M R. X. Dentith
@mrxdentith.com
Philosopher (BNU-ZH): works on conspiracy theory theory, fake news, etc. Associate editor for "Social Epistemology."
Pronouns: they/them
Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
Pronouns: they/them
Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
I spent most of last night writing up the rules for the card game I am designing, mostly so I can give it to a friend to play test. No idea whether the game itself will be fun, but the mental exercise of designing a game is fun
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I spent most of last night writing up the rules for the card game I am designing, mostly so I can give it to a friend to play test. No idea whether the game itself will be fun, but the mental exercise of designing a game is fun
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New salutation just dropped
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New salutation just dropped
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The Andrew Little situation strongly implies he just confidently assumed he could manage Chung fine, and put zero thought into it beyond that.
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The Andrew Little situation strongly implies he just confidently assumed he could manage Chung fine, and put zero thought into it beyond that.
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
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Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
"We did our best to neutralise its adverse effects and we will campaign at the next election to repeal it," Peters told Radio Waatea.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
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If we are stopping puberty blockers due to a lack of evidence, then by that metric all SSRIs should also be stopped.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If we are stopping puberty blockers due to a lack of evidence, then by that metric all SSRIs should also be stopped.
Who is prototyping a board game? Me!
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Who is prototyping a board game? Me!
Alan Tarica seems to have disappeared from BlueSky. How sad!
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Alan Tarica seems to have disappeared from BlueSky. How sad!
People keep sending me SubStack links and I keep telling them I’m not going to visit their Nazi bar
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
People keep sending me SubStack links and I keep telling them I’m not going to visit their Nazi bar
It’s kind of astounding how many people read this article and went “Shame on the publisher for being so cheap to use AI covers!” when the issue is that the publisher paid for designed covers, only to find out that the designer cheated them
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s kind of astounding how many people read this article and went “Shame on the publisher for being so cheap to use AI covers!” when the issue is that the publisher paid for designed covers, only to find out that the designer cheated them
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I live in a time when "a cabal of pedophiles runs the country" and "the national media have been engaging in a multi a year long conspiracy to end democracy" are factual statements and I want a refund
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I live in a time when "a cabal of pedophiles runs the country" and "the national media have been engaging in a multi a year long conspiracy to end democracy" are factual statements and I want a refund
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Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I'm doing an interview for a Turkish sociology journal by email, and its fascinating because the questions are good but my answers will be translated into Turkish. So I have to be careful in how I phrase things in order to forestall potential ambiguities that the translators would need to deal with.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I'm doing an interview for a Turkish sociology journal by email, and its fascinating because the questions are good but my answers will be translated into Turkish. So I have to be careful in how I phrase things in order to forestall potential ambiguities that the translators would need to deal with.
There is a place in Guangzhou that does a vegan pork belly dish that is basically a fairly common fake pork product that has been deep fried to perfection. I'm going to try and replicate it in an airfryer...
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There is a place in Guangzhou that does a vegan pork belly dish that is basically a fairly common fake pork product that has been deep fried to perfection. I'm going to try and replicate it in an airfryer...
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a concept i talk about a lot with the guy i'm seeing is "fast thinking", which is like low-grade, shallow, and easily disposable pop intellectualism. key hallmarks include focusing on discourse over substance, not being able to separate similar form from different content, and "annoying = evil"
legitimately i think one of the core failings of centrist pundits is that they have come to define themselves by what they are against--to chart their intellectual course by who they think is being annoying this week--instead of by recourse to genuine principle
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
a concept i talk about a lot with the guy i'm seeing is "fast thinking", which is like low-grade, shallow, and easily disposable pop intellectualism. key hallmarks include focusing on discourse over substance, not being able to separate similar form from different content, and "annoying = evil"
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Hey, who's up for reaffirming some particularism? You know @mrxdentith.com and I are - all day, every day. Listen to us now as we reaffirm the shit out of it like you wouldn't believe.
Particularism Reaffirmed! by @Em Dentith
Aw, Particularism - why so glum? You look like you need some positive affirmation - some reaffirmation, even. Well, you're in luck, because M, Kurtis and Charles have just authored “Particularism Reaf...
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November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hey, who's up for reaffirming some particularism? You know @mrxdentith.com and I are - all day, every day. Listen to us now as we reaffirm the shit out of it like you wouldn't believe.
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This is correct. Anyone who has ever worked in an institution with a very steep power hierarchy has seen this kind of email and knows exactly what it means.
emailing in a semi-literate manner isn’t a sign of stupidity, it’s another form of rich asshole arrogance because you don’t think you owe anyone coherent thoughts
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This is correct. Anyone who has ever worked in an institution with a very steep power hierarchy has seen this kind of email and knows exactly what it means.
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Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Editorial note for anyone writing about Epstein, there is no such thing as an "underage woman."
Aside from the cheeky look the bull is giving, popping out from behind two milk bottles, one has to wonder if the bull is small or the bottles really really big!
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Aside from the cheeky look the bull is giving, popping out from behind two milk bottles, one has to wonder if the bull is small or the bottles really really big!
Not one, but two prince andrews!
What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Not one, but two prince andrews!
The problem with the fourth #ParamormalActivity film is that it’s just a sequence of footage. Ostensibly it’s found footage, but there’s no hook this time, no contrivance to explain how it comes from a single source. It’s just events that have been filmed
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The problem with the fourth #ParamormalActivity film is that it’s just a sequence of footage. Ostensibly it’s found footage, but there’s no hook this time, no contrivance to explain how it comes from a single source. It’s just events that have been filmed
I always need a day to relax after a conference or workshop, and most unfortunately that couldn’t be yesterday as I had to teach. And it can’t really be today as I have a reading group to run (and maybe another to attend). Maybe tomorrow?
November 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I always need a day to relax after a conference or workshop, and most unfortunately that couldn’t be yesterday as I had to teach. And it can’t really be today as I have a reading group to run (and maybe another to attend). Maybe tomorrow?
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Just your regular reminder of the profound conflict of interest at the heart of the Luxon fast track: Chris Bishop is both chair of the National Party Campaign Committee, dependent on business donations, and as Infrastructure Minister decides which businesses get access to the fast track.
November 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Just your regular reminder of the profound conflict of interest at the heart of the Luxon fast track: Chris Bishop is both chair of the National Party Campaign Committee, dependent on business donations, and as Infrastructure Minister decides which businesses get access to the fast track.
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
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Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...