Maren Behrensen
@mbehrensen.bsky.social
Philosophy (trans and gender stuff, technology, social ontology, cognitive warfare) | Mushrooms (not that kind) | Scifi and sports dorkery
I can't sing or dance or play an instrument, and I can barely tell waltz from flamenco. But in a relentlessly shit year, I'm grateful for music: mathematical magic for our electric thinking, feeling flesh.
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I can't sing or dance or play an instrument, and I can barely tell waltz from flamenco. But in a relentlessly shit year, I'm grateful for music: mathematical magic for our electric thinking, feeling flesh.
Thiel to Avignon and schism when?
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Thiel to Avignon and schism when?
Thinking of David Lyons' words today:
"When asked how he could maintain his good cheer and optimism through these awful times, Howard [Zinn] would point out some things that the media obscures. People in many places [...] are always working on a relatively small scale for progressive change."
"When asked how he could maintain his good cheer and optimism through these awful times, Howard [Zinn] would point out some things that the media obscures. People in many places [...] are always working on a relatively small scale for progressive change."
A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thinking of David Lyons' words today:
"When asked how he could maintain his good cheer and optimism through these awful times, Howard [Zinn] would point out some things that the media obscures. People in many places [...] are always working on a relatively small scale for progressive change."
"When asked how he could maintain his good cheer and optimism through these awful times, Howard [Zinn] would point out some things that the media obscures. People in many places [...] are always working on a relatively small scale for progressive change."
Ich finde es fast erholsam, dass die Nachrichten im Deutschlandfunk nicht nur über das große bekloppte Weltganze berichten, sondern auch dem kleinen Irrsinn Raum geben, so etwa:
November 23, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ich finde es fast erholsam, dass die Nachrichten im Deutschlandfunk nicht nur über das große bekloppte Weltganze berichten, sondern auch dem kleinen Irrsinn Raum geben, so etwa:
😍 she even has a silly little waltz about shitty little men 😍
ROSALÍA, Yahritza Y Su Esencia - La Perla (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by RosaliaVEVO
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November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
😍 she even has a silly little waltz about shitty little men 😍
Matthei, Kast, Johannes Maximilian Kaiser Barents-von Hohenhagen: I see the Chilean right had a very normal and very German one with this election.
November 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Matthei, Kast, Johannes Maximilian Kaiser Barents-von Hohenhagen: I see the Chilean right had a very normal and very German one with this election.
Paraphrasing an Irish friend: if you want to understand why some people care so deeply about sports, and how it embodies values that corporate ghouls try but fail to destroy - watch Troy Parrott's post-match interview on RTÉ.
November 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Paraphrasing an Irish friend: if you want to understand why some people care so deeply about sports, and how it embodies values that corporate ghouls try but fail to destroy - watch Troy Parrott's post-match interview on RTÉ.
"Die Achillessehne beim Fieberbrunner ist der Rücken." - Never change, Eurosport, never change.
November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"Die Achillessehne beim Fieberbrunner ist der Rücken." - Never change, Eurosport, never change.
"Of the handful of children whose genitals were operated on at the same Hong Kong hospital in the 1970s, Luk was the only survivor. She found out later that 'most of them had [died by] suicide'."
‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children
What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"Of the handful of children whose genitals were operated on at the same Hong Kong hospital in the 1970s, Luk was the only survivor. She found out later that 'most of them had [died by] suicide'."
Reposted by Maren Behrensen
Der Mann, der Rosalind Franklins Notizbuch gefunden hat, ist gestorben.
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Der Mann, der Rosalind Franklins Notizbuch gefunden hat, ist gestorben.
One of seven such lawsuits against Open AI. I hope they get sued into oblivion. I would love to see Sam Altman go to prison. And maybe it's time to raze this sociopathic cult machine to the ground.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
edition.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
One of seven such lawsuits against Open AI. I hope they get sued into oblivion. I would love to see Sam Altman go to prison. And maybe it's time to raze this sociopathic cult machine to the ground.
It took Abiy Ahmed roughly a year to go from Nobel laureate to war criminal. Maybe she gets to instigate war crimes before she even receives hers. And by these standards, Trump is sure to be the 2026 pick.
November 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It took Abiy Ahmed roughly a year to go from Nobel laureate to war criminal. Maybe she gets to instigate war crimes before she even receives hers. And by these standards, Trump is sure to be the 2026 pick.
So ist es mit der organisierten Frauenverachtung: die Gewalt gibt es, schlimm, schlimm, und sie darf benannt werden, ja, ja. Aber die Täter, die Täter lassen sich leider nirgends finden.
Causa Rammstein: Landgericht Hamburg untersagt Shelby Lynn manche Behauptungen im Fall Till Lindemann
Eine junge Nordirin hatte mit Anschuldigungen Empörung gegen den Musiker ausgelöst und eine umfangreiche Berichterstattung. Einige Aussagen darf sie nun nicht wiederholen, andere schon.
www.tagesspiegel.de
November 2, 2025 at 9:20 AM
So ist es mit der organisierten Frauenverachtung: die Gewalt gibt es, schlimm, schlimm, und sie darf benannt werden, ja, ja. Aber die Täter, die Täter lassen sich leider nirgends finden.
BRD Noir Extrem. Im Hintergrund Radio. Hörerinnen rufen zum Thema Herzkrankheiten an, dann Fleetwood Mac.
October 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
BRD Noir Extrem. Im Hintergrund Radio. Hörerinnen rufen zum Thema Herzkrankheiten an, dann Fleetwood Mac.
Reposted by Maren Behrensen
John Prine, vastly improving the Zombie argument.
John Prine - Some Humans Ain't Human - Fair & Square
YouTube video by John Prine
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October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
John Prine, vastly improving the Zombie argument.
News from TERF Island
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
News from TERF Island
A new trend in "leveraging AI for research": Generate "research papers" that are half plagiarized and half LLM-generated, put the names of real academics on those "papers," publish them in your "journal" and make them open access.
Scientific Study Exposes Publication Fraud Involving Widespread Use of AI
www.tudelft.nl
October 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A new trend in "leveraging AI for research": Generate "research papers" that are half plagiarized and half LLM-generated, put the names of real academics on those "papers," publish them in your "journal" and make them open access.
So Elmo says he needs one trillion dollars to build and control a "robot army." Not only is he still lifting his "business ideas" from ancient video games, he's also the kind of person who'd side with Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas. Of course he is.
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
So Elmo says he needs one trillion dollars to build and control a "robot army." Not only is he still lifting his "business ideas" from ancient video games, he's also the kind of person who'd side with Mr. House in Fallout: New Vegas. Of course he is.
Thinking about Ursula and the Odonians today.
October 22, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thinking about Ursula and the Odonians today.
Been pondering the ending for a full day now, and it's not just a damn good study of how cults operate, I think it can also be watched as a season-length retelling of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Been pondering the ending for a full day now, and it's not just a damn good study of how cults operate, I think it can also be watched as a season-length retelling of "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas."
Peter Thiel und Vibe Theology: ich ungläubiges Wesen hab da mal was kleines Katholisches gemacht und zur Verteidigung der Rechtgläubigen gegen die übelsten Häresien unserer Zeit geschrieben.
Vibe Theology: Die extreme Rechte und ihr Technopapst - feinschwarz.net
Maren Behrensen analysiert die überschätzte aber keineswegs harmlose Politische Theologie von Peter Thiel.
www.feinschwarz.net
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Peter Thiel und Vibe Theology: ich ungläubiges Wesen hab da mal was kleines Katholisches gemacht und zur Verteidigung der Rechtgläubigen gegen die übelsten Häresien unserer Zeit geschrieben.
It would be very 2025 if the decision to award the Peace Nobel to Machado turned out to be a catalyst for war.
October 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
It would be very 2025 if the decision to award the Peace Nobel to Machado turned out to be a catalyst for war.
Today I heard Stephen Miller's politics described as Jean Raspail fanfic. And that's just what this is.
October 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today I heard Stephen Miller's politics described as Jean Raspail fanfic. And that's just what this is.