Adam
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Working in tech support has really brought home how ubiquitous the intentional stance is in ordinary talk about machines
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Working in tech support has really brought home how ubiquitous the intentional stance is in ordinary talk about machines
still thinking about my first meeting with a psychiatrist last week who asked, when I said I am an atheist, "but what does that do for you? like does it make this life more important?" and I was blindsided that apparently the obvious way to think about religious belief is whether it's useful
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
still thinking about my first meeting with a psychiatrist last week who asked, when I said I am an atheist, "but what does that do for you? like does it make this life more important?" and I was blindsided that apparently the obvious way to think about religious belief is whether it's useful
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago---Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions
November 23, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Rock over London, Rock on Chicago---Wheaties, the Breakfast of Champions
fondly recalling a time in grad school when, at a beginning-of-the-year dept party, the professor hosting the party had me demonstrate how i eat a cocktail shrimp, so as to confirm that i would not waste any of the tail meat
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
fondly recalling a time in grad school when, at a beginning-of-the-year dept party, the professor hosting the party had me demonstrate how i eat a cocktail shrimp, so as to confirm that i would not waste any of the tail meat
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
LED headlights are out of control. it beggars belief
November 6, 2025 at 1:40 AM
LED headlights are out of control. it beggars belief
Been listening to this again recently and after nearly 10 years it still has new details for me to discover. Crafty, twisting riffs and figures, callbacks in unexpected places. sumac.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
What One Becomes, by SUMAC
5 track album
sumac.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Been listening to this again recently and after nearly 10 years it still has new details for me to discover. Crafty, twisting riffs and figures, callbacks in unexpected places. sumac.bandcamp.com/album/what-o...
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I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂↕️
October 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
I love whatever is wrong with them 🙂↕️
Pack it up folks we’ve got the answer
October 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Pack it up folks we’ve got the answer
sometimes I still get upset about 'classical logic'
October 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
sometimes I still get upset about 'classical logic'
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Jesus fucking christ
UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Jesus fucking christ
Remembering when a prominent GOP politician lost all hope of being taken seriously because he misspelled ‘potato’
September 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Remembering when a prominent GOP politician lost all hope of being taken seriously because he misspelled ‘potato’
XTC is so, so good. Wish I’d listened to them 30 years ago
August 30, 2025 at 5:37 AM
XTC is so, so good. Wish I’d listened to them 30 years ago
thinking now about how the "soft bigotry of low expectations" applies to journalists covering the trump admin far more than anything else
August 23, 2025 at 3:50 AM
thinking now about how the "soft bigotry of low expectations" applies to journalists covering the trump admin far more than anything else
remembering the infuriatingly lazy/propagandist GW Bush claim that terrorists "hate our freedom" and thinking about how the current republican party (theocratic, fascist, white supremacist) does in fact hate our freedoms
August 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
remembering the infuriatingly lazy/propagandist GW Bush claim that terrorists "hate our freedom" and thinking about how the current republican party (theocratic, fascist, white supremacist) does in fact hate our freedoms
LLM discourse needs a fat Robert Brandom tome to the head
August 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
LLM discourse needs a fat Robert Brandom tome to the head
the university of austin thing has the same energy as one of the crotchety asshole pipe tobacco reviewers i encounter
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
the university of austin thing has the same energy as one of the crotchety asshole pipe tobacco reviewers i encounter
can't believe i'm boosting bill kristol
August 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
can't believe i'm boosting bill kristol
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The actual male power fantasy is a friend or neighbor needing to borrow a specific and uncommon tool and you have one.
August 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The actual male power fantasy is a friend or neighbor needing to borrow a specific and uncommon tool and you have one.
Only dialetheism can explain why it’s desirable to be both hot and cool
August 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Only dialetheism can explain why it’s desirable to be both hot and cool
Mixed some kimchi into my bbq pulled pork and let’s just say I will be doing it again
August 12, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Mixed some kimchi into my bbq pulled pork and let’s just say I will be doing it again
I despise “Halleluah” in all its versions and would pay $200 to ensure i never hear it or am reminded of it again
August 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I despise “Halleluah” in all its versions and would pay $200 to ensure i never hear it or am reminded of it again
artwork in the 2024 D&D PHB is really lifeless compared to any previous edition i've seen
August 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
artwork in the 2024 D&D PHB is really lifeless compared to any previous edition i've seen
Ancient Greek guy constantly getting in my way: obstacles
August 2, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ancient Greek guy constantly getting in my way: obstacles