DuendeonFuego
@duendeonfuego.bsky.social
Writer. Fiction, poetry, occasional analysis of disinfo. Working on a few things.
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Look none of this is difficult.
The billionaires want us to hate each other. They're buying every newspaper and social media company to flood the space with bots and hate speech to keep us fractured and divided. And we could do that - and tear each other apart - or we could try to fix things.
The billionaires want us to hate each other. They're buying every newspaper and social media company to flood the space with bots and hate speech to keep us fractured and divided. And we could do that - and tear each other apart - or we could try to fix things.
somehow we have arrived at cyberpunk without people really understanding the "punk" part
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
somehow we have arrived at cyberpunk without people really understanding the "punk" part
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
now's the time for counter-culture, not submission to machines
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happy turkey day
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
happy turkey day
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once again, Fascism is founded on creating an appearance of strength and aesthetics because these guys don't have real ideas and aren't interested in engaging with complex problems
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
once again, Fascism is founded on creating an appearance of strength and aesthetics because these guys don't have real ideas and aren't interested in engaging with complex problems
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
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ICE is completely off the rails.
We desperately need congressional oversight. When/if democrats return to power, they need to dismantle this system that breeds injustice, contempt for normal legal processes, and total disregard for rights and dignity of people.
Read the story.
We desperately need congressional oversight. When/if democrats return to power, they need to dismantle this system that breeds injustice, contempt for normal legal processes, and total disregard for rights and dignity of people.
Read the story.
In Rhode Island, ICE arrested an intern who worked for a court, and then a judge intervened to say they had the wrong person.
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
All leading to a scene where ICE agents surrounded the judge's car and "threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply." www.wfla.com/news/judge-i...
November 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
ICE is completely off the rails.
We desperately need congressional oversight. When/if democrats return to power, they need to dismantle this system that breeds injustice, contempt for normal legal processes, and total disregard for rights and dignity of people.
Read the story.
We desperately need congressional oversight. When/if democrats return to power, they need to dismantle this system that breeds injustice, contempt for normal legal processes, and total disregard for rights and dignity of people.
Read the story.
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the cottage industry of misinfo studies post-2016 was very worried about under-resourced information environments, where lack of literacy and access to high quality news drove conspiracism. meanwhile, the most well-resourced people on the planet were getting pilled on channer content
November 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
the cottage industry of misinfo studies post-2016 was very worried about under-resourced information environments, where lack of literacy and access to high quality news drove conspiracism. meanwhile, the most well-resourced people on the planet were getting pilled on channer content
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David's right.
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
ok: 2025 "AI" is built and funded by fascists for fascist purposes, and that should be the first thing anyone talks about when mentioning it in any regard.
that's my view as a technologist.
that's my view as a technologist.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
David's right.
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
David's right.
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
ok: 2025 "AI" is built and funded by fascists for fascist purposes, and that should be the first thing anyone talks about when mentioning it in any regard.
that's my view as a technologist.
that's my view as a technologist.
November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
David's right.
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
- AI manufactures deepfakes and worsens the epistemic crisis
- is being used to create a global surveillance state
- encourages people to turn their brain off and stop thinking entirely
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time to bomb Venezuela for no reason and put asbestos back in everybody's walls while our toddlers die from conspiracy theories. everything's normal and great. god bless America, etc
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
time to bomb Venezuela for no reason and put asbestos back in everybody's walls while our toddlers die from conspiracy theories. everything's normal and great. god bless America, etc
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the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
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What can you say?
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What can you say?
So... encouraging people to follow the law is against the law?
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
So... encouraging people to follow the law is against the law?
Buncha people on my timeline should apply to this. Seattle's great; UW is great; and Kate is one of the bravest people in the field right now.
You should consider it.
You should consider it.
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Buncha people on my timeline should apply to this. Seattle's great; UW is great; and Kate is one of the bravest people in the field right now.
You should consider it.
You should consider it.
once again, Fascism is founded on creating an appearance of strength and aesthetics because these guys don't have real ideas and aren't interested in engaging with complex problems
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
once again, Fascism is founded on creating an appearance of strength and aesthetics because these guys don't have real ideas and aren't interested in engaging with complex problems
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
it's the same reason they want people to dress up on airplanes!
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You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
November 25, 2025 at 4:21 PM
You pull yourself up by your boostraps. Me? I DESERVE free money from the government, and so do my rich friends bsky.app/profile/cwar...
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It's the same reason why the Nazis had good tailors and the same reason why people are trying to emulate that style now.
Aesthetics of strength is the language of fascism.
Aesthetics of strength is the language of fascism.
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It's the same reason why the Nazis had good tailors and the same reason why people are trying to emulate that style now.
Aesthetics of strength is the language of fascism.
Aesthetics of strength is the language of fascism.
the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
What the fuck this is
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
the fascist understanding of "health" ends at strength
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
it's all vibes and aesthetics to convince hateful dipshits that they're right and that they don't need to actually understand things or listen to people or ever think at all
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wrote about AI slop fraud in journalism, which is successful not because AI is magic superintelligence, but because journalism has already been hollowed out and turned into slop. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/journalist...
Journalists Have Been Turning Into AI Slop For Years
ChatGPT is the ideal employee
www.everythingishorrible.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
wrote about AI slop fraud in journalism, which is successful not because AI is magic superintelligence, but because journalism has already been hollowed out and turned into slop. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/journalist...
gonna run on Woke 2.0. rights for everybody. super Woke.
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
gonna run on Woke 2.0. rights for everybody. super Woke.
Isaac Chotiner is basically Liam Neeson with a keyboard
A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.
November 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Isaac Chotiner is basically Liam Neeson with a keyboard
be good to each other
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
be good to each other
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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The Fentanyl Panic has always been about this.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
Trump massively inflated the threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the country. Reporting has shown the Trump administration’s excuses are built on lies.
Right-wing media praise Trump’s made-up excuses for war against Venezuela
President Donald Trump and right-wing media have been quick to cite fentanyl interdiction as the supposed justification for the administration’s likely illegal strikes against vessels in the Caribbean...
www.mediamatters.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The Fentanyl Panic has always been about this.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
Also, there are records that show that Ronnie Jackson was PRESCRIBING fentanyl to the Trump admin in the first administration.
This whole conflict is built on a lie.
This whole conflict is built on a lie.
The Fentanyl Panic has always been about this.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
They're trying to manufacture a reason for conflict in the southern hemisphere and a moral crusade that presents Trump as the good guy.
Trump massively inflated the threat from Venezuelan “narco-terrorists” smuggling fentanyl into the country. Reporting has shown the Trump administration’s excuses are built on lies.
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Also, there are records that show that Ronnie Jackson was PRESCRIBING fentanyl to the Trump admin in the first administration.
This whole conflict is built on a lie.
This whole conflict is built on a lie.