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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 1d

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Lately, I’ve been hearing the same tired tune—often echoed in right-wing circles and online by nationalist talking-heads—about how white Europeans, particularly white Christian men, are singlehandedly...

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 11d

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Big Scary Government, Tiny Balls

I keep seeing people post that the new White House memorandum on “anti-American, anti-capitalist, and anti-Christian rhetoric or activities” terrifies them.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 17d

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The Clarity of Collapse: I Belong to Earth, Not Empire

As often it is with events in our lives that bring chaos and uncertainty, reflection and contemplation—and perhaps clarity—comes with it.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 21d

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In Spite of Everything, We Search

It’s not hard to see why a story like this might have slipped beneath the surface of public attention.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 27d

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Selective Compassion: The Hypocrisy of American Mourning

I keep seeing waves of posts mourning Charlie Kirk, framing his death as the silencing of a man “simply exercising free speech” or “speaking truth to power.” Others add the sentimental refrain: “he wa...

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 28d

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · 28d

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The Adventurer Who Carried Both Whip and Conscience

While I’ve never been much of a reader of fiction, I’ve always had a deep appreciation for fiction in film.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 10

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How Small Towns Stay Small-Minded: The Cost of Never Leaving Home

A while ago, I wrote about the insular nature of rural communities in America, about how geography itself has acted as a kind of shield.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 7

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The 1% Laugh at Culture War Rage

Unless your net worth starts with a “B” and has nine zeros trailing behind it, you’re not in the billionaire class.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Republicans Accidentally Admit Trump Worked for the “Deep State”

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson, with the dead-eyed conviction of a man auditioning for a parody of himself, actually claimed Trump was a secret FBI informant working against Epstein.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

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Humanity’s Suicide Note

It is no longer possible to claim ignorance.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 6

The language of war turned inward—rhetoric of a thug in office. A head of state bragging about “deportations in the morning” isn’t a leader—he’s a domestic terrorist in a suit, the festering carcass of American rot, animated by cruelty and parading the stench of collapse as if it were providence.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 2

Once again, suspended from Facebook — waiting on appeal

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Sep 1

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The Death of Nuance in America

Every time I’ve written about my time in Moscow, it seems to set someone off.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 31

Well, yes, and if I wasn’t already on a list—I most certainly am now, lol

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 31

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The Beautiful America Within Reach

Imagine an America where greed and money are not the engines of society, where we stop mistaking the hoarding of wealth for the measure of a person’s worth.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 28

My FB has a my linktree url in the bio.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not a fan for the short, tweet-style posts that Bluesky runs on. If you want more from me, I’ve got my Substack, as mentioned before, and of course, FB. There is a fake profile on FB pretending to be me. Just the usual nonsense you’d expect from a local fascist trying to stir shit.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Behold. The festering carcasses of American rot all shoved into ill-fitting suits.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 23

Thank you sir

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 23

Yeah lol

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Aug 7

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Jul 30

If he really hates science and progress so much, the next time he needs a doctor—or those glasses—he should opt out. Hard to cry about modernity while squinting through prescription lenses. Ideological purity means walking the walk, not tripping over your own hypocrisy.

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Jul 29

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AI for Assholes

It’s become increasingly clear in the months since this regime clawed its way into power—broadcasting a real-time authoritarian spectacle for the world to witness—that what we’re facing is not merely ...

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Oliver Kornetzke @kornetzke.bsky.social · Jul 25

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Partnering with Nature: Toward an Intelligence Rooted in Symbiosis

What if we’re going about Artificial General Intelligence all wrong?

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