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Paul Catiang

@paulcatiang.bsky.social

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🧿 Writer. Editor. Yogi. Keeper of the Demon Teahouse. Occasionally very silly. 🧿 From Quezon City, the Philippines he/him/his

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 4d

F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale

The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby

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Alex aka Muscato @cafemuscato.bsky.social · 23h

OK, people: Dick Cheney’s dead.

Given the Rule of Three, we’ve got two more chances; let’s hope for the best.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 10h

There are more of us than there are of them.

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esti @estibass.com · Jun 25

Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.

Zohran standing amidst a crowd in winter clothing

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 7h

Thy rod—mortal or immortal, here I die.

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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 1d

Poast an birb apnnouncing Dick Cheney is ded

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That makes a lot of sense.

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Miguel Antonio @messengerbagboy.bsky.social · 1d

People with lower AI literacy are more likely to perceive AI as magical and experience feelings of awe.

The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It

Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among people as they become more AI literate.

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Carlos H. Conde @carlosconde.bsky.social · 1d

This is a recording of the press conference on Nov. 4 in Manila to launch CRI's new report on the impact of nickel mining in the Philippines.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gI1x...

Philippines: Nickel Mining Causes Rights Abuses, Increases Climate Risks

YouTube video by Climate Rights International

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 1d

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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 1d

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YK Hong @ykhong.bsky.social · 1d

I DO NOT CONSENT.

Without consent, there is only violence.

I do not consent to fascism, surveillance, people recording without explicit permission, policing, prisons, facial recognition, biometric theft, I CE, borders,

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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus, I'm so sorry that's happening to you now.

Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 1d

You know I still haven't watched it? I've seen so many spoilers that I think the movie was made for those little clips.

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Open Culture @openculture.bsky.social · 1d

The 1957 “Spaghetti-Grows-on-Trees” Hoax: One of TV’s First April Fools’ Day Pranks

In 1957, the BBC program Panorama aired one of the first televised April Fools’ Day hoaxes. Above, you can watch a faux news report from Switzerland narrated by respected BBC journalist Richard Dimble...

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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 1d

Parang sumakses ako nang slight doon ah

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Dahas Project of UP Third World Studies Center @dahasph.bsky.social · 2d

On 24-31 Oct 2025, 10 died in Marcos’s drug war, 2x the count from last week. Among them, 1 HVI in Sulu & 2 victims w/ no known ties (a cop in an op & a friend of a pusher). The 2 pushers killed in Cebu keep it as the top hotspot w/ 46 killings.

Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/

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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 2d

The ache rises from my back in waves.

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Ross Tugade @rosselle.bsky.social · 2d

I hesitated posting this, but maybe it’s time to share so it serves its original purpose: an internal accounting, to bookend this part of my life.

Not Another Drug War Essay but also, yes another drug war essay. One that does not aspire to do grand things at all.

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