Short musings on "cognitive debt" - I'm seeing this in my own work, where excessive unreviewed AI-generated code leads me to lose a firm mental model of what I've built, which then makes it harder to confidently make future decisions simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/15/…

غافلگیرم


یا نمی‌دانم چه چیزی بدیهی است

جایی در کتاب جنگ و صلح تولستوی، شخصی پی‌یر بزوخف را این‌گونه توصیف می‌کند که «مثل پیراهن عقیده عوض می‌کند». این جمله و شخصیت پی‌یر بسیار به دلم نشست. با تعویض عقایدم به این رسیدم که می‌توان و باید ساختار منطقی داشت. عقاید و ایدئولوژی‌ها نباید متناقض باشند. نمی‌توان شیفتهٔ هیتلر یا اسرائیل بود و هم‌زمان با نسل‌کشی و جنایت مخالف بود. سعی می‌کردم اصول اولیه‌ای بدیهی، به عنوان فرض داشته باشم. مفروضاتی که به احتمال بالا درستند. حقوق بشر یکی از این مفروضات بود. کیست که منکر این شود که هر انسانی از حقوقی برخوردار است؟ ساده‌لوحانه در دنیای خودم پیش رفتم. سپس فهمیدم که انسان موجود منطقی و خوش‌رفتاری نیست. چنان که عده‌ای کروی بودن زمین را هم منکر شده و به آن ایمان دارند؛ در زمینه‌های اجتماعی وضعیت به مراتب بدتر است.

با خودم می‌گفتم هرکسی حق تعیین سرنوشت دارد. این را حتی خمینی اول و اکنون رضا پهلوی (خمینی دوم) هم جار می‌زنند. ساده است که بپذیریم اگر حکومتی را نخواهیم پای صندوق رأی از جلوی گلوله بهتر است. اما به چشم دیدیم که عده‌ای خلاف این اصل بدیهی سینه سپر می‌کنند. برای من این بدیهی‌ست که پدوفیل‌ها و جنایتکاران جنگی دلسوز ما نیستند. آن هم با آن سابقهٔ کثیف استعماری، اما بسیاری عاشقشانند. حتی دیدم کسی نوشت «عموهایم ترامپ و نتانیاهو». برای من بدیهی‌ست اقلیت‌ها هم حقوقی دارند؛ اما در منطق دیگرانی، هرکه مخالف است خونش مباح است. بدیهی‌ترین اصول انسانی و حتی ریاضی و منطقی که به آن باورمندم؛ در خیابان مورد تجاوز قرار می‌گیرد.

برای همین غافلگیرم. هیچ نمی‌دانم با این وضع که فاشیسم باز آرام می‌خزد و صندلی قدرت محکم‌تر در آغوش می‌گیرد چه به روز ما می‌آید؟ نمی‌فهمم چرا ستم‌دیده عاشق ستمگر می‌شود؟ چرا انسان به سندروم استکلهم دچار می‌شود؟ چرا از گذشته یاد نمی‌گیریم؟ چند بار هیتلر در نقاب‌های جدید بیاید و برود تا بگوییم دیگر بس است؟

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RCPN Press Statement On The Occasion Of The 31st People’s War Day: Nepal


The People’s War, launched exactly thirty years ago, has entered its thirty-first year today. On this occasion, our party is celebrating People’s War Day. On this historic day, our party offers its heartfelt tributes to all the immortal martyrs who sacrificed their lives in the course of the Nepalese revolution, expresses heartfelt respect for the disappeared, wounded, and disabled fighters and commemorates the unparalleled sacrifice and valor shown by the people of Nepal. Furthermore, we extend our cordial greetings and Red Salute to the families of the martyrs and disappeared comrades, entire party members, supporters and well-wishers, the respected masses of the people, fraternal parties, and the international working class.

The great people’s war, declared with the determination to accomplish a new democratic revolution against feudalism, comprador and bureaucrat capitalism internally, and imperialism and expansionism externally, and advance towards scientific socialism and then communism, had spread a new message of revolution and change not only in Nepal but throughout the world.

The masters of world imperialism and their puppets, the Nepalese reactionary class, were terrified by this great People’s War. But ironically, due to serious betrayal and treachery by the party’s top leadership against the revolution, the Nepalese revolution has turned into a counter-revolution. Yesterday, the people’s war that was capable of challenging globalized imperialism has now become a matter of history, and its leading figures have become accomplices of imperialism. This is the bitter reality of today.

The limited democratic rights won by the Nepalese people on the foundation of the historic People’s War and the strength of the Mass Movement are being stripped away. The country’s trade deficit has skyrocketed, the economic crisis is severe, and remittances have propped up the national economy. The working-class laborers, farmers, and low-wage employees are struggling to make ends meet due to widespread unemployment and uncontrolled inflation, and a tiny group that exploits the country under the protection of the state power has amassed immense wealth. Corruption, black marketing, usurious exploitation, and cooperative fraud are rampant. It is becoming difficult for the actual farmers to recoup their investments, while middlemen are getting rich.

Amid these problems, after the US imperialist agents hijacked the leadership of the Gen-Z uprising, which erupted due to the ban on digital media imposed by the then Oli-led coalition government, and the formation of a puppet government led by Sushila Karki, the so-called parliamentary election for March 21, 2026, has been announced.

This parliamentary election is the latest step of US imperialism to bring legitimately to power the tested old agents of the parliamentary parties and the new agents created through the Gen-Z revolt. This election is based on the long-term strategy of US imperialism to take control of the entire state power of Nepal through its trusted agents, incorporate Nepal in its military alliances, including the SPP, and surround China by building military bases on Nepalese soil. This puppet government has been installed to implement the US strategy that counters the principles of Panchasheel and the non-aligned foreign policy that the country has adhered to until now.

Nepal has never been in such a serious situation as regards national independence. In today’s situation, when the very existence of the country is in danger, the only option is to dismiss this traitorous government and pave the way for a forward-looking move by holding a national political conference among all patriots, progressives, leftists and revolutionaries, building a united front, constituting an independent united government and drafting a people’s constitution.

In this situation, our party warmly calls on all patriotic forces to strongly boycott the upcoming so-called parliamentary elections and build a base to constitute an independent united government.

Comrade Gaurav

General Secretary

Revolutionary Communist Party of Nepal

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Escalation in Gaza: Al-Quds Brigades Commander Sami al-Dahdouh Martyred in Tel al-Hawa Strike


Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced the martyrdom of commander Sami al-Dahdouh following an airstrike that targeted a group of civilians in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip. Residents of the city gathered for his funeral this afternoon. Several other civilians were also wounded in the attack.

This comes after medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported the martyrdom of ten Palestinians since dawn today as a result of airstrikes and artillery shelling by the Israeli occupation army in Khan Younis in the south and the al-Falouja area of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Al-Manar correspondent in Gaza also reported the martyrdom of one civilian and the wounding of several others in a drone strike on Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

source: Al Manar
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Pink and gold sunset thunderheads, Woodtick Recreation Area, Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott, Connecticut. August 30, 2021, 7:38 PM.

#hiking #photography #outdoors #landscapephotography #nature #Connecticut #summer #forest #sunset #sunsetphotography #lake #summertime

One of the benefits of not being a sexist man-baby, is that I don't get my feelings hurt or cry when I read that several all-women SWAT teams competed at the UAE SWAT challenge, and that the women from China beat many all-men teams, including Orlando SWAT. 🤷🏿‍♂️

I can just say "respect" and move on.

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The implications of such marginalization are profound. The insights about #sexist and #racist biases... are important because information organizations, from libraries to schools and universities to governmental agencies, are increasingly reliant on being displaced by a variety of web-based "tools" as if there are no #political, #social, or economic consequences of doing so.

Safiya Umoja Noble, #Algorithms of #Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce #Racism

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Shame on the British museum for giving in to Zionist lawfare…
#BDS
#StopArmingIsrael
#genocide
#domicide
#LandTheft
#RewritingHistory
#Lawfare
#FreePalestine
#Mektoub
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Video claims this was the only fatal nuclear ( power plant ? ) accident in United States history

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Impaled by nuclear control rod

Gave employees much less training than usual


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Now is maybe an appropriate time to recall one of the (if not the) best openings of 2025:

> "As the Marxist pamphleteer Adam Smith wrote in his Leninist textbook The Wealth of Nations..."

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Where @pluralistic recognizes Adam Smith as a Marxist, David Graeber acknowledges him as an Islamist and a promoter of the Sharia law:


Now is maybe an appropriate time to recall one of the (if not the) best openings of 2025:

> "As the Marxist pamphleteer Adam Smith wrote in his Leninist textbook The Wealth of Nations..."

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In the Information Age, the first step to sanity is FILTERING. Filter the information: extract for knowledge.

Filter first for substance. Filter second for significance. These filters protect against advertising.

Filter third for reliability. This filter protects against politicians.

Filter fourth for completeness. This filter protects against the media.

Marc Stiegler, David's Sling

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UK considers new Russia sanctions after Navalny frog toxin finding

Yes, it's bad to murder someone, but why aren't the sanctions already 100% when they're murdering hundreds of thousands with a rain of bombs and missiles?

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UK’s top prosecutor says ‘nobody above law’ amid claims against former prince Andrew

Yet in the USA, all billionaires are above the law.

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> Director of public prosecutions says he is confident police would examine any evidence of potential misconduct

#fascists #UK

"Fascist boss tries to rescue beleaguered rockabilly singer

The anti-migrant march in Faversham last November led to some unfortunate consequences for up-and-coming local musician Dylan Kirk after he was unwise enough to take part – and to pose for a photograph with Paul Golding, the visiting leader of the far-right group Britain First.

Kirk, a Rockabilly singer and pianist with a band called the Killers, had been making a name for himself locally and nationally, until his open support for the far right led to the cancellation of six gigs (out of an eight-date tour), one of which was to have been at Liverpool’s Cavern Club. We wrote about it here."

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Gay Days was going on before it was cool 😒 fuck this orange menace and his henchmen with a flaming cactus

GayDays Orlando paused for 2026 - Orlando Weekly


GayDays Orlando, the long-running event known for turning theme parks pink, pool decks packed and dance floors sweaty, announced it is postponing its June 2026 celebration. Organizers cited changes to their host hotel agreement, the loss of key sponsors and wider challenges affecting LGBTQIA+ events across the country.


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A call to revive western colonialism received a standing ovation from European leaders. There is a false perception that #Europe is more progressive than the #US . That is false. It’s a founding partner in imperial barbarity.

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#GlobalMajority #Africa #Asia #LatinAmerica #MiddleEast #Imperialism #Fascism #USA
@politics #uspol #socialmedia #canada #mastodon #humanrights #resistance #activism #SOLIDARITY #MULTIPOLARITY #politics #geopolitics @blackvoices #blackhistorymonth


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Trump’s Concentration Camp Build-Out Includes Nearly $40 Billion for Warehouse Conversions
“Germany’s concentration camps didn’t start as instruments of mass murder, and neither have ours,” wrote talk show host Thom Hartmann recently. “History isn’t whispering its warning: It’s shouting.”
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Feb. 13, 2026

President Donald #Trump’s anti-#immigration agenda has supercharged opposition in cities where he has deployed federal agents to conduct raids, and communities in states including New York and Missouri are already working to block the next step the Department of Homeland Security plans to take in its push for mass #deportations: acquiring massive warehouses across the country to use as #immigrant detention centers.


#AbolishICE
#ImmigrantRightsAreHumanRights
#DefendRuleOfLaw
#DueProcessForAll
#StopTheDeportations
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US Military Helping Trump to Build Massive Network of ‘Concentration Camps,’ Navy Contract Reveals

The Department of Homeland Security is using a repurposed $55 billion Navy contract to convert warehouses into makeshift jails and plan sprawling tent cities in remote areas.
#TrumpNaziDeathRegime

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