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@kaltweis.bsky.social
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+ #PhilSky — mostly #PhilSci;
some #PolSci, #LawSky
+ #Welfare #Economics;
some #FinSky
+ #ClimateJustice &
#ClimateAction
+ #Norge 🇸🇯
+ #PhilSky — mostly #PhilSci;
some #PolSci, #LawSky
+ #Welfare #Economics;
some #FinSky
+ #ClimateJustice &
#ClimateAction
+ #Norge 🇸🇯
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@kaltweis.bsky.social
· Jul 20
There were these wise guys who said #democracy dies in darkness; they were the first to cave. Instead, it all happens in broad daylight, demonstrating how child's play it is to abolish democracy if its enemies are only bold enough & its defenders too weak.
Guess you can do this with the other bots as well...
Generally, don't upload any pictures—neither of your children, nor of yourself or others! There’s only two pics of me on the internet and, for related reasons, I decided to play an anonymous account on BlueSky.
Generally, don't upload any pictures—neither of your children, nor of yourself or others! There’s only two pics of me on the internet and, for related reasons, I decided to play an anonymous account on BlueSky.
more on the nightmarish situation on X where users are apparently generating non consenting pirnographic imagery & sexual images of minors (csam) using xAI’s Grok. Musk merged xAI and X (fka twitter) last year.
January 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Guess you can do this with the other bots as well...
Generally, don't upload any pictures—neither of your children, nor of yourself or others! There’s only two pics of me on the internet and, for related reasons, I decided to play an anonymous account on BlueSky.
Generally, don't upload any pictures—neither of your children, nor of yourself or others! There’s only two pics of me on the internet and, for related reasons, I decided to play an anonymous account on BlueSky.
WUT?! Who can publish 499 articles a year, let alone write them? (And who's this lazy one w/ only 276?)
As we approach the end of 2025, I want to look back at the year. As a first look, here are the top ten authors (by number of pubications). Data source: Scopus (30 Dec 2025).
December 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
WUT?! Who can publish 499 articles a year, let alone write them? (And who's this lazy one w/ only 276?)
Hm, interesting.
𝐎𝐡, & 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲!
(via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social; seen this @johnmdudley.bsky.social?):
𝐎𝐡, & 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲!
(via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social; seen this @johnmdudley.bsky.social?):
Editorial: It’s about time for transparency in peer review: Nature will begin publishing all peer review comments. Other journals should follow suit buff.ly/khaRnJz
Editorial: It’s about time for transparency in peer review
<i>Nature</i> will begin publishing all peer review comments. Other journals should follow suit
buff.ly
December 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Hm, interesting.
𝐎𝐡, & 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲!
(via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social; seen this @johnmdudley.bsky.social?):
𝐎𝐡, & 𝐩𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲!
(via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social; seen this @johnmdudley.bsky.social?):
Here, btw, is Max #Tegmark in 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘷. 𝘌 61 (2000), 4194, calculating neural decoherence rates & disagreeing w/ suggestions by Roger #Penrose et al that the brain acts as sort of a quantum computer & that quantum coherence is related to #consciousness in a fundamental way #PhilSky #PhilSci:
Importance of quantum decoherence in brain processes
Based on a calculation of neural decoherence rates, we argue that the degrees of freedom of the human brain that relate to cognitive processes should be thought of as a classical rather than quantum s...
journals.aps.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Here, btw, is Max #Tegmark in 𝘗𝘩𝘺𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘷. 𝘌 61 (2000), 4194, calculating neural decoherence rates & disagreeing w/ suggestions by Roger #Penrose et al that the brain acts as sort of a quantum computer & that quantum coherence is related to #consciousness in a fundamental way #PhilSky #PhilSci:
Disquieting paper from the 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, Helsinki/FIN, on #Russia operations to destabilize #Svalbard & threatening all #Arctic, Dec 2025.
By @kariagam.bsky.social, @stianbones.bsky.social (both UiT #Tromsø) & @thomasnilsen.bsky.social (ed. @thebarentsobserver.com):
By @kariagam.bsky.social, @stianbones.bsky.social (both UiT #Tromsø) & @thomasnilsen.bsky.social (ed. @thebarentsobserver.com):
Hybrid threats in high latitudes: Facing Russia on Svalbard
This Hybrid CoE Paper outlines how Moscow blends information campaigns, coercive signalling at sea, symbolic gestures and surprise visits to challenge Norwegian authority while remaining below the thr...
www.hybridcoe.fi
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Disquieting paper from the 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘺𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴, Helsinki/FIN, on #Russia operations to destabilize #Svalbard & threatening all #Arctic, Dec 2025.
By @kariagam.bsky.social, @stianbones.bsky.social (both UiT #Tromsø) & @thomasnilsen.bsky.social (ed. @thebarentsobserver.com):
By @kariagam.bsky.social, @stianbones.bsky.social (both UiT #Tromsø) & @thomasnilsen.bsky.social (ed. @thebarentsobserver.com):
Actually don't recall Dummett positing "that Frege created logic & analytic philosophy out of nothing," which would have been stupid, o/c. Only thing I take away from this rather boring Lemanski paper is why Alexander Frege might have named his son Gottlob...
(via some RT @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
(via some RT @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
The idea that "Frege created logic and analytic philosophy out of nothing” leaves something out: his dad (who was a German Idealist!)
Frege and Philosophy at Home - Daily Nous
When did analytic philosophy begin? Many who ask that question answer: 1879, the year Gottlob Frege's Begriffsschrift was published. But how did Frege, a math professor whose studies originally focuse...
dailynous.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Actually don't recall Dummett positing "that Frege created logic & analytic philosophy out of nothing," which would have been stupid, o/c. Only thing I take away from this rather boring Lemanski paper is why Alexander Frege might have named his son Gottlob...
(via some RT @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
(via some RT @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
Hell yeah!! (WSJ piece is shit, tho):
The Wisdom of Keith Richards at 82
Solving the mystery of the guitarist’s longevity may be our best hope of aging gracefully.
www.wsj.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Hell yeah!! (WSJ piece is shit, tho):
While sick in bed last 2 weeks, I ventured knee-deep into the morass of the Intellectual Dark Web, #IDW, & found it hard to discern who's who & what particular conspiracy they're on—esp since they all seem to agree that traditional logic is bad, but otherwise are mostly shooting against each other.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
While sick in bed last 2 weeks, I ventured knee-deep into the morass of the Intellectual Dark Web, #IDW, & found it hard to discern who's who & what particular conspiracy they're on—esp since they all seem to agree that traditional logic is bad, but otherwise are mostly shooting against each other.
Not that big of a deal yet.
Watch the gray zone, tho, next couple days/weeks (~6.500): #SPX #ES_F #AI #techbubble #Nvidia
$NVDA Q3 earnings tonite:
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/b...
Watch the gray zone, tho, next couple days/weeks (~6.500): #SPX #ES_F #AI #techbubble #Nvidia
$NVDA Q3 earnings tonite:
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/b...
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Not that big of a deal yet.
Watch the gray zone, tho, next couple days/weeks (~6.500): #SPX #ES_F #AI #techbubble #Nvidia
$NVDA Q3 earnings tonite:
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/b...
Watch the gray zone, tho, next couple days/weeks (~6.500): #SPX #ES_F #AI #techbubble #Nvidia
$NVDA Q3 earnings tonite:
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/19/b...
Was recently waiting in an ophthalmologist practice (no pun!) 'reading' the German edition of #Vogue: Every second page a full-page ad. Then was wondering whether you actually have to pay for it & checked the cover: Yup, € 9.00, if I recall correctly. That's quite a business model...
#Fashion
#Fashion
How Anna Wintour’s Vogue front covers made a statement to the end
A look at the editor-in-chief’s Vogue covers from her first radical combination in 1988 to her final ‘weird’ shoot
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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My favorite sign of the day so far
October 19, 2025 at 12:27 AM
My favorite sign of the day so far
#Trump #Tariffs vs. #China #RareEarth export restrictions
Sure, likely a #Taco situation, but just in case it's not, will we see a revival of the old contraband trade? Adam Smith, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, Bk I, ch xi, in his digressions on Gold & Silver, wrote at some length abt it to give us an idea 😉
Sure, likely a #Taco situation, but just in case it's not, will we see a revival of the old contraband trade? Adam Smith, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, Bk I, ch xi, in his digressions on Gold & Silver, wrote at some length abt it to give us an idea 😉
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
#Trump #Tariffs vs. #China #RareEarth export restrictions
Sure, likely a #Taco situation, but just in case it's not, will we see a revival of the old contraband trade? Adam Smith, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, Bk I, ch xi, in his digressions on Gold & Silver, wrote at some length abt it to give us an idea 😉
Sure, likely a #Taco situation, but just in case it's not, will we see a revival of the old contraband trade? Adam Smith, 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, Bk I, ch xi, in his digressions on Gold & Silver, wrote at some length abt it to give us an idea 😉
It's Economics Nobel Prize Day, and hence your annual reminder not to be That Guy.
October 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Lotta things you might not know!
I, for instance, didn't know that Kristofferson's “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was inspired by the final scene of Fellini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 after Zampanò had abandoned Gelsomina while she was sleeping... (via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
I, for instance, didn't know that Kristofferson's “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was inspired by the final scene of Fellini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 after Zampanò had abandoned Gelsomina while she was sleeping... (via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
The Unlikely Story of the Secretary Who Inspired One of Music’s Greatest Songs
“Me and Bobby McGee” was originally about a woman—Barbara “Bobbie” McKee. I talked to her.
slate.com
September 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Lotta things you might not know!
I, for instance, didn't know that Kristofferson's “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was inspired by the final scene of Fellini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 after Zampanò had abandoned Gelsomina while she was sleeping... (via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
I, for instance, didn't know that Kristofferson's “Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose” was inspired by the final scene of Fellini’s 𝘓𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘢 after Zampanò had abandoned Gelsomina while she was sleeping... (via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social)
Looks like whatever the #Fed says (higher #inflation with lower #employment, which is a rather unusual situation) or does (25 bps interest rate cut), stock punters are driving the markets from all-time high to all-time high: #SPX, #ES_F
September 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Looks like whatever the #Fed says (higher #inflation with lower #employment, which is a rather unusual situation) or does (25 bps interest rate cut), stock punters are driving the markets from all-time high to all-time high: #SPX, #ES_F
That was close: "On the right, there was a surge in support for the populist Progress party – especially among young men – in what has been described by some as 'the Maga-fication' of Norwegian politics."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Norway #Norge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Norway #Norge
September 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
That was close: "On the right, there was a surge in support for the populist Progress party – especially among young men – in what has been described by some as 'the Maga-fication' of Norwegian politics."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Norway #Norge
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
#Norway #Norge
Just learnt from Kurt Flasch, 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 4th ed. 2020, 549 (magnificent book, btw, for those who read German), that we find the idea of animal ratiocination even in Buridan's (1301- ~1360) 𝘋𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢-Commentary (RT via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social):
September 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just learnt from Kurt Flasch, 𝘋𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘮 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳, 4th ed. 2020, 549 (magnificent book, btw, for those who read German), that we find the idea of animal ratiocination even in Buridan's (1301- ~1360) 𝘋𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘮𝘢-Commentary (RT via @anitaleirfall.bsky.social):
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Madam Curie's Nobel Prize speech in 1911
Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium&polonium&for isolating pure radium. This was her 2nd Nobel Prize; she’d previously shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics w/Pierre Curie&Henri Becquerel youtu.be/yyWzaowsibI?...
Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium&polonium&for isolating pure radium. This was her 2nd Nobel Prize; she’d previously shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics w/Pierre Curie&Henri Becquerel youtu.be/yyWzaowsibI?...
Madam Curie's speech in 1911 while winning second Nobel prize | Madam Curie and Marie Curie
YouTube video by Utpal Bhattacharjee
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Madam Curie's Nobel Prize speech in 1911
Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium&polonium&for isolating pure radium. This was her 2nd Nobel Prize; she’d previously shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics w/Pierre Curie&Henri Becquerel youtu.be/yyWzaowsibI?...
Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium&polonium&for isolating pure radium. This was her 2nd Nobel Prize; she’d previously shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics w/Pierre Curie&Henri Becquerel youtu.be/yyWzaowsibI?...
Nice conversation @pkrugman.bsky.social & @adamposen.bsky.social, which I've missed in July:
Talking With Adam Posen
A monetary policy maven about a Fed unde pressure
paulkrugman.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Nice conversation @pkrugman.bsky.social & @adamposen.bsky.social, which I've missed in July:
This is beginning to look like right out of the playbook of Carl Schmitt: 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫ä𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞𝐫 ü𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐭 (sovereign is the one who decides on the state of emergency); 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦: 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘻𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳ä𝘯𝘪𝘵ä𝘵, 1922, ch. 1 (via @cavandy.bsky.social):
BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi names DEA head as DC's "emergency police commissioner," granting him powers of police chief.
Attorney General Bondi names DEA head as DC's 'emergency police commissioner'
Attorney General Pam Bondi has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration as Washington’s “emergency police commissioner,” saying she is granting him the powers of the police chief amid the federal takeover.
bit.ly
August 15, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is beginning to look like right out of the playbook of Carl Schmitt: 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫ä𝐧 𝐢𝐬𝐭, 𝐰𝐞𝐫 ü𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐭 (sovereign is the one who decides on the state of emergency); 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦: 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘒𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘻𝘶𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘩𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳ä𝘯𝘪𝘵ä𝘵, 1922, ch. 1 (via @cavandy.bsky.social):
There are two camps in #AGI:
(1) It'll become more intelligent than us, & perhaps conscious & sentient.
(2) It'll never become more intelligent than us, or conscious, or sentient.
I'm somewhat in a 3rd camp: #AI may lead to a manifest disillusionment re our intelligence, consciousness, & sentience.
(1) It'll become more intelligent than us, & perhaps conscious & sentient.
(2) It'll never become more intelligent than us, or conscious, or sentient.
I'm somewhat in a 3rd camp: #AI may lead to a manifest disillusionment re our intelligence, consciousness, & sentience.
August 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Perhaps a good opportunity to remind ourselves that each tweet or Bluesky post has a carbon footprint, too:
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models
Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Perhaps a good opportunity to remind ourselves that each tweet or Bluesky post has a carbon footprint, too: