Youzi 柚子
@mostlydefinite1.bsky.social
Pomeloranian independence
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM
UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".
Judge: how does the defendant plead
Me (gaming the system): not guilty
Judge: fuck
Me (gaming the system): not guilty
Judge: fuck
It comes after our @jessicaelgot.bsky.social revealed that criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury to increase chances of proceedings collapsing - and that govt was planning radical changes to limit jury trials by next election.
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Judge: how does the defendant plead
Me (gaming the system): not guilty
Judge: fuck
Me (gaming the system): not guilty
Judge: fuck
The correct response to this is to use the WHO yellow fever proof of vaccine framework to other diseases and as a travel requirement for Americans, so that at least we can contain the idiots and prevent them infecting others. Ideally combined with hard censorship of American anti vaxx influencers.
October 31, 2025 at 7:05 AM
The correct response to this is to use the WHO yellow fever proof of vaccine framework to other diseases and as a travel requirement for Americans, so that at least we can contain the idiots and prevent them infecting others. Ideally combined with hard censorship of American anti vaxx influencers.
The Obama global neoliberal revolution vs the Trump neoliberalism in one country
October 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The Obama global neoliberal revolution vs the Trump neoliberalism in one country
“In no case was an actual revolution against constituted authority launched; fascist tactics were invariably those of a sham rebellion arranged with the tacit approval of authorities who pretended to have been overwhelmed by force” - polanyi, the great transportation
October 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
“In no case was an actual revolution against constituted authority launched; fascist tactics were invariably those of a sham rebellion arranged with the tacit approval of authorities who pretended to have been overwhelmed by force” - polanyi, the great transportation
Heartened to discover I can buy a vibrating cock ring in the Luton Airport toilets. It’s the details that mark a great civilisation.
October 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Heartened to discover I can buy a vibrating cock ring in the Luton Airport toilets. It’s the details that mark a great civilisation.
Fresh batch of fell for it again awards gonna be required
Israel targets bus in Gaza City's Zeitoun, killing 11 family members, as Palestinians wait for Rafah crossing to open.
Israel kills 28 in Gaza since ceasefire, Hamas urges accountability
Israel targets bus in Gaza City's Zeitoun, killing 11 family members, as Palestinians wait for Rafah crossing to open.
bit.ly
October 18, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Fresh batch of fell for it again awards gonna be required
Finally got round to “in praise of floods”, you can really feel how much fun James Scott had writing it. As with everything he’s written, he aims to change ones perspective. But he also takes on a “non-human” voice in a way I don’t think he’s never done before. super cool
October 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Finally got round to “in praise of floods”, you can really feel how much fun James Scott had writing it. As with everything he’s written, he aims to change ones perspective. But he also takes on a “non-human” voice in a way I don’t think he’s never done before. super cool
Always associate shadow puppetry with Zhang Yimou’s To Live… such a lovely scene
Chinese shadow puppetry is a luminous dance of light and legend, where carved figures of animal skin or cardboard spring to life behind a glowing screen. Artists animate the shadows with swift hands, while voices in local dialects spin tales of heroes, ghosts, and love, 1/2
#art
#art
September 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Always associate shadow puppetry with Zhang Yimou’s To Live… such a lovely scene
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Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
July 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Gaza is being deliberately starved to death in front of the whole world, and the only people being arrested over it are those who opposed the crime.
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It has been a long, slow decline. But this is the moment the BBC died as a public service broadcaster. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack review – this crucial film is the stuff of nightmares. But the world needs to see it
The film the BBC refused to air shows the targeting, detainment and torture of medics in Gaza. Its relentless timeline of horrors will never leave you
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
It has been a long, slow decline. But this is the moment the BBC died as a public service broadcaster. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Finished planet of slums by Mike Davis. Fantastic book and barely feels dated despite being 20 years old now. Davis is so admirable in consistently gravitating to the topics that affect the global south and its poorest
May 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Finished planet of slums by Mike Davis. Fantastic book and barely feels dated despite being 20 years old now. Davis is so admirable in consistently gravitating to the topics that affect the global south and its poorest
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AI is not "a neutral technology" because every single one of these three dimensions skews its impact towards far right goals:
- the underlying tech reproduces bias
- the form factor of it sidelines expertise
- the way it's productized breaks down critical thinking and labor power
- the underlying tech reproduces bias
- the form factor of it sidelines expertise
- the way it's productized breaks down critical thinking and labor power
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
April 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
AI is not "a neutral technology" because every single one of these three dimensions skews its impact towards far right goals:
- the underlying tech reproduces bias
- the form factor of it sidelines expertise
- the way it's productized breaks down critical thinking and labor power
- the underlying tech reproduces bias
- the form factor of it sidelines expertise
- the way it's productized breaks down critical thinking and labor power
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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
April 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
Less than a month now until this years China trip, can’t wait!
April 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Less than a month now until this years China trip, can’t wait!
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one like, one album i think you should listen to
April 4, 2025 at 11:05 AM
one like, one album i think you should listen to
“And I didn’t tell them to request a meeting. Don’t put that I told them to request it.”
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“And I didn’t tell them to request a meeting. Don’t put that I told them to request it.”
That’ll be the tariffs that were the keystone policy of the election campaign you supported is that right Bill
April 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
That’ll be the tariffs that were the keystone policy of the election campaign you supported is that right Bill
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My reviews of two excellent recent books that take a long view on how inequality has been thought about by philosophers, economists & political scientists. They are the books that should be read by all economists working on inequality. For inequality is not only number crunching.
February 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My reviews of two excellent recent books that take a long view on how inequality has been thought about by philosophers, economists & political scientists. They are the books that should be read by all economists working on inequality. For inequality is not only number crunching.
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Anyway, this is why every website looks the same now and yet none of them actually work.
April 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Anyway, this is why every website looks the same now and yet none of them actually work.
We are so finished man I despair
Trump ‘acted for his country’ with tariff plans, Starmer says
Starmer responds to Trump tariffs: ‘He acted for his country’
Prime minister vowed to keep ‘a cool head’ in a sign he won’t retaliate against US president’s tariffs
www.independent.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
We are so finished man I despair
Break out the popcorn
April 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Break out the popcorn