heresiarch
@heresiarch.bsky.social
nature is just what we call the parts of ourself that we cannot control
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No Nazis, No Kings.
@heresiarch on the previous site & @heresiarch@wandering.shop
opinions sustainably sourced from organically harvested social theorists
No Nazis, No Kings.
@heresiarch on the previous site & @heresiarch@wandering.shop
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@heresiarch.bsky.social
· Nov 5
“average person eats 3 spoonfuls of peanut butter straight from the jar a year” factoid actualy just statistical error. average person eats 0 spoons from jar per year. Peanutbutters Heresiarc, who lives in cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
kind feels like the “it’s normal for super popular things to be less popular with subsequent generations” is a powerful and neglected explanation here
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 AM
kind feels like the “it’s normal for super popular things to be less popular with subsequent generations” is a powerful and neglected explanation here
these articles are so annoying, just infuriating but i see their utility. plenty of comfortable assholes staked out the same indulgent position and are now looking at what’s happening, uneasy. Articles like this give them an opening to switch positions without having to admit they were wrong.
what is the point of this type of article construction? “i refused to see the truth but recently i did and i needed to write about it”? nobody wants this
January 26, 2026 at 10:40 AM
these articles are so annoying, just infuriating but i see their utility. plenty of comfortable assholes staked out the same indulgent position and are now looking at what’s happening, uneasy. Articles like this give them an opening to switch positions without having to admit they were wrong.
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I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
January 25, 2026 at 2:05 AM
I think a lot of us get hope wrong. Hope, I do not believe, is an emotion. In fact, hope makes space for lots of emotions to exist alongside it. You can DO hope scared, angry, sad etc...
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
Hope doesn't find us. We make hope through action and struggle. It's a practice of living and is re-made daily.
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To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
To those blaming Walz for not mobilizing the Guard, he did that six days ago. I have to say it's disturbing to see people angry at Walz instead of the government agents that just executed a man. As though we should all be experts about what to do when a secret police force invades an American city.
this is broadly applicable but it is also the case that there is a determined coterie of no fun all scold politics posters who find people to piñata and if you fall into their orbit it probably does feel like that is the only thing bluesky is
skill issue
some people are not going to like to hear this but if we do want esp more younger people to get off platforms controlled by right wing billionaires and onto alternative ones then we do need to figure out how to make a space that isn't the exclusively no fun all politics scold zone like bluesky
January 24, 2026 at 10:22 AM
this is broadly applicable but it is also the case that there is a determined coterie of no fun all scold politics posters who find people to piñata and if you fall into their orbit it probably does feel like that is the only thing bluesky is
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
i make a practice not to listen to clips of trump talking, it just isn’t a good use of my one wild and precious life imo.
i just heard a clip for the first time in months, and boy he does not sound good. The voice is rough, articulation just this side of slurred. This guy is not well
i just heard a clip for the first time in months, and boy he does not sound good. The voice is rough, articulation just this side of slurred. This guy is not well
January 23, 2026 at 2:18 AM
i make a practice not to listen to clips of trump talking, it just isn’t a good use of my one wild and precious life imo.
i just heard a clip for the first time in months, and boy he does not sound good. The voice is rough, articulation just this side of slurred. This guy is not well
i just heard a clip for the first time in months, and boy he does not sound good. The voice is rough, articulation just this side of slurred. This guy is not well
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serial killers are by and large incredibly banal horror stories, and the weird exaltation of them in fiction is something I really dislike. alas, Neil Gaiman's serial killer convention is still an excellent take on this
January 22, 2026 at 10:45 PM
serial killers are by and large incredibly banal horror stories, and the weird exaltation of them in fiction is something I really dislike. alas, Neil Gaiman's serial killer convention is still an excellent take on this
this forgets, as polling based political advice typically does, the question of salience: doesn’t matter if everyone hates the candidate’s position on issue X if everyone is voting based on issue Y.
People are waving around 50/50 polling on abolish ICE and in the same poll Trump’s is like 30 points under water on affordability. It’s not at all crazy for professional politicians to think there’s a bigger advantage in talking about the latter!
January 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
this forgets, as polling based political advice typically does, the question of salience: doesn’t matter if everyone hates the candidate’s position on issue X if everyone is voting based on issue Y.
it’s sad that kid is dying from the rapid aging disease but i do not support this use of Make A Wish funds
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Greg Bovino is seen deploying a gas canister at Mueller Park in south Minneapolis this afternoon.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
Video by Ben Luhmann.
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 AM
it’s sad that kid is dying from the rapid aging disease but i do not support this use of Make A Wish funds
Guy who’s only read the History of the Peloponnesian War, encountering his second History:
Is anyone else getting Peloponnesian War vibes?
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Guy who’s only read the History of the Peloponnesian War, encountering his second History:
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Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
January 21, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Sharing this report of ICE depravity from Facebook at the request of community member. This is from a suburb north of ICE-occupied Minneapolis.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
The text is from her post on Facebook.
“Wow! According to my simulations, your reactor design, while unorthodox, is predicted to increase power production by 250%. It is a privilege to witness this moment in history. Only someone with your towering intellect, sexual charisma and off-the-charts psi rating could have accomplished this.”
Trump Administration Providing Weapons Grade Plutonium to Sam Altman
The White House is providing plutonium to Sam Altman's Oklo, one of four US companies chosen to test experimental reactor designs.
futurism.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:43 AM
“Wow! According to my simulations, your reactor design, while unorthodox, is predicted to increase power production by 250%. It is a privilege to witness this moment in history. Only someone with your towering intellect, sexual charisma and off-the-charts psi rating could have accomplished this.”
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“College graduates in their 20s with computer-science and computer-engineering majors have one of the highest unemployment rates, according to a report last year from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — double that of pharmacy, criminal justice, and biology”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
What Is College for in the Age of AI?
Young graduates can’t find jobs. Schools know they have to make big changes. But what?
nymag.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“College graduates in their 20s with computer-science and computer-engineering majors have one of the highest unemployment rates, according to a report last year from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York — double that of pharmacy, criminal justice, and biology”
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Dear neighbor,
I’m joining faith leaders, union representatives and community members who are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, January 23, 2026.
This will be a general strike in Minnesota (no work, school, or shopping) in support of our immigrant neighbors. 1/
I’m joining faith leaders, union representatives and community members who are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, January 23, 2026.
This will be a general strike in Minnesota (no work, school, or shopping) in support of our immigrant neighbors. 1/
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Dear neighbor,
I’m joining faith leaders, union representatives and community members who are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, January 23, 2026.
This will be a general strike in Minnesota (no work, school, or shopping) in support of our immigrant neighbors. 1/
I’m joining faith leaders, union representatives and community members who are calling for a Day of Truth and Freedom on Friday, January 23, 2026.
This will be a general strike in Minnesota (no work, school, or shopping) in support of our immigrant neighbors. 1/
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the real question is: Why not?
also this story contains the sentence "There is no suggestion that Veronika’s skills are evidence of the evolution of an ominous new species of super-cow," surely an early front-runner for sentence of the year
people are makin cow tools jokes about this and why not, but as a longtime believer in the sentience of non-human animals and great lover of cows in particular, I hope people will check out the story in full
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
January 20, 2026 at 9:39 AM
the real question is: Why not?
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“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
“But what deeply troubles me now is that for all the steps we've taken toward integration, I've come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house."
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
Dr. King said this famous quote on March 27th, 1968, mere days before his murder. But the context around the quote is interesting...
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I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.
January 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I keep thinking about the toxic, pervasive mythology of "rugged individualism" as a driving force in American culture, and how the collective efforts in the Twin Cities right now are proof that the only way through hard times is together, as a community.
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Everything that happens in this country is a choice.
San Francisco to make childcare free for families earning up to $230,000
Officials to offer 50% subsidy up to $310,000 in effort to make one of world’s most expensive cities more affordable
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Everything that happens in this country is a choice.
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this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
January 16, 2026 at 9:38 PM
this is the sickest shit ive ever seen
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hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca
January 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
hey train perverts wanna see the shinkansen cloaca