Maurice Weller
@wellermaurice.bsky.social
Came over from Twitter. Follow me of you know me from there.
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„reduced work effort, increased leisure spending and investment in risky financial assets (including crypto) are all disproportionately common among young adults who face little to no realistic prospect of being able to afford a house.“
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
on.ft.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
„reduced work effort, increased leisure spending and investment in risky financial assets (including crypto) are all disproportionately common among young adults who face little to no realistic prospect of being able to afford a house.“
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Not just a UK problem either. Even if you look at the populist Right or Left of European politics in the 1990s, the skill of figures like Jörg Haider or Gregor Gysi at engaging in debate would make them elite policy wonks compared to the intellectual standard of debate now
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Not just a UK problem either. Even if you look at the populist Right or Left of European politics in the 1990s, the skill of figures like Jörg Haider or Gregor Gysi at engaging in debate would make them elite policy wonks compared to the intellectual standard of debate now
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It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It happened! The @nytimes.com profiled Paulina!
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley
Paulina Borsook’s “Cyberselfish,” which offered dire predictions about the tech world’s love for libertarianism, is finding fans. It only took 25 years.
Gift Link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/t...
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
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hanno sauer pullt den "laut einer amerikanischen studie..." midwit conversation starter wie ein vollprofi
Dass der Philosoph Hanno Sauer im Interview sofort nach seinem „soziologischen Röntgenblick“ gefragt wird, woraufhin Sauer dann küchensoziologische Allgemeinplätze aufsagt, zeigt schön: für Philosophie interessiert sich eigentlich niemand und am allerwenigsten natürlich Hanno Sauer
November 24, 2025 at 9:50 AM
hanno sauer pullt den "laut einer amerikanischen studie..." midwit conversation starter wie ein vollprofi
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Dass der Philosoph Hanno Sauer im Interview sofort nach seinem „soziologischen Röntgenblick“ gefragt wird, woraufhin Sauer dann küchensoziologische Allgemeinplätze aufsagt, zeigt schön: für Philosophie interessiert sich eigentlich niemand und am allerwenigsten natürlich Hanno Sauer
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Dass der Philosoph Hanno Sauer im Interview sofort nach seinem „soziologischen Röntgenblick“ gefragt wird, woraufhin Sauer dann küchensoziologische Allgemeinplätze aufsagt, zeigt schön: für Philosophie interessiert sich eigentlich niemand und am allerwenigsten natürlich Hanno Sauer
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Eine sehr charmante Rezension, der ein souveräner Zugriff auf Sauers als analytische Philosophie verhüllten reaktionären Positivismus gelingt.
Sauer entlarvt seinen Zynismus darüberhinaus endgültig selbst durch seine kategorische Ablehnung jeglicher phil. Ideengeschichte:
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
Sauer entlarvt seinen Zynismus darüberhinaus endgültig selbst durch seine kategorische Ablehnung jeglicher phil. Ideengeschichte:
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
www.tandfonline.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Eine sehr charmante Rezension, der ein souveräner Zugriff auf Sauers als analytische Philosophie verhüllten reaktionären Positivismus gelingt.
Sauer entlarvt seinen Zynismus darüberhinaus endgültig selbst durch seine kategorische Ablehnung jeglicher phil. Ideengeschichte:
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
Sauer entlarvt seinen Zynismus darüberhinaus endgültig selbst durch seine kategorische Ablehnung jeglicher phil. Ideengeschichte:
doi.org/10.1080/0020...
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(that reminds me: you should read KSR's Years of Salt and Rice)
i've read
- gibson
- effinger
- KSR
- bacigalupi
and most of the classical stories
- gibson
- effinger
- KSR
- bacigalupi
and most of the classical stories
November 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
(that reminds me: you should read KSR's Years of Salt and Rice)
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Kann sich jemand erbarmen und mit Hanno Sauer in irgendeine Berliner Bar gehen (oder ihm TikTok installieren) und ihn mit der Wirklichkeit vertraut machen? (Quelle: SZ).
November 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Kann sich jemand erbarmen und mit Hanno Sauer in irgendeine Berliner Bar gehen (oder ihm TikTok installieren) und ihn mit der Wirklichkeit vertraut machen? (Quelle: SZ).
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Morgen im Nachtasyl, Hamburg: „KÖNIGIN IM DRECK – eine musikalische Lesung“ mit Tucké Royale, Jens Friebe, Elmira Bahrami, Kristin Bönicke und Texten von Ronald M. Schernikau.
Mehr: nachtasyl.de/index.php/11...
Mehr Schernikau: www.verbrecherverlag.de/autor_innen/...
Mehr: nachtasyl.de/index.php/11...
Mehr Schernikau: www.verbrecherverlag.de/autor_innen/...
SCHERNIKAU
SCHERNIKAU Musik & szenische Lesung KÖNIGIN IM DRECK. Eine musikalische Lesung von Ronald M. Schernikau von & mit: Jens Friebe,
nachtasyl.de
November 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Morgen im Nachtasyl, Hamburg: „KÖNIGIN IM DRECK – eine musikalische Lesung“ mit Tucké Royale, Jens Friebe, Elmira Bahrami, Kristin Bönicke und Texten von Ronald M. Schernikau.
Mehr: nachtasyl.de/index.php/11...
Mehr Schernikau: www.verbrecherverlag.de/autor_innen/...
Mehr: nachtasyl.de/index.php/11...
Mehr Schernikau: www.verbrecherverlag.de/autor_innen/...
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Does anyone know any good near-future and/or cyberpunk fiction?
November 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Does anyone know any good near-future and/or cyberpunk fiction?
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It's wild how "our intellectual elite are a bit morally smug" warrants the same article being pushed out saying as much for a decade, but a global paedophile ring in which many of our richest and most powerful and leading minds all took part is, you know, uncouth to talk about.
Someday you, too, could have the moral fortitude to look upon a years-long rape circus organized by the nation's most powerful elites and declare, "The people upset about this are speaking about it the wrong way."
November 22, 2025 at 8:06 AM
It's wild how "our intellectual elite are a bit morally smug" warrants the same article being pushed out saying as much for a decade, but a global paedophile ring in which many of our richest and most powerful and leading minds all took part is, you know, uncouth to talk about.
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I think in part this reflects the way that Trump's words are always completely empty and he doesn't quite understand that other people don't work that way
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I think in part this reflects the way that Trump's words are always completely empty and he doesn't quite understand that other people don't work that way
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Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Imagine being one of those CEOs or school presidents who bowed down to this weird old man, then realizing he doesn’t like you as much as he likes this guy who didn’t bow at all
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god trump so clearly thinks mamdani is an alpha and is ingratiating himself
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
god trump so clearly thinks mamdani is an alpha and is ingratiating himself
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bahahahahahahahaha
Fox News is confused by Trump's friendly meeting with Mamdani.
"You know, it was a surprise to see those two getting along as well as they did. A couple of times I asked the mayor-elect a tougher question, and the president almost helped him dodge it."
"You know, it was a surprise to see those two getting along as well as they did. A couple of times I asked the mayor-elect a tougher question, and the president almost helped him dodge it."
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
bahahahahahahahaha
Das Magazin "The Baffler" liefert im Moment ganz viele grossartige Texte! Zum Beispiel diese Rezension von Lea Ypis neuem Buch:
Lea Ypi’s “Indignity” tries to be at once a memoir, a philosophy tract, a historical novel, and “Candide” for the twenty-first century—but it doesn’t do any of them successfully.
A Philosopher After All
Lea Ypi’s “Indignity” tries to be too many things—and doesn’t quite succeed at any.
thebaffler.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Das Magazin "The Baffler" liefert im Moment ganz viele grossartige Texte! Zum Beispiel diese Rezension von Lea Ypis neuem Buch:
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Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Its near "super intelligence" "replacing professionals" in the PR rounds, then once everyone is convinced and uses them for legal and medical advice, following the deceptive marketing, they slip it in the terms of service that you shouldn't do that.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
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November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Life lessons from the “Godmother of Punk.”
open.spotify.com/episode/7FOm...
youtu.be/MY2SpuLync4?...
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Life lessons from the “Godmother of Punk.”
open.spotify.com/episode/7FOm...
youtu.be/MY2SpuLync4?...
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Life lessons from the “Godmother of Punk.”
open.spotify.com/episode/7FOm...
youtu.be/MY2SpuLync4?...
Patti Smith on the One Desire That Lasts Forever
Life lessons from the “Godmother of Punk.”
open.spotify.com/episode/7FOm...
youtu.be/MY2SpuLync4?...
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Random memory but does anyone recall the TNG episode "The Drumhead" where someone actually does a bunch of witch hunts as part of a space-McCarthyism, but eventually are brought down when they have an incredibly breakdown by... like by basically sounding exactly like Trump does here?
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Random memory but does anyone recall the TNG episode "The Drumhead" where someone actually does a bunch of witch hunts as part of a space-McCarthyism, but eventually are brought down when they have an incredibly breakdown by... like by basically sounding exactly like Trump does here?
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New ETV out for everyone! I'm joined by @rechelon.bsky.social to discuss his excellent book Did the Science Wars Take Place? We focus in particular on his breakdown of different kinds of relativism and how they are problematic in leftist spaces. Enjoy!
Did the Science Wars Take Place? with William Gillis — Embrace The Void
My guest this week is anarchist activist William Gillis, author of the book Did the Science Wars Take Place? The Political and Ethical Stakes of Radical Realism. We cover the many flavors of anti-real...
www.voidpod.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:55 PM
New ETV out for everyone! I'm joined by @rechelon.bsky.social to discuss his excellent book Did the Science Wars Take Place? We focus in particular on his breakdown of different kinds of relativism and how they are problematic in leftist spaces. Enjoy!
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This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This is easily an order of magnitude larger than the number of firings in the entire years-long 'cancel culture' panic.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show.
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
Is this the future of MAGA?
With political writer John Ganz, who’s studied the roots of antisemitism on the right and has followed the evolution of MAGA closely.
youtu.be/6jyDHToxC-4?...
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The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
The Danish Social Democrats who have pursued far right policies on immigration and governs with the centre-right are set to lose in Copenhagen for the first time in a 100 years, while the left looks set to win a major victory today.