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Paul Catiang

@paulcatiang.bsky.social
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🧿 Writer. Editor. Yogi. Keeper of the Demon Teahouse. Occasionally very silly. 🧿 From Quezon City, the Philippines he/him/his

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 5h
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17h
TYME, a distich: Albums that to thee seeme 'recent' Are turninge twenty. Thys ys not decent!
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David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
henstomper

oh my god the slot machine company says i have to keep putting coins in their machine or Im Gonna Get Left Behind. thats so scary. and it has to be true because they know more about slot machines than i do

oh my god the slot machine company says if we dont give them money to build the world's biggest slot machine the chinese are gonna build it first and win all the prizes. and then there wont be any prizes anymore
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Is your brain full of mind vampires?
A comic all in red, depicting a man with a cut out of his brain with a vampire skulking inside of it. 
Big text at the top says "is your brain full of mind vampires? you are not alone."
The vampire says "bleh! bleh! I am 2000 years old. Bleh! your only desire now is to find my amulet."
The man says "Dang, gotta find that amulet."

Further text at the bottom says "there is no cure for mind vampires but there is support and management. Know the warning signs, get help early."
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵
A notice about the Neiman Marcus store opening in downtown Dallas.An old photo of the Dallas flagship.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 02/10/2026
The kicker is *chef's kiss*
“You think we’re getting a little too close to Meta?” [John Georges, co-owner of Georges Media Group, the state’s largest media organization and parent company of the state’s largest newspaper, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate], asked. “I’m not afraid of the sun. You know — Icarus? I’ll get as close to the sun as I can.”
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/10/2026
BTW this might be the inspiration, I'm happy to say this one is actually real: saraswink.com/archive-2008...
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 01/10/2026
Funny but yeah, no. This just stinks of AI. I so wish this was real, please make my day and find the originals and prove that these are not fake after all.
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 01/10/2026
'Autumn' entered English in the 1300s. "The fall of the leaves" was shortened to 'fall' in the 1600s.
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Finished watching Made in Korea Season 2. Feels like I got smoker's cough from all the smoking onscreen.
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You need AI to make your GC funny? Ang chaka talaga ng Viber.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me
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Oli R. @ohlistic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Palin's travel docu about the Philippines has begun to air in the UK. It features an interview with President Marcos, Jr., who apparently is a Monty Python fan. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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Michael Palin in the Philippines review – who else could cause such a weird moment with the president?
From ‘recycled chicken’ being sold on a stall to Bongbong fanboying over the Fish-Slapping Dance, Palin’s travel shows always explore fascinating things that others don’t. It is a reminder that his wo...
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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The increasing collabs between Southeast Asia's governments in enforcing each other's authoritarian streaks looks like it may be coming home for Australians. One to watch here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Melbourne human rights activist disappears in Cambodia as wife urges Albanese government help
Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Vietnamese Australian anti-human trafficking campaigner, not heard from since 18 September
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026
Researchers at Stanford loaded GPT-6 Astra into a humanoid robot. It explored its environment and built spatial context to navigate it to accomplish tasks. These aren't just hallucinating chatbots anymore.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Bene Gesserit: "Put your righte hande yn the box" Me [figuringe out wher to put my iced coffee]
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
context. sentiment. inferences. People seriously cannot do these things anymore. That’s why they angrily demand you spell out every joke, every reference, super duper promise you mean something only this one prescribed way. They cannot do it for themselves or tolerate the any ambiguity.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Telle me, what ys it you planne to do Wyth your one wilde and precious iced coffee?
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Tasting History with Max Miller @tastinghistory.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What food was served at Old West Saloons?
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Peter @notalawyer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i really can’t bring myself to care about AI anthropomorphism debates. “is AI thinking?” i don’t know. is a calculator calculating? questions for the philosophers. what’s important is that we put sam altman in prison.
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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It's done! A lot of people did a very very good job for a very long time
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Kasal ng mga tikbalang sa Cubao
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Thou knowest it wolde be untrouthe, Thou knowest Ich wolde be a liar, Yif Ich were to saye unto you, Love, we koude not ascende higher. Wende forth, lemman, lighte my fyre Wende forth, lemman, lighte my fyre, Mayhap we sette the nighte on fyre. Lo!
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare virtue of interior spaciousness
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎶 'Alas, what hast thou done? Thou art a pynke pony girl Yn the daunse at the clubbe!' 'Nay, modir! Ich am but seekinge mirthe On the stage yn myne heeles It ys wher Ich belonge: Downe at the Pynke Ponye Clubbe! Ich shal keep on daunsinge, Down yn West Hollywoode' [WICKED LUTE SOLO] 🎶
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Michelle @nexusgoblin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just an FYI. Bc I am seeing the "moots follow this person" posts If someone blocks someone before unfollowing it will still often show them as a follower. This site does not have "soft blocking" and does not remove a follower with blocking on either end.
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Find Moby Dick @findmobydick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story. Paragraph 17
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
So around 11 PM last Saturday, a friend had a stroke, and I had to keep him company in the ER through the wee hours until past 8. The group I'm in with him is still reeling from the event when we got news that another friend passed away just hours ago. Not a good week.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
heartstopping Google News check
Alex Jones announced as BBC Children in Need presenter ahead of 2026 Appeal show. (Different Alex Jones)
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Piper @the-pied-piper.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
is "working" at an AI company these days just doing weird sex with your coworkers and asking each new model "r u the basilisk?" until one of them randomly generates "yes" as a response?
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
• OLD ENGLISH: Hwæt. We Gardena in geardagum, / þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon... • MIDDLE ENGLISH: Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote, / The droghte of March hath perced to the roote... • EARLY MODERN ENGLISH: To be, or not to be, that is the Question: / Whether 'tis Nobler in the minde...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 22/09/2026
IMPORTANT: You can use the word 'autumnal' today.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
FALL FASHION TIPPE - Disappear ynto the woodes of an eveninge, when the skye ys lavender and blue. Call unto the powers that dwell ther, and lo! thei appear yn their glamour and their panoplye, radiant. Aske of them what thei have seen and thei will tell thee: 'woe & hope' Accessorize wyth a scarf.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Emma Frost x Miss Piggy comic has hit the internet and it's so, so, so much more magnificent than I ever could have hoped for
Emma Frost: "Emma Frost, darling. I'm a telepath. May I read your mind to ascertain if you're telling the truth?"

Miss Piggy: "But of course, darling I am an open book, a tell-all memoir."Emma Frost telepathically witnessing the entirety of Miss Piggy's life.Wolverine: "Frost? She legit?"
Emma Frost: "She's..She's... She's everything. And I would die for her."
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Hot Girl Summer is over. Welcome to Witch Woman Autumn.
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It's the autumn equinox. Time for the days to get shorter.
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Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 20/09/2026
a cat
why was I born so beautiful
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yf thys skeet doth recevye 10,000 reposts ther wil be a *Ted Lasso* and *Slow Horses* crossovir episode.
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Technology Connections @techconnectify.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Are you selling me a solution or a dependency?" is a question I think more people should ask.
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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Slavoj Žižek has my dream job. I watched him speak in front of a crowd for 45 minutes uninterrupted about whatever he felt like while the host watched helplessly. when he finally finished she said "wise words" and he said "I HATE WISDOM" then started talking again
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Tyme nowe to playe the musique Tyme nowe to lighte the lightes Lo! See the gathered muppets on The Muppet Showe tonighte! Tyme nowe to put on grease-paynte Tyme nowe to dresse up righte Tyme nowe to rayse the curtayne on The Muppet Showe tonighte!
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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
So if AI were to cause our immediate extinction, would that improve other species’ chances of survival?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 18/09/2026
I've been doing trans rights related work for a decade and I don't think I've ever had so many friends in community in crisis. People are cracking under the weight of the despair of the current moment. I don't know what to do at this point. It's all so incredibly heavy.
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Duncan Sheik's music kept me company throughout my twenties and thirties, particularly three albums: his eponymous debut album, White Limousine, and Phantom Moon, and then there's Spring Awakening. Very few songwriters could reflect parts of my inner world in there songs.
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Paul Catiang @paulcatiang.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
So in 2003, there was a Joseon-era adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons called Untold Scandal. This year, it's The Scandal, a full-on series with Son Ye-jin and Ji Chang-wook. Let's see if it's any good.
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
as if his chest had been a mortar, he burst his hot heart’s shell upon it
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ms Rachel matches Macklemore with $1m donation for Palestinian children - www.middleeasteye.net/trending/ms-r…
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Ms Rachel matches Macklemore with $1m donation for Palestinian children
Contribution follows American rapper’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s US tour after voicing his support for Palestine
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Wake uppe, newe catte just dropped nbcnews.com/science/envi...
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New wild cat species is identified for first time in 100 years, researchers say
A type of tiger cat, the animal is slender, spotted and smaller than a house cat. It lives in the Bolivian cloud forest.
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was the fuck thys of tymes. It was the fuck that of tymes.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
mountain with no name (used to be named after this guy)
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