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migrated from fb, now a 19th century American agriculture studier for some reason
Best part of her review.
also now that we’re removed from it, some of y‘all just did not appreciate the level of hater Emily Wilson was in saying Following is his best work. amazing
October 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Best part of her review.
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its kinda funny that Pullman tried to write atheist narnia but ended up writing catholics persecution of gnostics was because the gnostics were correct and also they can dimensional knife jump. By the way talking polar bears are real and their armor is ensouled
October 3, 2026 at 1:24 AM
its kinda funny that Pullman tried to write atheist narnia but ended up writing catholics persecution of gnostics was because the gnostics were correct and also they can dimensional knife jump. By the way talking polar bears are real and their armor is ensouled
Bojack at 44 is criminal
Here’s The New York Times 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
September 25, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Bojack at 44 is criminal
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What a fun way to start the day!
September 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM
What a fun way to start the day!
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Genghis Khan famously had strong opinions regarding gamete size as the telos of gender.
September 25, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Genghis Khan famously had strong opinions regarding gamete size as the telos of gender.
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It is sorta a funny thing about philosophy that the questions are inherently fascinating and exciting—there’s a reason people wind up talking about this stuff in dorm rooms—and the best methods we have for investigating them involve being as tedious and pedantic and boring as possible
September 24, 2026 at 2:49 PM
It is sorta a funny thing about philosophy that the questions are inherently fascinating and exciting—there’s a reason people wind up talking about this stuff in dorm rooms—and the best methods we have for investigating them involve being as tedious and pedantic and boring as possible
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I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet
September 21, 2026 at 4:47 PM
I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet
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this mighty monster is actually a diademed king of the sea
September 18, 2026 at 4:47 AM
this mighty monster is actually a diademed king of the sea
I find these to hold great sophistication
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I find these to hold great sophistication
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"you'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
December 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
"you'll be visited by three spirits"
The three spirits
The three spirits
Johnny Rocco:
Like idk man, seems like a lot of Americans are bored and prosperous and believe things would Improve if only we had a mafia state that allowed them to defect in more prisoner dilemmas. Not sure what to do with that, but it really seems like it’s how Americans feel their government should operate.
December 25, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Johnny Rocco:
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My only thought regarding non-LOTR characters handling the One Ring is that the Road Runner would carry it without issue; whereas the minute Wile E. Coyote picked it up, all nine Nazgûl would descend upon him.
December 24, 2024 at 9:35 PM
My only thought regarding non-LOTR characters handling the One Ring is that the Road Runner would carry it without issue; whereas the minute Wile E. Coyote picked it up, all nine Nazgûl would descend upon him.
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Counter argument. If Chicago style pizza was any good, it wouldn’t need a philosophical argument to defend it.
As a professional philosopher, the only form of relativism I endorse is pizza relativism.
Persons outside the culture that produced the pizza are ill-equipped to judge the culinary status of pizza within the culture that produced it.
Persons outside the culture that produced the pizza are ill-equipped to judge the culinary status of pizza within the culture that produced it.
December 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Counter argument. If Chicago style pizza was any good, it wouldn’t need a philosophical argument to defend it.
As far as I can tell this is a pretty consistent and (to those In The Know) by this point rather familiar finding: whatever it is LLMs are doing, it's not deduction in any good or reliable sense. Worth stressing tho, cos there's a lot of public misunderstanding here.
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/l...
arstechnica.com/ai/2024/10/l...
Apple study exposes deep cracks in LLMs’ “reasoning” capabilities
Irrelevant red herrings lead to “catastrophic” failure of logical inference.
arstechnica.com
December 20, 2024 at 1:16 AM
December 20, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Burrhus is now up there with like zebulon and thaddeus on my short list of archaic names we should bring back
Kinda jarring to see “B. F. Skinner” so casually unabbreviated in the wild…
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Burrhus is now up there with like zebulon and thaddeus on my short list of archaic names we should bring back
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Lying is so awesome. Crafting reality is usually the provenance of gods and kings, but with one word, I can be the most interesting person at a party, the highest ranking person at a meeting or the least qualified person currently operating heavy machinery.
December 19, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Lying is so awesome. Crafting reality is usually the provenance of gods and kings, but with one word, I can be the most interesting person at a party, the highest ranking person at a meeting or the least qualified person currently operating heavy machinery.
(Company in question is meta)
December 19, 2024 at 3:26 AM
(Company in question is meta)
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Facebook severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war, and Instagram increased its moderation of Palestinian user comments after October 2023.
How Facebook restricted news in Palestinian territories
Palestinian news outlets have seen a steep drop in audience engagement since October 2023.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Facebook severely restricted the ability of Palestinian news outlets to reach an audience during the Israel-Gaza war, and Instagram increased its moderation of Palestinian user comments after October 2023.
the good feelings in the era of good feelings were just perpetual tipsiness
spent this afternoon reading some early US history (as one does) and was reminded of the important fact that these people were almost constantly drunk as hell
December 19, 2024 at 12:12 AM
the good feelings in the era of good feelings were just perpetual tipsiness
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Don't forget the micro-asymmetrics, who are very much the invisible heroes of the Bluesky ecosystem. I may only have 100 followers, but I follow even fewer, tending towards that apotheosis of social media engagement: the poster with a single follower, who follows no-one at all.
The Singularity.
The Singularity.
December 18, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Don't forget the micro-asymmetrics, who are very much the invisible heroes of the Bluesky ecosystem. I may only have 100 followers, but I follow even fewer, tending towards that apotheosis of social media engagement: the poster with a single follower, who follows no-one at all.
The Singularity.
The Singularity.
Perhaps overly cynical but it really seems like the prevalence of close readings of great literature to understand society as a method in a lot of theory seems less due to it being a plausible method and more due to scholars liking to read great literature
December 18, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Perhaps overly cynical but it really seems like the prevalence of close readings of great literature to understand society as a method in a lot of theory seems less due to it being a plausible method and more due to scholars liking to read great literature
December 17, 2024 at 6:34 AM