Zach Binney
@binneyz.bsky.social
Sports injury epidemiologist, esp. NFL; long-suffering Dolphins fan, but I repeat myself
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AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
so x dot com’s ai generated CSAM and they admitted it may violate US law and … i haven’t seen in anyone in power say much at all or call to stop using the platform
January 2, 2026 at 1:23 AM
AI companies are playing a game wherein these computer programs are presented to the public as autonomous individuals capable of issuing a meaningful apology. The machine is just a machine. Human beings owe the apology for building the machine irresponsibly and unleashing it on the world.
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I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
Another good practice for the New Year would be for all the non-fascists in America who want to opine about politics to really begin believing that urban America is Real America & that its denizens are The Authentic People. Get some self-respect & drop the volkish nationalist view that they're not
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
January 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I'm entirely serious about this: until you internalize the view that urban America is Real America, you won't see the urgency of structural reform of an American government whose fundamental structures so disadvantage its population centers—the great engines of its prosperity, progress, & culture.
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these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
If you asked me to finger the perfect story for the last day of 2025, this is it. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
Once you've felt the managerial prowess of Chris Rufo, it can be a hard practice to kick. You need a man like Urban who will hire the right people without regard for their raceism.
Once you've felt the managerial prowess of Chris Rufo, it can be a hard practice to kick. You need a man like Urban who will hire the right people without regard for their raceism.
End of an era (a brief one). Right-wing activist Chris Rufo leaves New College of Florida.
"Meyer would replace Trustee Christopher Rufo who did not want another term."
floridapolitics.com/archives/771...
"Meyer would replace Trustee Christopher Rufo who did not want another term."
floridapolitics.com/archives/771...
Gov. DeSantis appoints Urban Meyer onto New College’s trustees
DeSantis taps a big-time coach with a complicated past to help lead the Sarasota school.
floridapolitics.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you asked me to finger the perfect story for the last day of 2025, this is it. No ifs, ands, or butts about it.
Once you've felt the managerial prowess of Chris Rufo, it can be a hard practice to kick. You need a man like Urban who will hire the right people without regard for their raceism.
Once you've felt the managerial prowess of Chris Rufo, it can be a hard practice to kick. You need a man like Urban who will hire the right people without regard for their raceism.
I dunno, man, do we really have to do this shit? Like really?
probably not a great sign that Trump's assistant AG for civil rights uses a slur for people with disabilities
December 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I dunno, man, do we really have to do this shit? Like really?
There was no Republican ideological need to do this. It was all just for love of the game (killing as many children, immiserating as many people, and puffing up the egos of the least deserving men as much as possible).
Vaccines are a triumph of human ingenuity, modern medicine and public health.
It’s no surprise that when the nation’s most prominent anti-vaxxer rose to the highest health office in the land,US vaccine policies are in disarray and access to vaccines is imperiled.
🧪🦠
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
It’s no surprise that when the nation’s most prominent anti-vaxxer rose to the highest health office in the land,US vaccine policies are in disarray and access to vaccines is imperiled.
🧪🦠
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/o...
Opinion | This Is the Damage Kennedy Has Done in Less Than a Year
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
There was no Republican ideological need to do this. It was all just for love of the game (killing as many children, immiserating as many people, and puffing up the egos of the least deserving men as much as possible).
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"rich asshole says something" just shouldn't be news.
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk warns ‘people will die’ after Mamdani taps Lillian Bonsignore as FDNY commissioner
Elon Musk threw cold water on Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pick of Lillian Bonsignore as the city’s FDNY commissioner, warning it would have dire consequences because she lacks firefigh…
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December 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
"rich asshole says something" just shouldn't be news.
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It’s astonishing that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has this level of insight about the administration he currently serves. /s
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s astonishing that NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya has this level of insight about the administration he currently serves. /s
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The thing that bothers me about our post-pandemic COVID discourse is how much of it isn't about how to do things better next time, it's playing Monday morning quarterback. It's not about learning, it's about spending years trying to win arguments that people had online from March 2020.
this is a good response to In Covid's Wake
what Kucharski gets right, crucially, is holding in tension the fact that the shutdown was brutally and inequitably costly, and the fact that not doing a shutdown would have been even more brutal and inequitable
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
what Kucharski gets right, crucially, is holding in tension the fact that the shutdown was brutally and inequitably costly, and the fact that not doing a shutdown would have been even more brutal and inequitable
www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-di...
Restrictions had unequal impacts, but the pandemic itself did too. - Boston Review
Adam Kucharski responds to Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee.
www.bostonreview.net
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The thing that bothers me about our post-pandemic COVID discourse is how much of it isn't about how to do things better next time, it's playing Monday morning quarterback. It's not about learning, it's about spending years trying to win arguments that people had online from March 2020.
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A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A small (personal) example of this book’s intellectual dishonesty:
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
My father-in-law is reading In Covid’s Wake, and excitedly told me he found a passage where I’m quoted. The quote in question is me saying the FBI worked to censor speech on social media.
Huh? When did I say that?!
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
This is statistics.
“Donald Trump likes to use a big number to anchor his point, especially when he wanders off on a tangent,” Marie-Rose Sheinerman reports. “Often it seems that a specific figure is on the tip of his tongue.”
There’s a 92 Percent Chance Trump Is Making It Up
When riffing, the president exhibits an unusual tell.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This is statistics.
When the Dolphins fall apart in a big primetime game, Mike McDaniel gives some variation of "that's not who we are" at his post game press conference.
By the third or so time it rings pretty hollow. There's a lot of data saying that IS in fact who the team is, coach. Just be honest about it.
By the third or so time it rings pretty hollow. There's a lot of data saying that IS in fact who the team is, coach. Just be honest about it.
I think bigotry has become a kind of loyalty ritual among young republicans, it’s how you show you’re one of them www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Racial Slurs and Nazi Symbols: Inside the Complaint That Shut Down The Harvard Salient | News | The Harvard Crimson
Screenshots and message logs obtained by The Crimson appear to show Salient leaders casually using racial slurs, defending extremist rhetoric, and dismissing internal concerns — conversations that lat...
www.thecrimson.com
December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When the Dolphins fall apart in a big primetime game, Mike McDaniel gives some variation of "that's not who we are" at his post game press conference.
By the third or so time it rings pretty hollow. There's a lot of data saying that IS in fact who the team is, coach. Just be honest about it.
By the third or so time it rings pretty hollow. There's a lot of data saying that IS in fact who the team is, coach. Just be honest about it.
Assuming fumbles are independent, ~3.2% chance of Bears recovering >=17/24 fumbles this year.
Not including tonight, Bears have recovered 9 of 12 defensive fumbles this year, and 8 of 12 offensive fumbles.
Bears have had the best fumble recovery luck in the league this year, and there's another one.
December 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Assuming fumbles are independent, ~3.2% chance of Bears recovering >=17/24 fumbles this year.
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Like this:
libguides.nyit.edu/promptengine...
This is just a guide for working with, say, a human research student. There is NOTHING here that is specific to "AI" other than "type the clear instructions into a chat box not an email." So I find "we must train you in AI prompt engineering" weird.
libguides.nyit.edu/promptengine...
This is just a guide for working with, say, a human research student. There is NOTHING here that is specific to "AI" other than "type the clear instructions into a chat box not an email." So I find "we must train you in AI prompt engineering" weird.
LibGuides: Prompt Engineering for Academic Research: 5 Principles of Prompt Engineering for Research
Introduction to Prompt Engineering for Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Academic Research at New York Tech.
libguides.nyit.edu
December 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Like this:
libguides.nyit.edu/promptengine...
This is just a guide for working with, say, a human research student. There is NOTHING here that is specific to "AI" other than "type the clear instructions into a chat box not an email." So I find "we must train you in AI prompt engineering" weird.
libguides.nyit.edu/promptengine...
This is just a guide for working with, say, a human research student. There is NOTHING here that is specific to "AI" other than "type the clear instructions into a chat box not an email." So I find "we must train you in AI prompt engineering" weird.
This is a sidenote but I always wonder what people mean when they say "know how to use AI [tools]." Like literally what does this mean?
Do I know how to type a query into a chatbot? Yes? What other training do the people who say this want?
Do I know how to type a query into a chatbot? Yes? What other training do the people who say this want?
I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn‘t know how to
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
use AI tools.
Which is not the same as not being critical.
December 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is a sidenote but I always wonder what people mean when they say "know how to use AI [tools]." Like literally what does this mean?
Do I know how to type a query into a chatbot? Yes? What other training do the people who say this want?
Do I know how to type a query into a chatbot? Yes? What other training do the people who say this want?
Well I for one am very concerned about the crisis of antisemitism at America's elite universities.
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Well I for one am very concerned about the crisis of antisemitism at America's elite universities.
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The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The war on vaccines is a war on child mortality on the side of death, & everyone who did anything to aid and facilitate RFK Jr's rise to authority over vaccine rules has a hand in the future rise in child deaths. Widespread vaccination for a time was a pinnacle of human achievement, undone by fools
Many are calling it the Adin Ross curse.
a pixelated image of a man in a suit walking
ALT: a pixelated image of a man in a suit walking
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December 19, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Many are calling it the Adin Ross curse.
You know who that means voted to keep RFK's rules that let him do whatever he wants as fast as possible in place?
That's riiiiight: Bill Cassidy.
That's riiiiight: Bill Cassidy.
The Senate blocked a Democratic effort to repeal RFK Jr's regulation eliminating notice requirements, public comment, and other public process around HHS rulemaking.
It failed 50-50, with Collins, Murkowski, and Tillis joining Dems.
It failed 50-50, with Collins, Murkowski, and Tillis joining Dems.
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 AM
You know who that means voted to keep RFK's rules that let him do whatever he wants as fast as possible in place?
That's riiiiight: Bill Cassidy.
That's riiiiight: Bill Cassidy.
"I deeply apologize to anyone who was offended..."
Not acknowledging that he actually DID THE DAMN GESTURE ALREADY.
What a piss poor apology. Who on earth are his PR people?
Not acknowledging that he actually DID THE DAMN GESTURE ALREADY.
What a piss poor apology. Who on earth are his PR people?
Someone sat down with Puka and let him know this isn't a joke. So that's good. The issue isn't dead though. I'd bet Goodell is fuming.
December 18, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"I deeply apologize to anyone who was offended..."
Not acknowledging that he actually DID THE DAMN GESTURE ALREADY.
What a piss poor apology. Who on earth are his PR people?
Not acknowledging that he actually DID THE DAMN GESTURE ALREADY.
What a piss poor apology. Who on earth are his PR people?
One of the biggest things I try to teach my statistics students is, whenever you see a number, ask: "Is that a lot?"
Those 4 little words - and the natural research that should come after them - stops you from making so many mistakes from blaring headlines about CRISES or spikes or whatever.
Those 4 little words - and the natural research that should come after them - stops you from making so many mistakes from blaring headlines about CRISES or spikes or whatever.
I’ve been covering the NFL on TV for about a decade now and every year there’s a QB CRISIS or an INJURY CRISIS or some other thing people cite bc they always want to believe things were better before
I saw a comment on Reddit that said "NFL QB play is horrible this year..." and, what? No it's not lol. I don't understand that thinking.
December 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One of the biggest things I try to teach my statistics students is, whenever you see a number, ask: "Is that a lot?"
Those 4 little words - and the natural research that should come after them - stops you from making so many mistakes from blaring headlines about CRISES or spikes or whatever.
Those 4 little words - and the natural research that should come after them - stops you from making so many mistakes from blaring headlines about CRISES or spikes or whatever.
Which half of the ideas? Do I know the ones?
December 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Which half of the ideas? Do I know the ones?
Yeah dude, uh, barring a sincere and immediate apology absolutely fuck Puka to hell and back. Kick his ass entirely out of the NFL.
On a livestream yesterday, Puka both:
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
- Said that the Refs throw flags that they know are bad to brag to their friends in group chats, and
- Told Adin Ross that he'd do a "covetous jew" celebration on his next TD score
Suspend him tbh
December 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yeah dude, uh, barring a sincere and immediate apology absolutely fuck Puka to hell and back. Kick his ass entirely out of the NFL.