Mike Lensi
@clinamina.bsky.social
I love the natural world and philosophies thereof. Lege feliciter.
Permanent obsessions:
* animal tracks
* philosophy of mind / perception
* Japanese history / culture
* world history
* cats
* your mom
Temporary obsessions:
* shogi
* knives
* your dad
Permanent obsessions:
* animal tracks
* philosophy of mind / perception
* Japanese history / culture
* world history
* cats
* your mom
Temporary obsessions:
* shogi
* knives
* your dad
Pinned
Mike Lensi
@clinamina.bsky.social
· Jan 27
Posted without (much) comment.
One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
One book 📚
One film 🎥
One album💿
One show 📺
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"Philosophers of mind also think about conceptual issues. Take the question of whether we have free will. We might be able to do some relevant scientific experiments. But to answer the question we also need to understand what we mean by ‘free will’."
fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
Philosophy of Mind
The best philosophy of mind books, as recommended by distinguished philosopher, Keith Frankish.
fivebooks.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Philosophers of mind also think about conceptual issues. Take the question of whether we have free will. We might be able to do some relevant scientific experiments. But to answer the question we also need to understand what we mean by ‘free will’."
fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
fivebooks.com/best-books/p...
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The brain is a dense, thorny network of neurons, which come in many flavors and whose behaviors are controlled by a menagerie of molecules released on precise timescales. It is staggeringly more complex than an AI algorithm. www.quantamagazine.org/ai-is-nothin...
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The brain is a dense, thorny network of neurons, which come in many flavors and whose behaviors are controlled by a menagerie of molecules released on precise timescales. It is staggeringly more complex than an AI algorithm. www.quantamagazine.org/ai-is-nothin...
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With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
"Spoiler alert: That case is unspeakably, breathtakingly devoid of merit. To see it laid out in all its patchwork threadbaredness is to gasp with embarrassment for the prosecutors who have presented this to an American court."
NEW: “To read it is to spend 48 pages understanding the depth of corruption in the Justice Department in the second Trump administration.”
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Spoiler alert: That case is unspeakably, breathtakingly devoid of merit. To see it laid out in all its patchwork threadbaredness is to gasp with embarrassment for the prosecutors who have presented this to an American court."
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“it is irresponsible to die before the world has been saved”
What a line!
Nearing the end of Aura Battler Dunbine 🧚🧚♀️🧚♂️
What a line!
Nearing the end of Aura Battler Dunbine 🧚🧚♀️🧚♂️
November 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“it is irresponsible to die before the world has been saved”
What a line!
Nearing the end of Aura Battler Dunbine 🧚🧚♀️🧚♂️
What a line!
Nearing the end of Aura Battler Dunbine 🧚🧚♀️🧚♂️
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Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Incredibly funny to watch the right wing going Oh so just because I love money and hate poor people I'm a bad Christian according to "the pope"???
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have to hand it to the federal government of Nigeria for S-tier trolling if nothing else
November 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
have to hand it to the federal government of Nigeria for S-tier trolling if nothing else
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I recently learned that some mathematicians deny the existence of large numbers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cFg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cFg...
These Mathematicians Don’t Believe Large Numbers Exist. I’m Serious.
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I recently learned that some mathematicians deny the existence of large numbers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cFg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cFg...
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🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What is Catastrophic Forgetting and Why Does Monty Not Suffer From it?"
youtube.com/shorts/q9b_z...
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.04494
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/thousand-bra...
#Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
youtube.com/shorts/q9b_z...
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.04494
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/thousand-bra...
#Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
What is Catastrophic Forgetting and Why Does Monty Not Suffer From it? #Neuroscience #ThousandBrains
YouTube video by Thousand Brains Project
youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🚨 @vivianeclay.bsky.social responds to "What is Catastrophic Forgetting and Why Does Monty Not Suffer From it?"
youtube.com/shorts/q9b_z...
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.04494
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/thousand-bra...
#Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
youtube.com/shorts/q9b_z...
Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2507.04494
Read the plain language explainer: thousandbrains.org/thousand-bra...
#Neuroscience #ThousandBrains #SensorimotorAI
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
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In 1977, Carlo Rovelli was detained for refusing compulsory military service. His work as a theoretical physicist entails a radical rethinking of what our theories are really telling us. www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
In 1977, Carlo Rovelli was detained for refusing compulsory military service. His work as a theoretical physicist entails a radical rethinking of what our theories are really telling us. www.quantamagazine.org/carlo-rovell...
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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This Right Whale I take to have been a Stoic; the Sperm Whale, a Platonian, who might have taken up Spinoza in his latter years.
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This Right Whale I take to have been a Stoic; the Sperm Whale, a Platonian, who might have taken up Spinoza in his latter years.
From the mind of Cathy Dennis, the mouth of Kylie Minogue, and the hands of Fischerspooner. God Damn! #electroclash
youtu.be/Ee8RzKjzEHo?...
youtu.be/Ee8RzKjzEHo?...
Come into My World (Fischerspooner Mix)
YouTube video by Kylie Minogue - Topic
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 1:36 AM
From the mind of Cathy Dennis, the mouth of Kylie Minogue, and the hands of Fischerspooner. God Damn! #electroclash
youtu.be/Ee8RzKjzEHo?...
youtu.be/Ee8RzKjzEHo?...
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Here’s EDVa Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in action, texting secretly with lawyer-journalist @annabower.bsky.social — not smart; flirting with violating grand jury secrecy; maybe violating DOJ policy; leaking.
An ethical AG would discipline, maybe fire, Halligan for this.
But Pam Bondi.
An ethical AG would discipline, maybe fire, Halligan for this.
But Pam Bondi.
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Here’s EDVa Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan in action, texting secretly with lawyer-journalist @annabower.bsky.social — not smart; flirting with violating grand jury secrecy; maybe violating DOJ policy; leaking.
An ethical AG would discipline, maybe fire, Halligan for this.
But Pam Bondi.
An ethical AG would discipline, maybe fire, Halligan for this.
But Pam Bondi.
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
October 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
happy none pizza left beef day!! it's been 18 years and is now old enough to vote
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The corrupt spending by this administration is out of control.
$175M for private jets for the same person who has slowed down funds for disaster relief and national security.
And during a government shutdown when millions stand to lose their healthcare. It’s shameful.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
The corrupt spending by this administration is out of control.
$175M for private jets for the same person who has slowed down funds for disaster relief and national security.
And during a government shutdown when millions stand to lose their healthcare. It’s shameful.
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Jack Smith speaks -- and he outlines a few of the horrors of Trumpism's assault on the Rule of Law, as a reminder of what has happened in the last 8 months (during two recent speeches):
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October 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Jack Smith speaks -- and he outlines a few of the horrors of Trumpism's assault on the Rule of Law, as a reminder of what has happened in the last 8 months (during two recent speeches):
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Humans on our own are not the most efficient movers. However, humans on a bicycle ARE the most efficient moving machines of all animals and machines.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Humans on our own are not the most efficient movers. However, humans on a bicycle ARE the most efficient moving machines of all animals and machines.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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I feel bad for the ordinary person who looks to purportedly respectable scientific figures for insight into the wonders of the universe, only to be met by absurd speculations that an interstellar comet is alien technology. (It is not.)
No better than anti-vax nonsense.
imgur.com/gallery/theo...
No better than anti-vax nonsense.
imgur.com/gallery/theo...
Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku speculates about the 3 Visitors
Discover topics like michio kaku, atlas 3i comet, Astronomy, and the magic of the internet at Imgur, a community powered entertainment destination. Lift your spirits with funny jokes, trending memes, ...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I feel bad for the ordinary person who looks to purportedly respectable scientific figures for insight into the wonders of the universe, only to be met by absurd speculations that an interstellar comet is alien technology. (It is not.)
No better than anti-vax nonsense.
imgur.com/gallery/theo...
No better than anti-vax nonsense.
imgur.com/gallery/theo...
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I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
October 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I will not back down.
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?
Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.
What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?