David S
@dslakter.bsky.social
Community college philosophy professor. Former Oklahoman; current New Yorker. Kidney collector.
There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more).
https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
There's more to life than books, you know (but not much more).
https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-slakter
The REF has institutionalized this mindset in the UK.
December 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The REF has institutionalized this mindset in the UK.
Just drink some fucking mercury!
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Just drink some fucking mercury!
They don't get that in high school in the US, unlike the sixth forms UK students attend.
December 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
They don't get that in high school in the US, unlike the sixth forms UK students attend.
Why not the next two weeks?
December 9, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Why not the next two weeks?
That song is so stream-of-consciousness that this is a plausible lyric.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
That song is so stream-of-consciousness that this is a plausible lyric.
I did hear the Thunderchief part when I was a kid.
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I did hear the Thunderchief part when I was a kid.
"This college lacking adequate resources to offer a successful AI program should have an AI program" is obviously the realistic position.
December 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"This college lacking adequate resources to offer a successful AI program should have an AI program" is obviously the realistic position.
The people doing this are stupid, but so were the "Arabs in Dearborn will punish Harris on our behalf for doing genocide" takes that proliferated here before the election.
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The people doing this are stupid, but so were the "Arabs in Dearborn will punish Harris on our behalf for doing genocide" takes that proliferated here before the election.
The verisimilitude of real people would also have helped bridge the divide between the lyrical content and the message of the ad.
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The verisimilitude of real people would also have helped bridge the divide between the lyrical content and the message of the ad.
My students using AI to write their essays are rolling the dice that the sources it makes up will be real.
Sometimes they get lucky and it's close enough to look like an honest mistake. Sometimes it's not, and they get to take the class again.
Sometimes they get lucky and it's close enough to look like an honest mistake. Sometimes it's not, and they get to take the class again.
December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My students using AI to write their essays are rolling the dice that the sources it makes up will be real.
Sometimes they get lucky and it's close enough to look like an honest mistake. Sometimes it's not, and they get to take the class again.
Sometimes they get lucky and it's close enough to look like an honest mistake. Sometimes it's not, and they get to take the class again.
It's the same dynamic as in abusive relationships. Daddy only hits us because we don't behave better. We just need to prove that we can.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
It's the same dynamic as in abusive relationships. Daddy only hits us because we don't behave better. We just need to prove that we can.
I don't think it's helpful (or accurate) to use monocausal explanations like "you're relying on a monocausal explanation" instead of just explaining why someone is wrong on the merits.
December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I don't think it's helpful (or accurate) to use monocausal explanations like "you're relying on a monocausal explanation" instead of just explaining why someone is wrong on the merits.
Reposted by David S
My Senator told me FedSoc judges keep ignoring his unambiguous laws so I asked how many laws he has and he said he just goes to the Congress and gets a new law afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding unambiguous laws to FedSoc judges and then his chief of staff started crying.
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My Senator told me FedSoc judges keep ignoring his unambiguous laws so I asked how many laws he has and he said he just goes to the Congress and gets a new law afterwards so I said it sounds like he’s just feeding unambiguous laws to FedSoc judges and then his chief of staff started crying.
Only natural paste for me.
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Only natural paste for me.
Not everyone who says to me "Woke! Woke!" will enter the kingdom of heterodoxy.
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Not everyone who says to me "Woke! Woke!" will enter the kingdom of heterodoxy.
Some good ideas first start out as bad ideas.
December 7, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some good ideas first start out as bad ideas.
At least with Bud Dwyer you only need to say he brought a bag lunch.
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM
At least with Bud Dwyer you only need to say he brought a bag lunch.
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That's the first thing he's said that I agree with.
December 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
That's the first thing he's said that I agree with.
Oh, God, I just checked and there are four claps.
December 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Oh, God, I just checked and there are four claps.