Eric J. Harvey, Ph.D.
@blindscholar.bsky.social
PhD in Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near East from Brandeis, postdoc at Stanford. Interests in disability, myth, economics, and materiality. More at www.blindscholar.com.
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In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
I had a great time doing this interview. Go check it out if you are into Bible-y stuff and/or the economics of religion!
It’s the siege of Jerusalem and the end of the Davidic dynasty on this “season finale” of the Bible Lore Podcast. Along the way, scholar @blindscholar.bsky.social joins me to discuss the way elites justified their own class position through mythology. This is the big one, gang.
November 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I had a great time doing this interview. Go check it out if you are into Bible-y stuff and/or the economics of religion!
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We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
We could solve like half the problems in education with smaller class sizes (like 15 instead of 30 kids crushed in a room). Including that it would be easier to find teachers b/c they wouldn’t get so burnt out.
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siddhartha: I wonder if there’s more to life than this
ny post: get a load of this nepo baby
ny post: get a load of this nepo baby
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
siddhartha: I wonder if there’s more to life than this
ny post: get a load of this nepo baby
ny post: get a load of this nepo baby
Erra's Housesitting: Keeping things interesting while you're away
Athena's Migraine Clinic. We will bust whatever's in there right out of your forehead
Theseus' Marina and Repairs. We can replace *everything*
November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Erra's Housesitting: Keeping things interesting while you're away
Odysseus's GPS: Because the Journey is the Destination′.
Athena's Migraine Clinic. We will bust whatever's in there right out of your forehead
Theseus' Marina and Repairs. We can replace *everything*
November 14, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Odysseus's GPS: Because the Journey is the Destination′.
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I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I got this useful bon mot from a middle school teacher recently.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
In response to, “I DONT UNDERSTAND,” he calmly said, “okay what steps have you taken to understand?”
And that’s when I realized that a lot of folks have no steps.
Benjamin Lay was the best!
November 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Benjamin Lay was the best!
Hear, hear!
I absolutely love Benjamin Lay Lore, and we need 6 seasons and a movie based on his life.
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hear, hear!
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One does wonder why there hasn't already been a mini-series or feature film...
I absolutely love Benjamin Lay Lore, and we need 6 seasons and a movie based on his life.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
One does wonder why there hasn't already been a mini-series or feature film...
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Because, as I have said, it’s only good universal use case is disciplining labor.
November 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Because, as I have said, it’s only good universal use case is disciplining labor.
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Alt text is about accessibility, intended for people who use screenreaders. If you use it for other things, like image credits, that's like parking construction equipment in an accessible parking space. Sure, that is a convenient space for that, but it's not what it's for.
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Alt text is about accessibility, intended for people who use screenreaders. If you use it for other things, like image credits, that's like parking construction equipment in an accessible parking space. Sure, that is a convenient space for that, but it's not what it's for.
Paul Fairie meets the moment once again!
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Paul Fairie meets the moment once again!
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Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
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Annual reminder. 🩲
November 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Annual reminder. 🩲
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Has anybody out there ever taught a Disability and Religion course? Not Disability Theology, but something with a descriptive and multi-religious orientation? I'd love to take a look at syllabi.
November 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Has anybody out there ever taught a Disability and Religion course? Not Disability Theology, but something with a descriptive and multi-religious orientation? I'd love to take a look at syllabi.
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today’s the day!!
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
today’s the day!!
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
Ideas, ANE folks?
ANE folks: do we have any ancient depictions of Kingu?
November 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Ideas, ANE folks?
This is cool, with several major caveats.
1. This is not the first device like this, and previous iterations were bricked when the companies went under. Now they're dead tech inside people's heads.
1. This is not the first device like this, and previous iterations were bricked when the companies went under. Now they're dead tech inside people's heads.
A pinhead-sized retinal implant paired with camera glasses helped over 80% of trial participants across five countries with age-related macular degeneration regain central vision. Patients improved by about 25 letters on an eye chart after a year buff.ly/nlV15am #ShareGoodNewsToo
Tiny chip restores vision, hope for those with sight loss – DW – 10/21/2025
An implant attached to damaged retinas has helped people with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) improve visual ability. AMD affects millions of people. This chip has been tested internationally.
buff.ly
November 3, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This is cool, with several major caveats.
1. This is not the first device like this, and previous iterations were bricked when the companies went under. Now they're dead tech inside people's heads.
1. This is not the first device like this, and previous iterations were bricked when the companies went under. Now they're dead tech inside people's heads.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Reese's Pisces
M&As
Knickers Bar
M&As
Knickers Bar
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
StabBurst
StabBurst
Change one letter, ruin a candy:
Maim Bar
Maim Bar
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Reese's Pisces
M&As
Knickers Bar
M&As
Knickers Bar
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Please repost:
We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
October 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Please repost:
We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
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I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.
The desperate need to accumulate more and more at the cost of everyone else’s wellbeing should be classified as a mental disorder, and I will absolutely die on this hill.
Guillermo del Toro on wealth: "a wealthy man is a man who has enough, not a man that needs more. If you have enough to invite someone for a beer? You're rich. If you have a yacht, planes, islands, and you still need more? You're not rich."
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I think about this in how the guy who ran MySpace sold his company and then traveled the world doing photography, while the guy who runs Facebook never let it go and has gone out of his way to destroy democracy in order to gain more power.