gzt aka zoidberg
@giziti.bsky.social
hire me as a data scientist! PhD in Stats, recently ex Cisco. clustering, classification, #rstats. Personal: Eastern Orthodox, chess, Esperanto, battling cosmic evil. he/his, #BLM email: gzt at uchicago dot edu
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gzt aka zoidberg
@giziti.bsky.social
· Nov 13
i think the latest moves really clarify that conservatism has nothing to offer the world but death and destruction
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a lot of "moderates" are just people in cities or progressive circles who don't like being part of a low status right, imo
there are real moderates, but they tend to be much weirder than this
there are real moderates, but they tend to be much weirder than this
Self-described “moderates” and mainlining right-wing bullshit and lies. Name a more iconic duo.
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
a lot of "moderates" are just people in cities or progressive circles who don't like being part of a low status right, imo
there are real moderates, but they tend to be much weirder than this
there are real moderates, but they tend to be much weirder than this
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“The gambling industry knows exactly what it’s doing. As one former FanDuel employee put it, “Anybody under twenty-five they have their eye on … [those are] the guys that bring you all the money.” These companies use sophisticated behavioral targeting to identify when users are at their weakest”
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
“The gambling industry knows exactly what it’s doing. As one former FanDuel employee put it, “Anybody under twenty-five they have their eye on … [those are] the guys that bring you all the money.” These companies use sophisticated behavioral targeting to identify when users are at their weakest”
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RE: "negotiate" It wasn't health insurance, was long term care insurance, but when my parents had a medical emergency, I fought the insurance company for 2.5 months, calling repeatedly until the bastards would activate the policy. I got clinically diagnosed PTSD as a result. Good times.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
RE: "negotiate" It wasn't health insurance, was long term care insurance, but when my parents had a medical emergency, I fought the insurance company for 2.5 months, calling repeatedly until the bastards would activate the policy. I got clinically diagnosed PTSD as a result. Good times.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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Looking this up and omg no wonder media literacy is in the trash. Easier than ever to look words up yet we’re teaching kids to skip the hard parts and/or invent things
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Looking this up and omg no wonder media literacy is in the trash. Easier than ever to look words up yet we’re teaching kids to skip the hard parts and/or invent things
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The ASA recently submitted comments raising concerns about the USDA’s proposed relocations of NASS and ERS, emphasizing their potential effect on the agencies’ operations and integrity of federal statistics. magazine.amstat.org/...
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The ASA recently submitted comments raising concerns about the USDA’s proposed relocations of NASS and ERS, emphasizing their potential effect on the agencies’ operations and integrity of federal statistics. magazine.amstat.org/...
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Our police accountability systems seem broken, but they actually work exactly how the police want them to work.
Nearly five hours after the brawl, breath tests indicated the two officers' blood-alcohol content was nearly twice the legal limit to operate a motor vehicle. @wttw.bsky.social
2 CPD Officers Suspended for 1 Year Each After 2019 Drunken Wrigleyville Brawl, Records Show
City officials agreed to allow the two officers to serve suspensions of 365 days each, even though the agency charged with investigating police misconduct and the city's former top cop agreed they sho...
news.wttw.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Our police accountability systems seem broken, but they actually work exactly how the police want them to work.
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Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
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Y’all, don’t be fucking dicks to staffers, it is neither nice nor particularly productive
You ever call a senator's office and ask the staffer who picks up what it's like to work for someone without a spine?
10/10 recommend.
10/10 recommend.
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Y’all, don’t be fucking dicks to staffers, it is neither nice nor particularly productive
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Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
onemileatatime.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
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They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
Veteran ICE officials @nickmiroff.bsky.social spoke with view the use of masks as an unquestionably negative development. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Miroff reports: https://theatln.tc/acMM0axK
November 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
They mask for the same reason the Klan masks.
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The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The finale of the great TV comedy show Blackadder goes Forth.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
Back then I didn't expect one of the funniest programmes ever to end with a scene that makes me cry every time I see it.
Every single time.
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My "Not involved in pepper spraying children" tweet has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my tweet.
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
My "Not involved in pepper spraying children" tweet has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my tweet.
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From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From the outside it might look like ICE officers wear masks to avoid accountability, but in reality they are a way to avoid accountability.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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The Medicaid cuts are going to eliminate health care for many poor people and devastate the rural and safety net hospital system. They are going to take a wrecking ball to whatever passes for an eldercare system in this country. They are an assault on the disabled and essentially eugenic in nature
November 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The Medicaid cuts are going to eliminate health care for many poor people and devastate the rural and safety net hospital system. They are going to take a wrecking ball to whatever passes for an eldercare system in this country. They are an assault on the disabled and essentially eugenic in nature
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no one is even talking about the Medicaid cuts anymore
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
no one is even talking about the Medicaid cuts anymore
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3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
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My last word on the matter
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My last word on the matter
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new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
If the US Has to Build Data Centers, Here’s Where They Should Go
A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built.
www.wired.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
new from me today: not all data centers are created environmentally equal — and building them in states with cleaner grids and more access to water could go a long way in preventing environmental catastrophe
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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This is total word salad as one expects from Bessent. The truth is that in recent years the Exchange Stabilization Fund has been used only to provide dollar-based loans to other countries. What Bessent/Trump did was buy Argentinian pesos with US dollars, exposing US taxpayers to Arg currency risk.
MSNBC: How does a $20b bailout of Argentina help Americans?
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
BESSENT: Do you know what a swap line is? Why would you call it a bailout? The US government made money
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is total word salad as one expects from Bessent. The truth is that in recent years the Exchange Stabilization Fund has been used only to provide dollar-based loans to other countries. What Bessent/Trump did was buy Argentinian pesos with US dollars, exposing US taxpayers to Arg currency risk.
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