Throwback to tiny Astrid

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Chief of police here got caught with csam. You’d think ‘because he was a police officer’ would be a reason for a heavier sentence, but no! A lighter one! NINE MONTHS HOME DETENTION

God, can you imagine the panic attack the fine officer had when s/he realised what was in front of them?

Foundation, Isaac Asimov

If rereading after virtue to see in the new year is wrong, I don’t want to be right

“Where Frankena sees me as an inadequate analytic philosopher with an additional, not entirely relevant interest in history, Edel sees me as an inadequate social historian who keeps needlessly dragging in analytic philosophy.”

This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)

Machine learning is a useful way to derive insights about demand &c

Hello from 2026

Accidentally turned on cnn to find an analyst claiming the American strike wasn’t an escalation because ‘Venezuela is very big.’

‘Heard your dessert included cream’

Better than when I went to Italy and he did this

Thanks, fb memories.

After Virtue is probably the best way to think about ai safety, imo

More fuel for my theory that “sensitive, romantic straight man” translates directly to “horrible sex pest”

Particularly love this one, actually. Very "Do not talk to me or my large son ever again"

Not depicted: the stench.

Real psalm 51 hours Who up?

Something Forbidden Stirs Deep Within Trump After He Sees Political Cartoon Depicting Him As Chicken https://theonion.com/something-forbidden-stirs-deep-within-trump-after-he-sees-political-cartoon-depicting-him-as-chicken/

Hêsuchia my Pindar till I represent that peacefulness of spirit

Met Ed Miliband in a Harvard Starbucks. ‘Bet you didn’t expect to see me here did you!’ He said

Haunting festive presence.

‘What a delightful concept, let’s see what I… OH NO

Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time.

My dog and two cats love to throw up on the floor and they represent 60% of the household. As a leader I can't just ignore public opinion so I also throw up on the floor sometimes to stay popular

another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls

ZADOK THE MOTHAFUCKIN’ PRIEST

New substack post. I argue that alignment as it stands looks like institutional role play. open.substack.com/pub/danwater...

Finn says he’s not going to let the small matter of ‘being blind’ stop him from hunting in the dark.

It is perhaps preferable that I do not express just what I think should happen to these awful excuses of flesh and blood, but I sincerely hope they repent.

New substack post. I argue that alignment as it stands looks like institutional role play. open.substack.com/pub/danwater...

Re reading. Spent half an hour crawling round trying to find it among the stacks, much to Astrid’s delight ‘rummaging time!’

Books of ‘25.

"Hearken to the tale of Rory Stewart & the Imperial Wonder Boy as a doctor opens your scrotum! Marvel at Prof Nigel Biggar's martyrdom as your vas deferens is carefully severed! Sigh over the melancholic construction of a national past as unborn millions clamour fr limbo against their annihilation!"

Side eye

My father in law has done his traditional Christmas Day Facebook post to remind us of the true meaning of the day: Reminding us of the greatest Christmas of all, December 25th, 1989, when they shot that bastard Ceaușescu

Good evening from Waitākere, where Fin is enjoying eating leftover roast parsnips.

a lot of people don't realize that Christmas carols and traditions are actually folk memories of suppressed pre-Christian events, namely the end of the Third Age and the Fall of Sauron.

Yeah this is just what his communications team wants right now

I did _not_ get outwitted by a parrot this time!