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Edison Yi

@curatorymy.bsky.social
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He/him. Data scientist in Solar. Ex-philosopher (BPhil at Oxford). I am interested in philosophy, economics, political science, history, and IR. I also post memes sometimes.

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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I've said that Trump is worse than Hitler for a long time.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Everyone who voted for Trump or intends to vote Republican is a Nazi at this point.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Isn't he implying that he knew about the island and didn't tell the police...
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Holding institutions constant, would you prefer Xi or Trump as a head of government? See manifold users' response here: manifold.markets/EdisonYi/wou...
manifold.markets
Non-Trump supporters, would you prefer Trump or Xi to be your head of government? (Holding institutions constant)
We are assuming that political institutions would stay constant (unless changed by the chosen person). I.e. if you are American, then you would be choosing between having Xi or Trump as your president...
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Did he just authorise a tiananmen?
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Trump's relationship with Epstein is horrendous, but compared to other stuff trump has done as one of the most impactful world historical figures, it probably doesn't even enter the top 20 worst things he'd done.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
US and Israel are trying really hard to be the new axis of evil. I just hope Europe won't join it.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The only good thing about Trump's big beautiful bill is how it transfers money from Trump's poor and uneducated voters to the rich liberal elite.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Americans should really start rereading Locke on conditions under which revolution is justified.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
I think people are still in denial of the fact that 50% of Americans are just straight up Fascists.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
I was hoping that the Trump administration would have a Liz Truss moment, but not like this.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government..." - Declaration of Independence
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
The entire GOP should be sent to El Salvador
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Dear Stephen, the number 1 preacher of hate is currently your boss, please deport him, along with your entire administration. www.latintimes.com/trump-offici...
latintimes.com
Trump Official Declaring 'Anyone Who Preaches Hate for America' Will Be Deported Worries Users: 'They Just Skip the First Amendment'
Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Stephen Miller's pledge to deport those who "preach hate for America" has sparked fears of free speech violations.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Would you prefer Xi over Trump as the US president? (Holding institutions constant) manifold.markets/EdisonYi/wou...
manifold.markets
Non-Trump supporters, would you prefer Trump or Xi to be your head of government? (Holding institutions constant)
We are assuming that political institutions would stay constant (unless changed by the chosen person). I.e. if you are American, then you would be choosing between having Xi or Trump as your president...
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Dictators wish they could be as blatant about corruption as Trump
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
What people miss about the trade war between the US and China is that economic pain is not what ultimately matters. Only political pain matters, and China is in a much better position there than the US.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Removing regulations by default might be worth trying in some areas like zoning, but it's insane to start with environmental protection. The damage could be irreversible and the feedback is slow. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/c...
nytimes.com
Trump’s New Way to Kill Regulations: Because I Say So
The president is trying new shortcuts to eliminate energy and environmental rules, but legal experts say the efforts could face high hurdles.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
People use such moralized language when it comes to China's trade practices: "cheating", "stealing". I think this conflstes socially constructed (and often unjust) rules around IP, trade, etc with natural moral laws.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Am I dumb or is raising tariffs on China from 104% to 125% completely pointless. Like everything is just gonna go through Vietnam and get 10% at this point.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Crazy that Trump folded but his base will probably eat it up as a win
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
People who make "wanting to only date people who share your political views" sound like a bad thing are just closeted relativists. If you have a grip on reality, you'd agree that Trump voters are objectively insane and it's more than reasonable to not want to date insane people.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
I think we are talking enough about how authoritarian Trump has proved to be. He has placed himself above Congress and the supreme court. Protectionism is deeply unpopular among the Republican establishment, yet Trump has faced little resistance. It's obvious that he's a wannabe dictator.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Trump is really going for that worst criminal in human history title: www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...
impactcounter.com
Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter
Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Degrowthers: Do nothing. Win.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
If the deep state exists, can you please coup Trump asap.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Best case scenario is china makeing a deal with Europe by selling out russia
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
People who buy the idea that Trump's master plan is to refinance US debt are functionally lobotomized.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
The only people who think Trump is smart are people who've never met a really smart person in real life and have extremely deluded ideas about how smart people behave.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Does anyone know what happened to the last self-proclaimed "tariff man"? 👀
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
When Liz Truss crashed the economy, the UK kicked her out immediately. In the US, Trump can unilaterally crash the global economy without any noise from Congress.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
From a degrowth perspective, Trump has been the best president of recent decades.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Is this enough to put to bed the idea that people vote for Trump because of economic reasons? The economic outlook is abysmal right now but Trump still enjoys high approval ratings. People voted for Trump because they are like him - immoral, utterly selfish, and only cares about "owning" enemies.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Can someone please reboot the US. It's clearly bugging.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Democrats and Republicans operate on two different models of the voters. Democrats are scared of what voters will think. Republicans tell their voters what to think.
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Existential Comics @existentialcomics.com · 15/03/2025
Aristotle was actually right, there is such a thing as "natural slaves". Today we call them "conservatives", and they will do anything they can to turn themselves into docile servants to anyone with wealth and power.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm honestly not sure if shutting down the government would have been the right thing to do. It allows Republicans to blame Democrats if anything goes wrong in the short to medium term. Government shutdowns also don't hurt Republicans as badly since they hate the government to begin with.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
In Trump's defence, his degrowth agenda has been working and will help combat climate change. Wait...that's why he's tanking the economy, right?
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Has anyone tried rebooting the US?
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Looks like a green Italian video game character is going to be more popular than Chuck Schumer
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
At some point people will need to stop hoping that someone else will do something about Trump, and we need to collectively resist him.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
There are only two sensible options now: 1. Pray that Trump does a Liz Truss; 2. Overthrow Trump with whatever means necessary. Neither method seems ideal, but the world is out of options.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
What's happening to Columbia University is sufficient to make the Trump administration illegitimate, even ignoring everything else.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
To think how much woe could have been spared by some more target practice.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I have friends who support China's claim over Taiwan. Their favourite argument is that Taiwan is better off as part of China. I find it ironic that anti-China Trump supporters are now using exactly the same argument with Canada.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
newrepublic.com/post/192660/...
newrepublic.com
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Nearly all of Trump’s first-term China tariff revenue went to compensate American farmers facing retaliatory tariffs.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
I donated 10% of my monthly income in response to the Trump administration's inhumane withdrawal of funding to lifesaving programs. This is a rapid response fund to what Trump has done, temporarily ameliorating some of the worst harms that he will do. www.thelifeyoucansave.org/cause-funds/...
forum.effectivealtruism.org
The Life You Can Save and Founders Pledge Launch Rapid Response Fund to Sustain Critical Global Health and Development Programs — EA Forum
The Life You Can Save, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting extreme poverty, and Founders Pledge, a global nonprofit empowering entreprene…
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
On some moral views, this is on a similar scale of evilness to genocides: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h...
nytimes.com
U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World
Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.
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Edison Yi @curatorymy.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It is not at surprising that the far left and far right are much more similar to each other than they are to the center in some ways. 1. Given their unpopularity, they are more likely to support undemocratic ways of obtaining power. 2. They are both more likely to be anti-establishment.
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