Peipei Nie
@peipeinie.bsky.social
a small creature, unobserved from orbit
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might as well change your bio to “investigative journalist by day, deranged little creature by night 🐀📱”
February 2, 2026 at 9:30 AM
might as well change your bio to “investigative journalist by day, deranged little creature by night 🐀📱”
18 U.S.C. § 372 — the federal conspiracy statute used against Jan. 6 rioters — is now being used against the Minneapolis mayor.
Storming the Capitol vs. telling ICE to “get the fuck out” at a press conference.
Violence vs. protected speech.
Same law. Disparate conduct.
Notice the asymmetry.
Storming the Capitol vs. telling ICE to “get the fuck out” at a press conference.
Violence vs. protected speech.
Same law. Disparate conduct.
Notice the asymmetry.
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
18 U.S.C. § 372 — the federal conspiracy statute used against Jan. 6 rioters — is now being used against the Minneapolis mayor.
Storming the Capitol vs. telling ICE to “get the fuck out” at a press conference.
Violence vs. protected speech.
Same law. Disparate conduct.
Notice the asymmetry.
Storming the Capitol vs. telling ICE to “get the fuck out” at a press conference.
Violence vs. protected speech.
Same law. Disparate conduct.
Notice the asymmetry.
“A little toxic” the way hydrogen is “a little flammable.”
(I attempted a normal caption but hydrogen tackled me in the parking lot.)
(I attempted a normal caption but hydrogen tackled me in the parking lot.)
January 31, 2026 at 2:09 PM
“A little toxic” the way hydrogen is “a little flammable.”
(I attempted a normal caption but hydrogen tackled me in the parking lot.)
(I attempted a normal caption but hydrogen tackled me in the parking lot.)
Power rarely lies outright.
It abstracts.
It scales language until harm disappears.
Exposure that doesn’t attack the language itself just adds facts to a fog.
It abstracts.
It scales language until harm disappears.
Exposure that doesn’t attack the language itself just adds facts to a fog.
January 21, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Power rarely lies outright.
It abstracts.
It scales language until harm disappears.
Exposure that doesn’t attack the language itself just adds facts to a fog.
It abstracts.
It scales language until harm disappears.
Exposure that doesn’t attack the language itself just adds facts to a fog.
Hydrogen with delusions of national security
January 15, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Hydrogen with delusions of national security
Who do you think you are?
Hydrogen with delusions of grandeur.
Hydrogen with delusions of grandeur.
January 14, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Who do you think you are?
Hydrogen with delusions of grandeur.
Hydrogen with delusions of grandeur.
如果一个没有力量、没有位置的人，
在我眼前被系统吞掉，
而我没有阻止，
那我也是共犯。
If a person with no power and no place
is swallowed by a system before my eyes,
and I do nothing to stop it,
then I am complicit as well.
在我眼前被系统吞掉，
而我没有阻止，
那我也是共犯。
If a person with no power and no place
is swallowed by a system before my eyes,
and I do nothing to stop it,
then I am complicit as well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:20 AM
如果一个没有力量、没有位置的人，
在我眼前被系统吞掉，
而我没有阻止，
那我也是共犯。
If a person with no power and no place
is swallowed by a system before my eyes,
and I do nothing to stop it,
then I am complicit as well.
在我眼前被系统吞掉，
而我没有阻止，
那我也是共犯。
If a person with no power and no place
is swallowed by a system before my eyes,
and I do nothing to stop it,
then I am complicit as well.
How many times do I have to resist the urge to type corpse when I mean corpus?
And why does my motor memory still reach for PHD when I mean PDF?
And why does my motor memory still reach for PHD when I mean PDF?
January 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
How many times do I have to resist the urge to type corpse when I mean corpus?
And why does my motor memory still reach for PHD when I mean PDF?
And why does my motor memory still reach for PHD when I mean PDF?
Forcing convergence on a non-convergent system only yields perpetual deferral.
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Forcing convergence on a non-convergent system only yields perpetual deferral.
Bullshit receptivity is how language testifies without committing perjury.
December 17, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Bullshit receptivity is how language testifies without committing perjury.
The irritation my presence causes isn’t hostility but dimensional mismatch.
Multi-dimensional thinkers destabilize flat-planes on arrival.
Most people register this as conflict.
It isn’t.
It’s geometry politely asserting itself.
Multi-dimensional thinkers destabilize flat-planes on arrival.
Most people register this as conflict.
It isn’t.
It’s geometry politely asserting itself.
November 24, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The irritation my presence causes isn’t hostility but dimensional mismatch.
Multi-dimensional thinkers destabilize flat-planes on arrival.
Most people register this as conflict.
It isn’t.
It’s geometry politely asserting itself.
Multi-dimensional thinkers destabilize flat-planes on arrival.
Most people register this as conflict.
It isn’t.
It’s geometry politely asserting itself.
Some people think in such low resolution that engaging with them feels like violating labor laws.
Their reasoning has fewer dimensions than my silence.
Their reasoning has fewer dimensions than my silence.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Some people think in such low resolution that engaging with them feels like violating labor laws.
Their reasoning has fewer dimensions than my silence.
Their reasoning has fewer dimensions than my silence.
When was the last time I ate LA galbi?
October 20, 2025 at 12:27 AM
When was the last time I ate LA galbi?
Linguistics and neuroscience corroborate: some people are empirically irritating (Smith et al., 2024).
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Linguistics and neuroscience corroborate: some people are empirically irritating (Smith et al., 2024).
i dropped a dryer ball and forgot about it. two days later i found it in my dog’s bed. turns out she’d been bringing it to my roommate to play fetch. so my roommate’s been out here… throwing laundry supplies and calling it bounding time 💀💀💀
September 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
i dropped a dryer ball and forgot about it. two days later i found it in my dog’s bed. turns out she’d been bringing it to my roommate to play fetch. so my roommate’s been out here… throwing laundry supplies and calling it bounding time 💀💀💀
Leaving things out is the only way to see clearly.
August 17, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Leaving things out is the only way to see clearly.
I grew. The archive stings. That’s enough.
August 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I grew. The archive stings. That’s enough.
“you write like someone who broke up with academia.”
– “we still keep in touch. every time i delete a hedge. i’m grateful. it made ambiguity so boring i had to develop taste.”
– “we still keep in touch. every time i delete a hedge. i’m grateful. it made ambiguity so boring i had to develop taste.”
August 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“you write like someone who broke up with academia.”
– “we still keep in touch. every time i delete a hedge. i’m grateful. it made ambiguity so boring i had to develop taste.”
– “we still keep in touch. every time i delete a hedge. i’m grateful. it made ambiguity so boring i had to develop taste.”
Good luck — but luck doesn’t wait for those who let the clock run out while endlessly rehearsing hypotheticals.
The cost of inaction is never theoretical — it’s the result you dismantled in your mind, the position you forfeited, and the future you timed out.
The cost of inaction is never theoretical — it’s the result you dismantled in your mind, the position you forfeited, and the future you timed out.
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Good luck — but luck doesn’t wait for those who let the clock run out while endlessly rehearsing hypotheticals.
The cost of inaction is never theoretical — it’s the result you dismantled in your mind, the position you forfeited, and the future you timed out.
The cost of inaction is never theoretical — it’s the result you dismantled in your mind, the position you forfeited, and the future you timed out.
I don’t move unless it forces an outcome.
July 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I don’t move unless it forces an outcome.
In the U.S., I learned to:
🗽 Treat every message like an affidavit
⚔️ Draft replies like admissible evidence
💸 Scan for liability before hitting Send
In Canada, they just say:
🍁 “That’s a lot… You okay?”
🗽 Treat every message like an affidavit
⚔️ Draft replies like admissible evidence
💸 Scan for liability before hitting Send
In Canada, they just say:
🍁 “That’s a lot… You okay?”
July 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In the U.S., I learned to:
🗽 Treat every message like an affidavit
⚔️ Draft replies like admissible evidence
💸 Scan for liability before hitting Send
In Canada, they just say:
🍁 “That’s a lot… You okay?”
🗽 Treat every message like an affidavit
⚔️ Draft replies like admissible evidence
💸 Scan for liability before hitting Send
In Canada, they just say:
🍁 “That’s a lot… You okay?”
Academia: “Your theory is wrong.”
Law: “Your theory is wrong—and now you owe $2B. Next. 🍜”
Law: “Your theory is wrong—and now you owe $2B. Next. 🍜”
July 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Academia: “Your theory is wrong.”
Law: “Your theory is wrong—and now you owe $2B. Next. 🍜”
Law: “Your theory is wrong—and now you owe $2B. Next. 🍜”
Love when a statement arrives encased in so much filler it suffocates under its own self-importance.
The noise-to-signal ratio approaches theater.
The noise-to-signal ratio approaches theater.
July 16, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Love when a statement arrives encased in so much filler it suffocates under its own self-importance.
The noise-to-signal ratio approaches theater.
The noise-to-signal ratio approaches theater.