Michael Joneas
@jmikegra.bsky.social
Putting the "So?!?" back into philosophy ('00). Leftist-ish homunculus (est. '77). Marx: right diagnosis, wrong treatment. Language & science are outside my expertise but inside my dilettantery. Yes, that's a word—ask Wittgenstein about meaning as use.
Instead, I took a deep breath and said "Not anytime soon."
I tried to provide legit info sources, and to explain why war is in *nobody's* best interest.
But I'm not sure I calmed him or imparted any epistemic value. Media literacy crisis in microcosm.
I tried to provide legit info sources, and to explain why war is in *nobody's* best interest.
But I'm not sure I calmed him or imparted any epistemic value. Media literacy crisis in microcosm.
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Instead, I took a deep breath and said "Not anytime soon."
I tried to provide legit info sources, and to explain why war is in *nobody's* best interest.
But I'm not sure I calmed him or imparted any epistemic value. Media literacy crisis in microcosm.
I tried to provide legit info sources, and to explain why war is in *nobody's* best interest.
But I'm not sure I calmed him or imparted any epistemic value. Media literacy crisis in microcosm.
He checked his phone. Crestfallen, he said, "That means we really are going to war with Russia and China..."
My initial thought: "You're not allowed near the internet until you get some media literacy!" I wanted to confiscate his phone.
My initial thought: "You're not allowed near the internet until you get some media literacy!" I wanted to confiscate his phone.
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
He checked his phone. Crestfallen, he said, "That means we really are going to war with Russia and China..."
My initial thought: "You're not allowed near the internet until you get some media literacy!" I wanted to confiscate his phone.
My initial thought: "You're not allowed near the internet until you get some media literacy!" I wanted to confiscate his phone.
The latter is a way to tell if the former applies, but the former is never fully resolvable in terms of the latter. OK, I'm done with my colossal overthinking for the day. On to my spag bol.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The latter is a way to tell if the former applies, but the former is never fully resolvable in terms of the latter. OK, I'm done with my colossal overthinking for the day. On to my spag bol.
Or if you're Musk, "because racist pseudoscience" It necessitates corollaries like the "equity vs. equality" framing. The error is the same as the limit of formal logic: like a Gödel/Gettier overlap of sorts. Truth (quality) is not the same as what you can prove/check off (quantity).
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Or if you're Musk, "because racist pseudoscience" It necessitates corollaries like the "equity vs. equality" framing. The error is the same as the limit of formal logic: like a Gödel/Gettier overlap of sorts. Truth (quality) is not the same as what you can prove/check off (quantity).
There is a real dialectical tension in supremacist hierarchies: The belief that meeting a quantity of criteria (qualities like White, Xtian) somehow confers superiority (meta-quality) upon you, without really being able to explain how or why, other than de rigueur invocations of "because
Jesus".
Jesus".
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
There is a real dialectical tension in supremacist hierarchies: The belief that meeting a quantity of criteria (qualities like White, Xtian) somehow confers superiority (meta-quality) upon you, without really being able to explain how or why, other than de rigueur invocations of "because
Jesus".
Jesus".
The reality of their "network state" dream? They'll get an internationally isolated, centrally planned ethno-state more rigid than Maduro's Venezuela, and their Dubai chocolate will cost $150 a bar on the black market.
They're certainly not going to get a racially pure, post-Westphalian utopia.
They're certainly not going to get a racially pure, post-Westphalian utopia.
December 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The reality of their "network state" dream? They'll get an internationally isolated, centrally planned ethno-state more rigid than Maduro's Venezuela, and their Dubai chocolate will cost $150 a bar on the black market.
They're certainly not going to get a racially pure, post-Westphalian utopia.
They're certainly not going to get a racially pure, post-Westphalian utopia.
Gallego's Surveillance Pricing bill is an example of common-sense market regulation in action.
No, big box store, you can't charge me $3 extra for toilet paper just because your algorithms know I forgot to buy it last week and am now totally, desperately out.
No, big box store, you can't charge me $3 extra for toilet paper just because your algorithms know I forgot to buy it last week and am now totally, desperately out.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Gallego's Surveillance Pricing bill is an example of common-sense market regulation in action.
No, big box store, you can't charge me $3 extra for toilet paper just because your algorithms know I forgot to buy it last week and am now totally, desperately out.
No, big box store, you can't charge me $3 extra for toilet paper just because your algorithms know I forgot to buy it last week and am now totally, desperately out.
Low-information voters see the problem, but not the Dem solution. We can't let it be complicated. The message must be: Dems will crack down on corporate monopolies, prosecute price gougers, and use common-sense regulation to lower costs. Make it obvious.
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Low-information voters see the problem, but not the Dem solution. We can't let it be complicated. The message must be: Dems will crack down on corporate monopolies, prosecute price gougers, and use common-sense regulation to lower costs. Make it obvious.
Get to work, FIFA! You made a peace prize out of whole cloth. Now it's time for the runway (er ... halftime?) extravaganza!
December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Get to work, FIFA! You made a peace prize out of whole cloth. Now it's time for the runway (er ... halftime?) extravaganza!
Tried to find the post making this comparison for quoting ... alas, it eludes me.
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Tried to find the post making this comparison for quoting ... alas, it eludes me.