Myles Byrne
@neuroplastic.bsky.social
They who would not sacrifice their own souls to save the whole world, are, as it seems to me, illogical in all their inferences, collectively. - CS Peirce
My photo method has never worked so well as it does here 🍁🍂
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My photo method has never worked so well as it does here 🍁🍂
3rd time in Lapland, in Finland this Autumn ..
.. no distractions:
.. no distractions:
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
3rd time in Lapland, in Finland this Autumn ..
.. no distractions:
.. no distractions:
2nd time in Lapland, i was distracted by snow (snowboarding fells in Finland)
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
2nd time in Lapland, i was distracted by snow (snowboarding fells in Finland)
On a 3rd extended stay in Lapland:
1st time in Lapland, i was distracted by mountains (Norway)
1st time in Lapland, i was distracted by mountains (Norway)
October 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
On a 3rd extended stay in Lapland:
1st time in Lapland, i was distracted by mountains (Norway)
1st time in Lapland, i was distracted by mountains (Norway)
.. although the Gutenberg-via-Burroughs-via-Lovecraft printing press we currently have is an interesting phase.
Spoiler (what i'm currently working on):
AI means we get the full Gutenberg + @timbernerslee.bsky.social printing press in the next phase.
b.
Spoiler (what i'm currently working on):
AI means we get the full Gutenberg + @timbernerslee.bsky.social printing press in the next phase.
b.
September 17, 2025 at 10:19 AM
.. although the Gutenberg-via-Burroughs-via-Lovecraft printing press we currently have is an interesting phase.
Spoiler (what i'm currently working on):
AI means we get the full Gutenberg + @timbernerslee.bsky.social printing press in the next phase.
b.
Spoiler (what i'm currently working on):
AI means we get the full Gutenberg + @timbernerslee.bsky.social printing press in the next phase.
b.
SirTimBL's new book:
"Like a letter from Johannes Gutenberg about what he hoped the printing press could be" ..
a.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
"Like a letter from Johannes Gutenberg about what he hoped the printing press could be" ..
a.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
September 17, 2025 at 10:12 AM
SirTimBL's new book:
"Like a letter from Johannes Gutenberg about what he hoped the printing press could be" ..
a.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
"Like a letter from Johannes Gutenberg about what he hoped the printing press could be" ..
a.
observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Both Sebald and Borges saw her in Vejer de la Frontera, wearing the black Mantua silk from Norwich as a cobijada.
They would never forget her.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobijada
They would never forget her.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobijada
September 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Both Sebald and Borges saw her in Vejer de la Frontera, wearing the black Mantua silk from Norwich as a cobijada.
They would never forget her.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobijada
They would never forget her.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobijada
Grabbing his own country by the plebiscite while dangling 'security guarantees' in front of terrified Eurocrats makes him feel sexy
August 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Grabbing his own country by the plebiscite while dangling 'security guarantees' in front of terrified Eurocrats makes him feel sexy
August 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Imagine Eddington as a road movie:
The trip began with a stay in NYC.
We took photos from the Brooklyn Promenade, with the World Trade Center's twin towers in frame.
The last day of the journey was 2001-09-11.
3.
The trip began with a stay in NYC.
We took photos from the Brooklyn Promenade, with the World Trade Center's twin towers in frame.
The last day of the journey was 2001-09-11.
3.
August 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Imagine Eddington as a road movie:
The trip began with a stay in NYC.
We took photos from the Brooklyn Promenade, with the World Trade Center's twin towers in frame.
The last day of the journey was 2001-09-11.
3.
The trip began with a stay in NYC.
We took photos from the Brooklyn Promenade, with the World Trade Center's twin towers in frame.
The last day of the journey was 2001-09-11.
3.
.. , but a central one would be to promote the scope of Ralph §51.7 & Bane §52.1 from a state vs. federal case, to an intl. one.
The Trump govt. is in collusion with other states & non-state actors across the world to undermine rule of law, constitutional republics, & social democracies.
3.
The Trump govt. is in collusion with other states & non-state actors across the world to undermine rule of law, constitutional republics, & social democracies.
3.
August 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
.. , but a central one would be to promote the scope of Ralph §51.7 & Bane §52.1 from a state vs. federal case, to an intl. one.
The Trump govt. is in collusion with other states & non-state actors across the world to undermine rule of law, constitutional republics, & social democracies.
3.
The Trump govt. is in collusion with other states & non-state actors across the world to undermine rule of law, constitutional republics, & social democracies.
3.
I spent half a year driving across the US in 2001, on a trip planned to accompany a dying man & a suicidal schizophrenic on their final journeys.
I was to be accompanied by the daughter of a member of the Weather Underground.
I was driving through an Aster movie.
2.
I was to be accompanied by the daughter of a member of the Weather Underground.
I was driving through an Aster movie.
2.
August 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I spent half a year driving across the US in 2001, on a trip planned to accompany a dying man & a suicidal schizophrenic on their final journeys.
I was to be accompanied by the daughter of a member of the Weather Underground.
I was driving through an Aster movie.
2.
I was to be accompanied by the daughter of a member of the Weather Underground.
I was driving through an Aster movie.
2.
It's named a bit differently:
August 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's named a bit differently:
Central America & the Amazon had several major large sustainable civilisations, which were destroyed by (literal & figurative) European diseases.
These have not been rebuilt - yet.
xiii.
These have not been rebuilt - yet.
xiii.
August 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Central America & the Amazon had several major large sustainable civilisations, which were destroyed by (literal & figurative) European diseases.
These have not been rebuilt - yet.
xiii.
These have not been rebuilt - yet.
xiii.
If we're looking at how Dresden, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Tokyo etc. are all rebuilt now, & expecting the same after the current cycle, we're not scoping the current shift correctly.
xii.
xii.
August 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
If we're looking at how Dresden, Warsaw, Rotterdam, Tokyo etc. are all rebuilt now, & expecting the same after the current cycle, we're not scoping the current shift correctly.
xii.
xii.
In 2024, @stewartbrand.bsky.social said the cities destroyed in WWII were all rebuilt: civilisations die, but civilisation is continuous.
Yes. But.
xi.
Yes. But.
xi.
August 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
In 2024, @stewartbrand.bsky.social said the cities destroyed in WWII were all rebuilt: civilisations die, but civilisation is continuous.
Yes. But.
xi.
Yes. But.
xi.
Guess which movie we just watched ..
Like Jarmusch's Dead Man, Carys Davies' West (novel), & Cormac McCarthy's works, it's a Western about a man and a country going to meet its death.
Aster's film was familiar territory:
1.
Like Jarmusch's Dead Man, Carys Davies' West (novel), & Cormac McCarthy's works, it's a Western about a man and a country going to meet its death.
Aster's film was familiar territory:
1.
August 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Guess which movie we just watched ..
Like Jarmusch's Dead Man, Carys Davies' West (novel), & Cormac McCarthy's works, it's a Western about a man and a country going to meet its death.
Aster's film was familiar territory:
1.
Like Jarmusch's Dead Man, Carys Davies' West (novel), & Cormac McCarthy's works, it's a Western about a man and a country going to meet its death.
Aster's film was familiar territory:
1.
This belief becomes absolute, rather than face collapse.
Some people are so invested in the ponzi, they'll believe a destructive scan of their brains would be immortality instead of just death.
Some people are so invested in the ponzi, they'll believe a destructive scan of their brains would be immortality instead of just death.
August 12, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This belief becomes absolute, rather than face collapse.
Some people are so invested in the ponzi, they'll believe a destructive scan of their brains would be immortality instead of just death.
Some people are so invested in the ponzi, they'll believe a destructive scan of their brains would be immortality instead of just death.
We realised too late AI is a tontine:
Everyone pays to be duped by broken & deceitful machine intelligence.
Only the last one standing gets to command full ASI.
Everyone pays to be duped by broken & deceitful machine intelligence.
Only the last one standing gets to command full ASI.
August 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
We realised too late AI is a tontine:
Everyone pays to be duped by broken & deceitful machine intelligence.
Only the last one standing gets to command full ASI.
Everyone pays to be duped by broken & deceitful machine intelligence.
Only the last one standing gets to command full ASI.
Their next move:
retirees go into cryogenic storage until their crypto amortizes the cost of their healthcare enough to revive them.
retirees go into cryogenic storage until their crypto amortizes the cost of their healthcare enough to revive them.
August 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Their next move:
retirees go into cryogenic storage until their crypto amortizes the cost of their healthcare enough to revive them.
retirees go into cryogenic storage until their crypto amortizes the cost of their healthcare enough to revive them.
Maybe not so hard:
William F. Buckley Jr wrote many books & articles, edited National Review from 1955-90, & hosted 1,504 episodes of Firing Line over 33 years: the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history.
He was *the* conservative LLM of the latter 20th c.
William F. Buckley Jr wrote many books & articles, edited National Review from 1955-90, & hosted 1,504 episodes of Firing Line over 33 years: the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history.
He was *the* conservative LLM of the latter 20th c.
August 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Maybe not so hard:
William F. Buckley Jr wrote many books & articles, edited National Review from 1955-90, & hosted 1,504 episodes of Firing Line over 33 years: the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history.
He was *the* conservative LLM of the latter 20th c.
William F. Buckley Jr wrote many books & articles, edited National Review from 1955-90, & hosted 1,504 episodes of Firing Line over 33 years: the longest-running public affairs show with a single host in television history.
He was *the* conservative LLM of the latter 20th c.
May all the Huckabees of this world remember the Maccabees (100 BCE):
Cruel brute, though you have power
& act as you please
to discharge us from this present life
Do not think that those you torture
have been deserted by God.
ix.
Cruel brute, though you have power
& act as you please
to discharge us from this present life
Do not think that those you torture
have been deserted by God.
ix.
August 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
May all the Huckabees of this world remember the Maccabees (100 BCE):
Cruel brute, though you have power
& act as you please
to discharge us from this present life
Do not think that those you torture
have been deserted by God.
ix.
Cruel brute, though you have power
& act as you please
to discharge us from this present life
Do not think that those you torture
have been deserted by God.
ix.
If you really want to know, better ask the Colonel
August 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
If you really want to know, better ask the Colonel