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Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 10m

and the CEO of Palantir has a PhD in social theory

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 22h

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 2d

Argentina edition of Libertarian bible

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Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 1h

a man is looking at a television with the words 1.21 gigawatts written on the bottom

Alt: a man is looking at a television with the words 1.21 gigawatts written on the bottom

media.tenor.com

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Soren Lorensen @vuintrieri.bsky.social · 1h

Agora sabemos que nesse período aconteceram 3 bilhões de cerimônias de formatura

Eric Alper @thatericalper.com · 1h

Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" has reached 3 billion streams on Spotify. The Grammy-winning anthem topped charts worldwide, became the band’s first #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles Chart, and remains one of their most celebrated songs.

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Hobby Drifter in Tokyo @hobbydrifter.bsky.social · 7d

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

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DeathNerd Killer @daphnek.bsky.social · 1h

If you see “ADF” and think “Alternativ dür Feutschland” that’s actually not so far off.

Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 5h

The right-wing campaign group that helped topple Roe v Wade in the US is now working to roll back abortion laws in the UK, with the help of Nigel Farage.

Its first step? Trying to create a debate around "free speech"
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Philo @opfuchs.gay · 3h

The top 5 in descending order are:

1. Go car-free
2. Fly less
3. Shift to renewable home energy
4. Switch to an EV or hybrid car
5. Go vegan

And 1 is the most impactful by a large margin.

WRI Climate @wriclimate.bsky.social · 4h

🚲🥗🚗 Small choices matter, but big change happens when systems support them.

WRI Climate ranked 19 climate-friendly behaviors to show which ones cut the most emissions and why policies & businesses must make them accessible.

See the list 👉 bit.ly/4q0pWvC

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Fagatha Ghostie @joelnb.bsky.social · 5h

Don't make me tap the Robert Pattinson quote, Leto.

“I always say about people who do method acting, you only ever see people do the method when they’re playing an assholes,” Pattinson said in an interiew with Variety in November. “You never see someone being lovely to everyone while they’re really deep in character.”

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 11h

Mods are asleep post brassicas

You either die a brassica or you live long enough to see yourself become a crab.

CAP'N
CRUNCH'S
DOPSIAll
NATURALLY &
ARTIFICIALLY
Brassica oleracea
otened
cer

What vegetable are you?
I'm brassica oleracea
Do you have the slightest idea how little that narrows it down?

Brassica oleracea

Ladies, get you a fella who can do it all

Selection for terminal buds
Selection for lateral buds
Selection for stem
Selection for leaves
Selection for stems and flowers
Selection for flower clusters
Cabbage
Brussels sprouts
Kohlrabi
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower

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Marco Almada @marcoalmada.com · 3h

Avocado

The Imitation Game

Don't Stop Me Now

Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce yourself using only one food you refuse to eat, one movie you’ll never watch again, and one song you can’t stand

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James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 4h

"(Continental philosopher): Without 5, we could not count to 6.
(Me): Yes.
(Continental philosopher): It could be said 6 is consequently in the 5-shadow, the forthcoming of 6 is 5-heralded, that 5 springs necessarily from the recapitulation of 6.
(Me, checking my watch): Yes."

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 11h

he has been talking obsessively about the afterlife for some time, he is missing for chunks of time, his aides are trying harder than usual to show he’s fit, his public appearances show someone in visible physical decline, and jd vance talked impromptu about being prepared to assume office

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 23h

My version of this is that Vought, Yarvin etc represent a kind of braindead right-Gramscianism, which leaves out all the interesting subtleties and treats civil society _only_ as a realm of indoctrination, where one ideological master-narrative can readily be substituted for another.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d

What he’s railing against is a profound shift in culture, status… He’s obsessed with the idea that America is controlled by a leftist “ruling elite” - but “elite” isn’t defined socio-economically or by political power, it means something like: Getting to define “real America” and who gets to belong.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 13h

the good news for donald trump is that he could sincerely repent of his sins and he would be welcomed into the arms of a loving god. the bad news for donald trump is that he's donald trump.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 16h

I'm forming a new heresy: universalism with one exception.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 17h

President Trump tells reporters aboard Air Force One that he doesn’t think he’s going to get into heaven.

“I don’t think there’s anything that’s going to get me into heaven.”

(I isolated Trump’s voice)

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 9h

They shall grow unadorned, as we that are left wear cosplay:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 10h

the boys who landed at Normandy or fought in Stalingrad couldn't have imagined the horrors of 21st century war

A picture and headline from an article: Unicorn bride marries Kenny from south park at Portland ICE protest

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

if a band member (it will usually be your boyfriend or someone who wants to be) invites you to a band practice, you say “no” in no uncertain terms, it will be the most boring 30 minutes to 2 hours of your life

Deadbeat Bat Dad @dbeatcatdad.bsky.social · 10h

NW: Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987)
A rock band facing down an average 80s rockabilly.

The least believable thing is the guy wanting to go hang out for a weekend long band practice. Other people's band practices are probably the least fun you can have. It's the insidest possible baseball of rock.

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Pieter Haeck @pieterhaeck.bsky.social · 18h

🚨 The Dutch government has taken action against Chinese-owned chip maker Nexperia (headquartered in NL). It has the power to stop and reverse decisions at the company — citing concerns around "crucial technological knowledge ... on Dutch and European soil"

www.rijksoverheid.nl/actueel/nieu...

Wet beschikbaarheid goederen ingezet door Minister van Economische Zaken

De Minister van Economische Zaken heeft op dinsdag 30 september 2025 vanwege ernstige bestuurlijke tekortkomingen bij de halfgeleiderfabrikant Nexperia de Wet beschikbaarheid goederen (Wbg) ingezet. H...

www.rijksoverheid.nl

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h

while the Count shares with many bloodsuckers the habit of obsessive-compulsive counting of objects, his frequent appearances in daylight suggest that he is some sort of dhampir, or daywalker

Mx. Moz @mleelunsford.com · 1d

Top 5 Vampires:
-Dracula (Bram Stoker original novel)
-Alucard (Hellsing, who is also Dracula)
-Alucard (Castlevania, who is not Dracula)
-Dracula (Castlevania)
-The Count (Sesame Street, who they claim is not actually a vampire)

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labubutomia @camilanebula.bsky.social · 22h

eu sei q a pessoa q escreveu essa chamada ficou rindinho girando na cadeira depois de publicar

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 19h

“WHOAH! Be careful not to step in that pile of shit there!” exclaimed the man pulling his pants back up.

The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 19h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Soren Lorensen @vuintrieri.bsky.social · 19h

Acharam o modelo do disco do Tom Zé

Viktor Winetrout @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social · 21h

"Wait, I can explain..."

Wyoming Man Found With 30 Eyeballs In His Anal Cavity

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 20h

Describe the opposite of The Free Press in a sentence

Screenshot of text:

It’s a business story. [Highlighting begins] Everyone in journalism has known for years that there’s been a huge opportunity for a publication that employs the traditional methods of U.S. journalism—reporting, deep sourcing, fact-checking, fearlessness—to subjects that either don’t get covered enough or get covered only from a certain perspective. [Highlighting ends] If creating such an enterprise seems simple

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Place Your Design Here @luiscoml.bsky.social · 20h

Tem um ponto interessante sobre os filhos do Caetano Veloso que foi eles terem pensado “caramba sou filho do Caetano Veloso que tipo de atitude rebelde e extrema posso tomar para levar choque e consternação para a família e problemas para o meu pai” e aí viraram evangélico

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 22h

given how much military fashion has influenced both men and women's fashion we could probably defuse a lot of tacbro stuff by just letting dudes wear hats, vests, and belts again with a similar level of flair

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 1d

this is by far the worst reading of Alan Moore’s Watchmen I’ve ever seen and if you spend an appreciable amount of time online you will know what a crowning achievement that is

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 1d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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