Deep down I feel the fundamental failing of Kant was to waste the term ‘categorical imperative’ on something that wasn’t actually about categories

One day in the future there will be the very last “Cybertruck Owner is Monstrously Stupid” headline, and think how sad you’ll be then www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Some countries really do love academic titles

could the ancient traditions of bullying and dance be the solution to the male loneliness crisis www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6_m...

When will antichrist be a banned word?

I HAVE FOUND MY CALLING

Absolutely love this one www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wha...

old man post but why is it always so hard to find just a button that says 'print in colour'

I assume no one is ~less~ interested in getting off fossil fuels now?

Shifts in communication technologies are reshaping the #scicomm landscape. @willozap.bsky.social argues that in today’s “bewildering times”, understanding the technological forces shaping how knowledge flows is essential for effective #scicomm. Read the commentary: jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

As a people, we Australians are so shit at bribery www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I see Mumford and Sons have a new album and it reminds me how often I think of this tweet x.com/Johnthedunca...

So... not really meeting the deadline then

what actually is the difference in meaning between 🤘 and 🤟

Dress for the job you want

I’ve always pondered about a ratchet theory of trumpian politics - do worse / more authoritarian until you hit the limit. And it’s seems the limit is shooting people to death in the streets. But then what?

Look there's some sensible advice here, but when it comes to the key paragraph on how to remove a splinter it's basically still 'draw some circles' and 'draw the rest of the fucking owl'.

Grammar question, is it 'that opportunity would be right up our students' alleys' or 'students' alley', or perhaps best not

When you advertise a beer as full flavour what

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen is what Lana del rey would write if she were a boy named Bruce Springsteen and that is the highest compliment that can be paid

‘Rubs him the wrong way’ is a very normal phrase until you stop to visualise it

Going to start a petition to change the number plate slogan for Canberra to ‘bless your cotton socks’

"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common". Just such a great line. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

No one is ever disappointed if you turn up with a tooheys old

Do you practice your emoji on your own face before sending?

years ago—never mind how long precisely

There are just so many awesome points in this mapping out of the actual problems with AI by Cory Doctorow pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

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Trump is a goddamn wizard pharaoh

Christina ricci’s Wednesday is still better

Once this Trump era is finally over I would be fascinated to know his wellness regime

vomit emoji

Ok AI, generate me an image of Florida Woman slate.com/life/2025/09...

just found out I was one of 9 reviewers for a paper. wtf. seriously what a waste of time.

dog generated my homework

Has there ever been a technology that has remained so laughable for so long while attracting such billions of

slippery sentence right there

i'm sorry for posting facts:

I'm sorry but quantitative research is really stupid sometimes

<makes devils horn fingers all the way through cooking>

No one is “replacing” teachers with AI. People are redistributing money to tech companies for AI and replacing permanent salaried workers with contingent, poorly paid ones whose labor is to patch together the system that is being broken by AI.

i absolutely love your work pears, but jesus how is it possible to be both underripe and rotten at the same time

To have this asserted in The Atlantic makes the little Gareth Evans in me happy

I am 100% down with the new paper saying ChatGPT stops students learning, but starting with this quote may be a bit of a give away of the researchers' biases: arxiv.org/pdf/2506.088...

I guess the term would be deconstitutionalising?

is it possible to send chill out vibes internationally