Paul Coelho
@individkid.bsky.social
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Paul Coelho
@individkid.bsky.social
· Sep 14
My problem with anti-doomists is that they do not value dissemination of the truth. I don’t doubt they believe the lie that emissions have flattened, but I don’t think they know why they believe that.
Here is an argument conservatives cannot counter. Incrementalism results in "too big to fail", because the economy self corrects. You can ridicule fear of big oil as much as you like, but the keeling curve is a measure of the size of big oil. What conservatives fail to understand is systems.
Yeah right, the keeling curve would not be a perfect parabola if "fighting" were incrementally easier for you. The thing about conic sections is that they do not respond to incrementalism.
February 4, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Here is an argument conservatives cannot counter. Incrementalism results in "too big to fail", because the economy self corrects. You can ridicule fear of big oil as much as you like, but the keeling curve is a measure of the size of big oil. What conservatives fail to understand is systems.
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How worried am I about screwworm?
For livestock industry: 8/10
For wildlife: 8/10
For pets: 3/10
For humans: 2/10
For livestock industry: 8/10
For wildlife: 8/10
For pets: 3/10
For humans: 2/10
February 3, 2026 at 2:41 AM
How worried am I about screwworm?
For livestock industry: 8/10
For wildlife: 8/10
For pets: 3/10
For humans: 2/10
For livestock industry: 8/10
For wildlife: 8/10
For pets: 3/10
For humans: 2/10
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
One of ICE's brainless goals, besides appeasing white nationalists, and invalidating the next election, is to replace local law enforcement. Why is local police push-back so anemic? You know me, I think it is because big oil has already captured law enforcement, the primary driver of SUVs.
January 27, 2026 at 6:51 PM
One of ICE's brainless goals, besides appeasing white nationalists, and invalidating the next election, is to replace local law enforcement. Why is local police push-back so anemic? You know me, I think it is because big oil has already captured law enforcement, the primary driver of SUVs.
alternate history where the Berlin wall never fell, and China became a third superpower
January 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
alternate history where the Berlin wall never fell, and China became a third superpower
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What he fails to understand, or just doesn't want to acknowledge, is that there is a hierarchy within the imperial core itself.
January 21, 2026 at 5:07 PM
What he fails to understand, or just doesn't want to acknowledge, is that there is a hierarchy within the imperial core itself.
sorry Greenland, but he has to be exiled there
January 21, 2026 at 4:17 PM
sorry Greenland, but he has to be exiled there
The philosophers that be would disagree, but I think brutalism and minimalism are related. Tech minimalism is honest like brutalism, in that there is no there there. Technically, brutalist tech would not have a case. There is some of that in fishtank pc builds, but the software also matters.
January 20, 2026 at 4:24 PM
The philosophers that be would disagree, but I think brutalism and minimalism are related. Tech minimalism is honest like brutalism, in that there is no there there. Technically, brutalist tech would not have a case. There is some of that in fishtank pc builds, but the software also matters.
It is hypocritical for me to rail against supply "demand" metaphysics, for I don't have a replacement as magnificent as Doughnut Economics does. Instead, I have only anthropomorphism. Big oil is like a cornered animal, clawing us with austerity to survive. Those without understanding fail upwards.
January 19, 2026 at 4:54 PM
It is hypocritical for me to rail against supply "demand" metaphysics, for I don't have a replacement as magnificent as Doughnut Economics does. Instead, I have only anthropomorphism. Big oil is like a cornered animal, clawing us with austerity to survive. Those without understanding fail upwards.
Another reason capitalists obsess over data centers is to stifle democracy. Reality changes, so they resort to forcing us to not change, no matter how much harm that does. We no longer have to depend on the post office, we can vote over the internet. Imagine an official no confidence vote on Trump.
January 18, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Another reason capitalists obsess over data centers is to stifle democracy. Reality changes, so they resort to forcing us to not change, no matter how much harm that does. We no longer have to depend on the post office, we can vote over the internet. Imagine an official no confidence vote on Trump.
Except Joe Rogan prefaced that with the Great Replacement Theory. It's not helpful to associate common sense with conspiracy theories. The common sense gets no help, but the conspiracy theory gets greenwashed. It's like Schumer or EzraKlein compromising with uncompromising trumpism.
I completely agree with … {checks notes, checks them a second time, and then blinks several times} … Joe Rogan?
Rogan: "Its very ugly to watch someone shoot a U.S. citizen, especially a woman, in the face…It just looked horrific to me. When people say it's justifiable because the car hit it, it seemed like she was turning the car away."
January 14, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Except Joe Rogan prefaced that with the Great Replacement Theory. It's not helpful to associate common sense with conspiracy theories. The common sense gets no help, but the conspiracy theory gets greenwashed. It's like Schumer or EzraKlein compromising with uncompromising trumpism.
Vanguard brings up a good point. Invading Greenland is more about taking away their free medical than about stealing their resources.
January 14, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Vanguard brings up a good point. Invading Greenland is more about taking away their free medical than about stealing their resources.
I don't agree with deGrasse about solutions to climate change, but he is right about Mars and AI. In fact, we don't even know if renewables are necessary. All we know for certain is that big oil must collapse exponentially, instead of grow parabolically like it is.
youtu.be/ldRtMa1FX4M?...
youtu.be/ldRtMa1FX4M?...
Why Elon Musk's Mars Plan is SCIENTIFICALLY Impossible | Neil deGrasse Tyson
YouTube video by The Universe of Tyson
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January 12, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I don't agree with deGrasse about solutions to climate change, but he is right about Mars and AI. In fact, we don't even know if renewables are necessary. All we know for certain is that big oil must collapse exponentially, instead of grow parabolically like it is.
youtu.be/ldRtMa1FX4M?...
youtu.be/ldRtMa1FX4M?...
The Atlantic thinks it is young vs old. "At the same time, pressure groups worked hard to get younger, more YIMBY legislators elected." The only way a young person is YIMBY is if they did not learn about Reagan. No old person treats their home as an investment. That's what Reagan's "persons" do.
Genocide shouldn’t be something you say yes or no to based on the reporter you are talking to or how your poll numbers look.
Thousands of real people have died and continue to die.
This is about moral clarity.
Thousands of real people have died and continue to die.
This is about moral clarity.
January 12, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The Atlantic thinks it is young vs old. "At the same time, pressure groups worked hard to get younger, more YIMBY legislators elected." The only way a young person is YIMBY is if they did not learn about Reagan. No old person treats their home as an investment. That's what Reagan's "persons" do.
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It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 PM
It’s true! Air pollution regulations actually do way more harm than good if you don’t count all the lives they save
Fine, compare trumpism to fascism. But I like the comparison of ICE to the KKK. It is by forming lynch mobs that ICE builds their fervor to escalate.
January 12, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Fine, compare trumpism to fascism. But I like the comparison of ICE to the KKK. It is by forming lynch mobs that ICE builds their fervor to escalate.
AI is not so different from crypto as it seems. They are both attempts by brainless big oil to become independent from money. Brainless big oil "knows" its days of subsidy are numbered. It's a mistake to characterize climate change as a result of short term "thinking". Mass extinction is its goal.
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
AI is not so different from crypto as it seems. They are both attempts by brainless big oil to become independent from money. Brainless big oil "knows" its days of subsidy are numbered. It's a mistake to characterize climate change as a result of short term "thinking". Mass extinction is its goal.
Again with the deregulation, Wiener and the rest of the Abundance crowd think Reagan was onto something. You can't change what the economy produces by allowing it to produce what brainless corporations are already producing. If you want heat pumps, you have to mandate them through zoning.
Heat pumps *and* balcony solar.
This is the way to start the new year! thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social Senator Wiener!
This is the way to start the new year! thank you @scottwiener.bsky.social Senator Wiener!
I'm so excited to be introducing TWO new energy affordability bills today!
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Again with the deregulation, Wiener and the rest of the Abundance crowd think Reagan was onto something. You can't change what the economy produces by allowing it to produce what brainless corporations are already producing. If you want heat pumps, you have to mandate them through zoning.
The fact that there will be no hint of sanctions against the USof$ proves my underappreciated point that big oil controls the global economy, not just the USof$ economy.
January 3, 2026 at 6:20 PM
The fact that there will be no hint of sanctions against the USof$ proves my underappreciated point that big oil controls the global economy, not just the USof$ economy.
Refusing campaign financing from big oil buys us no more than reducing our carbon footprint does. It just lowers the price for those that own you.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Refusing campaign financing from big oil buys us no more than reducing our carbon footprint does. It just lowers the price for those that own you.
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In case you haven't heard the news, 2025 was the third hottest year on record at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 baseline, and likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000 years.
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
January 3, 2026 at 5:28 PM
In case you haven't heard the news, 2025 was the third hottest year on record at 1.47°C above the 1850-1900 baseline, and likely the third hottest year in the last 120,000 years.
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
Data: climatereanalyzer.org/clim/t2_dail...
The whole, it's for the money excuse is just owning the libs, that were afraid to admit that it was for the money.
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
The whole, it's for the money excuse is just owning the libs, that were afraid to admit that it was for the money.
Hopefully, the collapse of trumpism takes down big oil as well.
January 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hopefully, the collapse of trumpism takes down big oil as well.
Yup, my handle is Individkid, because I learn like a kid, independently. Well, I have in the past, anyway. Another thing that is rhetorical from Mamdani is "abundance". Has Ezra Klein endorsed Mamdani yet? I'm more plain spoken. Existentially delicense an oil major, not abundance, just better.
It's always a little unfair to overbake a quickly tossed-off skeet, but this is a distillation of an idea I see circulating a *lot* in lefty spaces. The context of what Mamdani was saying is in the alt-text; he's obviously being much more nuanced than saying "individualism must end."
But must it?
But must it?
![Anonymised skeet of a clip of Mayor Mamdani's inauguration, saying "they're going to want to kill him for this but he's so right, individualism as an ideology needs to end."
The video is paused over a line in the speech that goes "[replace] rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," after a lengthy discussion about how New York's myriad communities and neighbourhoods are often divided from one another.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3hpkklsnpkv65xf46q7mnibn/bafkreid6hdqjtwuiuqvcbj3ye23wace42k3dmfzprmpnj4qejw6zxhuywu@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Yup, my handle is Individkid, because I learn like a kid, independently. Well, I have in the past, anyway. Another thing that is rhetorical from Mamdani is "abundance". Has Ezra Klein endorsed Mamdani yet? I'm more plain spoken. Existentially delicense an oil major, not abundance, just better.