Stuart Presnell
@logopetria.bsky.social
Mathematics, CS, physics, philosophy Most recently : Teaching logic and philosophy of mathematics in the Philosophy department at the University of Bristol
Man goes to see the Cyclops. Says he's depressed. He wants to get back to his wife and home, but he keeps running into fatal predicaments along the way. Cyclops says, "Prognosis is simple. Nobody can help you." Man starts crying. Says, "But Cyclops, I *am* Nobody"
Drought. Rain. Floods. Snow. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then everything changed when the Minister for Fire attacked
Neon Genesis Ewangelion@ewacat.bsky.social · last wk.oh my god
It's going to be at least 2 hours before that frog even looks at an old pond, and then there'll be a mid-credit scene setting up the Bashō Cinematic Universe
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
A barricade of IP lawyers armed with rugs, bears, and jars of lye is forming around the Gorey estate to fend off Tim Burton
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
Time also coined or popularized many neologisms which became widespread, including "socialite", "guesstimate", "televangelist", "pundit", and "tycoon", and some less successful ones such as "cinemactress" and "radiorator". 2/
Today, July 25th, I heard an in-store ad urging shoppers to buy Hallowe’en decorations. So congratulations everyone, we’ve finally broken free from the shackles of linear time. Merry Christmas and a Happy New EasterThanksgivingSolsticeChristmasagain
In response, OpenAI offers $3 billion for fortune(6)
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2w ago🧐 *AI STARTUP MIDJOURNEY BUYS ASTROLOGY APP CO-STAR; NO TERMS
I paused over the Buy button thinking "Wait a minute, why are the seats at the front so cheap and so available?" Then I found this helpful seating guide to the London BFI IMAX www.reddit.com/r/LondonFilm...
From the LondonFilmFestival community on Reddit: Quick guide to BFI IMAX seats
Explore this post and more from the LondonFilmFestival community
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Katie Fenn@katiefenn.bsky.social · 2w agoIf you like Studio Ghibli, Kiki's Delivery Service is back in UK cinemas in IMAX soon 🙂
If you like Studio Ghibli, Kiki's Delivery Service is back in UK cinemas in IMAX soon 🙂
When I first saw this I went for the £50,000, but that might just be a fluke. To get statistically significant data I'd need someone to repeatedly make me this offer about 20 times
YouGov@yougov.co.uk · 2w agoIf you had a choice between instantly receiving £50,000 or a 50% chance to win £1m, which would you pick? £50,000: 73% 50/50 chance of winning £1m: 21% yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
> run WS_dscrs.bas 10 Will Stancil is so awful he doesn’t even deserve the dignity of accuracy 20 Really? What’s so bad about him? 30 For example, look at this post where he says $TERRIBLE_THING 40 Uh, that’s not at all what that post says 50 GOTO 10
BeijingPalmer@beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 2w agothe stancil mob is a dark instance in group psychology, since their belief is a) it is legitimate for them to attack him on any terms, including outright falsehoods and physical caricatures and b) any attempt by him to refute this or fight back is illegitimate and proof he's evil
gregor samsa awoke one morning from unsettling dreams and did ooooh big stretch
Helen Alexander@bawley.bsky.social · 3w agoThose toes.
Piet Mondrian's work on the London Underground is exceptional.
tom lehrer nerds, they put his live Australian performances - a rare 1960 release - on Spotify et al a few days. No new songs, but new intros. @sarahweinman.com open.spotify.com/album/2FhxMZ...
Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (And Vice Versa) - Album by Tom Lehrer | Spotify
Tom Lehrer · album · 1960 · 13 songs
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My Heat as Gauge paper made an appearance in the New Scientist! Please help me spread my propaganda that thermodynamics is a gauge theory web.archive.org/web/20260710...
Mathematics of thermodynamics is being rewritten after 200 years
The laws of physics that concern heat and work could gain a firmer mathematical footing thanks to “gauge theory”, which already helps us understand quantum fields
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The United States is turning into a kind of reverse Omelas: everyone is miserable except for a single child, Donald Trump, who inexplicably must be kept happy.
I created this logic/grid deduction puzzle several months ago just to try out vibe coding. I created it for myself and have been enjoying playing it, so I thought I'd share it more widely. I call it Daedalus' Labyrinth. divisbyzero.github.io/Daedalus-Lab... Each segment in the grid must either
New Cambridge Element in Philosophy of Physics just published! The Philosophy of Time Reversal, by Cristian Lopez. Available for free for the next two weeks: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The Philosophy of Time Reversal
Cambridge Core - Philosophy: General Interest - The Philosophy of Time Reversal
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Never forget that time Sam Neill gave a quote about murder that was so beautifully kabonkers, we all assumed it was a Clickhole bit initially
John Singer Sargent; Lady Agnew of Lochnaw. Eyes that follow you round the room. Not necessarily with approval.
I've got a chance to watch an episode of classic sitcom Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads this morning. I've not seen it before, so no spoilers please!
Canada aren’t looking good in this match. If they manage to pull this back and make it to the next round they should look into buying some Hagoromo
