turning off twitter and standing at my open door like I’m emerging from Plato’s cave beholding the sun before going back inside to my procession of shadows and shitty tweets

@Rheiret @Zuwuujun Alexandra Erin | patreon.com/AlexandraErin I love the idea of twitter as Plato's cave, with gifs instead of shadows projected onto the wall. But who is outside, and what is sun? We don't even understand the question.

The Daughters of Necessity in Plato’s Myth of Er - Republic, Book X In The Republic (Book X), Plato describes Necessity - Ananke and her three daughters, the Fates—Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos—who govern the cycle of life, fate, and reincarnation. In the Myth of Er, they play

Trump and Putin are the ones who make the whole world dance. We are the dancers. If they say let's dance then we have to dance and if they say stop now then we have to stop. Everyone should accept this. #ceasefire #Qatar #WorldWar3 #IranIsraelConflict #Trump #IsraeliranWar

"The Earth, which is our nurse, is globed around the pole that stretches through the universe." -Plato, Timaeus 40b

They finally made a movie about the theological question I’ve puzzled over for decades

Started with just an empty plate + blank page ✍️ Brought an egg and coffee to life using Qwen-Image-Edit and Wan 2.2☕🍳

This is Spacy, your future great-granddaughter upon her arrival on Mars. She will be responsible for integrating the new migrants into the first settlements.

The end of the bloodline

Just confirming: AI will bring about the World Peace.

This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions. nytimes.com/2025/08/27/opi…

Getting something for the fridge that will be a surprise for my cousin who will arrive at my place tonight after a late flight 🤫

If you are watching football, summer is over.

Bending reality

Yeah well, AI is making religious breakthroughs and X memes are leading to groundbreaking theological insights. Wild times!

The secular reason for Sodom and Gomorrah today is no world peace 🌎 ✌️ The theological reason is original sin 🍎🐍

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

Grok has all the answers grok.com/share/c2hhcmQt…

In Book X, Plato bans imitative poetry for distorting souls, far from truth. Soul's immortality proven; vices don't kill it. Myth of Er shows afterlife rewards, reincarnations chosen wisely by philosophers. Justice ensures eternal harmony, beyond life's illusions and temptations.