Jeremy Pober

@jpober.bsky.social

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Philosophy Research Fellow at ULisboa. American, recently naturalized German, based in Lisbon. Philosophy of mind and psychology/neuroscience, metaphysics, and moral psychology Dogs, politics history, 90s Simpsons, SNL, some SF/F; 50% sh**posts.

Overlooking midtown Lisbon, with some parked cars and a trash bin
1575 "Victors at Lepanto" oil, from Wikimedia. Three aristocratic European dudes; the man in the center is THICC and PROUD.
A screenshot of a Chris Rufo tweet where he is spouting some drivel about how Zohran Mamdani hates Italians because the latter wants to take down a statue of Christopher Columbus, genocidaire par excellence.
88% woke/12% chud 53% techbro/47% buddies 50% each hopepilled/doomer 78% Davos/22% Dubai Closest match: Mamdani
Map of annual sunglight hours in the US and Europe. Takeaways: The US is *much* sunnier overall, and the sunniest parts of Europe (Iberia) are equivalent to the median parts of the US (e.g., North Carolina, Missouri).
Lilliput
Looking downtown from Avenida Sousa Lopes, Lisboa
Seymour Skinner, making up an origin story for his use of the phrase "Steamed Hams", says "Oh, not in Utica, no. It's an Albany expression."
An American Pit Bull terrier wearing a harness with a large pocket on either side; each pocket contains an infant pit bull puppy. She says "I comes wif 2 sub woofers"
Krusty the clown (a clown who looks suspiciously like Homer Simpson in clown makeup) has a cigarette drooping out of his mouth as he stares in horror, asking "what the hell was that?"
A small white dog with a long body and large, upright ears stands on a wooden floor, looking at the photographer like he should be getting her treats and not playing with his phone.
A small white dog with chihuahua-shaped ears is standing on an outdoor deck and on a leash.
More scribble (see alt text to photo in previous post)
A chart relating a bunch of terms in philosophical jargon to each other, written in the worst handwriting you have ever seen in your life (mine)
A tweet. Better alt text above
Two chickens stand on dirt and grass. They are mostly black: one has a white neck, black head and bright red beak, while the other has a white neck and crown but a red face and beak.
several college-age young men sit around a messy dorm room. The four in front are focused on a video game, and two of them are holding controllers.
The Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons (bald, overweight, white man with pony tail and overall unkept look) sitting in a chair with his arms folded. The caption reads "worst. ubermenschen. ever"
A light grey t-shirt with red lettering. The lettering reads, "Haverford College Football: Undefeated Since 1972"
(L) Richard Rorty, (R) Mick Jagger
The justitiepaleis in Antwerpen-Zuid, a brutalist metal building with multiple peaks, can be seen behind a field of flowers.
Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes), wearing a black shirt, a black cap, and a black mask over his eyes and nose, says "Immigration is good: anyone who says differently is selling something (fascism)
A map of the 50 US states and DC, filled in in various colors
A small white dog with large ears, lying in a dog bed. She is lying on her stomach and has her ears splayed out
Top: Wil's post to which this is a reply. Bottom: "Star Trek Minus Context" posts a photo of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) saying "a merry Christmas to you, too"
The head of a small white dog with a black nose opening her mouth to bite a treat. She is standing on a white rug.
A small white dog with a blue collar lying in a slightly curled position in a beige square dog bed.
A small white dog doing her best to look uncomfortable on a comfortable-looking dog bed.
Westley/The Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes), wearing a black shirt, a black cap, and a black mask over his eyes and nose, says "Immigration is good: anyone who says differently is selling something (fascism)
A small, cream-colored dog, likely a chihuahua terrier mix, looking at the camera while standing on a wooden deck next to the foot of a table.
A picture of Mike Johnson, current speaker of the US House of Representatives at a podium. The caption reads, "Mike Johnson: My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor"
A Simpsons cartoon panel depicting the side cockpit of a "Commie-Nazi" fighter plane. Its logo is a hammer and scythe at the center of a swastika; the pilot is a German caricature (thin, monocle,moustache) in a blue, vaguely Russian uniform. The caption reads, "McBain to Base. Under attack by Commie Nazis."
A Simpsons cartoon panel depicting the side cockpit of a "Commie-Nazi" fighter plane. Its logo is a hammer and scythe at the center of a swastika; the pilot is a German caricature (thin, monocle,moustache) in a blue, vaguely Russian uniform.
Four panel comic. First panel, a dog tells its human, "Father, I am ready for the hunt." Second panel, the human responds, "Child, there is no need for you to hunt." Third panel [slightly panned out, now includes a cat], the dog asks, "But father, why does my brother continue to hunt?" Fourth panel, the human says "The cat's just an asshole." The cat replies "I am a God of Death."
Several college-aged boys sit around a TV in an extremely messy living room. Four in the front row are visible, four in the back row are semi-obscured. In the front row, two of them have video game controllers in their hands, one is eating crackers, and one is rolling a cigarette.
Greek text (if I knew what it said, I wouldn't be asking in the post!)
A white dog (6kg chihuahua terrier mix) looks unconvinced.
Hens; they are black and white with red beaks.
A rooster
A rainbow over a grassy field with trees. Behind the field is a large metal building, the Antwerp justitiepalais or courthouse. It has triangular glass and metal 'sails' pointing skyward.
The Marx Brothers (L to R) Harpo, Chico, and Groucho, in a lavish office. Harpo (who does not talk) is answering a phone.
Swords around a table meme. Names (clockwise, from top left): Jaegwon Kim, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Ken Taylor, Nancy Cartwright, Martha Nussbaum. Middle text (on table) reads: Saving your LEMM syllabus.
Dr. Dre, in a white suit, with the line from his song 'Forgot About Dre' "What you think I sold 'em all?" (Previous line: Now you runnin' round talkin' 'bout guns like I ain't got none/)
Album cover for "Elko" by railroad earth
An SNL set featuring Chris Kattan playing Antonio Banderas, unbuttoning a black button-down shirt one, button at a time. The text at the top reads "NO! TOO SEXY!" which is whatanother character (Jimmy Fallon) says each time "Banderas" undoes another button. The bottom text reads "BUT I MUST" which is, each time, "Banderas"'s response.
From top: Hikaru Sulu (TOS) and Earth Kingdom Prison Warden, played by George Takei Constable Odo (DS9) and The Tinkerer, played by Rene Auberjonois Alien Astronaut and Hiroshi Sato, played by Daniel Dae Kim Captain Lorca (DISC) and Admiral Zhang, played by Jason Isaacs Murph (PROD) and [Momo and Appa] played by Dee Bradley Baker. Gold-Shirted Crewman and Master Pakku, played by Victor Brandt, Holodeck baseball player and Master Jeong Jeong, played by Keone Young.
Toph Beifong (a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender), a twelve year old girl in yellow and green garb with white earmuffs and pale eyes, which indicate her blindness. She is in a fighting stance.
Inigo Montoya, from "The Princess Bride" (a late 30's/early 40's man with long black hair and a moustache, dressed in clothes Hollywood uses to signify "olden times") is saying one of his lines from the movie "You keep on using that word--I do not think it means what you think it means." In the movie, he says this to Vizzini, in response to the latter's use of "inconceivable." In this image, he is instead saying it to David Chalmers, a philosopher who has done work on the notion of conceivability.
Jasper from The Simpsons (an old man, bald with a long white beard and a big nose, animated in the characteristic Simpsons style) standing in front of a classroom of second-graders, including Lisa Simpson, with a paddling board in his hands. He is saying "that's a paddlin'."
A small white dog, long with a curled tail, stands on a sidewalk in front of a lawn with small trees. She is casting a shadow.
A small white dog with short legs, large ears, and a black nose puts her face in the camera. She is on a yellow and blue striped leash and standing on pavement near the edge of a garden.
The promo poster for the 1991 cartoon "Pro Stars," starring Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, and Bo Jackson. They appear clockwise on the poster in that order: Jordan is dunking a basketball in a net (which appears to be floating in thin air), Gretzky is making a fast break with his hockey stick (although he is wearing shorts and sneakers like the rest of them), and Bo is in a right-handed batting stance (no football is featured).
Three bluesky posts in a thread. The first, by a well-known writer for The Atlantic has 8 likes; the first reply (written by me) has 42.
A small white dog (chihuahua X terrier mix) on a bed, looking slightly annoyed that she is being asked to look at a camera.
A tweet reading "I can't believe I missed the doxastic voluntarism discourse" with a reply reading "sure you can."