Gelsamel
@gelsamel.bsky.social
Scientist, philosopher, slightly less wrong.
ADHD, apologies if I get fixated on some discussions.
ADHD, apologies if I get fixated on some discussions.
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Gelsamel
@gelsamel.bsky.social
· Jul 24
1. Worbs: when political terms have no meaning | What is Politics?
YouTube video by WHAT IS POLITICS?
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You don't have to agree with a single word of this person's personal political views, but you must absolutely watch this video series.
Don't let a few dozen weirdos who know how to leverage their bargaining power unilaterally control your world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3va...
Don't let a few dozen weirdos who know how to leverage their bargaining power unilaterally control your world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3va...
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🌊 NEW ARTORR VIDEO 🌊
In early 2020, Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy to write a spy thriller about #RogueOne's Cassian #Andor. What Gilroy wrote instead was radical; a story about tyranny, revolution and sacrifice.
please share or repost, I'd super appreciate it!! ❤️
youtu.be/6HLS_SQbWR4?...
In early 2020, Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy to write a spy thriller about #RogueOne's Cassian #Andor. What Gilroy wrote instead was radical; a story about tyranny, revolution and sacrifice.
please share or repost, I'd super appreciate it!! ❤️
youtu.be/6HLS_SQbWR4?...
January 19, 2026 at 11:22 PM
🌊 NEW ARTORR VIDEO 🌊
In early 2020, Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy to write a spy thriller about #RogueOne's Cassian #Andor. What Gilroy wrote instead was radical; a story about tyranny, revolution and sacrifice.
please share or repost, I'd super appreciate it!! ❤️
youtu.be/6HLS_SQbWR4?...
In early 2020, Lucasfilm hired Tony Gilroy to write a spy thriller about #RogueOne's Cassian #Andor. What Gilroy wrote instead was radical; a story about tyranny, revolution and sacrifice.
please share or repost, I'd super appreciate it!! ❤️
youtu.be/6HLS_SQbWR4?...
Did Nazi Germany have a similar disdain for intellectualism as the current US does? Or did it survive on anti-scientific faux intellectual rationalisations?
I know they rejected many aspects of science they didn't like, but did they reject expertise wholesale? It is such an odd phenomena.
I know they rejected many aspects of science they didn't like, but did they reject expertise wholesale? It is such an odd phenomena.
January 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Did Nazi Germany have a similar disdain for intellectualism as the current US does? Or did it survive on anti-scientific faux intellectual rationalisations?
I know they rejected many aspects of science they didn't like, but did they reject expertise wholesale? It is such an odd phenomena.
I know they rejected many aspects of science they didn't like, but did they reject expertise wholesale? It is such an odd phenomena.
I hope someone does a cheeky class action
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 9:07 AM
I hope someone does a cheeky class action
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
Q for lawyers: Can JD ever testify in a case given he has publicly admitted to fabricating stories if it serves his purposes? I feel like any case against him would be an instant win just by showing the Jury that clip a dozen times.
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
Q for lawyers: Can JD ever testify in a case given he has publicly admitted to fabricating stories if it serves his purposes? I feel like any case against him would be an instant win just by showing the Jury that clip a dozen times.
The silver lining on the dark cloud of what is going on in the US is that every other country might end up kicking the US out and US soft power might die out.
January 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
The silver lining on the dark cloud of what is going on in the US is that every other country might end up kicking the US out and US soft power might die out.
So how many Tiananmen Squares are we up to in the US? I've lost count.
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 AM
So how many Tiananmen Squares are we up to in the US? I've lost count.
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I’m sure most of you have seen this or something like it, but the Times’ analysis here is just so striking. It’s just so remarkably obvious what happened
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles show that the vehicle appears to be turning away from a federal officer as he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
I’m sure most of you have seen this or something like it, but the Times’ analysis here is just so striking. It’s just so remarkably obvious what happened
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
I hope the world actually grows some balls and shows that actions have consequences.
January 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I hope the world actually grows some balls and shows that actions have consequences.
I hope everyone generating revenge porn on the other website is charged and convicted for their crimes.
January 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
I hope everyone generating revenge porn on the other website is charged and convicted for their crimes.
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They're not even trying to pretend to have a casus belli this time around. Will the world really sit by and let them murder people as they literally say they're just doing it to steal their oil?
December 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
They're not even trying to pretend to have a casus belli this time around. Will the world really sit by and let them murder people as they literally say they're just doing it to steal their oil?
I wonder if starting a completely unjustified war that will kill many innocent people will be the straw that breaks the camel's back and gets people to actually mass protest or general strike to stop it from happening? Or will people just be upset but OK with it as long as they're barely surviving?
December 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I wonder if starting a completely unjustified war that will kill many innocent people will be the straw that breaks the camel's back and gets people to actually mass protest or general strike to stop it from happening? Or will people just be upset but OK with it as long as they're barely surviving?
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A realistic plan to build a large amount of *affordable* housing
Based on an actually existing model that is proven to work.
Can be accomplished even within current neoliberal economic constraints.
video: youtu.be/j6Q4GY3_Ip4
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
Based on an actually existing model that is proven to work.
Can be accomplished even within current neoliberal economic constraints.
video: youtu.be/j6Q4GY3_Ip4
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
A Realistic Solution to the Housing Affordability Crisis - Let’s Make it Happen!
YouTube video by WHAT IS POLITICS?
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
A realistic plan to build a large amount of *affordable* housing
Based on an actually existing model that is proven to work.
Can be accomplished even within current neoliberal economic constraints.
video: youtu.be/j6Q4GY3_Ip4
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
Based on an actually existing model that is proven to work.
Can be accomplished even within current neoliberal economic constraints.
video: youtu.be/j6Q4GY3_Ip4
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
In ~6 to ~12 months the entire database of photos of 12 year olds trying to pass the 16+ age verification system will be exfiltrated from some random social media company and posted online.
I wonder if they do not understand this is instant political death or if they don't think this will happen?
I wonder if they do not understand this is instant political death or if they don't think this will happen?
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In ~6 to ~12 months the entire database of photos of 12 year olds trying to pass the 16+ age verification system will be exfiltrated from some random social media company and posted online.
I wonder if they do not understand this is instant political death or if they don't think this will happen?
I wonder if they do not understand this is instant political death or if they don't think this will happen?
Can we get one of those Japanese style "can only have a self-defence force" rule for the USA?
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Can we get one of those Japanese style "can only have a self-defence force" rule for the USA?
If the renters got together they could have gotten the mortgage and serviced the loan with 500 left over. Why pay a landlord if you're not loan the capital from them? If you're paying for the whole thing it should be yours.
Are there any jurisdictions that force owners to give equity to renters?
Are there any jurisdictions that force owners to give equity to renters?
Saw an X clip of someone complaining about "only" making 500 in pure profit (p/m?) on a building he was renting out AFTER the renters paid for his mortgage and people were whining that it wasn't a viable business...
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 AM
If the renters got together they could have gotten the mortgage and serviced the loan with 500 left over. Why pay a landlord if you're not loan the capital from them? If you're paying for the whole thing it should be yours.
Are there any jurisdictions that force owners to give equity to renters?
Are there any jurisdictions that force owners to give equity to renters?
Saw an X clip of someone complaining about "only" making 500 in pure profit (p/m?) on a building he was renting out AFTER the renters paid for his mortgage and people were whining that it wasn't a viable business...
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Saw an X clip of someone complaining about "only" making 500 in pure profit (p/m?) on a building he was renting out AFTER the renters paid for his mortgage and people were whining that it wasn't a viable business...
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
BRO you're literally getting the apartment complex FOR FREE + 500pm on top!
I expect the hate against alt media figures but the 'Oh yeah, the Dersh rules' line is bonkers.
I couldn't believe this could possibly be real but apparently it is. The new head of CBS News believes that most Americans are pedophiles and rabid gun nuts.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I expect the hate against alt media figures but the 'Oh yeah, the Dersh rules' line is bonkers.
I have to wonder if the self-described "leftists" whose primary motivation is clearly to constantly crash out at literally any (usually falsely) perceived slight and to purposely sabotage and dampen every single win the left gets are really leftists at all.
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I have to wonder if the self-described "leftists" whose primary motivation is clearly to constantly crash out at literally any (usually falsely) perceived slight and to purposely sabotage and dampen every single win the left gets are really leftists at all.
I don't understand why Australia is implementing the social media minor ban in the worst way possible. The government knows who you are, they have your birth certificate, your TFN, your drivers license, your medicare card, etc.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I don't understand why Australia is implementing the social media minor ban in the worst way possible. The government knows who you are, they have your birth certificate, your TFN, your drivers license, your medicare card, etc.
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How a small class of urban elites in 19thC Ottoman Palestine stole much of region’s land, and turned the majority of the population into impoverished, indebted tenants on their own lands.
Pt 3 of The Secret History of Israel/Palestine
video: youtu.be/hn3DtD_13uw
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
Pt 3 of The Secret History of Israel/Palestine
video: youtu.be/hn3DtD_13uw
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
12.3 The Great Land Theft (Secret History of Israel/Palestine pt. 3)
YouTube video by WHAT IS POLITICS?
youtu.be
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
How a small class of urban elites in 19thC Ottoman Palestine stole much of region’s land, and turned the majority of the population into impoverished, indebted tenants on their own lands.
Pt 3 of The Secret History of Israel/Palestine
video: youtu.be/hn3DtD_13uw
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
Pt 3 of The Secret History of Israel/Palestine
video: youtu.be/hn3DtD_13uw
audio: podfollow.com/worbs
It's really interesting to see all these AI companies somehow pascal's wager themselves into an all-in bet on the potential infinite payout of AGI. Literally everyone foresees their downfall but they can't derail themselves because of the infinitesimal chance they get infinite reward.
November 18, 2025 at 1:57 AM
It's really interesting to see all these AI companies somehow pascal's wager themselves into an all-in bet on the potential infinite payout of AGI. Literally everyone foresees their downfall but they can't derail themselves because of the infinitesimal chance they get infinite reward.
I wonder if Christians see this and wish they had ascribed to Islamic style iconoclasm instead of the gaudy prosperity gospel stuff.
The app Text With Jesus uses artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer spiritual guidance to users who are looking to connect with a higher power: on.nbc10.com/7XM8xrf
People can text with Jesus on a controversial new app. How does it work?
Artificial intelligence app Text With Jesus lets users chat with biblical figures and it is raising debate over faith and technology.
on.nbc10.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I wonder if Christians see this and wish they had ascribed to Islamic style iconoclasm instead of the gaudy prosperity gospel stuff.
What is the actual fucking point of the hemp ban, like actually? Who does this serve at all?
November 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
What is the actual fucking point of the hemp ban, like actually? Who does this serve at all?