Pedro Jorge Romero 🇮🇨
@pjorge.bsky.social
I have a degree in Physics and a master’s in philosophy. Starting my PhD in Philosophy. Interests: philosophy of science and technology, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of color. I have a YouTube channel about ideas I find fascinating. Luddite
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Pedro Jorge Romero 🇮🇨
@pjorge.bsky.social
· Nov 13
There is no need to follow me back. I am just a freshly minted PhD student, trying to find a philosophical topic to write my dissertation on (while harboring a passion for Japan). I follow you because I find what you do interesting. That’s all.
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Real talk: The smartest, most interesting POSSIBLE swerve that a present-day "Nostalgia IP is king"-era 'BAYWATCH' legasequel series could pull would be *immediately* re-canonizing the weird sh-- from "NIGHTS" as coming back to make trouble for Hobie as his father's successor on Baywatch Beach 👍
...so is he Hobie 3??? Or is this the illegitimate son of Mitch and his exploding frog hybrid girlfriend?
Stephen Amell will headline the Baywatch reboot on NBC, portraying the son of David Hasselhoff’s iconic character. In the revival, he steps into the role of Baywatch Captain, continuing his father’s legacy.
(Source: Variety)
(Source: Variety)
February 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Real talk: The smartest, most interesting POSSIBLE swerve that a present-day "Nostalgia IP is king"-era 'BAYWATCH' legasequel series could pull would be *immediately* re-canonizing the weird sh-- from "NIGHTS" as coming back to make trouble for Hobie as his father's successor on Baywatch Beach 👍
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Genial
Traducción al español de "The AI Con"!
@alexhanna.bsky.social y yo estamos súper emocionadas porque la traducción al español de "The AI Con", La estafa de la IA, estará disponible el 18 de febrero.
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Genial
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@alexhanna.bsky.social y yo estamos súper emocionadas porque la traducción al español de "The AI Con", La estafa de la IA, estará disponible el 18 de febrero.
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
February 13, 2026 at 9:03 PM
@alexhanna.bsky.social y yo estamos súper emocionadas porque la traducción al español de "The AI Con", La estafa de la IA, estará disponible el 18 de febrero.
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
www.planetadelibros.cl/libro-la-est...
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tumblr still has it, despite everything. social media platforms are really almost impossible to kill.
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 AM
tumblr still has it, despite everything. social media platforms are really almost impossible to kill.
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This is right. All the consciousness talk is designed to benefit the oligarchs, regardless of the answer.
As I put it in yesterday's column, asking "is it sentient?" is a self-serving interpretation of AI: buttondown.com/creativegood...
As I put it in yesterday's column, asking "is it sentient?" is a self-serving interpretation of AI: buttondown.com/creativegood...
February 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
This is right. All the consciousness talk is designed to benefit the oligarchs, regardless of the answer.
As I put it in yesterday's column, asking "is it sentient?" is a self-serving interpretation of AI: buttondown.com/creativegood...
As I put it in yesterday's column, asking "is it sentient?" is a self-serving interpretation of AI: buttondown.com/creativegood...
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The waiter: And what would you like today young man?
My two year old:
My two year old:
the two types of vehicle are cars and trucks, with every vehicle being a subclass of one of those two. a jeep is a truck. a motorcycle is obviously a car. a boat is a truck. an airplane is a car and a helicopter is a truck. trucks are cars, interestingly enough, and cars are a specific type of chair
February 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM
The waiter: And what would you like today young man?
My two year old:
My two year old:
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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This is a great thread, but it’s just an odd to me that this conversation KEEPS happening in Trek. It happened in the 60s with Pike’s beep chair, the 80s with Geordi’s visor, in the 2010s with another background disabled extra in Discovery. Eugenics arguments really are tedious and boring.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM
This is a great thread, but it’s just an odd to me that this conversation KEEPS happening in Trek. It happened in the 60s with Pike’s beep chair, the 80s with Geordi’s visor, in the 2010s with another background disabled extra in Discovery. Eugenics arguments really are tedious and boring.
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Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
I have a friend who said, of Starfleet Academy, that this took them out of it - that seeing a person in a wheelchair in the 32nd century seemed unrealistic, since medicine in Star Trek "should be able to cure whatever was wrong with them."
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
That's not the case, for any number of possible reasons.
February 13, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Including disabled people in our utopian futures pushes back against a eugenicist ideal.
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Almost half the US economy is now based on the continuing goodhealth of a dead horse named Hans
February 11, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Almost half the US economy is now based on the continuing goodhealth of a dead horse named Hans
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February 10, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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Tomarse en serio el cambio de prioridades de SpaceX es como especular sobre los fenómenos astronómicos relacionados con la estrella de Belén, un estéril ejercicio de pseudociencia.
Still laughing at this very unserious article.
Musk has literally given every space journalist an opportunity to critically tackle his bullshit, and ask tough questions. Strike while the iron is hot.
But no .... heaven forbid, someone upsets the Emperor.
This reads like Elon Musk's sock puppet.
Musk has literally given every space journalist an opportunity to critically tackle his bullshit, and ask tough questions. Strike while the iron is hot.
But no .... heaven forbid, someone upsets the Emperor.
This reads like Elon Musk's sock puppet.
Why would Elon Musk pivot from Mars to the Moon all of a sudden?
SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon."
arstechnica.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Tomarse en serio el cambio de prioridades de SpaceX es como especular sobre los fenómenos astronómicos relacionados con la estrella de Belén, un estéril ejercicio de pseudociencia.
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this Mars> Moon pivot actually is a big deal for Elon because he usually avoids anything resembling a climb-down, as they tend to be bad for confidence games
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
February 10, 2026 at 2:35 AM
this Mars> Moon pivot actually is a big deal for Elon because he usually avoids anything resembling a climb-down, as they tend to be bad for confidence games
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
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Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
February 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943-) is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but not to her - the prize was awarded to her (male) supervisor. #CelebratingWomen
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Make Art (1/4)
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Make Art (1/4)
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Can human beings create genius level intelligence? Sure, we just need to continue having children and the occasional genius will appear.
February 9, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Can human beings create genius level intelligence? Sure, we just need to continue having children and the occasional genius will appear.
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- So, professor, AI is like which past technological revolution? The printing press? Electricity?
- Are you familiar with Tamagotchi?
- Are you familiar with Tamagotchi?
February 9, 2026 at 8:55 PM
- So, professor, AI is like which past technological revolution? The printing press? Electricity?
- Are you familiar with Tamagotchi?
- Are you familiar with Tamagotchi?
Ok, I’ll take that
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Ok, I’ll take that
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You can find me between “Humanities Academics and Scholars” and “Left-Wing Academic Intellectuals”
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
You can find me between “Humanities Academics and Scholars” and “Left-Wing Academic Intellectuals”
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Turns out Socko was right.
February 9, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Turns out Socko was right.
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the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style
MY KIDS: so why are there muppets in the AUDIENCE
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
ME: THE CONCEIT!! IS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING ON A VARIETY SHOW!!! IN A WORLD WHERE MUPPET AND HUMAN COEXIST!!! YOU ARE WATCHING A DOCUMENTARY!! FILMED!! IN REAL TIME!!!
February 8, 2026 at 6:22 AM
the magic of the Muppets is that there are two fourth walls. they constantly break the one that reminds the audience they are performers. they NEVER break the one that reminds the audience they are puppets. this dynamic is the key to their entire comedy style