CroTheFool
@crothefool.bsky.social
Cancer survivor, gamer geek, DJ, and part-time philosopher.
American living in Germany.
American living in Germany.
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My 9 Games | Shared games picks
A shared 9-panel games collage.
my9games.net
My 9 games that shaped me.
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Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
October 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Why is 🇺🇸 media not reporting on this 128 day Albanian protest of Kushner and Ivanka’s insane corruption?
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Hello little one. 😍
October 4, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Hello little one. 😍
My 9 games that shaped me.
My 9 Games | Shared games picks
A shared 9-panel games collage.
my9games.net
September 27, 2026 at 5:36 AM
My 9 games that shaped me.
I would be curious to see what percentage of people for or against AI are religious or atheist and in which direction they lean.
September 23, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I would be curious to see what percentage of people for or against AI are religious or atheist and in which direction they lean.
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AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
September 23, 2026 at 12:43 PM
AI is the Gyges' ring of student work: it offers perfect concealment of wrongdoing.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
If Glaucon is right, then everyone will use it to do injustice (cheat), & will be wise to do so.
If Socrates/Plato is right, then doing so also harms the wrong-doer, whose soul will be malformed into misery by it.
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Look goddamnit
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
September 22, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Look goddamnit
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
It's entirely possible
To eat a plum
And not make a poem about it
The one I just ate
Wasn't even in the
Goddamn refrigerator
Or anything
Sometimes a plum
Is just a plum
You can just eat it
And go on with your life
WHAT
Why are you looking at me
What'd I do now
(looks) oh GODDAMNIT
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“six million forms of communication-really C3P0?”: an investigation 1/1138
What’s your fake starwars academic paper
September 22, 2026 at 5:10 AM
“six million forms of communication-really C3P0?”: an investigation 1/1138
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Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.
September 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Research units from across government have been gutted. More than 10,000 PhDs have left government. For example the research arm of the Department of Education lost 90% of their staff and the research office for the Secretary of Health and Human Services lost an estimated 60% of their staff.
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Related: The AI wheel of death for Universities
via
https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/are-universities-on-the-brink-of
via
https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/are-universities-on-the-brink-of
September 21, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Related: The AI wheel of death for Universities
via
https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/are-universities-on-the-brink-of
via
https://www.optimallyirrational.com/p/are-universities-on-the-brink-of
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this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there
September 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
this tweet is NINE years old and is still the best trans rights policy advice out there
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Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years...
...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
September 10, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Deliberately crashing the American economy—costing American families well over $5,000 each—and then promising to pay those families back $5,000 but *only if* they keep letting him abuse them and the country for two more years...
...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
...is some *seriously* dark, domestic-abuser shit.
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Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
www.wsj.com
September 9, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Fear being a high chance (>10%) of human extinction this decade
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
They have agency in choosing to pursue Agentic AI but are acting like they have none. It's half a dozen US companies trying to secure individual enrichment through inflated IPO offers, while pretending they can't stop because "China"
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The Griffon girls learned about physics today 😂
IG: @the.griffon.girls
IG: @the.griffon.girls
September 8, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The Griffon girls learned about physics today 😂
IG: @the.griffon.girls
IG: @the.griffon.girls
I think that part of the problem is that Germany only has 2 conservative parties and a lot of liberal ones.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Europe wrestles with impact of historic regional gains for Germany’s AfD
The BBC's Europe editor Katya Adler sees the far-right win in Saxony-Anhalt state ringing alarm bells for the EU and traditional parties.
www.bbc.com
September 7, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I think that part of the problem is that Germany only has 2 conservative parties and a lot of liberal ones.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
August 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
macabre = “muh-KAHB”
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer”
omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt”
reticent = “RET-uh-sunt”
epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee”
myriad = "MEER-ee-ud"
Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word.
It means they learned it by reading.
If ICE went after the people employing illegal immigrants, the issue would resolve itself.
August 30, 2026 at 10:35 AM
If ICE went after the people employing illegal immigrants, the issue would resolve itself.
I wonder how the US is doing...
Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer
Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer 20 years on from vaccine launch
Twenty years on from the launch of the world-first vaccine against cervical cancer, Australian Immunisation Register data shows HPV vaccine coverage for girls and girls is dropping.
www.abc.net.au
August 28, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I wonder how the US is doing...
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WTactualF
Navy civilian engineer Elsie Dominguez's lawsuit against the U.S. government was dismissed this month after a judge determined her report of being raped in her bed aboard a transport ship was within her duties and must be treated as a worker's comp claim.
From Stars and Stripes' Rose L. Thayer:
From Stars and Stripes' Rose L. Thayer:
Lawsuit over sexual assault aboard Navy transport ship dismissed as worker’s comp issue
The order handed down this month closed an attempt by a civilian engineer to get justice for an assault she said threw her life into shambles.
www.stripes.com
August 26, 2026 at 10:36 AM
WTactualF
Remember that you are loved!
Winston and Sylvie just wanted to tell you all that you are loved. <3
August 23, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Remember that you are loved!
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Other *relevant* experts have also now contributed to the damning criticisms of 'The Great #ADHD Myth?', with more professionalism than me. But less rage-fuelled snark. Which, let's be fair, is probably helpful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
August 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Other *relevant* experts have also now contributed to the damning criticisms of 'The Great #ADHD Myth?', with more professionalism than me. But less rage-fuelled snark. Which, let's be fair, is probably helpful
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-react...
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A warm welcome to all the Muslim anchor babies who will be born in this new U.S. territory!
August 22, 2026 at 6:17 PM
A warm welcome to all the Muslim anchor babies who will be born in this new U.S. territory!
I am the only American I know who can say that I have never had covid... because I live in Germany.
August 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM
I am the only American I know who can say that I have never had covid... because I live in Germany.