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@RichDecibels @vividvoid oh, thank you!

@SrMutante @vividvoid hey we just launched the second cohort, starts early August. same link as above :)

I'm running a disagreeability club with @vividvoid! it's a fun and moderately uncomfortable place to learn how to not fold at the first sign of conflict starts next month: thehum.org/courses-and-ev…

A real illness I have is I still think "if I just make sure people have the right information then they will change their mind."

@maganado ¿Ya te han dicho Matadero Cinco, de Vonnegut?

Un alumno de 5.º me pide recomendaciones de libros sobre la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Ya ha leído «El niño con el pijama de rayas» y «El diario de Anna Frank». ¿Recomendaciones?

@otherhappyplace It's a furry Glycon

My theory is that Long Furby is a manifestation of the Gnostic god of material reality the Demiurge (Yaldabaoth) appearing in the collective unconscious as proposed by Carl Jung. In this essay I will-

So let's imagine a scenario of how capitalism actually works, kids. You ready? I'm a pharma guy and my company creates a drug that can save the lives of people who are going to die if they don't get it. It costs $5/dose to make. My guys say we should sell it for $15K/dose.

@IkkyusDen "Are you worried that I find you unattractive?"

Anyone figured out yet what to say when a woman asks whether she's fat? I once well-intentionedly tried "Naww it's fine either way. Skinny is nice to look at and chubby is nice to touch." Caused me much more trouble than a mere "Bitch you're disgusting lose weight!"...

@andres_trasado No, está en Terrado. Desde el 95.

@SrMutante ¿eso qué es? ¿Está en Netflix?

Me ha recordado al entrañable personaje infantil creado por Elvira Lindo, Manolito Tejodes.

@neats29 Yourself, others and the world

a question to ask oneself from adyashanti, I’m curious to hear your answers to it: what am I in service to? or what do I dedicate my time and attention to?

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It's incredibly painful, many degrees of magnitude greater than having the tattoo done. Kudos to that guy.

Laser tattoo removal, breaking up ink pigment using heat so it leaves the cells for drainage 📹 shivaservat twitter.com/Visionaledge/s…

@vividvoid Wouldn't TPOT be defined by its frontiers, more than by its central content?

What are the great load-bearing TPOT posts? Like the early ideas that defined the scene and its norms?

@vividvoid A good start would be AI psychedelics

There won't be any good AI art until we invent AI mental illness

"ChatGPT, generate a meme from 2030"

Since Libertarians are in the news...

@Whotfismick People

EMPLOYED PEOPLE ONLY!!! What’s the hardest part of ur job?

@dieworkwear How to develop an eye for style AND which body type one have AND how to adapt the style to it? I don't know even where to start

most of my ideas for threads come out of answering people's questions. if you have a question, feel free to drop it below. note, i may QT you (or screenshot your question and blur out your name). it may also take me a few months to get around to answering your question

@manuscritos_no Ah, no sois una editorial? Ahora sí que me he perdido. Sois una especie de intermediario representante? No sabía que existía algo así

@SrMutante Que tenga calidad literaria, salida comercial, proyecto de futuro, que encaje en alguna editorial... Es complicado.

Manuscrito #30: Esta era una novela en la que el protagonista, Arnau, consigue alquilar un piso de tres habitaciones en un buen barrio de Barcelona por tan solo quinientos euros al mes pero, claro, el piso tiene truco: a un mismo tiempo, el casero lo usa como escape room, Arnau obligado a hacer vida normal mientras un sinfín de extraños (los clientes de la escape room) comparten la estancia donde vive disfrazados de detectives a lo Sherlock Holmes.

"man these Romans were so stupid, not realizing they were poisoning themselves with lead & stuff"