Ah, well, ‘categorization’… dinna get me started.
From @john-self.bsky.social’s interview with M. John Harrison. My librarian partner was telling me that the only book of Harrison’s that her library has at present is “his non-fiction book about rock climbing.” MJH would approve!
![His genre-blending approach does have some benefits. "When I wrote Climbers [his 1989 novel about rock climbers], I walked into one of the big bookshops and found it shelved in five different places. Autobiography, contemporary novels, sport, rock climbing and something else.
And I thought, this is heaven! They can't decide how to categorise this book."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pyz5y5xrtsxzqkf4mzjzavar/bafkreicqi3qodcq43e56btzu7iog5jojmketgisqa2oxahwfk53tbd2uoa)
November 11, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Ah, well, ‘categorization’… dinna get me started.
… that explains a lot.
There is something innately relaxing to categorization, to organized facts.
But I think that’s why a lot of neurodivergent folk balk, bristle and overall struggle with art that either defies categorization or simply won’t truck with it.
There is something innately relaxing to categorization, to organized facts.
But I think that’s why a lot of neurodivergent folk balk, bristle and overall struggle with art that either defies categorization or simply won’t truck with it.
Woolie described categorization and trivia as "Autism-cozy" for the purposes of something like Homestuck, where instead of analyzing and digging into meaning you just organize everything. I like that referring to these people. They're not readers, they're stats nerds who like communal reinforcement
November 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
… that explains a lot.
There is something innately relaxing to categorization, to organized facts.
But I think that’s why a lot of neurodivergent folk balk, bristle and overall struggle with art that either defies categorization or simply won’t truck with it.
There is something innately relaxing to categorization, to organized facts.
But I think that’s why a lot of neurodivergent folk balk, bristle and overall struggle with art that either defies categorization or simply won’t truck with it.
sighing and realizing theres layers to this mental categorization stuff
November 6, 2026 at 7:07 PM
sighing and realizing theres layers to this mental categorization stuff
i feel like i'm such a people pleaser, the only reason i haven't been honeypotted is because no government actors care very much about the cognitive architecture of perceptual categorization, so i can only make fun of the jackets
November 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
i feel like i'm such a people pleaser, the only reason i haven't been honeypotted is because no government actors care very much about the cognitive architecture of perceptual categorization, so i can only make fun of the jackets
November 9, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Ayyeee! Thank you for this categorization!!
November 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Ayyeee! Thank you for this categorization!!
joke funniness based on self-reported categorization:
"satire" - horrifically unfunny
"humor" - quite unfunny
"funny" - unfunny
"shitpost" - possibly unfunny
"satire" - horrifically unfunny
"humor" - quite unfunny
"funny" - unfunny
"shitpost" - possibly unfunny
November 8, 2026 at 8:25 AM
joke funniness based on self-reported categorization:
"satire" - horrifically unfunny
"humor" - quite unfunny
"funny" - unfunny
"shitpost" - possibly unfunny
"satire" - horrifically unfunny
"humor" - quite unfunny
"funny" - unfunny
"shitpost" - possibly unfunny
Me naming the categorization of someone who was the gender they were assigned at birth and stayed that way:
sisssss
November 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Me naming the categorization of someone who was the gender they were assigned at birth and stayed that way:
identity threat / acceptance threat
but also “we always hurt the ones we love” but in reverse. people you care about can hurt you more
but also “we always hurt the ones we love” but in reverse. people you care about can hurt you more
Social identity theory - Group Dynamics, Self-Categorization, Intergroup Conflict | Britannica
Social identity theory - Group Dynamics, Self-Categorization, Intergroup Conflict: According to social identity theory, group members may experience different kinds of identity threats. Group-status t...
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November 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
identity threat / acceptance threat
but also “we always hurt the ones we love” but in reverse. people you care about can hurt you more
but also “we always hurt the ones we love” but in reverse. people you care about can hurt you more
This confirms my categorization. The South Caucasus does not wish to be part of Russia’s fascist empire, and is gravitating toward #Europe:
#Turkey👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Azerbaijan👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Armenia👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Ukraine #Russia
#Turkey👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Azerbaijan👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Armenia👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Ukraine #Russia
Russia is losing the South Caucasus.
The meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has profound geopolitical significance.
For the Kremlin, this tandem is a serious challenge and a signal:⤵️
The meeting between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has profound geopolitical significance.
For the Kremlin, this tandem is a serious challenge and a signal:⤵️
November 9, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This confirms my categorization. The South Caucasus does not wish to be part of Russia’s fascist empire, and is gravitating toward #Europe:
#Turkey👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Azerbaijan👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Armenia👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Ukraine #Russia
#Turkey👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Azerbaijan👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Armenia👇
bsky.app/profile/fact...
#Ukraine #Russia
Woolie described categorization and trivia as "Autism-cozy" for the purposes of something like Homestuck, where instead of analyzing and digging into meaning you just organize everything. I like that referring to these people. They're not readers, they're stats nerds who like communal reinforcement
November 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Woolie described categorization and trivia as "Autism-cozy" for the purposes of something like Homestuck, where instead of analyzing and digging into meaning you just organize everything. I like that referring to these people. They're not readers, they're stats nerds who like communal reinforcement
Testing and training geometrical knowledge in baboons through a conceptual categorization task https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.06.764828v1
November 9, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Testing and training geometrical knowledge in baboons through a conceptual categorization task https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.11.06.764828v1
when people say 'every trans woman had a fascist/hard right phase' they are making a categorization error. every trans woman has a paradox grand strategy phase and once you do that you either have to become a fascist or a communist.
November 7, 2026 at 3:45 PM
when people say 'every trans woman had a fascist/hard right phase' they are making a categorization error. every trans woman has a paradox grand strategy phase and once you do that you either have to become a fascist or a communist.
I’m so sick of the “Gen Z that,
Millennials that etc” much of this and zodiac signs categorization is just a way to foment more friction between us for no reason.
Millennials that etc” much of this and zodiac signs categorization is just a way to foment more friction between us for no reason.
November 11, 2026 at 3:49 AM
I’m so sick of the “Gen Z that,
Millennials that etc” much of this and zodiac signs categorization is just a way to foment more friction between us for no reason.
Millennials that etc” much of this and zodiac signs categorization is just a way to foment more friction between us for no reason.
Basing a whole categorization system of humans around reproduction is as patriarchal as it gets
November 10, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Basing a whole categorization system of humans around reproduction is as patriarchal as it gets
He basically badgered Nedry with a list of bugs ranging from large to minor and mundane to bizarre with no categorization, demanded they *all* be fixed gratis, and threatened to withhold all payment and start litigating unless Nedry agreed to do so, because he knew Nedry couldn't afford to fight it.
November 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
He basically badgered Nedry with a list of bugs ranging from large to minor and mundane to bizarre with no categorization, demanded they *all* be fixed gratis, and threatened to withhold all payment and start litigating unless Nedry agreed to do so, because he knew Nedry couldn't afford to fight it.
Really, any kind of abstraction can be useful or shitty depending on intent. The same kind of categorization pitfalls seem to happen over and over again. Labelitis man.
November 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Really, any kind of abstraction can be useful or shitty depending on intent. The same kind of categorization pitfalls seem to happen over and over again. Labelitis man.
i think this sort of three eras categorization of the stuff i'm into is pretty fitting and lines up well with my perception of my own life
November 7, 2026 at 5:44 AM
i think this sort of three eras categorization of the stuff i'm into is pretty fitting and lines up well with my perception of my own life
I hate this style of map so much; if the people you’re categorizing can’t recognize the categories, it’s bad categorization! They’re living people! You can ask them questions!
November 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
I hate this style of map so much; if the people you’re categorizing can’t recognize the categories, it’s bad categorization! They’re living people! You can ask them questions!
Timely, far-reaching theta waves help organize cognition, study shows
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#neuroscience
picower.mit.edu/news/timely-...
#neuroscience
Timely, far-reaching theta waves help organize cognition, study shows
When MIT neuroscientists measured brain cell activity and brain waves during a categorization game, they found that “theta” frequency waves dynamically sculpted multiple processes associated with cogn...
picower.mit.edu
November 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Timely, far-reaching theta waves help organize cognition, study shows
picower.mit.edu/news/timely-...
#neuroscience
picower.mit.edu/news/timely-...
#neuroscience
I hope the next medical professional who tries that line on me is excited for an angry lecture about the entire concept of “disorders” and human categorization of observed phenomena 🤬
November 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I hope the next medical professional who tries that line on me is excited for an angry lecture about the entire concept of “disorders” and human categorization of observed phenomena 🤬
Actually a bit excited to go into work this morning! I get to set up the whole categorization system for all our seeds~
November 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Actually a bit excited to go into work this morning! I get to set up the whole categorization system for all our seeds~
In all seriousness “a game labelled non-AI used a bit of LLMs in coding” raises a taxonomy problem.
“LLMs for some debugging and code“ is not remotely “Claude make me a game”, in composition AND artistry.
“Did this use AI or not” is just unhelpful categorization that people will and DO lie about.
“LLMs for some debugging and code“ is not remotely “Claude make me a game”, in composition AND artistry.
“Did this use AI or not” is just unhelpful categorization that people will and DO lie about.
November 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
In all seriousness “a game labelled non-AI used a bit of LLMs in coding” raises a taxonomy problem.
“LLMs for some debugging and code“ is not remotely “Claude make me a game”, in composition AND artistry.
“Did this use AI or not” is just unhelpful categorization that people will and DO lie about.
“LLMs for some debugging and code“ is not remotely “Claude make me a game”, in composition AND artistry.
“Did this use AI or not” is just unhelpful categorization that people will and DO lie about.
some days you can log on here and find genuinely the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen
implying an almost crystalline structure of interlinked errors of judgement, categorization and analysis. it’s almost beautiful
but I can’t engage with that, I’m too tired. 33 years of internet is a lot of internet
implying an almost crystalline structure of interlinked errors of judgement, categorization and analysis. it’s almost beautiful
but I can’t engage with that, I’m too tired. 33 years of internet is a lot of internet
November 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
some days you can log on here and find genuinely the dumbest shit you’ve ever seen
implying an almost crystalline structure of interlinked errors of judgement, categorization and analysis. it’s almost beautiful
but I can’t engage with that, I’m too tired. 33 years of internet is a lot of internet
implying an almost crystalline structure of interlinked errors of judgement, categorization and analysis. it’s almost beautiful
but I can’t engage with that, I’m too tired. 33 years of internet is a lot of internet
He’s an assimilationist maximalist. I’d be surprised if he even really thinks of himself as Jewish.
There’s never been someone trying harder to be a generic white person in the entire history of American racial categorization.
There’s never been someone trying harder to be a generic white person in the entire history of American racial categorization.
November 7, 2026 at 6:48 AM
He’s an assimilationist maximalist. I’d be surprised if he even really thinks of himself as Jewish.
There’s never been someone trying harder to be a generic white person in the entire history of American racial categorization.
There’s never been someone trying harder to be a generic white person in the entire history of American racial categorization.