Ryan Hendrickson
@imaginaryhistories.bsky.social
"You ever feel like nothin' good was ever gonna happen to you?"
"Yeah, and nothing did. So what?"
Archivist at Boston University for ~25 years, he/they
https://www.imaginaryhistories.com
"Yeah, and nothing did. So what?"
Archivist at Boston University for ~25 years, he/they
https://www.imaginaryhistories.com
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sexual violence is THE patriarchal technology of oppression. wherever there is any kind of oppression--colonialism, genocide, capitalism, the state, the police--there is sexual violence as its frontline operative mechanism. the child is THE archetypal object of legitimate disciplinary violence.
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
sexual violence is THE patriarchal technology of oppression. wherever there is any kind of oppression--colonialism, genocide, capitalism, the state, the police--there is sexual violence as its frontline operative mechanism. the child is THE archetypal object of legitimate disciplinary violence.
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we have GOT to stop thinking about this in terms of hypocrisy because that's not what's going on! we NEED to understand why pedo apologia is so rampant in anti-trans pseudoscience, why abuse is so rampant in the home, why child marriage is still legal across the country etc.
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
we have GOT to stop thinking about this in terms of hypocrisy because that's not what's going on! we NEED to understand why pedo apologia is so rampant in anti-trans pseudoscience, why abuse is so rampant in the home, why child marriage is still legal across the country etc.
Sometimes I think people forget that a major, maybe THE major, driving force behind the AI bubble is the surveillance and military apparatuses of multiple state security and intelligence agencies and especially their subcontractors
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Sometimes I think people forget that a major, maybe THE major, driving force behind the AI bubble is the surveillance and military apparatuses of multiple state security and intelligence agencies and especially their subcontractors
Good example of the epistemic enclosure that's foundational to Trumpist conservatism
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging. www.wired.com/story/maga-w...
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
www.wired.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Good example of the epistemic enclosure that's foundational to Trumpist conservatism
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oh. well that's that, then! www.theverge.com/column/82066...
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
oh. well that's that, then! www.theverge.com/column/82066...
Am I to understand that Clinton and Trump are the actual original Blowjob Brothers
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Am I to understand that Clinton and Trump are the actual original Blowjob Brothers
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
The loathsome Republican defense of Trump is essentially “well it’s not like he was into BOYS”. Pedocon is a theory like evolution is a theory
November 13, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The loathsome Republican defense of Trump is essentially “well it’s not like he was into BOYS”. Pedocon is a theory like evolution is a theory
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The argument is “why didn’t we get that kind of investigation from the Times,” instead of the trans panic/Gaza panic/Zohran panic/here’s who the hell “Chris Rufo” is and all the other “We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyrics from Hell that the paper has instead pushed in the last nine years
I am not defending Landon’s relationship with Epstein. In fact, the NYT didn’t even try to defend it. He left the paper. What I’m saying is that a piece of investigative journalism that exposes a secret, criminal act such as statutory rape requires far more than what is in these emails.
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The argument is “why didn’t we get that kind of investigation from the Times,” instead of the trans panic/Gaza panic/Zohran panic/here’s who the hell “Chris Rufo” is and all the other “We Didn’t Start the Fire” lyrics from Hell that the paper has instead pushed in the last nine years
It's funny that AI companies are still like "it's good for pattern recognition but sometimes makes things up - 1 quadrillion $ please" while the average user apparently wants their computer screen to be their soulmate and spiritual guru. Meanwhile my workplace is putting all their chips on this
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's funny that AI companies are still like "it's good for pattern recognition but sometimes makes things up - 1 quadrillion $ please" while the average user apparently wants their computer screen to be their soulmate and spiritual guru. Meanwhile my workplace is putting all their chips on this
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Gawker doesn’t look so bad now does it, you massive pile of shit?
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Gawker doesn’t look so bad now does it, you massive pile of shit?
Wonder if the 2010s revival of “race science” is downstream from Epstein, via his friend Peter Thiel
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
November 13, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wonder if the 2010s revival of “race science” is downstream from Epstein, via his friend Peter Thiel
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or i guess more relevantly here, karl marx recognized capitalism as a *new and distinct* phenomenon, something radical and different which was sweeping away an old shitty order
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
or i guess more relevantly here, karl marx recognized capitalism as a *new and distinct* phenomenon, something radical and different which was sweeping away an old shitty order
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
these days you ask people what capitalism is and they'll give you a definition indistinguishable from feudalism
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marx was anti-capitalist in the sense that he longed for what (he thought) would come after; these days it seems many anti-capitalists are anticapitalists insofar as they long for what came before
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
marx was anti-capitalist in the sense that he longed for what (he thought) would come after; these days it seems many anti-capitalists are anticapitalists insofar as they long for what came before
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The Uninhabitable United States
What Climate Change Will Do to America by Mid-Century
Many places may become uninhabitable. Many people may be on their own.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The Uninhabitable United States
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Which is all to say: yes the real economy is hurting, but the markets respond to speculation rather than reality. (Also another way to think about it: No Bank wants to be the first to announce "no more loans because we gave out too many bad loans." You can't be the one who kills the economy).
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Which is all to say: yes the real economy is hurting, but the markets respond to speculation rather than reality. (Also another way to think about it: No Bank wants to be the first to announce "no more loans because we gave out too many bad loans." You can't be the one who kills the economy).
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speculation (OpenAI, SpaceX) etc, and so that needs to get funneled into public markets somehow—and that's why it becomes almost entirely on NVIDIA's stock to represent "AI." (Which is why all the major firms are trying to push 401ks and Pensions into private credit to cover the spread).
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
speculation (OpenAI, SpaceX) etc, and so that needs to get funneled into public markets somehow—and that's why it becomes almost entirely on NVIDIA's stock to represent "AI." (Which is why all the major firms are trying to push 401ks and Pensions into private credit to cover the spread).
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Obviously what we see is that "market up" but in reality what we are seeing is "extreme reactions on More News" existing. Because more and more traders are betting on short term bets rather than long term investing, that can easily drive a market crunch. Plus we can't see all the private market
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Obviously what we see is that "market up" but in reality what we are seeing is "extreme reactions on More News" existing. Because more and more traders are betting on short term bets rather than long term investing, that can easily drive a market crunch. Plus we can't see all the private market
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I think others have pointed to the general causes (speculation), but I think Matt Levine's thesis is important here: we actually have volatility based on extreme financial news (tariffs, wars, AI announcements) that thus encourage high yield betting rather than long term investing.
At Least the Market Isn't Boring
Also bilateral trading, direct private equity and hedge fund timing.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I think others have pointed to the general causes (speculation), but I think Matt Levine's thesis is important here: we actually have volatility based on extreme financial news (tariffs, wars, AI announcements) that thus encourage high yield betting rather than long term investing.
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CW sexual violence
Colonialism is predicated on sexual violence. I would put my neck on the line to say you will not have war without rape. Even the land was feminised when discussed as something to be taken and plundered.
These scenes, then, are as unsurprising as they are horrifying.
Colonialism is predicated on sexual violence. I would put my neck on the line to say you will not have war without rape. Even the land was feminised when discussed as something to be taken and plundered.
These scenes, then, are as unsurprising as they are horrifying.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
CW sexual violence
Colonialism is predicated on sexual violence. I would put my neck on the line to say you will not have war without rape. Even the land was feminised when discussed as something to be taken and plundered.
These scenes, then, are as unsurprising as they are horrifying.
Colonialism is predicated on sexual violence. I would put my neck on the line to say you will not have war without rape. Even the land was feminised when discussed as something to be taken and plundered.
These scenes, then, are as unsurprising as they are horrifying.
Between this, the suicides, the divorces, and the other behavior facilitated by AI chatbots it feels like Altman et al read McGowan's Programmed to Kill and thought "sounds good, let's make it happen"
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Between this, the suicides, the divorces, and the other behavior facilitated by AI chatbots it feels like Altman et al read McGowan's Programmed to Kill and thought "sounds good, let's make it happen"
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tbh it's not even that directed, it's just a direct correlation between labor and locality. All medical labor is local, same with colleges, etc etc. The further you go down the list, the less local the labor is.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
tbh it's not even that directed, it's just a direct correlation between labor and locality. All medical labor is local, same with colleges, etc etc. The further you go down the list, the less local the labor is.
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
Most logical follow up to the Trump Era would be a US constitutional convention to abolish the Senate and the electoral college, reform the Supreme Court, curtail Presidential power, and generally bring into line with modernity
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Most logical follow up to the Trump Era would be a US constitutional convention to abolish the Senate and the electoral college, reform the Supreme Court, curtail Presidential power, and generally bring into line with modernity