I’m not interested in clothes and am pretty much a T-shirt-and-jeans person, but I feel very strongly that the black-and-white one is far superior.

I thought the positivists cancelled this guy and his synthetic a priori snake oil

lol. It’s so true. I grew up in Philly and remember fans pelting Santa with snowballs. We’ve fallen so far.

We’ve built an academic system where it’s normal to go from kindergarten to PhD without ever seriously reading Savage, de Finetti, or Ramsey. In any other age, such a person wouldn’t be considered educated at all.

There would be a lot less laughter in a world without pearl-clutching academics. Be careful what you wish for.

If you’re gloating over someone’s death and can’t muster the self-control to keep it off social media, you’re not ready for a grown-up job. Outside a few “special” sectors — academia, journalism, and entertainment — that kind of impulsiveness is a glaring red flag.

Historic Vids If they can bring back classic Cracker Barrel, then they can bring back classic cough syrup. We ride at dawn!

It’s wild how worked up people get over what actors say. Did everyone else really think the theater kids were the smart ones? They’re just court jesters.

Claude’s obsession with elaborate fallback strategies makes me wonder how many problems are hidden by our deep desire to fail gracefully.

Bluesky-style outrage comedy is one of the few things I occasionally miss about academia. I’m glad there’s a place to find this kind of niche content.

This is especially bad for philosophers, who should aspire to be disliked and die alone.

My chess.com app is having a moment

Is the following scenario plausible? Republicans push Sliwa to stay in, helping Mamdani win. Then Stefanik beats Hochul, becomes governor, and removes Mamdani using powers granted by the state constitution and NYC charter.