Ivan Zinchenko
@ivanzapsky.bsky.social
Philosophical pessimist. Antinatalist. No national allegiance.
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"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
— Macbeth, in Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Act 5, Scene 5)
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
— Macbeth, in Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Act 5, Scene 5)
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
— Macbeth, in Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Act 5, Scene 5)
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
— Macbeth, in Macbeth by William Shakespeare (Act 5, Scene 5)
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The human brain consumes 20% of the body’s energetic resources, but most of that energy goes toward just staying alive. Active thought is a small portion of our total neural metabolism.
How Much Energy Does It Take To Think? | Quanta Magazine
Studies of neural metabolism reveal our brain’s effort to keep us alive and the evolutionary constraints that sculpted our most complex organ.
www.quantamagazine.org
June 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The human brain consumes 20% of the body’s energetic resources, but most of that energy goes toward just staying alive. Active thought is a small portion of our total neural metabolism.
"As detailed in a study published in the Journal of Marketing earlier this year, an international team of researchers found that the AI's biggest fans tend to be the people with the shallowest familiarity with it."
"People with lower AI literacy are more likely to perceive AI as magical and experience feelings of awe."
The Tech Industry Has a Dirty Secret: The More People Learn About AI, the Less They Trust It
Researchers have found that trust in artificial intelligence falls among people as they become more AI literate.
trib.al
September 3, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"As detailed in a study published in the Journal of Marketing earlier this year, an international team of researchers found that the AI's biggest fans tend to be the people with the shallowest familiarity with it."
"An analysis of the ChatGPT dump revealed its own controversies, including an exchange in which the chatbot provided advice to a purported lawyer on how to "displace a small Amazonian indigenous community" in order to build a dam on their territory."
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
"An analysis of the ChatGPT dump revealed its own controversies, including an exchange in which the chatbot provided advice to a purported lawyer on how to "displace a small Amazonian indigenous community" in order to build a dam on their territory."
America somehow went from Monica going down on Bill to Donald going down on Vladimir.
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
America somehow went from Monica going down on Bill to Donald going down on Vladimir.
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as someone who likes to see the best in people the number of fuckers falling for the computer saying "while i'm just a chatbot... i think you're really special! ;)" is testing me
August 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
as someone who likes to see the best in people the number of fuckers falling for the computer saying "while i'm just a chatbot... i think you're really special! ;)" is testing me
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“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
August 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“A legitimate PhD-level expert in anything,” they said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
“Show me a diagram of the US presidents since FDR, with their names and years in office under their photos,” I said.
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Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Musk, who think he’s humanity’s savior, will likely be remembered as the man who caused the deaths of 15 million people www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🚨BREAKING: Convoy of Cybertrucks filled with Muskites heading for Washington D.C.
June 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🚨BREAKING: Convoy of Cybertrucks filled with Muskites heading for Washington D.C.
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Elon Musk wakes up, bleary and disoriented.
"Grimes, I just had the weirdest dream..." he mutters as he rolls over to her.
"Tell me all about it, Space Daddy," replies Stephen Miller's wife in bed beside him.
"Yeah, tell her," comes Stephen's bitter voice from a chair in the semi-darkness.
"Grimes, I just had the weirdest dream..." he mutters as he rolls over to her.
"Tell me all about it, Space Daddy," replies Stephen Miller's wife in bed beside him.
"Yeah, tell her," comes Stephen's bitter voice from a chair in the semi-darkness.
Convinced Musk is so far gone at this point that if he did sober up, he'd have no recollection of the last 3 years and be shocked to discover that he owns Twitter
May 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Elon Musk wakes up, bleary and disoriented.
"Grimes, I just had the weirdest dream..." he mutters as he rolls over to her.
"Tell me all about it, Space Daddy," replies Stephen Miller's wife in bed beside him.
"Yeah, tell her," comes Stephen's bitter voice from a chair in the semi-darkness.
"Grimes, I just had the weirdest dream..." he mutters as he rolls over to her.
"Tell me all about it, Space Daddy," replies Stephen Miller's wife in bed beside him.
"Yeah, tell her," comes Stephen's bitter voice from a chair in the semi-darkness.
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenko
Reposted by Ivan Zinchenko
Want to learn more about a specific area of linguistics? We have all of our episodes sorted by topic right here:
lingthusiasm.com/topics
lingthusiasm.com/topics
April 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Want to learn more about a specific area of linguistics? We have all of our episodes sorted by topic right here:
lingthusiasm.com/topics
lingthusiasm.com/topics
Kind of proves the point of the participants and organisers of the Tesla Takedown movement, doesn't it?
Guess who showed up to defend Tesla? The Proud Boys, armed militias, and at one event in Idaho, and a guy dressed as Hitler.
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
More on the "Tesla Takedown" protests here:
The Proud Boys and Militias Come to Tesla’s Defense
After weeks of “Tesla Takedown” protests, the Proud Boys and other far-right extremist groups are showing up to back Elon Musk's beleaguered car company.
www.wired.com
March 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Kind of proves the point of the participants and organisers of the Tesla Takedown movement, doesn't it?
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Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
Diversity initiatives were meant to overcome the old patterns of nepotism, so I guess it makes sense that the enemies of diversity are big fans of nepotism.
Why is Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to top security meetings and hiring his brother at the Pentagon? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hiring your brother is the original affirmative action for white people.
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Askania-Nova is the oldest steppe reserve in the world—and the largest nature reserve in Ukraine, host to rare and endangered species of plants and animals. In 2022, Russia took it over. Jeffrey Arlo Brown describes what happened next.
Where the Vile Things Are | Jeffrey Arlo Brown
Ukraine’s largest nature reserve has been taken over by Russia—and become the target of plundering grifters, opportunists, and other arch predators.
thebaffler.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Askania-Nova is the oldest steppe reserve in the world—and the largest nature reserve in Ukraine, host to rare and endangered species of plants and animals. In 2022, Russia took it over. Jeffrey Arlo Brown describes what happened next.