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James Koole 🇨🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lol/@ericmwalk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ericmwalk</span></a></span> My solution to this conundrum was to never get the bluetooth touch id keyboard for either my work Mac or my personal one. This way I don't miss it on one or the other. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/winning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winning</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Twisted Logic; Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Big Questions by Leighton Vaughan Williams, 2024</p><p>Draws upon an array of popular and novel puzzles, problems, and paradoxes, and uses these to help understand and navigate our everyday world. Addresses some of the big questions. Aimed at all those interested in learning about weird and wonderful problems and paradoxes.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonfiction</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thinking</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a></p>
VeijoRyhanen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Herbivore" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Herbivore</span></a></span> More <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/bees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bees</span></a> -&gt; more <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/fruits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fruits</span></a> and (wild) <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/berries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>berries</span></a> -&gt; cheaper fruits and berries -&gt; more people can afford to eat fruits and berries. If stomach is full of fruits and berries, there is not enough room for (hopefully more expensive) <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/meat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meat</span></a> ?</p><p>Do You agree/disagree this <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> ?</p><p>(DeepSeek <a href="https://suomi.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> did not fully agree with this logic)</p>
Alm<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/formeldestages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>formeldestages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shakespeare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shakespeare</span></a></p>
Artem Chernikov<p>A new Ph.D thesis prize is being established in honor of Zoé Chatzidakis, by Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris.</p><p>This yearly award for an outstanding thesis in model theory will honor her scientific legacy and her commitment to the younger generation. </p><p><a href="https://www.helloasso.com/associations/fondation-sciences-mathematiques-de-paris/formulaires/7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">helloasso.com/associations/fon</span><span class="invisible">dation-sciences-mathematiques-de-paris/formulaires/7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ModelTheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModelTheory</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston<p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LICS</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LICS2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LICS2025</span></a> accepted papers are now announced: <a href="https://lics.siglog.org/lics25/accepted.php" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lics.siglog.org/lics25/accepte</span><span class="invisible">d.php</span></a> . My colleagues are impressed that there remains computer science venues which haven't been taken over by papers about LLMs yet. <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a></p>
RanaldClouston<p>I'm pleased to say that I'm helping to organise the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ANU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANU</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LogicSummerSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LogicSummerSchool</span></a> , which will be running in its 33rd straight year! The website <a href="https://comp.anu.edu.au/lss/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">comp.anu.edu.au/lss/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> is mostly TBA notices at the moment, of course, but we do have the dates: 1-12 December. This is an international event and we hope to be able to have a limited number of grants available for students to use to travel to <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canberra</span></a> . <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a></p>
SPQR<p>“We’re stepping into the most pro-growth, pro-business, pro-American administration I’ve perhaps seen in my adult lifetime,” gushed the hedge fund manager Bill Ackman in December... </p><p>“You don’t get fired for being bullish, but you do get fired for being bearish on Wall Street,” said Berezin.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trade</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/macroeconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macroeconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trumpism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trumpism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/groupthink" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>groupthink</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rationality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rationality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biases" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biases</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reasoning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reasoning</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion/trump-stock-market-wall-street.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-stock-market-wall-street.html</span></a></p>
Xerz 💗<p>so we’re pretty much alone, within this mental framework of sociological Francoism, where <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.xerz.one/tag/progressivism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#progressivism</a> is all about the looks and the appearances and chilling and vibes, with none of the actual criticism and heavy work needed as a society to <em>actually do the right thing</em>, because in the end we’re still stuck in the conservative/fascist mindset of <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.xerz.one/tag/commonsense" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commonSense</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.xerz.one/tag/nature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.xerz.one/tag/logic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#logic</a> and <a class="hashtag" href="https://fedi.xerz.one/tag/reality" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reality</a></p><p>which I find particularly dangerous, as Spain economically grows and becomes too big to ignore, and its so-called “left-wing” becomes the strongest opposition to fascism within the EU</p><p>and impunity rules supreme</p>
Artem Chernikov<p>I'm excited to join the editorial board of a new diamond open access journal in mathematical logic:</p><p>ZML: Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik </p><p><a href="https://zml.international/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zml.international/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>The open letter of the editors of ZML can be found online on the webpage.</p><p>More on the collective action and an editorial board walk-out that led to the creation of this new journal:<br><a href="https://blog.tib.eu/2025/04/07/mlq-walk-out/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.tib.eu/2025/04/07/mlq-wal</span><span class="invisible">k-out/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/openacess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openacess</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a></p>
petersuber<p>Today the editorial board of _Mathematical Logic Quarterly_ (pub'd by <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiley</span></a>) resigned and launched a new <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/DiamondOA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiamondOA</span></a> journal on the same topics.<br><a href="https://open-access.network/services/news/artikel/ruecktritt-des-mlq-editorial-teams" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open-access.network/services/n</span><span class="invisible">ews/artikel/ruecktritt-des-mlq-editorial-teams</span></a></p><p>See the open letter announcing their resignations and plans for the new journal.<br><a href="https://zml.international/files/zml-open-letter.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zml.international/files/zml-op</span><span class="invisible">en-letter.pdf</span></a></p><p>The new journal has a German title but will publish in English, _Zeitschrift für Mathematische Logik und Grundlagen der Mathematik_.<br><a href="https://zml.international/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zml.international/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I track these journal "declarations of independence" in the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccessDirectory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccessDirectory</span></a> (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OAD</span></a>), and just added an entry for this one, at the bottom in chronological order. <br><a href="https://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journal_declarations_of_independence#2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Journa</span><span class="invisible">l_declarations_of_independence#2025</span></a> </p><p>I also track them — and discussions of them — in the Open Access Tracking Project (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OATP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OATP</span></a>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@oatp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oatp</span></a></span>). <br><a href="http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.declarations_of_independence" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/</span><span class="invisible">tag/oa.declarations_of_independence</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ScholComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScholComm</span></a></p>
Rowan Brad Quni<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@paninid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paninid</span></a></span> fast forward to the present and scientists who barely study <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> label <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a> as <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/pseudoscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pseudoscience</span></a> (forgetting what <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a> means), torment <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> for the benefit of "elegant" <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>math</span></a> equations (e.g. antimatter, dark <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/matter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matter</span></a>), and design <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/systems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>systems</span></a> that weaponize <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> as justification for <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> "knows" but refuses to answer how to a hot wire a car or commit murder while claiming no <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/opinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opinion</span></a>, ignorant that words and actions are different)</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Aristotle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aristotle</span></a> named five interlinked Noble Sciences which together make up <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a>. </p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphysics</span></a>: the study of existence, the nature of the universe and all its contents</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a>: the ways we may know something, the set of permissible conclusions we may draw based on our perceptions, and some sensible rules of deduction and inference</p><p>- <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a>: what we know about man and what we may deduce and infer (through Logic) about acceptable interactions between pairs of individuals</p><p>1/2</p>
Metin Seven 🎨<p>“𝙳𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚌.”</p><p>― 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵, 𝘋𝘶𝘯𝘦</p><p><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thoughts</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dune</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>universe</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>human</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a></p>
José A. Alonso<p>Building AI for mathematical reasoning. ~ Chris Garcia. <a href="https://ai.gopubby.com/building-ai-for-mathematical-reasoning-996a81eb8b72" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ai.gopubby.com/building-ai-for</span><span class="invisible">-mathematical-reasoning-996a81eb8b72</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Prolog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Prolog</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/LogicProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LogicProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Math" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Math</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Reason" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reason</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Ontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ontology</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <br>Why to people do it? That is, set up a stalkiing horse in order to break it down. That is absolutely no 'proof' of anything except your narcisstic tendancy to virtue signal. Please stop it. Think twice, post rarely. 💖☮️💖🕊</p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LINO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LINO</span></a> . You cannot prove a negative. i.) 'no action' is not = higher waiting lists? ii.) Is that money 'ringfenced' ?? That lie, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BREXIT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BREXIT</span></a> = £300 zillion squid for the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> The <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> must be staffed / resourced to the gills by now. Only it isn't. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SOSNHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOSNHS</span></a> . <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RachelReeves</span></a> has defended the £40bn in tax increases in autumn’s budget as businesses brace for their impact, saying <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NHS</span></a> waiting lists would now be higher if she had not taken action.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/apr/02/reeves-defends-40bn-tax-increase-in-autumn-budget-as-businesses-prepare-for-nics-hike" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/politics/2025/</span><span class="invisible">apr/02/reeves-defends-40bn-tax-increase-in-autumn-budget-as-businesses-prepare-for-nics-hike</span></a></p>
Greg Restall<p>I’m just about to be on the road again, to talk about proof theory, modal logic, a hint of medieval logic, and even a tiny smidgen of metaphysics. </p><p>On this little European jaunt, the first stop is Prague, then Vienna, and at the end, Amsterdam. I’m looking forward to meeting old friends and making new ones. If you’re in that part of the world, and you’re into that sort of thing, I’d love to see you.</p><p><a href="https://consequently.org/presentation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">consequently.org/presentation/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/metaphysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metaphysics</span></a></p>
Corey S Powell<p>Why do "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence"? </p><p>In my new Invisible Universe column, I decode how the phrase that Carl Sagan made famous is routinely misunderstood &amp; abused -- and how to use it as the BS detector it's meant to be.</p><p><a href="https://invisibleuniverse.substack.com/p/why-do-extraordinary-claims-require" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">invisibleuniverse.substack.com</span><span class="invisible">/p/why-do-extraordinary-claims-require</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a></p>
Teodor Sandu<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meme</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/loop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>