Pseudospectre
@pseudospectre.bsky.social
post photos and philosophical/political musings - trans rights are human rights - black lives matter - free palestine - he/him - check out my blog twilliambell.wordpress.com
For some reason, in my dreams we frequently have a pet cobra just hanging out in our house, and it is periodically my job to make sure stupid people or other pets are not killed by it
February 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
For some reason, in my dreams we frequently have a pet cobra just hanging out in our house, and it is periodically my job to make sure stupid people or other pets are not killed by it
If I am ever struggling with starting a poem I have in-mind, it is amazing how often the solution is “make sure the first line is iambic pentameter”
February 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
If I am ever struggling with starting a poem I have in-mind, it is amazing how often the solution is “make sure the first line is iambic pentameter”
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I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
January 31, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I keep thinking again, in light of the latest Epstein files dump, about how MeToo “went too far.”
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one thing I’d add from my experience in student movements is sometimes the best way to make e.g. getting fired/blacklisted less likely is to have as many people publicly involved as possible
one annoying thing about the opsec discourse is its all focused on state surveillance when one of your more realistic risks is mass online harassment that bleeds into irl ie trying to get you fired
and like,,,there’s heres what you should do in that scenario or how to make that less likely guides
and like,,,there’s heres what you should do in that scenario or how to make that less likely guides
January 31, 2026 at 8:49 PM
one thing I’d add from my experience in student movements is sometimes the best way to make e.g. getting fired/blacklisted less likely is to have as many people publicly involved as possible
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At some point, the fact that *over* 1/3 of gaming workers were laid off last year, and the fact that over half a million tech workers have been laid off over the last 3 years, will have to be reckoned with as a society, instead of being swept under the rug anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
At some point, the fact that *over* 1/3 of gaming workers were laid off last year, and the fact that over half a million tech workers have been laid off over the last 3 years, will have to be reckoned with as a society, instead of being swept under the rug anildash.com/2026/01/06/5...
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Elon...They scrubbed Trump from the files but not you. They're setting you up to take the fall! You gave them $300M and this is how they thank you. Next they're coming for your subsidiesss and contractsss
January 31, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Elon...They scrubbed Trump from the files but not you. They're setting you up to take the fall! You gave them $300M and this is how they thank you. Next they're coming for your subsidiesss and contractsss
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As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
![That which is for me through the medium of money - that for which I can pay (i.e., which money can buy) - that am I myself, the possessor of the money. The extent of the power of money is the extent of my power. Money's properties are my - the possessor's - properties and essential powers. Thus, what I am and am capable of is by no means determined by my individuality. I am ugly, but I can buy for myself the most beautiful of women.
Therefore I am not ugly, for the effect of ugliness - its deterrent power - is nullified by money. I, according to my individual characteristics, am lame, but money furnishes me with twenty-four feet.
Therefore I am not lame. I am bad, dishonest, unscrupulous, stupid; but money is honoured, and hence its possessor. Money is the supreme good, therefore its possessor is good. Money, besides, saves me the trouble of being dishonest: I am therefore presumed honest. I am brainless, but money is the real brain of all things and how then should its possessor be brainless? Besides, he can buy clever people for himself, and is he who has [In the manuscript: is. - Ed.] power over the clever not more clever than the clever? Do not I, who thanks to money am capable of all that the human heart longs for, possess all human capacities? Does not my money, therefore, transform all my incapacities into their contrary?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:myqic77tkmdhmaufgkvj43hr/bafkreidpuxbx764xh7vobavcnvs3v2lo5fnfi6dukfrmk3ygxmseznkyxi@jpeg)
January 31, 2026 at 4:05 PM
As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”
Sylvia Plath writing about buying a bee colony
January 31, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Sylvia Plath writing about buying a bee colony
The discussion of Nvidia (and by extension, presumably other chip companies) is really interesting here for understanding the contradictions at work in our current tech moment
The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for economic ...
www.thedigradio.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:35 AM
The discussion of Nvidia (and by extension, presumably other chip companies) is really interesting here for understanding the contradictions at work in our current tech moment
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One of the best things about this episode is the attention to fractions of capital which are—and have to be—in tension with each other. There is no capital “T” Tech as there is no capital “C” Capital... Mapping the fissures, finding present and coming contradictions is critical work.
The Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for economic ...
www.thedigradio.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:31 AM
One of the best things about this episode is the attention to fractions of capital which are—and have to be—in tension with each other. There is no capital “T” Tech as there is no capital “C” Capital... Mapping the fissures, finding present and coming contradictions is critical work.
When you want to be writing, but your writing is based on the reading so you need to be reading
January 31, 2026 at 12:34 AM
When you want to be writing, but your writing is based on the reading so you need to be reading
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NEW: Elon Musk has insisted that Jeffrey Epstein invited him to the notorious island and he declined. But new emails show the opposite -- Musk was practically begging to party with Epstein in the Caribbean, years after Epstein's sex convictions were public knowledge
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Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Begging to Visit His Notorious Island
Newly released documents show how Elon Musk extensively communicated with Jeffrey Epstein to plan parties and trips to his island.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
NEW: Elon Musk has insisted that Jeffrey Epstein invited him to the notorious island and he declined. But new emails show the opposite -- Musk was practically begging to party with Epstein in the Caribbean, years after Epstein's sex convictions were public knowledge
futurism.com/future-socie...
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Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
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January 28, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Jew in Amsterdam here. Please use Anne Frank as a comparison point to explain how state persecution of scapegoats impacts children, that is the point of her example, thanks
The look of defeat after I won a howling match with the neighbour’s malamute
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The look of defeat after I won a howling match with the neighbour’s malamute
Obviously the Democratic Party is nearly worthless as a general rule, but I am unusually worried that they will be completely incapable of meeting the moment if they win in 2028. I fear they will simply allow the entire fascism machine to keep running under their noses until fascism wins decisively.
January 28, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Obviously the Democratic Party is nearly worthless as a general rule, but I am unusually worried that they will be completely incapable of meeting the moment if they win in 2028. I fear they will simply allow the entire fascism machine to keep running under their noses until fascism wins decisively.
When you’ve got a communist meeting to go to but the winter has betrayed the revolution
January 28, 2026 at 2:29 AM
When you’ve got a communist meeting to go to but the winter has betrayed the revolution
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oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
From the Tacoma community on Reddit: Look what pulled into Tacoma
Explore this post and more from the Tacoma community
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January 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
oh my god dude www.reddit.com/r/Tacoma/s/O...
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Some thoughts:
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
Nomination and selection of Nobel Peace Prize laureates - NobelPrize.org
A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any person who meets the nomination criteria. A letter of invitation to submit is not required. The names of the nominees and other informati...
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January 22, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Some thoughts:
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
1. The deadline for nominating a person or group for the Nobel Peace Prize is Feb. 1.
2. History professors are qualified nominators.
3. The people of Minnesota have been awe-inspiringly peaceful in the face of state violence.
4. He would be so mad.
I know we are all used to saying “the seeds of this were sown from the start” but I feel like this is at least long-unseen levels of a political-paramilitary chunk of US federal government getting accustomed to shooting people
January 25, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I know we are all used to saying “the seeds of this were sown from the start” but I feel like this is at least long-unseen levels of a political-paramilitary chunk of US federal government getting accustomed to shooting people
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Love to see a ratio like that
January 25, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Love to see a ratio like that
Sylvia Plath describing Canadian wilderness
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Sylvia Plath describing Canadian wilderness
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Anyone who wants to think about *when* to practice violent resistance should read How to blow up a pipeline by Malm, much better than listening to Bluesky people say “violence, yay!” or “violence, boo!”
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Anyone who wants to think about *when* to practice violent resistance should read How to blow up a pipeline by Malm, much better than listening to Bluesky people say “violence, yay!” or “violence, boo!”
Welp, our kitchen faucet has stopped working in the night
January 24, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Welp, our kitchen faucet has stopped working in the night
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“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
January 23, 2026 at 12:25 PM
“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...