gil, a finite mode
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philosophy PhD. historical materialist. free Palestine. trans rights. Chicago based. all takes my own. podcast @leftofphilosophy.bsky.social https://leftofphilosophy.com/ https://gilmorejon.wordpress.com
wow the new Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein is really bad! deeply cowardly filmmaking. abusive fathers with God complexes probably had their own abusive dads, did you ever think of that? it would be tragic, except that it's all good at the end of the day thanks to the healing power of forgiveness :)
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
wow the new Guillermo del Toro Frankenstein is really bad! deeply cowardly filmmaking. abusive fathers with God complexes probably had their own abusive dads, did you ever think of that? it would be tragic, except that it's all good at the end of the day thanks to the healing power of forgiveness :)
gotta say this new round of continental v analytic discourse over on Twitter is mostly just revealing how many people in both camps are embarrassing dips
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
gotta say this new round of continental v analytic discourse over on Twitter is mostly just revealing how many people in both camps are embarrassing dips
I am increasingly distressed by the thought that university level teaching no longer can meaningfully advance the cause of humanistic progress. one shows up far too late on the scene for students who have by and large already been violently deskilled and stripped of any hope. it is heartbreaking.
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I am increasingly distressed by the thought that university level teaching no longer can meaningfully advance the cause of humanistic progress. one shows up far too late on the scene for students who have by and large already been violently deskilled and stripped of any hope. it is heartbreaking.
the technology editor at Nature thinks this is fun, when the proper response to using this antihuman tech to disrespectfully simulate the dead is to demand its immediate abolition
Here's a fun column! Carsten Lund Pedersen uses #AI to create a kind of career advisory panel. Panelists include digital simulacra of Einstein, Bohr, Feynman, and on one memorable occasion, Bond author Ian Fleming. Here's how he did it.
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
@nature.com 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I have Einstein, Bohr and Feynman in my pocket
Grappling with difficulties in your career? Try asking an AI-powered advisory panel of experts, suggests Carsten Lund Pedersen.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:55 PM
the technology editor at Nature thinks this is fun, when the proper response to using this antihuman tech to disrespectfully simulate the dead is to demand its immediate abolition
do you remember when mass shooting events in schools were shocking aberrations and not regular occurrences
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
do you remember when mass shooting events in schools were shocking aberrations and not regular occurrences
I love the Democratic Party for the same reason I love Harmony Korine's early filmography. you can tell they're just truly committed unholy perverts and nothing else matters to them
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I love the Democratic Party for the same reason I love Harmony Korine's early filmography. you can tell they're just truly committed unholy perverts and nothing else matters to them
I keep seeing comparisons to 2008 but yall are just not getting the picture. it is the 1920s
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I keep seeing comparisons to 2008 but yall are just not getting the picture. it is the 1920s
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This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
November 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
This needs more attention: Zohran SPLIT the straights with Cuomo. ALL of his margin was from LGBTQ+ voters. Every Dem who ever said “we should abandon the transes” needs this shoved down their fucking throat with a ramrod.
proofs for our translation of Zourabichvili's Spinoza, A Physics of Thought have arrived :)
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
proofs for our translation of Zourabichvili's Spinoza, A Physics of Thought have arrived :)
I hate AI so much because it is so fundamentally anti-human to think that art can even be functionally imitated by a fucking algorithm. it is a violent declaration of war against the human spirit and the possibility of meaningful expression
November 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I hate AI so much because it is so fundamentally anti-human to think that art can even be functionally imitated by a fucking algorithm. it is a violent declaration of war against the human spirit and the possibility of meaningful expression
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new episode out now! we talk about Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, which is a sophisticated and nuanced account of approbation, justice, and why you get the ick when someone doesn't appreciate a movie you really like. it's great actually. www.patreon.com/posts/123-ad...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
new episode out now! we talk about Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments, which is a sophisticated and nuanced account of approbation, justice, and why you get the ick when someone doesn't appreciate a movie you really like. it's great actually. www.patreon.com/posts/123-ad...
with SNAP expiring we are about to see about 1/8 of the country starve in what some might describe as a 'market failure'
November 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
with SNAP expiring we are about to see about 1/8 of the country starve in what some might describe as a 'market failure'
I love the Monty Hall Problem because it is a beautiful example of a clearly demonstrable mathematical result that seemingly nobody can explain in a way that makes sense to anyone normal who don't already have math brain
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I love the Monty Hall Problem because it is a beautiful example of a clearly demonstrable mathematical result that seemingly nobody can explain in a way that makes sense to anyone normal who don't already have math brain
anyone have opinions on the best translation of the Phänomenologie these days? it seems like Pinkard and Inwood both constitute minor improvements over Miller, but I'm not seeing broad consensus on whether one is better than the other. (—this has nothing to do with a class I'm going to teach soon.)
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 AM
anyone have opinions on the best translation of the Phänomenologie these days? it seems like Pinkard and Inwood both constitute minor improvements over Miller, but I'm not seeing broad consensus on whether one is better than the other. (—this has nothing to do with a class I'm going to teach soon.)
man who are these people? I propose a very public shaming campaign for these feckless traitors to the cause of education and humanity itself
One of the things that I find so frustrating about academics who have gone all in on AI is their failure to recognize how much their own thinking was shaped by the very tasks of reading and writing that they are now dismissing as obsolete.
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 AM
man who are these people? I propose a very public shaming campaign for these feckless traitors to the cause of education and humanity itself
at ~50 minutes into The Dark Knight, Joker throws Rachel out a window at a fundraising event for Harvey Dent and Batman jumps out and saves her and then we just cut away to Gordon talking to someone and never go back to the fundraiser so I guess Joker was like 'well this is awkward, I'll leave'
October 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
at ~50 minutes into The Dark Knight, Joker throws Rachel out a window at a fundraising event for Harvey Dent and Batman jumps out and saves her and then we just cut away to Gordon talking to someone and never go back to the fundraiser so I guess Joker was like 'well this is awkward, I'll leave'
I was a bit worried about safety issues until toward the end when the interviewer was like 'hey could your stupid robot hurt me by accident or on purpose even' and he was like 'it could but it won't be allowed to 😊'
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I was a bit worried about safety issues until toward the end when the interviewer was like 'hey could your stupid robot hurt me by accident or on purpose even' and he was like 'it could but it won't be allowed to 😊'
it took me 36 years to enter my poetry era but I can not now be stopped
October 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
it took me 36 years to enter my poetry era but I can not now be stopped
today's lecture had the word 'operationalize' too many times and I am none too pleased with past Gil
October 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
today's lecture had the word 'operationalize' too many times and I am none too pleased with past Gil
sometimes I'm like 'it is really bad that we as a society lack consensus reality now' but then I wonder if that was ever actually a thing. after all the system of German idealism remains incomplete
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
sometimes I'm like 'it is really bad that we as a society lack consensus reality now' but then I wonder if that was ever actually a thing. after all the system of German idealism remains incomplete
I don't think you realize how obscenely good this month has been for the Chopin fans. for the Chopfans
October 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
I don't think you realize how obscenely good this month has been for the Chopin fans. for the Chopfans
I got like 14 thousand followers by being mean to Deleuzians and German idealists
What people imagine philosophy twitter was like:
"I hate everyone who is not my particular brand of leftist"
"I do too, and I will nuke everyone who is different"
What it was actually like:
"I am depressed"
"So am I"
"Thick concepts? No: T H I C C concepts"
"Good morning I am sad"
"I hate everyone who is not my particular brand of leftist"
"I do too, and I will nuke everyone who is different"
What it was actually like:
"I am depressed"
"So am I"
"Thick concepts? No: T H I C C concepts"
"Good morning I am sad"
October 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I got like 14 thousand followers by being mean to Deleuzians and German idealists
this is the first image on the Wikipedia page for 'Haptic Technology' and it is fucking terrifying
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
this is the first image on the Wikipedia page for 'Haptic Technology' and it is fucking terrifying
I read an article about the White House demolition today whose headline was like "The Legal Loophole Trump Found to Demolish the East Wing" and the 'legal loophole' was that he just went ahead and did it even though it was illegal lol. sorry libs but you're just not gonna make it
October 25, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I read an article about the White House demolition today whose headline was like "The Legal Loophole Trump Found to Demolish the East Wing" and the 'legal loophole' was that he just went ahead and did it even though it was illegal lol. sorry libs but you're just not gonna make it