Sean Gleeson
seanjgleeson.bsky.social
Sean Gleeson
@seanjgleeson.bsky.social
Fiji 🇫🇯. Previously New Delhi, Hong Kong, Yangon, Phnom Penh and Melbourne.
"What I’m really worried about is less an active plot than the terminal erosion of those habits of mind and cultural practices that sustain a mass democracy."
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You'll Never Think Alone
On chatbot totalitarianism
publiccomment.blog
June 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
After Hours (1985)
June 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
"There is a very real frustration and disillusionment among young people that needs to be addressed and engaged with. Ignoring the monarchists or belittling and dismissing them outright will only allow this movement to grow unfettered."
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What attracts Nepali youths to the monarchy?
On the young people who support the pro-monarchy movement
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May 31, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Reposted by Sean Gleeson
it’s extremely funny to show up somewhere with a black eye and then say that you were punched by a baby
Elon says he has a black eye because he asked his five-year-old son X Æ A-12 to punch him in the face.
May 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Need to befriend a Canadian so I have someone to talk to about how good Shoresy is www.youtube.com/watch?v=cREp...
Shoresy crying scenes
YouTube video by Vex2.0
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February 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I had probably too much fun editing this story on a city I love dearly: "The city's skewed demographics prompted its pre-eminent novelist to once quip that while Delhi was for seeking power and Mumbai was for chasing riches, Kolkata was for visiting one's parents."
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End of the road for Kolkata's beloved yellow taxis
Kolkata locals cherish their city's past, which is why many in the one-time Indian capital are mourning a vanishing emblem of its faded grandeur: a hulking and noisy fleet of stately yellow taxis.
www.france24.com
February 17, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"She could only have successfully pivoted into a position where she has a lot of money and a chance at permanent fame because of A) the rapid decay of traditional media, and B) the relatively modern phenomenon of the wide acceptance and praise of bag-chasing nihilism."
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The Hawk Tuah Memecoin Rug Pull Is The Apotheosis Of Bag Culture | Defector
I can’t ease you into this one, so: Haliey Welch, colloquially known as the “Hawk Tuah girl,” launched a bespoke cryptocurrency token called HAWK last Wednesday, the same day she told Fortune it was “...
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December 14, 2024 at 7:01 AM
OK I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna become a Poster again
December 14, 2024 at 7:00 AM