Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’m not a vegetarian, but I am highly suspicious of all the blatant pro-carnivore propaganda I’ve been seeing in my social media feeds. Who is behind all these voices saying meat is the bestest and healthiest food you could eat, and everything else is a poison? 010
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026It feels weird that I keep backing crowdfunding game projects. It’s like gambling that we will still have a functional economy a year from now. 010
Reposted by OrinRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 27/03/2026i can't believe a representative of the Vatican openly pondering whether someone should be burnt at the stake in 2026 and my answer is, "Yes absolutely, do it slow." legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2026/03/1... 38189362319
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I live in the Pacific Northwest, of course the clouds roll in just in time for the eclipse. 030
Reposted by OrinTrung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 26/02/2026I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving. 2382323698
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 25/02/2026“As the world becomes more and more informationally opaque…” Ever since hearing this phrase about a year ago in a random video essay, it has echoed in my thoughts. A simple metaphor, crystallizing many of the problems with our contemporary world. 120
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026I’ve been listening to so much Russian music that YouTube just served me ads in Russian. 010
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 12/02/2026I got to do my favorite task at work today: speciation of psilocybin mushrooms by qPCR. Not a lot of demand for this test, so it doesn’t come up much, but it makes me happy my life’s path brought me here. 030
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Post a banger not in English youtu.be/zf99kdFw9b8?...youtu.beIC3PEAK - Грустная СукаYouTube video by IC3PEAK 010
Reposted by OrinBilly Jarrett @billjarrett.bsky.social · 09/01/2026@prisonculture.bsky.social has made an amazing list she keeps available here. And “Blueprint for Revolution“ by Srđa Popović. He was one of the leaders involved in overthrowing Milosevic. The book is full of stories of effective actions taken against other regimes. It’s good for mindsetting.docs.google.comCopy of (reformatted) Some Actions That Are Not Protesting or VotingSome Actions That Are Not Protesting or Voting A list adapted from & inspired by Frontline Medics. Here was their original list of 25 actions. I’ve added a lot of things and edited other things. [Not... 115863
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 03/01/2026I woke up with a feeling of dread and hopelessness about the state of the world. Took a walk, made some coffee. Found a short video essay that gave me a bit of hope. Thanks @damiengwalter.com youtu.be/Y8bj8XLZ0ZI?...youtu.beThe Future...of life, the universe and this channelYouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter 071
Reposted by OrinSerdar Güneş @serdarguenes.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Why are right wing grifters all like Batman villains? | Fuentes, Candace, Tucker Carlson, Alex Jones via @damiengwalter.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVMX...youtube.comWhy are right wing grifters all like Batman villains? | Fuentes, Candace, Tucker Carlson, Alex JonesYouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter 073
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 18/12/2025“Under late capitalism, state power is a hot potato—and now Trump is holding it.” 010
Reposted by OrinGil Durán @gilduran.com · 13/12/2025In all the stories—in the Bible, in Lord of the Rings, science fiction—there's a good side and there's a bad side of the same energy. So let's understand the power, the force, of “hyperstition,” and let's start putting it to use sooner rather than later. 511617
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 11/12/2025We should have listened to the Anti-Federalists, they saw this problem 250 years ago. youtu.be/444ve4KLSgo?...youtu.beHas Trump Transformed the Presidency? Nope. And the Anti-Federalists Told Us WhyYouTube video by Tad Stoermer 010
Reposted by OrinGil Durán @gilduran.com · 07/12/2025Tech fascists believe they are going to merge with AI, live forever and colonize the universe as a species of self-replicating machines that eat the energy of the stars. We can think big, too. Anything is possible. Don't let billionaires monopolize the power of radical imagination. 16339121
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 02/12/2025I was visiting with a friend tonight and she said she’s in a good place with her poly relationship, because when her partner has date night with his girlfriend that means she gets the house to herself. 000
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 21/11/2025A friend described my recent musical tastes as “women who want to f@€$ you, or kill you, or both” and she’s not entirely wrong. Got any recommendations that fit that genre? #musicsky 130
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 09/10/2025Apparently, most people did not attend parties as a teenager, where the girls would draw the boys names out of a hat to pair off and dress them in drag, before holding a drag queen beauty pageant. 130
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 02/10/2025In the absence of any credible external threat, America’s conspiratorial nature has turned inward and we’ve declared war on ourselves. 120
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 28/09/2025“We’ve both see war ravaged cities. Sure, you did a tour in Afghanistan, but me, I’m from Portland.” 010
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I must confess, I was a Raver type, technolibertarian cyberhippie utopian. Please forgive me, I was a teenager in 90s Silicon Valley. Some of us grew out of it. 110
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Excellent thread, providing a peek into how we arrived at our present moment of tech billionaire capture of society. 030
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Pure THCV is weird. A lot of cannabinoid isolates (CBD, CBG, CBN) are just a white powder. THCV is more of a purple tinted glass. 120
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Excellent analysis of fascisised monarchist hyper neo-liberalism and its convergent rise across the western world. 000
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025I kinda wish I was subscribed to Disney+ just so I could cancel my subscription 000
Reposted by Oringhost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 18/09/2025they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law. they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence. the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear. do not offer it to them. 3088202872
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 18/09/2025So great to rediscover a band you haven’t thought of in 20 years or so. Blasting Switchblade Symphony tonight! 010
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 16/09/2025ALH84001 loomed large over my undergraduate research project. “Morphology is not a sufficient indicator of biogenicity,” was the sentence drilled into me by my professor. 110
Reposted by OrinMike Tice @ticeonmars.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I've been asked a few times over the last few days what I think the chances are that the "leopard spots and poppy seeds" on Mars will turn out to be actual evidence of life. People are naturally skeptical given the history of possible signs of life on other planets. Strap in: long thread ahead... 111251
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I was not involved in the research, but here’s some of the cool stuff that happens in the lab where I work. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comActive Constituents of Psilocybin Mushroom EdiblesThis case series evaluates the active constituents of unregulated psilocybin mushroom edibles. 110
Reposted by OrinDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 11/09/2025If there's one thing I wish I could get every earnest liberal to understand, it's that, from the point of view of an authoritarian psychology, efforts to persuade, to "reach out" & "find common ground," are *viewed as evidence of weakness*. 421558408
Reposted by OrinAstrobiology @astrobiology.bsky.social · 10/09/2025NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year astrobiology.com/2025/09/nasa... #NASA #Mars #Astrobiologyastrobiology.comNASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - AstrobiologyA sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life 0207
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Great discussion on the exercise and expansion of Presidential power. I’m only about halfway thru, but recommend it to anyone seeking historical context for our present moment. 010
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 22/08/2025This is why I continue to have hope for finding life on Mars. If life did manage to get started on Mars (granted, a big if), it is likely still there buried beneath the surface, safe from sterilizing solar radiation. 020
Reposted by OrinCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 18/08/2025As long as socially constructed gender norms have existed, there have been people who refuse to be constrained by them, and those people have been a force for liberation. We have prepared a new poster drawing on centuries-old art and poetry to celebrate this. crimethinc.com/posters/for-... 🏴🏳️⚧️ 118065
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Social media algorithms are designed to keep us angry all the time, because anger drives engagement, which fuels advertising and increases profits. But I’m tired of anger. What do you love? What are you building? What makes you come alive? 000
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Opposing something is easy, but doesn’t seem to accomplish much. You might be able to tear down a bad system, but without plans for something to replace it, that bad system tends to reform itself with new faces in charge. I’m much more interested in what you stand for than what you stand against. 110
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 10/08/2025The ideological battle of the 21st century seems to be shaping up to be “acid communism” vs “acid fascism” Yes, these are real belief systems discussed by academic philosophers, and not the midnight musings of stoned college students. 020
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 06/08/2025What if crashing the economy and destroying faith in government is not an accident, but all part of the plan? As a prelude to billionaire oligarchs buying up essential services for pennies on the dollar to privatize all existence. 020
Reposted by OrinSarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I am begging journalists to stop platforming him. These objects are SO EXCITING and there are people doing really good science on them and he is not one of them. 631351
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 03/08/2025I spotted an anglerfish. Didn’t think they lived this close to the surface. 010
Reposted by OrinJason Wright @astrowright.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Just to reiterate for the curious: While there's *nothing wrong* with thinking about whether some interstellar objects could be alien technology, 3I/ATLAS has had its coma clearly detected since July 3. It's very clearly, *unambiguously*, a comet. sites.psu.edu/astrowright/...sites.psu.eduAvi and 3I/ATLASAvi Loeb has gained a reputation for suggesting and outright claiming things could be alien spacecraft even when there’s little to no objective reason to think so. So when the third interstellar objec... 1013627
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025It’s hard to say I recommend this video because the subject matter is so horrific, but it’s a solid watch providing a peek into the darkness of our past. 000
Reposted by OrinDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/07/2025It is fucking insane that we had a decade of people complaining about the dangers of cancel culture, and now literally hundreds of thousands of people are being purged from government jobs for ideological reasons, but that is not cancel culture. 191127513327
Orin @plethorin.bsky.social · 21/07/2025I don’t always know what I’m doing, but I just had a friend thank me for being a good example in life, and that he used to be an asshole before he met me… so I must be doing something right. 010