Maren Behrensen
@mbehrensen.bsky.social
Philosophy (trans and gender stuff, technology, social ontology, cognitive warfare) | Mushrooms (not that kind) | Scifi and sports dorkery
It took Abiy Ahmed roughly a year to go from Nobel laureate to war criminal. Maybe she gets to instigate war crimes before she even receives hers. And by these standards, Trump is sure to be the 2026 pick.
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It took Abiy Ahmed roughly a year to go from Nobel laureate to war criminal. Maybe she gets to instigate war crimes before she even receives hers. And by these standards, Trump is sure to be the 2026 pick.
BRD Noir Extrem. Im Hintergrund Radio. Hörerinnen rufen zum Thema Herzkrankheiten an, dann Fleetwood Mac.
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BRD Noir Extrem. Im Hintergrund Radio. Hörerinnen rufen zum Thema Herzkrankheiten an, dann Fleetwood Mac.
So Elmo says he needs one trillion dollars to build and control a "robot army." Not only is he still lifting his "business ideas" from ancient video games, he's also the kind of person who'd side with Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas. Of course he is.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So Elmo says he needs one trillion dollars to build and control a "robot army." Not only is he still lifting his "business ideas" from ancient video games, he's also the kind of person who'd side with Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas. Of course he is.
Thinking about Ursula and the Odonians today.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thinking about Ursula and the Odonians today.
Been pondering the ending for a full day now, and it's not just a damn good study of how cults operate, I think it can also be watched as a season-length retelling of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Been pondering the ending for a full day now, and it's not just a damn good study of how cults operate, I think it can also be watched as a season-length retelling of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
It would be very 2025 if the decision to award the Peace Nobel to Machado turned out to be a catalyst for war.
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It would be very 2025 if the decision to award the Peace Nobel to Machado turned out to be a catalyst for war.
Today I heard Stephen Miller's politics described as Jean Raspail fanfic. And that's just what this is.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today I heard Stephen Miller's politics described as Jean Raspail fanfic. And that's just what this is.
Seilzug dran und ab geht der Zelebrant. Es wäre so einfach...
October 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Seilzug dran und ab geht der Zelebrant. Es wäre so einfach...
There's the problem of dirty hands. And then there's the spectacle of court jesters happily bathing their hands in blood.
October 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
There's the problem of dirty hands. And then there's the spectacle of court jesters happily bathing their hands in blood.
A fascist using Norse mythology to honor another fascist.
September 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A fascist using Norse mythology to honor another fascist.
USian fascism has its own martyr now.
September 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
USian fascism has its own martyr now.
Nur einer von mindestens einem Dutzend Artikeln in der Berliner Zeitung, die ausschließlich die Antworten von LLMs zu bestimmten Themen wiedergeben.
August 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nur einer von mindestens einem Dutzend Artikeln in der Berliner Zeitung, die ausschließlich die Antworten von LLMs zu bestimmten Themen wiedergeben.
So this is what it looks like when someone's siding with the leopard who's eating his face right now.
August 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
So this is what it looks like when someone's siding with the leopard who's eating his face right now.
Wenn nach drei Wochen mit durchschnittlichem Juli- und Augustwetter (die immer noch zu warm und sicher nicht "verregnet" waren) die Regionalnachrichten die nächste tödliche Hitzewelle mit "endlich wieder Sommer" ankündigen:
August 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Wenn nach drei Wochen mit durchschnittlichem Juli- und Augustwetter (die immer noch zu warm und sicher nicht "verregnet" waren) die Regionalnachrichten die nächste tödliche Hitzewelle mit "endlich wieder Sommer" ankündigen:
The one sport I truly do not understand. But there is occasional cheering and a scoreboard, so they're keeping score of something.
August 9, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The one sport I truly do not understand. But there is occasional cheering and a scoreboard, so they're keeping score of something.
Short and sweet argument for the value of the humanities - from A. J. Peterson's recent paper AI and the Problem of Knowledge Collapse:
July 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Short and sweet argument for the value of the humanities - from A. J. Peterson's recent paper AI and the Problem of Knowledge Collapse:
Früher haben sie Politik für den Stammtisch gemacht. Jetzt machen sie Politik für ein Shitter-Paralleluniversum aus Bots, KI-Halluzinationen, Rassisten und Antifeministen, die einander immer weiter aufpeitschen.
July 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Früher haben sie Politik für den Stammtisch gemacht. Jetzt machen sie Politik für ein Shitter-Paralleluniversum aus Bots, KI-Halluzinationen, Rassisten und Antifeministen, die einander immer weiter aufpeitschen.
What is this timeline even?
July 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
What is this timeline even?
Wenn die ehemalige Chefin (katholische Theologie) bei ihrer Abschiedsvorlesung in einem Atemzug trans rights, inter rights und Wissenschaftsfreiheit sagt:
July 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Wenn die ehemalige Chefin (katholische Theologie) bei ihrer Abschiedsvorlesung in einem Atemzug trans rights, inter rights und Wissenschaftsfreiheit sagt:
So viel kognitive Dissonanz in so wenigen Sätzen muss man auch erstmal hinbekommen.
June 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So viel kognitive Dissonanz in so wenigen Sätzen muss man auch erstmal hinbekommen.
If Leo XVI writes an encyclical about "artificial intelligence", I fully expect him to quote or refer to this:
June 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
If Leo XVI writes an encyclical about "artificial intelligence", I fully expect him to quote or refer to this: