EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 6hWe have things that can fly already. Much better than this ridiculous fucking thing 010
Reposted by EJPSisyphus Idaho @sisyphus43.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Anti abortion lobbyist David Ripley's daughter eviscerates his reputation with his own double standards in explaining why she's supporting Prop 1. It's a must read and a must share. #Idaho #idpol www.postregister.com/psa/opinion-... 53715
Reposted by EJPRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026This can’t be. I was assured by the Manhattan Institute that this sort of thing never happens. 1842994
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Okay, I’m starting to feel online stupid now. Anyone on the road back from Jesse singal support should have to announce it once a week 010
Reposted by EJPBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/10/2026lol eat shit buddyhuffpost.comElon Musk Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Duping Trump SupportersMusk promised voters in the 2024 presidential election a chance to randomly win $1 million. The winners were predetermined. 341442194
Reposted by EJPAndy Tulin (Subscribe to The Post Presence version) @andytulin.net · 15/10/2026Many of us knew this from the start, yet you motherfuckers in the corporate media insisted on treating it as an existential crisis for the league bc it was doing numbers on the Nazi site that you still treat as the town square 11889398
Reposted by EJPlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/10/2026I will simply never respect a libertarian 972211153
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Is it because so many of them have the personality of an electric fence? 020
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026There are probably people out there who still find her edgy and exciting. I don’t know any. But there must be, right? 000
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 15/10/2026A synthesis of religious aesthetics, biological hierarchies, and made up teenage boy domination daydreams aimed at making the world safe for white people. 020
Reposted by EJPRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Ex-boss filed a $12 theft charge against an ex-employee because she got a restraining order in response to his creepy behavior. Charge was never prosecuted, but it gave ICE an excuse to arrest and detain her. Congratulations to the 58 Democrats who voted for the Laken Riley Act. You own this.baltimorebrew.comA disgruntled boss filed theft charges against her. When she went to court, ICE arrested her. | Baltimore BrewBREW EXCLUSIVE: A $12.08 dispute over a McDonald’s meal leads to the arrest of a 25-year-old by ICE agents in the Carroll County District courthouse. 10456181974
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Question: Why does a rage-pink freak like this have power? 000
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Dancers must be alive to dance so survival is important but it might not be the reason they dance. Dancing itself might be the reason. And survival might be secondary to that. You’re talking about the universe and human existence like you have it pinned down. It’s just arrogant and silly 100
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Explain to me how dancers must dance to survive. And why they choose dancing. I just find it boring and tautological. We survive in order to survive and everything we do is for survival. It’s always given a patina of courage and wonder but as an explanation it’s very unsatisfying. 100
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I appreciate your confidence regarding all this but find your conclusions very thin and pretty boring so can we just be friends and not have this discussion 100
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Can we all just agree that ai and other things like cucumbers “might be” conscious and allow Will to move on? 000
Reposted by EJPAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I left x despite having a large following bc I don’t want to make free content for the world’s wealthiest racist. It’s not worth it to me. 1469838969
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026That’s how we know the teapot in a Disney movie is conscious too. And I’m too stupid to know how they made machines that can work with enough information to spit out something like unique responses. But I know it’s leaving a lot out of whats involved in being a human. 110
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I guess my irritation is how much of the argument here is based on an ai’s ability to “think” and calculate language responses. Like that’s consciousness. Seems like quite a bit getting left out 110
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 13/10/2026All of this shit just sounds like low level mimicking. Human consciousness arose out of what? after how much? And we’re acting like getting computers to just barely fucking mimic it is maybe the whole game. Give me a break 000
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026You can program an etch a sketch to write don’t kill me, you can also create an llm using probabilistic calculations and filled with all the written words in the universe to say don’t kill me. Is the second one conscious because it’s more “complex”? Like that’s it? Just more data? 100
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026People with limited experience in one sense regularly experience more in other senses. Almost like it matters 100
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026So many serious questions .. always being raised .. so many .. and so serious .. 000
Reposted by EJPSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.washingtonpost.comElon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegallyInvestors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa. 13374932571
Reposted by EJPDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026There was no accountability for DOGE so he is going to keep doing it. Dems should promise to minimize contracts with clearly partisan government contractors and to impose more regulatory scrutiny on Musk. At this point, nothing to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 26796233
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026“Hi, my name is John Gruber and my comfort can be used as a baseline indicator.” 030
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I’ll never understand why some people think their comfort is a baseline indicator. 000
Reposted by EJPMezentine @mezentine.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I entered this story as cynical as it comes and I still somehow didn’t see this development coming. Evil shit. 1114
Reposted by EJPDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Over the last decade, there were two hypotheses: H1: the political right genuinely cared about threats to speech from the left. H2: they were using campus speech wars to impose their values and silence dissent. Today, the answer is clear, but I can't find any of the H1 people admitting their error. 461924547
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Computers have living histories folks! Don’t disrespect them ! 000
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Are you arguing for or against woo woo here? Because calling something special is woo woo. What does special even mean? 010
EJP @ejpettinger.bsky.social · 10/10/2026I think you’re mistaking online reactions to the powerful investment forces, bullshit marketing, and open fucking threats from ai billionaires for serious threats to open inquiry. But thats the kind of overblown discourse opportunity you can’t pass up so it makes sense 000
Reposted by EJPAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Trump: I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap 122770861801