Trespassers William
@raggedmouths.bsky.social
Dilettante, Director of Jewish Studies at Queen's, I've stopped working on myself because I am tired.
A post on the supposed ability to Talk to Whales with ChatGPT:
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A post on the supposed ability to Talk to Whales with ChatGPT:
new evenhanded and uncontentious post on AI and the people that love it:
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Idiots and Whales
IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot’s activity is not confined to any special field of though…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
new evenhanded and uncontentious post on AI and the people that love it:
blogblawgblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/i...
blogblawgblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/25/i...
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My position is that, given that antisemitism exists, protests against synagogues would always backfire, regardless of the legitimacy of the grievance. I'm not interested in the ethical debate. It's remarkably counter productive, and it's disappointing people can't see this
November 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My position is that, given that antisemitism exists, protests against synagogues would always backfire, regardless of the legitimacy of the grievance. I'm not interested in the ethical debate. It's remarkably counter productive, and it's disappointing people can't see this
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Being proud of being in the Russell Group is largely just cope for not being in Oxbridge, which is itself largely just cope for not being in the Ivy League, which is itself largely just cope for not being Harvard, which is itself largely just cope for not being Charles Sanders Peirce in particular.
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Being proud of being in the Russell Group is largely just cope for not being in Oxbridge, which is itself largely just cope for not being in the Ivy League, which is itself largely just cope for not being Harvard, which is itself largely just cope for not being Charles Sanders Peirce in particular.
libertarianism is a newspaper ideology
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
libertarianism is a newspaper ideology
at the end of time you will be called to account for all those "terms of service" you clicked "yes" on.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
at the end of time you will be called to account for all those "terms of service" you clicked "yes" on.
It's odd that, for a group who invented original sin, a lot of christian theorists seem to prefer Foucault over Freud, because Foucault gets rid of the drives: a world not driven by conflict, a soul unburdened by the carnal.
November 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
It's odd that, for a group who invented original sin, a lot of christian theorists seem to prefer Foucault over Freud, because Foucault gets rid of the drives: a world not driven by conflict, a soul unburdened by the carnal.
has anyone else noticed that there are too many books to read in this lifetime?
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
has anyone else noticed that there are too many books to read in this lifetime?
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wind is the difference between “snowy days ❤️ ❄️“ and “we are lost. the men are considering drawing lots to see who shall give the others a chance to survive”
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
wind is the difference between “snowy days ❤️ ❄️“ and “we are lost. the men are considering drawing lots to see who shall give the others a chance to survive”
Some days I wake up and think "my god Jello Biafra was right about everything, eh?"
Some days, it's WIlliam Burroughs
Some days, it's Arendt.
None of them are great.
Some days, it's WIlliam Burroughs
Some days, it's Arendt.
None of them are great.
November 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Some days I wake up and think "my god Jello Biafra was right about everything, eh?"
Some days, it's WIlliam Burroughs
Some days, it's Arendt.
None of them are great.
Some days, it's WIlliam Burroughs
Some days, it's Arendt.
None of them are great.
Just realized that most readers prolly haven't memorized the table of judgments.
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Just realized that most readers prolly haven't memorized the table of judgments.
All my homies hate overhead lighting
November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
All my homies hate overhead lighting
Gut shabbes you lovely dorks
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Gut shabbes you lovely dorks
Reader: they do not.
My reading, I believe most reading inevitably, will shift to audiobooks. I highly recommend it vs eye strain, the health effects of hours of sitting, & the twofer of enriching my life with a good book a week doing mindless chores.
Bookstores need to work audio downloads into their offerings.
1/2
Bookstores need to work audio downloads into their offerings.
1/2
November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reader: they do not.
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AI is making us too stupid to react to the apocalypse it is bringing. But that’s a good thing.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
AI is making us too stupid to react to the apocalypse it is bringing. But that’s a good thing.
by Bret Stephens
by Bret Stephens
Time for my annual “fuck the snow” post
November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Time for my annual “fuck the snow” post
I go out to remind myself that everyone else is really fucked up too
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I go out to remind myself that everyone else is really fucked up too
Obviously it’s sad that Teen Vogue is firing it’s politics writers, but the fact that we were ever even thinking about looking to teen vogue for politics is itself a problem
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Obviously it’s sad that Teen Vogue is firing it’s politics writers, but the fact that we were ever even thinking about looking to teen vogue for politics is itself a problem
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Oh so you’ve “read” the #Talmud? Then tell me how much vinegar one needs to offset the volume of a mouse falling into a vat of it. You can’t? Then shut the fuck up 😂
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Oh so you’ve “read” the #Talmud? Then tell me how much vinegar one needs to offset the volume of a mouse falling into a vat of it. You can’t? Then shut the fuck up 😂
The idea that "public scholarship" is a good alternative for graduates is absolutely insane.
"Oh, you didn't make it as a teacher? Have you considered being a rock star?"
"Oh, you didn't make it as a teacher? Have you considered being a rock star?"
November 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The idea that "public scholarship" is a good alternative for graduates is absolutely insane.
"Oh, you didn't make it as a teacher? Have you considered being a rock star?"
"Oh, you didn't make it as a teacher? Have you considered being a rock star?"
The gamble of the so bros is that the social and relational can be purchased
I’m just, you know, a philosopher, but it seems obvious that intelligence is social and relational and the AI bros are deeply invested in it being private property that can be owned, so they will always always miss the mark.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The gamble of the so bros is that the social and relational can be purchased
Narrator: this was not in fact why they separated church and state.
People who force their religion on others will force their politics on others. It’s why we separate church from state.
November 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Narrator: this was not in fact why they separated church and state.
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9 year-old needed to learn that being a fan of something is mostly a recipe for misery.
November 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
9 year-old needed to learn that being a fan of something is mostly a recipe for misery.