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Soyboy spaceboy. Philosophish, vegan, atheist, liberal. Amphora dealer. Wide Awake. LoGravityTweets on the other app

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · Nov 18

Put an amphora in your display name! All the cool kids are doing it. 🏺

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Dr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 8h

we must all hang together or we shall all hang separately, more and more people are saying

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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Marxist-Glonzoist @primaryschool.bsky.social · 20h

why can't any of you be fucking normal about jewish people. aren't you embarrassed to be talking like this

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 19h

Truly the TV administration

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 19h

I briefly attended at #2 when I was young until my mom pulled me out because they were teaching me that the Earth was 6000 years old

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 1d

I mean tbh I think his behavior suggests that he's just personally transphobic

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 1d

both the mainstream pro- and anti-AI arguments are entirely various types of cope

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 2d

I have had the occasional experience of being made uncomfortable, or even feeling nervous about my safety, when encountering homeless people in cities. This has not changed my view that homeless people are human beings who should be treated with respect and dignity.

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 2d

I've been skeptical of UUism in the past, and I've been to a couple of their services that just didn't work for me. But this one did, so that was nice.

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 2d

Went to a Unitarian Universalist church today. It was really nice.

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 2d

It's an interview with Matt McManus, who writes for both publications

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 3d

The reason people suspect LLMs are conscious is that they are capable of doing things that were previously only doable with consciousness. To me, it seems more likely that we have found another means of doing these things. Which is quite remarkable in and of itself.

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 3d

This mostly just makes me miss how, on the other place, I'd have back-and-forth interactions with friends, most of whom didn't switch over to here

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 7d

look, im not asking for much but i do expect my party leaders to be sufficiently partisan to endorse the party nominee for mayor in their home city over the corrupt traitor who’s trying to hawk off his influence to donald trump in order to to stay out of prison

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 7d

Hakeem Jeffries praises Mayor Eric Adams: "I respect his contributions to the city of New York ... most importantly as someone who wore the uniform to protect and serve."

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 4d

I liked your book, One Billion Americans. It's too bad about everything since then.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

also, in keeping with Vance’s view of american identity, only white people are fully American with the right to critique or dissent. nonwhites must show proper gratitude (supporting Trump or marrying JD Vance) before they can speak critically of the country (in approved ways, of course)

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 4d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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ghost malone ergo propter malone @proptermalone.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t think of a time I’ve seen JD Vance demonstrate gratitude for anything.

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 4d

Meme: girl says "Waow" while thinking "BASED BASED BASED"

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Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 6d

american catholics just really want god to be evil

worm @rfksbrainworm.bsky.social · 6d

really enjoying all the people trying to explain the bible to the pope today

Pope Leo XIV
Today, more than ever, we must return to the heart, the center of feeling and emotion, the locus of freedom. Though it includes reason, the heart transcends and transforms it. Only by returning to the heart can we undergo a true ecological conversion that transforms our personal

Austin
I reject this whole heartedly. What you fail to see Mr Pope, the Bible says

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 6d

I started playing again recently. Some of the changes they've made seem pretty good

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 7d

What the fuck does any of this nonsense mean?

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 8d

Everyone made fun of it, but I think it was much better when ChatGPT constantly reminded you that it's an AI language model. Now it pretends to be a person, which is not good

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 8d

Oh, very different example: Baba Is You. Absolutely breaks my brain, but an incredibly compelling puzzle game with a really solid aesthetic. No real story or characters to speak of, but a really creative type of puzzle that engages the player in a unique way.

Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 8d

If evaluated similarly to film, BotW is pretty unimpressive. Its story and characters aren't particularly special, for instance. But the emergent storytelling created by the experience of playing is something that sticks with you and is clearly the result of a lot of hard work and good craftsmanship

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 8d

So I do kind of reject the premise of the question in the sense that I think certain games have a lot of artistic merit precisely *because* they're really good at creating that escapist experience. I'd say Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a solid example.

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Cosmological 🏺 @cosmological.bsky.social · 8d

Like, I think some games can and do succeed artistically in ways that can be similar to how film, TV, or books can, but games are mostly unique in that they involve a lot of player interaction, which means there's a real art to building *emergent* storytelling out of the experience of playing.

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