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Devin

@dervine7.bsky.social

philosophy ph.d. student (philosophy of language primarily), amongst other things. they/he

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ok maybe we should gatekeep the canon a little bit

05.03.2026 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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A while ago my parents' smart TV added a "generate an AI screensaver" button and every time I visit I add some kind of strange horse to the rotation

05.03.2026 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

(so the existence of an optimal strategy would imply a solution to the halting problem)

04.03.2026 19:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

remembering again the delightful result some researchers proved that magic the gathering does not have an optimal strategy bc they built a deck that simulates a turing machine

04.03.2026 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

as a member of the canadian diaspora what aspect of canadian identity should I get weird about

04.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

the third season of Picard was really disappointing but β€œmiddle-aged Worf gets way too into mindfulness” was an inspired choice

04.03.2026 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

as a member of the canadian diaspora what aspect of canadian identity should I get weird about

04.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Phone text:

FYI - you are eligible for Canadian citizenship - let me know if you want the info.

Phone text: FYI - you are eligible for Canadian citizenship - let me know if you want the info.

just got this from my mom

04.03.2026 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

1. A short thread on a Bluesky phenomenon that might be described as "They are a dead-eyed cultist who must be cast out lest the heresy take root!" OP has blocked me for mocking them - I'd usually obscure their name but since they themselves were quote-dunking to demand someone else be blocked ...

04.03.2026 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 598    πŸ” 132    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 74

That expression is of a girl making shit up just to fuck with Pete and see how long he’ll pretend to understand when she tells him she’s about to floopborp the turkey buzzard at the mall, later, zlurples.

04.03.2026 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

winner of multiple Guinness World Records

04.03.2026 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

crazy that the creator of the roblox oof sound has won the texas democratic senate primary

04.03.2026 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

crazy that the creator of the roblox oof sound has won the texas democratic senate primary

04.03.2026 05:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

listen I'm pretty antireligious but if you asked me between an atheist and a hardcore progressive christian who's more likely to turn into some weirdo fundamentalist it's probably the atheist

04.03.2026 05:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New York Times clearly just saying Crockett is a progressive and Talarico is a moderate because Crockett is black and Talarico is white

02.03.2026 15:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1308    πŸ” 217    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 37

"students should learn to better manage their time to avoid last-minute questions"

sure, ideally

but I submitted a conference abstract a few minutes before the deadline this week. "Learn to avoid procrastination" isn't a learning goal of my classes because I'm not qualified to teach it

04.03.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

lol get rekt

04.03.2026 03:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I press delete on a process in Task Manager, that window better close immediately. I don't care if my computer explodes.

03.03.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 0

if you try to forget that

"why did the chicken cross the road? to get to the other side."

is THE go-to example of an overused unfunny joke, it's actually a pretty good anti-joke. i think the biggest thing going against it for my generation is we first heard it at age 5 instead of like, 13.

03.03.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

best decision I ever made was to start muting people if they were negatively polarizing me

03.03.2026 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#3 would be ok except the handle’s weird

03.03.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#5 is also awful

03.03.2026 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

literal nightmare

03.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I regret to inform you that this isn’t a dream this time

03.03.2026 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

#2

also #1 and #4 make me physically uncomfortable to look at

03.03.2026 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah I'm a high decoupler

I'm able to say, "Hmm, seems like this person sucks" and not turn it into a generalization about all members of the groups that person belongs to/a set of sustaining grievances that shape my whole personality/a political orientation

03.03.2026 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I finally bought a robot that can lift weights. I now send it to the gym 3x a week so I don’t have to.

03.03.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

how did you write the second part of this. I call shenanigans

03.03.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

well shit

03.03.2026 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

cool

03.03.2026 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0