Ayo Hirschman
@contextproblem.bsky.social
Gen X dad | Carpenter with a PhD | Interested in Pragmatism, Finance, Classics
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They discontinued all the small cargo vans and I'm livid
November 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
They discontinued all the small cargo vans and I'm livid
People believe way too strongly the wicked will be punished in this life
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
People believe way too strongly the wicked will be punished in this life
I would simply not read the posts
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I would simply not read the posts
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“When the practice of knowledge ceased to be dialectical and became experimental, knowing became preoccupied with changes and the test of knowledge became the ability to bring about certain changes. Knowing, for the experimental sciences, means...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
“When the practice of knowledge ceased to be dialectical and became experimental, knowing became preoccupied with changes and the test of knowledge became the ability to bring about certain changes. Knowing, for the experimental sciences, means...
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You don't read much about International Marxist Tendency anymore in the papers
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
You don't read much about International Marxist Tendency anymore in the papers
The amount of money I would accept to permanently log off and never touch a phone again is really not that high honestly. Certainly less than eleventy bazillion or whatever his net worth is. I would probably do it for a cool million. DMs are open.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The amount of money I would accept to permanently log off and never touch a phone again is really not that high honestly. Certainly less than eleventy bazillion or whatever his net worth is. I would probably do it for a cool million. DMs are open.
Years ago I said some of the annoying parts of social justice non-profit organizational culture would stick around until the younger generation started making fun of their elders for it. I assumed at the time the young people would be making fun of their elders from the left.
November 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Years ago I said some of the annoying parts of social justice non-profit organizational culture would stick around until the younger generation started making fun of their elders for it. I assumed at the time the young people would be making fun of their elders from the left.
I know everyone's upset but also just look at him, dispassionately for a minute. He's dying, he can feel it.
November 10, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I know everyone's upset but also just look at him, dispassionately for a minute. He's dying, he can feel it.
This is from stuff @atwilliams.bsky.social used to talk about but like there's a specific difference between the Classics which always seem new again and nostalgia which is the search for that feeling of oh this isn't part of now anymore.
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is from stuff @atwilliams.bsky.social used to talk about but like there's a specific difference between the Classics which always seem new again and nostalgia which is the search for that feeling of oh this isn't part of now anymore.
Is Joyce Carol Oates on here yet
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Is Joyce Carol Oates on here yet
I can give myself psychosis without LLMs thank you
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I can give myself psychosis without LLMs thank you
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How your email finds me
November 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
How your email finds me
Haha so wait Schumer and Jeffries good or
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Haha so wait Schumer and Jeffries good or
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I for one will be very interested to see what happens next
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I for one will be very interested to see what happens next
Every dumb anti-system Marxo conspiracy is real, like the bosses own the news sites and have defeated you with propaganda and games but you still defend this shit somehow
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Every dumb anti-system Marxo conspiracy is real, like the bosses own the news sites and have defeated you with propaganda and games but you still defend this shit somehow
Alternative media is a fucking scourge on humanity
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Alternative media is a fucking scourge on humanity
Becoming the most insufferable "people only talk about what's on their Instagram" crank in history
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Becoming the most insufferable "people only talk about what's on their Instagram" crank in history
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This is true, but for political reasons we’re going to need everyone to refer to it as “return to (pre-9/11) tradition”
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is true, but for political reasons we’re going to need everyone to refer to it as “return to (pre-9/11) tradition”
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bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
bring back maligning racism as the mark of a stupid person. prejudice is the mark of an idiot. if you believe that shit i bet you also don’t wipe your ass
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all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
November 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
all of this is also true for sexism. you tell me you think women are biologically less smart and i’ll suspect that i could probably convince you to drink your own piss
Aura pastoralism
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Aura pastoralism
Leftists, if Bill Kristol is to your left you might not be leftists
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Leftists, if Bill Kristol is to your left you might not be leftists
The Internet and AIs are making people negatively polarize into Neoplatonism (healthy)
November 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The Internet and AIs are making people negatively polarize into Neoplatonism (healthy)