Paul Catiang
@paulcatiang.bsky.social
🧿 Writer. Editor. Yogi. Keeper of the Demon Teahouse. Occasionally very silly. 🧿
From Quezon City, the Philippines
he/him/his
From Quezon City, the Philippines
he/him/his
It's the Full Moon in Gemini.
December 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's the Full Moon in Gemini.
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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How much does the soldering hurt?
December 4, 2025 at 5:44 AM
How much does the soldering hurt?
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'tapping the sign' is driving me insane why hasn't it died off yet
December 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
'tapping the sign' is driving me insane why hasn't it died off yet
An LSS for Thursday, y'all:
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 AM
An LSS for Thursday, y'all:
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AI is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will unleash a wave of new ideas and unfinished projects—leaving people busier, not freer, as “everybody’s jobs will be different.” trib.al/i8LvkCC
Nvidia CEO says AI will actually make everyone a lot busier: 'Everybody's jobs will be different' | Fortune
“I would say that there's every evidence that we will be more productive and yet still be busier because we have so many ideas,” Jensen Huang said.
trib.al
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
AI is a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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On 24-30 Nov 2025, 3 died in Marcos’s drug war. 2 in a buy-bust op in Basilan, including a PDEU police officer with no known drug ties. Ilocos Sur recorded its 1st drug-related killing this year when a pusher was killed in a deal gone wrong.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
December 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
On 24-30 Nov 2025, 3 died in Marcos’s drug war. 2 in a buy-bust op in Basilan, including a PDEU police officer with no known drug ties. Ilocos Sur recorded its 1st drug-related killing this year when a pusher was killed in a deal gone wrong.
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
Sources: dahas.upd.edu.ph/sources-2025/
Instagram changed its layout again and tossed in a few bugs for good measure. Enshittification continues.
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Instagram changed its layout again and tossed in a few bugs for good measure. Enshittification continues.
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I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I’m 56 years old, and for my whole life we’ve been asking some version of the question “what would WE, our generation, have done to stop the Nazis, either in Germany as they were rising, or around the world to fight for freedom.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Now we’re answering the question in real time. Each of us & all of us.
Dreaming of his perfect MRI.
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Dreaming of his perfect MRI.
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Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Every dollar JK Rowling makes from Harry Potter is going into bankrolling an extortion racket issuing legal threats to organizations across the UK to purge themselves of trans people or face ruinous lawfare.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Needed to send a picture for a retreat I'm co-facilitating next year, so:
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Needed to send a picture for a retreat I'm co-facilitating next year, so:
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Protesters rally against Netanyahu pardon outside official residence - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protesters-rally-against-netanyahu-pardon-outside-official-residence
Protesters rally against Netanyahu pardon outside official residence
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="328" data-start="92">Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s official residence to oppose a planned pardon, following a formal request from US President Donald Trump, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported.</p>
<p data-end="521" data-start="330">Protesters insisted Netanyahu must face justice, emphasising that “Israel is a state of law” and rejecting claims that the country should act as “a Trump protectorate or a banana republic.”</p>
<p data-end="521" data-start="330">Last week Netanyahu also formally requested a pardon from President Isaac Herzog over his ongoing corruption charges.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Protesters rally against Netanyahu pardon outside official residence - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/protesters-rally-against-netanyahu-pardon-outside-official-residence
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
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Meet two heroes of our times.
December 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Meet two heroes of our times.
Over the weekend I received a letter from a friend expressing appreciation for what he calls my "subtle, non-sanctimonious wisdom." Upon reading that, I felt that part of me finally felt seen, because not everyone clocks the subtlety.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Over the weekend I received a letter from a friend expressing appreciation for what he calls my "subtle, non-sanctimonious wisdom." Upon reading that, I felt that part of me finally felt seen, because not everyone clocks the subtlety.
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I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I was diagnosed with #HIV in 1998, when I was 30.
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Many of my friends had died of AIDS. I did not expect to live to 50.
I’m 58 now.
HIV treatment works.
Treatment also makes it impossible for me to pass HIV on during sex.
Ensure HIV treatment for all.
End HIV stigma.
#WorldAIDSDay
Suddenly, rain in Cubao. Medyo malakas.
December 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Suddenly, rain in Cubao. Medyo malakas.
I do love a good challenge.
@paulcatiang.bsky.social kailan kayo may ganap? Baka makigulo ako. Whahaha
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I do love a good challenge.
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Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Imagine if they just subsidized newspapers and magazines the way they’re subsidizing this slop
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Subbed for my colleague's restorative yoga class. Now I'm sleepy.
November 30, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Subbed for my colleague's restorative yoga class. Now I'm sleepy.