Andrew Ferguson
@epikt.bsky.social
Critic in residency at the Institute of Impure Science. He/him. Failure wizard.
AI is ceremonial magick—quite obviously in the “magic is any/all linguistic manipulation is magic” möbius tip but specifically in the wards & formulas & pageantry & masturbation both literal & metaphorical & also in the unseemly, philosophically evil interest of intelligence, human & inhuman alike
Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
AI is ceremonial magick—quite obviously in the “magic is any/all linguistic manipulation is magic” möbius tip but specifically in the wards & formulas & pageantry & masturbation both literal & metaphorical & also in the unseemly, philosophically evil interest of intelligence, human & inhuman alike
very important to once in a while note that the people behind trump want more dead americans & just more dead people worldwide generally & they have wanted it for at least half a century
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
very important to once in a while note that the people behind trump want more dead americans & just more dead people worldwide generally & they have wanted it for at least half a century
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Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
November 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump just ended a rule limiting a type of pollution that causes heart and lung disease.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
The rule was expected to save thousands of American lives every year.
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This sucks; what are we even doing?
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This sucks; what are we even doing?
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Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
I'm literally just living a normal life while also experiencing a theophany via communication with the satellite called VALIS.
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Spiritualism skyrocketed in the US after its brutal Civil War killed roughly 750,000 people - and now in the wake of Covid’s million+ death toll, modern Americans are using ChatGPT to speak with the spirits. In this paper I will
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“A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the Centers for Disease Control.”
Louisiana health official who halted state vaccine campaign tapped as CDC’s No. 2
Ralph Abraham, a Louisiana health official who stopped promoting mass vaccination vaccines, has been appointed as the CDC's principal deputy director
wapo.st
November 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
“A Louisiana health official who ordered his health department to stop promoting mass vaccinations this past winter during a surge in influenza cases has been tapped to serve as the new number two leader at the Centers for Disease Control.”
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This Secret Of Monkey Island ad from 1991 includes details of the Monkey Island Treasure Hunt. What's that? Certain 3M diskette boxes (and a write-in offer) included a demo you could complete to win a cruise (or a sound card!)
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This Secret Of Monkey Island ad from 1991 includes details of the Monkey Island Treasure Hunt. What's that? Certain 3M diskette boxes (and a write-in offer) included a demo you could complete to win a cruise (or a sound card!)
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Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
November 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Our upcoming game HORSES was preemptively banned from Steam, with no path to appeal. The game will still launch next week on December 2nd and will be available on EGS, GOG, Humble, and Itch for $4.99. Here is a detailed FAQ covering what happened: horses.wtf/BannedFromSt...
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Human rights are human rights abuses, United States says.
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-n...
In the U.S., Nothing Says Human Rights Abuse Like Ensuring Reproductive Freedom!
U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
www.jezebel.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Human rights are human rights abuses, United States says.
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imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
imagine having to hear shit like "study confirms giving diabetic children insulin reduces their death rates by 100%" as if that hasn't been known for like a hunred years. that's what being trans is like
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A new shipment of the beautiful 8 x 10 prints I'm making now... just $20 each! Perfect for decoration, greeting cards, thrill your friends and neighbors, etc.
michaelkupperman.com/shop
michaelkupperman.com/shop
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A new shipment of the beautiful 8 x 10 prints I'm making now... just $20 each! Perfect for decoration, greeting cards, thrill your friends and neighbors, etc.
michaelkupperman.com/shop
michaelkupperman.com/shop
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A huge amount of original art for sale on my site, including original art for They Might Be Giants, Rifftrax, Thrizzle, Snake'N'Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret, etc. INSANELY CHEAP!
michaelkupperman.com/shop
michaelkupperman.com/shop
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A huge amount of original art for sale on my site, including original art for They Might Be Giants, Rifftrax, Thrizzle, Snake'N'Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret, etc. INSANELY CHEAP!
michaelkupperman.com/shop
michaelkupperman.com/shop
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I have a chapter about weather stations in MEDIA MATTERS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, a new collection of essays on environmental media and landscape architecture edited by Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys of UPenn's Environmental Modeling Lab: appliedresearchanddesign.com/product/medi...
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I have a chapter about weather stations in MEDIA MATTERS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, a new collection of essays on environmental media and landscape architecture edited by Karen M'Closkey and Keith VanDerSys of UPenn's Environmental Modeling Lab: appliedresearchanddesign.com/product/medi...
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
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jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 AM
jfc. It was determined by a US judge that she could not be deported to Sierra Leone due to danger she would face in the country she fled. So they deported her to Ghana, a country she had never been to, and Ghana deported her to Sierra Leone.
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
This country is fucking sick. Deeply deeply fucking sick
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Share a '90s movie you think deserves more love
ON THE ROOFTOPS (1897) gets ignored vs flashier trick films in the Méliès resume but it helped create the blueprint for bumbling cop pictures
ON THE ROOFTOPS (1897) gets ignored vs flashier trick films in the Méliès resume but it helped create the blueprint for bumbling cop pictures
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Share a '90s movie you think deserves more love
ON THE ROOFTOPS (1897) gets ignored vs flashier trick films in the Méliès resume but it helped create the blueprint for bumbling cop pictures
ON THE ROOFTOPS (1897) gets ignored vs flashier trick films in the Méliès resume but it helped create the blueprint for bumbling cop pictures
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Very grateful to have been part of this wonderful show over the years! ❤️
Today in 1988 Mystery Science Theater 3000 premiered on KTMA in St. Paul Minnesota. #MST3K
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Very grateful to have been part of this wonderful show over the years! ❤️
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"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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What do you MEAN "the guy who helped track Al-Quaeda leading up to 9/11, resigned from the FBI after illegally accessing records on another private investigator, and is currently awaiting sentencing for attempting to bribe Puerto Rico's governor" starred in a Miller Lite commercial in 1985?!
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
What do you MEAN "the guy who helped track Al-Quaeda leading up to 9/11, resigned from the FBI after illegally accessing records on another private investigator, and is currently awaiting sentencing for attempting to bribe Puerto Rico's governor" starred in a Miller Lite commercial in 1985?!
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My god
NEW: Today we published a new investigation into something happening largely out of view: immigrant kids getting separated from their families and placed in federal shelters, in some cases after something as mundane as a traffic stop🧵 1/
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My god
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WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
Leading Autism and Disability Organizations Statement on CDC's Vaccines and Autism Page
As national organizations dedicated to advancing the well-being of autistic individuals and partners across the disability and public health sectors, we are deeply disappointed by the latest update to...
autisticadvocacy.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
WOW! Autism Society of America, The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, the Autism Science Foundation, the Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network and Autism Speaks put out a statement denouncing the CDC changing its website on vaccines
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
yeah this dude is just a real civic minded nonideological volunteer with no agenda yessir www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
yeah this dude is just a real civic minded nonideological volunteer with no agenda yessir www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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“We are volunteers, you shouldn’t expect much from us, and I’m not providing any new information” isn’t exactly a strong defense of the BOV by one of its own
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...
Doug Wetmore: The straight facts about UVa from a board member
Although members of UVa's board are appointed by politicians, my experience is that we are for the most part not ideological.
dailyprogress.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“We are volunteers, you shouldn’t expect much from us, and I’m not providing any new information” isn’t exactly a strong defense of the BOV by one of its own
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...
dailyprogress.com/opinion/colu...