Christopher
@cekent.bsky.social
Medievalist, Futurist, Finder, Pointer. Looking at the long-term future of [something something something].
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Christopher
@cekent.bsky.social
· Oct 28
Kent's Law: There is no need to fear AI until spellcheck and autocorrect work flawlessly 95% of the time.
“It’s not future, it’s futures—with an S.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Can I interview you about...?"
"Can I interview you about...?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Where are your citations?"
"Where are your citations?"
February 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
“It’s not future, it’s futures—with an S.”
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:31 PM
What is the 'grey goo' equivalent of world models? From the Aboard newsletter:
mailchi.mp/aboard/zkd26...
mailchi.mp/aboard/zkd26...
February 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
What is the 'grey goo' equivalent of world models? From the Aboard newsletter:
mailchi.mp/aboard/zkd26...
mailchi.mp/aboard/zkd26...
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One of the things that keeps me going is how badly the worst people want everyone else to like them and how firmly they keep telling them, "No."
It's really funny that The All-American Halftime Show was announced months ago when elites were banking on a real right wing sea change, only now moms are hurling abuse at ICE, and folks are brushing up their duolingo so they can sing along with whatever Bad Bunny performs on the real halftime show.
February 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
One of the things that keeps me going is how badly the worst people want everyone else to like them and how firmly they keep telling them, "No."
So disappointed no mention—as of yet!—of Razzlekhan in the Epstein files.
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 AM
So disappointed no mention—as of yet!—of Razzlekhan in the Epstein files.
The WaPo wipes out its sports section 36 hours before Sonny Jurgeson dies and now there’s no one left to write the story.
February 7, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The WaPo wipes out its sports section 36 hours before Sonny Jurgeson dies and now there’s no one left to write the story.
The most Trump thing would be for IT to happen overnight Sat to Sun, displacing all Super Bowl talk and coverage.
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
The most Trump thing would be for IT to happen overnight Sat to Sun, displacing all Super Bowl talk and coverage.
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like, this story is insane—letting a 92-year-old obviously incapable of driving keep his license while leaving pedestrians/cyclists with no protection from cars has killed more people than every waymo crash ever. It will be forgotten next week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Three dead and six hurt after driver hits cyclist and crashes car into LA store
Car, being driven by 92-year-old driver, crashed at 99 Ranch Market and victims, trapped under vehicle, died at scene
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
like, this story is insane—letting a 92-year-old obviously incapable of driving keep his license while leaving pedestrians/cyclists with no protection from cars has killed more people than every waymo crash ever. It will be forgotten next week.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Let’s be honest. He is getting worse. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
Trump has never accepted election results and he is only getting worse
While Trump has been banging the rigged-election drum for years, it is getting worse.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Let’s be honest. He is getting worse. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...
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1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
“Why do people still talk to Chotiner?”
Are we so divorced from the idea of reporters that people are out here thinking no one is going to read the piece they are being interviewed for?
Are we so divorced from the idea of reporters that people are out here thinking no one is going to read the piece they are being interviewed for?
A perfect mom-and-pop affordable housing provider 🤗 story in 3 images
February 7, 2026 at 2:27 AM
“Why do people still talk to Chotiner?”
Are we so divorced from the idea of reporters that people are out here thinking no one is going to read the piece they are being interviewed for?
Are we so divorced from the idea of reporters that people are out here thinking no one is going to read the piece they are being interviewed for?
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if you're ever bored just post "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" and the weirdest freaks online will collect in your mentions to hysterically defend the honor of Dollar Tree Ronald Reagan
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
if you're ever bored just post "I will never vote for Gavin Newsom" and the weirdest freaks online will collect in your mentions to hysterically defend the honor of Dollar Tree Ronald Reagan
Man, Love and Rockets’ “HAUNTED WHEN THE MINUTES DRAG” is a Time Machine straight to 1987.
February 7, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Man, Love and Rockets’ “HAUNTED WHEN THE MINUTES DRAG” is a Time Machine straight to 1987.
That he was being criminally investigated in 2006 for his actions is proof enough that people at large knew that what he was doing was wrong. “It was a different time!” does not fly.
February 6, 2026 at 2:37 PM
That he was being criminally investigated in 2006 for his actions is proof enough that people at large knew that what he was doing was wrong. “It was a different time!” does not fly.
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It’s really easy to be a likable person when you generally - and genuinely - like other people.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
It’s really easy to be a likable person when you generally - and genuinely - like other people.
Classic before & after picture.
“The interview also becomes an exercise in intellectual peacocking as they invoke Socrates, Isaac Newton and quantum physics but pay little attention to Epstein’s crimes. Epstein reveals himself to be a living museum of racial prejudice.”
‘Do you think you’re the devil himself?’: highlights from the bizarre, newly released Bannon-Epstein interview
The interview, revealed in the latest tranche of Epstein files, was reportedly intended for a sympathetic documentary
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Classic before & after picture.
February 6, 2026 at 12:45 AM
If Epstein did nothing wrong, then none of his boot-licking hangers-on did anything wrong, which is the entire fucking point of any rehabilitation project.
February 5, 2026 at 11:58 PM
If Epstein did nothing wrong, then none of his boot-licking hangers-on did anything wrong, which is the entire fucking point of any rehabilitation project.
“I do not think that 50 year old men should be having sex with 16 year old girls. But “
This level of apologia (from Megan McArdle in a podcast with Josh Barro and Ross Douthat) is fucking appalling. Idk what else there is to say.
February 5, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Nothing against the writer, but this is such a weird, sad clause:
" ...replacing Savannah Guthrie, who is dealing the abduction of her mother."
" ...replacing Savannah Guthrie, who is dealing the abduction of her mother."
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Nothing against the writer, but this is such a weird, sad clause:
" ...replacing Savannah Guthrie, who is dealing the abduction of her mother."
" ...replacing Savannah Guthrie, who is dealing the abduction of her mother."
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Of all the ways Qanon was wrong, I never imagined "They use secret codewords in their communications to hide their crimes!" would be at the top of the list. But here we are ...
February 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Of all the ways Qanon was wrong, I never imagined "They use secret codewords in their communications to hide their crimes!" would be at the top of the list. But here we are ...
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The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
February 5, 2026 at 4:14 PM
The president constantly lying about stolen elections, after staging a coup attempt, & now threatening to federalize & steal future elections, should be the primary news story in the country 24/7 & on every front page until he is impeached & removed next week.
By definition, prayer is for breakfast, not for lunch.
Sir you are at a prayer breakfast
Trump: "Mike Johnson is a very religious person. He does not hide it. He'll say to me sometimes at lunch, 'Sir, may we pray.' I'll say, 'Excuse me? We're having lunch.'"
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
By definition, prayer is for breakfast, not for lunch.