I have a PhD in philosophy and now I work in a library. He/him. michaelbenchcapon.blogspot.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvupk5cnek2kReal relegation battle six-pointer today #COYS19 Sep 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvupk5cnek2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvu46oesqs2jI've tended to think of losing the capacity to be bored because you don't know what to do as just a part of growing up, but maybe this is wrong and if I switched off the wi-fi I'd find I very much still have it in me. Although I went through a phase of doing that and don't recall getting bored [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Sep 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvu46oesqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvs6k773os2jOK you've convinced me that AI x-risk is a nothingburger; back to worrying about nuclear war18 Sep 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvs6k773os2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvryjxrxqk2oSounds like they've got a pretty good idea of the brave new vision they want already [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 10:47 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvryjxrxqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvrxxirv7s2oSo apparently Hugging Face as in "the Hugging Face incident" is a company named after the hugging face emoji — update your pronunciation accordingly — and since the incident it has been acquired by Nvidia for $12.9 billion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugging_Face18 Sep 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrxxirv7s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikebenchcapon.bsky.social/post/3mvrnf4idic2hI'm not really the sort of person who feels affronts to capitalism very keenly but the thing where tech companies have different classes of shares with some having loads more voting power than others is an affront to capitalism18 Sep 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:5bdrmuceq4ypcb2v7jlkxrh5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvrnf4idic2h