Lee Larson
@leelarson.bsky.social
Dog walker, science fiction reader, mathematician.
For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law. — Oscar Benavides
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law. — Oscar Benavides
Whatever they want it to be. This gives them infinite degrees of freedom to do figurative retribution.
October 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Whatever they want it to be. This gives them infinite degrees of freedom to do figurative retribution.
Some sort of metaphor for what he's doing to the country?
October 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Some sort of metaphor for what he's doing to the country?
Level it to make room for Trump Tower D.C.?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Level it to make room for Trump Tower D.C.?
Maybe OAN didn't report it, so he couldn't have seen it.
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Maybe OAN didn't report it, so he couldn't have seen it.
The people are being slowly accustomed to these ideas. The ratchet is tightened almost imperceptibly a click at a time. How many indiscretions do we now ignore that would have been criminal just one year ago?
The mainstream press is complicit in this slow societal erosion.
The mainstream press is complicit in this slow societal erosion.
August 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The people are being slowly accustomed to these ideas. The ratchet is tightened almost imperceptibly a click at a time. How many indiscretions do we now ignore that would have been criminal just one year ago?
The mainstream press is complicit in this slow societal erosion.
The mainstream press is complicit in this slow societal erosion.
When criminals collude, can we expect anything good to come of it?
August 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When criminals collude, can we expect anything good to come of it?
It's not surprising how they can ignore what's going on when they get there, so they can keep those six-figure jobs.
August 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
It's not surprising how they can ignore what's going on when they get there, so they can keep those six-figure jobs.
I don't think the Trumpstein stuff has risen from the ashes because suddenly people are surprised Trump's name is in the documents. It represents the fact so many are pissed off about how the rich and powerful skate through life without any consequences. This is just another example.
July 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I don't think the Trumpstein stuff has risen from the ashes because suddenly people are surprised Trump's name is in the documents. It represents the fact so many are pissed off about how the rich and powerful skate through life without any consequences. This is just another example.
Do you think Fox will show this?
July 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Do you think Fox will show this?
Orwell's doublethink from 1984 is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas, believing and disbelieving both. Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, explains that believing doublethink requires doublethink.
One might call it a recursive idea.
One might call it a recursive idea.
June 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Orwell's doublethink from 1984 is the ability to hold two contradictory ideas, believing and disbelieving both. Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, explains that believing doublethink requires doublethink.
One might call it a recursive idea.
One might call it a recursive idea.
Yeah… Trump kinda pioneered the method with COVID. It didn't work too well then because there were still a few sane people in the food chain.
June 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Yeah… Trump kinda pioneered the method with COVID. It didn't work too well then because there were still a few sane people in the food chain.
Oh, she always finds a way to feign indecisiveness.
June 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Oh, she always finds a way to feign indecisiveness.
The sea ice and temperature data confirms global warming. If you don't look for it, it no longer exists. This then conveniently fits right into the canonical world view.
June 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The sea ice and temperature data confirms global warming. If you don't look for it, it no longer exists. This then conveniently fits right into the canonical world view.
As memories of D-Day are erased from the Pentagon's history.
June 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
As memories of D-Day are erased from the Pentagon's history.
As a long-time Kentucky resident, I've watched the descent of McConnell over time from a principled man to a big-money sycophant with no empathy for ordinary people. He's become a creature of the deep-pocketed Washington lobbyists. As a lame duck, he's not even trying to hide it any more.
June 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
As a long-time Kentucky resident, I've watched the descent of McConnell over time from a principled man to a big-money sycophant with no empathy for ordinary people. He's become a creature of the deep-pocketed Washington lobbyists. As a lame duck, he's not even trying to hide it any more.
I watched the Tigers' second game up until the current rain delay.
June 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I watched the Tigers' second game up until the current rain delay.
Give them another day or two to add a quarter million strong cheering throng by AI.
June 16, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Give them another day or two to add a quarter million strong cheering throng by AI.
I guess anything's possible in their alternate reality. We, who are unfortunate enough to live in the real world, are confined to this less interesting reality.
June 13, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I guess anything's possible in their alternate reality. We, who are unfortunate enough to live in the real world, are confined to this less interesting reality.
The sign of a great mathematician is the invention of new ideas. The well-known mathematicians of the past, such as Newton, Riemann, Lebesgue, Gauss, … were great because they were inventive. I'd like to know if the LLMs are coming up with original ideas, or are just rearranging known puzzle pieces.
June 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
The sign of a great mathematician is the invention of new ideas. The well-known mathematicians of the past, such as Newton, Riemann, Lebesgue, Gauss, … were great because they were inventive. I'd like to know if the LLMs are coming up with original ideas, or are just rearranging known puzzle pieces.
Some is already too many. He spent the campaign promising "retribution." He's just keeping a campaign promise.
June 7, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Some is already too many. He spent the campaign promising "retribution." He's just keeping a campaign promise.
Four years ago, Merrick Garland had plenty of stuff to go after, but instead dithered us into where we are now. Let's hope a future Democratic Attorney General shows more initiative.
I always thought the purloined documents case should have been a slam dunk.
I always thought the purloined documents case should have been a slam dunk.
June 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Four years ago, Merrick Garland had plenty of stuff to go after, but instead dithered us into where we are now. Let's hope a future Democratic Attorney General shows more initiative.
I always thought the purloined documents case should have been a slam dunk.
I always thought the purloined documents case should have been a slam dunk.
Raise your hand if you're surprised!
May 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Raise your hand if you're surprised!
It's pretty clear he's probably never bought gas or groceries. And this is a man whose image is based on populism.
May 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
It's pretty clear he's probably never bought gas or groceries. And this is a man whose image is based on populism.
It's really quiet when you're so far up Trump's ass.
May 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It's really quiet when you're so far up Trump's ass.