Josh Habgood-Coote
@impractknow.bsky.social
Philosopher | practical knowledge, collective inquiry, philosophy of technology | spends too much time running
Can confirm that the cotswolds are Wet
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Can confirm that the cotswolds are Wet
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
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Language question: Has anyone come across the terms 'impregnable' or 'impregnability' being used to mean 'not possible to impregnate'? I've only heard them used in their 'invincible' and (very occasionally) 'possible to impregnate' senses.
February 10, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Language question: Has anyone come across the terms 'impregnable' or 'impregnability' being used to mean 'not possible to impregnate'? I've only heard them used in their 'invincible' and (very occasionally) 'possible to impregnate' senses.
If Big John is walking to the Blue Orchid, at which point is there a walk by John?
February 10, 2026 at 1:43 PM
If Big John is walking to the Blue Orchid, at which point is there a walk by John?
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The social function of AI:
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The social function of AI:
Just opened a notes folder where I've written *squints* 'High Gothic Luxury Communism'
February 9, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Just opened a notes folder where I've written *squints* 'High Gothic Luxury Communism'
Fucked up philosophy of language views:
- names are like nouns but they don't take articles, so they're mass nouns.
'John' refers to Johnny stuff
- names are like nouns but they don't take articles, so they're mass nouns.
'John' refers to Johnny stuff
February 9, 2026 at 9:53 AM
Fucked up philosophy of language views:
- names are like nouns but they don't take articles, so they're mass nouns.
'John' refers to Johnny stuff
- names are like nouns but they don't take articles, so they're mass nouns.
'John' refers to Johnny stuff
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Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Second time in 3 days I’m posting this Vonnegut quote wrt AI.
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This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
*Not satire.
Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
fortune.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
This is the man whose company Peter Mandelson's lobbying firm represents.
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
Keir Starmer visited its HQ last year, at the request of Mandelson, shortly before it was handed a £240m Government contract
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The last decade of work on the question-sensitivity of cognitive attitudes (incl. inquisitive semantics, etc.) seems like a good example of philosophers of language, mind and epistemology working together to make meaningful progress and I think that’s cool.
February 7, 2026 at 1:40 PM
The last decade of work on the question-sensitivity of cognitive attitudes (incl. inquisitive semantics, etc.) seems like a good example of philosophers of language, mind and epistemology working together to make meaningful progress and I think that’s cool.
The people who care most about brackets are logicians and people setting complicated running sessions
February 6, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The people who care most about brackets are logicians and people setting complicated running sessions
Running instagram is currently going through a big debate about AI run training plans, after a big influencer for one of the training app companies got a stress fracture
“A new slew of AI equipment, featuring cameras that watch your every move, was somehow even more expensive than their already considerably pricy lineup of exercise equipment.”
“And shockingly, the company’s doubling down on AI doesn’t appear to have paid off.”
“And shockingly, the company’s doubling down on AI doesn’t appear to have paid off.”
Peloton Institutes Mass Layoffs After Pivoting to AI
Peloton's doubling down on AI doesn't appear to have paid off. The company slashed 11 percent of its workforce this week.
futurism.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Running instagram is currently going through a big debate about AI run training plans, after a big influencer for one of the training app companies got a stress fracture
Robert Hughes in the Shock of the New had SWAG
February 5, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Robert Hughes in the Shock of the New had SWAG
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LLMs increasingly shape how people understand the world. But what if the “world” they present is systematically uneven?
New research from the @oii.ox.ac.uk, alongside colleagues at @universityofky.bsky.social, offers an answer.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwkh4yj
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #bias #AI #LLMs
New research from the @oii.ox.ac.uk, alongside colleagues at @universityofky.bsky.social, offers an answer.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwkh4yj
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #bias #AI #LLMs
UK researcher part of team analyzing bias in large language models
The study, “The Silicon Gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place,” published in Platforms and Society today.
tinyurl.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:42 AM
LLMs increasingly shape how people understand the world. But what if the “world” they present is systematically uneven?
New research from the @oii.ox.ac.uk, alongside colleagues at @universityofky.bsky.social, offers an answer.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwkh4yj
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #bias #AI #LLMs
New research from the @oii.ox.ac.uk, alongside colleagues at @universityofky.bsky.social, offers an answer.
🔗 tinyurl.com/4bwkh4yj
🧵👇
#langsky #linguistics #bias #AI #LLMs
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Filton acquittals: The start of a sea change
News, Feb 5th
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime
~ Andy Meinke ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/05/f...
News, Feb 5th
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime
~ Andy Meinke ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/05/f...
Filton acquittals: The start of a sea change - Freedom News
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime ~ Andy Meinke ~ Woolwich Crown…
freedomnews.org.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Filton acquittals: The start of a sea change
News, Feb 5th
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime
~ Andy Meinke ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/05/f...
News, Feb 5th
The public is clearly uncomfortable with jailing peaceniks for trying to stop weapons supplies to a genocidal regime
~ Andy Meinke ~
freedomnews.org.uk/2026/02/05/f...
This has a *wild* prosody/AAVE vs standard AmEng twist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mH...
The Ludacris song that BROKE my brain
YouTube video by Adam Neely
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February 4, 2026 at 3:14 PM
This has a *wild* prosody/AAVE vs standard AmEng twist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8mH...
Remembered that Lupe Fiasco’s mural exists www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHr...
Mural
YouTube video by Lupe Fiasco - Topic
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Remembered that Lupe Fiasco’s mural exists www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHr...
Has anyone been compiling an ‘ai deskills people’ list?
Striking paper from researchers at Anthropic using a randomised control trial to look at the effects of AI use on skills acquisition.
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
TL:DR ‘We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.’
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
February 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Has anyone been compiling an ‘ai deskills people’ list?
Has anyone written about no-self views and predicativism about names?
February 2, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Has anyone written about no-self views and predicativism about names?
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What happens when philosophy of mind takes everyday mental diversity seriously? Léa Salje, Heather Logue (Leeds) and Laura Gow (Liverpool) are putting on an interdisciplinary workshop to find out! When? 10-11 June. Where? Leeds. Want to be involved? See the full CFA here: www.leasalje.com/cfa.html
CFA: Everyday Diversity Project
Call for Extended Abstracts Everyday Diversity: Individual Differences and Philosophy of Mind The Everyday Diversity Project invites extended abstracts for talks for an interdisciplinary workshop...
www.leasalje.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
What happens when philosophy of mind takes everyday mental diversity seriously? Léa Salje, Heather Logue (Leeds) and Laura Gow (Liverpool) are putting on an interdisciplinary workshop to find out! When? 10-11 June. Where? Leeds. Want to be involved? See the full CFA here: www.leasalje.com/cfa.html
It's easy to get caught up in 100 year cycles, but what if Effective Accelerationism is just Italian Futurism round 2?
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
It's easy to get caught up in 100 year cycles, but what if Effective Accelerationism is just Italian Futurism round 2?
14 mile run with the boys Sunday morning; because cis men need gender affirmation too
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
14 mile run with the boys Sunday morning; because cis men need gender affirmation too
The greatest stylist of contemporary English is Guz Khan. unparalleled shit
February 1, 2026 at 10:53 AM
The greatest stylist of contemporary English is Guz Khan. unparalleled shit
an internet person has made a searchable version of Borges‘ library of Babel and it’s way more horrifying than the actual story libraryofbabel.info
Library of Babel
A project towards a universal library. By this art you may contemplate the variation of the 23 letters.
libraryofbabel.info
January 30, 2026 at 5:36 PM
an internet person has made a searchable version of Borges‘ library of Babel and it’s way more horrifying than the actual story libraryofbabel.info