M R. X. Dentith
@mrxdentith.com
Philosopher (BNU-ZH): works on conspiracy theory theory, fake news, etc. Associate editor for "Social Epistemology."
Pronouns: they/them
Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
Pronouns: they/them
Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
The chief problem with #ParanormalActivity5 is that the activity is no longer suggested but shown, and the continuity is so overt that it both feels like a completely different franchise and one you can’t watch without knowing the first four films intimately
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The chief problem with #ParanormalActivity5 is that the activity is no longer suggested but shown, and the continuity is so overt that it both feels like a completely different franchise and one you can’t watch without knowing the first four films intimately
Really getting the feeling National are going to campaign on the line “What you didn’t like about the last term is all ACT’s fault!”
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Really getting the feeling National are going to campaign on the line “What you didn’t like about the last term is all ACT’s fault!”
Whatever happened to those rumours that missing #DoctorWho episodes were going to be announced as found by “Film is Fabulous?” a week or so ago? I was assured by some people on this site that this time the rumours had substance…
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Whatever happened to those rumours that missing #DoctorWho episodes were going to be announced as found by “Film is Fabulous?” a week or so ago? I was assured by some people on this site that this time the rumours had substance…
I’ve been rewatching the Diana Rigg seasons of #TheAvengers, albeit in order for the first time, and the black-and-white season is just fantastic. But the show seems to lose steam as the colour series goes on
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I’ve been rewatching the Diana Rigg seasons of #TheAvengers, albeit in order for the first time, and the black-and-white season is just fantastic. But the show seems to lose steam as the colour series goes on
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Has anyone seen Labour make an official party statement about this horrific human rights issue yet?
Hipkins jumped on bluesky after a 2month break to support Winston Peters here
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
Has so far refused to do the same to support the trans community in the face of destructive and, frankly, fatal policy that NZF and National delivered this week
Really showing his, and Labour's, priorities
The attack on Winston Peters home today was totally unacceptable. MPs homes are not the place to protest. No matter the cause, political violence is never ok and should be condemned. Free speech is healthy in a democracy, political violence is not.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Has anyone seen Labour make an official party statement about this horrific human rights issue yet?
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm afraid of Americans
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it
I'm afraid I can't
#SleepawayCamp2 is a campy (no pun intended) delight, bookended by a first film with a “shock” ending that is pretty distasteful today, and a third film which is just dull
November 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#SleepawayCamp2 is a campy (no pun intended) delight, bookended by a first film with a “shock” ending that is pretty distasteful today, and a third film which is just dull
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any filmmakers on here interested in remaking Falling Down (1993) but instead of a traffic jam on a hot day the catalyst is trying to log in to editorial manager on literally any sort of day whatsoever?
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
any filmmakers on here interested in remaking Falling Down (1993) but instead of a traffic jam on a hot day the catalyst is trying to log in to editorial manager on literally any sort of day whatsoever?
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Can I just point out that these warnings are far, far from empty alarmism. Look at the states. Repro rights orgs started warning people years ago as the antis chipped away at our rights until finally Roe v Wade fell. We can’t let it happen here. We need a new govt. #nzpol
The banning of gender affirming care/ puberty blockers for trans kids is a TEST. This Luxon-led coalition is seeing how much pushback they receive on this issue to figure out how to ban abortion & contraception next term. They're anti-choice, they will act on this. #nzpol #abortion #pubertyblockers
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Can I just point out that these warnings are far, far from empty alarmism. Look at the states. Repro rights orgs started warning people years ago as the antis chipped away at our rights until finally Roe v Wade fell. We can’t let it happen here. We need a new govt. #nzpol
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Will you all please calm your collective fucking farms. I can't WAIT until you all find out who some of our candidates are, but I have to. The hottest tip I've got for you fam, is if you want more Greens in your government PARTY VOTE FOR THE GREEN PARTY. 🤷 Revolutionary. (Literally).
November 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Will you all please calm your collective fucking farms. I can't WAIT until you all find out who some of our candidates are, but I have to. The hottest tip I've got for you fam, is if you want more Greens in your government PARTY VOTE FOR THE GREEN PARTY. 🤷 Revolutionary. (Literally).
Somehow I thought Craig Renney was much older
November 23, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Somehow I thought Craig Renney was much older
I spent most of last night writing up the rules for the card game I am designing, mostly so I can give it to a friend to play test. No idea whether the game itself will be fun, but the mental exercise of designing a game is fun
November 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I spent most of last night writing up the rules for the card game I am designing, mostly so I can give it to a friend to play test. No idea whether the game itself will be fun, but the mental exercise of designing a game is fun
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New salutation just dropped
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 AM
New salutation just dropped
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The Andrew Little situation strongly implies he just confidently assumed he could manage Chung fine, and put zero thought into it beyond that.
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
November 20, 2025 at 3:07 AM
The Andrew Little situation strongly implies he just confidently assumed he could manage Chung fine, and put zero thought into it beyond that.
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
Which means he also just assumed Tory Whanau was doing a bad job when he could cruise through.
And that's disrespectful/racist/sexist as shit. #nzpol
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Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
Winston Peters vows to repeal Regulatory Standards Bill; David Seymour hits back
"We did our best to neutralise its adverse effects and we will campaign at the next election to repeal it," Peters told Radio Waatea.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Some opposition MP should put a "Regulatory Standards Act Repeal Bill" into the biscuit tin, approach the NZ First backbench MPs to sign on in support of it, and then see what happens if it gets pulled from the lottery ... NZ First didn't promise not to vote to repeal it once enacted!
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If we are stopping puberty blockers due to a lack of evidence, then by that metric all SSRIs should also be stopped.
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
If we are stopping puberty blockers due to a lack of evidence, then by that metric all SSRIs should also be stopped.
Who is prototyping a board game? Me!
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Who is prototyping a board game? Me!
Alan Tarica seems to have disappeared from BlueSky. How sad!
November 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Alan Tarica seems to have disappeared from BlueSky. How sad!
People keep sending me SubStack links and I keep telling them I’m not going to visit their Nazi bar
November 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
People keep sending me SubStack links and I keep telling them I’m not going to visit their Nazi bar
It’s kind of astounding how many people read this article and went “Shame on the publisher for being so cheap to use AI covers!” when the issue is that the publisher paid for designed covers, only to find out that the designer cheated them
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
It’s kind of astounding how many people read this article and went “Shame on the publisher for being so cheap to use AI covers!” when the issue is that the publisher paid for designed covers, only to find out that the designer cheated them
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I live in a time when "a cabal of pedophiles runs the country" and "the national media have been engaging in a multi a year long conspiracy to end democracy" are factual statements and I want a refund
About the same time the NYT sat on a scoop tying Trump to Epstein, Maggie Haberman was downright giddy (y'all) about NYT promoting an anti-Hillary Clinton book.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I live in a time when "a cabal of pedophiles runs the country" and "the national media have been engaging in a multi a year long conspiracy to end democracy" are factual statements and I want a refund
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Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Any other time, any other President, and "the dude was in a global conspiracy to fuck them kids" would have been 24/7 coverage. Even Dubya.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I remember the fucking Lewinsky coverage. Our media have become craven hacks carrying water for rich pedophiles and I feel insane typing that but there it is.
I'm doing an interview for a Turkish sociology journal by email, and its fascinating because the questions are good but my answers will be translated into Turkish. So I have to be careful in how I phrase things in order to forestall potential ambiguities that the translators would need to deal with.
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I'm doing an interview for a Turkish sociology journal by email, and its fascinating because the questions are good but my answers will be translated into Turkish. So I have to be careful in how I phrase things in order to forestall potential ambiguities that the translators would need to deal with.
There is a place in Guangzhou that does a vegan pork belly dish that is basically a fairly common fake pork product that has been deep fried to perfection. I'm going to try and replicate it in an airfryer...
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
There is a place in Guangzhou that does a vegan pork belly dish that is basically a fairly common fake pork product that has been deep fried to perfection. I'm going to try and replicate it in an airfryer...