Barry Caplan
@barrycaplan.bsky.social
We live in a Pareto Economy. But should we?
Interested in the intersection of law, tech, psychology, economy, media, broadly speaking
Fractional CTO
Interested in the intersection of law, tech, psychology, economy, media, broadly speaking
Fractional CTO
This entire book review is FIRE!
In America, the First Amendment Establishment Clause allows everyone to receive or provide abortions according to the tenets of their own faith instead of the law forcing them to act as though they are hypothetical devout Christians.
This is the way forward.
In America, the First Amendment Establishment Clause allows everyone to receive or provide abortions according to the tenets of their own faith instead of the law forcing them to act as though they are hypothetical devout Christians.
This is the way forward.
Very grateful that Linda Greenhouse reviewed my book with @carolejoffe.bsky.social in the @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social, along with books from @maryrziegler.bsky.social, @maryfissell.bsky.social, and Daniel K. Williams.
Abortion’s Long History | Linda Greenhouse
Abortion has been an inescapable fact of life for millennia. The question is, why do women gain or lose control over their reproductive lives at different times in history?
www.nybooks.com
September 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
This entire book review is FIRE!
In America, the First Amendment Establishment Clause allows everyone to receive or provide abortions according to the tenets of their own faith instead of the law forcing them to act as though they are hypothetical devout Christians.
This is the way forward.
In America, the First Amendment Establishment Clause allows everyone to receive or provide abortions according to the tenets of their own faith instead of the law forcing them to act as though they are hypothetical devout Christians.
This is the way forward.
What's your favorite ai for building moderately complex docker containers into a bigger app, and designing, coding and perhaps generating testing cases for each container.
In my case, generally speaking the containers will be WordPress, node.js, next.js and possibly flask based.
In my case, generally speaking the containers will be WordPress, node.js, next.js and possibly flask based.
May 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
What's your favorite ai for building moderately complex docker containers into a bigger app, and designing, coding and perhaps generating testing cases for each container.
In my case, generally speaking the containers will be WordPress, node.js, next.js and possibly flask based.
In my case, generally speaking the containers will be WordPress, node.js, next.js and possibly flask based.
Reposted by Barry Caplan
Only I can prevent forest fires
March 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Only I can prevent forest fires
It's been my point of view that if someone can't reasonably expect to live a generation at least *after* leaving office if elected, they are too old. I've been saying this for decades. By this standard, I held Biden too old when he was nominated by Obama for VP.
March 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
It's been my point of view that if someone can't reasonably expect to live a generation at least *after* leaving office if elected, they are too old. I've been saying this for decades. By this standard, I held Biden too old when he was nominated by Obama for VP.
All your branches of government are belong to me
All your branches of government are behind to me
February 27, 2025 at 6:17 PM
All your branches of government are belong to me
Legal eagles and history buffs: Are Trump and his band of merry men and women, and Republicans more generally, anti-Federalists returning from the grave?
February 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Legal eagles and history buffs: Are Trump and his band of merry men and women, and Republicans more generally, anti-Federalists returning from the grave?
Do we feel that Trump is more of a fascist, or an anti-federalist?
February 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Do we feel that Trump is more of a fascist, or an anti-federalist?
Under Trump's EO regarding birthright citizenship, an I reading it correctly that anyone whose citizenship is rejected would also not be subject to the jurisdiction (and laws) of the US?
January 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Under Trump's EO regarding birthright citizenship, an I reading it correctly that anyone whose citizenship is rejected would also not be subject to the jurisdiction (and laws) of the US?
Maga folks - how do you expect to have to justify keeping your birthright citizenship?
January 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Maga folks - how do you expect to have to justify keeping your birthright citizenship?
Should Trump just be nominated for King?
January 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Should Trump just be nominated for King?
Is there science to support the claim this isn't a coincidence?
It's fine as a hypothesis, but it might not be true.
It's not my field, but hasn't the amount of surface covered by water varied over eons while the percentage of water in cells remained constant?
It's fine as a hypothesis, but it might not be true.
It's not my field, but hasn't the amount of surface covered by water varied over eons while the percentage of water in cells remained constant?
The Human-Ocean Connection series:
1. You are ≈70% water. The Earth is ≈70% ocean. The connection is no coincidence. Protecting our
Ocean means protecting ourselves. #Ocean #WeAreNature #OceanRegeneration #Interconnected
1. You are ≈70% water. The Earth is ≈70% ocean. The connection is no coincidence. Protecting our
Ocean means protecting ourselves. #Ocean #WeAreNature #OceanRegeneration #Interconnected
December 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Is there science to support the claim this isn't a coincidence?
It's fine as a hypothesis, but it might not be true.
It's not my field, but hasn't the amount of surface covered by water varied over eons while the percentage of water in cells remained constant?
It's fine as a hypothesis, but it might not be true.
It's not my field, but hasn't the amount of surface covered by water varied over eons while the percentage of water in cells remained constant?
Make the case in the comments that Trump either has or has not shown enough to the Electoral College in advance of Tuesday's vote to exercise their power to stand between the voters and an insane tyrant holding the Executive office.
Refer to Federalist 68 before posting if this is news please.
Refer to Federalist 68 before posting if this is news please.
December 13, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Make the case in the comments that Trump either has or has not shown enough to the Electoral College in advance of Tuesday's vote to exercise their power to stand between the voters and an insane tyrant holding the Executive office.
Refer to Federalist 68 before posting if this is news please.
Refer to Federalist 68 before posting if this is news please.
The founders specifically built inefficiency into the system, understanding from history that government efficiency was the tool of tyrants. In 1787, the people weren't born yesterday and same is true today.
December 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
The founders specifically built inefficiency into the system, understanding from history that government efficiency was the tool of tyrants. In 1787, the people weren't born yesterday and same is true today.
Zionism is a core aspect of Jewish ethnicity and has been for at least 2000 years. Very likely closer to 4000 years.
Zionism is simply an attachment to the land. You can see it in the culture, in the language, in rituals, in the calendar, in the history, in every single way. It's ancient indeed.
Zionism is simply an attachment to the land. You can see it in the culture, in the language, in rituals, in the calendar, in the history, in every single way. It's ancient indeed.
December 7, 2024 at 7:38 PM
Zionism is a core aspect of Jewish ethnicity and has been for at least 2000 years. Very likely closer to 4000 years.
Zionism is simply an attachment to the land. You can see it in the culture, in the language, in rituals, in the calendar, in the history, in every single way. It's ancient indeed.
Zionism is simply an attachment to the land. You can see it in the culture, in the language, in rituals, in the calendar, in the history, in every single way. It's ancient indeed.
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Mine is Yrräb, an innovative and stylish floor space organizer for books that allows you to preserve precious wall space
Mine is Yrräb, an innovative and stylish floor space organizer for books that allows you to preserve precious wall space
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
I am Nasöj, a small packet of extra wooden dowels
I am Nasöj, a small packet of extra wooden dowels
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut
I am GÜOD, a set of steak knives
I am GÜOD, a set of steak knives
November 29, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
Mine is Yrräb, an innovative and stylish floor space organizer for books that allows you to preserve precious wall space
Mine is Yrräb, an innovative and stylish floor space organizer for books that allows you to preserve precious wall space
Early morning thoughts: I wonder how much of the anti trans sentiment against San Jose State Women's Volleyball Team that is seemingly coming from student athletes, including on the SJ State team itself, is coming from unaccountable funds channeled from hate groups into NIL payments to the athletes?
November 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM
Early morning thoughts: I wonder how much of the anti trans sentiment against San Jose State Women's Volleyball Team that is seemingly coming from student athletes, including on the SJ State team itself, is coming from unaccountable funds channeled from hate groups into NIL payments to the athletes?
After Trump 2 (would use Roman numerals, but he might start getting ideas about 11),we will have lived under "Trickle Down" Reaganomics for the same length of time we as under FDR's New Deal that Reagan was hell bent on replacing because everyone would be better off.
How's that working out for us?
How's that working out for us?
November 22, 2024 at 9:12 PM
After Trump 2 (would use Roman numerals, but he might start getting ideas about 11),we will have lived under "Trickle Down" Reaganomics for the same length of time we as under FDR's New Deal that Reagan was hell bent on replacing because everyone would be better off.
How's that working out for us?
How's that working out for us?
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #266,091!
September 17, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #266,091!
Ruh-roh. We were a bit uphill from the flood last year, but not that far up hill!
The Great Flood of 1861-1862, which turned the Central Valley into a lake, may not have been not the largest California flood of the past few hundred years
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Open-access link to the paper:
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
www.latimes.com/environment/...
Open-access link to the paper:
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
California has underestimated the epic potential of future flooding, research shows
Researchers found evidence of two epic Southern California floods that occurred in the last 600 years and were much larger than the Great Flood of 1862.
www.latimes.com
June 4, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Ruh-roh. We were a bit uphill from the flood last year, but not that far up hill!
What's new
NEW PAPER
Has China’s Personal Information Protection Law followed the EU approach to data protection?
Has the Brussels Effect evidently extended to China?
In a new paper w @jiahong_chen, we answer both questions above as negative. A 🧵
Preprint arxiv.org/pdf/2312.082...
Has China’s Personal Information Protection Law followed the EU approach to data protection?
Has the Brussels Effect evidently extended to China?
In a new paper w @jiahong_chen, we answer both questions above as negative. A 🧵
Preprint arxiv.org/pdf/2312.082...
February 10, 2024 at 4:03 AM
What's new
Talk Talk!
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk!
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk!
A national poll asked Americans if they had heard of Trump's various legal issues, throwing some fake ones into the mix.
On none of the six real ones, from MAL documents to E. Jean Carroll, did a majority of Republicans indicate awareness.
On none of the six real ones, from MAL documents to E. Jean Carroll, did a majority of Republicans indicate awareness.
Analysis | Most Republicans aren’t aware of Trump’s various legal issues
New polling from YouGov shows that there is no legal issue Trump faces for which a majority of Republicans indicate awareness.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2024 at 3:36 AM
Talk Talk!
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk!
Talk Talk, Talk Talk, Talk!
Let's plan for March moon fun!
The Krononaut Moon Project has a new article up on Medium.com
The Krononaut Moon Experiments
advancing community time travel research 2.0
🔗 Medium.com/@KronoMoon/the-krononaut-moon-experiments-75ccbeb3a8ca
Laying out our efforts to establish a night in March dedicated to Time Travel every year.
The Krononaut Moon Experiments
advancing community time travel research 2.0
🔗 Medium.com/@KronoMoon/the-krononaut-moon-experiments-75ccbeb3a8ca
Laying out our efforts to establish a night in March dedicated to Time Travel every year.
January 24, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Let's plan for March moon fun!
We rescued a dog we named Zuzu on December 2, then found out soon after that she was pregnant already. Today she gave birth to 4 puppies and is heading to be a mom.
January 13, 2024 at 10:24 PM
We rescued a dog we named Zuzu on December 2, then found out soon after that she was pregnant already. Today she gave birth to 4 puppies and is heading to be a mom.
🎍あけましておめでとうございます🎍
Happy New Year
Am Yisrael Chai✡️🇮🇱
Happy New Year
Am Yisrael Chai✡️🇮🇱
January 1, 2024 at 5:45 AM
🎍あけましておめでとうございます🎍
Happy New Year
Am Yisrael Chai✡️🇮🇱
Happy New Year
Am Yisrael Chai✡️🇮🇱