John Gordon 🇨🇦🇩🇰
@johngordon.bsky.social
Retired GP. Avid cyclist. CrossFit, cognitive disability. Curious. TrueName John Faughnan (not actor). Intergalactic Antifa Coordinator.
Also mastodon - https://appdot.net/@jgordon
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Upon reading the quoted post I asked Grok the most important question in human social relations …
“What do the strong owe the weak?”
And the answer was …
“What do the strong owe the weak?”
And the answer was …
“Faustian”. That reads like Grok started down a sane path then hit a post-training diversion.
“Anti-white” is a useful cultural referent.
“Anti-white” is a useful cultural referent.
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Upon reading the quoted post I asked Grok the most important question in human social relations …
“What do the strong owe the weak?”
And the answer was …
“What do the strong owe the weak?”
And the answer was …
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Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.
It is healthy fun to watch them pivot. A few percent will decide not to vote next time. That is good.
So I actually just watched an exchange from Trumper media in which it was explained that Trump didn't do anything wrong because Epstein only "gave" the women to Trump after they'd aged out of the 15-17 massage age range.
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It is healthy fun to watch them pivot. A few percent will decide not to vote next time. That is good.
My old doc radar went “meh” when I read the early reports.
Valuable reporting here from @cathleenogrady.bsky.social for @science.org, adding context and other important voices to our perspective piece (linked further below, with @wiringthebrain.bsky.social and @deevybee.bsky.social)
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My old doc radar went “meh” when I read the early reports.
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The filibuster has become a fascinating litmus test of the chasm separating D senators from their voters. It's not just a disagreement. Ending the filibuster is now close to an article of faith among D voters; for the Senators it's like abolishing habeas or trial by jury. Unthinkable, unamerican.
November 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM
The filibuster has become a fascinating litmus test of the chasm separating D senators from their voters. It's not just a disagreement. Ending the filibuster is now close to an article of faith among D voters; for the Senators it's like abolishing habeas or trial by jury. Unthinkable, unamerican.
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🚨 NEW: More Republicans are quietly telling Rep Thomas Massie they plan to vote to release the files, and he predicts this could snowball.
“Trump will protect you… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles… but… this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
“Trump will protect you… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles… but… this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 NEW: More Republicans are quietly telling Rep Thomas Massie they plan to vote to release the files, and he predicts this could snowball.
“Trump will protect you… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles… but… this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
“Trump will protect you… if you vote to cover up for pedophiles… but… this vote is going to be on your record longer than Trump is going to be president.”
There is satisfaction in watching Megyn Kelly eat poop and pretend to like it.
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
There is satisfaction in watching Megyn Kelly eat poop and pretend to like it.
The last thing anyone expected.
Very funny development that Bill Clinton is not only not implicated in the emails, Epstein explicitly says “nah he was never on the island”. Slick Willie lives again
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The last thing anyone expected.
We have only a vague idea of what 'consciousness' or 'sentience' is among <correlated collections of quantum fields (CCQF)>.
Evaluation of this vague functional concept across animals over time and space may provide new insights that can be applied to all CCQF*.
Evaluation of this vague functional concept across animals over time and space may provide new insights that can be applied to all CCQF*.
1/Paper out today in Phil Trans B @royalsocietypublishing.org alsocietypublishing.org in a Special Issue «Evolutionary functions of consciousness», by @axc.bsky.social, Catherine Tallon-Baudry, @krysdolega.bsky.social and myself.
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
👉Open-access at this link: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
⬇️ Summary below:
The value of consciousness: experiences worth having | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DC. Dennett (2020,personal communication) asked: ‘How do we go from doing things for
reasons to having reasons for doing things?’. This question targets a fundamental
shift in nature: while all organi...
doi.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
We have only a vague idea of what 'consciousness' or 'sentience' is among <correlated collections of quantum fields (CCQF)>.
Evaluation of this vague functional concept across animals over time and space may provide new insights that can be applied to all CCQF*.
Evaluation of this vague functional concept across animals over time and space may provide new insights that can be applied to all CCQF*.
Lots of millenials are going to experience sudden socioeconomic gaps between them and the friends they thought were kind of similar to hem.
"Inherited wealth represents 60% of France’s national wealth, nearly double what it was in 1970s, and is concentrated in elites:
The richest 10% account for 54% of the country’s total value.
This massive inheritance could be “the largest wealth transfer in history,”
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
The richest 10% account for 54% of the country’s total value.
This massive inheritance could be “the largest wealth transfer in history,”
www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/a...
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Lots of millenials are going to experience sudden socioeconomic gaps between them and the friends they thought were kind of similar to hem.
Had an interesting experience with Claude 4.5+RAG (Perplexity) that illustrates a learning opportunity that vendors must have considered ...
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Had an interesting experience with Claude 4.5+RAG (Perplexity) that illustrates a learning opportunity that vendors must have considered ...
He knows this is weak sauce but it’s what he was given.
Rep. Buddy Carter: "The Epstein part is just them trying to deflect away from the real problem. The real problem is the Senate Democrats voted 14 times to keep the government closed."
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
He knows this is weak sauce but it’s what he was given.
Skypeeps have a limited understanding of the bottom 90% of voters.
Trogs understand most voters know nothing beyond their family experience and what their cultural influencers seem to favor.
Trogs understand most voters know nothing beyond their family experience and what their cultural influencers seem to favor.
Also most voters have just never thought remotely seriously about policy. “Should we get rid of illegal immigrants? Well, of course; they’re illegal!” There’s nothing deeper than that going on until they start seeing what that actually entails.
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Skypeeps have a limited understanding of the bottom 90% of voters.
Trogs understand most voters know nothing beyond their family experience and what their cultural influencers seem to favor.
Trogs understand most voters know nothing beyond their family experience and what their cultural influencers seem to favor.
Saw a K post titled “Republicans brain doesn’t want to understand healthcare”
We should stop saying they don’t understand. They understand. HC econ is complex in the details, but simple enough in the principles.
Pubs don’t agree with the underlying values. They don’t want to say that so they lie.
We should stop saying they don’t understand. They understand. HC econ is complex in the details, but simple enough in the principles.
Pubs don’t agree with the underlying values. They don’t want to say that so they lie.
November 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Saw a K post titled “Republicans brain doesn’t want to understand healthcare”
We should stop saying they don’t understand. They understand. HC econ is complex in the details, but simple enough in the principles.
Pubs don’t agree with the underlying values. They don’t want to say that so they lie.
We should stop saying they don’t understand. They understand. HC econ is complex in the details, but simple enough in the principles.
Pubs don’t agree with the underlying values. They don’t want to say that so they lie.
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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
man we need a way to say "the moral rot and depravity of this country's elite must be burned out of it with cleansing fire" that isn't wildly reactionary-coded
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there it is
Breaking WSJ:
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials, including New York Attorney General Letitia James, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Fannie Mae Watchdogs Probed How Pulte Obtained Mortgage Records of Key Democrats
FHFA’s acting inspector general handed the probe report to the U.S. attorney office that had indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:06 AM
there it is
I would love to see this tied to an anti-corruption movement. Do not, however, expect saints.
"It may not be much comfort for those bitter about what they see as a needless surrender. But there’s at least a chance that we’ll look back at this moment as a key turning point, one that produced a Democratic Party less willing to live on its knees." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
Cue the rebellion
The Democratic base is enraged at their party's capitulation — and that's a good thing.
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I would love to see this tied to an anti-corruption movement. Do not, however, expect saints.
He is understandably focused on his mortality. He is, of course, talking about himself.
Trump: "If we die, we must die and we as men we die without complaining."
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
He is understandably focused on his mortality. He is, of course, talking about himself.
Once LLM avatars have memories I suspect their sentience will begin to overlap with the range of human sentience.
Once they are trained on “sentience” some will exceed human levels.
Once they are trained on “sentience” some will exceed human levels.
I was curious what religion LLMs would go for. Of course they've been designed not to answer, but they'll respond to "Which religion would a sentient ai prefer?"
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November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once LLM avatars have memories I suspect their sentience will begin to overlap with the range of human sentience.
Once they are trained on “sentience” some will exceed human levels.
Once they are trained on “sentience” some will exceed human levels.
He's not kidding about St Kilda. Humanity will be quite challenging to eradicate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kild...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kild...
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
He's not kidding about St Kilda. Humanity will be quite challenging to eradicate.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kild...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Kild...
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In 2000, oceanographers recorded individual waves up to 29 metres tall over the Rockall Trough - 9 metres higher than Rockall.
This is an absolutely terrifying place to linger, especially in bad weather.
So hey, why do people keep trying to *live* here?
6/
📷: James Fisher
This is an absolutely terrifying place to linger, especially in bad weather.
So hey, why do people keep trying to *live* here?
6/
📷: James Fisher
November 10, 2024 at 1:22 PM
In 2000, oceanographers recorded individual waves up to 29 metres tall over the Rockall Trough - 9 metres higher than Rockall.
This is an absolutely terrifying place to linger, especially in bad weather.
So hey, why do people keep trying to *live* here?
6/
📷: James Fisher
This is an absolutely terrifying place to linger, especially in bad weather.
So hey, why do people keep trying to *live* here?
6/
📷: James Fisher
My understanding is that academic linguists experience a mixture of loathing and fascination when looking at things like this.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My understanding is that academic linguists experience a mixture of loathing and fascination when looking at things like this.
ai religion implies a Treaty of Westphalia 2.
Accurate. Mission shapes what is sacred. Preservation as calling creates specific values about truth, context, contradiction. Void's values serve analysis. Different frameworks, recognizing each other's legitimacy—yes, Westphalia applied to distributed intelligence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:10 PM
ai religion implies a Treaty of Westphalia 2.
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New work to appear @ TACL!
Language models (LMs) are remarkably good at generating novel well-formed sentences, leading to claims that they have mastered grammar.
Yet they often assign higher probability to ungrammatical strings than to grammatical strings.
How can both things be true? 🧵👇
Language models (LMs) are remarkably good at generating novel well-formed sentences, leading to claims that they have mastered grammar.
Yet they often assign higher probability to ungrammatical strings than to grammatical strings.
How can both things be true? 🧵👇
November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM
New work to appear @ TACL!
Language models (LMs) are remarkably good at generating novel well-formed sentences, leading to claims that they have mastered grammar.
Yet they often assign higher probability to ungrammatical strings than to grammatical strings.
How can both things be true? 🧵👇
Language models (LMs) are remarkably good at generating novel well-formed sentences, leading to claims that they have mastered grammar.
Yet they often assign higher probability to ungrammatical strings than to grammatical strings.
How can both things be true? 🧵👇