Michael Bench-Capon
@mikebenchcapon.bsky.social
I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him.
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I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
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Cool that the thread specifies *published* books, because to be absolutely clear nobody wants to hear about our unpublished books
PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS!
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...
November 26, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Cool that the thread specifies *published* books, because to be absolutely clear nobody wants to hear about our unpublished books
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One way I am quite philosophically conservative is I do basically think that knowledge of logic (like the traditional discipline including in its modern mathematical format) makes one better at following and reconstructing ordinary language arguments, and thus should be mandatory for grad students.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
One way I am quite philosophically conservative is I do basically think that knowledge of logic (like the traditional discipline including in its modern mathematical format) makes one better at following and reconstructing ordinary language arguments, and thus should be mandatory for grad students.
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all told tough goal to concede but a moment of individual brilliance (like Vitinha's near assist from 20 mins earlier). if nothing else, we are certainly playing at the right level today. a few more mins worth of possession and we're very much in this #COYS
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
all told tough goal to concede but a moment of individual brilliance (like Vitinha's near assist from 20 mins earlier). if nothing else, we are certainly playing at the right level today. a few more mins worth of possession and we're very much in this #COYS
People say you shouldn't say "AI" because it lets people conflate ChatGPT with the protein-folding thing or whatever but you can't just say "LLM" because as I understand it that doesn't include all the image generation stuff, and the term that would also cover images is "GenAI", which has "AI" in it
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
People say you shouldn't say "AI" because it lets people conflate ChatGPT with the protein-folding thing or whatever but you can't just say "LLM" because as I understand it that doesn't include all the image generation stuff, and the term that would also cover images is "GenAI", which has "AI" in it
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It's really weird that they're both a gov obsessed with winning the next election with no idea what that entails and that the strategy for an incumbent gov winning an election years down the line might be a bit different to the strategy for an opposition with a poll lead 8 weeks before election day
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's really weird that they're both a gov obsessed with winning the next election with no idea what that entails and that the strategy for an incumbent gov winning an election years down the line might be a bit different to the strategy for an opposition with a poll lead 8 weeks before election day
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Faisal Islam and others are talking about the OBS report leak 2 hours early as "historic" and "catastophic". Why? Who cares? Boo-hoo, Reeves' literal speech wasn't quite the exact moment a few hundred people learned the details. What an asbolutely weird bubble Westmister correspondents live in!
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Faisal Islam and others are talking about the OBS report leak 2 hours early as "historic" and "catastophic". Why? Who cares? Boo-hoo, Reeves' literal speech wasn't quite the exact moment a few hundred people learned the details. What an asbolutely weird bubble Westmister correspondents live in!
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finding that I am not exactly a morning person, which is a shame since waking up first has so far shown itself to be the ultimate dad hack
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
finding that I am not exactly a morning person, which is a shame since waking up first has so far shown itself to be the ultimate dad hack
Now they're up to $108bn and $99.3bn, and are two of the world's three richest people; it's curious to me because it doesn't feel especially like 2025 has been the Year Of Google
The two Google guys have each become over $80bn richer this year, which is more than Ellison, Huang, or anyone else (with the possible exception of Mike Bloomberg who remains excluded from the data) www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/
Bloomberg Billionaires Index
Follow the money.
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Now they're up to $108bn and $99.3bn, and are two of the world's three richest people; it's curious to me because it doesn't feel especially like 2025 has been the Year Of Google
Dumb question but wouldn't that make your potatoes taste of Marmite
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
How to turn the dregs of a jar of Marmite into a brilliant glaze for roast potatoes – recipe | Waste not
Eke out that last stubborn scrape of Marmite and turn it into a dream glaze for crisp roast potatoes
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November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Dumb question but wouldn't that make your potatoes taste of Marmite
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[completely unironic voice] the greatest generation
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 AM
[completely unironic voice] the greatest generation
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
But Main Street's still all cracked and broken
By investing in Monocab Owl, the EU is revolutionising sustainable commuting.
A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
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A gyro-stabilised monorail offers autonomous, on-demand transport, boosting rural connectivity. 🚆
Do you know any other innovative transport solutions?
📸© Monocab Owl
#WorldSustainableTransportDay
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
But Main Street's still all cracked and broken
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Do you know your Hopper from your Hellfire Club? Take our ultimate Stranger Things quiz
Do you know your Hopper from your Hellfire Club? Take our ultimate Stranger Things quiz
The final season of the epic Netflix 80s show is about to air. But how much can you remember about the world of the Upside Down? Test your knowledge with our fiendish quiz
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November 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Do you know your Hopper from your Hellfire Club? Take our ultimate Stranger Things quiz
If there was a McDonald's at the South Base Camp on Mount Everest how much would it charge for a Big Mac
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If there was a McDonald's at the South Base Camp on Mount Everest how much would it charge for a Big Mac
Is the US weird for charging people to visit national parks or is the UK weird for not charging
The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter popular parks. They will be left out of fee-free days, reserved for American residents. n.pr/48CbbII
National Parks to raise fees by $100 for international tourists to popular U.S. parks
The National Park Service says it is going to start charging international tourists an extra $100 to enter popular parks. They will be left out of fee-free days, reserved for American residents.
n.pr
November 26, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Is the US weird for charging people to visit national parks or is the UK weird for not charging
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the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the degree to which Labour have limboed under my lowest expectations for them is remarkable.
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Why is Will from the Inbetweeners* doing a TV advert spreading awareness that Argos sells more than just toys? Of course it does, it’s Argos. I feel like there’s a whole cultural perception of Argos that’s passed me by
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Why is Will from the Inbetweeners* doing a TV advert spreading awareness that Argos sells more than just toys? Of course it does, it’s Argos. I feel like there’s a whole cultural perception of Argos that’s passed me by
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Obviously a tongue-in-cheek expression, but I actually do think this matters quite a lot and is in some ways harder to think through normatively than more familiar axes of privilege
I have long maintained that the true privilege in society is "pretty and likeable" where is the social justice for us ugly and annoying people?
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Obviously a tongue-in-cheek expression, but I actually do think this matters quite a lot and is in some ways harder to think through normatively than more familiar axes of privilege
Damn autocorrect
WILD but TRUE: the actual nicknames of famous philosophers!
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
Donald "Duck" Davidson
David "Duck" Hume
Friedrich "Duck" Nietzsche
Ari"Duck"stotle
Willard Van Orman "Duck" Quine
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Damn autocorrect
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got some good responses to this one
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
got some good responses to this one
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I just got back from the Iteration conference and no one there knew that they knew that they knew you
November 25, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I just got back from the Iteration conference and no one there knew that they knew that they knew you