Irene Kaoru
@irenekaoru.bsky.social
Artist / writer / creative director & marketing strategist / overgrown theater nerd /📍SF
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Preorders for Cyberpunk Legends are now open!
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
A billowy white of giving up and just submitting to the relentless scream of fascism and capitalism
A lofty white that serves as a symbol of rising white supremacy
A softly empty white of dying brains wiped of original thoughts by overuse of LLM chatbots
A cold lonely white echoing in the Void
A lofty white that serves as a symbol of rising white supremacy
A softly empty white of dying brains wiped of original thoughts by overuse of LLM chatbots
A cold lonely white echoing in the Void
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A billowy white of giving up and just submitting to the relentless scream of fascism and capitalism
A lofty white that serves as a symbol of rising white supremacy
A softly empty white of dying brains wiped of original thoughts by overuse of LLM chatbots
A cold lonely white echoing in the Void
A lofty white that serves as a symbol of rising white supremacy
A softly empty white of dying brains wiped of original thoughts by overuse of LLM chatbots
A cold lonely white echoing in the Void
Funny story, apropos of absolutely nothing, I remember once sincerely blurting out "WE LIVE IN HELL" to my doctor in answer to "How have you been doing?" ... they referred me to a psychiatrist
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Funny story, apropos of absolutely nothing, I remember once sincerely blurting out "WE LIVE IN HELL" to my doctor in answer to "How have you been doing?" ... they referred me to a psychiatrist
Be gentle with your San Francisco friends tonight, we are not ok 😭 RIP Claude 💟 sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
Famed San Francisco albino alligator Claude dies at 30
The unofficial mascot for San Francisco recently had a year of birthday celebrations.
sfstandard.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Be gentle with your San Francisco friends tonight, we are not ok 😭 RIP Claude 💟 sfstandard.com/2025/12/02/b...
Preorders for Cyberpunk Legends are now open!
Late Pledges are now open for a limited time. night-crew-games.pledgemanager.com/projects/cyb... #cyberpunkmonday
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Preorders for Cyberpunk Legends are now open!
The first time in my entire life I have cared about the Thanksgiving Parade! Sp good!!! 😭😸💜✨
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The first time in my entire life I have cared about the Thanksgiving Parade! Sp good!!! 😭😸💜✨
Slop Evader: A new browser extension for avoiding AI slop. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mlofd...
Slop Evader - Chrome Web Store
An extension for avoiding AI slop
chromewebstore.google.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Slop Evader: A new browser extension for avoiding AI slop. chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mlofd...
Once you see the pattern in media of framing structural problems as individual & personal moral failings, you can't un-see it. "Device hoarding"? You mean, taking care of your things and expecting to use items for a long time? We needed a new & sinister term for this?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Once you see the pattern in media of framing structural problems as individual & personal moral failings, you can't un-see it. "Device hoarding"? You mean, taking care of your things and expecting to use items for a long time? We needed a new & sinister term for this?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h...
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The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The soft pedaling language being used to describe the men in the Epstein files is enraging.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
They didn’t “have sex with underage girls”.
They raped them.
Sex implies consent.
The survivors deserve better than this. Use the correct language. Say what these men did.
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Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Goodness me, I stayed up late reading and it’s already Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming by the Perimeter Fence Day. Hope you’ve all been good this year!
We don't have to settle for the genAI slop future. We don't have to allow rapacious tech execs to destroy our industries, our joy, our creativity. It's not inevitable, no matter what they tell you. We get to choose.
The whole talk is wonderful and moving. Some key lines are quoted in the thread.
The whole talk is wonderful and moving. Some key lines are quoted in the thread.
This talk from @monteiro.bsky.social is fantastic.
"We are born with hearts that want to make a mark on the world. This ability is not lost, it is taken from us."
A few more quotes in the thread ⬇️. There is much more in the full talk.
h/t @tante.cc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
"We are born with hearts that want to make a mark on the world. This ability is not lost, it is taken from us."
A few more quotes in the thread ⬇️. There is much more in the full talk.
h/t @tante.cc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH2d...
Y Oslo - How to draw an orange, Mike Monteiro
YouTube video by Y Oslo
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We don't have to settle for the genAI slop future. We don't have to allow rapacious tech execs to destroy our industries, our joy, our creativity. It's not inevitable, no matter what they tell you. We get to choose.
The whole talk is wonderful and moving. Some key lines are quoted in the thread.
The whole talk is wonderful and moving. Some key lines are quoted in the thread.
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When I see arguments about whether mental health problems are caused by trauma or neurotype or society or brain chemistry I feel like I'm watching two people have a fist fight over whether Kermit is a Muppet or a frog. Multiple things can be the case simultaneously. One does not negate the others.
November 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
When I see arguments about whether mental health problems are caused by trauma or neurotype or society or brain chemistry I feel like I'm watching two people have a fist fight over whether Kermit is a Muppet or a frog. Multiple things can be the case simultaneously. One does not negate the others.
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My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing.
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
October 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
My favorite thing as a writer is when I start ranting about something on Bluesky, get it all out of my system, and then turn it into a real piece of writing.
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
On that note: hey, it’s me, heckling centrist Dems in the New Republic!
newrepublic.com/article/2023...
Whenever anyone says the words "snackable content" I instantly get the Ick
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Whenever anyone says the words "snackable content" I instantly get the Ick
Me: oh nooooooo nooo make it stop nooo
Also me: Shut up and take my money
Also me: Shut up and take my money
Hasbro now has a license to make KPop Demon Hunters toys - so how long until we see Rumi, Mira, and Zoey on Magic: The Gathering cards?
Could this collab happen? Find out the details here ⬇️
#MTG #MagicTheGathering #KPopDemonHunters #Hasbro #MTGNews
www.wargamer.com/magic-the-ga...
Could this collab happen? Find out the details here ⬇️
#MTG #MagicTheGathering #KPopDemonHunters #Hasbro #MTGNews
www.wargamer.com/magic-the-ga...
Is MTG x KPop Demon Hunters inevitable, thanks to Hasbro's new brand deal?
Hasbro now has a license to make KPop Demon Hunters toys - so how long until we see Rumi, Mira, and Zoey on Magic: The Gathering cards?
www.wargamer.com
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me: oh nooooooo nooo make it stop nooo
Also me: Shut up and take my money
Also me: Shut up and take my money
Discovered artist Stacey Lee Webber today and her amazing hand-embroidered currency including this absolutely WILD series of clowns and costumes: www.staceyleewebber.com/clowns
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Discovered artist Stacey Lee Webber today and her amazing hand-embroidered currency including this absolutely WILD series of clowns and costumes: www.staceyleewebber.com/clowns
After ~15 years I have cancelled my Spotify premium account and switched. You can very easily move to Apple Music or Tidal. Playlisty made my switch seamless in less than 15 min.
Betw Spotify advertising for ICE, welcoming AI musicslop to their platform, & so much else, there's no other choice.
Betw Spotify advertising for ICE, welcoming AI musicslop to their platform, & so much else, there's no other choice.
October 23, 2025 at 11:35 PM
After ~15 years I have cancelled my Spotify premium account and switched. You can very easily move to Apple Music or Tidal. Playlisty made my switch seamless in less than 15 min.
Betw Spotify advertising for ICE, welcoming AI musicslop to their platform, & so much else, there's no other choice.
Betw Spotify advertising for ICE, welcoming AI musicslop to their platform, & so much else, there's no other choice.
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Me: if I was a big success as an artist i would be happy!
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
October 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Me: if I was a big success as an artist i would be happy!
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
Miyazaki: I hate everything. This sucks. Art is stupid.
Me:...I should try to find happiness outside of success. I should build it inside myself somehow.
Miyazaki: *smoking* I wish I was a cat.
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the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes
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Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
Cleve Jones: "This Is Our Country"
This is the first guest essay at Meditations in an Emergency. I'm proud to bring you yesterday's speech by the great Cleve Jones, who has for nearly half a century been a key organizer for the global ...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Cleve Jones gave a riveting, rousing speech at San Francisco's No Kings rally yesterday, and he's graciously allowing me to publish it. He began: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
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We’re beyond grateful — we just hit $1M on Kickstarter!
That also means we’ve unlocked the first expansion as part of the base game! #cyberpunk
That also means we’ve unlocked the first expansion as part of the base game! #cyberpunk
October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We’re beyond grateful — we just hit $1M on Kickstarter!
That also means we’ve unlocked the first expansion as part of the base game! #cyberpunk
That also means we’ve unlocked the first expansion as part of the base game! #cyberpunk
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
October 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I know Donald Trump is a pathological liar, malignant narcissistic sociopath, racist, antisemite, misogynist, xenophobe, homophobe, transphobe, hater of our troops and believer in euthanizing folks with disabilities, but we too often forget that he's *also* an adjudicated rapist and convicted felon.
Good morning ☀️ 🇺🇸
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Good morning ☀️ 🇺🇸