Perfidious Bear
@kathemenos.bsky.social
will analyze competing hypotheses 4 food
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Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
for all this social media research we have we sure don't actually use it to inform the social media we build
February 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Among the reasons I’m burned out and inimical to tech now is in my last job I watched social media companies fund meaningful outside research into halting the use of their platforms by terrorists and violent extremists at a platform design level and then ignore it all or do the exact opposite.
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The dialog of
"Democrats hate trans people!"
"No they don't, look at these things Democrats are doing"
"Well, look at this thing Republicans are doing"
"Yes, they're Republicans"
"That's Democrats' fault"
"Democrats hate trans people!"
"No they don't, look at these things Democrats are doing"
"Well, look at this thing Republicans are doing"
"Yes, they're Republicans"
"That's Democrats' fault"
February 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The dialog of
"Democrats hate trans people!"
"No they don't, look at these things Democrats are doing"
"Well, look at this thing Republicans are doing"
"Yes, they're Republicans"
"That's Democrats' fault"
"Democrats hate trans people!"
"No they don't, look at these things Democrats are doing"
"Well, look at this thing Republicans are doing"
"Yes, they're Republicans"
"That's Democrats' fault"
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There should be a Call of Duty Black Ops villain who’s a KGB guy that just trolls the CIA for something to do. Yeah, we bought fifty unicycles for a gay bar in Rhodesia. Let’s see what the Americans make of it. It’ll be funny.
February 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM
There should be a Call of Duty Black Ops villain who’s a KGB guy that just trolls the CIA for something to do. Yeah, we bought fifty unicycles for a gay bar in Rhodesia. Let’s see what the Americans make of it. It’ll be funny.
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I kinda rooted for the I AM THE CAPTAIN guy in the Tom Hanks movie because I am a bad person.
February 14, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I kinda rooted for the I AM THE CAPTAIN guy in the Tom Hanks movie because I am a bad person.
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It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
February 14, 2026 at 9:53 AM
It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this
What the actual fuck.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
What the actual fuck.
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When you dig deeper around mysteriously successful figures you generally find that rather than being incomprehensibly brilliant masters of the universe, they actually just lied a bunch and committed a bunch of crimes that no one wanted to look too hard at
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
When you dig deeper around mysteriously successful figures you generally find that rather than being incomprehensibly brilliant masters of the universe, they actually just lied a bunch and committed a bunch of crimes that no one wanted to look too hard at
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Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
I agree, he sounds more like Bernie Madoff. His name spread through the rich-people-grapevine. "I've got a guy" type speak, a guy who gives good advice and is valuable to know. But when you look at his actual accomplishments, he just never said 'no'.
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Yes! This really feels like it. Rich, powerful, famous people are often stupid in exactly this way: they assume they have access to all the secret geniuses of the world, don’t realize that most of that is a mirage of wealth, and aren’t sharp enough to catch frauds. So you get these Gatsby figures
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"Oh, Americans have no culture" bitch the Soviets risked actual gulags to smuggle American rock and roll and jazz records on used x-ray film.
Ribs (recordings) - Wikipedia
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January 1, 2026 at 9:10 AM
"Oh, Americans have no culture" bitch the Soviets risked actual gulags to smuggle American rock and roll and jazz records on used x-ray film.
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When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
February 12, 2026 at 12:20 AM
When the CIA did this to the Senate it was one of the biggest intel scandals of the 21st century. But here it’s not just a huge scandal, it’s dumb: Pam Bondi is so bad at her job she brought the evidence herself to an open congressional hearing. www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j...
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More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
apple.news
February 12, 2026 at 1:35 AM
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
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The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
February 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name.
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”.
It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
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Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com
February 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Wow, almost like the media and journalism profession failed in some sort of professional duty to actually inform these low-engagement voters about what Trump was saying he wanted to do and the consequences of those plans.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
There is a moral-failure-of-the-voters here, but it's not the only one.
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what is with these people and dogs?
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
what is with these people and dogs?
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I think I was born to wear cardigans and drink tea and complain about how the country's going to the dogs
February 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
I think I was born to wear cardigans and drink tea and complain about how the country's going to the dogs
I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with liberal democracy because this is the average political discussion I see and I'm still into elections for some reason
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I feel like I'm in an abusive relationship with liberal democracy because this is the average political discussion I see and I'm still into elections for some reason
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Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
February 11, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Bluesky in a nutshell.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Some context: BLS released its jobs numbers today, which were better than expected, and resistance libs would rather stay mad/conspiratorial than listen to actual on-the-ground experts that the data is still reliable.
Honestly? Yeah. Likely.
I think the most hilarious outcome of "No Hegemon for a Decade" is the United States taking over again because none of the other countries that could take the throne are either incapable or unwilling to spend the blood and treasure necessary to preserve a global hegemon
They're also in the midst of an enormous private debt bubble, drastically falling popularity with the under-25 demo, and a contracting industrial economy.
"There will be no world hegemon for at least a decade" was my bet after the election and I'm sticking to it
"There will be no world hegemon for at least a decade" was my bet after the election and I'm sticking to it
February 11, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Honestly? Yeah. Likely.
The next time we put Madison's face on something, this should be the text surrounding it
by the Founders' reckoning, juries are the single most important defense against tyranny. say what you will but the slavers knew ball
February 11, 2026 at 3:58 AM
The next time we put Madison's face on something, this should be the text surrounding it
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It's worth noting that he wouldn't have been such a terrible catastrophe if he hadn't been brilliant in the first place.
February 11, 2026 at 3:32 AM
It's worth noting that he wouldn't have been such a terrible catastrophe if he hadn't been brilliant in the first place.
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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I see this one is still making the rounds and I think literally every BBQ tradition in the country except the one in her mind has taken offense at this. This is impressive, the BBQ traditions in America don't even agree if it includes chicken as a legitimate object.
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I see this one is still making the rounds and I think literally every BBQ tradition in the country except the one in her mind has taken offense at this. This is impressive, the BBQ traditions in America don't even agree if it includes chicken as a legitimate object.
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It always begins as a joke.
February 8, 2026 at 1:44 AM
It always begins as a joke.