@catileptic This is also insightful, and I must say encouraging.

Australian activists returning home after being abducted by Israeli forces in international waters speak about the abuse they experienced during their detention, including beatings, physical assaults, and sexual abuse.

#Israel #Palestine #Gaza

@catileptic Thanks a lot. I'll look for this!

Simon Dobson @simoninireland reviewed the Common Lisp Cookbook as part of his Lisp bibliography.

https://simondobson.org/2026/05/22/the-common-lisp-cookbook

Cc @vindarel

#CommonLisp #lisp #books

“Progressive except for Palestine” is a very long-winded way to say “racist”.

GEOGRAFIE DI PACE Mobilità/rsi attraverso confini e culture Festival itinerante It.a.cà Migranti e viaggiatori 2026 https://www.festivalitaca.net/edizione-2026/

@creating

#tdc5247 #ds106 #dailycreate

Muslimer får inte vara individer. De görs till "miljöer", till "klaner", till "moskébesökarna". De behandlas som om de vore uran. Ett ämne som aldrig slutar vara potentiellt farligt, som passivt utsätts för ideologisk anrikning och därefter exploderar. Ett ämne som det är farligt att ens komma nära.

I am supporting a close friend of my sister's who's "outlook address book" disappeared.

So I am learning about the 34 ways in 25 years that Microsoft has decided to store contacts, an utter waste of my time.

The really hard part is not expressing that to my sister's friend.

Simon Dobson @simoninireland reviewed the Common Lisp Cookbook as part of his Lisp bibliography.

https://simondobson.org/2026/05/22/the-common-lisp-cookbook

Cc @vindarel

#CommonLisp #lisp #books

Associazioni ambientaliste e pacifiste al governo: “Tassare i profitti di industrie fossili e militari per finanziare sanità pubblica, welfare e transizione energetica”
https://www.pressenza.com/it/2026/05/associazioni-ambientaliste-e-pacifiste-al-governo-tassare-i-profitti-di-industrie-fossili-e-militari-per-finanziare-sanita-pubblica-welfare-e-transizione-energetica/
“Tassare i profitti delle aziende dei combustibili fossili e dell’industria militare per finanziare la transizione energetica,

Confindustria, patto in cinque punti. Orsini: “Caro bolletta minaccia esistenza imprese”
https://www.repubblica.it/economia/2026/05/26/news/confindustria_patto_in_cinque_punti-425370869/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Pubblicato su Economia - La Repubblica @economia-la-repubblica-repubblica

RE: https://spore.social/@yoginho/116634055234391590

The Cyborg Myth:
https://youtu.be/Bx9FV2W7otw

a talk given at the Hybrid Minds Symposium at MedUni Vienna on Feb 26, 2026.

It takes apart Moravec/Chalmers' neural substitution thought experiment — that you could replace all your neurons with artificial devices of the same function, and still be you — which is one of the main metaphysical arguments propping up the ideology of computational functionalism (or computationalism, for short). /1

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A hierarchy is a familiar concept to most people and adapts readily to the computer world.

Caldo estivo. Premessa: a me piace il sole e il clima mite, come a tante altre persone, ma qui parliamo di qualcosa di diverso. Tra venerdì e domenica sulle regioni centro-settentrionali e su buona parte dell’Europa centrale, si raggiungeranno temperature massime tipiche di fine giugno…1/5

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A hierarchy is a familiar concept to most people and adapts readily to the computer world.

III. The differences between machine and organismic function can be explained through the dynamic organization of a self-manufacturing cell or organism, which stands in stark contrast to the static architecture/blueprint of a machine. The fact that all the essential processes in a living system collectively co-constitute each other, renders their functional capacities open-ended, while machines (by design) come with (potentially large but) precisely defined spaces of possible behaviors. /4

In conclusion: assuming that the Ship of Theseus (a perfectly valid philosophical argument) and the substitution thought experiment (for either the brain or our whole body) are analogous is a logical fallacy. More precisely, it is a category error. We are comparing apples with oranges, and the idea that we can simply swap organic components for machine parts does not hold up to closer scrutiny.

Computationalism is not backed by evidence, but it is also not backed by logical reasoning. /5

@Fischblog Echt schade.