Edouard Machery
@edouardmachery.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Science, Cognitive Science,Experimental Philosophy, distinguished Prof at Pitt, Director of the Center for Philosophy of Science
When the dems wrestle power from the fascists, this man should be on trial for war crime. He won’t of course.
"Bradley told lawmakers that the orders he received from Hegseth were to kill the individuals on the approved target list, which included everyone on the boat, then destroy the drugs and sink the boat, those sources said."
They were civilians.
They were civilians.
Admiral told lawmakers everyone on alleged drug boat was on a list of military targets
Adm. Frank Bradley said U.S. intelligence had identified the 11 people on the boat and determined the military was authorized to kill them as part of Trump’s campaign against alleged drug-smuggling ve...
www.nbcnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
When the dems wrestle power from the fascists, this man should be on trial for war crime. He won’t of course.
When the left party in the UK sounds like the front national or the ADL the center left has betrayed us everywhere
December 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When the left party in the UK sounds like the front national or the ADL the center left has betrayed us everywhere
What I find most disturbing in the behavior of the dem leadership and of the mainstream media is the pretense that it is just politics as usual and not an effort to get rid of democracy orban style and to recreate the 19th century racial order.
December 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
What I find most disturbing in the behavior of the dem leadership and of the mainstream media is the pretense that it is just politics as usual and not an effort to get rid of democracy orban style and to recreate the 19th century racial order.
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Prakhar, in a recent thought-provoking paper and thread, boldly claimed that the learning-rate biases may be mere “statistical ghosts” of decaying learning rates
We took up the challenge and put this claim to the test. Here are our findings (w/ @romanececchi.bsky.social). 1/n
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We took up the challenge and put this claim to the test. Here are our findings (w/ @romanececchi.bsky.social). 1/n
osf.io/preprints/ps...
December 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Prakhar, in a recent thought-provoking paper and thread, boldly claimed that the learning-rate biases may be mere “statistical ghosts” of decaying learning rates
We took up the challenge and put this claim to the test. Here are our findings (w/ @romanececchi.bsky.social). 1/n
osf.io/preprints/ps...
We took up the challenge and put this claim to the test. Here are our findings (w/ @romanececchi.bsky.social). 1/n
osf.io/preprints/ps...
Insane.
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Insane.
Good for the ICC. Netanyahu belongs to jail
In a back channeled "offer" to the International Criminal Court, the United States proposed dropping sanctions on ICC officials if the Court
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
•Dropped charges on Israeli officials and pledged not to indict anymore
•Stopped investigating crimes in Afghanistan
•Amended the ICC treaty
the ICC said: no
Exclusive: ICC shuns US demands to drop Israel war crimes probe and amend treaty
Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions
www.middleeasteye.net
December 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Good for the ICC. Netanyahu belongs to jail
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🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
LEAK: FBI List of “Extremists” Is Coming, Memo Reveals
Are you on Trump's naughty list?
www.kenklippenstein.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
🚨Pam Bondi is ordering the FBI to “compile a list" of Americans who may be extremists, per signed memo leaked to me:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
It is more than time for the EU to ban X
Here is the whole Trump, Brexit, Russia story neatly summed up for you
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
The battle started about Ukraine, now it’s about big tech monopoly power
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It is more than time for the EU to ban X
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These people really hate movies don't they?
December 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These people really hate movies don't they?
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BREAKING: Virginia Dems just responded to SCOTUS letting Texas Republicans use their new gerrymandered map, by unveiling a new Virginia map that takes away FOUR Republicans seats. 🤷🏽♀️ MAGA started this... and they ain't gonna like how it ends. 😁
Truth: there’s a lot more of us than ‘them.’
Enjoy. 😎✨
Truth: there’s a lot more of us than ‘them.’
Enjoy. 😎✨
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
BREAKING: Virginia Dems just responded to SCOTUS letting Texas Republicans use their new gerrymandered map, by unveiling a new Virginia map that takes away FOUR Republicans seats. 🤷🏽♀️ MAGA started this... and they ain't gonna like how it ends. 😁
Truth: there’s a lot more of us than ‘them.’
Enjoy. 😎✨
Truth: there’s a lot more of us than ‘them.’
Enjoy. 😎✨
La chair est triste et j’ai lu tous les livres
Fuir la bas fuir! Je sens que des oiseaux sont ivres
D’être parmi l’écume inconnue et les cieux.
Fuir la bas fuir! Je sens que des oiseaux sont ivres
D’être parmi l’écume inconnue et les cieux.
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
La chair est triste et j’ai lu tous les livres
Fuir la bas fuir! Je sens que des oiseaux sont ivres
D’être parmi l’écume inconnue et les cieux.
Fuir la bas fuir! Je sens que des oiseaux sont ivres
D’être parmi l’écume inconnue et les cieux.
You can give to the Hind Tajab Foundation, which is suing Israeli war criminals all over the world.
THE HIND RAJAB FOUNDATION
www.hindrajabfoundation.org
December 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You can give to the Hind Tajab Foundation, which is suing Israeli war criminals all over the world.
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Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026
www.ukrn.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Nominations for the UKRN Dorothy Bishop Prize 2026 have opened!
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Named after @deevybee.bsky.social, the prize, first awarded in 2022, celebrates the contributions of early career researchers to research improvement.
Nominations close 18 January 2026.
#AcademicSky #Research
Boycott Israel
Until justice is served and the apartheid is over.
Until justice is served and the apartheid is over.
Opinion | ‘This Is Illegal,’ He Said, Spreading His Arms. ‘This Is Illegal.’
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Boycott Israel
Until justice is served and the apartheid is over.
Until justice is served and the apartheid is over.
Miller is a nazi.
Stephen Miller thinks it’s terrible that I can vote
December 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Miller is a nazi.
Absolutely. No $$ no votes for politicians taking orders from Israel
NEW: As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Hurwitz blame the rising support for Palestine within the Democratic Party on social media, former Obama staffer Ben Rhodes makes clear why Democrats are turning on Israel and what this means for the party moving forward. mondoweiss.net/2025/12/grou...
Groundbreaking ‘NYT’ Op-Ed lays bare the Democrats’ internal battle over Israel
As Hillary Clinton and Sarah Hurwitz blame the rising support for Palestine within the Democratic Party on social media, former Obama staffer Ben Rhodes makes clear why Democrats are turning on…
mondoweiss.net
December 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Absolutely. No $$ no votes for politicians taking orders from Israel
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Come research with us at the Max Planck Research Group for Machine Visual Culture — “Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing” positions open under Dr Leonardo Impett. We’ll get to hang out sometimes. www.biblhertz.it/3757971/0412...
Call for Digital Humanities Research Scientist (M/F/D)Max Planck Research Group "Machine Visual Culture: Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing"
Job Offer from December 04, 2025
www.biblhertz.it
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Come research with us at the Max Planck Research Group for Machine Visual Culture — “Artificial Intelligence and the History of Seeing” positions open under Dr Leonardo Impett. We’ll get to hang out sometimes. www.biblhertz.it/3757971/0412...
Here is a thought experiment from Saint Simon: what would the world lose if all of these idle, rich, self entitled and really not That smart folks disappeared? Not much I venture.
probably the most eye-opening article I’ve read all year www.semafor.com/article/04/2...
The group chats that changed America
A loose private network on Signal and WhatsApp helped usher in the new alliance between Silicon Valley and Donald Trump’s new right.
www.semafor.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Here is a thought experiment from Saint Simon: what would the world lose if all of these idle, rich, self entitled and really not That smart folks disappeared? Not much I venture.
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with some bodies left to decompose or be partially eaten by dogs. Gaza officials and the United Nations estimate about 10,000 Palestinians remain missing from Israel’s more than two-year assault, while the official death toll recently passed 70,000.
December 6, 2025 at 1:13 AM
with some bodies left to decompose or be partially eaten by dogs. Gaza officials and the United Nations estimate about 10,000 Palestinians remain missing from Israel’s more than two-year assault, while the official death toll recently passed 70,000.
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Trump's and Hegseth's claims that the boat attacked on Sep 2 was headed to the United States turns out to be knowingly false. US intel concluded that the boat was going from Venezuela to Suriname, and both Trump and Hegseth knew this. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump's and Hegseth's claims that the boat attacked on Sep 2 was headed to the United States turns out to be knowingly false. US intel concluded that the boat was going from Venezuela to Suriname, and both Trump and Hegseth knew this. www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Minneapolis police chief warns officers: Stop unlawful force by ICE or lose your job
Chief Brian O’Hara says he’ll fire city police officers if they don’t intervene when immigration agents use unlawful force.
www.ms.now
December 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara issued a stern warning to his officers on Thursday: Intervene when you see Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents using unlawful force or lose your job.
Here is the only thing by Trump I can agree on
5 minutes after FIFA gives him a fake medal Trump wants to rename American football.
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Here is the only thing by Trump I can agree on
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🔥🔥 #BoycottEurovision 🔥🔥
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
December 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
🔥🔥 #BoycottEurovision 🔥🔥
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
Let's get Busy folks!
#IsraelisaGenocidialState
#IsraelisaTerroristState
#IsraeliWarCriminals
#IsraeliWarCrimes
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Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Donald Trump just removed Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list of free entry days at national parks.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.
They are being replaced with Trump’s birthday.