vgbhu89

@SalsaPrice don't block them, let them rage. most of them have never encountered an engineering type of obstinate rigor applied to the passing scene. they're like the gorillas encountering the obelisk in 2001. in the fullness of time it might do them some good.

FWIW, I'm getting more engagement lately, and followers. Unfortunately, much of the engagement is replies from lib fucktards, leading me to do a lot of instablocks.

@johncwright2001 @instapundit Gods of the Copybook Headings - in new form. Outstanding. Thank you John C. Wright.

Originally a game-cartoon representing the unwisdom of questioning the Big Brotherly benevolence of Wokeness in England, the purple-haired goth-girl Amelia has since become a symbol for British Patriotism, basic common sense, Brexit and conservative sanity.  The insipid propaganda of the game PATHWAYS has boomeranged on Big Brother, and she is now a cyberspace Joan of Arc. The Labour government cannot arrest her for mean tweets, nor have their grooming gangs gang-rape her, because she is not real. She is a perfect spokeswoman to quote the wisdom of Kipling, shown here with a computer-drawn animation (with an homage to 'Take On Me' by A-ha). For those of you unfamiliar with old fashioned schooling, students practiced penmanship, would copy a sentence over and over in a copybook. The sentences chosen were meant to be edifying to the young, usually bible quotes or homilies reflecting unsentimental common sense. Whereas the market place, thronged by fairgoers and hucksters, contains whatever the fashions of the season might be, meant to allure, not educate. Like reading CS Lewis or GK Chesterton, the insight seems startlingly prescient, because it is timeless. For the record, here is the original poem: The Gods of the Copybook Headings -- Rudyard Kipling (1919) As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race, I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place. Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn: But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind, So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind. We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace, Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place, But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome. With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch, They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch; They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings; So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things. When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know." On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life (Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife) Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death." In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die." Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew, And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four– And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more. As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man There are only four things certain since Social Progress began. That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire, And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire; And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins, As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn, The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

@johncwright2001 Outstanding. Thank you.

@annalthouse Did you see this (Rothko/weather) ? I don't know how to embed or embiggen it: x.com/joonasvirtanen… It links to this site rothko.joonas.wtf but is in Celsius. bummer. Woulda been better if it matched how it LOOKED (instead of feels) outside.

@unknownquijote @The_Real_Fly Breaking: Iran’s state TV presenter just shot at the UAE flag with a Kalashnikov — live on national television.

@unknownquijote @The_Real_Fly progressives seldom respond to the argument they just call people names. are you saying this is Not a 21st century war watched on video by a global audience. that iranians are Not captives of the regime, that powers are Not debating engaging?

FFS

@ElminsterD A novel insight.

Or maybe, as with smallpox in the Americas, being unable to vote for so long left them with no cultural defenses against political exploitation.

In a Nation of Immigrants, black Americans are going to find themselves increasingly marginalized culturally and politically. We talk about the end of White America, but the end of Black America is coming far sooner.

@SperglerAcolyte patternlanguage.com/apl/aplsample/… (Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language) the importance of light on 2 sides of a room. these few pages will change your life bc it will change the way you

What should I performatively read tomorrow during lunch?

@catturd2 most likely the big accts like Poso have not commented specifically bc Erika ASKED them not to comment. if they did comment it would greatly increase the circulation of the scurrilous rumors and just cause more trouble rather than settling the issue.

I have a question, and I’m serious … Why are all of us who never personally knew Charlie Kirk, defending his wife and children so vigorously - while the grifters who claim to be his best friends are too cowardly to even call that evil POS Candice Owens out? I’m so glad I don’t have fake friends like this.

I couldn't find an outlet willing to pay me for this one, but I hate to waste copy, so ... you're welcome! johnderbyshire.com/Opinions/Strag…

@DissidentRight Chrome is blocking johnderbyshire.com You must be that DANGEROUS John Derbyshire we've all heard about.

Hi @stephwakefield_ did you see this? It's right up your alley. @_The_Prophet__ x.com/_The_Prophet__…

@TABYTCHI nice catch.

@stephwakefield_ the near simultaneous advent of AGI and ASI and the possible Skynet scenario, and the advent of a successor species and new apex predator a'la homo sapiens technicus seems inevitable but prolly, if possible, should be thwarted or at least delayed.

"Legacy humans"

@TheLastRefuge2 @EmeraldRobinson I support both of you. You're both Outstanding. right now you're both deep in the forest trying to find a way out for all of us. the rest of us are counting on both and each of you. Keep at it. the stakes are high.

First, I'm not making an argument; nor an attempt to convince, that's an endless quest. Second, to your point: "Is your (implied) rule that: all CIA assets are untrustworthy?" Eh, no. But yes, to the CIA assets who have admitted to willingly participating in an effort to target Donald Trump during the FBI the Crossfire Hurricane operation. That's Patrick Byrne. Third and perhaps most importantly. The best way to hide the truth is to bury it under a pile of crazy. A seriously corrupt IC does that all the time, hence why Tulsi won't touch it.

Everything around Mr. Byrne is just, well, sketchy. As an outcome anything around the associations of Mr Byrne carried that same sketch. As grandpa always said, “hang around a one-legged man long enough, and you’re gonna start limping.” [cc:@EmeraldRobinson ] Today, Mr Byrne said, wait for it,.... he has been working for the CIA all along.🤪 theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2025/12/0…

@voicesunheard @realtinapeters He can't pardon her. She was convicted on state charges in state court. Something else, not a pardon, needs to be done.

@realtinapeters This is heartbreaking. I don’t understand why Trump hasn’t pardoned her yet. She put everything on the line to uncover voter fraud - you’d think she’d be the very first person he’d want to protect. 🙏

UPDATE ON TINA PETERS: Tina has been moved to solitary confinement today after filing a grievance with the warden about a teacher in the prison making statements to numerous other inmates about her. Some of those inmates informed Tina that this teacher was speaking openly about the fact that Tina is never going to leave prison, that the state will never let her out, etc. Tina asked this teacher about their statements about her while passing them in the halls of the facility. This resulted in the teacher and inmates antagonizing Tina and ganging up on her verbally. Inmates openly supported the teacher and their statements and berated Tina for not telling the media to stay silent on her conditions and details of her case. At the suggestion of another inmate, Tina filed a grievance against the teacher this morning. Tina was then brought to medical for a physical evaluation consisting of a strip search, a meeting with mental health, followed by the manager of mental health in the facility, and then made to wait for several hours. Tina was then informed that she would be moved to solitary confinement due to an investigation involving internal affairs. She was told the investigation could take up to 17 days. She expects to remain in solitary for the duration of the investigation. As of now, she has been removed from her normal cell and is currently being held in solitary confinement. She has been told she “is not being punished” and has been allowed to keep her iPad, but does not have access to the internet, and therefore cannot call any of her approved contacts or her attorneys unless the rest of the pod is put back in their cells until she has completed her calls. She is in a windowless cell again with no contact, and will be allowed out of her cell 1-2 hours per day. This is a difficult day for Tina as you can imagine, especially considering this is the eve of her Mother’s 97th birthday. Please keep Tina Peters in your prayers, and pray that an honest investigation is performed into the misconduct of the individuals involved for the inappropriate and willful targeting of a political prisoner. Pray that she gets to see her 97 year old mother again soon. If you can support Tina, she needs your help. Please share her website TinaPeters.us and encourage everyone you know to donate to support her living expenses and legal bills so that she can stay afloat and WIN so that this can never happen to any other American. God Bless you and thank you for your prayers and support of America’s Gold Star Mother and the most courageous Clerk in the nation!

@BillPourquoimec Laurie, Hiawatha, her best ever but impossible to find. March 14, 1991 Merkin Hall WNYC New Sounds

Lou Reed with Laurie Anderson 1996

@hubermanlab yeah, this works great. i've been using it for daytime naps. 2 deep inhales and exhales, then eyes closed look left then rt, once or twice. then next thing i know i am waking from a 10min nap. Thanks Huberman.

Yep. It works. The eyes closed eye movement thing for sleep seems goofy (even to me) but makes great sense based on the vestibular aspect of needing to “not think about your body position” to sleep. If you don’t know what eye movement thing I’m referring to I’ll cover it soon.

@TerriblyHQ except maybe for Hunga Tonga in 2022 grokipedia.com/page/2022_Hung…