Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 17/09/2026analytic philosophy is not an humanistic discipline (complimentary) 0101
Reposted by J.P. LooDoll @dollspace.gay · 3hIf openssh which basically the entire internet relies on doesnt warrant mythos access then what does? Whats the criteria? Why isnt that criteria transparent? 512820
Reposted by J.P. LooKevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 2hAs someone who has taught both causation and logic: if "understands causation and logic" is what distinguishes humans from machines, we're cooked. 1375
Reposted by J.P. Looterra firma, terra eterna 🚱🌉 @kavi.bsky.social · 14hThere's this thing people on here do a lot where they get upset at you rephrasing an argument to sound worse without actually changing the logical content. I feel like there's this version of thought that just kinda rejects the idea that sentences carry denonational content beyond tone 8667
Reposted by J.P. LooTimothy Gowers @wtgowers.bsky.social · 18hThe advisory group on mathematics and artificial intelligence, of which I am a member, has just published a set of recommendations concerning the responsible release of mathematical results generated by AI companies using internal models. 1/3 agmai.org/general-sep29/agmai.orggeneral-sep29Responsible Release of AI-Generated Mathematics September 29, 2026 Back to main page Download PDF At present, some frontier AI labs are testing advanced mathematical problems on proprietary models … 23713
Reposted by J.P. LooYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 22hSNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... 922484
Reposted by J.P. LooFabrice Arfi @fabricearfi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites. Une enquête explosive d'Alexandre Berteau et Antton Rouget qui fait voler en éclats quinze années de « dédiabolisation » du RN. www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...mediapart.fr« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites« Mediapart » a mis la main sur des échanges de l’actuel président du RN, au début de sa carrière politique. On y découvre l’antisémitisme obsessionnel de celui qui rêve de devenir premier ministre. … 38488240
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 28/09/2026Did you know that Chinese users of Chinese models are ‘speak[ing] in middle America white bureaucratic language to make it work’? 5472
Reposted by J.P. LooHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It seems that, with the recent crackdown on opposition twitter accounts in Turkey, there's some migration to @bsky.app Here's a starter pack that I made when I first came to Bluesky. I think it is still mostly useful, though certainly incomplete go.bsky.app/NoVB1zM 0109
Reposted by J.P. LooOld British Telly @oldbritishtelly.co.uk · 27/09/2026[1963] Snow – Hypnotic British Transport Film showing the efforts of railway workmen to keep trains running in hazardous snowy conditions. 1438489
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 27/09/2026StatNet via Mohammad Magadli: following (though not necessarily by reason) of the disqualification, HaDemokratim’s share of the Arab vote has declined from 1.7 MKs to 0.4 MKs, and (projected) turnout has declined by more than 3%.x.comמוחמד מג'אדלה محمد مجادلة (@mmagadli) on Xסקר ראשון בחברה הערבית לאחר פסילת המפלגות: מפלגת הדמוקרטים צונחת מ-1.7 מנדטים (כמעט שני מנדטים) ל-0.4 מנדט (פחות מחצי מנדט), לפי סקר סטאטנט 001
Reposted by J.P. LooNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There's a genuine advantage to being outside the traditional DC Israel/Palestine foreign policy ecosystem because it means you don't automatically reject radical ideas like "ending the Occupation would involve ending the Occupation" and "a Palestinian state should have Palestinians in charge of it". 125235
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 25/09/2026I know Polanski’s nowhere near to state power and many hecklers won’t change their minds, but the debate would be healthier with a more articulate exponent of explicitly anti-Zionist position. I imagine Polanski conceives of AZ as about equality, not physically displacing Jews—why not just say that?jewishnews.co.ukPolanski sparks anger after declaring himself ‘anti-Zionist’ at packed communal hustings - Jewish NewsGreen Party's Holborn and St Pancras by-election candidate is booed and heckled 141
Reposted by J.P. LooMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 25/09/2026it's precisely true that LLMs raise the issues—already known as deep problems in philosophy of mind—of what "thinking" and "understanding" are it's like the opposite of a problem that should be solved in a stylebook 5191
Reposted by J.P. LooBrad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 24/09/2026War criminals are not welcome in New York City. I stood alongside a diverse set of Jewish New Yorkers and allies — at several protests today organized by @jvp.bsky.social, by @truahrabbis.bsky.social & @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social, and by Israelis for Peace. 338871
Reposted by J.P. Loojon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 24/09/2026sharing with screenshot of quoted post for posterity -- kind of amusing overlap here with the trump admin's crackdown on the word "bias" in statistical research 2266
Reposted by J.P. LooRyan @thepeis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I think he just mentioned it to Rosa news which recently spun off from standing together: "אני חושב שזה בעייתי ערכית ופוליטית" וכן ש"לא תפקידנו בסיטואציה הקיימת לתת יד לדבר הזה. זה קשה, צריך לעבור את זה, לתקן, לבטל בכנסת הבאה את מנגנון הפסילה דרך ועדה המורכבת מנציגי מפלגות" 132
Reposted by J.P. LooJohn Holbo @jholbo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Descartes’ theory that animals are mere machines ftw. Dennett’s ‘intentional stance’ takes the L. The Associated Press has solved philosophy of mind, by style convention. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 091
Reposted by J.P. LooUK Friends of Standing Together @ukfost.co.uk · 24/09/2026If you’re at the Green conference, we’d be delighted to answer your questions about our support for Standing Together’s Palestinian–Jewish co-resistance against war and the occupation at this fringe event. 6 pm, Saturday 3 October. Details and link to register below.ukfost.co.ukGreen Party conference fringe meeting: Co-resistance for peace and equality · UK Friends of Standing Together 023
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 24/09/2026Tibbi glorious as usual on correcting the Hebrew of a Likudnik: ‘Maybe he doesn’t like his language to be corrected at all.’ ‘So he shouldn’t make mistakes.’ 031
Reposted by J.P. LooJustin Weinberg @dailynous.com · 24/09/2026A few adjustments still need to be made, but Daily Nous is back online...dailynous.comBack - Daily NousOne day, I’m posting here about how to address AI risks, the next, Daily Nous suffers from a “critical error” and goes down for over […] 1154
Reposted by J.P. LooArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: www.economist.com/britain/202... And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders 811764
Reposted by J.P. LooRadio-Canada Info @info.radio-canada.ca · 24/09/2026rc.caMaroc : des législatives marquées par une participation au plus bas depuis près de 20 ansLe ministère de l'Intérieur a annoncé que la participation avait atteint 38,02 % à l'échelle nationale. 051
Reposted by J.P. LooAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“Danny Tommo“ arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangermentsearchlightmagazine.comDanny Tommo arrested for criminal damage and reckless endangerment | SearchlightPatriot Platform boss Danny Tommo has tonight been arrested on suspicion of serious criminal offences committed on Tuesday in the Channel 1211629
Reposted by J.P. LooColin @colin-fraser.net · 24/09/2026can someone who knows about bioinformatics explain why you need a language model to find this? 14508
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 23/09/2026Correction to previous posts: the Supreme Court does not sit as the High Court of Justice in hearing appeals on disqualifications from the Central Elections Committee. The distinction was introduced by Article 43 of the Palestine Order-in-Council 1922. 201
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 23/09/2026V much enjoyed(/enjoying?) the exchange between @danieldrucker.bsky.social and @jpober.bsky.social here on how much, if at all, low-level details of the way humans think should broadly matter in debates about the the ascription of mental states to LLMs. 020
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 23/09/2026Once again there’s an Ahmad Tibbi clip for everything:youtube.comח"כ אחמד טיבי עונה לח"כ אייכלר ביידיש.. מצחיקYouTube video by אסף יהודה 162
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 23/09/2026The CEC has now voted to disqualify Ra’am (18–5) and the chairman of Balad (30–4). The HCJ must allow or quash the bans; I predict it will allow the ban on Abu Shehadeh but not on Ra’am. I don’t think the CEC’s yet voted on the Joint List but imagine it’ll be banned by a margin between 18– and 30–5.timesofisrael.comElection committee bars Balad chief Abu Shehadeh over alleged support for terrorSohlberg, attorney general, all opposition parties back disqualification of Joint List party's No. 3 in unusual consensus; panel also disqualifies Hadash MK Ofer Cassif 194
Reposted by J.P. Loonoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 22/09/2026i've spent 15 years cultivating my complaints about how philosophers of mind are dumb and annoying, and i'll be DAMNED if some johnny come lately thinks he can just WALTZ in without DOING THE READING and THINK THEY ARE DUMB AND ANNOYING in a LESS SOPHISTICATED WAY THAN THE WAY I THINK THAT 31089
Reposted by J.P. LooMartin Concagh @mconcagh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sorry but the Great British Railways livery looks like absolute dogshit 5403
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 21/09/2026Unsolicited recommendation since this popped up in my timeline: hister.org (runs locally and pretty much seamlessly in my experience). 000
Reposted by J.P. Loo#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 21/09/2026Chris Van Hollen issues the first ever call by a Democratic member of Congress for US officials to be sanctioned by other countries 201907417
Reposted by J.P. LooDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A new High Court judgment has blown a large hole in the regulation of the solicitors' profession. The Solicitors Regulation Authority will now have great difficulty investigating SLAPP, and other cases where a client's solicitor harms other parties. 67842
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 21/09/2026my half-serious benchmark for AGI is just whether a model can produce something like this piece:nyctographa.substack.comThe Plural of OctopusThe plural of octopus is octopi. 181
Reposted by J.P. Looconputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 20/09/2026reposting this article is cognitive surrender. this drives me insane. the headline is a deliberate lie. the report doesn’t “find” anything: the below is all the it has to say on the topic. the footnote is just a link to this Wharton study osf.io/preprints/ps... 88014
Reposted by J.P. LooYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There are so many things wrong in this article, let me focus on two: on the perverse logic argument against sanctions, and on the betrayal of Israel's human rights and anti-occupation activists. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThis Israeli election could be the country’s last – this week I saw that for myself | Jonathan FreedlandSpend time on the ground and you see how high the stakes are for next month’s contest – for Israelis and Palestinians alike, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland 914748
Reposted by J.P. LooJ.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 19/09/202628. 19.ix/AU. ABC reports Australia withdrew at the last minute from the British-led settlement sanctions package, possibly due to domestic political considerations. (Comment: I didn’t remark on this at the time, but it was probably the most striking absence.) 001
Reposted by J.P. LooYair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026That's what is so infuriating about this piece. He uses Israeli anti occupation activists as an excuse against sanctions, while they themselves are calling for sanctions 1267
Reposted by J.P. LooKieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19/09/2026I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood. 16627121
Reposted by J.P. LooJoel Chan @kjoules.org · 16/09/2026The word "hub" was mentioned 102 times in Hong Kong's inaugural 5-Year Plan and 2026 Policy Address combined. The full list:kjoules.org53 HubsEvery hub mentioned in Hong Kong's Inaugural 5-Year Plan and 2026 Policy Address. Numberwang 9 2124
Reposted by J.P. LooUK Friends of Standing Together @ukfost.co.uk · 17/09/2026Standing Together joins dozens of Israeli civil society organisations in denouncing attempts to silence and punish Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor for documenting war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, which should be investigated, not covered up.ukfost.co.ukSolidarity with Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor! · UK Friends of Standing Together 053
J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 17/09/2026Typical Speccie incuriosity: some Oxonian bluffer who went to the same college as Shipman claims the Israeli press lined up behind Bibi after the sanctions announcement, QED; and there’s no need to e.g. ask any Israelis or check whether any papers changed their position on Bibi because of sanctions. 130
Reposted by J.P. Looconputer dipshit @davidcrespo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026first two pages right here if you haven't read them 111
Reposted by J.P. LooUK Friends of Standing Together @ukfost.co.uk · 15/09/2026Join us for public meetings with protective presence activists Daniel Mautner and David Legmann! Nottingham: 13.30, Sun 27 Sep. Leeds: 19.30, Sun 27 Sep. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: 19.00, Mon 28 Sep. Labour conference fringe/Liverpool: 18.00, Tue 29 Sep. Details and registration below:ukfost.co.ukJoin us for public meetings with protective presence activists · UK Friends of Standing Together 021
