ÄRVINSKI
@arvinski.bsky.social
Epistemological hairsplitter. Heretical autodidact. Benevolent weirdo. Cartographer of The Ineffable. Spell breaker. Synth freak. Spiritually Transformative Experience, 2008-09. Guess you had to be there. Not leading, following or getting out of the way.
Increasing numbers of people are starting to realize the term FAILED STATE has a meaning beyond demagoguery. It means "nothing works."
September 17, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Increasing numbers of people are starting to realize the term FAILED STATE has a meaning beyond demagoguery. It means "nothing works."
"Likely jammers," is a totally unreasonable assumption.
The global public has very little knowledge of what spacefaring entities do in space. Belief to the contrary is a product of top-down cultural mythologization; a contrivance rapidly falling apart just like everything else that isn't true.🌐
The global public has very little knowledge of what spacefaring entities do in space. Belief to the contrary is a product of top-down cultural mythologization; a contrivance rapidly falling apart just like everything else that isn't true.🌐
>> Astronomer Jonathan McDowell who has spent decades compiling a list of rocket launches, told the Guardian it was reasonable to assume Washington had such weapons in space, likely jammers, as it had already deployed several satellites with secret payloads.
US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space
Analysts warn of an acceleration in high-risk arms race with Russia and China. in Earth’s orbit
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"Likely jammers," is a totally unreasonable assumption.
The global public has very little knowledge of what spacefaring entities do in space. Belief to the contrary is a product of top-down cultural mythologization; a contrivance rapidly falling apart just like everything else that isn't true.🌐
The global public has very little knowledge of what spacefaring entities do in space. Belief to the contrary is a product of top-down cultural mythologization; a contrivance rapidly falling apart just like everything else that isn't true.🌐
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It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin.
People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
Prison Culture » Torture & Corporal Punishment in Early 20th Century American Penitentiaries…
www.usprisonculture.com
September 14, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It's difficult to convey to people who haven't been paying attention that every single thing they are reading about the immigrant concentration camps has been happening in U.S. jails and prisons since their origin.
People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
People were being waterboarded at Auburn prison in the 1850s.
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I came across this huge moray eel during a night dive in Komodo, Indonesia. Eels, like many marine creatures, are nocturnal, so night dives are full of adventure. 🤿
#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography
#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography
September 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I came across this huge moray eel during a night dive in Komodo, Indonesia. Eels, like many marine creatures, are nocturnal, so night dives are full of adventure. 🤿
#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography
#marinelifephotography #marinelife #wildlifephotography #wildlife #naturephotography #nature #scuba #eastcoastkin #photography
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My African Twig mantis would like to say hello. 🙂
#naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insect #eastcoastkin #photography
#naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insect #eastcoastkin #photography
September 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
My African Twig mantis would like to say hello. 🙂
#naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insect #eastcoastkin #photography
#naturephotography #nature #macrophotography #macro #prayingmantis #mantis #insect #eastcoastkin #photography
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How do autocrats stay in power?
Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How do autocrats stay in power?
Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
Our new research dives into the strategies of political control—repression, co-optation, and indoctrination—used across 229 autocracies from 1946 to 2010. What we found will change the way you think about authoritarian resilience. 🧵👇
Rejecting the "conspiracy theorist!” label never stopped critics from reflexively calling me one. Relating any experience or insight not sanctified by authority is all it takes. People have hard, inflexible ideas about what reality is, but it is Identity, not intellect, which binds us to error.🌐
September 6, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Rejecting the "conspiracy theorist!” label never stopped critics from reflexively calling me one. Relating any experience or insight not sanctified by authority is all it takes. People have hard, inflexible ideas about what reality is, but it is Identity, not intellect, which binds us to error.🌐
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9/5/80 John Cassavetes' Gloria, w/Gena Rowlands
(+ great if incongruous Buck Henry)
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September 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
9/5/80 John Cassavetes' Gloria, w/Gena Rowlands
(+ great if incongruous Buck Henry)
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Oil tankers are attacked to achieve maximal environmental damage using the fewest resources. In light of dwindling armaments, it is imperative that global leaders & populations understand there is literally no place on Earth where the US Regime is unwillling to launch similar ecocidal attacks.
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War Crimes Are US!!!
Oil tankers are civilian targets. There are no soldiers onboard any of these ships. And on top of that, think about the environmental damage.
September 5, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Oil tankers are attacked to achieve maximal environmental damage using the fewest resources. In light of dwindling armaments, it is imperative that global leaders & populations understand there is literally no place on Earth where the US Regime is unwillling to launch similar ecocidal attacks.
🌐☠️🌏🧬
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War Crimes Are US!!!
Oil tankers are civilian targets. There are no soldiers onboard any of these ships. And on top of that, think about the environmental damage.
September 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
War Crimes Are US!!!
The farther our minds and hearts take us away from Mother Nature, the closer we are to the fatal consequences of our ignorance. There is no “away” from what we are: corporeal planetary expressions. The transhumanists’ dream of flying “away” to spoil an unspoiled planet does not change What Is.
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September 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The farther our minds and hearts take us away from Mother Nature, the closer we are to the fatal consequences of our ignorance. There is no “away” from what we are: corporeal planetary expressions. The transhumanists’ dream of flying “away” to spoil an unspoiled planet does not change What Is.
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This is euphemistically called “efficiency” by the politicians, lobbyists and global plutocracy whose wealth and power are derived *entirely* from planetary destruction.
#nzpol. These are the sorts of asset-stripping companies abd people that Shane Jones and the coalition want to protect from culpability.
Throw the book at them as they have and, will continue to, cause devastating and life-threatening damage to our regions. 🤬 1/2
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Throw the book at them as they have and, will continue to, cause devastating and life-threatening damage to our regions. 🤬 1/2
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
‘One of the worst’: Major forestry company left land in a mess
Gisborne District Council has applied to the Environment Court for enforcement orders against Summit Forests NZ Ltd.
www.stuff.co.nz
September 5, 2026 at 1:57 PM
This is euphemistically called “efficiency” by the politicians, lobbyists and global plutocracy whose wealth and power are derived *entirely* from planetary destruction.
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Anyone else knew that the navigation system on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek VI (1991) is literally just a vintage 1980s drum machine?
#StarTrek #Oberheim #SynthGeek #MovieTrivia #SciFi
#StarTrek #Oberheim #SynthGeek #MovieTrivia #SciFi
September 5, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Anyone else knew that the navigation system on the USS Enterprise in Star Trek VI (1991) is literally just a vintage 1980s drum machine?
#StarTrek #Oberheim #SynthGeek #MovieTrivia #SciFi
#StarTrek #Oberheim #SynthGeek #MovieTrivia #SciFi
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line out the door!
"Leonard Bernstein crafted MASS as the inaugural performance of the Kennedy Center on September 8, 1971... This production is a response to the defunding of the National Endowment of the Arts, and the overhaul of the Kennedy Center."
www.mass2026.com
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Home | Mass 2026
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September 4, 2026 at 11:01 PM
line out the door!
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Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
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Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
September 5, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Please repost!
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US.
There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...
www.change.org/p/the-academ...
Some recognized US “conservatism” as a literal death cult - and said as much - many years before The Regime demonstrated it. Loyalists were far too enmeshed in partisan identity, institutionalism and paint-by-numbers politics to read the times, much less listen or self-correct. Old habits die hard.
All this administration knows is death- death by weapons, death by disease, death by armed goons.
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
go.nature.com/4ycEbk8
go.nature.com/4ycEbk8
September 4, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Some recognized US “conservatism” as a literal death cult - and said as much - many years before The Regime demonstrated it. Loyalists were far too enmeshed in partisan identity, institutionalism and paint-by-numbers politics to read the times, much less listen or self-correct. Old habits die hard.
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The fascists are exposed, entrenched, & have everything to lose.
They do not intend to cede power and will not go quietly.
None of this will end soon or easy.
(More) Hard(er) days comin’.
They do not intend to cede power and will not go quietly.
None of this will end soon or easy.
(More) Hard(er) days comin’.
September 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
The fascists are exposed, entrenched, & have everything to lose.
They do not intend to cede power and will not go quietly.
None of this will end soon or easy.
(More) Hard(er) days comin’.
They do not intend to cede power and will not go quietly.
None of this will end soon or easy.
(More) Hard(er) days comin’.
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Haven't saved any Turtles today, yet.
Go on, buy my music and save a Turtle!
Go on, buy my music and save a Turtle!
Tomorrow is Bandcamp Friday, If you're interested in buying some danceable indie electronic rock that veers into goth, industrial and psychedelic oddness, half my Bandcamp sales are being donated to conserveturtles.org to save Turtles!
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Shares very much appreciated!
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September 4, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Haven't saved any Turtles today, yet.
Go on, buy my music and save a Turtle!
Go on, buy my music and save a Turtle!
Gloria Steinem, for me, was never the face of feminism. My mother, who worked her ass off in a factory job, was. She was also, for me, the face of labor solidarity and civil rights. Mom didn’t care who was leading what. She cared about the what, and the only thing she followed was her conscience.
September 3, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Gloria Steinem, for me, was never the face of feminism. My mother, who worked her ass off in a factory job, was. She was also, for me, the face of labor solidarity and civil rights. Mom didn’t care who was leading what. She cared about the what, and the only thing she followed was her conscience.
Global Fascism. 🌐
Money moves around freely.
The people it exploits are captives.
Money moves around freely.
The people it exploits are captives.
Germany approves nearly $930M in arms exports to Israel amid Gaza genocide
Germany approves nearly $930M in arms exports to Israel amid Gaza genocide
Germany approved nearly €800 million ($930 million) worth of military equipment exports to Israel in the first half of this year amid its ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, local media reported We…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
September 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Global Fascism. 🌐
Money moves around freely.
The people it exploits are captives.
Money moves around freely.
The people it exploits are captives.
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Looking to speak to people who were fired or had their lives overturned in other ways for making comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death.
Jessw39.01 or email [email protected]
Jessw39.01 or email [email protected]
September 1, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Looking to speak to people who were fired or had their lives overturned in other ways for making comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death.
Jessw39.01 or email [email protected]
Jessw39.01 or email [email protected]
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FWIW this ain’t new. Under Biden sick folks got out of OADS really quick and then were released from the hospital , often without being processed
ICYMI: two groups sit outside every count of ICE detention deaths. People who had the same medical emergency and lived by chance, and people released or deported who died later. Watch or listen.
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A Practical Guide to the Detention Mortality Dashboard: Walk-through + Q&A
Nearly 300 people have died in ICE custody since 2003. Adam Sawyer and Austin Kocher explain the background to their latest project and answer frequently asked questions.
austinkocher.substack.com
September 2, 2026 at 2:08 AM
FWIW this ain’t new. Under Biden sick folks got out of OADS really quick and then were released from the hospital , often without being processed
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The more you learn about Fred Hampton, the more you grieve the world without him. Robbing history of this man was a devastating crime.
Remembering Fred Hampton born Aug. 30, 1948, assassinated Dec. 4, 1969 by Chicago police and the FBI
August 31, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The more you learn about Fred Hampton, the more you grieve the world without him. Robbing history of this man was a devastating crime.