atticus goldfinch
@atticusgf.bsky.social
linear algebra is not ontologically evil
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atticus goldfinch
@atticusgf.bsky.social
· Dec 18
about half the people on this website act like the first time anyone lied on the internet is when we managed to teach linear algebra to do it. like separating truth from fiction is somehow a new demand that this talking magic box imposes on us.
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I just got multiplr strikes for saying his back was turned.
January 26, 2026 at 3:30 AM
I just got multiplr strikes for saying his back was turned.
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Can’t help but notice a lot of social media reports of Tik Tok censoring anti-ICE content in its first weekend under Trump-directed US management, and no mainstream news coverage thus far.
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Can’t help but notice a lot of social media reports of Tik Tok censoring anti-ICE content in its first weekend under Trump-directed US management, and no mainstream news coverage thus far.
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protestors rush a hotel lobby for a noise demo. feds respond by - drum roll - shooting off a bunch of flashbangs.
mission accomplished lmao
mission accomplished lmao
Minneapolis, MN -
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
Many many more agents filing into the area around the hotel. Minneapolis PD announcing everyone is under arrest, telling them to sit down with their hands up. An ad hoc journalist squad being told to go further down the street. Chemicals irritant deployed in the road.
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 AM
protestors rush a hotel lobby for a noise demo. feds respond by - drum roll - shooting off a bunch of flashbangs.
mission accomplished lmao
mission accomplished lmao
I am not sure I have ever seen someone more demoralized lmaooo
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 6:52 AM
I am not sure I have ever seen someone more demoralized lmaooo
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It’s -2000 degrees below zero. You just flashbanged yourself twenty feet from the front desk. Three hours sleep cause locals who hate you bang garbage cans outside your room all night. The Home2Suits has fallen and you’re not getting that signing bonus for another 4.5 years. Ass. It’s all ass, dude.
Minneapolis, MN -
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
Very developing situation here. FPS agents ran into the hotel. Tear gas deployed. Hotel patrons forced to put their hands up. One agent’s nose bloodied.
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
It’s -2000 degrees below zero. You just flashbanged yourself twenty feet from the front desk. Three hours sleep cause locals who hate you bang garbage cans outside your room all night. The Home2Suits has fallen and you’re not getting that signing bonus for another 4.5 years. Ass. It’s all ass, dude.
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This woman wrote an entire book trying to inoculate Christians against empathy and she's freaking out because it's not working
January 25, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This woman wrote an entire book trying to inoculate Christians against empathy and she's freaking out because it's not working
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think I’m going to have to call misogyny on comparing Askell to Shingy without listening to her for two seconds. it’s too egregious
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 AM
think I’m going to have to call misogyny on comparing Askell to Shingy without listening to her for two seconds. it’s too egregious
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it is just peak distilled ed zitron to sneer at 'ai company has a philosopher wow they're deranged marketers!' with the obvious and straightforward explanation (that they actually do have real reasons to be doing philosophy and have hired an extremely qualified philosopher) left unexplored
ed is too lazy to google or thinks that this does not count and both possibilities are equally disqualifying
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
January 26, 2026 at 6:42 AM
it is just peak distilled ed zitron to sneer at 'ai company has a philosopher wow they're deranged marketers!' with the obvious and straightforward explanation (that they actually do have real reasons to be doing philosophy and have hired an extremely qualified philosopher) left unexplored
Wow I hope that dog doesn't learn about Secretary Noem.
it’s okay. I’ve been reliably informed that this dog can’t read
January 26, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Wow I hope that dog doesn't learn about Secretary Noem.
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It's actually very good when tech companies hire folks in the humanities, and we shouldn't look down on it.
In fact, they should hire a lot more a lot earlier and include them in product decision-making.
In fact, they should hire a lot more a lot earlier and include them in product decision-making.
January 26, 2026 at 6:13 AM
It's actually very good when tech companies hire folks in the humanities, and we shouldn't look down on it.
In fact, they should hire a lot more a lot earlier and include them in product decision-making.
In fact, they should hire a lot more a lot earlier and include them in product decision-making.
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It's... I guess it's predictable that folks will constantly shriek at tech graduates that they should have been force fed more humanities classes, but the instant they encounter a humanities-knower they don't like, they reveal their total contempt.
January 26, 2026 at 6:32 AM
It's... I guess it's predictable that folks will constantly shriek at tech graduates that they should have been force fed more humanities classes, but the instant they encounter a humanities-knower they don't like, they reveal their total contempt.
this is absolutely the last position that ai critics should mock. you WANT these companies to hire people that think about philosophy and ethics all day! come on!
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
this is absolutely the last position that ai critics should mock. you WANT these companies to hire people that think about philosophy and ethics all day! come on!
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ed is too lazy to google or thinks that this does not count and both possibilities are equally disqualifying
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
January 26, 2026 at 5:34 AM
ed is too lazy to google or thinks that this does not count and both possibilities are equally disqualifying
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
as @gracekind.net notes they have more than one of these, also
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the notion that everyone in ai is an uneducated knuckle-dragger from the depths of ycombinator's shitcoin shop needs to fucking die if people are going to have a hope of understanding what is going on
January 26, 2026 at 5:38 AM
the notion that everyone in ai is an uneducated knuckle-dragger from the depths of ycombinator's shitcoin shop needs to fucking die if people are going to have a hope of understanding what is going on
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We are now at the point of online discourse where defending democracy is now woman-coded. I'm tired, boss.
There were people on Twitter who called it a “woman moment” when a South Korean politicIan slapped a soldier’s rifle aside, instead of recognizing it for the incredibly gutsy moment it was
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 AM
We are now at the point of online discourse where defending democracy is now woman-coded. I'm tired, boss.
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oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
January 26, 2026 at 3:44 AM
oh commuters just found the motherlode of ice agents at a suburban hotel, including, potentially, bovino himself. a bunch of confirmed ICE and CBP cars from the bovino convoy there. spring hill suites in maple grove.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
people of the twin cities, do with this info what you will.
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yeah. gemini was already a major threat and now they're gutshot by anthropic.
in general, i actually suspect this means their business case is deteriorating at a rapid clip
The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 AM
yeah. gemini was already a major threat and now they're gutshot by anthropic.
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Of course, if it’s a different party in charge, flip everything.
January 26, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Of course, if it’s a different party in charge, flip everything.
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i keep saying this but it's insane that they've invented a type of christian who believes in nietzsche's criticism of christian morality
January 26, 2026 at 3:06 AM
i keep saying this but it's insane that they've invented a type of christian who believes in nietzsche's criticism of christian morality
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I posted an anti-ICE video today and six hours after I posted it, it was sitting at 0 views. Statistically impossible.
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 AM
I posted an anti-ICE video today and six hours after I posted it, it was sitting at 0 views. Statistically impossible.
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“I will never forgive those liberals for being shot by me“ is the most perfect summation of GOP ideology ever made.
January 26, 2026 at 2:58 AM
“I will never forgive those liberals for being shot by me“ is the most perfect summation of GOP ideology ever made.
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one of the things about the right after Trump is that it sincerely has radicalized itself against every virtue
I do think that a possibly underrated dynamic in The Horrors is that the Right as it has reconstituted itself under Trump legitimately can’t understand sincere moral or physical courage
January 26, 2026 at 2:41 AM
one of the things about the right after Trump is that it sincerely has radicalized itself against every virtue
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.
Well, here’s a link:
georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...