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Well it’s early days but I think the Fleadh in Belfast might be the greatest event in world history

The Odyssey was fun but you just know that Hollywood is going to release some pointless prequel telling you what every ship that went to Troy was called or something.

Alcohol and meat free beef bourguignon, your move France.

I’m feeling very tempted to read Tyler Burge’s The Origins of Objectivity but it’s quite a commitment. Does anyone know of any reason I shouldn’t read it?

I wrote a little post about my old teacher, the late David Berman (the philosopher, not the musician), and one of his ideas.

David Berman and the Typical Mind FallacyDavid Berman was an old-school philosopher who, for reasons you will not be expecting, encouraged his students to see philosophy as a project of self-discovery.1 I haven’t spoken to him in over a d…fintanmallory.com

Mayo have lost 11 All-Ireland Finals since the curse began. They won 5/13 National Football League titles in that time. Taking base probabilities from this, the curse is statistically supported. I don’t know how to factor their winning this match (after the curse was lifted) into my model though.

On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair, mi ritrovai per una selva oscura, ché la diritta via era smarrita.

I haven’t seen The Odyssey yet but my only hope is that Matt Damon uses the accent he invented for The Great Wall.

My take on this game: I rewatched Stephen Chow’s Shaolin Soccer last year and it really holds up. Great film for the whole family!

Is AI rapidly concentrating epistemic and political power in the hands of a small number of companies many of which have aligned themselves with authoritarian governments?

The All-Ireland Hurling Final today will have a larger attendance than the World Cup Final. 82,000 in Croke Park compared to 80,663 in the MetLife Stadium.

Travelling a lot recently has really called to mind the old zen proverb, wherever you go, there are German backpackers.

He’s right! This is exactly word-for-word what I do when I’ve arrived somewhere new. Humboldt has captured something completely normal and universal here.

Surely the right solution to Newcomb’s Problem is to reject both boxes thereby working to overcome attachment and ultimately to escape saṃsāra?

Having students formalise this the next time I teach logic.

In the spirit of Roger Scruton, I feel it’s best to be up-front about my fees. So if tech companies are following, I’ll write articles arguing: Language models are moral agents: £5000 (+£2000 for patienthood) Running PyTorch makes GPUs feel pain: £7000 NLTK toolkit was always sentient: £10,000

Reminder that the Belgian away kit is designed as a tribute to René Magritte shop.rbfa.be/en/x-8797

Disappointing follow-up to Sharpe’s Eagle

Does anyone else feel like the past/present perfect tense of 'row' is 'row'n'? e.g. she has row'n her boat to Hawaii. Please tell me there is some dialect where this is the case.