Kygosi
@kygosi.bsky.social
Modestly employed philosophy prof & elementary math teacher, forming Presidential Exploratory Committee (he/him, cis, elder millennial white guy)
This is no world for paladins. No retreat, no surrender
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This is no world for paladins. No retreat, no surrender
Special Checking by Jack Whitten
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Just cackling over this
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Just cackling over this
What if we could live with Cartesian skepticism, but for like all the time, not just when we’re reading the Meditations. This is great.
NEW: A hacker gained control of 1,100 mobile phones powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok. Then, he shared details of the operation with 404 Media.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
A look inside how startup Doublespeed, which is backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), is creating AI spam pages on TikTok to promote products.
Hack Reveals the a16z-Backed Phone Farm Flooding TikTok With AI Influencers
A hacker gained control of a 1,100 mobile phone farm powering covert, AI-generated ads on TikTok.
www.404media.co
December 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What if we could live with Cartesian skepticism, but for like all the time, not just when we’re reading the Meditations. This is great.
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a great goddamn blog, here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/abominatio...
December 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
a great goddamn blog, here www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/abominatio...
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“The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this land will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.”
-Abraham Lincoln
"bing bing bing"
-Donald
-Abraham Lincoln
"bing bing bing"
-Donald
Trump: "The only time anybody could see those planes was when those bomb chutes open up, because it becomes totally un-stealth. You're going in, you go like this. As soon as it goes like this, for some reason the plane is totally visible. Not good. I watched it happening. I watched it go bing bing"
December 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“The mystic chords of memory stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this land will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.”
-Abraham Lincoln
"bing bing bing"
-Donald
-Abraham Lincoln
"bing bing bing"
-Donald
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My secret investigation is going so well that everyone’s talking about it
Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My secret investigation is going so well that everyone’s talking about it
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The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
December 17, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The richest man in the world bragging about starving people to death sounds like a plot from an over-the-top dystopian movie but that's what happened
I’m pretty sure this *is* their solution.
Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans. n.pr/4q9lB8z
How the long-running Obamacare fight came to thwart enhanced subsidies in Congress
Congress is poised to leave for a scheduled holiday recess without a solution for addressing the expiration of enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace plans.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I’m pretty sure this *is* their solution.
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“try to avoid snacking after dinner” okay then I will starve to death in the night. good bye
December 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“try to avoid snacking after dinner” okay then I will starve to death in the night. good bye
Shams Charnia tweet that is so obtuse you can’t tell if it really happened
what would be the funniest way to find out It happened
like via Jeff Passan or something
like via Jeff Passan or something
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Shams Charnia tweet that is so obtuse you can’t tell if it really happened
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The Republic Book IX remains the most essential political reading of the current era.
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Republic Book IX remains the most essential political reading of the current era.
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It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
December 15, 2025 at 12:27 AM
It’s so cool that every website is just Like This now. We used to send guys to the chair for putting pop-up ads on their sites. Now if I want to read something I have to read single lines between autoplaying video ads that use so much RAM they force the browser to reload every 5 seconds.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The same people who think we need to bring back real standards to academia also want to give all students a “suspend my professor” button if they don’t like how things are going
This was the one of the main plot lines of Watchmen on HBO and I never thought we would see it years later in the US. It’s terrifying how those with some of the most power over us are now hidden and anonymous. The antithesis of a democratic, self-ruled nation.
I'm searching Getty Images and found some photos credited to the Boston Herald that redact the faces of ICE/federal agents. They don't redact the face of the guy they're arresting.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
I'm curious about the ethics of doing this. I don't think I've ever seen this on Getty before.
December 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This was the one of the main plot lines of Watchmen on HBO and I never thought we would see it years later in the US. It’s terrifying how those with some of the most power over us are now hidden and anonymous. The antithesis of a democratic, self-ruled nation.
Classic case of dumb or evil
Lutnick: "We should be bringing in the best and brightest, and that's what Donald Trump is changing about our immigration system. Let's expedite the best and brightest who are gonna give a million dollars to the US to prove they're at the top of the list."
December 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Classic case of dumb or evil
What is valuable is judgment, not knowledge or money, and judgement is incredibly hard to evaluate.
I asked Google Gemini whether the Hegseth AI memo is real.
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What is valuable is judgment, not knowledge or money, and judgement is incredibly hard to evaluate.
Sucks when your dad dies.
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Sucks when your dad dies.
Ew, I just realized where the word “brand” comes from and that’s gross.
December 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ew, I just realized where the word “brand” comes from and that’s gross.
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50-page, $300 million report by a think tank called Winning Through Victory: Democrats can only win if they frame all their criticisms of Republicans as a "compliment sandwich"
Median Democratic voter: When our time comes we shall not make excuses for the terror
Median Democratic voter: When our time comes we shall not make excuses for the terror
December 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
50-page, $300 million report by a think tank called Winning Through Victory: Democrats can only win if they frame all their criticisms of Republicans as a "compliment sandwich"
Median Democratic voter: When our time comes we shall not make excuses for the terror
Median Democratic voter: When our time comes we shall not make excuses for the terror
The irony is that increased accessibility almost always has positive knock on effects for others who identify as able persons. A little consideration of anyone not like me using a good or service immediately yields benefits for all. We need to stop thinking of accessibility as a cost
In other news, the whole thing about Calibri v. TNR isn't about a font face, it's about the fact that Calibri is easier for people with some disabilities to read.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
They think any accommodation, however painless, should stop.
December 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The irony is that increased accessibility almost always has positive knock on effects for others who identify as able persons. A little consideration of anyone not like me using a good or service immediately yields benefits for all. We need to stop thinking of accessibility as a cost
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station