(They held $100mm/$25bn total AUM in UST at year end)
January 20, 2026 at 1:37 PM
(They held $100mm/$25bn total AUM in UST at year end)
A debate over on Hellsite about Bessent’s brilliance reminded me of this chart of his hedge fund’s AUM.
April 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A debate over on Hellsite about Bessent’s brilliance reminded me of this chart of his hedge fund’s AUM.
learning about aum shinrikyo through the official anime
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 AM
learning about aum shinrikyo through the official anime
i'm really tired of the "these people are so twee and quirky" tone. they're twee and quirky in the same way aum shinrikyo and the manson family were
three-quarters of the profoundly unpleasant people interviewed for this story aren’t just people i would never date, they’re people i would never voluntarily speak to
If you made a Venn diagram of every weird person I knew in Silicon Valley during the first dot-com boom, centrifuged it, extracted the pellet, and re-suspended it in high-proof eugenics with a splash of AI, you'd end up with something like this.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
It'll take a strong stomach to read this "gift" link.
January 7, 2026 at 12:29 AM
i'm really tired of the "these people are so twee and quirky" tone. they're twee and quirky in the same way aum shinrikyo and the manson family were
"Hafft du Sbiele aum Handy?"
November 12, 2023 at 10:28 PM
"Hafft du Sbiele aum Handy?"
Aum Shinrikyo dynamics
As I was saying about Microsoft having their own in-house AI cultists. The specifically weird and salacious people at the frontier labs are far from the only new religious movement driving AI leadership and we need to keep our eye on the ball about this.
Just when I thought Mustafa Suleyman was starting to sound reasonable www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 20, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Aum Shinrikyo dynamics
it is time to shut down the mormons like japan did to unification church and aum shinrikyo. clear your big goofy temple out, that shit aint real and you know it
June 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
it is time to shut down the mormons like japan did to unification church and aum shinrikyo. clear your big goofy temple out, that shit aint real and you know it
Oh we're talking underachievers now huh?
Let's check Bessent's scoreboard! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Let's check Bessent's scoreboard! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
September 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Oh we're talking underachievers now huh?
Let's check Bessent's scoreboard! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Let's check Bessent's scoreboard! www.reuters.com/business/fin...
I mean Aum Shinrikyo was made up of almost entirely by like, math majors
Statistically most of any given cult's demographic is made up of people who think they're too smart to fall for a cult; the fallacious belief that one is too smart for propaganda ironically creates an intellectual blind spot that causes the effects of propaganda to work.
May 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I mean Aum Shinrikyo was made up of almost entirely by like, math majors
I stand by this flavor... aum
September 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I stand by this flavor... aum
dont start me on aum but the pop culture stuff for aum was also primarily a recruiting tool, which is to say the analogy holds
September 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
dont start me on aum but the pop culture stuff for aum was also primarily a recruiting tool, which is to say the analogy holds
someone should really intervene before this becomes “Gifted Kid Aum Shinrikyo”
September 27, 2026 at 4:29 AM
someone should really intervene before this becomes “Gifted Kid Aum Shinrikyo”
god, amen. or aum shiva, i guess
September 27, 2026 at 1:32 AM
god, amen. or aum shiva, i guess
In 2024, Takimoto Tarō, a lawyer who once fought against the Aum Shinrikyo cult, outed award-winning author Li Kotomi as transgender. Recently, Li won a small but significant victory as a Tokyo court ruled that the forced outing violated her rights.
Tokyo Court Awards Damages to Outed Transgender Author
Award-winning author Li Kotomi won a small but symbolic ruling against a lawyer who had been involved in the Aum Shinrikyo trials.
unseen-japan.com
June 5, 2026 at 10:37 PM
In 2024, Takimoto Tarō, a lawyer who once fought against the Aum Shinrikyo cult, outed award-winning author Li Kotomi as transgender. Recently, Li won a small but significant victory as a Tokyo court ruled that the forced outing violated her rights.
aum shinrikyo bot
May 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
aum shinrikyo bot
very cursed thought
21st century Aum Shinrikyo is probably built around a chatbot in some way
21st century Aum Shinrikyo is probably built around a chatbot in some way
Like we’re at war, I turn lose on your internet a couple thousand agentic AI models that are just optimized towards encouraging any kind of anti-social behavior possible among your population. Random violence, drug use, consumption of CSAM, doesn’t matter, just anything that decreases social trust.
January 5, 2026 at 8:47 PM
very cursed thought
21st century Aum Shinrikyo is probably built around a chatbot in some way
21st century Aum Shinrikyo is probably built around a chatbot in some way
Anthropic is giving big Aum Shinrikyo vibes
my point being: there is very specific psychology behind people predicting the end of the world, especially as a cohesive group working on a shared goal.
and that prediction is often reinforced by members trying to make it come true themselves.
and that prediction is often reinforced by members trying to make it come true themselves.
September 9, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Anthropic is giving big Aum Shinrikyo vibes
Wild fact, this screenshot is from a cult propaganda anime funded by the infamous Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. "Jesus" in that photo is supposed to be Aum leader Shoko Asahara!
March 31, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Wild fact, this screenshot is from a cult propaganda anime funded by the infamous Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. "Jesus" in that photo is supposed to be Aum leader Shoko Asahara!
Aum Shinrikyo vibes escalating greatly with the LLM truthers
September 16, 2026 at 10:59 AM
Aum Shinrikyo vibes escalating greatly with the LLM truthers
Yeaaah. Last week's discourse kept reminding me of Aum Shirinkyo for, uh, reasons.
September 21, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Yeaaah. Last week's discourse kept reminding me of Aum Shirinkyo for, uh, reasons.
To the extent we are dealing with something with modern precedent, we are dealing with Aum Shinrikyo, not Imperial Russia.
April 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
To the extent we are dealing with something with modern precedent, we are dealing with Aum Shinrikyo, not Imperial Russia.
I’m joining the war on autism on the side of Aum Shinrikyo
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I’m joining the war on autism on the side of Aum Shinrikyo
MEIN KLEINER GRÜNA KACKTUS STEHT DRAUSSEN AUM BALKONG!
HOLLAHI HOLLAHO! 😡
HOLLAHI HOLLAHO! 😡
November 8, 2023 at 9:47 AM
MEIN KLEINER GRÜNA KACKTUS STEHT DRAUSSEN AUM BALKONG!
HOLLAHI HOLLAHO! 😡
HOLLAHI HOLLAHO! 😡