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@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 9, 2026, 8:09 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Thwarted; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/09/i...

#Pluralistic

The Warner Brother tower posed against a vintage map of Burbank, keeling over, tearing up a huge clot of sod and concrete. Standing atop of the tower, forcing it down, is a sad, spavined donkey in Democratic Party livery. Being crushed under the tower is the California flag bear, with blood pouring out of its eye and mouth.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 7, 2026, 2:14 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Disloyalty; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/07/g...

#Pluralistic

A 1970s Air Canada ad depicting a man in a brown velour pullover with a large collar sitting in a book-lined study, assembling model Air Canada jets on his desk. His head has been replaced with the blue, metallic head of a 1950s pulp robot and his skintones have been shifted blue to match.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 6, 2026, 1:31 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Swapping money for expertise; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/06/n...

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The First Bank of Chicago, a Grecian temple to money. It is surrounded by flames. A skeleton in academic robes and mortarboards has been lynched from its roof. In the foreground are banded packages of US $100 bills.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 5, 2026, 7:15 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Scrutinzed; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/05/p...

#Pluralistic

Medieval peasants working the fields in front of a walled city. Their overseer rides a horse; his head has been replaced with a robotic camera. From all sides, gory, anatomical eyeballs intrude upon the scene, each one with a different colored iris.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 3, 2026, 12:35 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Economic probabilities for our grandchildren; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/03/f...

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The Earth from space; it is covered in scaffolding that is crawling with little rude mechanicals ganked from 17th century engravings of people operating machines.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netOct 1, 2026, 5:57 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Voting is to politics as shopping is to boycotts; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/10/01/d...

#Pluralistic

Two suffragists in period dress, ceremonially putting ballots into a ballot box. The background has been replaced with an elaborate collage of 19th C printing-press parts. The ballots are glowing with radiant spikes. The face of the ballot box has been replaced with an Nvidia Vera Lynn GPU.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 29, 2026, 2:03 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Lindsay Owens's "Gouged"; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/29/a...

#Pluralistic

The cover for Lindsay Owens's 'Gouged.'
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 28, 2026, 7:58 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Priceful; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/28/c...

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A pastoral landscape with a cablecar system running overhead. A procession of old-timey cash registers are being moved through the sky on it.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 25, 2026, 9:47 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Itch scratching; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/25/o...

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A shirtless bald man seen from behind. He has contorted one arm between his shoulder blades to scratch an itch. The itchy area glows red, as do the abstract clouds surrounding him. Small angelic figures caper in the mist. Image: Orrling and Tomer S (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itch.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 22, 2026, 8:35 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Bonta sold us out to Trump's oligarchs; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/22/h...

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The Warner Brothers tower. It has been tinted orange and is leaning at a 30-40' angle. It is surmounted by Trump's hair. The tower is wavering. The background is ominous, red-tinged clouds, through which peek a marching army of banner-waving demons. Image: Todd Dwyer (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warner_Bros_Water_Tower_-_panoramio.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 21, 2026, 1:16 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: The Claude Delusion; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/21/s...

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Two cross-sectioned anatomical drawings of men's heads revealing their brains, which have been filled with marching robots from old pulp magazines. Their stare at one another with raw, exposed anatomical drawing eyeballs, which radiate a halo of spiky lines. The background is a psychedelic, fractal-shot colored cloudscape.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 18, 2026, 8:03 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Textured; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/18/s...

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A series of high-magnification views of a seemingly smooth human heart valve, revealing the rough texture under extreme close-up. Image: Zhaoxing Wang, Kunpeng Wang & Yan Xu (modified) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-56485-5 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 17, 2026, 9:35 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: On the sincerity of AI bosses; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/17/p...

#Pluralistic

A robotic claw grips a bundle of arrows; in the background are the pink folds of a human brain.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 16, 2026, 8:10 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/16/b...

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Tenniel's 'Red Queen's Race' engraving from Carroll's 'Through the Looking Glass.' It has been altered so that the Red Queen and Alice now have the heads of 1940s pulp robots. The image has been hand-tinted.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 15, 2026, 8:15 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Everybody pees; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/15/b...

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A mason jar of piss with Jeff Bezos's laughing head submerged in it. Image: Steve Jurvetson (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeff_Bezos%27_iconic_laugh_crop.jpg CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en -- Themightyquill (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kerr_mason_jar.jpg CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/deed.en
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 14, 2026, 11:57 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: But do you use keyboard shortcuts?; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/14/c...

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A worn out keyboard, cropped over the bottom left modifier keys. Posed in the image is a bearded prophet in Bronze Age robes, arms uplifted in worship. Image: ArwinJ (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Macro_key,_BTC-53_series_keyboard.JPG CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
@klau.siSep 14, 2026, 7:00 AM

♻️ pluralistic: Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: LLMs are real, AI is fake; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/god…

#Pluralistic

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A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 12, 2026, 11:42 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: LLMs are real, AI is fake; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/12/g...

#Pluralistic

A cutaway view of a stone tower containing an elaborate water-powered medieval geared machine. Rising out of the machine is a rainbow-tinted, pixelated God with the robes, beard and all. To one side of this scene is a cluster of tiny people in Jesus-era robes, falling about themselves in religious ecstasy all over a stone staircase, atop of which stands a robed priest with his hands upraised. The background is a set of shining golden rays, emanating from pixel-God.
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 11, 2026, 3:20 PM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Inefficiency is bad, actually; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/11/m...

#Pluralistic

A foil bowl of red jello on a red tablecloth, next to a shining spoon. Submerged in the jello is an elaborate watch movement. Image: Martell (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chronograph_movement.jpg CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en -- Horacio Cambeiro (modified) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gelatina_de_frutilla_(postre).jpg CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
@doctorow.pluralistic.netSep 9, 2026, 11:12 AM

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Anti-vax/anti-trust; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/09/09/w...

#Pluralistic

A leaky drop ceiling with a large, dirty water stain.
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