Reposted by FizikerPeople's Government of the Pelargir Commune 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴 @dov.bsky.social · 6hIt's not possible to separate one's views on modern Russia from one's views on the USSR because in many ways they are in fact indeed still the same thing. You cannot understand why Ukraine wants to leave their orbit if you cannot understand what they did to us. 111713
Reposted by FizikerPaul Ford @ftrain.com · 18hI built a thing. I LOVED making it. It's called TinyLittleOffice. It's a web office suite (word processor, outliner, decks, spreadsheet, calculator, drawing tool, diagram maker, animator, calendar, trip planner) that stores the docs in your URL. tinylittleoffice.com?c=hgmcggn#/v...tinylittleoffice.comThis Link Is This DocumentQR code:… 621285283
Reposted by FizikerStardust Coyote (郊狼) 🇹🇼🇵🇸🇺🇦 @coyotestail.bsky.social · 12h"the enlightenment was good actually" is somehow controversial on every part of the political spectrum now and i find that to be completely insane 36915
Reposted by Fiziker(Wes)tern democracy👨🏻🗳️🌐 @midwestache.bsky.social · 10hNo but, like, y’all don’t understand — Ruth is 104 years old & tonight, before the game, she predicted a 6-2 Brewers win. AND THAT JUST HAPPENED. She Ruth did this. She also promised a round of drinks for everyone. PROST, Ruth!!! 🍻wisn.com104-year-old Brewers fan hopes for World Series win as 105th birthday giftRuth Werning, a 104-year-old Milwaukee Brewers fan turning 105 next month, predicts a 6-2 win and hopes for a World Series birthday gift. 1023243
Reposted by Fizikerrev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 10halso depressing that the moderates were also probably right that he was the only one who could beat trump 1841511
Reposted by FizikerZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I want him to win. And FWIW, I think he's exactly the sort to rip up MAGA by the roots by any means necessary. 81639
Reposted by FizikerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 11hBy this logic, Jim Crow in the American South was no big deal, because in other parts of the US at the time, Black Americans could vote. I don’t think someone this well educated and intelligent really believes that. 3050463
Reposted by FizikerWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 13hstarting to think that 'AI art' and 'art made with AI' will be very relevant distinctions tbh. stuff in the recognizable lazy AI house style will probably always be low status and derided because the creators will be people who don't give a shit. well made art with AI will simply be considered art. 3126422
Reposted by FizikerHunter Dunn @hunterisntdunn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Trust me: whatever you’re doing right now is less important than watching this candidate interview. No spoilers, just trust: 953245664
Reposted by FizikerJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 14/10/2026>we’ve reached the worrying about prison phase of the Trump Presidency 491808270
Reposted by Fiziker☀️ Starshine @starshine.bsky.social · 11hits so funny jacobin has broadly and in multiple ways become pro king 1504
Reposted by Fizikerlowtax speedrun enjoyer @rickywlmsbong.bsky.social · 12hwe’re banning sci-fi in woke 2. people clearly cannot handle it 922633
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 12hI’m not that concerned by the AI alignment problem. Whether we can solve the fraternity alignment problem is still unknown. 010
Reposted by FizikerWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 14hi do unironically think people that are cosmopolitan need sorta paradoxically be more chauvinist about it tbh. places and people that are cosmopolitan in outlook are better than places that are provincially minded. the kind of performative handwringing about not being 'authentic' is bad and weak. 15938115
Reposted by FizikerMatthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I don’t think it makes sense for a U.S. national broadcast news network to make decisions about what to air based on the foreign editor’s focus group of Israelis. 11740129
Reposted by FizikerAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 14/10/2026It’s hard to think of a better definition of a traitor to the West than someone who deliberately sabotages a European democracy’s military operation against a barbaric Russian invasion. 223057624
Reposted by Fizikerthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I don't know that it makes him presidential material but Ossoff's ability to just be honest about how much of a pile of shit these people really are should be a model to the party. 623537583
Reposted by Fizikerffrf.org @ffrf.org · 13/10/2026Science doesn’t require eyewitnesses. It requires evidence. And unlike your creation myth, dinosaurs left behind millions of years’ worth of it. 1017626
Reposted by FizikerMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Reading into this more, it looks like at least some folks at the WHOl think age-weighting should maximize at 22. iris.who.int/server/api/c... 4341
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Effective Altruism is good and we shouldn’t let weirdos fantasizing about computers negatively polarize us against giving large amounts of money to causes that effectively help people. 140
Reposted by FizikerMatt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026FWIW, I think this is fine. All of us make some sort of calculation *like* this when deciding whether/where to donate to charity. I don't think being less explicit about your reasoning should make it better? 2922711
Reposted by FizikerStarfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“Strategic bombing doesn’t work?” Does it not? Or was Ukraine simply the first country to discover the enemy’s true center of gravity? 2155485
Reposted by FizikerYipeng Li @moonliyp.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Neurons preferring one canonical exemplar also tended to prefer anagram orientations associated with that exemplar—for example, elephant-preferring neurons favored elephant-like views, whereas rabbit-preferring neurons favored rabbit-like views. (4/n) 111
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The only reason Formula One doesn’t race in Russia is that the US prevents them from taking Putin’s money for it. 000
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It’s good that an African state is finally being allowed to sportswash like Middle Eastern, East Asian, and tax havens are allowed to do. 100
Reposted by FizikerWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 12/10/2026"But if I follow this logic to its conclusion, it would undermine ideas I hold as an article of faith!" Yes, and? That's how the world works. When you try to think carefully about something, it often surprises you. None of us have the privilege of having all our intuitions endlessly confirmed. 4649
Reposted by FizikerThe Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 11/10/2026Yousef Jabareen said the Joint List would be prepared to enter into negotiations with the opposition in order to reach an agreement on forming a government to unseat Netanyahu. Read more on The Times of Israel. 071
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026If only the Republican Party became a cult of personality for this New Yorker. 010
Reposted by FizikerJoel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Scholars debate exactly how good conditions were for religious minorities in Islamic Al-Andalus, but everyone agrees it was better for Jews than Christian rule. It takes some chutzpah for a Catholic priest to go to Jerusalem and say this, given what happened to the Jews when Catholics took Spain. 1018535
Reposted by FizikerMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 12/10/2026Corporations publicly celebrating LGBT+ equality is a good thing and I am glad to see it coming back. 262870344
Reposted by FizikerAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026An irony of this era is that Trump’s opponents and Trump share the same exact opinions about Trump supporters bsky.app/profile/acyn... 251022153
Reposted by FizikerHélianthe @helianthe.net · 10/10/2026much respect for Professor Tao, but there are so so so many medical therapies that work without anyone really understanding how or why they work one of the great things about science is that we can use empirical knowledge in practice far ahead of when theoretical frameworks catch up to refine it 3331837
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I don’t want to encourage them, but why don’t White supremacists talk about lactose tolerance more? Ice cream is going to convince more people than whatever nonsense they’re usually on about. 000
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I would like to see more of how cognitive scientists and philosophers of mind are dealing with the advent of LLMs. 030
Reposted by Fizikertbabb @tbabb.bsky.social · 10/10/2026reality is starting to push through the cracks for some people 222920
Reposted by FizikerKeith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2026so the final four are * a team that has never won the World Series in its 28 seasons * a team that has never won the World Series in its 57 seasons * a team that hasn’t won the World Series in 77 seasons * Dodgers 461080186
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The Guardians provide conclusive proof against Catholicism. That’s the risk the cardinals took when picking an American. 000
Reposted by FizikerMax Dubler 🏳️🌈 @maxdubler.com · 10/10/2026Elite impunity is perhaps the single greatest problem in American politics going back to Gerald Ford’s Watergate pardons. These people keep getting away with it. This needs to stop. 281324302
Reposted by FizikerJames Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Turns out the friction of having to learn photoshop was a crucial firewall protecting society from the terrible taste of small business owners 5074481367
Fiziker @fiziker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Project Hail Mary was good. This Andy Weir guy is going places. 000
Reposted by FizikerJames @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 11/10/2026AHHHHHHH THE ONLY REASON HE EVEN STAYS TO DIE AT TROY IN THE ILIAD IS TO AVENGE PATROCLUS. IT'S A POEM ABOUT HIS RAGE. THE OPENING LINES ARE PRETTY CLEAR WHY CAN'T A SINGLE DEFENDER OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION READ A SINGLE THING FROM THE WESTERN CANON AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 862864402
Reposted by FizikerElizabeth Picciuto @epicciuto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Imagine being the kind of antisemite who thinks that Jews don’t have a problem with GI food intolerance 521319109
Reposted by FizikerNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Mike Lee and Jake Tapper are going to shit their pants again, I assume. 117422
Reposted by FizikerJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 10/10/2026the annoying thing about why 2026 isn't a perfect mirror to 2010 is that winning in 2010 put you in charge just in time for the post-census redistricting and winning in 2026 won't 2244
