@lastpositivist.bsky.social
Aspiring philosopher; tolerable human; "amusing combination of sardonic detachment & literally all the feelings felt entirely unironically all at once" [he/his]
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I really think at its heart philosophy is one giant battle, taking place over many eras and nations, between people who are basically pleasant bureaucrats and people who are sexy murder poets, and it’s both super important and super boring that the pleasant bureaucrats must win.
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Yeah, this is important. Sometimes (waves around vaguely) behaving like a hateful jerk is at an emotional level both understandable and maybe even apt. But if you try to rationalise it beyond that and try to use it to justify it as a general state of being then you just are a hateful jerk, soz
January 21, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Yeah, this is important. Sometimes (waves around vaguely) behaving like a hateful jerk is at an emotional level both understandable and maybe even apt. But if you try to rationalise it beyond that and try to use it to justify it as a general state of being then you just are a hateful jerk, soz
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"Reserve Head" - Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty, reign of Khufu, approx. 2500-2584 BCE at #KunsthistorischesMuseumVienna
#KHM #Leica #LeicaQ343 #MyLeicaPhoto
#KHM #Leica #LeicaQ343 #MyLeicaPhoto
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 AM
"Reserve Head" - Old Kingdom, 4th dynasty, reign of Khufu, approx. 2500-2584 BCE at #KunsthistorischesMuseumVienna
#KHM #Leica #LeicaQ343 #MyLeicaPhoto
#KHM #Leica #LeicaQ343 #MyLeicaPhoto
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I think this is probably my main retrospective on peak woke years to be honest. Lots of poor behaviour rationalised as political pragmatism with no care for whether it ever actually worked. Lots of lofty ideals, but lots of easy rationalisations too.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I think this is probably my main retrospective on peak woke years to be honest. Lots of poor behaviour rationalised as political pragmatism with no care for whether it ever actually worked. Lots of lofty ideals, but lots of easy rationalisations too.
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I vastly prefer when people say ‘we’ve got these feelings and they just need to be expressed, if imperfectly’ to ‘here’s why acting out the way I want to is somehow pragmatic’ as inevitably there is never any retrospective evaluation of whether it was true or not.
January 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
I vastly prefer when people say ‘we’ve got these feelings and they just need to be expressed, if imperfectly’ to ‘here’s why acting out the way I want to is somehow pragmatic’ as inevitably there is never any retrospective evaluation of whether it was true or not.
I basically never like "here's the rationale for why it's ok for me to be a hateful jerk" - at most tact sometimes forebears me from actually commenting on the fact that someone is being a hateful jerk. But it never really seems true to me that there's some political imperative which makes it ok.
January 21, 2026 at 3:36 PM
I basically never like "here's the rationale for why it's ok for me to be a hateful jerk" - at most tact sometimes forebears me from actually commenting on the fact that someone is being a hateful jerk. But it never really seems true to me that there's some political imperative which makes it ok.
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i actually don't really think it makes sense to hate all of the citizens of a country because of the geopolitical policies of their country, which they almost certainly have no say in. you're supposed to hate them on the basis of crude cultural stereotypes
January 21, 2026 at 2:59 PM
i actually don't really think it makes sense to hate all of the citizens of a country because of the geopolitical policies of their country, which they almost certainly have no say in. you're supposed to hate them on the basis of crude cultural stereotypes
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Iceland at Davos
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Iceland at Davos
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Consciously engaging in not being engaged in thoughts.
Instead, just the river of life.
Flowing. Flowing. Flowing.
Instead, just the river of life.
Flowing. Flowing. Flowing.
January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Consciously engaging in not being engaged in thoughts.
Instead, just the river of life.
Flowing. Flowing. Flowing.
Instead, just the river of life.
Flowing. Flowing. Flowing.
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hey scientists, have you seen a cool paper recently that didn't get enough attention? let me know! I'm always looking for new studies to cover and would love to hear from you👇
January 16, 2026 at 8:58 PM
hey scientists, have you seen a cool paper recently that didn't get enough attention? let me know! I'm always looking for new studies to cover and would love to hear from you👇
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We underestimate the resentment people have for the kind of soft power being attractive gets you. I mean as a schlub myself, I have made peace with it, but not everyone has.
January 21, 2026 at 9:48 AM
We underestimate the resentment people have for the kind of soft power being attractive gets you. I mean as a schlub myself, I have made peace with it, but not everyone has.
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I think The Simpsons may be a counterexample to the theory that it always strengthens a brand to have new content coming out.
January 21, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I think The Simpsons may be a counterexample to the theory that it always strengthens a brand to have new content coming out.
The Hank Scorpio episode of the Simpsons was a lot of fun and it's a shame the show (which is still going) does not produce comedy of that calibre any more.
January 21, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The Hank Scorpio episode of the Simpsons was a lot of fun and it's a shame the show (which is still going) does not produce comedy of that calibre any more.
January 21, 2026 at 10:46 AM
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The Telegraph suddenly waking and sitting bolt upright
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM
The Telegraph suddenly waking and sitting bolt upright
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Apparently some people have been wondering lately about whether it's OK to despise Americans as a group because of the actions of their government, and I'm going to stick my neck out and say no that is not OK
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Apparently some people have been wondering lately about whether it's OK to despise Americans as a group because of the actions of their government, and I'm going to stick my neck out and say no that is not OK
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One of the funny* things about the Jenrick defection is his articles basically amount to "Reheated Thatcherism and bungs to pensioners have broken Britain, and that's why I'm joining the Reheated Thatcherism and Bungs to Pensioners Party".
Don't know if this sort of rhetoric has caught up with the fact that Reform's base are the most dependent on welfare of any party's
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 AM
One of the funny* things about the Jenrick defection is his articles basically amount to "Reheated Thatcherism and bungs to pensioners have broken Britain, and that's why I'm joining the Reheated Thatcherism and Bungs to Pensioners Party".
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The thing is, the right wing has been stark bollock naked since the French revolution and yet we've spent the intervening centuries acting like they have a disagreement about tax rates instead of profound neurological damage and we don't know what politics that recognises this would look like.
A lot of British "patriots" siding with a hostile foreign leader who has declared economic war on their country.
A hostile foreign leader who is now looking for anything he can do to damage Britain - because he wants to steal Greenland.
You have all been totally exposed.
A hostile foreign leader who is now looking for anything he can do to damage Britain - because he wants to steal Greenland.
You have all been totally exposed.
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 AM
The thing is, the right wing has been stark bollock naked since the French revolution and yet we've spent the intervening centuries acting like they have a disagreement about tax rates instead of profound neurological damage and we don't know what politics that recognises this would look like.
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Heated Rivalry but it’s Jurassic Park
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Heated Rivalry but it’s Jurassic Park
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Discovered my dad has created a custom blend of different types of Lidl coffee.
January 21, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Discovered my dad has created a custom blend of different types of Lidl coffee.
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Once again it is because the movement is primarily a psychosexual drama
They also get this way about hot women who disagree with them! Witness their reaction to AOC. In general the Internet Right's whole Thing with hot people who disagree with them is pretty fascinating, it seems to play a peculiar role in their political psychology.
They have a weird psychosexual reaction to objectively attractive men tbh
January 21, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Once again it is because the movement is primarily a psychosexual drama
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They also get this way about hot women who disagree with them! Witness their reaction to AOC. In general the Internet Right's whole Thing with hot people who disagree with them is pretty fascinating, it seems to play a peculiar role in their political psychology.
They have a weird psychosexual reaction to objectively attractive men tbh
January 21, 2026 at 9:25 AM
They also get this way about hot women who disagree with them! Witness their reaction to AOC. In general the Internet Right's whole Thing with hot people who disagree with them is pretty fascinating, it seems to play a peculiar role in their political psychology.
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i am genuinely so fascinated about how Trudeau Jr broke the transnational right
Over on the bad site, MAGA is obsessively raging about former Canadian prime minister Trudeau... as if that was in any conceivable way relevant to anything currently happening.
January 21, 2026 at 3:06 AM
i am genuinely so fascinated about how Trudeau Jr broke the transnational right