mkirschenbaum.bsky.social
Grimdark media, theory of the present, and critical tech, including AI. Better times: letterpress printing and tabletop gaming.
Distinguished University Prof., U. of Maryland; speaking only for myself here though.
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Asterisk for Warhammer.
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Good way to put it.
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And the rest of us got a Stephen King book out of it.
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Hi! Congrats! You’ve earned a one-strike block for rudeness coupled with lack of reading comprehension.
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I guess that cool breeze just now was from you totally missing my point. Thanks for splainin’ tho!
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The referent here is actually Columbia. Still, your point stands. On the other hand, *my* point is not about the likelihood of this actually happening, but rather the normalization of authoritarianism.
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The reason to put on the uniform is precisely so as NOT to have tanks in your own cities.
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I’d rather not.
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4/ And recommend this podcast from April with @emilytav.bsky.social, @eryk.bsky.social, @rebeccawilliams.info, and @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social that gets into the fundamental issues. www.techpolicy.press/doge-and-the...
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Do your own research
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I posted about hotel rooms, I’m sure that’s what you mean.
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Exactly.
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Are you kidding me. (Or rather, you are kidding yourself.)
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The real nightmare is precisely President Vance, hale and hearty and capable of serving eight years (more, if he indeed replaced Trump) without any Constitutional drama whatsoever.
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I suspect we agree more than not.
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Thus my use of the term “distinct.” (I’m happy with “different” too.) Have written things arguing exactly that, in fact. But. Suggesting that all we need to do is burst the hype bubble and the tech will blow away in a cloud of oily smoke is bad history and bad politics.
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😆
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I was going to say, were they strategically placed.
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😱 (I would do same.)
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Admittedly, I was wracking my brain for art history memories of a Dutch painter named Alslop.
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Same. Maybe we can get in a game sometime. :-)
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It made the hotness? Ugh.
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Not exactly state of the art, but not a good look by any stretch. Here’s something more interesting (the real state of the art imo) from the same publisher: www.gmtgames.com/p-953-cross-...
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And the slightest critique or criticism or concern or bit of tempered praise has the potential to derail the process at any point.