26 | He/Him | San Diegan | Rugby, language learning, transit | Otter in the furry sense and the gay sense | Aspiring RNhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvetc6jkjs2pI really don't know what the solution here is but the mix of what's happening now is... kinda catastrophic imho. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 05:08 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvetc6jkjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mver5fky7k2pWhy is like 10% of the US economy tech that doesn't work13 Sep 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mver5fky7k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvep6uyt5s27Those skeptical of US foreign intervention: sure, bad things are happening there, but I’m sure the locals don’t want to be bombed Actual politics of locals on the receiving end of foreign intervention:13 Sep 2026 03:55 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvep6uyt5s27https://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvel5fu45k2dbasically only 45% of people aren't frothing at the mouth treatlers and we have to share the same party it's great [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Sep 2026 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvel5fu45k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mveekmurqs2qtbh a lot of bad economic policy comes from how most liberals believe in a very vulgar labor theory of value while conservatives think that prices are just there to encourage people to work13 Sep 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mveekmurqs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvdl7ywiuk2qit is very funny that labs are trying to imply AI is recursively self-improving these days because they're using AI to write pytorch boilerplate12 Sep 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdl7ywiuk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvdj6a6pzs2ingl there's a tad bit of sore loser attitude to liberals/leftists mad that banks give Republicans the benefit of the doubt a lot more while also having anti-finance rhetoric and policy.12 Sep 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdj6a6pzs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvdj3htak22ingl it's kinda crazy that like 10-20% of all environmental issues can be blamed on "people want to eat beef"12 Sep 2026 16:33 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdj3htak22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvdhagfdc22kYou thought that the AI boom would benefit the big tech companies? Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask? (The stationary bandits of the Bay Area) [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdhagfdc22khttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvddxg4y2s2mtbh blowing off deficit hawkery made sense when unemployment was high and debt service as a share of outlays was low, but now we're not very far from debt service being the 3rd or 4th largest budget item...12 Sep 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvddxg4y2s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvddaefudc2uA lot of people commenting on this seem to overrate how much tax revenue can be made off the rich [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvddaefudc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvd35x5es227It is funny that we were like “oh wow Qatar seems to be getting a good deal out of Trump” and now both sides of the Arabian peninsula are closed [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd35x5es227https://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvd2jkq2l22tBro loved painting maps [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvd2jkq2l22thttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvbs273i5k2jTwitter just discovered many engine in my factory it really is Facebook for aging millennials12 Sep 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbs273i5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvbqqselec2uthe whole "populism vs abundance" debate was so funny because the only economic policy voters truly believe in is "more free money for the old, taken from the young"11 Sep 2026 23:45 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbqqselec2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvboieyl6c2sThey targeted lesswrong posters Lesswrong posters [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvboieyl6c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvbmr573k22sThe weird thing is that it’s built on this idea that the more you bash tech bros the more the working class will like you, despite the exact opposite (spuriously) happening [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbmr573k22shttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvbe34wagk2tThe lesson we keep learning from politics generally during the Trump era is that people will never ever ever ever ever punish you for kicking the can down the road lmao11 Sep 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbe34wagk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvb74lfr522aIt’s incredibly bleak that basically no one learned the very basic lesson of “people really fucking hate inflation” [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb74lfr522ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvb6fv74g22aNgl all the data says that the wealthy are uniquely foreigner-friendly it’s just they have a weird self flagellation about how their thoughts and feelings must supplicate themselves to The Common Man [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb6fv74g22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mvb627c3kk2aTbh the “Charlie Kirk was practicing politics the right way” piece made me lose a lot of respect for Ezra Klein, not because I think Kirk was so bigoted he couldn’t ever be praised, but more that Ezra was so credulous to think Kirk was trying to persuade rather than generate Content11 Sep 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb627c3kk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mv7vfmibe22yI feel like that I’m one of a few people who think both “AI is super powerful” and “it’s spicy autocorrect” [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7vfmibe22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mv7oxl5pzc2rIt is weird that evangelical theology and conservative policy are such an ouroboros. One is used to justify the other a lot, but one effects the other so much it’s impossible to tell where one begins and where one ends11 Sep 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7oxl5pzc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social/post/3mv6y75iics2kTbh people on here seem pretty ignorant on just how catastrophic the backsliding on public opinion that has happened on trans rights. Bathroom bills used to be uncontroversially “hick bullshit,” now theyre have pretty high support.10 Sep 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:zlr5msbog5dluhaugd5bgdg3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv6y75iics2k