Raf Blutaxt
@rafblutaxt.bsky.social
Failing at life, a PhD in philosophy, heavy metal and making youtube videos about things that annoy me.
https://www.youtube.com/c/rafblutaxt
https://www.youtube.com/c/rafblutaxt
I'm rereading Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence and anyone who has read this and thinks it is a good or helpful book for any thought on AI should be summarily executed for the benefit of humanity.
July 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
I'm rereading Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence and anyone who has read this and thinks it is a good or helpful book for any thought on AI should be summarily executed for the benefit of humanity.
I finally got a chance to read (well listen to) The Wilding bY @ianmcdonald.bsky.social and to no one's surprise I loved it. Here are some thoughts in a video. You should absolutely read this book though. youtu.be/iJd_CCGmv7I?...
When Nature Fights Back - Some Thoughts On Ian McDonald's The Wilding
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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June 13, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I finally got a chance to read (well listen to) The Wilding bY @ianmcdonald.bsky.social and to no one's surprise I loved it. Here are some thoughts in a video. You should absolutely read this book though. youtu.be/iJd_CCGmv7I?...
The Monday thing. youtu.be/XZltAeZc4R8
Weekly Navel-Gazing 13.04.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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April 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The Monday thing. youtu.be/XZltAeZc4R8
After reading three books by Sebastian Mallaby he has jumped up to #1 on the list of people who deserve to be with the marketing department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Most credulous motherfucker or willing propagandist of technofascism - at this point I don't care. Don't read his books!
April 1, 2026 at 8:55 PM
After reading three books by Sebastian Mallaby he has jumped up to #1 on the list of people who deserve to be with the marketing department of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation. Most credulous motherfucker or willing propagandist of technofascism - at this point I don't care. Don't read his books!
The Monday thing. youtu.be/gYilSLgA0fE
Weekly Navel-Gazing 30.03.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 30, 2026 at 4:08 PM
The Monday thing. youtu.be/gYilSLgA0fE
The Monday thing: youtu.be/pHILwgn2E14
Weekly Navel-Gazing 23.03.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Monday thing: youtu.be/pHILwgn2E14
Read Nonesuch by Francis Spufford! I did and then I spent too much time saying too little about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPOx...
Love In Times Of Fascism - Some Thoughts On Francis Spufford's Nonesuch
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 22, 2026 at 6:05 AM
Read Nonesuch by Francis Spufford! I did and then I spent too much time saying too little about it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPOx...
Is Sam Altman lobbying for UBI for war criminals now that his software is taking their jobs?
March 21, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Is Sam Altman lobbying for UBI for war criminals now that his software is taking their jobs?
Does anyone here own a physical copy of Nonesuch by Francis Spufford? If so, can you tell me if it has a foreword or afterword like Cahokia Jazz did? And does it say "to be continued" at the end? The audio book has neither and I've only read about the "tbc" in @garykwolfe.bsky.social's review.
March 19, 2026 at 6:40 AM
Does anyone here own a physical copy of Nonesuch by Francis Spufford? If so, can you tell me if it has a foreword or afterword like Cahokia Jazz did? And does it say "to be continued" at the end? The audio book has neither and I've only read about the "tbc" in @garykwolfe.bsky.social's review.
Well, here's a thing. youtu.be/b4JURSY4jOM
Celebrating My 1000th Video And The People Have Questions
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 19, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Well, here's a thing. youtu.be/b4JURSY4jOM
I'm gathering questions to answer for my 1000th video, so if you've ever wanted to know something about me or something I could have an opinion on, now's the perfect time. Ask here or on the Youtube post: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx7am...
Post from Raf Blutaxt - YouTube
Heya y'all! So, we're getting real close to the 1000th video on this channel - it might happen next week. So to celebrate that I thought it would be neat to ...
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March 18, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I'm gathering questions to answer for my 1000th video, so if you've ever wanted to know something about me or something I could have an opinion on, now's the perfect time. Ask here or on the Youtube post: www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx7am...
The Monday thing. youtu.be/uGVaRqPM0pI
Weekly Navel-Gazing 09.03.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The Monday thing. youtu.be/uGVaRqPM0pI
The Monday thing: youtu.be/JIqv9UPAU0E
Weekly Navel-Gazing 02.03.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
The Monday thing: youtu.be/JIqv9UPAU0E
So yeah, despite the world being fucked and all I read a really cool book and talked about it. It has dinosaurs. Go read Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social and maybe watch the video. But mostly go read the book! youtu.be/XNc1RQHho8U?...
The Giant Reptile Circus Of Life - Some Thoughts On Ian McDonald's Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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March 1, 2026 at 9:05 AM
So yeah, despite the world being fucked and all I read a really cool book and talked about it. It has dinosaurs. Go read Boy, With Accidental Dinosaur by @ianmcdonald.bsky.social and maybe watch the video. But mostly go read the book! youtu.be/XNc1RQHho8U?...
Science-fiction's most overrated misogynistic, racist, homophobic christian zionist died at age 77 which is what happens to old people even when they write shitty books. So why not go and read something good instead?
February 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Science-fiction's most overrated misogynistic, racist, homophobic christian zionist died at age 77 which is what happens to old people even when they write shitty books. So why not go and read something good instead?
The Monday thing. youtu.be/yvXQ9ZViB6s
Weekly Navel-Gazing 23.02.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 23, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The Monday thing. youtu.be/yvXQ9ZViB6s
A thing. youtu.be/JJlao3SJ1BA
Booktube Is All About Money
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
A thing. youtu.be/JJlao3SJ1BA
The Gollum of Prague - pronounciation is weird. My brain might be broken too.
February 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The Gollum of Prague - pronounciation is weird. My brain might be broken too.
Livestream tonight. youtube.com/live/EBwU14J...
Monthly Marxist Malcontent #34
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Livestream tonight. youtube.com/live/EBwU14J...
A thing. youtu.be/-2gXyuA-vp8
The Where You From Tag
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
A thing. youtu.be/-2gXyuA-vp8
The inventor of contact lenses was born in my city. His name was Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick and it is a true shame the lenses were not named after him. Missed branding opportunity of galactic proportions.
February 18, 2026 at 5:38 PM
The inventor of contact lenses was born in my city. His name was Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick and it is a true shame the lenses were not named after him. Missed branding opportunity of galactic proportions.
The Monday thing. youtu.be/HoLIJRfBZ_o
Weekly Navel-Gazing 16.02.2026
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The Monday thing. youtu.be/HoLIJRfBZ_o
I did a thing. youtu.be/FB08TLsltH4?...
Booktok And Romance, Or, Drowning In The Stream Of Too Late Capitalism
YouTube video by Raf Blutaxt
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February 15, 2026 at 7:06 AM
I did a thing. youtu.be/FB08TLsltH4?...
The most impressive thing about The Score by @add-hawk.bsky.social is that it manages to never mention David Graeber's quote "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." while arguing the same thing in detail.
February 13, 2026 at 10:34 AM
The most impressive thing about The Score by @add-hawk.bsky.social is that it manages to never mention David Graeber's quote "The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently." while arguing the same thing in detail.