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Posts: 29

Followers: 2

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lidt5cvem22z

Published: February 17, 2025 03:39

@support.bsky.team If I change the domain name associated with my account (is currently kerim.oxus.net, want to change to kerim.one) will all my followers, as well as all the starter packs and lists that I'm on all be updated automatically?

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3li3inp5ofs2d

Published: February 13, 2025 20:10

Clarification: It isn't that they don't have ideology, but they are "ideologically flexible" in the pursuit of power and wealth - a common trait of fascists. (I recommend Paxton's book Anatomy of Fascism where he discusses this. Though he focuses moreā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhzgus7njk2h

Published: February 13, 2025 00:33

The best way to understand the current government is as robber barons who are simply plundering the government to make themselves and their friends rich. Any attempt to view it ideologically misses the point. (h/t to Corey Robin who made a similar pointā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhyzjvb45c2s

Published: February 12, 2025 20:34

I refuse to stop being annoyed by little things just because there are bigger things to worry about. I will continue to be annoyed at everything equally. Today I am annoyed by websites that can't handle "(" or "-" symbols when you paste your phoneā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhxhwfytpk2e

Published: February 12, 2025 05:47

Hating Republicans is like hating Orcs for being evil. There's no point. They are what they are. The Democrats, on the other hand, are more like SmĆ©agol, since their greed and incompetence got us into this mess. They really should throw themselves into theā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhxdnjd3ck2e

Published: February 12, 2025 04:30

This is right out of the movie Tampopo (one of my all-time favorite films): 'The woman has reportedly denied the allegations, saying, "I only pressed it lightly in my hand to check the firmness of the bread."ā€™ā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhuq3lofms2n

Published: February 11, 2025 03:35

Masha Gessen offers up a typology of all the different ways that people "obey in advance": 1. responsibility for others 2. To serve a "higher purpose" 3. The pragmatism of picking and choosing one's battles 4. The "if-I-donā€™t-do-it-someone-else-willā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhumalbufc26

Published: February 11, 2025 02:26

@support.bsky.team I get confused when trying to create threads. Sometimes I get this: 1 2 3 But more often I get this 1 1a 1b 2 2a Where only 1 and 2 are visible without clicking, and reading 2a doesn't show 1a or 1b.

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhubpuknzs2y

Published: February 10, 2025 23:18

ā€œFor yes, America is or was an imperial power, although in a different way from most past empires ā€” less reliant on force, more reliant on good will and trust.ā€ Has @pkrugman.bsky.social ever read a history book? Iā€™m all for saving the important workā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhp2hkq4qf2i

Published: February 8, 2025 21:24

Follow this starter pack, and follow @zeblarson.bsky.social. I'm not just saying that because he put me on the list, I trust Zeb's judgment on a wide range of matters, from music, to what to read, and who to follow. I already follow about a third of theseā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhoifgsgv22q

Published: February 8, 2025 16:01

Interesting. Lets you add advertising to your custom feed before @bsky.app has its own advertising platform. But seems like your feed would have to be really amazing for people to put up with ads on an otherwise ad-free platform? (Note: you don't have toā€¦

https://bsky.app/profile/kerim.oxus.net/post/3lhohusg2t22q

Published: February 8, 2025 15:52

"before DOGE ā€¦ government spending was influenced by an ad hoc network of billionaires behind campaign contributions, dark money groups, and shadowy think tanks? Itā€™s far more efficient to reduce redundancy by placing the entire US Treasury under theā€¦