Paul Catiang
@paulcatiang.bsky.social
🧿 Writer. Editor. Yogi. Keeper of the Demon Teahouse. Occasionally very silly. 🧿
From Quezon City, the Philippines
he/him/his
From Quezon City, the Philippines
he/him/his
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Europe is cleaning house due to the Epstein files. America continues to be run by paedophile protectors.
🚨🚨The revelation of the #epstein files is an invaluable source of taking down corrupt powerful public figures linked to the convicted paedophile. Latest head to roll seems to be former SG og @coe.int Thorbjørn Jagland whose immunity has been lifted. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/coun...
www.politico.eu/article/coun...
Europe’s top human rights body lifts former Norwegian PM’s immunity after Epstein links
The probe into Thorbjørn Jagland is roiling Oslo, which has faced numerous embarrassing disclosures in the new files.
www.politico.eu
February 12, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Europe is cleaning house due to the Epstein files. America continues to be run by paedophile protectors.
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Dr. Pulaski,
My name is spelled Worf, not Wharf. Do not make this mistake again.
Worf
My name is spelled Worf, not Wharf. Do not make this mistake again.
Worf
February 11, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Dr. Pulaski,
My name is spelled Worf, not Wharf. Do not make this mistake again.
Worf
My name is spelled Worf, not Wharf. Do not make this mistake again.
Worf
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Vahit Tuna.
440 pairs of black high-heeled shoes mounted on the facade of a building in Istanbul, Turkey.
The number of shoes represents the 440 women murdered by their partners in Turkey in 2018.
mymodernmet.com/vahit-tuna-f...
440 pairs of black high-heeled shoes mounted on the facade of a building in Istanbul, Turkey.
The number of shoes represents the 440 women murdered by their partners in Turkey in 2018.
mymodernmet.com/vahit-tuna-f...
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Vahit Tuna.
440 pairs of black high-heeled shoes mounted on the facade of a building in Istanbul, Turkey.
The number of shoes represents the 440 women murdered by their partners in Turkey in 2018.
mymodernmet.com/vahit-tuna-f...
440 pairs of black high-heeled shoes mounted on the facade of a building in Istanbul, Turkey.
The number of shoes represents the 440 women murdered by their partners in Turkey in 2018.
mymodernmet.com/vahit-tuna-f...
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My first post-HRW oped.
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The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists is also crushing the broader civil society, often with deadlier consequences and far less international attention.
opinion.inquirer.net/189657/cumpi...
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The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists is also crushing the broader civil society, often with deadlier consequences and far less international attention.
opinion.inquirer.net/189657/cumpi...
Cumpio and the wider war on dissent
The arrest and prolonged detention of journalist Frenchie Mae Cumpio, who spent her birthday on Feb. 7 in a Tacloban jail, sparked outrage among press freedom advocates worldwide. Rightly so.
opinion.inquirer.net
February 12, 2026 at 6:42 AM
My first post-HRW oped.
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The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists is also crushing the broader civil society, often with deadlier consequences and far less international attention.
opinion.inquirer.net/189657/cumpi...
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The same apparatus of repression bearing down on journalists is also crushing the broader civil society, often with deadlier consequences and far less international attention.
opinion.inquirer.net/189657/cumpi...
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Long lyve ai;dr!
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 12, 2026 at 6:24 AM
Long lyve ai;dr!
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Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
What did Shakespeare’s English sound like to Shakespeare? To his audience? And how can we know such a thing as the phonetic character of the language spoken 400 years ago?
www.openculture.com
February 12, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
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Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
Middle English Compendium
quod.lib.umich.edu
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Free, onlyne, searchable Middel Englisshe Dictionarye. "The world's largest searchable database of Middle English lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500."
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-eng...
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the shittiest possible incarnation of Hannibal Lecter: well, frankly, Clarice: you're really *Starling* to piss me off right about now
February 12, 2026 at 5:52 AM
the shittiest possible incarnation of Hannibal Lecter: well, frankly, Clarice: you're really *Starling* to piss me off right about now
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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A reminder of one of the loveliest pairs of siblings in the dictionary: ‘muscle’ and ‘mouse’. To the Roman imagination, the flexed biceps of a (typically naked) athlete resembled a rodent scuttling under the skin. ‘Musculus’, in Latin, means ‘little mouse’.
February 11, 2026 at 10:14 AM
A reminder of one of the loveliest pairs of siblings in the dictionary: ‘muscle’ and ‘mouse’. To the Roman imagination, the flexed biceps of a (typically naked) athlete resembled a rodent scuttling under the skin. ‘Musculus’, in Latin, means ‘little mouse’.
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NZ shorebird and seabird thread.
I'm going to go ahead and post some shots before carefully editing and sorting; I'm already falling hopelessly behind.
Let's start with a variable oystercatcher chick and parent. 🪶
I'm going to go ahead and post some shots before carefully editing and sorting; I'm already falling hopelessly behind.
Let's start with a variable oystercatcher chick and parent. 🪶
February 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
NZ shorebird and seabird thread.
I'm going to go ahead and post some shots before carefully editing and sorting; I'm already falling hopelessly behind.
Let's start with a variable oystercatcher chick and parent. 🪶
I'm going to go ahead and post some shots before carefully editing and sorting; I'm already falling hopelessly behind.
Let's start with a variable oystercatcher chick and parent. 🪶
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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Some of you really need to relax.
February 11, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Some of you really need to relax.
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Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide https://aje.news/51oyhz
February 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Struggling to navigate the Epstein files? Here is a visual guide https://aje.news/51oyhz
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When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
When AI was added to a tool for sinus surgery: “Cerebrospinal fluid leaked from one patient’s nose. In another… a surgeon mistakenly punctured the base of a patient’s skull. In two other cases, patients suffered strokes after a major artery was accidentally injured”
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Oh, honey ; I never started. My sympathies to you and your brain.
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Oh, honey ; I never started. My sympathies to you and your brain.
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Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
February 10, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Thomas Massie is cooking right now and explicitly states that UAE Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem was sending torture videos to Epstein
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Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
February 9, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Kinda Fucked Up that in our lifetimes we've gone from "never share personal info on the internet" to "hand over your identity to the most incompetent corporations imaginable".
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Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia.
HE IS NOT WELCOME IN AUSTRALIA.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
HE IS NOT WELCOME IN AUSTRALIA.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia | Chris Sidoti
Anthony Albanese should recognise he made a terrible mistake in inviting the Israeli president to Australia and put a stop to this divisive political visit
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia.
HE IS NOT WELCOME IN AUSTRALIA.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
HE IS NOT WELCOME IN AUSTRALIA.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 7, 2026 at 6:49 PM
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
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even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and gaining other pious perquisites
February 8, 2026 at 5:47 AM
even the high lifted and chivalric Crusaders of old times were not content to traverse two thousand miles of land to fight for their holy sepulchre, without committing burglaries, picking pockets, and gaining other pious perquisites
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Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
[twangy, jaunty lute arpeggio]
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
[twangy, jaunty lute arpeggio]
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
February 6, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
[twangy, jaunty lute arpeggio]
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
Tuesday grey and Wednesdaye eke
Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
[twangy, jaunty lute arpeggio]
Mondaye thou kanst fall awaye
Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte slaye
No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye
Yet Fridaye - Ich am yn love
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