kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
“All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.” - B. Spinoza
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
“I live sweat, but I dream light years.” - D. Boon
“A republic, if you can keep it.” - B. Franklin
Traveling yinzer, kamaʻāina, pākehā; Appalachian forest-grown
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kentropic
@kentropic.bsky.social
· Feb 28
A small creek cascading over mossy rocks. Olympic National Park, Washington, 19 Apr 2015. #NationalParks
This is what we’re fighting for. Whose side are you on?
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Out of the mouths of babes
February 11, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Out of the mouths of babes
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Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being. www.wired.com/story/study-...
Study of Buddhist Monks Finds Meditation Alters Brain Activity
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Meditation isn’t thinking about nothing. New research reinforces that it's a mind-altering, dynamic state that promotes focus, learning, and well-being. www.wired.com/story/study-...
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Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
February 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Swalwell plays Bondi a clip of Kash Patel *lying under oath* about how many times Trump's name appears in the Epstein files
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NEW: The US court system is already breaking down under the weight of a mass deportation campaign it is in no way equipped to process. @regret.bsky.social has the alarming details:
ICE Is Crashing the US Court System in Minnesota
Petitions demanding people get the chance to be released from ICE custody have overwhelmed courts throughout the US.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
NEW: The US court system is already breaking down under the weight of a mass deportation campaign it is in no way equipped to process. @regret.bsky.social has the alarming details:
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One of the inevitable things about the US slamming its dick in the car door with scientific research, is that the brain drain will be exponential.
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
March 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the inevitable things about the US slamming its dick in the car door with scientific research, is that the brain drain will be exponential.
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
The top researchers, the biggest names in the field, will leave, taking with them their top students, the *next* generation's biggest names in the field
Post a tree that you photographed
February 11, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Post a tree that you photographed
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It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters."
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
It turns out that not all ice is created equal. Ice rinks are calibrated specifically for different sports, and at the Olympics these sport specifics are tightly controlled by the event’s "ice meisters."
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
🎤✏️: Marta Hill
📸: Getty Images
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You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
February 11, 2026 at 5:48 PM
You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.
AG Pam "Gish Gallop" Bondi needs to have the rules of Congressional testimony explained to her.
Raskin: "I want the whole country to look at this. This is the attorney general of the US whose job is law enforcement. We've never had a witness who has misunderstood our rules and been unable to conform his or her conduct to our rules before. Excuse me."
February 11, 2026 at 8:29 PM
AG Pam "Gish Gallop" Bondi needs to have the rules of Congressional testimony explained to her.
From now on, Gallup will only ask respondents whether the Emperor's new clothes are "radiant," "magnificent," or merely "beautiful."
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
From now on, Gallup will only ask respondents whether the Emperor's new clothes are "radiant," "magnificent," or merely "beautiful."
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"When I asked ChatGPT to comment on its chief rival, it noted that Claude is “good at ‘helpful & kind without becoming therapy.’ ... Claude was, it italicized, “less mad-scientist, more civil-servant engineer.”"
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"When I asked ChatGPT to comment on its chief rival, it noted that Claude is “good at ‘helpful & kind without becoming therapy.’ ... Claude was, it italicized, “less mad-scientist, more civil-servant engineer.”"
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
Yeah, well I asked the Lady of the Lake about DeepSeek; she said it was a Commie trap.
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Having actually read the entirety of the Mueller report, this is indeed a lie.
Bondi shamelessly lies: "Robert Mueller found no evidence of foreign interference in 2016. Have you apologized to President Trump?"
February 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Having actually read the entirety of the Mueller report, this is indeed a lie.
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This is a hell of a job by Massie, who for all his very very large problems on other issues, actually does give a shit about this one.
Massie: "Here is an email that was sent by the victims' lawyers to the DOJ. It was a list of names not to release. What did the DOJ do with this email? They released it! Literally the worst thing you could do the survivors you did."
February 11, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This is a hell of a job by Massie, who for all his very very large problems on other issues, actually does give a shit about this one.
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Sir Jim Ratcliffe lives, for tax reasons, in Monaco. He also owns an estate on Lake Geneva.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Sir Jim Ratcliffe lives, for tax reasons, in Monaco. He also owns an estate on Lake Geneva.
Four words that inspire (often irrational) hope in hearts across the land every spring: “pitchers and catchers report.”
February 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Four words that inspire (often irrational) hope in hearts across the land every spring: “pitchers and catchers report.”
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Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Invoking wealthy class solidarity to excuse sex crimes against children is sorta the Epstein Class in a nutshell
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Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Shot, and one-hell-of-a-chaser.
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Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
February 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Jayapal: To the survivors in the room, if you are willing, please stand. And if you are willing, please raise your hands. If you have still not been able to meet with this DOJ. Please note for the record that every single survivor has raised their hand.
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Fort Bliss is home to Camp East Montana, ICE's biggest and most decrepit concentration camp, where three detainees have died and there is a tuberculosis outbreak
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Fort Bliss is home to Camp East Montana, ICE's biggest and most decrepit concentration camp, where three detainees have died and there is a tuberculosis outbreak
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
Of course they don't want any drones flying over
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"They could not explain why headliner Kid Rock — who has frequently joked about sex with underage girls — is more wholesome than Bad Bunny, who included a genuine wedding in his show.
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
Evangelicals won't dump Trump over his racist Obama video
A few spoke out, but most right-wing Christians quietly support the president's ugly views
www.salon.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:41 PM
"They could not explain why headliner Kid Rock — who has frequently joked about sex with underage girls — is more wholesome than Bad Bunny, who included a genuine wedding in his show.
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
"The answer is obvious: Kid Rock is white and Bad Bunny is Latino."
www.salon.com/2026/02/11/e...
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One of the great challenges in modern government and politics is how to address conscious, organized bad faith. @vermontgmg.bsky.social presents, as an example, the tale of ICE & CBP agents urgent need to wear masks.
If you can’t police in a free society without hiding your face, the problem is with the policing — not the public. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...
ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
Working for ICE is actually less dangerous than being an elementary school student in America.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
One of the great challenges in modern government and politics is how to address conscious, organized bad faith. @vermontgmg.bsky.social presents, as an example, the tale of ICE & CBP agents urgent need to wear masks.
Another witty & incisive essay from @lyz.bsky.social, this time on a cinematic airbrushing that’s evidently “designed to placate and satisfy the whims of a quasi-totalitarian regime and its supporters who are clinging to every narrative that assures them the world is as they see it.”
Evil is boring and so is the Melania movie | Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz
Get more from Men Yell at Me by Lyz Lenz on Patreon
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February 11, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Another witty & incisive essay from @lyz.bsky.social, this time on a cinematic airbrushing that’s evidently “designed to placate and satisfy the whims of a quasi-totalitarian regime and its supporters who are clinging to every narrative that assures them the world is as they see it.”
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We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
February 10, 2026 at 6:47 PM
We have received numerous credible reports of torture, killing, and inhumane treatment of detained individuals at the Camp East Montana migrant detention facility, located within Fort Bliss. #txlege
“When you rob building of its dignity, you don’t get efficiency; you get mould, leaks and devastating repair bills at every rung of the social ladder. Until those choices are reversed, we’ll keep building problems faster than we can fix them.” Yeah, but what if we deport half the workforce? 🙃
Britain’s building standards are now so bad, even the super-rich are facing housing misery | Phineas Harper
Britain’s building standards are now so bad, even the super-rich are facing housing misery | Phineas Harper
Residents of the UK’s most expensive flats have won a court case over defective pipework. If their homes are shoddily built, what hope do the rest of us have, asks writer and curator Phineas Harper
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
“When you rob building of its dignity, you don’t get efficiency; you get mould, leaks and devastating repair bills at every rung of the social ladder. Until those choices are reversed, we’ll keep building problems faster than we can fix them.” Yeah, but what if we deport half the workforce? 🙃
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LLMs need immunization to protect against misinformation!
New out in The Lancet Digital Health with the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social where we argue that AI systems should be inoculated against misinformation!
We offer three broad ways to inoculate LLMs
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
New out in The Lancet Digital Health with the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social where we argue that AI systems should be inoculated against misinformation!
We offer three broad ways to inoculate LLMs
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 AM
LLMs need immunization to protect against misinformation!
New out in The Lancet Digital Health with the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social where we argue that AI systems should be inoculated against misinformation!
We offer three broad ways to inoculate LLMs
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
New out in The Lancet Digital Health with the brill @yarakyrychenko.bsky.social where we argue that AI systems should be inoculated against misinformation!
We offer three broad ways to inoculate LLMs
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...