Transitional Fossil
@transitfossil.bsky.social
retired mechanical engineer and computer scientist. avid swimmer. amateur classical guitar player. atheist. liberal. feminist. anti-fascist. never trump.
what a clown.
Stephen miller is doing this, and Jeffries is still banging on about the price of eggs.
No wonder Democrats can't win.
Stephen miller is doing this, and Jeffries is still banging on about the price of eggs.
No wonder Democrats can't win.
September 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
what a clown.
Stephen miller is doing this, and Jeffries is still banging on about the price of eggs.
No wonder Democrats can't win.
Stephen miller is doing this, and Jeffries is still banging on about the price of eggs.
No wonder Democrats can't win.
A Karl Popper devotee, I see.
August 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
A Karl Popper devotee, I see.
did it months ago. couldn't be happier.
@bookshop.org has been brilliant.
on my 13th book through them. currently reading "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey.
@bookshop.org has been brilliant.
on my 13th book through them. currently reading "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey.
July 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
did it months ago. couldn't be happier.
@bookshop.org has been brilliant.
on my 13th book through them. currently reading "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey.
@bookshop.org has been brilliant.
on my 13th book through them. currently reading "Orbital" by Samantha Harvey.
June 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
May 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
I don't want to include fascists, nazis, Opus Dei extremists, KKK, racists, violent militias, MAGA, etc.
inclusion? sounds like approval of all those groups.
not from me. no approval given.
Popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
what do they all have in common? all christians.
inclusion? sounds like approval of all those groups.
not from me. no approval given.
Popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
what do they all have in common? all christians.
April 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I don't want to include fascists, nazis, Opus Dei extremists, KKK, racists, violent militias, MAGA, etc.
inclusion? sounds like approval of all those groups.
not from me. no approval given.
Popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
what do they all have in common? all christians.
inclusion? sounds like approval of all those groups.
not from me. no approval given.
Popper's paradox: we cannot tolerate intolerance.
what do they all have in common? all christians.
geez, who could have foreseen this?
April 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
geez, who could have foreseen this?
I can't help but contrast this with the popper paradox of tolerance.
Popper lived after our constitution was written.
you're free to criticize the government all you want. that's what the first amendment says.
but lie incessantly? threaten violence? spread hatred? no, not protected.
Popper lived after our constitution was written.
you're free to criticize the government all you want. that's what the first amendment says.
but lie incessantly? threaten violence? spread hatred? no, not protected.
March 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I can't help but contrast this with the popper paradox of tolerance.
Popper lived after our constitution was written.
you're free to criticize the government all you want. that's what the first amendment says.
but lie incessantly? threaten violence? spread hatred? no, not protected.
Popper lived after our constitution was written.
you're free to criticize the government all you want. that's what the first amendment says.
but lie incessantly? threaten violence? spread hatred? no, not protected.
here we go.
what f-cking morons Komrade Krasnov and the ketamine kid are.
what f-cking morons Komrade Krasnov and the ketamine kid are.
March 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
here we go.
what f-cking morons Komrade Krasnov and the ketamine kid are.
what f-cking morons Komrade Krasnov and the ketamine kid are.
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
f-ck them.
f-ck them.
February 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
f-ck them.
f-ck them.
popper's paradox.
January 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
popper's paradox.
no, I don't tolerate fascists or idiots.
f-ck off.
f-ck off.
December 7, 2024 at 2:24 PM
no, I don't tolerate fascists or idiots.
f-ck off.
f-ck off.
Popper's Paradox:
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
p-ss off, Nazis.
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
p-ss off, Nazis.
November 24, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Popper's Paradox:
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
p-ss off, Nazis.
the one thing we cannot tolerate is intolerance.
p-ss off, Nazis.
exactly right.
misogyny, racism, homophobia are not ideas to be "debated".
this is Karl Popper's tolerance paradox:
misogyny, racism, homophobia are not ideas to be "debated".
this is Karl Popper's tolerance paradox:
November 22, 2024 at 6:38 PM
exactly right.
misogyny, racism, homophobia are not ideas to be "debated".
this is Karl Popper's tolerance paradox:
misogyny, racism, homophobia are not ideas to be "debated".
this is Karl Popper's tolerance paradox:
I do not.
f-ck them.
not interested in their viewpoints.
f-ck them.
not interested in their viewpoints.
November 21, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I do not.
f-ck them.
not interested in their viewpoints.
f-ck them.
not interested in their viewpoints.