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ronmanton.bsky.social
Unit of capitalist production. Never TPFP. Aspiring musician. Keeper of wolves.
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I like the idea of practising to be more indifferent to fate. I think I've discovered #Seneca at just the right time in life. The less I have, materially, but also emotionally, the less I have to lose, and I can reduce my exposure to negative events in the chaos of modern existence. #PhilSky

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Hereby let it be known to whom it may concern that, after no inconsiderable effort and much past failure, on this day I have (I think) finally managed to nail down something that sounds like the rhythm for @supergrasshq.bsky.social "Moving". I'm so happy I could cry. #MusicSky

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

No. Look. I really try to be positive. I do. However, the utter soullessness of being marooned in a car dealership for what feels like it will be an infinity has broken me. Piped music that is essentially effluent. Ubiquitous male grooming (beards, teeth). Painful ice-white lighting. Make it stop.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Training update. Hard today. I think you get the picture. Self-doubt is a powerful thing. Start again tomorrow.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Even if we cannot get to the heart of consciousness, we'll certainly (soon?) be able to construct credible proxies. What happens to us when we start undiscriminating acceptance of "software consciousness"? As cognitive biases lead us to impute emotion and purpose, what we "are" will be diminished?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Companies like Cortical Labs might be the mother of a #BlackSwan for the U.S. dominated tech. sector. I don't know if we are at a point of criticality with bio computing and neural learning "systems", but, if so, could we see a very chaotic reset of the geography and power base of #AI?

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Training update. "100 days". Terrified now. This is also the start of the alcohol free zone (very different from the free alcohol zone). On the plus side, the new running kit has turned up... #Sydney2025 #42k #Supergrass #Moving

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Guitar practice is a strange, shifting, impenetrable activity. More, and more structured, practice definitely correlates with improvement. However, it is, in my experience, completely non-linear. You have "breakthroughs" and long periods of only incremental change. Sometimes the harder you try...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

"The Pasta that Time Forgot". Now a blockbuster film release. (Got loads of it. Everywhere).

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Well. Might be my last politics post; I've had enough. (Also I can't spell "volte-face". What's happening to me?) Anyway. "Betrayal", "surrender", "rule takers", "sell-out". Is this the level of discourse now? Utterly infantile on such an important subject. A plague on all your houses. #DeclineUK.

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment