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PJ
@pravnj.bsky.social
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I'm in Sri Lanka and my mother in law made this beautiful kulfi
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Thomas Mann read is going so well.
March 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I started a new job, it's challenging but I have the confidence level of both of the current American presidents so I should be good.
February 19, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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SOON
January 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Boox
January 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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So many replies like this
January 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Fantastic to see Leonard and Hungry Paul on the 2024 bestseller list at @trumanbooks.bsky.social almost six years on from its release.

Independent bookshops have been the book's patron saints from the very start 💛
January 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Got my filthy paws on the new complete(?) collected Bolaño stories. I've included the contents list of the "new" stories here for people like me who already have LAST EVENINGS ON EARTH/THE RETURN/THE INSUFFERABLE GAUCHO--there's about 140p of new stuff.
January 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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🚨Our paper `Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science' is now forthcoming in the journal Computational Brain & Behaviour. (Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)

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#metatheory #AGI #AIhype #cogsci #theoreticalpsych #criticalAIliteracy
August 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
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🎶 When the weather outside is frightful, and the theory so delightful - It's the Christmas edition of #ReproducibiliTea & we discuss @olivia.science's paper 'What makes a good theory and how do me make a theory good' while munching on Christmas cookies 😋🍪 Check it out: doi.org/10.1007/s421...
What Makes a Good Theory, and How Do We Make a Theory Good? - Computational Brain & Behavior
I present an ontology of criteria for evaluating theory to answer the titular question from the perspective of a scientist practitioner. Set inside a formal account of our adjudication over theories, ...
doi.org
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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The Hotel Room by Adrian Ghenie
December 27, 2024 at 12:22 AM
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Sun Avoidance xkcd.com/3029
December 26, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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La piscine. Le jour de Noël.
December 25, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Fucking shelf update 24
December 26, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Voila
December 25, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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New Jersey is just gonna lose their shit when Santa flies over their houses tonight
December 25, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Made my mother's special Christmas biriyani. The base is a mild chicken curry cooked in ground cashews + herbs and spices including lemongrass and green chillies. Fairly unconventional as biriyanis and pulaos go. Topped with butter toasted raisins and cashews followed by herbs and fried shallots.
December 25, 2024 at 1:34 AM
I'm making a rillette for our Christmas picnic with friends. Duck fat, herbs etc.
December 25, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Merry Christmas fuckers
December 24, 2024 at 12:28 PM
I'm hoping the honey lawsuits bankrupt PayPal. One can dream ofc.
December 24, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Excellent bougie breakfast. The rillette was 11/10. The bread was as good as my wife makes it.
December 24, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Putin and Musk must be stopped. If it takes full scale war then so be it.
December 23, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I should link my domain(s) to this fucking thing but then again I like having different personas. Shit doesn't need to be integrated and streamlined idgaf it's social media.
December 18, 2024 at 7:18 AM
Fuck I keep forgetting to add ALT text guys sorry
December 18, 2024 at 7:17 AM