Here are multiple clips of Trump campaigning against endless wars, Middle East conflicts, and boasting that he will stop World War III.
I’d even settle for baggy khakis at this point.
Screenshot from a CNN update of Bill Clinton testifying before Congress that “I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong” with Epstein
1998 called. It wants its political theater back.
The US system at the moment can be imagined with the executive branch as a toddler on a chainsaw rampage, congressional parents watching the rampage in silent fond approval, and the judiciary reluctantly stepping in once a year to make him stop destroying one specific thing in one very specific way.
“I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I DO NOT GIVE MY PERMISSION FOR FACEBOOK OR META TO USE ANY OF MY PERSONAL DATA. I do not give consent!” - the President of the United States
“‘We’re not blaming God for this,’ said 35-year-old Kristina. ‘Yes, it hurts, of course, it hurts. But God has chosen Ethan for a reason. God is doing something, and we're gonna glorify his name regardless.’”
You and your god are dumb, Kristina.
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Dr. Manhattan sits alone on a vast empty pink Martian plain
It is 1996. The American president was born in 1946.
It is 2006. The American president was born in 1946.
It is 2016. The American president was born in 1946.
It is 2026. The American president was born in 1946.
I might actually watch baseball!
Gandalf crusading public interest lawyer ass wizard. Gandalf stoner ass who has to save his neighborhood wizard. Mark Ruffalo ass wizard.
It turns out that the “most dangerous branch” is so much worse when it does absolutely nothing.
Every time I see his face, this is how I imagine he sleeps at the Olympic village. (Still an excellent skater…)
There’s a lot of us here who are Redditorian as well…
The latest Epstein files from the DOJ name two more of the sex criminal’s billionaire clients: real estate mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Rothschild heir by marriage Ariane de Rothschild. They apparently paid an unusually high premium for his services, experts say. www.forbes.com/sites/giacom...
There’s no nice way to say it: these people are bat-shit insane. fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
There is absolutely zero chance that a lawsuit on this basis would survive a motion to dismiss.
