Seth Frey
@enfascination.com
How to retrain everyone in doing democracy daily? It's the only way.
Prof in computational commons, self-governance, and the cogsci of social emergence. Internet as a governance lab. Science towards nescience
enfascination.com/research
Prof in computational commons, self-governance, and the cogsci of social emergence. Internet as a governance lab. Science towards nescience
enfascination.com/research
All my costumes are bald jokes now
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
All my costumes are bald jokes now
Matcha Horchata ice cream: only in California
October 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Matcha Horchata ice cream: only in California
Want Ursula K. Leguin's take on AI Alignment? Here are the key pages from her 1985 "Always Coming Home".
In a few words: "the two species had diverged to the extent that competition between them was nonexistent, cooperation limited, and the question of superiority and inferiority bootless."
In a few words: "the two species had diverged to the extent that competition between them was nonexistent, cooperation limited, and the question of superiority and inferiority bootless."
October 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Want Ursula K. Leguin's take on AI Alignment? Here are the key pages from her 1985 "Always Coming Home".
In a few words: "the two species had diverged to the extent that competition between them was nonexistent, cooperation limited, and the question of superiority and inferiority bootless."
In a few words: "the two species had diverged to the extent that competition between them was nonexistent, cooperation limited, and the question of superiority and inferiority bootless."
All birds are dinosaurs. All dinosaurs had teeth. Therefore Ichthyornis dispar.
I imagine him and his buddies finding an old lady with breadcrumbs in the park and leaving only bones and breadcrumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyo...
I imagine him and his buddies finding an old lady with breadcrumbs in the park and leaving only bones and breadcrumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyo...
October 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
All birds are dinosaurs. All dinosaurs had teeth. Therefore Ichthyornis dispar.
I imagine him and his buddies finding an old lady with breadcrumbs in the park and leaving only bones and breadcrumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyo...
I imagine him and his buddies finding an old lady with breadcrumbs in the park and leaving only bones and breadcrumbs.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyo...
My spam texts are getting wierd.
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
My spam texts are getting wierd.
Say hi to Entropy. It turns out the genetics of color and marking are fascinating. Also nice to play with Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to theoretical biology, and find something new in the "long-range inhibition/short-range attraction" model of stripes.
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Say hi to Entropy. It turns out the genetics of color and marking are fascinating. Also nice to play with Alan Turing's fundamental contributions to theoretical biology, and find something new in the "long-range inhibition/short-range attraction" model of stripes.
My house cat has stripes in his spots. I modeled it by putting a Turing cell differentiation model *inside* another Turing cell differentiation model.
Here's the model if you're interested:
enfascination.com/htdocs/Cats_...
click Setup, wait 5 seconds, then Go
Here's the model if you're interested:
enfascination.com/htdocs/Cats_...
click Setup, wait 5 seconds, then Go
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My house cat has stripes in his spots. I modeled it by putting a Turing cell differentiation model *inside* another Turing cell differentiation model.
Here's the model if you're interested:
enfascination.com/htdocs/Cats_...
click Setup, wait 5 seconds, then Go
Here's the model if you're interested:
enfascination.com/htdocs/Cats_...
click Setup, wait 5 seconds, then Go
A weather balloon's 28km makes the difference, and anyone can do this themselves, like here, with a balloon, phone, and helium. "Round disk with flat surface" will explain one launch, but eventually a community has to explain why launches from all parts of the word are always at the disk's center.
October 15, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A weather balloon's 28km makes the difference, and anyone can do this themselves, like here, with a balloon, phone, and helium. "Round disk with flat surface" will explain one launch, but eventually a community has to explain why launches from all parts of the word are always at the disk's center.
Ever seen FDR’s 1944 “Second Bill of Rights”?
October 13, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Ever seen FDR’s 1944 “Second Bill of Rights”?
Fun result. And I didn't know this history about Brownian motion.
September 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fun result. And I didn't know this history about Brownian motion.
Glad to see this policy at my kid's school, both for
* naming life's difficulties. Some days being a good teacher is leaving a kid alone for a day
* reminding people to respect their own privacy. I often remind undergrads to just say “I need an extension” and not tell me about their endometriosis
* naming life's difficulties. Some days being a good teacher is leaving a kid alone for a day
* reminding people to respect their own privacy. I often remind undergrads to just say “I need an extension” and not tell me about their endometriosis
September 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Glad to see this policy at my kid's school, both for
* naming life's difficulties. Some days being a good teacher is leaving a kid alone for a day
* reminding people to respect their own privacy. I often remind undergrads to just say “I need an extension” and not tell me about their endometriosis
* naming life's difficulties. Some days being a good teacher is leaving a kid alone for a day
* reminding people to respect their own privacy. I often remind undergrads to just say “I need an extension” and not tell me about their endometriosis
UN commission on Israel reveals evidence for "genocidal intent" in Gaza. This is the highest bar for a genocide accusation, one rarely crossed.
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
UN commission on Israel reveals evidence for "genocidal intent" in Gaza. This is the highest bar for a genocide accusation, one rarely crossed.
Pretty advanced. I’ve never made it past number 2.
September 11, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Pretty advanced. I’ve never made it past number 2.
“””
While on the journey making my vision a reality, I was told by many to pick a lane.
To those I say: Dreams don’t have lanes.
Sincerely,
Burley
Proprietor, Burley’s Berkeley Bait and Tackle and Art Gallery and General Multi-Ethnic Cuisine
“””
While on the journey making my vision a reality, I was told by many to pick a lane.
To those I say: Dreams don’t have lanes.
Sincerely,
Burley
Proprietor, Burley’s Berkeley Bait and Tackle and Art Gallery and General Multi-Ethnic Cuisine
“””
September 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“””
While on the journey making my vision a reality, I was told by many to pick a lane.
To those I say: Dreams don’t have lanes.
Sincerely,
Burley
Proprietor, Burley’s Berkeley Bait and Tackle and Art Gallery and General Multi-Ethnic Cuisine
“””
While on the journey making my vision a reality, I was told by many to pick a lane.
To those I say: Dreams don’t have lanes.
Sincerely,
Burley
Proprietor, Burley’s Berkeley Bait and Tackle and Art Gallery and General Multi-Ethnic Cuisine
“””
My son and I accidentally made a hemispheric neglect clock. ❤️❤️❤️
(On right is the clock you’ll sometimes draw after a lateraled stroke in an attention/visual area)
(On right is the clock you’ll sometimes draw after a lateraled stroke in an attention/visual area)
September 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
My son and I accidentally made a hemispheric neglect clock. ❤️❤️❤️
(On right is the clock you’ll sometimes draw after a lateraled stroke in an attention/visual area)
(On right is the clock you’ll sometimes draw after a lateraled stroke in an attention/visual area)
I was curious how bot would handle switches of familiar variables with random emoji. It gives the right answer, that
●^2 + ★^2 = ❤︎^2
●^2 + ★^2 = ❤︎^2
August 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I was curious how bot would handle switches of familiar variables with random emoji. It gives the right answer, that
●^2 + ★^2 = ❤︎^2
●^2 + ★^2 = ❤︎^2
Bolling is so solid all the time.
August 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Bolling is so solid all the time.
Check out this great leaf I found
August 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Check out this great leaf I found
From the best daily Gaza news roundup:
* More on yesterday's hospital double-tap
* Israel threatening top NGO to retract its famine designation for Gaza
* UN Sec Council minus US declares famine "a manmade crisis"
* Jared Kushner back on in post-war dev planning
www.justsecurity.org/119749/early...
* More on yesterday's hospital double-tap
* Israel threatening top NGO to retract its famine designation for Gaza
* UN Sec Council minus US declares famine "a manmade crisis"
* Jared Kushner back on in post-war dev planning
www.justsecurity.org/119749/early...
August 28, 2025 at 2:48 PM
From the best daily Gaza news roundup:
* More on yesterday's hospital double-tap
* Israel threatening top NGO to retract its famine designation for Gaza
* UN Sec Council minus US declares famine "a manmade crisis"
* Jared Kushner back on in post-war dev planning
www.justsecurity.org/119749/early...
* More on yesterday's hospital double-tap
* Israel threatening top NGO to retract its famine designation for Gaza
* UN Sec Council minus US declares famine "a manmade crisis"
* Jared Kushner back on in post-war dev planning
www.justsecurity.org/119749/early...
Gaza roundup:
1 Gaza strike on hospital followed by "double-tap." Double-taps are a tactic for targeting aid workers, a war crime
2 Concern about investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza, violence by Israeli settlers, and the transfer of arms to Israel
3 More: www.justsecurity.org/119660/early...
1 Gaza strike on hospital followed by "double-tap." Double-taps are a tactic for targeting aid workers, a war crime
2 Concern about investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza, violence by Israeli settlers, and the transfer of arms to Israel
3 More: www.justsecurity.org/119660/early...
August 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Gaza roundup:
1 Gaza strike on hospital followed by "double-tap." Double-taps are a tactic for targeting aid workers, a war crime
2 Concern about investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza, violence by Israeli settlers, and the transfer of arms to Israel
3 More: www.justsecurity.org/119660/early...
1 Gaza strike on hospital followed by "double-tap." Double-taps are a tactic for targeting aid workers, a war crime
2 Concern about investigations into civilian deaths in Gaza, violence by Israeli settlers, and the transfer of arms to Israel
3 More: www.justsecurity.org/119660/early...
Israel deepens apartheid with settlements, further dividing and separating remaining Palestinian land. Looks a lot like South Africas oppressive "homeland" system.
Meanwhile: starvation continues, invasion steps up, and cont'd decline of IS intl standing.
www.justsecurity.org/119346/early...
Meanwhile: starvation continues, invasion steps up, and cont'd decline of IS intl standing.
www.justsecurity.org/119346/early...
August 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Israel deepens apartheid with settlements, further dividing and separating remaining Palestinian land. Looks a lot like South Africas oppressive "homeland" system.
Meanwhile: starvation continues, invasion steps up, and cont'd decline of IS intl standing.
www.justsecurity.org/119346/early...
Meanwhile: starvation continues, invasion steps up, and cont'd decline of IS intl standing.
www.justsecurity.org/119346/early...
50 Palestinians should die for every Israeli killed in the Oct. 7 attack, says Israeli Maj. Gen.
(Notably, the figure is now well over 50:1)
He adds “50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required”
Also, new record this year in murdered aid workers
www.justsecurity.org/119268/early...
(Notably, the figure is now well over 50:1)
He adds “50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required”
Also, new record this year in murdered aid workers
www.justsecurity.org/119268/early...
August 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
50 Palestinians should die for every Israeli killed in the Oct. 7 attack, says Israeli Maj. Gen.
(Notably, the figure is now well over 50:1)
He adds “50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required”
Also, new record this year in murdered aid workers
www.justsecurity.org/119268/early...
(Notably, the figure is now well over 50:1)
He adds “50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required”
Also, new record this year in murdered aid workers
www.justsecurity.org/119268/early...
Today's Gaza update:
More intentional targeting of local and international journalists, intensified bombing prior to planned cleansing of Gaza, and murders by Israeli settlers are increasingly brazen and lawless.
Also Norway divests.
www.justsecurity.org/118874/early...
More intentional targeting of local and international journalists, intensified bombing prior to planned cleansing of Gaza, and murders by Israeli settlers are increasingly brazen and lawless.
Also Norway divests.
www.justsecurity.org/118874/early...
August 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today's Gaza update:
More intentional targeting of local and international journalists, intensified bombing prior to planned cleansing of Gaza, and murders by Israeli settlers are increasingly brazen and lawless.
Also Norway divests.
www.justsecurity.org/118874/early...
More intentional targeting of local and international journalists, intensified bombing prior to planned cleansing of Gaza, and murders by Israeli settlers are increasingly brazen and lawless.
Also Norway divests.
www.justsecurity.org/118874/early...