Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026There's a massive category error problem where people expect the social sciences and humanities to work like the natural sciences, where being an expert means you are extremely unlikely to make terrible *practical* mistakes (unless due to carelessness). A chem PhD won't make a basic chem mistake... 2475
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The reason this isn't going to happen, for whatever it's worth, is the extremely boring & anodyne fact that corporate counsels across the U.S. are already introducing their C-Suites to 18 U.S.C. § 641 and 31 U.S.C. § 3729 and explaining to them why good ERM requires such Trumpian ravings be ignored. 010
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When I say that my core political philosophy view is that "all ideology is vibes," the current NYC-flavored crashout is the textbook example of what I'm talking about. Being strongly pro-immigrant and anti-transplant is only coherent when seen through the lens of each group having different vibes. 210
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The political scientists call this an "indicator" 010
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyCasey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Elly De La Cruz just nuked a baseball clean out of Great American Ball Park 1427444
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 10498169
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Like I said, the Immerwahr piece makes a lot more sense when you realize that he is cut from the same cloth - and shares podcasts with - everyone's favorite Quincy Institute fellow 084
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Never forget, kids youtu.be/wvGw0mOb4qcyoutu.beParamore - Decode (Live at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend 2013)YouTube video by EmersonLIVE 000
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskySickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 06/09/2026I never meant to brag, but that’s awesome. 41155
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Goddamnit I have to join the Calgorithm now 021
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026 423731
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Chronic Twitter Encephalopathy - truly the most destructive pandemic of the first quarter of the 21st century. 010
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 3468172
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026*whispers* It's not just AI, most things are like this 030
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 29/08/2026I made something stupid 19509129
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 3537208
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Best book I know for teaching kids what it really means to experience empathy (to the extent that is a thing that can be taught). Certainly helped me train myself to look at the world through other people's eyes and not sink into main character syndrome. 100
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026make a band bigger: Big Bigstatic.klipy.comIlya Prusikin's Thumbs Up Haircut ReactionALT: Ilya Prusikin's Thumbs Up Haircut Reaction 020
Reposted by Vlad Oligarchsky#1 Lifelong Houston Cougs Fan Brandi 😾 @itsthebrandi.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Pallas's cats stalking prey always look like they're trying to get invited to a party but are too shy to just ask if they can come 272396474
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 4413143
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Say a prayer for the most conflicted social media manager on the planet right now 010
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I tried to warn all y'all that problematizing and caricaturing concepts like grit and resilience as "Oh, so you don't want to do anything to improve our fallen capitalist hellscape? We should just all eat bootstraps?" was going to have negative consequences. And now the smol beans run amok. 020
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The only person who should be allowed to make a Star War is the ghost of Aaron Allston PBUH 000
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"Mike Duncan's Revolutions: The Russian Revolution: The Show." You in, @mikeduncan.bsky.social? 020
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026"Are you ok?" "I don't know, I'm kinda fucked up in general, so it's hard to gauge." 011
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 6461151
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Ok I had to see this thing for myself and it is absolutely even more deranged in person at full size 110
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 12/08/2026It's all very clear: the USS Lincoln is the Potemkin, Mike Johnson is Witte, and a general strike in New York and DC is right around the corner 000
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026what did y'all think "everyone is 12" meant? vibes? papers? five-paragraph essays? 0122
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026They're called lawyers, Will. You're describing lawyers. I believe you've heard of them! 030
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026They're not that hard to comprehend - they vote on vibes (when they do vote), same as everybody else. The difference is that their vibes do not align with particular ideological/partisan valence the way that the engaged do. It's the difference between a vibes paramagnet and a vibes ferromagnet 010
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026static.klipy.comThe Simpsons: Principal Skinner - PatheticALT: The Simpsons: Principal Skinner - Pathetic 000
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 2468164
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is extremely true, but... vibes being socially constructed as they are, they are not equitably distributed to say the least. This is an asymmetric challenge for the left side of the spectrum. 110
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This is like something out of a PSA about the importance of IT modernization 010
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026New Ograbme just dropped @aelkus.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyIt's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡) 4484163
Reposted by Vlad OligarchskyNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 31/07/2026here we go again 131263300
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026This is gonna sound glib, but going with brevity over 1,000 caveats here: progressives/libs/Dems are already seen as the party of losers. Building your politics around 'We're going to decrease the power and wealth of anyone who is successful in life to benefit everyone who isn't' is a loser message 100
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Similar in irony to Saddam pursuing a policy of strategic ambiguity around his WMD, covering up things that weren't there, we get stuff with Covid like Peter Daszak covering up the fact that he was cutting various corners in doing bat coronavirus research at WIV just because it'd look sketch. 020
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026static.klipy.comRobin Williams Death To SmoochieALT: Robin Williams Death To Smoochie 010
Vlad Oligarchsky @opulenceihazit.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Ma'am, half of Americans don't know the three branches of government and you want them to understand that the statutory basis for subsidies to Medicare Part D are found in the Inflation Reduction Act? www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/...asc.upenn.eduAmericans’ Civics Knowledge Drops on First Amendment and Branches of Government 010
