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Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
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I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
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Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
February 9, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Whale evolution makes me uncomfortable
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Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Louis Armstrong, Paris, c. 1934
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It’s nice to work in a dept that doesn’t become a total desert at night
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It’s nice to work in a dept that doesn’t become a total desert at night
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‘Pro-car but from the left’ produces the most incredible takes
February 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
‘Pro-car but from the left’ produces the most incredible takes
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damn, i almost fell for— wait what?!
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
damn, i almost fell for— wait what?!
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reading Leo Major's wiki page is always incredible
August 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
reading Leo Major's wiki page is always incredible
There's a story in the Ugetsu wherein a ghostly samurai is doomed to fight the same battle over and over again because he knows his cause his just but he can't actually win, so this dynamic traps him in the saṃsāra. Anyway, uncritical support for Michael Hobbes' intermittent doomed crusade on this.
This technology already exists and is widely used. It doesn't involve 'government surveillance' and would not allow ICE or any other government agency to stop individual cars.
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Just say you think thousands of kids dying every year is worth it so you can speed!
www.autoweek.com/news/a615322...
Speed Limiters Now Mandatory in All New EU Cars
Intelligent Speed Assist (ISA) isn't an ironclad speeding prevention system, but could be just annoying enough to spark a backlash.
www.autoweek.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:58 PM
There's a story in the Ugetsu wherein a ghostly samurai is doomed to fight the same battle over and over again because he knows his cause his just but he can't actually win, so this dynamic traps him in the saṃsāra. Anyway, uncritical support for Michael Hobbes' intermittent doomed crusade on this.
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hire the person who came up with the most horrifying threat video games have ever leveled at a player
February 9, 2026 at 8:29 PM
hire the person who came up with the most horrifying threat video games have ever leveled at a player
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I accept that generational overturn is inevitable but I _refuse_ to let Gen Z convince us all that the Star Wars prequels are "good".
February 9, 2026 at 9:45 PM
I accept that generational overturn is inevitable but I _refuse_ to let Gen Z convince us all that the Star Wars prequels are "good".
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20-page fashion shoot of relentless silliness is one the things movies can do really well.
February 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM
20-page fashion shoot of relentless silliness is one the things movies can do really well.
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You're a philosopher. You get sentenced to Plato's cave.
February 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
You're a philosopher. You get sentenced to Plato's cave.
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shit sucks lol guess I’ll be a philosopher or whatever
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
shit sucks lol guess I’ll be a philosopher or whatever
Getting out on a technicality when the prosecution can't decide whether I should be sent to horny jail, an asylum, or just regular prison, for shipping Tim from Braid with Frieren the elf.
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Getting out on a technicality when the prosecution can't decide whether I should be sent to horny jail, an asylum, or just regular prison, for shipping Tim from Braid with Frieren the elf.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Me, looking out over Eden, a garden of earthly delights, a paradise created by Omnipotent Benevolence to please and comfort, yet filled with foreboding misery at the hell that lives within me: lmao wtf
February 9, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Me, looking out over Eden, a garden of earthly delights, a paradise created by Omnipotent Benevolence to please and comfort, yet filled with foreboding misery at the hell that lives within me: lmao wtf
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A personal note: If you notice a near-total drop in posting from this account, be assured that I am okay and simply filing my half-baked observations in a Drafts folder to be unleashed on the world at a future point in time, as deemed appropriate.
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
A personal note: If you notice a near-total drop in posting from this account, be assured that I am okay and simply filing my half-baked observations in a Drafts folder to be unleashed on the world at a future point in time, as deemed appropriate.
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I just wish there were more recognition that "being unpopular in power" is almost entirely disconnected from the actual immediate policy dangroshev.substack.com/p/labours-po...
Hell, even Attlee was rubbished at the time for the condition the country was in
Hell, even Attlee was rubbished at the time for the condition the country was in
Labour's polling just fine, actually
I promise I'm not just coping
dangroshev.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I just wish there were more recognition that "being unpopular in power" is almost entirely disconnected from the actual immediate policy dangroshev.substack.com/p/labours-po...
Hell, even Attlee was rubbished at the time for the condition the country was in
Hell, even Attlee was rubbished at the time for the condition the country was in
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New painting! "Midsummer Procession", 33"x 21", Oil on Linen.
February 9, 2026 at 6:31 PM
New painting! "Midsummer Procession", 33"x 21", Oil on Linen.
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Post a banger that’s not in English.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Post a banger that’s not in English.
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just two monks and a dream
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
just two monks and a dream
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Bad Bunny is a synonym for Wascawwy Wabbit
February 9, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Bad Bunny is a synonym for Wascawwy Wabbit
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when i save "hannah montana implies the existence of 49 other hannahs" as a draft, what good does that do except delay your eventual suffering?
February 9, 2026 at 8:50 PM
when i save "hannah montana implies the existence of 49 other hannahs" as a draft, what good does that do except delay your eventual suffering?