Jeremy Pober
@jpober.bsky.social
Philosophy Research Fellow at ULisboa.
American, recently naturalized German, based in Lisbon.
Philosophy of mind and psychology/neuroscience, metaphysics, and moral psychology
Dogs, politics history, 90s Simpsons, SNL, some SF/F; 50% sh**posts.
American, recently naturalized German, based in Lisbon.
Philosophy of mind and psychology/neuroscience, metaphysics, and moral psychology
Dogs, politics history, 90s Simpsons, SNL, some SF/F; 50% sh**posts.
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I genuinely recommend this tactic, not only for shutting students up who just want to report you to TP, but for attracting students who genuinely want to think philosophically about religion (a far bigger group in my experience)
My go-to is "look, if you want to talk about religious beliefs in a philosophy class, you have to do analytic theology" and learning what analytic theology amounts to usually suffices to shut up the kind of student who would consider TP'ing me.
November 30, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I genuinely recommend this tactic, not only for shutting students up who just want to report you to TP, but for attracting students who genuinely want to think philosophically about religion (a far bigger group in my experience)
Demolition Man was amazing because they coded Stallone's character, John Spartan, as an extremely right-coded Punisher type antihero but his whole thing was he blew up buildings to stop violent crime, angering landlords and insurance agents.
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Demolition Man was amazing because they coded Stallone's character, John Spartan, as an extremely right-coded Punisher type antihero but his whole thing was he blew up buildings to stop violent crime, angering landlords and insurance agents.
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sorry everyone, Your Party was a skit I organized on leftist factionalism that got out of hand. I honestly thought the name was a big enough clue.
Zarah Sultana uses Your Party Conference Day Two address to talk about how unacceptable the Your Party Conference Day One was.
November 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
sorry everyone, Your Party was a skit I organized on leftist factionalism that got out of hand. I honestly thought the name was a big enough clue.
"Ceiling or no ceiling?" is unhelpful framing because it groups the actual solution (taxing wealth/income above a certain level at like 99%) in with a free-for-all because a quicksand-like substance that slows your rise the higher you get isn't technically a ceiling.
November 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Ceiling or no ceiling?" is unhelpful framing because it groups the actual solution (taxing wealth/income above a certain level at like 99%) in with a free-for-all because a quicksand-like substance that slows your rise the higher you get isn't technically a ceiling.
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there’s something so depressing from recognition of the fact that somehow hakeem jeffries is without a doubt the better of the two dem legislative leaders
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
there’s something so depressing from recognition of the fact that somehow hakeem jeffries is without a doubt the better of the two dem legislative leaders
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yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
Not checking profanitybot because
1. I have a principled stance that swearing is fine and it is in fact *caring about* swearing that is problematic. We have bad words we don't use: they're called slurs. Believing we shouldn't also use swears is conflating etiquette with ethics.
2. I am afraid.
1. I have a principled stance that swearing is fine and it is in fact *caring about* swearing that is problematic. We have bad words we don't use: they're called slurs. Believing we shouldn't also use swears is conflating etiquette with ethics.
2. I am afraid.
November 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Not checking profanitybot because
1. I have a principled stance that swearing is fine and it is in fact *caring about* swearing that is problematic. We have bad words we don't use: they're called slurs. Believing we shouldn't also use swears is conflating etiquette with ethics.
2. I am afraid.
1. I have a principled stance that swearing is fine and it is in fact *caring about* swearing that is problematic. We have bad words we don't use: they're called slurs. Believing we shouldn't also use swears is conflating etiquette with ethics.
2. I am afraid.
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when you've done none of the reading but pay partial attention to the hate preacher in your southern baptist church
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 PM
when you've done none of the reading but pay partial attention to the hate preacher in your southern baptist church
I do hope whoever posted that comment eventually blossomed into the skeeter they were always meant to be.
I once saw a comment on Gawker that said "why won't people believe the lived experiences of mothers who took Tylenol while pregnant and gave birth to autistic children?"
Someone was really born before their time (bluesky)
Someone was really born before their time (bluesky)
November 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I do hope whoever posted that comment eventually blossomed into the skeeter they were always meant to be.
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How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom (2025)
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom (2025)
I know my understanding of UK politics is limited because I just don't get why the greens aren't surging. Reform and tory are out of the question, labour has disqualified themselves, and yp probably doesn't exist. That leaves the greens and the libdems, and the libdems are a perpetual backup option.
Pretty sure this is it, *this* is the act of cruelty that will finally convince people that actually Reform are wrong and the problems with our politics aren't that The Invidious Foreigner is undermining us from within but actually we've just lacked sensible technocratic management in Whitehall.
This is just revolting cruelty, done to pander to racists who won't give it the time of day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I know my understanding of UK politics is limited because I just don't get why the greens aren't surging. Reform and tory are out of the question, labour has disqualified themselves, and yp probably doesn't exist. That leaves the greens and the libdems, and the libdems are a perpetual backup option.
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every day logging on is a race to get a dumb joke off before you read the most terrifying news you’ve ever heard
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
every day logging on is a race to get a dumb joke off before you read the most terrifying news you’ve ever heard
With Trump at 35/60? I could see fox news tanking a dem (non-Mamdani class) talking about turning war criminals over to the ICC by going all in on "rally around the troops."
But if Trump's numbers get much worse, it's open season.
But if Trump's numbers get much worse, it's open season.
I would rather win elections first
If your moral framework collapses the moment it polls badly, you don’t have one, you have branding.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
With Trump at 35/60? I could see fox news tanking a dem (non-Mamdani class) talking about turning war criminals over to the ICC by going all in on "rally around the troops."
But if Trump's numbers get much worse, it's open season.
But if Trump's numbers get much worse, it's open season.
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(getting dragged away from the zootopia 2 screening) i'm not a furry! it just presents a really interesting world-building scenario! a city organized around unique climatological zones asks challenging questions about equity of power consumption!!
November 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
(getting dragged away from the zootopia 2 screening) i'm not a furry! it just presents a really interesting world-building scenario! a city organized around unique climatological zones asks challenging questions about equity of power consumption!!
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Manifesting Groyper Cleveland out of sheer incompetence.
If Republican vote share in midterms and specials continues to be so closely tied to Trumps approval numbers, this puts them in contention for "worst midterm in American history". If Trump sinks to 31% it practically guarantees it. The current record holder is, of course, Grover Cleveland, at 37.7%.
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Manifesting Groyper Cleveland out of sheer incompetence.
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Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hagueseth
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Etiquette dictates for the host to provide that.
November 27, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Etiquette dictates for the host to provide that.
They want a nation without Huntr\x and this cannot fucking stand
JD Vance's ideal America is a place with half the GDP where everyone with potential and options gets the fuck out, a shithole that people from countries with actual dynamism visit to watch chintzy 'traditional' dances before going home.
November 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They want a nation without Huntr\x and this cannot fucking stand
Then play Jesse Welles's "join ICE" because it's the best protest song released since Arlo decided to sing about his Thanksgiving dinner.
as a Massachusetts native it is my duty to wish you all a happy Alice’s Restaurant day wherever you are
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Then play Jesse Welles's "join ICE" because it's the best protest song released since Arlo decided to sing about his Thanksgiving dinner.
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as a Massachusetts native it is my duty to wish you all a happy Alice’s Restaurant day wherever you are
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
November 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
as a Massachusetts native it is my duty to wish you all a happy Alice’s Restaurant day wherever you are
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
remember: you can get anything you want, at Alice’s Restaurant (excepting Alice)
Informed by my tl that the Macy's parade has TMNT, Huntr\x, and Don Quijoté. Is the parade actually cool??
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Informed by my tl that the Macy's parade has TMNT, Huntr\x, and Don Quijoté. Is the parade actually cool??
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