Spirolina Agnew
@apologist.bsky.social
(she/her) // poly sci phd student // Hyman Minsky stan // fish psychic
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Spirolina Agnew
@apologist.bsky.social
· Nov 20
quick intro: im a poly sci phd student who studies American political behavior with a focus on what I call “abnormal politics”, which includes conspiracy theory, far-right extremism, militias, white nationalism, and most generally political weirdos.
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
dude has she negatively polarized you into motivating your reasoning? red flag bro
November 21, 2024 at 12:10 AM
dude has she negatively polarized you into motivating your reasoning? red flag bro
Imagine pulling up to a telescope expecting to see some cool space antimatter or something and just
November 21, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Imagine pulling up to a telescope expecting to see some cool space antimatter or something and just
quick intro: im a poly sci phd student who studies American political behavior with a focus on what I call “abnormal politics”, which includes conspiracy theory, far-right extremism, militias, white nationalism, and most generally political weirdos.
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
November 20, 2024 at 11:59 PM
quick intro: im a poly sci phd student who studies American political behavior with a focus on what I call “abnormal politics”, which includes conspiracy theory, far-right extremism, militias, white nationalism, and most generally political weirdos.
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
otherwise I’m j a chill gal
Diary of the Too Woke Friend day 187:
calling my friends problematic for planning to go to Nosferatu opening weekend bc Dracula is a fascist figure in Romania
calling my friends problematic for planning to go to Nosferatu opening weekend bc Dracula is a fascist figure in Romania
November 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Diary of the Too Woke Friend day 187:
calling my friends problematic for planning to go to Nosferatu opening weekend bc Dracula is a fascist figure in Romania
calling my friends problematic for planning to go to Nosferatu opening weekend bc Dracula is a fascist figure in Romania
turns out you can mass abandon a social media platform bc of its politics successfully, wonder why it didn’t work for truth social, gab, rumble, insert one of the dozen others, . . .
November 20, 2024 at 11:53 PM
turns out you can mass abandon a social media platform bc of its politics successfully, wonder why it didn’t work for truth social, gab, rumble, insert one of the dozen others, . . .
I love that the vast majority of the people who use the term game theory on the internet have also never heard of a expected utility function
November 20, 2024 at 11:46 PM
I love that the vast majority of the people who use the term game theory on the internet have also never heard of a expected utility function
that’s it we have to kill Oprah guys. I know it’s a tough sell but we must do what’s necessary in order to maintain balance in the eternal cosmic war of dark vs light
Trump picks "miracle cure" tv doc Dr. Oz to run Medicare/Medicaid.
November 19, 2024 at 9:53 PM
that’s it we have to kill Oprah guys. I know it’s a tough sell but we must do what’s necessary in order to maintain balance in the eternal cosmic war of dark vs light
meal prepping (def):
the creation and storage of weapons of biological warfare in a refrigerator. perpetrators will evade detection by using the coded langue of “financial efficiency” and “time management”
the creation and storage of weapons of biological warfare in a refrigerator. perpetrators will evade detection by using the coded langue of “financial efficiency” and “time management”
November 19, 2024 at 9:52 PM
meal prepping (def):
the creation and storage of weapons of biological warfare in a refrigerator. perpetrators will evade detection by using the coded langue of “financial efficiency” and “time management”
the creation and storage of weapons of biological warfare in a refrigerator. perpetrators will evade detection by using the coded langue of “financial efficiency” and “time management”
poly sci research sometimes seems to fair to conservatives but that’s mostly the result of us failing to conceptualize a “batshit crazy” measure (yet)
November 19, 2024 at 9:45 PM
poly sci research sometimes seems to fair to conservatives but that’s mostly the result of us failing to conceptualize a “batshit crazy” measure (yet)
I updated my sudoku app two weeks ago and it added a points tournament feature, I’ve never used anything beside the basic puzzle so I didn’t realize this until today. Come to find that I have won, on accident, won both APP WIDE tournaments since update, one by nearly DOUBLE POINTS over 2nd place
November 18, 2024 at 11:51 PM
I updated my sudoku app two weeks ago and it added a points tournament feature, I’ve never used anything beside the basic puzzle so I didn’t realize this until today. Come to find that I have won, on accident, won both APP WIDE tournaments since update, one by nearly DOUBLE POINTS over 2nd place
okay this app seems fine or whatever but currently 2/3 of my discover page is in German???
November 8, 2024 at 4:30 PM
okay this app seems fine or whatever but currently 2/3 of my discover page is in German???
I really used to post the most insane shit, now, whose ready for my 50th diatribe about motivated reasoning and ingroup bias disguised as Discourse
November 7, 2024 at 7:26 AM
I really used to post the most insane shit, now, whose ready for my 50th diatribe about motivated reasoning and ingroup bias disguised as Discourse
if you put my screen name through Google translate too many times it becomes Algae Nixon
July 26, 2023 at 4:34 PM
if you put my screen name through Google translate too many times it becomes Algae Nixon
Reposted by Spirolina Agnew
correct. my posts are more important than any issue.
July 26, 2023 at 5:11 AM
correct. my posts are more important than any issue.
the answers to most broad questions seem pretty simple to me, maybe it’s an autism thing, but the answer is usually “if it hurts more people than it helps it’s bad” and visa versa. Of course this means I am now terminally addicted to The Discourse
July 26, 2023 at 3:06 AM
the answers to most broad questions seem pretty simple to me, maybe it’s an autism thing, but the answer is usually “if it hurts more people than it helps it’s bad” and visa versa. Of course this means I am now terminally addicted to The Discourse
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the same companies that have made it illegal for me to copy blu rays for my personal use want to copy people for their commercial use
As Hollywood executives claim they can't afford to pay actors better wages, they're also spending lavishly on AI, with Netflix offering $900,000 for a single AI product manager.
87% of actors earn under $26k.
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/25/strike-hollywood-ai-disney-netflix/
87% of actors earn under $26k.
https://theintercept.com/2023/07/25/strike-hollywood-ai-disney-netflix/
As Actors Strike for AI Protections, Netflix Lists $900,000 AI Job
Hollywood executives said writers’ and actors’ strike demands like raising wages and protecting actors’ likenesses from AI was “unrealistic.”
theintercept.com
July 25, 2023 at 6:55 PM
the same companies that have made it illegal for me to copy blu rays for my personal use want to copy people for their commercial use
anyone else on this app watching the new season of link click bc I’m about to lose my mind it’s literally such a step above everything else
July 16, 2023 at 9:54 PM
anyone else on this app watching the new season of link click bc I’m about to lose my mind it’s literally such a step above everything else
question, been thinking about this a lot, for any given minority group: do you (personally) prefer media (tv/book/movies) where your group is active and present in the plot/world but handled somewhat problematically, or if there’s just one non-involved background characters whose handled well?
July 14, 2023 at 3:39 AM
question, been thinking about this a lot, for any given minority group: do you (personally) prefer media (tv/book/movies) where your group is active and present in the plot/world but handled somewhat problematically, or if there’s just one non-involved background characters whose handled well?
have we considered she reads at bars NOT because she’s shy or bc she’s different from other girls and RATHER bc she has really bad adhd and can’t focus without noise (not at all a personal gripe)
July 14, 2023 at 3:36 AM
have we considered she reads at bars NOT because she’s shy or bc she’s different from other girls and RATHER bc she has really bad adhd and can’t focus without noise (not at all a personal gripe)
feeling a tad nostalgic for the school I just graduated from, here’s a photo of me in front of the science complex :)
July 11, 2023 at 7:39 PM
feeling a tad nostalgic for the school I just graduated from, here’s a photo of me in front of the science complex :)
enjoying Bluesky a lot, good app, but sometimes I miss the brain stew that made up Twitter. It produced this delicious brain melting tweet that I literally never stop thinking about
July 9, 2023 at 1:29 AM
enjoying Bluesky a lot, good app, but sometimes I miss the brain stew that made up Twitter. It produced this delicious brain melting tweet that I literally never stop thinking about
Benadryl is the poor man’s cbd
July 9, 2023 at 12:46 AM
Benadryl is the poor man’s cbd
see this is all good advice but instead I just take Benadryl (terrible choice)
Struggle with sleep? Here are some useful tips:
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
• Turn your phone off early
• Have a relaxing bath
• Open the window
• Help a raccoon climb through the window so you can watch NetFlix together
• This is a sleepover now
• Make popcorn for the raccoon
• Avoid caffeine
July 9, 2023 at 12:40 AM
see this is all good advice but instead I just take Benadryl (terrible choice)
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reskeet if you love how queer people took this app over and made it a horny commie utopia or if you piss in the bathroom sink
July 8, 2023 at 11:10 PM
reskeet if you love how queer people took this app over and made it a horny commie utopia or if you piss in the bathroom sink