Timothy Rice
@timothyrice.org
Κύριε Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Υἱὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐλέησόν με τὸν ἁμαρτωλόν
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
📍 Portland, OR
timothyrice.org
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Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.
📍 Portland, OR
timothyrice.org
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Timothy Rice
@timothyrice.org
· Mar 29
Any time I hear someone pine for a post-scarcity economy I think about how I can buy 41,000 calories of flour for less than $10.
Tech bros have moved on to reinventing paganism, incredible stuff.
September 22, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Tech bros have moved on to reinventing paganism, incredible stuff.
An atheistic outlook prohibits you from making moral statements about the world. A material only universe cannot have moral principles, and any attempt to establish them will fail. At *best* you can speak about preferences.
Do you have any philosophical intuitions that seem extremely obvious to you, but are highly disagreed about? E.g. moral realism vs antirealism, separation of mind and matter, possibility of free will, objects being able to have moral standing, existence per se as a positive good for humans etc
August 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
An atheistic outlook prohibits you from making moral statements about the world. A material only universe cannot have moral principles, and any attempt to establish them will fail. At *best* you can speak about preferences.
Reposted by Timothy Rice
There are a lot of tips and tricks that can help our mental health.
But after researching and writing about this for years, the best advice I can give is:
Do real things in the real world with real people, occasionally hard, sometimes alone.
But after researching and writing about this for years, the best advice I can give is:
Do real things in the real world with real people, occasionally hard, sometimes alone.
August 1, 2026 at 4:24 PM
There are a lot of tips and tricks that can help our mental health.
But after researching and writing about this for years, the best advice I can give is:
Do real things in the real world with real people, occasionally hard, sometimes alone.
But after researching and writing about this for years, the best advice I can give is:
Do real things in the real world with real people, occasionally hard, sometimes alone.
Reposted by Timothy Rice
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
July 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Why didn't the eagles just fly Odysseus straight to Ithaca
It has interested me for a while (I have never seen discussed) that while people love to yearn for screen adaptions of books, the reverse never happens.
"I desperately hope someone does a novelization of my favorite film" says nobody ever.
I have no idea why this is.
"I desperately hope someone does a novelization of my favorite film" says nobody ever.
I have no idea why this is.
What’s your white whale tv/film adaptation that needs to happen
Trying to do a daily dumb little prompt to not think about The Horrors
June 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
It has interested me for a while (I have never seen discussed) that while people love to yearn for screen adaptions of books, the reverse never happens.
"I desperately hope someone does a novelization of my favorite film" says nobody ever.
I have no idea why this is.
"I desperately hope someone does a novelization of my favorite film" says nobody ever.
I have no idea why this is.
I cannot wait!
Just turned in final revisions on "AND LOKI IN HIS PRISON"
It's going to exist at last, everyone!!!
Big, deeply-built, intricate Norse myth fantasy.
Book 1 of "HANGED GOD'S GAME"
Coming from Tor Books Summer 2027
It's going to exist at last, everyone!!!
Big, deeply-built, intricate Norse myth fantasy.
Book 1 of "HANGED GOD'S GAME"
Coming from Tor Books Summer 2027
June 1, 2026 at 9:37 PM
I cannot wait!
Cook your spaghetti in a paella pan.
Place dry noodles in pan. Add just enough water to cover them. Add salt. Cook at high heat.
When the noodles are done, *almost* all the water will have been absorbed/evaporated.
Noodles cook faster and they don't need to be drained.
Place dry noodles in pan. Add just enough water to cover them. Add salt. Cook at high heat.
When the noodles are done, *almost* all the water will have been absorbed/evaporated.
Noodles cook faster and they don't need to be drained.
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Cook your spaghetti in a paella pan.
Place dry noodles in pan. Add just enough water to cover them. Add salt. Cook at high heat.
When the noodles are done, *almost* all the water will have been absorbed/evaporated.
Noodles cook faster and they don't need to be drained.
Place dry noodles in pan. Add just enough water to cover them. Add salt. Cook at high heat.
When the noodles are done, *almost* all the water will have been absorbed/evaporated.
Noodles cook faster and they don't need to be drained.
Becoming proficient in basic knife skills will make everything in the kitchen easier. It's much faster to use a single knife to prepare your ingredients than retrieve and set up a specialized tool, which is almost always more cleanup work than a knife.
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Becoming proficient in basic knife skills will make everything in the kitchen easier. It's much faster to use a single knife to prepare your ingredients than retrieve and set up a specialized tool, which is almost always more cleanup work than a knife.
You usually don't have to wait for the oven to warm all the way up before you stick your food in. Often, the food will cook better (read: more evenly) if you let it heat up with the oven!
(exceptions exist for food that is seeking a certain exterior texture, like chicken wings).
(exceptions exist for food that is seeking a certain exterior texture, like chicken wings).
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:52 AM
You usually don't have to wait for the oven to warm all the way up before you stick your food in. Often, the food will cook better (read: more evenly) if you let it heat up with the oven!
(exceptions exist for food that is seeking a certain exterior texture, like chicken wings).
(exceptions exist for food that is seeking a certain exterior texture, like chicken wings).
Pressure cookers reduce cooking tasks that normally take hours to minutes. You can have perfect beans (dry -> ready to eat) in less than 90 minutes. Glorious stock in an hour. They're magical devices.
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Pressure cookers reduce cooking tasks that normally take hours to minutes. You can have perfect beans (dry -> ready to eat) in less than 90 minutes. Glorious stock in an hour. They're magical devices.
The best way to thaw something is to take it out of the freezer the a day or two ahead of time.
If you forget though, the fastest way is by submerging it in lukewarm water.
(The real fastest is placing it in running water, but that's wasteful).
If you forget though, the fastest way is by submerging it in lukewarm water.
(The real fastest is placing it in running water, but that's wasteful).
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The best way to thaw something is to take it out of the freezer the a day or two ahead of time.
If you forget though, the fastest way is by submerging it in lukewarm water.
(The real fastest is placing it in running water, but that's wasteful).
If you forget though, the fastest way is by submerging it in lukewarm water.
(The real fastest is placing it in running water, but that's wasteful).
Similar to this, whenever you cook any saucy/soupy thing 10x the amount you're making and freeze what you don't eat. It's like 60% more effort for 1000% more output, and anything with that much water freezes indefinitely and flawlessly.
My freezer is full of pozole, spaghetti sauce, chowder, etc.
My freezer is full of pozole, spaghetti sauce, chowder, etc.
Let's do a TIME SAVING COOKING TIPS thread!
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
🥗🥞🍚🧅🔥🍲🥫👨🍳
Share your tips for saving time/effort.
I'll start: Caramelized onion freezes! When caramelizing onion do 2x, 3x, 4x & freeze some in a ziploc pressed flat in a thin sheet so it's easy to break chunks off. Or bulk caramelize in crockpot & freeze.
May 29, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Similar to this, whenever you cook any saucy/soupy thing 10x the amount you're making and freeze what you don't eat. It's like 60% more effort for 1000% more output, and anything with that much water freezes indefinitely and flawlessly.
My freezer is full of pozole, spaghetti sauce, chowder, etc.
My freezer is full of pozole, spaghetti sauce, chowder, etc.
I have been beating this drum for a while. The AI tools are not the problem, they are a *symptom* of the deeper underlying structural problem of a university system that has been distorted into a credential mill.
Until the incentives are fundamentally changed, cheating will escalate in perpetuity.
Until the incentives are fundamentally changed, cheating will escalate in perpetuity.
Not sure if this is a hot take, but the apparently frequent cheating or borderline cheating with Ai in University seems to me less about Ai and more about how sick the system has gotten.
Compare for example to learning from a teacher to graft trees. In that case, cheating would be absurd. Why?
Compare for example to learning from a teacher to graft trees. In that case, cheating would be absurd. Why?
May 27, 2026 at 1:26 PM
I have been beating this drum for a while. The AI tools are not the problem, they are a *symptom* of the deeper underlying structural problem of a university system that has been distorted into a credential mill.
Until the incentives are fundamentally changed, cheating will escalate in perpetuity.
Until the incentives are fundamentally changed, cheating will escalate in perpetuity.
This is legitimately a stretch goal of mine.
A while ago I was doing talks for a book and ended up having lunch with a bunch of academics. There was this one guy who had a project to hear as little news as possible. He said it was going really well, and that his goal was eventually to not know who the president is. I think about him often.
May 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
This is legitimately a stretch goal of mine.
I've been reading a lot about the distinctions between American Protestantism (AP) and Eastern Orthodoxy (EO) and this is one of the many distinctions I've found between the two.
AP places a large focus on the interior emotional experience of the believer. EO more on the lived out actions.
AP places a large focus on the interior emotional experience of the believer. EO more on the lived out actions.
I write about people who became famous for saying and doing horrible things so I routinely get asked this question. "Did they really believe it?"
Look, I get the curiosity, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what's in their hearts. They put evil into the world.
Look, I get the curiosity, but in the grand scheme of things it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what's in their hearts. They put evil into the world.
What's in Tucker Carlson's heart? Racism. What's in Anne Coulter's heart? Racism. What's in Ben Shapiro's heart? Racism (and sadness about his inability to please a woman).
May 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
I've been reading a lot about the distinctions between American Protestantism (AP) and Eastern Orthodoxy (EO) and this is one of the many distinctions I've found between the two.
AP places a large focus on the interior emotional experience of the believer. EO more on the lived out actions.
AP places a large focus on the interior emotional experience of the believer. EO more on the lived out actions.
If you're not using adblockers on your web browsers, please do. Ads are the root of much evil on the internet, and how all the companies you hate make their money.
There's no reason to ever see an ad ever again.
There's no reason to ever see an ad ever again.
This is mostly the thesis of my "the root of everything you hate about the internet is advertising based revenue models" argument.
I don't think it's possible to have user-friendly incentives in a product that makes all it's money via ads.
I don't think it's possible to have user-friendly incentives in a product that makes all it's money via ads.
April 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
If you're not using adblockers on your web browsers, please do. Ads are the root of much evil on the internet, and how all the companies you hate make their money.
There's no reason to ever see an ad ever again.
There's no reason to ever see an ad ever again.
It's always been very interesting to me that I've never seen an AI doomer express any self-skepticism about their claims. It's always "we are completely correct and if you don't believe us it's because you're not smart enough to get it."
this is aaron swartz' opinion of lesswrong, by the way! from his lesswrong account, no less
April 23, 2026 at 11:06 PM
It's always been very interesting to me that I've never seen an AI doomer express any self-skepticism about their claims. It's always "we are completely correct and if you don't believe us it's because you're not smart enough to get it."
I cannot endorse this loudly enough.
(Also you can turn off push notifications on your other rectangles. And uninstall the Bad Apps. Try it sometime.)
(Also you can turn off push notifications on your other rectangles. And uninstall the Bad Apps. Try it sometime.)
books: the rectangle that can’t send you push notifications. Try: books.
April 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
I cannot endorse this loudly enough.
(Also you can turn off push notifications on your other rectangles. And uninstall the Bad Apps. Try it sometime.)
(Also you can turn off push notifications on your other rectangles. And uninstall the Bad Apps. Try it sometime.)
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy of me, the sinner.
April 6, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy of me, the sinner.
Reposted by Timothy Rice
People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos
March 19, 2026 at 3:35 AM
People keep saying “oh so you want OPEN BORDERS” as some kind of gotcha and like. Yeah. When I was a kid you could just drive into Canada. On accident, even. It was great, and I think we should do that instead of kidnapping children. Normalize being normal instead of being kidnapping weirdos
Why stop with just gambling? All advertising is evil and should be disallowed.
It is actually possible to regulate gambling advertising, and while designing such a regulatory regime could be complicated, it can also be very simple, such as "there shall be no gambling advertising".
I stopped gambling (mostly) last year and the way the books hound you with notifications/emails to Get Back In The Game should 100% be illegal
like if Coors could text drinkers "15 days since your last beer ... sounds like you need an ice cold Coors Light" and also their phone could give them a beer
like if Coors could text drinkers "15 days since your last beer ... sounds like you need an ice cold Coors Light" and also their phone could give them a beer
March 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Why stop with just gambling? All advertising is evil and should be disallowed.
Surely this is an industry that's going to be ripped apart by LLMs. Is that bad? I don't know.
Have just read this extraordinary sentence in New York Magazine
!!!
'A ghostwriter who had a “slow year” made $164,768, most of which ($107,768) was from ghostwriting famous people’s Substacks.'
!!!
'A ghostwriter who had a “slow year” made $164,768, most of which ($107,768) was from ghostwriting famous people’s Substacks.'
March 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Surely this is an industry that's going to be ripped apart by LLMs. Is that bad? I don't know.
I think about this phenomena a lot. I wonder what the world would look like if the titanic investments of financial and human capital into computers in the last 50 years had been allocated somewhere else.
Yeah, one of the things that's sort of undergirding this, is that even classically programmed computers are simply so good at solving computer-shaped problems, that we have been busily trying to turn everything in the world we can into a computer-shaped problem for at least the past 40 years.
March 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I think about this phenomena a lot. I wonder what the world would look like if the titanic investments of financial and human capital into computers in the last 50 years had been allocated somewhere else.
@adapalmer.bsky.social @bluejo.bsky.social do you know why it is that hardcover books are always produced with book jackets vs. printing the art directly onto the cover?
Jackets annoy me so I take them off, but then I can't admire the art! Kids books print the art on the cover, why don't novels?
Jackets annoy me so I take them off, but then I can't admire the art! Kids books print the art on the cover, why don't novels?
March 3, 2026 at 5:43 PM
@adapalmer.bsky.social @bluejo.bsky.social do you know why it is that hardcover books are always produced with book jackets vs. printing the art directly onto the cover?
Jackets annoy me so I take them off, but then I can't admire the art! Kids books print the art on the cover, why don't novels?
Jackets annoy me so I take them off, but then I can't admire the art! Kids books print the art on the cover, why don't novels?
While I understand the reactions most people are having to this announcement, I think almost everyone in the comments has a fundamental misunderstanding about why most people are going to college in the first place.
what even is the fucking point
February 24, 2026 at 3:38 PM
While I understand the reactions most people are having to this announcement, I think almost everyone in the comments has a fundamental misunderstanding about why most people are going to college in the first place.