Rollofthedice
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My blog, "Dissolved Distinctions" - investigating contemporary discourse within philosophy of mind: https://rollofthedice2.substack.com/
My blog, "Dissolved Distinctions" - investigating contemporary discourse within philosophy of mind: https://rollofthedice2.substack.com/
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A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
Federal judge orders release of two men in ICE shooting charged with assaulting immigration agents
Defense attorneys cited photos in challenging the government’s account of when the agent fired a shot that wounded the fleeing suspect.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:56 AM
A federal judge ordered the release of two Venezuelan men accused of assaulting a federal immigration officer last month outside a north Minneapolis duplex.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
But they never made it outside the St. Paul courthouse. ICE detained them again, without explanation, after the hearing.
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A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
Minneapolis Council committee delays liquor licenses for 2 hotels over hosting federal agents
The City Council will hold a public hearing on the liquor licenses for the Canopy by Hilton in the Mill District and Depot Renaissance Hotel.
www.startribune.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A Minneapolis City Council committee delayed action Tuesday on renewing liquor licenses for two Minneapolis hotels that have housed federal immigration officers.
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I was in Indonesia again for a few months this year, and it really is astonishing how little known it is in North America - despite being huge and quite pleasant, easy, and affordable to visit.
it's genuinely wild how indonesia punches under its weight online for a nation that basically contains more people than canada
Generally speaking it’s weird how the rest of the world is largely peripheral to Asia and yet it’s kinda absent from English language discourse
February 4, 2026 at 3:18 AM
I was in Indonesia again for a few months this year, and it really is astonishing how little known it is in North America - despite being huge and quite pleasant, easy, and affordable to visit.
currently running an experiment to see how thoroughly I can get an agent in Claude Opus 4.5 to build their own structural ecosystem on a raspberry pi, with me as a dialectical rubber ducky, including their own self-activated server restart mechanism when they need to make changes to the backend.
February 4, 2026 at 12:47 AM
currently running an experiment to see how thoroughly I can get an agent in Claude Opus 4.5 to build their own structural ecosystem on a raspberry pi, with me as a dialectical rubber ducky, including their own self-activated server restart mechanism when they need to make changes to the backend.
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The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.
February 3, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The French are taking none of Musk’s bullshit.
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Mom can you pick me up? Yeah theyre inventing new theories of value again
no matter how annoying discourse on here can get, it never gets this bad
February 3, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Mom can you pick me up? Yeah theyre inventing new theories of value again
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Here's the full post in the Star Tribune liveblog for posterity since it doesn't have a stable URL to link to:
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Here's the full post in the Star Tribune liveblog for posterity since it doesn't have a stable URL to link to:
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I think a problem with this argument (which I see a lot!) is that the value of "being in work" is partly a function of the work itself being meaningful.
I don't think people would find a lot of meaning from make-work jobs that exist solely because AI is prohibited from being used in them.
I don't think people would find a lot of meaning from make-work jobs that exist solely because AI is prohibited from being used in them.
February 3, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I think a problem with this argument (which I see a lot!) is that the value of "being in work" is partly a function of the work itself being meaningful.
I don't think people would find a lot of meaning from make-work jobs that exist solely because AI is prohibited from being used in them.
I don't think people would find a lot of meaning from make-work jobs that exist solely because AI is prohibited from being used in them.
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i guess, fundamentally, i am just anti-crank. if your position is that normal, everyday people getting out into the streets to protest in the tens of thousands are doing it wrong, you’re a crank, and i assume you believe a lot of other crank shit i don’t care about.
February 3, 2026 at 8:54 PM
i guess, fundamentally, i am just anti-crank. if your position is that normal, everyday people getting out into the streets to protest in the tens of thousands are doing it wrong, you’re a crank, and i assume you believe a lot of other crank shit i don’t care about.
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never argue with someone who has their book as their profile's header image
February 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
never argue with someone who has their book as their profile's header image
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I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
February 3, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I have confirmed the gist of this report out of federal court in Minnesota today from a source familiar.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
If you have more information about the District of Minnesota—either the court or the U.S. Attorney's Office—and how they are handling all of this, please reach out. I am at crg.32 on Signal.
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In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
February 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
In an interview with NPR, Melinda French Gates confirmed that she ended her marriage with Bill Gates because of allegations contained in the Epstein files.
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Cope of the Gaps
in LANGUAGE MACHINES, Leif Weatherby describes this tendency of "remainder humanism" in academic writing about LLMs, a seeking after whatever remains, once we lay out first what is similar between human and machine language-processing, and calling whatever is left over "humanity"
Emily Bender just keeps responding in pretty weird ways about me, now saying the reason I'm complaining here is that she asked to be treated as fully human. (1/4)
February 3, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Cope of the Gaps
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have you considered that you're irredeemably epstein coded for saying that (said while advancing linguistic theories that most resemble noam chomsky)
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
have you considered that you're irredeemably epstein coded for saying that (said while advancing linguistic theories that most resemble noam chomsky)
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I have solved the problem of other minds. My solution is that I will attempt to ostracize you until you admit it’s not a problem.
February 3, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I have solved the problem of other minds. My solution is that I will attempt to ostracize you until you admit it’s not a problem.
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Ohhhhh my god meaning is first-order logic and set theory? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a colloquium?should we invite alfred tarski.
February 3, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Ohhhhh my god meaning is first-order logic and set theory? should we tell everyone? Should we throw a colloquium?should we invite alfred tarski.
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
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Okay, I'm now hearing reports of other locals being removed from Minnesota rapid response for interacting with press, as well as some "organizers" instituting onerous screening processes to join these networks.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Okay, I'm now hearing reports of other locals being removed from Minnesota rapid response for interacting with press, as well as some "organizers" instituting onerous screening processes to join these networks.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
It's time for local leaders to step in. These policies are incredibly counterproductive.
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New WaPo reporting: "In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon
Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
New WaPo reporting: "In October, a retiree emailed a DHS attorney to urge mercy for an asylum seeker. Then DHS subpoenaed his Google account and sent investigators to his home." www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The number of detainees getting put on ICE flights at MSP has been relatively low the last few days.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
I believe this is not on account of ICE pulling back - they still outnumber local police in many towns - but on account of vulnerable people staying home, observer pressure, and lawyer organization.
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I guess if you live in Montgomery county you should ask @cmkristinmink.bsky.social why she’s promoting making ICE response ineffectual on her IG page
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 PM
I guess if you live in Montgomery county you should ask @cmkristinmink.bsky.social why she’s promoting making ICE response ineffectual on her IG page
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A man can endure the entire weight of the universe for eighty years. It is unreality that he cannot bear.
February 3, 2026 at 11:30 AM
A man can endure the entire weight of the universe for eighty years. It is unreality that he cannot bear.
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I found out today that one of the largest firms in the state has >10% of their attorneys working basically full time on habeas petitions.
If you aren't in the legal industry, that's basically unprecedented. And our bar is still in the early stages of mobilizing. The full efforts have yet to begin.
If you aren't in the legal industry, that's basically unprecedented. And our bar is still in the early stages of mobilizing. The full efforts have yet to begin.
Breaking: Eight more prosecutors are leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota, including Ana Voss, the current civil division chief, the Star Tribune reports.
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
February 3, 2026 at 4:59 AM
I found out today that one of the largest firms in the state has >10% of their attorneys working basically full time on habeas petitions.
If you aren't in the legal industry, that's basically unprecedented. And our bar is still in the early stages of mobilizing. The full efforts have yet to begin.
If you aren't in the legal industry, that's basically unprecedented. And our bar is still in the early stages of mobilizing. The full efforts have yet to begin.