polyphanes, spooky mystic fruit 𐠎
@polyphanes.bsky.social
Software engineer, Hermetic mage and mystic, Lukumí olorisha, geomancer extraordinaire, blogger, yidish-lerner, Roegadyn black mage, baby-eating dingo, antifascist, gay, Jewish
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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אַ רױז איז גאָר רױט
און זי װאַקסט אין עזרה
װי פֿון דיר װאַקסט אין מיר
דער יצר הרע
און זי װאַקסט אין עזרה
װי פֿון דיר װאַקסט אין מיר
דער יצר הרע
February 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
אַ רױז איז גאָר רױט
און זי װאַקסט אין עזרה
װי פֿון דיר װאַקסט אין מיר
דער יצר הרע
און זי װאַקסט אין עזרה
װי פֿון דיר װאַקסט אין מיר
דער יצר הרע
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just learned the yiddish word fartsuker (פֿאַרצוקער) which means DEVOURER, PREDATOR and has nothing to do with being a sucker of farts
February 13, 2026 at 5:36 PM
just learned the yiddish word fartsuker (פֿאַרצוקער) which means DEVOURER, PREDATOR and has nothing to do with being a sucker of farts
For all the formal documents of my Hermetic Synaxis stuff I've currently written, the page count is ~700, word count ~244k. (Still have a few docs left to finish.)
(I mean, just my lecture notes for what I've gone over *so far* are at 122pp., 43818 words, across 19 lectures, each ~1.5hrs long.)
(I mean, just my lecture notes for what I've gone over *so far* are at 122pp., 43818 words, across 19 lectures, each ~1.5hrs long.)
February 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
For all the formal documents of my Hermetic Synaxis stuff I've currently written, the page count is ~700, word count ~244k. (Still have a few docs left to finish.)
(I mean, just my lecture notes for what I've gone over *so far* are at 122pp., 43818 words, across 19 lectures, each ~1.5hrs long.)
(I mean, just my lecture notes for what I've gone over *so far* are at 122pp., 43818 words, across 19 lectures, each ~1.5hrs long.)
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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
"I am not really impressed by someone who can turn the floor into the ceiling, or fire into water. A real miracle is if someone can liberate just one negative emotion." —Terton Lerab Lingpa
February 12, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"I am not really impressed by someone who can turn the floor into the ceiling, or fire into water. A real miracle is if someone can liberate just one negative emotion." —Terton Lerab Lingpa
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But it should be obvious (is it not obvious these days?) that the accompanying responsibility that comes with that is that we, the public historians, have a responsibility to *actually read* the texts we are claiming the privilege to interpret for others
February 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
But it should be obvious (is it not obvious these days?) that the accompanying responsibility that comes with that is that we, the public historians, have a responsibility to *actually read* the texts we are claiming the privilege to interpret for others
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One of the privileges of being an author (yes, even of blogposts) is to be able to say 'I read X, Y and Z difficult/boring/inaccessible text so you, the busy reader, don't have to'. That's what public historians do; we have the privilege of interpreting our research for the general reader
February 11, 2026 at 1:43 PM
One of the privileges of being an author (yes, even of blogposts) is to be able to say 'I read X, Y and Z difficult/boring/inaccessible text so you, the busy reader, don't have to'. That's what public historians do; we have the privilege of interpreting our research for the general reader
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And most importantly, *why are you writing a blogpost about a text you didn’t have time to read?*
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
And most importantly, *why are you writing a blogpost about a text you didn’t have time to read?*
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Just stopped reading a blogpost after the author admits (*openly admits*) that they didn’t have time to read the text they’re commenting on and so got an AI to summarise it. Do people not feel shame about such admissions? Do they not want to crawl under a rock and be swallowed by the earth?
February 11, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Just stopped reading a blogpost after the author admits (*openly admits*) that they didn’t have time to read the text they’re commenting on and so got an AI to summarise it. Do people not feel shame about such admissions? Do they not want to crawl under a rock and be swallowed by the earth?
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Make Art (4/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Make Art (4/4)
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Make Art (3/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Make Art (3/4)
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Make Art (2/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Make Art (2/4)
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Make Art (1/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Make Art (1/4)
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Or that one Gregorian chant craze in 1994.
No one will ever believe that there was a sea shanty craze in 2020/21.
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Or that one Gregorian chant craze in 1994.
*singing the "oh I have cuts on my fingertips" song as he arranges cut vegetables drenched in balsamic vinegar face-side up on a baking tray with his hands*
February 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
*singing the "oh I have cuts on my fingertips" song as he arranges cut vegetables drenched in balsamic vinegar face-side up on a baking tray with his hands*
Thanks to my Yiddish classes, I was about to pronounce that one neighborhood in Tokyo 秋葉原 as "Akihabore" before I caught myself.
February 8, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Thanks to my Yiddish classes, I was about to pronounce that one neighborhood in Tokyo 秋葉原 as "Akihabore" before I caught myself.
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Seriously, when I first saw people sharing this, the first thing I checked was the date, b/c I was sure it was an old article some folks had just discovered. But no.
Also Substack was transphobic as shit even before a lot of the Nazi stuff dropped (in 2023) & folks should've left it then.
Also Substack was transphobic as shit even before a lot of the Nazi stuff dropped (in 2023) & folks should've left it then.
how do you write this story without noting there was a campaign literally called SUBSTACKERS AGAINST NAZIS in…2023
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Seriously, when I first saw people sharing this, the first thing I checked was the date, b/c I was sure it was an old article some folks had just discovered. But no.
Also Substack was transphobic as shit even before a lot of the Nazi stuff dropped (in 2023) & folks should've left it then.
Also Substack was transphobic as shit even before a lot of the Nazi stuff dropped (in 2023) & folks should've left it then.
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Starting next week!
February 5, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Starting next week!
I’ll be presenting at Esotericon Northwest in June 2026!
It's been quiet here lately, I admit; between the chaos of the old year ringing in the new, making almanacs for 2026 for people, using a pickaxe to dig out my way through snowcrete in this bitterly cold winter, teaching my Hermetic Synaxis…
It's been quiet here lately, I admit; between the chaos of the old year ringing in the new, making almanacs for 2026 for people, using a pickaxe to dig out my way through snowcrete in this bitterly cold winter, teaching my Hermetic Synaxis…
I’ll be presenting at Esotericon Northwest in June 2026!
It's been quiet here lately, I admit; between the chaos of the old year ringing in the new, making almanacs for 2026 for people, using a pickaxe to dig out my way through snowcrete in this bitterly cold winter, teaching my Hermetic Synaxis stuff to my test group (it's going fantastic with the testers!), and...well, <waves vaguely at the outside world>, it's been a bit of a busy time.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I’ll be presenting at Esotericon Northwest in June 2026!
It's been quiet here lately, I admit; between the chaos of the old year ringing in the new, making almanacs for 2026 for people, using a pickaxe to dig out my way through snowcrete in this bitterly cold winter, teaching my Hermetic Synaxis…
It's been quiet here lately, I admit; between the chaos of the old year ringing in the new, making almanacs for 2026 for people, using a pickaxe to dig out my way through snowcrete in this bitterly cold winter, teaching my Hermetic Synaxis…
If you're a Freemason, Verity Lodge No. 59 of Kent, WA is hosting Esotericon Northwest on June 2026, a one day gathering focused on the living traditions of Western esotericism!
For more info and how to register:
luma.com/mlonk3pl
For info about Verity Lodge No. 59:
verity59.org
For more info and how to register:
luma.com/mlonk3pl
For info about Verity Lodge No. 59:
verity59.org
Esotericon NW · Luma
Esotericon Northwest returns for its second year as a one day gathering focused on the living traditions of the Western esoteric path. Hosted by Verity Lodge…
luma.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
If you're a Freemason, Verity Lodge No. 59 of Kent, WA is hosting Esotericon Northwest on June 2026, a one day gathering focused on the living traditions of Western esotericism!
For more info and how to register:
luma.com/mlonk3pl
For info about Verity Lodge No. 59:
verity59.org
For more info and how to register:
luma.com/mlonk3pl
For info about Verity Lodge No. 59:
verity59.org
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
February 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
Text message from my mom at 2:30am: "Just woke up to this staring at me intently"
My reply: "Yeah, that happens."
My reply: "Yeah, that happens."
February 2, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Text message from my mom at 2:30am: "Just woke up to this staring at me intently"
My reply: "Yeah, that happens."
My reply: "Yeah, that happens."