some zale in the big shire
@zale-shire.bsky.social
philosophy professor wandering the wild streets of the pnw
one of them theirs pronouns
one of them theirs pronouns
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June 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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"And in the end the game of power becomes nothing but the critical obsession with power - obsession with its death, obsession with its survival, which increases as it disappears."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
December 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM
"And in the end the game of power becomes nothing but the critical obsession with power - obsession with its death, obsession with its survival, which increases as it disappears."
- Simulacra and Simulation
- Simulacra and Simulation
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hell yeah
June 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
hell yeah
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I usually don't say stuff like this, but genuinely, what is fucking *wrong* with people today? Why are you using the fucking Liartron 3000 for anything at all? You can *see* it doesn't work!
June 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I usually don't say stuff like this, but genuinely, what is fucking *wrong* with people today? Why are you using the fucking Liartron 3000 for anything at all? You can *see* it doesn't work!
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Not an academic paper but I do wrong genre covers for fun.
June 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not an academic paper but I do wrong genre covers for fun.
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Not to mention, what the fuck is the State doing deciding what kinds of diagnoses are treatable?
June 18, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Not to mention, what the fuck is the State doing deciding what kinds of diagnoses are treatable?
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"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."
The decision bans treatment for gender dysphoria for both people who have it and also people who do not have it. Totally equitable.
The decision bans treatment for gender dysphoria for both people who have it and also people who do not have it. Totally equitable.
June 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread."
The decision bans treatment for gender dysphoria for both people who have it and also people who do not have it. Totally equitable.
The decision bans treatment for gender dysphoria for both people who have it and also people who do not have it. Totally equitable.
this is SO IMPORTANT! the entire project of human knowledge and research is a collective effort, spanning generations, beings evaluating themselves. discoveries are emergent from the process itself, not located/hidden in the texts.
Someone else can always read the sources you didn’t in the future.
We don’t always have to do everything now.
We don’t always have to do everything now.
June 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this is SO IMPORTANT! the entire project of human knowledge and research is a collective effort, spanning generations, beings evaluating themselves. discoveries are emergent from the process itself, not located/hidden in the texts.
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we 100% need more pamphlets written in the second person imperative
June 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
we 100% need more pamphlets written in the second person imperative
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'But AI is great for story generation.' No it's not. Experience and critical thinking are good for story generation. Thinking about what makes a story and messing around and researching generates stories real humans want to read. People do not seem to understand that developing the work is the work.
June 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
'But AI is great for story generation.' No it's not. Experience and critical thinking are good for story generation. Thinking about what makes a story and messing around and researching generates stories real humans want to read. People do not seem to understand that developing the work is the work.
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Same. I am so tired of avoiding it everywhere and avoiding the people who shill for it. It's like everywhere I go someone is running up to me like "I'M A GIANT HORNET RANCHER NOW! LOOK AT THIS! PUT IT IN YOUR HAND! EVERYONE IS DOING IT! IT'S A FUN AND EASY WAY TO CREATE A HUGE PAINFUL WELT!"
I just want 'ai' to go away. The simultaneous widespread poisoning of knowledge; attempt to end-run professions that cultivate critical thinking; and sucking the joy out of everything while ramming unwanted technology down our throats is so exhausting. I just can't anymore.
June 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Same. I am so tired of avoiding it everywhere and avoiding the people who shill for it. It's like everywhere I go someone is running up to me like "I'M A GIANT HORNET RANCHER NOW! LOOK AT THIS! PUT IT IN YOUR HAND! EVERYONE IS DOING IT! IT'S A FUN AND EASY WAY TO CREATE A HUGE PAINFUL WELT!"
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They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?
June 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
They don’t believe in any gods and can’t read the Bible. How can they possibly do the morally correct thing?
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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
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must be awkward to go to a no kings protest in seattle
KING 5 reports there are at least 70,000 people protesting downtown rn
June 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
must be awkward to go to a no kings protest in seattle
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Quiet, empty street
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
June 14, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Quiet, empty street
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
Someone asks the secret service guy standing in front of us whether it's over. "Honestly I have no idea," he replies
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