ArchangelZeriel is not now nor has he ever been a king
@archangelzeriel.bsky.social
Engineer/manager. Progressive. Gamer, but not like "Gamer" gamer. Beer and beard enthusiast. Probably won't follow you back.
Currently playing: FFXIV, Silksong, Env Station Alpha
On Deck: Factorio Space Age
Recently Finished: Clair Obscur
Currently playing: FFXIV, Silksong, Env Station Alpha
On Deck: Factorio Space Age
Recently Finished: Clair Obscur
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Of all the potential moderation policies a site needs to have, the violent rhetoric one is consistently the one that causes the most uproar, because people will almost never agree that two posts are equivalent if they are directed at two different targets, even if the words are identical.
November 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Of all the potential moderation policies a site needs to have, the violent rhetoric one is consistently the one that causes the most uproar, because people will almost never agree that two posts are equivalent if they are directed at two different targets, even if the words are identical.
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
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The greatest trick rich and horrible people ever pulled is convincing us they were interesting.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 5:24 AM
The greatest trick rich and horrible people ever pulled is convincing us they were interesting.
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why are they "trad wives" and not "girls gone laura ingalls wilder"
November 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
why are they "trad wives" and not "girls gone laura ingalls wilder"
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If some guy is railing against "sanctuary cities" I can't be sure where he's coming from.
Is it because he's a thief upset that sanctuary city laws take away his ability to prey on vulnerable immigrants with impunity? Or is it because he's a rapist upset about that?
Hard to know which.
Is it because he's a thief upset that sanctuary city laws take away his ability to prey on vulnerable immigrants with impunity? Or is it because he's a rapist upset about that?
Hard to know which.
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If some guy is railing against "sanctuary cities" I can't be sure where he's coming from.
Is it because he's a thief upset that sanctuary city laws take away his ability to prey on vulnerable immigrants with impunity? Or is it because he's a rapist upset about that?
Hard to know which.
Is it because he's a thief upset that sanctuary city laws take away his ability to prey on vulnerable immigrants with impunity? Or is it because he's a rapist upset about that?
Hard to know which.
Interestingly the linked article frames this as Within Our Lifetime's spokesperson saying “There’s no ‘scourge of antisemitism’ in NYC. ... Mamdani shouldn’t be validating this framing.”
That's mild criticism, and kinda a far cry from "sold out the ... cause".
That's mild criticism, and kinda a far cry from "sold out the ... cause".
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Interestingly the linked article frames this as Within Our Lifetime's spokesperson saying “There’s no ‘scourge of antisemitism’ in NYC. ... Mamdani shouldn’t be validating this framing.”
That's mild criticism, and kinda a far cry from "sold out the ... cause".
That's mild criticism, and kinda a far cry from "sold out the ... cause".
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"your passport says you're 5'7" but you were 1'8" when you were born so that's what we're listing" this is what that sounds like
I spit on the reputation of the U.S. Supreme Court, not that it can get much more degraded than it has already become by the repulsive actions of its disgusting GOP members.
You can hear the transphobic sneer in these words.
You can hear the transphobic sneer in these words.
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"your passport says you're 5'7" but you were 1'8" when you were born so that's what we're listing" this is what that sounds like
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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Was at the drugstore and noticed they make Tylenol PM now.
I hear it’s popular, but I don’t understand why anyone would buy this.
I want my headache fixed NOW, not in 3 quarters when it can get me on the roadmap.
I hear it’s popular, but I don’t understand why anyone would buy this.
I want my headache fixed NOW, not in 3 quarters when it can get me on the roadmap.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Was at the drugstore and noticed they make Tylenol PM now.
I hear it’s popular, but I don’t understand why anyone would buy this.
I want my headache fixed NOW, not in 3 quarters when it can get me on the roadmap.
I hear it’s popular, but I don’t understand why anyone would buy this.
I want my headache fixed NOW, not in 3 quarters when it can get me on the roadmap.
Let the opposition flood the zone with weird, bigoted ads about trans folks and immigrants. We should be flooding the zone with candidates who live in those places and who can speak to the actual issues and not the manufactured ones.
The Democrats won several VA House seats where winning looked like a pipe dream going into the election. The Dems won these seats because they recruited candidates and actually campaigned. Important lesson for 26--the electorate is pissed--but you can only win when you run. Run everywhere!
Democrats contested all 100 Virginia House of Delegates races. Part of the party’s statewide success is due to the synergies between the legislative and statewide campaigns—even the losing ones. This is a big reason why Jay Jones won comfortably. This is a model the Dems should emulate everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Let the opposition flood the zone with weird, bigoted ads about trans folks and immigrants. We should be flooding the zone with candidates who live in those places and who can speak to the actual issues and not the manufactured ones.
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.
Good things are possible and we don’t have to settle.
November 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.
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It’s going to look different in every place. It doesn’t have to be Mamdani. But a focus on kitchen table issues doesn’t mean just shouting “this other guy is gonna make your kitchen table issues worse!”
It means having a vision for a better future.
It means having a vision for a better future.
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It’s going to look different in every place. It doesn’t have to be Mamdani. But a focus on kitchen table issues doesn’t mean just shouting “this other guy is gonna make your kitchen table issues worse!”
It means having a vision for a better future.
It means having a vision for a better future.
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I really don’t understand why it’s so hard for certain people to understand that Mamdani is doing so well because he is advocating for more than “keep Trump from taking the few good and/or semi-decent things that remain” and is articulating a real vision for how to make New York better.
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I really don’t understand why it’s so hard for certain people to understand that Mamdani is doing so well because he is advocating for more than “keep Trump from taking the few good and/or semi-decent things that remain” and is articulating a real vision for how to make New York better.
Well that's my moment of Zen for the day.
November 4, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Well that's my moment of Zen for the day.
If this guy was in my circle of friends, we would be ragging on him being the wussiest wuss who ever did cry like a wittle crybaby for the REST OF TIME.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If this guy was in my circle of friends, we would be ragging on him being the wussiest wuss who ever did cry like a wittle crybaby for the REST OF TIME.
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Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
November 3, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’
It was, ultimately, the contrast between this (and many similar) passages and the actual behavior of many Christians that caused me to leave the faith. I figured, a God so ineffectual that the vast majority of his so-called worshippers ignored the main thrust of the holy text without being on...
I'm not a Christian, and haven't been one for a long time, but i've always found these words and what they're supposed to mean to be the fundamental core of Christianity, even over and above the Sermon on the Mount, and I truly don't understand people who miss this.
November 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
It was, ultimately, the contrast between this (and many similar) passages and the actual behavior of many Christians that caused me to leave the faith. I figured, a God so ineffectual that the vast majority of his so-called worshippers ignored the main thrust of the holy text without being on...
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
Watched Halloween (1978) tonight with @jdoern.bsky.social , as is tradition.
Somehow managed to break the blu-ray in some kind of unwatchable skips-huge-portions-of-the-murders way. I didn't even know that was POSSIBLE.
Somehow managed to break the blu-ray in some kind of unwatchable skips-huge-portions-of-the-murders way. I didn't even know that was POSSIBLE.
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Watched Halloween (1978) tonight with @jdoern.bsky.social , as is tradition.
Somehow managed to break the blu-ray in some kind of unwatchable skips-huge-portions-of-the-murders way. I didn't even know that was POSSIBLE.
Somehow managed to break the blu-ray in some kind of unwatchable skips-huge-portions-of-the-murders way. I didn't even know that was POSSIBLE.
Drugs are super expensive. No one is giving them to your kids for free in Halloween candy.
October 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Drugs are super expensive. No one is giving them to your kids for free in Halloween candy.
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The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
A quick reminder that the House is not in session because Speaker Johnson CANCELED it, not because of the current shutdown.
October 29, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Senate is still meeting and holding votes as normal despite the shutdown.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
The House has not held a vote in a month and a half now solely because Mike Johnson wants to prevent the release of the Epstein Files.
They've killed our government to save their pedophiles.
At this point, I'm convinced: we don't have "centrists", we have "people addicted to maintaining THEIR personal status quo, regardless of what happens to literally anyone else."
centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
At this point, I'm convinced: we don't have "centrists", we have "people addicted to maintaining THEIR personal status quo, regardless of what happens to literally anyone else."
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"Goldman Sachs has estimated that the average ChatGPT query uses nearly 10 times as much energy as a Google search."
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
Researchers issue warning on harmful side effect of using ChatGPT: 'It's a concern'
Tech executives have been frustratingly opaque.
share.google
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"Goldman Sachs has estimated that the average ChatGPT query uses nearly 10 times as much energy as a Google search."
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
"A midsized data center uses as much water in a day as 1,000 American households, about 300,000 gallons, one research scientist told NPR."
More: share.google/BOXHTwok4Ltr...
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Most Americans are deeply ignorant of how national borders and travel and migration worked, historically – but they assume that it was always like now.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
Bernie Sanders made some pretty ridiculous comments related to border security and how basically border security is necessary to have a nation. So was the U.S. not a nation prior to the manufactured border security panic? Because people were crossing that southern border fairly freely prior to then.
Reminder that the idea of "border security" is political and a result of moral panic. In 1965, Congress passed amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act that put number limits on immigration and ended longstanding guest worker agreements with Mexico. This helped lead to agencies like ICE. /1
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Most Americans are deeply ignorant of how national borders and travel and migration worked, historically – but they assume that it was always like now.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
It wasn’t even like now when I was younger.
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My mission now is to fail the Simpson test in the most pro-trans way possible.
October 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My mission now is to fail the Simpson test in the most pro-trans way possible.