Adrian Constantin
@adriancjr.bsky.social
From Finland, in our world and our times.
Typos galore.
Opinions 100% my own.
Typos galore.
Opinions 100% my own.
Pinned
What's your theory of change?
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Procedural violations (her emails) or personal flaws (Biden’s aging) are understandable in this framework and need to be punished to reassert the legitimacy of the system. “The president is a rapist who participated in a child trafficking network” breaks the whole premise of legitimacy.
November 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Procedural violations (her emails) or personal flaws (Biden’s aging) are understandable in this framework and need to be punished to reassert the legitimacy of the system. “The president is a rapist who participated in a child trafficking network” breaks the whole premise of legitimacy.
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I know there were way way more “indirect” deaths from Covid. They’re not even diagnosed, tracked etc. Like my uncle who died late last year. In hospital for a circulatory issue which was successfully treated, got Covid in hospital, got pneumonia after that, discharged home, never got better, died
November 13, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I know there were way way more “indirect” deaths from Covid. They’re not even diagnosed, tracked etc. Like my uncle who died late last year. In hospital for a circulatory issue which was successfully treated, got Covid in hospital, got pneumonia after that, discharged home, never got better, died
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It is hard to get over that the Q-Anon folks spent years feverishly looking in pizza parlors for the cabal of rich, elite pedophiles and it turns out THERE WAS ONE, right in front of their noses, which they failed to identify and instead voted for three times in a row.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
It is hard to get over that the Q-Anon folks spent years feverishly looking in pizza parlors for the cabal of rich, elite pedophiles and it turns out THERE WAS ONE, right in front of their noses, which they failed to identify and instead voted for three times in a row.
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What you want from a functional, thriving superpower is every reporter in the country spending all day combing through a cache of documents that all say, more or less, “hi [rich ruling class person], it was good seeing you last week for all the child sex crimes!”
November 13, 2025 at 3:13 AM
What you want from a functional, thriving superpower is every reporter in the country spending all day combing through a cache of documents that all say, more or less, “hi [rich ruling class person], it was good seeing you last week for all the child sex crimes!”
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October 31, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Hey, look, public health is not the only field in which the latest science doesn't make it into policy for decades!
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Hey, look, public health is not the only field in which the latest science doesn't make it into policy for decades!
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
"For example, we’ve known for years that cleaning the indoor air would drastically reduce airborne illness. A new technology called Far UVC inactivates viral pathogens in the air. Combining these two could be a game changer. Yet people seem to prefer getting sick rather than breaking from The Borg."
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"For example, we’ve known for years that cleaning the indoor air would drastically reduce airborne illness. A new technology called Far UVC inactivates viral pathogens in the air. Combining these two could be a game changer. Yet people seem to prefer getting sick rather than breaking from The Borg."
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Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
"Pluribus" captures the isolation of COVID-awareness in a COVID denialist world
For years I've described having Long COVID as living in a horror movie. Now that horror movie (well, prestige Apple TV show) is here.
www.thegauntlet.news
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Living with Long COVID often feels like living in a horror movie. Along with your disease comes a creepy Hive Mind refusal to acknowledge the dangers of COVID infection. In Vince Gilligan's new Apple TV show Pluribus, the Hive Mind comes to life:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/pluribus-c...
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Glad I wasn’t the only one to see the parallels with Covid awareness.
It feels like there are fewer and fewer of us who haven’t become rhinos. 🦏
It feels like there are fewer and fewer of us who haven’t become rhinos. 🦏
November 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Glad I wasn’t the only one to see the parallels with Covid awareness.
It feels like there are fewer and fewer of us who haven’t become rhinos. 🦏
It feels like there are fewer and fewer of us who haven’t become rhinos. 🦏
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Hi All, Just released my latest free weekend update. No. 158--which amazingly enough comes out almost exactly three years after the first one. Its been quite a trip.
Today, the focus is on blackouts. Darkness is coming early to both Russia and Ukraine this winter. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Today, the focus is on blackouts. Darkness is coming early to both Russia and Ukraine this winter. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #158: The Long Dark Winter Has Come Early
Pokrovsk Update; Sanctions Bluster Unravelling
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Hi All, Just released my latest free weekend update. No. 158--which amazingly enough comes out almost exactly three years after the first one. Its been quite a trip.
Today, the focus is on blackouts. Darkness is coming early to both Russia and Ukraine this winter. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Today, the focus is on blackouts. Darkness is coming early to both Russia and Ukraine this winter. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Another 🎯🧵 by @drseanmullen.bsky.social on Twitter (too important to not post here)
"In today’s world, if you can’t distill that truth into an 8-second message like an image, a line, an AI-generated reel…you’ll lose people before they ever engage..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19867...
"In today’s world, if you can’t distill that truth into an 8-second message like an image, a line, an AI-generated reel…you’ll lose people before they ever engage..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19867...
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Another 🎯🧵 by @drseanmullen.bsky.social on Twitter (too important to not post here)
"In today’s world, if you can’t distill that truth into an 8-second message like an image, a line, an AI-generated reel…you’ll lose people before they ever engage..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19867...
"In today’s world, if you can’t distill that truth into an 8-second message like an image, a line, an AI-generated reel…you’ll lose people before they ever engage..."
Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19867...
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One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of the more insidious forms oppression takes is in the restriction of the language necessary to discuss one’s own oppression.
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Whether it’s algorithmic censorship of terms or the semantic flattening of the terms themselves, it all has the effect of preventing people from naming their pain
Tower of Pisa, your nemesis is here!
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Tower of Pisa, your nemesis is here!
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Rich sociopaths threatening to flee New York should not be taken lightly. Think about all the damage done by the psycho who left New York and has recently demolished a public building in downtown Washington DC.
November 7, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Rich sociopaths threatening to flee New York should not be taken lightly. Think about all the damage done by the psycho who left New York and has recently demolished a public building in downtown Washington DC.
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Se on #pandemiaPerjantai ja uudet #SARS-CoV2 #jätevesi datat, päivitetyt kaaviot, olkaa hyvät!
- Kuopio, Oulu, Joensuu, nousua
- Hki, Tampere, Oulu, tasaantunut kesää korkeammalle tasolle
- vuosivertailussa poikkeuksellisen matalaa
- Kuopio, Oulu, Joensuu, nousua
- Hki, Tampere, Oulu, tasaantunut kesää korkeammalle tasolle
- vuosivertailussa poikkeuksellisen matalaa
November 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Se on #pandemiaPerjantai ja uudet #SARS-CoV2 #jätevesi datat, päivitetyt kaaviot, olkaa hyvät!
- Kuopio, Oulu, Joensuu, nousua
- Hki, Tampere, Oulu, tasaantunut kesää korkeammalle tasolle
- vuosivertailussa poikkeuksellisen matalaa
- Kuopio, Oulu, Joensuu, nousua
- Hki, Tampere, Oulu, tasaantunut kesää korkeammalle tasolle
- vuosivertailussa poikkeuksellisen matalaa
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Its tenets resemble religious dogma.
Never mind standard deregulation -
If we eradicate government and supranational organizations altogether, then surely, that will unleash market forces and lead to perpetual growth.
The omnipotent invisible hand is our God.
We've just got to believe.
Never mind standard deregulation -
If we eradicate government and supranational organizations altogether, then surely, that will unleash market forces and lead to perpetual growth.
The omnipotent invisible hand is our God.
We've just got to believe.
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Its tenets resemble religious dogma.
Never mind standard deregulation -
If we eradicate government and supranational organizations altogether, then surely, that will unleash market forces and lead to perpetual growth.
The omnipotent invisible hand is our God.
We've just got to believe.
Never mind standard deregulation -
If we eradicate government and supranational organizations altogether, then surely, that will unleash market forces and lead to perpetual growth.
The omnipotent invisible hand is our God.
We've just got to believe.
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Phrenology is back!
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
Should facial analysis help determine whom companies hire?
A new paper suggests a photo can tell a recruiter much about an applicant’s personality
econ.st
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Phrenology is back!
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Se on #pandemiaPerjantai ja uudet @thlfi.bsky.social #SARS-CoV2 #jätevesi datat. Päivitetyt kaaviot, olkaa hyvät!
- nousujohteinen vipatus jatkuu, viikkovaihtelu haittaa trendin seuraamista, mutta nousujohteiselta näyttää
- vuosivertailussa edelleen matalia määriä
- nousujohteinen vipatus jatkuu, viikkovaihtelu haittaa trendin seuraamista, mutta nousujohteiselta näyttää
- vuosivertailussa edelleen matalia määriä
October 31, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Se on #pandemiaPerjantai ja uudet @thlfi.bsky.social #SARS-CoV2 #jätevesi datat. Päivitetyt kaaviot, olkaa hyvät!
- nousujohteinen vipatus jatkuu, viikkovaihtelu haittaa trendin seuraamista, mutta nousujohteiselta näyttää
- vuosivertailussa edelleen matalia määriä
- nousujohteinen vipatus jatkuu, viikkovaihtelu haittaa trendin seuraamista, mutta nousujohteiselta näyttää
- vuosivertailussa edelleen matalia määriä
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Hi All, Just released my latest free weekend update. The Battle of Pokrovsk (which we were first told in July 2024 was doomed) might finally be ending. The Russians have slaughtered masses to possibly take it, Ukraine is right not to do the same to hold it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #157: The Battle Of Pokrovsk Might Be Ending
Pokrovsk Proves that Ukraine Needs Not To Throw All of Its Young People Into The Front-Line; China Calls BS On Trump's Sanctions
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Hi All, Just released my latest free weekend update. The Battle of Pokrovsk (which we were first told in July 2024 was doomed) might finally be ending. The Russians have slaughtered masses to possibly take it, Ukraine is right not to do the same to hold it. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Thanks for representing, Tom Hanks! Folks who wear respirators in 2025 know what's up 💜
October 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for representing, Tom Hanks! Folks who wear respirators in 2025 know what's up 💜
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“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
“Tell your children who the cowards were.”
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Individual justices may wobble but the Roberts' court as a whole is aiding and abetting the destruction of public health, biomedical research and healthcare in this country. This is John Roberts' legacy. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
John Roberts Is a Threat to the Health of Every American
The Supreme Court chief is complicit in the destruction of the federal government’s public health infrastructure.
www.thenation.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Individual justices may wobble but the Roberts' court as a whole is aiding and abetting the destruction of public health, biomedical research and healthcare in this country. This is John Roberts' legacy. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The equation "X is not political" has no solutions. There is no x which satisfies that condition.
"X shouldn't be political." OK but it is. Now what?
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The equation "X is not political" has no solutions. There is no x which satisfies that condition.