Kevin Korb
@kbkorb.bsky.social
Researcher in philosophy of science and AI
Naarm, Australia
Sarcasm is my native dialect.
My blog, loosely tied to Bayesian reasoning and argument analysis: https://bayesianwatch.wordpress.com/
Ex: FB, Twitter, Mastodon, Post (in order)
Naarm, Australia
Sarcasm is my native dialect.
My blog, loosely tied to Bayesian reasoning and argument analysis: https://bayesianwatch.wordpress.com/
Ex: FB, Twitter, Mastodon, Post (in order)
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Kevin Korb
@kbkorb.bsky.social
· Nov 9
BlueSky is a great ignorance amplifier.
In future, I'm going to block people who want to engage with me on philosophy or AI, unless it's clear the engagement is well intentioned. BS is no place to discuss difficult issues. Engage me otherwise if you want to troll.
In future, I'm going to block people who want to engage with me on philosophy or AI, unless it's clear the engagement is well intentioned. BS is no place to discuss difficult issues. Engage me otherwise if you want to troll.
America's new royalty, the Trump family.
[Trump] is pursuing something more out of the 16th-century, what we call neoroyalist international politics. Foreign policy has become a tool to channel money and status to Mr. Trump and his closest associates. National interests are eclipsed by those of elites."
Opinion | This Theory Explains Trump’s Baffling Foreign Policy
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
America's new royalty, the Trump family.
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This is absurd to put all of those CBP agents involved in the murder of Alex Pretti back onto the streets already.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 10:08 PM
This is absurd to put all of those CBP agents involved in the murder of Alex Pretti back onto the streets already.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
They pose a very real, proven danger to the community.
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Gift Article
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
MAGA Jesus Is Not the Real Jesus
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Gift Article
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Trump is causing incalculable damage to the Christian faith, yet most evangelicals will never break with him.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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This is Alex Pretti.
January 25, 2026 at 2:24 AM
This is Alex Pretti.
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"A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial to Good. As Knutson watched, an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Welcome to the American Winter
In the frozen streets of Minneapolis, something profound is happening.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 AM
"A protester had laid a rose on a makeshift memorial to Good. As Knutson watched, an ICE agent took the rose, put it in his lapel, and then mockingly gave it to a female ICE agent. They both laughed." www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
January 26, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.
The US denies any aid to those promoting core American values, especially equal rights for all and free speech.
And, yes, JD Vance is puke.
And, yes, JD Vance is puke.
JD Vance is a vile, oleaginous, racist, xenophobic, anti-LGBTQ+ fascist
BUT ALSO:
Does he not know that research suggests that the rate of abortion RISES when the Mexico City Rule (aka the Global Gag Rule) is reinstated? [see pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
BUT ALSO:
Does he not know that research suggests that the rate of abortion RISES when the Mexico City Rule (aka the Global Gag Rule) is reinstated? [see pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...
Vance Announces Expansion of ‘Mexico City Rule’ to Cover D.E.I. and ‘Radical’ Gender Policies
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:29 PM
The US denies any aid to those promoting core American values, especially equal rights for all and free speech.
And, yes, JD Vance is puke.
And, yes, JD Vance is puke.
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I’m no historian, nor political scientist, and the term is definitely overused, but…
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:51 PM
I’m no historian, nor political scientist, and the term is definitely overused, but…
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"These were pictures of the state deploying violence confidently & with open disinterest for the niceties of process or protocol — the expression of power as an end to itself. To some, it was horrifying; to others, it was exhilarating"
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
bsky.app/profile/neve...
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
bsky.app/profile/neve...
Dave Guttenfelder is an amazing photojournalist who‘s most recently primarily focused on conflict photojournalism in Syria and Ukraine.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
Hes recently turned his talents to Minneapolis.
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
"These were pictures of the state deploying violence confidently & with open disinterest for the niceties of process or protocol — the expression of power as an end to itself. To some, it was horrifying; to others, it was exhilarating"
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
bsky.app/profile/neve...
Watching America Unravel in Minneapolis
bsky.app/profile/neve...
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Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
January 25, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Bovino: "When politicians, community leaders, & some journalists engage in that heated rhetoric we keep talking about, when they make the choice to vilify law enforcement calling law enforcement 'Gestapo' or using the term 'kidnapping,' that is a choice & there are actions & consequences."
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When is corporate media going to start acknowledging that the Trump regime immigration agenda, which is *entirely unlike* what he actually campaigned on in 2024, is nothing more than the *war crime* of collective punishment against U.S. citizens who didn't vote for him that year?
January 25, 2026 at 9:12 PM
When is corporate media going to start acknowledging that the Trump regime immigration agenda, which is *entirely unlike* what he actually campaigned on in 2024, is nothing more than the *war crime* of collective punishment against U.S. citizens who didn't vote for him that year?
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H5N1’s tipping point: Scientists identify when containment fails www.nature.com/articles/d44...
H5N1’s tipping point: Scientists identify when containment fails
India’s patchy bird monitoring across wetlands-farm interfaces risks overlooking the virus until it’s too late.
www.nature.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:30 PM
H5N1’s tipping point: Scientists identify when containment fails www.nature.com/articles/d44...
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White House Mocked After Implying Penguins Live in Greenland
A Trump meme posted to the official X account backfires
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
A Trump meme posted to the official X account backfires
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
White House Mocked After Implying Penguins Live in Greenland
A Trump meme posted to the official X account backfires
meidasnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:19 PM
White House Mocked After Implying Penguins Live in Greenland
A Trump meme posted to the official X account backfires
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
A Trump meme posted to the official X account backfires
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
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"Hegseth’s apparent desire to get involved in the Minnesota debacle is dangerous not only to the lives of innocent Americans, but to American democracy itself," argues @radiofreetom.bsky.social: theatln.tc/EcRpz1b2
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
"Hegseth’s apparent desire to get involved in the Minnesota debacle is dangerous not only to the lives of innocent Americans, but to American democracy itself," argues @radiofreetom.bsky.social: theatln.tc/EcRpz1b2
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Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
"Now that he's disarmed, let's kill him."
January 25, 2026 at 2:02 PM
"Now that he's disarmed, let's kill him."
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
British politicians accept Trump's bullshit retreat on their troops in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Trump's insult and abuse of other NATO parties stands. Stop accepting Trump. He's the world's worst slimeball.
Meanwhile, Trump's insult and abuse of other NATO parties stands. Stop accepting Trump. He's the world's worst slimeball.
UK politicians welcome Trump’s retreat over British troops’ role in Afghanistan
Home secretary says climbdown was ‘as good as it gets’ from US president despite failure to apologise for remarks
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM
British politicians accept Trump's bullshit retreat on their troops in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Trump's insult and abuse of other NATO parties stands. Stop accepting Trump. He's the world's worst slimeball.
Meanwhile, Trump's insult and abuse of other NATO parties stands. Stop accepting Trump. He's the world's worst slimeball.
Why not a nation-wide strike until ICE is withdrawn?
Crippling the economy would certainly get Trump's attention. I do not see why he needs to be coddled or accepted.
Crippling the economy would certainly get Trump's attention. I do not see why he needs to be coddled or accepted.
January 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Why not a nation-wide strike until ICE is withdrawn?
Crippling the economy would certainly get Trump's attention. I do not see why he needs to be coddled or accepted.
Crippling the economy would certainly get Trump's attention. I do not see why he needs to be coddled or accepted.
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An ICE whistleblower revealed an illegal Trump DHS memo authorizing Trump regime forces to break into civilian homes, this is in violation of the following federal criminal codes:
18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 2236
18 U.S.C. § 2234
#3E #GoodvsEvil
18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 2236
18 U.S.C. § 2234
#3E #GoodvsEvil
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
An ICE whistleblower revealed an illegal Trump DHS memo authorizing Trump regime forces to break into civilian homes, this is in violation of the following federal criminal codes:
18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 2236
18 U.S.C. § 2234
#3E #GoodvsEvil
18 U.S.C. § 241
18 U.S.C. § 242
18 U.S.C. § 371
18 U.S.C. § 2236
18 U.S.C. § 2234
#3E #GoodvsEvil
Having already stated that the DHS killing of Petti was justified, DHS promises to investigate itself in order to justify that conclusion.
The US is working hard to cement its new third-world status.
The US is working hard to cement its new third-world status.
DHS, not FBI, to investigate fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
January 25, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Having already stated that the DHS killing of Petti was justified, DHS promises to investigate itself in order to justify that conclusion.
The US is working hard to cement its new third-world status.
The US is working hard to cement its new third-world status.
Another apparent murder by DHS.
Death of Cuban migrant in Texas facility officially classified as homicide
Autopsy report concluded Geraldo Lunas Campos, 55, died from ‘asphyxia due to neck and torso compression’
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Another apparent murder by DHS.
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The clearest view: they remove his holstered weapon from his back waistband, then execute him.
January 24, 2026 at 11:05 PM
The clearest view: they remove his holstered weapon from his back waistband, then execute him.
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this is a major change in direction from leadership. 1
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 12:37 AM
this is a major change in direction from leadership. 1