C.T. Cooper
@ctc3d.bsky.social
Computational forester, data munger.
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Subclinical not otherwise specified.
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"Nor shall any person ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law"
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C.T. Cooper
@ctc3d.bsky.social
· Feb 9
Years and years ago I started work on a book about totalitarianism. It had been provoked by reading Hannah Arendt’s The Origins of Totalitarianism during my lunch breaks at AOL, around the time when they believed they had acquired Time-Warner.
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Morning #earworm: I don't know. It's real, and it's weak. At best it could be late Roxy Music; at worst, maybe the theme from The Golden Child or something.
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Morning #earworm: I don't know. It's real, and it's weak. At best it could be late Roxy Music; at worst, maybe the theme from The Golden Child or something.
Morning #earworm: Woke from dreams of class struggle to "California Über Alles" again -- or specifically "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now". Confusing situation with standard chorus and lounge chorus running simultaneously.
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Morning #earworm: Woke from dreams of class struggle to "California Über Alles" again -- or specifically "We've Got a Bigger Problem Now". Confusing situation with standard chorus and lounge chorus running simultaneously.
I'm no fan of the many ill-conceived and stupid applications of "AI" that have been carelessly thrust upon us but I have to object that there is no "AI" thing that is a symptom or disease.
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“AI Grief Observed”
https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-observed/
> AI is the symptom of a broken world. AI is the symptom; and AI is the disease.
I just can’t summarise this essay in a few short and witty words. Just read it. You won’t regret it
https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-observed/
> AI is the symptom of a broken world. AI is the symptom; and AI is the disease.
I just can’t summarise this essay in a few short and witty words. Just read it. You won’t regret it
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I'm no fan of the many ill-conceived and stupid applications of "AI" that have been carelessly thrust upon us but I have to object that there is no "AI" thing that is a symptom or disease.
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Morning #earworm: Made-up phrases to start but now shifted into theme from STNG, probably from having watched Star Trek (2007) (aka Star Trek Babies).
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Morning #earworm: Made-up phrases to start but now shifted into theme from STNG, probably from having watched Star Trek (2007) (aka Star Trek Babies).
But you have a mobile fone, right? So do I, despite my best resistance. AI is set (and meant) to become a "radical monopoly", without which living a regular human life won't be possible. See Ivan Illich, Tools For Conviviality.
November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
But you have a mobile fone, right? So do I, despite my best resistance. AI is set (and meant) to become a "radical monopoly", without which living a regular human life won't be possible. See Ivan Illich, Tools For Conviviality.
Morning #earworm: Many selections running through the night, but the wheel stopped on "You Always Hurt the One You Love". Which has not been the case.
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Morning #earworm: Many selections running through the night, but the wheel stopped on "You Always Hurt the One You Love". Which has not been the case.