Claude Heyman
@rumusculus.bsky.social
Lover of languages. Not entirely inept programmer. Dabbler in interests more sophisticated than himself.
Ἄμεινόν ἐστιν σιωπᾶν καὶ εἶναι, ἢ λαλοῦντα μὴ εἶναι.
Ἄμεινόν ἐστιν σιωπᾶν καὶ εἶναι, ἢ λαλοῦντα μὴ εἶναι.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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The wider context is that Merz has 100s of billions to spend to plug holes, and *still* has a fiscal problem.
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
Merz accused of using debt bazooka for welfare and tax cuts instead of investment
Two prominent institutes and the Bundesbank sound alarm over use of new borrowings
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The wider context is that Merz has 100s of billions to spend to plug holes, and *still* has a fiscal problem.
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
The previous oh-so-awful 🚦 government had none of this, and was supposed to govern Germany smoothly.
www.ft.com/content/3d1c...
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The historian in me feels the need to note that contests between cities and their rural hinterland are not new things and they do not generally go great for the rural folks.
California alone produces a third of all the food America eats. So this is a lie.
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
But let’s break down the food produced by the red states:
Guess what percent is harvested by people from Latin America?
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The historian in me feels the need to note that contests between cities and their rural hinterland are not new things and they do not generally go great for the rural folks.
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Of course what you can tell is that Musk hasn't engaged with the actual poem, he's engaged with school-boy summaries of Trojan War mythology, so he's thinking about Paris and Helen (neither really central characters in the Iliad) and/or the movie adaptations.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Of course what you can tell is that Musk hasn't engaged with the actual poem, he's engaged with school-boy summaries of Trojan War mythology, so he's thinking about Paris and Helen (neither really central characters in the Iliad) and/or the movie adaptations.
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So every part of this is dumb but the idea that the Iliad is about 'fighting for princesses' is such a vapid take on a work that tells you exactly what it is about in the first (and last) lines.
You can tell the poem isn't really about Bryseis because her return does not resolve the conflict.
You can tell the poem isn't really about Bryseis because her return does not resolve the conflict.
*maximum alpha at 1.25x speed* continuously lives on in my head, unfortunately.
November 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
So every part of this is dumb but the idea that the Iliad is about 'fighting for princesses' is such a vapid take on a work that tells you exactly what it is about in the first (and last) lines.
You can tell the poem isn't really about Bryseis because her return does not resolve the conflict.
You can tell the poem isn't really about Bryseis because her return does not resolve the conflict.
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Also unlike ChatGPT the Panera lemonade demonstrably made people more productive
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Also unlike ChatGPT the Panera lemonade demonstrably made people more productive
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The man who has caused this will now be a trillionaire. 600.000 deaths, two thirds of them children.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The man who has caused this will now be a trillionaire. 600.000 deaths, two thirds of them children.
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Lingule
A fun little language game
lingule.xyz
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Still haven't seen an editorial signed by "the editorial board" that isn't just a newspaper owner going on a bigoted screeching fit
i try not to be hyperbolic but this NY daily news editorial board piece saying mayor-elect mamdani better support israel OR ELSE is one of the most appalling things i’ve ever read
November 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Still haven't seen an editorial signed by "the editorial board" that isn't just a newspaper owner going on a bigoted screeching fit
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The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The man who ended USAID is the world's first trillionaire
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also the e- in "enough"!
from Old English <genōg> (which sounds like "y'know" with a [x] at the end)
from Old English <genōg> (which sounds like "y'know" with a [x] at the end)
The i in "handiwork" is a remnant of the OE ġe- prefix, usually indicating completion: handġeweorc [ˈhɑnd.jeˌwe͜orˠk]. This prefix is of course cognate with the ge- used in regular German past participles.
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
also the e- in "enough"!
from Old English <genōg> (which sounds like "y'know" with a [x] at the end)
from Old English <genōg> (which sounds like "y'know" with a [x] at the end)
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So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
…so there isn’t some department that is empowered to deal with this stuff that can just override the inevitable objections, I guess? rough, if so
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
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When was the last papal interdict?
BREAKING: After ICE refuses to allow detained migrants to receive the Eucharist, Pope Leo calls on Trump and Vance to respect migrants‘ dignity and religious liberty.
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
“They must allow ministers to assist with their needs. They've been separated from their families and no one knows what happens.”
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
When was the last papal interdict?
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It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
Dispatch has sold 1 million copies in under two weeks
The episodic superhero comedy features big-name actors like Aaron Paul and Jeffrey Wright.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
It's cool how we keep proving over and over and over again that there's a significant market for narrative-heavy, character-driven, single-player experiences in video games and publishers just categorically refuse to believe us
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Things get "lost in translation" *because of the act of translation*. Often, it's completely unavoidable!
They're doing the thing where they believe AI is not just better than it is, but better than what's even possible. Like it's some kind of actual magic.
They're doing the thing where they believe AI is not just better than it is, but better than what's even possible. Like it's some kind of actual magic.
Apple’s new earbuds can translate languages in real time. But what do we lose when nothing gets lost in translation?
AirPods Are Taking Away One of Travel’s Great Opportunities
Apple’s new earbuds can translate languages in real time. But what do we lose when nothing’s lost in translation?
bloom.bg
October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Things get "lost in translation" *because of the act of translation*. Often, it's completely unavoidable!
They're doing the thing where they believe AI is not just better than it is, but better than what's even possible. Like it's some kind of actual magic.
They're doing the thing where they believe AI is not just better than it is, but better than what's even possible. Like it's some kind of actual magic.
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Ultimately, big studios are just willing to gamble on lawsuits if it means busting a nascent union. Even if it’s obviously illegal, getting justice still means a potentially harrowing, slow, and expensive process.
BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct.
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
‘Grand Theft Auto’ Studio Accused of Union Busting After Firings
Union says 30 and 40 people were terminated. Rockstar Games’ parent company cites ‘gross misconduct’
www.bloomberg.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ultimately, big studios are just willing to gamble on lawsuits if it means busting a nascent union. Even if it’s obviously illegal, getting justice still means a potentially harrowing, slow, and expensive process.
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Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
October 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Let’s be real: approximately ten seconds after you told Tolkien that Catholics couldn’t go to Mass because they were afraid of being disappeared by agents of the government, he’d be out there protesting.
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Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
October 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Tolkien fought in the Battle of the Somme. He saw the horrors of war, and the moments of bravery and fear within it up close.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
And after all that. ALL that. He wrote Lord of the Rings. He declared true bravery and masculinity to be love, friendship and humbleness.
Musk is everything he hated.
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Dutch parliament reads like the results of a blood test
Netherlands, 9:30 PM Ipsos-I&O exit poll:
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
Seat projection national parliament
D66-RE: 27 (+18)
PVV-PfE: 25 (-12)
VVD-RE: 23 (-1)
GL/PvdA-G/EFA|S&D: 20 (-5)
CDA-EPP: 19 (+14)
JA21~ECR: 9 (+8)
FvD-ESN: 6 (+3)
BBB-EPP: 4 (-3)
...
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/netherlands
October 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Dutch parliament reads like the results of a blood test
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My take is that while the Shire is obviously Britain with its meadows, ales, breakfasts and teatimes, Mordor, with its smog, industrialization, imperialism (including of peoples that seem African and Middle Eastern) is also Britain.
There's A Lot Of Stuff Going On in LORD OF THE RINGS and unfortunately I genuinely think one of those things is a basically racist depiction of a conflict between genetically superior Anglo-Saxon-coded westerners and Muslim-coded fallen men worshipping a demonic god to their southeast.
October 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
My take is that while the Shire is obviously Britain with its meadows, ales, breakfasts and teatimes, Mordor, with its smog, industrialization, imperialism (including of peoples that seem African and Middle Eastern) is also Britain.
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There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
October 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There is something truly remarkable about Generative AI.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
Several years in this revolution, half of the US GDP dumped to make these tools free, and i can't think of a single generated artifact, text, image, sound, video that had a significant cultural impact.
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An LLM-produced essay is tangible proof that a student doesn’t care, and yet responding to it properly requires hour upon hour of careful work. It’s asymmetrical and overwhelming.
October 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
An LLM-produced essay is tangible proof that a student doesn’t care, and yet responding to it properly requires hour upon hour of careful work. It’s asymmetrical and overwhelming.
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not to be confused with quesadilla
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
not to be confused with quesadilla