Cathode Ray Zone
@cathoderayzone.bsky.social
–Arts and Letters for the Modern Age–
Published by a former (retired) philosophy professor of 30 years.
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Published by a former (retired) philosophy professor of 30 years.
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Still the best Fantasy film in my view.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Still the best Fantasy film in my view.
I’m afraid there’s no saving this preposterous view of Kant’s and the efforts reflected in the review are pretty weak sauce.
Bruce J. Krajewski reviews Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie
Jens Timmermann. Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/bruce_j_kraj... #Kant #lie #ethics #Timmermann #PhilosophySky #philsky
Jens Timmermann. Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024 criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu/bruce_j_kraj... #Kant #lie #ethics #Timmermann #PhilosophySky #philsky
Critical Inquiry
A journal of Art, Culture and Politics, Published by the University of Chicago
criticalinquiry.uchicago.edu
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I’m afraid there’s no saving this preposterous view of Kant’s and the efforts reflected in the review are pretty weak sauce.
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Remembering DC Fontana, who left us on this date in 2019. A HUGE part of Star Trek's success. It wouldn't be what it is now without her. Rest in peace. #TOSSatNight
December 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Remembering DC Fontana, who left us on this date in 2019. A HUGE part of Star Trek's success. It wouldn't be what it is now without her. Rest in peace. #TOSSatNight
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I will never understand why James Cameron decided the waste the second half of his career making films about these godforesaken jungle smurfs.
December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I will never understand why James Cameron decided the waste the second half of his career making films about these godforesaken jungle smurfs.
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Join us tomorrow for Dr. Ruta's talk, "Experience, Musical Understanding & Aesthetic Value" at 11 am in the Center for Dewey Studies (Morris Library Basement, Room 0044).
December 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Join us tomorrow for Dr. Ruta's talk, "Experience, Musical Understanding & Aesthetic Value" at 11 am in the Center for Dewey Studies (Morris Library Basement, Room 0044).
Please don’t. 🤦♂️
Big breaking news at Bounces:
Serena Williams has applied for reinstatement to tennis, adding herself back into the tennis anti-doping program to set herself up for a comeback to competition in 2026.
Read all the details here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/serena-wil...
Serena Williams has applied for reinstatement to tennis, adding herself back into the tennis anti-doping program to set herself up for a comeback to competition in 2026.
Read all the details here:
www.benrothenberg.com/p/serena-wil...
Breaking: Serena Williams Is Preparing to Return to Tennis
The 23-time major singles champion has filed paperwork that sets a 2026 comeback to professional tennis in motion.
www.benrothenberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Please don’t. 🤦♂️
December 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Copy pasted stock phrases repeated over and over. Cutesy-isms that sound awful coming out of the mouths of adults. Awful cliches. Crude and obvious innuendos. Social media is where language goes to die.
December 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Copy pasted stock phrases repeated over and over. Cutesy-isms that sound awful coming out of the mouths of adults. Awful cliches. Crude and obvious innuendos. Social media is where language goes to die.
The bizarre errors it makes. The adding of elements never once mentioned in the prompt, but based on an imbecile probabilistic inference from prior prompts. The fact that identical prompts produce entirely different images. All reveal the purely statistical -- and mindless -- process beneath.
Anyone who has messed around with ChatGPTs image maker and paid even the remotest attention will realize that it is not doing anything resembling human thinking (or thinking of any recognizable variety).
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The bizarre errors it makes. The adding of elements never once mentioned in the prompt, but based on an imbecile probabilistic inference from prior prompts. The fact that identical prompts produce entirely different images. All reveal the purely statistical -- and mindless -- process beneath.
This is an excellent video on Gen X childhood and how we've now created a form of childhood that interferes with kids' development rather than assisting it.
youtu.be/_nkT-zguvzg?...
Reminiscent of the piece I just published on growing up in the 1970s.
cathoderayzone.com/culture/a-19...
#GenX
youtu.be/_nkT-zguvzg?...
Reminiscent of the piece I just published on growing up in the 1970s.
cathoderayzone.com/culture/a-19...
#GenX
A 1970s Childhood - Cathode Ray Zone
I was born in 1968, so my childhood was spent in the 1970s. My parents had recently moved from Queens to Long Island, where I would be raised in a leafy suburb, and as they’d only emigrated to the Uni...
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December 2, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is an excellent video on Gen X childhood and how we've now created a form of childhood that interferes with kids' development rather than assisting it.
youtu.be/_nkT-zguvzg?...
Reminiscent of the piece I just published on growing up in the 1970s.
cathoderayzone.com/culture/a-19...
#GenX
youtu.be/_nkT-zguvzg?...
Reminiscent of the piece I just published on growing up in the 1970s.
cathoderayzone.com/culture/a-19...
#GenX
Still the best science fiction film ever made.
Stanley Kubrick's, 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) stars Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood.
December 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Still the best science fiction film ever made.
This is interesting but rests on assumptions that could use a little philosophical scrutiny. For one thing, I’m not sure that what is commonly meant by ‘’mental imagery” is what the article assumes is meant. For another, it’s not clear that “what it’s like” from another’s point of view is scrutable.
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #Mentalimages #PhilosophySky #philsky
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... #Mentalimages #PhilosophySky #philsky
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound
Research has linked the ability to visualize to a bewildering variety of human traits—how we experience trauma, hold grudges, and, above all, remember our lives.
www.newyorker.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is interesting but rests on assumptions that could use a little philosophical scrutiny. For one thing, I’m not sure that what is commonly meant by ‘’mental imagery” is what the article assumes is meant. For another, it’s not clear that “what it’s like” from another’s point of view is scrutable.
Anyone who has messed around with ChatGPTs image maker and paid even the remotest attention will realize that it is not doing anything resembling human thinking (or thinking of any recognizable variety).
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Anyone who has messed around with ChatGPTs image maker and paid even the remotest attention will realize that it is not doing anything resembling human thinking (or thinking of any recognizable variety).
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I know this is well-meaning, but reading it made me think of the French Connection with a bicycle chase substituted in for the legendary car chase in the film, and I cracked up.
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I know this is well-meaning, but reading it made me think of the French Connection with a bicycle chase substituted in for the legendary car chase in the film, and I cracked up.
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Yellow Accompaniment by Vasily Kandinsky, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137897
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137897
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Yellow Accompaniment by Vasily Kandinsky, 1924
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137897
https://botfrens.com/collections/212/contents/137897
I can’t do the multiple days posts, but here are my four favorite female super heroes.
Black Widow
Marvel Girl
Wasp
Sue Storm
Black Widow
Marvel Girl
Wasp
Sue Storm
December 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I can’t do the multiple days posts, but here are my four favorite female super heroes.
Black Widow
Marvel Girl
Wasp
Sue Storm
Black Widow
Marvel Girl
Wasp
Sue Storm
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Larry Bird getting up shots in an empty Boston Garden.
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Larry Bird getting up shots in an empty Boston Garden.
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Saturday Evening Post (November 30, 1968)
December 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Saturday Evening Post (November 30, 1968)
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Tomorrow at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, The Persuaders will be discussing Cory Doctorow's latest book Enshittification, which describes how monopolistic online platforms make all our lives worse. Join them for edification about enshittification! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwn... @petemandik.bsky.social
8: Enshittification
YouTube video by Keith Frankish
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December 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Tomorrow at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, The Persuaders will be discussing Cory Doctorow's latest book Enshittification, which describes how monopolistic online platforms make all our lives worse. Join them for edification about enshittification! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwn... @petemandik.bsky.social
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42 years ago
The First Four Years is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in December 1983, containing only the group's songs before Henry Rollins took the mic in 1981
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory
The First Four Years is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in December 1983, containing only the group's songs before Henry Rollins took the mic in 1981
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory
December 1, 2025 at 4:06 AM
42 years ago
The First Four Years is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in December 1983, containing only the group's songs before Henry Rollins took the mic in 1981
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory
The First Four Years is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Black Flag, released in December 1983, containing only the group's songs before Henry Rollins took the mic in 1981
#punk #punks #punkrock #blackflag #hardcorepunk #history #punkrockhistory
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Remembering David Doyle #BOTD, seen here with co-stars Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd in the ABC crime series "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" (1976 - 1981)
📺 Spelling-Goldberg Productions
📺 Spelling-Goldberg Productions
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Remembering David Doyle #BOTD, seen here with co-stars Kate Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Cheryl Ladd in the ABC crime series "CHARLIE'S ANGELS" (1976 - 1981)
📺 Spelling-Goldberg Productions
📺 Spelling-Goldberg Productions
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