Robin Z
@firepile
Professor, Philosopher, Cognitive Scientist, 4e Cognition and Artificial Intelligence; Science Fiction Fan, Cyborgologist, Retired Knitter, Comic Book Reader, 4ad records fanatic. Wanna see me nerd out about music stuff? @musicephemera.bsky.social
Is this paper threatening me because I think I'm supposed to kill that guy if I meet him
Listen I am perfectly familiar with the different ways Buddhists and Nazis use the swastika shape but I'm not feeling great about sending a friend this Pokegift 😬
I have made it to Kyoto and it is a breezy 106°F for now, giving me time to settle in before the 119°F predicted for Tuesday
Me, not an optimist but nevertheless positive the weather has to get better when we get to Kyoto: let's just give it the old check, shall we? The weather, using the number 119°F in ways it shouldn't:
Starting to suspect the Japanese don't love octopuses quite the way I love octopuses
Every time FB resurfaces this memory of the time I saw John Searle give a keynote I wonder again how he lasted as long as he did.
Unusually bad jet lag so I've been up half the night and Rocket is pretty furious about it
Got back from a week away and found one of my haunted plants has just plastered itself on the window to steal as much of the light as possible. 👻🌱
I'm super behind on comics and sent my partner to pick up my subs and grab @kellysue.bsky.social's new Skate Ali because I forgot to add it and my shop had 5 variants and it broke my partner who didn't want to get me the wrong one. (As if there's a wrong one). (There is a right one, tho).
Just a silly little guy from the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Milan, in case you need that today.
I accidentally wandered past Milan's Duomo a little past golden hour so I got like 50% of a nice photograph
Unsubscribed. Jesus what even is the point of AAC&U. I have 3 nonsense emails like this today from 3 different orgs and they can all fuck off.
More people at the Anticipation conference than at the Great American State Fair
Me reading all these Dem politicians celebrating the entire collapse of our barely-teetering democracy
It is so hot in Milan that this dog with little socks on refused to go back into the sun. She accepted a bunch of treats from her owner to lure her out and eventually the owner had to pick her up and carry her. Solidarity, little buddy!
Also true of dogs. Team Rocket here is now known mostly as Shippies or Ms Ships (Team Rocket -> Rocket -> Rocketship -> Mrs Ships -> Mrs Shippy - > Shippy -> Shippies)
Did I set out to have gelato for dinner? No. But do I have regrets about it? Also no. Bonus: someone's dogs begging for gelato from strangers.
The only America 250 thing I will accept is my local ice creamery making a red, white, and blue swirl ice cream with only natural dyes and it turning out like this
My dog has woken up and chosen violence, as usual, by concentrating all 55lbs of her body on one paw and then standing on my toes with that paw. Here she is, showing them off for her fans.