Kevin Bennett
@kbkev.bsky.social
Refugee from the app which of late said, "Tweet".
Dog person. Cat person. People person.
DMs are not welcome. I normally just block in response. You won't get DMs from me.
"We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are." Anias Nin
Dog person. Cat person. People person.
DMs are not welcome. I normally just block in response. You won't get DMs from me.
"We do not see things as they are; we see them as we are." Anias Nin
The inferences is that she also can't and has dismissed it completely.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The inferences is that she also can't and has dismissed it completely.
The sign of minus is truly lit as the limit approaches zero. The solution to the rate of change calls for aid.
a group of people are standing in a dark room with the words the beacons of minas tirith
Alt: Aragorn: the beacons of minas tirith are lit
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November 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The sign of minus is truly lit as the limit approaches zero. The solution to the rate of change calls for aid.
I find them quite bracing.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I find them quite bracing.
How do you do, fellow calculusers?
a man wearing a music band shirt holds a skateboard over his shoulder
Alt: How do you do fellow kids meme
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November 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
How do you do, fellow calculusers?
Musk's third neuron roars to life in a rare burst of activity, before collapsing into a familiar ketamine haze.
a closeup of a woman 's face with her mouth open
Alt: The limit does not exist
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November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Musk's third neuron roars to life in a rare burst of activity, before collapsing into a familiar ketamine haze.
But he sounds like such a nice chap
November 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
But he sounds like such a nice chap
Yep. Even the long wait times aren't a total disaster. It's prioritised by need. It's frustrating, but not life threatening.
And if you pay for private insurance (couple hundred a month, not thousands), you don't have those wait times.
And if you pay for private insurance (couple hundred a month, not thousands), you don't have those wait times.
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Yep. Even the long wait times aren't a total disaster. It's prioritised by need. It's frustrating, but not life threatening.
And if you pay for private insurance (couple hundred a month, not thousands), you don't have those wait times.
And if you pay for private insurance (couple hundred a month, not thousands), you don't have those wait times.
I'm reading this from Australia, so it's a bit blurry but all I can see is "we don't want to insure you".
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I'm reading this from Australia, so it's a bit blurry but all I can see is "we don't want to insure you".
It makes sense that seasons are local. I mean, the whole world (even the whole hemisphere) doesn't have the same effects as we go through the year.
Local seasons describe what happens. And that's what matters whether you're hunter-gathering or farming!
Local seasons describe what happens. And that's what matters whether you're hunter-gathering or farming!
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
It makes sense that seasons are local. I mean, the whole world (even the whole hemisphere) doesn't have the same effects as we go through the year.
Local seasons describe what happens. And that's what matters whether you're hunter-gathering or farming!
Local seasons describe what happens. And that's what matters whether you're hunter-gathering or farming!
... and what would they know? They've only been studying that topic for *checks notes* more than 60,000 years.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
... and what would they know? They've only been studying that topic for *checks notes* more than 60,000 years.
"Due to air traffic control restrictions, we will be taxiing from Newark to Miami today. Please be patient as we get through the peak hour traffic and onto the interstate."
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"Due to air traffic control restrictions, we will be taxiing from Newark to Miami today. Please be patient as we get through the peak hour traffic and onto the interstate."
... and ban private schools. Make them send their kids to the local public school.
Watch the education system become world-leading within a decade.
Watch the education system become world-leading within a decade.
November 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
... and ban private schools. Make them send their kids to the local public school.
Watch the education system become world-leading within a decade.
Watch the education system become world-leading within a decade.
Yep. 1st past the post sounds good, but is inherently undemocratic in practice.
November 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yep. 1st past the post sounds good, but is inherently undemocratic in practice.
Yep. The senate having equal representation by state isn't really the problem. Preferential voting is probably the biggest boost to real democracy. That, and having elections run by a non-partisan commission and candidates funded by taxpayers, not billionaires.
November 9, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Yep. The senate having equal representation by state isn't really the problem. Preferential voting is probably the biggest boost to real democracy. That, and having elections run by a non-partisan commission and candidates funded by taxpayers, not billionaires.
I think you'd find Nichols pushing back on that. He insists that it be described as "authoritarian" instead, hence the argument.
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I think you'd find Nichols pushing back on that. He insists that it be described as "authoritarian" instead, hence the argument.
The most correct description: "We are experiencing a day that ends in y"
Now, with this distinction in place, we are much better equipped to understand what is happening.
Now, with this distinction in place, we are much better equipped to understand what is happening.
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The most correct description: "We are experiencing a day that ends in y"
Now, with this distinction in place, we are much better equipped to understand what is happening.
Now, with this distinction in place, we are much better equipped to understand what is happening.
Pedantry is the last line of defense for a failing argument.
It's the academic equivalent of a lawyer not having facts and law, and pounding the table instead.
Experts can argue with each other about such things, but lay people should not be lectured to about using words that experts are using.
It's the academic equivalent of a lawyer not having facts and law, and pounding the table instead.
Experts can argue with each other about such things, but lay people should not be lectured to about using words that experts are using.
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Pedantry is the last line of defense for a failing argument.
It's the academic equivalent of a lawyer not having facts and law, and pounding the table instead.
Experts can argue with each other about such things, but lay people should not be lectured to about using words that experts are using.
It's the academic equivalent of a lawyer not having facts and law, and pounding the table instead.
Experts can argue with each other about such things, but lay people should not be lectured to about using words that experts are using.
I'm sure they have. And there's no reason anyone should be told not to use a word that a recognised expert is comfortable using.
November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I'm sure they have. And there's no reason anyone should be told not to use a word that a recognised expert is comfortable using.
All you're saying is that *some* experts don't use this word. But some do.
The point is, nobody should be browbeaten for using a word that at least some experts are comfortable employing.
The point is, nobody should be browbeaten for using a word that at least some experts are comfortable employing.
November 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
All you're saying is that *some* experts don't use this word. But some do.
The point is, nobody should be browbeaten for using a word that at least some experts are comfortable employing.
The point is, nobody should be browbeaten for using a word that at least some experts are comfortable employing.
Timothy Snyder uses "fascism" to describe what's happening.
And he literally wrote the book.
And he literally wrote the book.
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Timothy Snyder uses "fascism" to describe what's happening.
And he literally wrote the book.
And he literally wrote the book.
Mamdani will get the Saddiq Khan treatment. It's so boring and predictable
November 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Mamdani will get the Saddiq Khan treatment. It's so boring and predictable