Jonathan Little
@empiregardens.bsky.social
jewels held in a fist turn to sand ✨🌱🌈
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A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls.
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A poem is a way of talking to the person you’re not supposed to talk to anymore.
– Chelsea Hodson, Tonight I'm Someone Else
– Chelsea Hodson, Tonight I'm Someone Else
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
A poem is a way of talking to the person you’re not supposed to talk to anymore.
– Chelsea Hodson, Tonight I'm Someone Else
– Chelsea Hodson, Tonight I'm Someone Else
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enshittification's venerable ancestor is advertising
November 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
enshittification's venerable ancestor is advertising
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Pluribus and Chair Company are both shows about people trying to unravel the weird mystery around them without recognizing their own weirdness. In this paper I will etc etc
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Pluribus and Chair Company are both shows about people trying to unravel the weird mystery around them without recognizing their own weirdness. In this paper I will etc etc
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I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
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seen on fbook this morning
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
seen on fbook this morning
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“wellness” tied to anti aging is both cope and accelerant for imperial violence, in this piece I outline the past, present, and grim future marked by the products and routines selling “longevity” ayeshaasiddiqi.substack.com/p/late-empir...
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Western decline, like its bloody ascent, produces anti aging panics. And while people might "yearn for woke" the growing beauty market portends concessions to the right wing.
ayeshaasiddiqi.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“wellness” tied to anti aging is both cope and accelerant for imperial violence, in this piece I outline the past, present, and grim future marked by the products and routines selling “longevity” ayeshaasiddiqi.substack.com/p/late-empir...
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From 2023 🍇
October 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
From 2023 🍇
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💯 As I tell my students, having AI write your philosophy paper is like sending a robot to the gym for you and expecting to reap the health benefits.
Writing is thinking.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
It’s not a part of the process that can be skipped; it’s the entire point.
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
December 12, 2024 at 4:08 PM
💯 As I tell my students, having AI write your philosophy paper is like sending a robot to the gym for you and expecting to reap the health benefits.
the real reason they obsoleted incandescent bulbs was to make it hard to reveal secret messages written in invisible ink
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
the real reason they obsoleted incandescent bulbs was to make it hard to reveal secret messages written in invisible ink
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hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors
October 14, 2024 at 8:52 PM
hey dude, I noticed you attempting to carve a small space for joy in the face of overwhelming sadness. kind of problematic considering all the horrors
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The photograph of mine that's made me the most money (not counting gigs), been downloaded and seen the most, is by far this one. It frequently gets sold as stock as data centers, technology, etc.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
November 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
The photograph of mine that's made me the most money (not counting gigs), been downloaded and seen the most, is by far this one. It frequently gets sold as stock as data centers, technology, etc.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
It's a photo I took on my phone of an elevator shaft.
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
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The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
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my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
my problem with gyoza is that they normally come in an order of about 6, but what I really need is 100 of them
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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You must change your life, Charlie Brown.
There are more things in heaven and earth, Charlie Brown, than are dreamt of in your philosophy
We Thought You Was a Toad, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
You must change your life, Charlie Brown.
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Your Shirt Smells Like Shit, Charlie Brown
December 24, 2023 at 1:49 AM
Your Shirt Smells Like Shit, Charlie Brown
Finding Forrester is one of my favorite Busta Rhymes films
November 23, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Finding Forrester is one of my favorite Busta Rhymes films