sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Here's a clue to help him unravel the international Marxist-Lennonist conspiracy. 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Talking Machines and the Illusion of Consciousness How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ELIZA... strongsilenttype.net/talking-machin…strongsilenttype.netTalking Machines and the Illusion of ConsciousnessHow I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ELIZA 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Power, and the Power to Know What Global Energy Monitor’s latest report tells us about our future... strongsilenttype.net/power-and-the-…strongsilenttype.netPower, and the Power to KnowWhat Global Energy Monitor’s latest report tells us about our future 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The Cow Chips Fall Where They May It's a Wisconsin tradition, and I was pooped at the end.... strongsilenttype.net/the-cow-chips-…strongsilenttype.netThe Cow Chips Fall Where They MayIt's a Wisconsin tradition, and I was pooped at the end. 001
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Capitalism, Schmapitalism What if "capitalism" doesn't actually exist?... strongsilenttype.net/capitalism-sch…strongsilenttype.netCapitalism, SchmapitalismWhat if "capitalism" doesn't actually exist? 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 25/08/2026They way this admin is treating immigrants, both legal and undocumented, is equally if not more shameful. The way it is undermining public health is also equally or more shameful. I could go on. So much shame, so little time. 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Maybe he thought they were talking about the James Bond market. 000
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialThe Onion @theonion.com · 17/08/2026Crying Newborn Has No Idea How Much Worse It Gets theonion.com/crying-newborn-has-no-… 3760101088
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026The Ghost in the Geranium Decoding Facebook's AI Empathy Farms... strongsilenttype.net/the-ghost-in-t…strongsilenttype.netThe Ghost in the GeraniumDecoding Facebook's AI Empathy Farms 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 23/07/2026I think "you nitwit" was the most heartfelt and salient part of his comment, as it usually is when someone tosses out an insult. The rest of what he said was just pretext for calling you a nitwit. 030
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I must say, you do look rather fetching. Cheers. 010
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 29/06/2026The Trump admin doesn’t want us sharing this image so…here you go! 23992712
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Modern Times City Lights Arsenic and Old Lace Raising Arizona Splash Big Sleepless in Seattle The Hudsucker Proxy There's Something About Mary The Big Lebowski Brazil 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I guess those Obama losers couldn't manage to book Milli OR Vanilli. 000
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialDenny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Listened to an NPR story this morning about mass child starvation in Senegal without a single mention of Elon Musk, the guy who gleefully created the conditions for the mass starvation 546233047346
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026LLMs keep getting better at imitating real humans, and an increasing number of scams are based on this capability. strongsilenttype.net/the-case-of-...strongsilenttype.netThe Case of the Synthetic StarletExplore the dark side of celebrity impersonation scams and AI's role in personal fraud. Learn how to recognize and protect against modern scams. 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026That's not quite true. Language includes abstractions (such as the concept of "zero") that don't actually exist in the world of experience. And part of its power is its ability to describe counterfactuals such as "if I had never been born..." 100
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026There are different kinds of intelligence, only some of which involve language. LLMs have linguistic intelligence but don't have the embodied intelligence that humans possess. It's also helpful to distinguish between intelligence, consciousness and language. strongsilenttype.net/intelligence...strongsilenttype.netUnderstanding AI: Intelligence, Consciousness, and LanguageExplore the distinctions between intelligence, consciousness, and language in AI, and uncover what makes machines different from humans. 100
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026They didn't "start well" either, but Pence was too blind to see that. youtu.be/lB9sBvE254E?...youtu.beBob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band - Against The Wind (Lyrics)YouTube video by ALL MIXED 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 31/05/2026No Language Model Will Ever Serve a Tennis Ball Some people are predicting the imminent arrival of “artificial general intelligence,” or AGI. Depending on whom you ask, AGI is either just around the corner, already… strongsilenttype.net/no-language-mo… 140
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The Case of the Synthetic Starlet Rhea Seehorn reached out to thank me, and for a brief, flattered moment I wanted to believe it. Welcome to the age of scalable intimacy.strongsilenttype.netThe Case of the Synthetic StarletRhea Seehorn reached out to thank me, and for a brief, flattered moment I wanted to believe it. Welcome to the age of scalable intimacy. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Noam Chomsky: "I'm really fantasizing about the Caribbean island." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comNewly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationshipLatest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein 041
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Was that a radioactive spider so we now have a crazed gunman with Spidey powers? 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/05/2026All I see here is that you're looking for an excuse to dunk on Dawkins. There's nothing "psychotic" in what he wrote. He's asking whether Claude is "conscious" (and stating that he doesn't know the answer to that question). Find a dictionary. Look up the definition of "psychosis." 000
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is why it's COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE for the state of Minnesota to collaborate with the federal government, especially with the FBI and DHS. We're helping them fulfill their mission of targeting Somalis for political incitement, while they laugh off any consequences for murdering our people. 445397
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I Came, I Saw, I Walked Uphill I missed my target time, walked some hills, got beaten by Joe from Madison, and still somehow won my age division. strongsilenttype.net/i-came-i-saw-i… 020
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 24/04/2026That's true of a lot of sports, but tennis is pretty close to par. Major tournaments have been offering equal prize money to women for 20 years now, and viewership of women's matches sometimes exceeds men's. Men serve and hit the ball harder, but women work just as hard and are just as fun to watch. 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 20/04/2026My crystal ball tells me that Heidecker will eventually parlay his time playing a faux right-wing pundit into hosting a late-night TV talk show until CBS will decide to cancel him for "financial reasons." 000
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialMichelle @cloverjag.bsky.social · 20/04/2026I have to go to work and this is not my cat. 885148931110
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 20/04/2026"Cars"? Wile E. Coyote would like a word. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026They have us over $100 a barrel. Personally, I don't find this funny. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026A couple of dozen people now have asked for examples of the behavior you claim he's guilty of, and you haven't provided one, so I'm going to just assume don't have any and move on. Call me with any updates at 1-800-BULL-SHIT. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 18/04/2026It's like Midnight Express, only instead of an American drug smuggler trying to escape from a brutal Turkish prison, a Turkish PhD student is escaping from a brutal American prison. 031
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Two weeks ago The Free Press let a whiner publish 2000 words ab how I got his book review cEnsoReD. It was pure nonsense from the moment it went out—but I spent the next 14 days trying to get them to post an Editor’s Note and admit reality. They won’t. open.substack.com/pub/agentsof...open.substack.comI Was Falsely Accused of "Censorship" in The Free Press. Then Their Editors Censored The Truth.The Free Press was given evidence disproving a story they'd heavily promoted. Here's what happened next. 14904224
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026The greatest US humiliation in history was Trump's re-election. 020
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I believe the women, not because they are women but because there are four of them with similar stories and enough corroborating facts to make it unlikely that they would be lying. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Charlie Kirk also whored himself out for Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook conspiracy theory crowd. Pretty much the entire GOP did. strongsilenttype.net/beautiful-li...strongsilenttype.netBeautiful Life in a Broken WorldHer name was Ana Grace, and she deserved so much better. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Was that all "local girls," or was that you in drag, Will? On the internet no one knows you're a dude. Hey, I'm not judging. I love this story. 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 05/04/2026I'm not sure I can explain it fully, but Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents offers some insights into the "fundamental paradox of civilization: it is a tool we have created to protect ourselves from unhappiness, and yet it is our largest source of unhappiness." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civiliz...en.wikipedia.orgCivilization and Its Discontents - Wikipedia 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 03/04/2026A lot of this "I won't vote for someone imperfect" rhetoric is just an excuse for political passivity and inactivity disguised as righteous engagement. I think some of that rhetoric is being pushed online by propaganda farms in Russia and other places trying to manipulate election outcomes. 040
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Trump gave a speech on Iran. Does that count as an April Fool's joke? 000
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Like most powerful tools, AI does not simply make us stronger or weaker. It changes us. It alters what we need to know, what we bother to practice, and the habits of mind that shape daily life.strongsilenttype.netMachines Are Eating My Brain, and I Think I Like ItThe real danger of AI is not that it gets things wrong, but that it tempts us to stop thinking for ourselves. 010
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Dude, it's April 1. You just don't understand Trump's subtle sense of humor. 030
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 30/03/2026It may just be that you're noticing it more. The left has its own long history of this. The Baader-Meinhof Group. Stalinism. The sixties had its share too, as I noted in this blog post: strongsilenttype.net/the-girl-who... I'm saying this as someone who would be considered a leftist by most people.strongsilenttype.netThe Girl Who Played With DynamiteA bomb ended her life, but dedication to a cause was what really killed her. 000
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialAmi Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · 28/03/2026This is very grim “This erodes roughly one-fifth of the average worldwide decline in maternal mortality achieved since 1985.” 6194106
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Mind blowing data. The magnitude of differences from 2024 to 2025 are not unlike the difference in asking people how much they would like to eat a BLT versus a shit sandwich. 25721
sheldonrampton.bsky.social @sheldonrampton.bsky.social · 26/03/2026I think Will would concede that he did not win his election, but his advice is still sound. I've volunteered on campaigns for people who have won and who have lost. Winners understand the need to run a focused campaign. They can still do community service work outside the campaign (and many do). 010
Reposted by @sheldonrampton.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy. 263130434809
