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quarvex.bsky.social
Trenton, NJ 08647
@quarvex.bsky.social
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Artist, dog-lover, and avid reader.
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Screenshot of someone (me) asking ChatGPT “How many times do I have to call for a Butlerian Revolution?” The answer is as follows: — Just once—if you’re lucky and have the Bene Gesserit on your side. But seriously, in the Dune universe, the Butlerian Jihad (often conflated with a “Butlerian Revolution”) was a singular, cataclysmic conflict—a crusade against “thinking machines,” AI, and any technology that sought to replace human minds. It happened only once, roughly 10,000 years before the events of Dune, and its cultural impact was so profound that it permanently altered the course of human civilization. So in-universe: 🔁 One revolution. Eternal consequences. 👤 “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind.” But if you’re asking metaphorically—like calling for your own personal revolution against over-automation, algorithmic control, or too much screen time—then maybe it takes a few loud calls… or just the right moment. Are you channeling your inner Luddite, Fremen, or just trying to shut down some rogue AI? — The little “thumbs up” feedback button has been clicked, perhaps ironically.
July 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Yeah, it’s in Russia, nearly 2000km behind the border.
July 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Ah yes, we must harken back to the selflessness of Darth Plagueis the Wise, not this current crop of partisan Sith Lords who’ve gone astray from his noble vision!
Illustration of the alien sith lord Darth Plagueis, holding a red light saber.
June 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Excerpt from an interview with Yarvin: "You don't ransack your own house," he told me one afternoon, at an open-air café in Venice Beach. I'd asked him what would stop his C.E.O.-monarch from plundering the country- or enslaving his people-for personal gain. "For Louis XIV, when he says, 'L'état, c'est moi,' ransacking the state holds no meaning because it's all his anyway." Following Hoppe, Yarvin proposes that nations should eventually be broken up into a "patchwork" of statelets, like Singapore or Dubai, each with its own sovereign ruler. The eternal political problems of legitimacy, accountability, and succession would be solved by a secret board with the power to select and recall the otherwise all-powerful C.E.O. of each sovereign corporation, or SovCorp. (How the board itself would be selected is unclear, but Yarvin has suggested that airline pilots-"a fraternity of intelligent, practical, and careful people who are already trusted on a regular basis with the lives of others. What's not to like?" - could manage the transition between regimes.) To prevent a C.E.O. from staging a military coup, the board members would have access to cryptographic keys that would allow them to disarm all government weapons, from nuclear missiles down to small arms, with the push of a button.” “The Homer” car screencap from The Simpsons
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The LOLWUT meme: a large green pear-like creature with an open mouth, and the caption “LOL WUT”.
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Photo of James Baldwin, with the quote, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
May 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The pope was in his 20s when Sub Genius Pamphlet #1 came out. It’s entirely possible he was a pope before he was a pope.
The face of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs in front of a vibrating colorful psychedelic background.
May 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Yup, a classic autopen crisis. I suppose this voids all of Trump’s pardons.
May 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Wow! Well, you sure told me…
Meme of a heavily-stylized grim reaper with text which reads, “I’ve been super consistent. Sorry if that disrupts your… little lib comfort zone”
April 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Oh cool, an image exchange! Here are a couple I think you’ll enjoy…
Photo montage of Donald J Trump inappropriately touching his daughter, Ivanka. Photo montage of Donald J Trump socializing with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
February 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM