Fopling
@fopling.bsky.social
Baker of bread, maker of wine, lover of philosophy
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Fopling uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 316 films watched. Favorites: The Lighthouse (2019), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961), The Forbidden Room (2015), Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989). ...
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Guy who has only seen the manifold of sensible experience: Hahaha this just reminded me of the manifold
January 4, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Guy who has only seen the manifold of sensible experience: Hahaha this just reminded me of the manifold
Maybe this is a crank opinion, but it feels like something fundamentally broke when the price of a stock became completely untethered from expected dividends.
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Maybe this is a crank opinion, but it feels like something fundamentally broke when the price of a stock became completely untethered from expected dividends.
I really don't understand why liberals are so convinced that the far left is losing them elections by refusing to vote. I've never seen any hard evidence for this. It looks like the largest coalition shift between 2012 and 2016 was in voters who were socially conservative but fiscally liberal.
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
I really don't understand why liberals are so convinced that the far left is losing them elections by refusing to vote. I've never seen any hard evidence for this. It looks like the largest coalition shift between 2012 and 2016 was in voters who were socially conservative but fiscally liberal.
Trump kidnapped Maduro and brought him here?
I thought he didn't want any Venezuelans in the US. That guy needs to make up his mind.
I thought he didn't want any Venezuelans in the US. That guy needs to make up his mind.
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Trump kidnapped Maduro and brought him here?
I thought he didn't want any Venezuelans in the US. That guy needs to make up his mind.
I thought he didn't want any Venezuelans in the US. That guy needs to make up his mind.
People are talking about "Homework Movies", and how most of the great films are actually extremely fun to watch. But I'm taking the bold stance that people should also be made to watch deeply alienating and unpleasant films. I'm giving you real homework!
January 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
People are talking about "Homework Movies", and how most of the great films are actually extremely fun to watch. But I'm taking the bold stance that people should also be made to watch deeply alienating and unpleasant films. I'm giving you real homework!
Send me you silly Swedish band
January 3, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Send me you silly Swedish band
Chiming in with the other people pointing out that LeCun is obviously right. There just isn't a way for an LLM to become a super intelligence for any of the purposes we actually want one of those. I think complex neural nets are part of the puzzle, but not the entire solution.
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 3, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Chiming in with the other people pointing out that LeCun is obviously right. There just isn't a way for an LLM to become a super intelligence for any of the purposes we actually want one of those. I think complex neural nets are part of the puzzle, but not the entire solution.
I love to watch a movie about just a few characters and say it's about broad sociological forces. Then watch a movie about broad sociological forces and say it's about a personal existential journey. That's what film criticism is all about to me.
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I love to watch a movie about just a few characters and say it's about broad sociological forces. Then watch a movie about broad sociological forces and say it's about a personal existential journey. That's what film criticism is all about to me.
On the Silver Globe is yet more evidence for the superiority of Eastern European film. Also for the fact that great art doesn't necessarily have to make a lot of sense.
December 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
On the Silver Globe is yet more evidence for the superiority of Eastern European film. Also for the fact that great art doesn't necessarily have to make a lot of sense.
A homeless single father. Somehow a downgrade from my already humble position.
Well, now I'm an English professor...
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A homeless single father. Somehow a downgrade from my already humble position.
Imagining if "dry county" in the US meant you could only drink dry wines rather than not being able to buy wine at all.
December 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Imagining if "dry county" in the US meant you could only drink dry wines rather than not being able to buy wine at all.
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Even after seeing this post, I was unprepared for how much gender is in Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's amazing that gender was nearly perfected right there in its inception.
Honestly, I do appreciate Japan and its cultural contributions to the world, but I am concerned that by inventing gender in 1997 with Revolutionary Girl Utena they may have done more harm than good.
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Even after seeing this post, I was unprepared for how much gender is in Revolutionary Girl Utena. It's amazing that gender was nearly perfected right there in its inception.
"& Juliet" is a postmodern musical in the pejorative sense. It has no setting, characters, or even fourth wall. It is a soup of cultural signifiers mixed and matched in a seemingly random order only saved from incoherence by painfully unnuanced girl-boss feminism. Utter dross.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
"& Juliet" is a postmodern musical in the pejorative sense. It has no setting, characters, or even fourth wall. It is a soup of cultural signifiers mixed and matched in a seemingly random order only saved from incoherence by painfully unnuanced girl-boss feminism. Utter dross.
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A fellow of infinite jest btw
December 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A fellow of infinite jest btw
Masturbation in two senses: both physical and intellectual
Autoeroticethnography
December 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Masturbation in two senses: both physical and intellectual
Autoeroticethnography
December 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Autoeroticethnography
If I've been elected to any political office I'd say this book is extremely relevant.
December 10, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If I've been elected to any political office I'd say this book is extremely relevant.
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Striding confidently, and with perfect posture, towards Bethlehem
April 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Striding confidently, and with perfect posture, towards Bethlehem
I've discovered that pancakes made with masa are delicious. Now I need to experiment with making crepes with masa so I can do the ultimate breakfast burrito fusion food.
December 9, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I've discovered that pancakes made with masa are delicious. Now I need to experiment with making crepes with masa so I can do the ultimate breakfast burrito fusion food.
In a way DS9 is more of a love letter to the original series than Next Gen was. Next Gen continues and expands on the themes of the original series, but DS9 loves to pick up specific storylines and ideas from the original series and continuing them even though the format of the show is different.
December 8, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In a way DS9 is more of a love letter to the original series than Next Gen was. Next Gen continues and expands on the themes of the original series, but DS9 loves to pick up specific storylines and ideas from the original series and continuing them even though the format of the show is different.
I hate that even the "plain" soy milk at a lot of grocery stores is still sweetened by default. I'm buying it for cooking, I don't want everything I make to be a little too sweet.
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I hate that even the "plain" soy milk at a lot of grocery stores is still sweetened by default. I'm buying it for cooking, I don't want everything I make to be a little too sweet.
Captain Kirk's least defensible policy is in selecting teams for dangerous missions. He thinks "I'll go myself and bring along my first officer/chief science officer, the chief medical officer, and the head of engineering."
One accident and the entire command structure is gone.
One accident and the entire command structure is gone.
December 6, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Captain Kirk's least defensible policy is in selecting teams for dangerous missions. He thinks "I'll go myself and bring along my first officer/chief science officer, the chief medical officer, and the head of engineering."
One accident and the entire command structure is gone.
One accident and the entire command structure is gone.
The Canadian PM in Rumours was a more accurate parody than I thought.
what do you MEAN Trudeau is taking Katy Perry to meet the former Japanese prime minister
December 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The Canadian PM in Rumours was a more accurate parody than I thought.
I think this would help clear up a lot of those arguments where people feel like they are doing worse economically even when their real income increases. People are reacting to how they move through the world and how attainable their goals feel, not to how much quinoa they can buy.
I think it should be mandatory for economists to read Heidegger. There is a phenomenological and existential aspect of perceived economic situation which is not captured by inflation adjusted income metrics or even location based relative ranking.
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I think this would help clear up a lot of those arguments where people feel like they are doing worse economically even when their real income increases. People are reacting to how they move through the world and how attainable their goals feel, not to how much quinoa they can buy.