"I in my future work, intend to go ahead imagining how, if I were a rat, I would behave." One can but love Edward Chace Tolman.

“I’m going to use this moment to say there are many artists I love, and that I know you love, that have hundreds of millions of followers. And they’re saying nothing in this moment.” That’s our own Nicola Coughlan, speaking her undimmable truth. - from www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Occasion to migrate my pinned post: Once we internalize the observation that systemic failings of education underpin all systemic social problems (each implying significant impact on our physical world) we face a moral duty to prioritize a pedagogical over an antagonistic attitude when in conflict.

"I in my future work, intend to go ahead imagining how, if I were a rat, I would behave." One can but love Edward Chace Tolman.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

aw man

les mecs se savent filmés, mais l'impunité est telle qu'ils ne se privent de rien.

A pragmatist formulation of a concrete conviction of mine: The fact that academic journal *names* operate as anything more than an archiving instrument is one of the clearest empirical signs of the lack of application of a scientific disposition to matters beyond the bench (in the broadest sense).

US journalists might do well to reflect on the example of AD Gorwala. When his newspaper was shut down by Indira Gandhi in 1975, he signed off in the final issue with

Pass it on: The air in Musk's lungs comes from Twitter. The more "little" people who leave Twitter, the more institutions will follow them.

Oh, well it turns out that the shooter never actually said he thought Charlie Kirk was “full of hate.” The person who reported the shooter to the police said that that these were the views of a third person, w/ whom the caller & the shooter had discussed Kirk.

Breaking News: Both Jello Biafra and Jonathan Swift have been seen queuing for unemployment benefit as their satire becomes explicit mainstream discourse. #killthepoor #amodestproposal

I wrote this in January, about the issues we face when responsibility for covering the irony-poisoned and extremely-online trolls of the far right, falls to journalists who can't rotate a PDF. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

A Canticle For Leibowitz 2

The Robinson's neighbour, Mr. Siddhartha Gautama

This is the smartest thing I’ve seen shared from Twitter in a very long time.

Public service announcement: Social media posts complaining about the level of exposure a given story is receiving are ultimately further exposure of said story and thereby primarily serve to drive further engagement with it, encouraging traditional media outlets to give it still further attention 🙃

people pretend that debate signals and defends a commitment to high minded politics. what it elevates instead is performative dishonesty as a basic mode of politics www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Violence isn't to be celebrated, because violence begets violence, and ultimately, statistically, innocents will always be the biggest victims of violent environments. It's pragmatic. Ends don't justify means: the nature of the means determines the nature of the ends. Violent means -> violent ends

Charlie Kirk called me a ‘lunatic’ and a ‘prostitute’ and demanded I be deported. Nothing, *nothing*, justifies killing him, or robbing his kids of their dad. We don’t know the identity or motive of the shooter but murder can *never* be the response to political disagreements.

Horrors of Trump detention centre: Lisburn man tells his story after arrest for 'looking like a Mexican' Lee Stinton was lifted by US immigration police on an American street — in an incident he compared to a kidnapping. Here, he tells us his story.

Holy Mary Mother of God gone got herself upgraded to Holy Mary Origin of the World. Good woman!

"any movement that thinks & acts in terms of an 'ism becomes so involved in reaction against other 'isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive constructive survey of actual needs, problems, & possibilities."

Dear Friends, We are calling on Traveller and supportive organisations across Ireland to take part in #Traveller Road to Hope & Change 2025 – a National Traveller #Suicide and #MentalHealthAwareness Campaign, running from 10th September to 8th October 2025 1/

New Banksy outside Royal Courts of Justice building, London.

Happy Star Trek day fellow trekkies: 59 years of pushing back frontiers! 🖖

"any movement that thinks & acts in terms of an 'ism becomes so involved in reaction against other 'isms that it is unwittingly controlled by them. For it then forms its principles by reaction against them instead of by a comprehensive constructive survey of actual needs, problems, & possibilities."

"Quakers take a clear stand against war & violence of any kind. This is rooted in their belief that every life is precious & that nonviolence is essential for resolving conflicts. "17 Quakers were arrested by police on 9 Aug during a London protest about the decision to proscribe Palestine Action."

Simon Harris and his family have faced credible death threats in recent days. This morning Elon Musk piles in by falsely claiming Harris is stopping McGregor from running for president.

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I... Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

2015: "Hamas is an asset", now Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich. 2025: "Hamas's greatest asset is the outraged conscience" All the "outraged conscience" has so far only succeeded in obliging Smotrich to allow a "bare minimum" of aid enter. Yet Hamas are the fall guy for that too. Still an asset.

We're going to see a lot of bullshit in the coming days and weeks about "causes of autism", and most will be based on flawed, over-interpreted observational studies (1/n)

1/3 I've been trying to find the words for a while

Incredible clip of tech CEOs fawning over Donald Trump. Someone store this clip in the underground archive vault

Steve Masters, RAF technician for 19 years. “As somebody who was in the air force, attacking an air force jet is not something that I would do. While unpleasant, destruction of property to most people is not terrorism. They’re not going out to explicitly harm people. It’s a travesty of justice.”

I know it's a little early for Christmas & water resistant hats, but here is a shop a few friends & I put together quickly because we all ran out of money to donate to Gaza. I just got my watch repair tools from the U.S. so you'll find a few refurbished ones as well ebay.us/m/9LoYjV

The tricolour is not the butcher's apron. It has no history of being flown to assert dominance. The tricolour should not be used to inspire fear. If it becomes widely flown (& worn) to express messages of welcome, the haters' attempts to weaponise the flag will be overwhelmed & fail.

Sanctioned by the MAGA Armageddon cult for following the internationally recognized route for requesting an independent investigation. "Rubio said sanctions were imposed...for having “directly engaged in efforts by ICC to investigate, arrest, detain or prosecute Israeli nationals”

Great to see Veritasium pivoting towards socially- and environmentally-oriented content, like this exposé about PFAS/forever chemicals which strongly underlines the need for reinforced and transparent environmental protection agencies.

"Is [Rayners] position tenable?" @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social : "... its very interesting that there's wall to wall stories about Angela Rayners housing arrangements... where are the stories about child poverty, about homelessness...?"

Exposing the Monsanto Conspiracy Our latest video, out now on YouTube youtu.be/CxVXvFOPIyQ

While waiting for @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social to post it on here, let me seize this opportunity to share An Important Message From President McGregor...

Puff puff, give! Puff puff, give Governor!

Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere

id report this to the police as a murder but unfortunately crime hasnt been made illegal yet

Na Spéiríní - áis do dhuine ar bith atá ag iarraidh súil a choinneáil ar na Gaeil gan bheith cráite á leanúint go léir