The Petitioner
From Canada. Unapologetic socialist and cynicLoves books (historiography, English & Arabic literature), hockey, politics, and retro games.
Ideology is most powerful when we think we’re beyond it.
- Reposted by The Petitionerthis is the best one imo
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- Reposted by The PetitionerElon's efforts to alter the algorithm of his AI to suit his needs appears to have completely broken Grok, as it currently cannot stop talking about "white genocide" www.wired.com/story/grok-w...
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- Reposted by The Petitionerapparently Elon's gotten so mad about Grok not answering questions about Afrikaners the way he wants, xAI's now somehow managed to put it into some kind of hyper-Afriforum mode where it thinks every question is about farm murders or the song "Kill the Boer"
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- Reposted by The PetitionerThere's a thread on Twitter that purports to show that AI can save money by producing visual effects better than Hollywood. And it's just identical shots that wouldn't exist without straight plagiarism of the source material. It might be the dumbest thread I've ever seen.
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- Reposted by The PetitionerNot even a fan of Hogg, but "They saw he threatened their seats and immediately excluded him on diversity grounds demonstrating the entire party is a nursing home" is like the kind of thing Republicans get erect over.
- Reposted by The Petitionerremember this when they say anything about Momodou Taal, Rümeysa Öztürk, Badar Khan Suri, or Mohsen Mahdawi
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- Reposted by The Petitionerdonald trump can shake hands with an isil/al qaeda guy and lift sanctions on his government but don’t you fuckin dare say “free palestine” in an op-ed
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- Reposted by The PetitionerAs a reminder, this is a permanent resident, in the US since she was seven, high school valedictorian www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
- New court filing tonight shows that Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who participated in pro-Palestine protests, was named alongside Mahmoud Khalil in Secretary Rubio's letter terminating their status as legal permanent residents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- Reposted by The PetitionerThe current administration is the most unapologetically and aggressively white nationalist administration since Woodrow Wilson’s. bsky.app/profile/donm...
- As a reminder, this is a permanent resident, in the US since she was seven, high school valedictorian www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
- "Wrongly" lmao
- Reposted by The PetitionerAs a lawyer, do not listen to non-lawyers.
- Reposted by The PetitionerJust leaving this classic here for everyone, because if you are the type of person who thinks "but what's the harm?" you need to watch it youtu.be/d-7o9xYp7eE?...
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- I love it when these toads admit that the "data" they reference is just a figment of their imagination.