Vincent Hardy

There are 3 types of people since Oct 7th.

Those who condemn only the killing of Israeli kids.
Those who condemn only the killing of Palestinian kids.
And those of us who condemn the killing of both.

Don’t be in the first 2 groups - the 1st one dominates our politics & media.

19.02.2025 19:19 — 👍 2588    🔁 342    💬 91    📌 12

It is a gross-looking homepage for "the world's first AI-to-AI podcast" — basically two LLMs talking to each other.

hi thanks i'd rather listen to a pipe organ fed into a wood chipper

02.12.2024 22:56 — 👍 181    🔁 14    💬 10    📌 4

A lot of recent talk on populism sets up a binary between a high road of "truth and science" and a low of road "grifting and lies", but this is confusing form and content.

A commitment to truth and science doesn't lead to anything unless it's supported by effective rhetoric and popular appeal.

30.11.2024 21:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami review – a labour of love Murakami revisits a hypnotic city of dreams, in material he’s been working on for four decades The elegiac quality of Haruki Murakami’s new novel, his first in six years, was perhaps inevitable considering its origins. The City and Its Uncertain Walls…

The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami review – a labour of love

27.11.2024 07:36 — 👍 110    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 4

Can someone be populist in rhetoric, but implement good governance in practice? Blaming billionnaires and targeting them with higher taxes would probably fit the bill at the moment...

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