philosopher of pessimism

‘I don’t feel like writing what I have just written, nor do I feel like erasing it.’ —Kierkegaard

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

it’s exponentially easier to demonstrate your memory than it is to demonstrate your thinking.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

sadly, and since this country keeps deciding to be the same country after all these years, our Homer is still Harriet Beecher Stowe.

[Plough Quarterly @Plough]

Who Is America’s Homer?

If England has Shakespeare, Spain has Cervantes, Italy has Dante, and Russia has Pushkin, then who do we have? Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity? We asked for contributions from ‍@fxxfy, @DanaGioiaPoet, @zenahitz, Emily Wilson, @ae_stallings, @_Zeets, @JcScharl, @amjuster, @RossBarkan, Christian Wiman.

https://t.co/o7J1tcN6rV

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

Un buon inizio.

[Frenkie_Woody @Frenkie_Woody]

Come si chiama un uomo che cucina, pulisce casa, lava i piatti e va a fare la spesa?

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

"Bringing back the literal swamp to D.C." is a bold strategy.

[Idrees Ali @idreesali114]

A combination of pictures of the renovations of the Reflecting Pool taken May 2, May 28, June 7, June 12, June 16 and June 18, 2026, which was painted blue at the directive of U.S. President Trump, ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in Washington, D.C. REUTERS

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

https://t.co/tWuIbpN0Ts

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

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[Nan Yu @thenanyu]

It took us a lot of iterations to find the right pattern for this. Early on we were very naive and we thought that the agent could one shot project updates without much input from users.

That approach ended up creating a bunch of slop, because users disengaged their brain from the process of writing an update.

By switching to a multi turn interactive mode, the agent prompts you and asks you what to emphasize, what's most important, what context is missing, etc.

This simple change elicits much better project updates and ensures that the user has a chance to steer rather than simply being asked to say yes to everything.

A very good example of introducing friction for a net benefit.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@googleanalytics how useful would you say this email formatting is? (the screen width is 1512px)

hire a designer, your customers would be glad you did.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@P_Kallioniemi @Flex297 smaller than trinidad and tobago and kazakhstan

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@itsrapha83 in your opinion: what is the greatest learning from travelling, and do you think everyone should travel the world?

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

Costume designer did not have time to take proper jacket measurements—except for the Governor?

[Colin Jackson @xcolinjacksonx]

Sam Altman, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer breaking ground at the Saline Twp data center project

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@koenfucius the asymmetry of society

study about tattoos which is not a gender-based subject studies men and considers women only to discuss about men, and not to study women, so women always supporting cast.

[⚣ @Kerryist04]

A transgender woman has been stabbed to death at the University of Washington and not a single major news outlet is talking about it

There is an ongoing genocide against the trans community in the United States facilitated by the Trump regime

Please share this post 🏳️‍⚧️💔

[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

I love watching the women of @ElevateUtahPAC completely demolish @kevinolearytv

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

whist the arabs were inventing the numerals we use every day and publishing landmark algebra treatises, europeans were using un-spaced capital letters—roman numerals—and their most complex math was to calculate the date of easter.

[Ramin Nasibov @RaminNasibov]

What historical fact sounds fake but is true?

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵

Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points.

1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS

Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@fakehistoryhunt but then, you don't build a worldwide empire with cute little curtains. you build it with stoicism, philanderism, and limitanei.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

Gardamaxxing is lifemaxxing.

#EuropeForever #ItaliaPerSempre

[Raphael Barberi📷 @itsrapha83]

Sorry I haven’t been very active, I’ve been Euromaxxing on Lake Garda

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

A Void London?

Not sure it's true, I find London full of great places and experiences, and usually has incomparable kerning as well.

[No Context Brits @NoContextBrits]

Fantastic advice.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

there were feathered ones as well

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

There's a common misconception that Brutalist buildings were unpainted, but thanks to microscopic analysis of the exteriors we can now recreate what they looked like in their prime.

[philosopher of pessimism @argonaut]

@CSMFHT cause they keep the same pose for the photo