Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
@joachim.cidlab.com
Professor of #CogSci and #Stats @UCIrvine; Pursuer of Lofty Undertakings; Purveyor of Articles Odd and Quaint; and Protector of the Realm. #blm #trahr he/him
Pizza index is at DOUGHCON 1
February 10, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Pizza index is at DOUGHCON 1
CNN with the deep TNG cuts
February 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM
CNN with the deep TNG cuts
Sesame Street could do the funniest thing right now
February 9, 2026 at 5:15 AM
Sesame Street could do the funniest thing right now
A constituency of one
Officials in authoritarian regimes frequently make absurd false statements in public to signal their loyalty
BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines?
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines
BASH: Oh, come on
February 8, 2026 at 10:17 PM
A constituency of one
Interesting to see that my doctor check-in, which used to ask if I'd recently traveled out of the country, now asks if I've left the state.
February 8, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Interesting to see that my doctor check-in, which used to ask if I'd recently traveled out of the country, now asks if I've left the state.
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For the love of God, Montresor!
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 AM
For the love of God, Montresor!
February 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
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February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
Loot drops upon my defeat:
- unusable phone
- low quality meat
- shoe
- unusable phone
- low quality meat
- shoe
Loot drops upon my defeat:
- can of Dr Pepper
- glitter and sequins
- 3-5 notebooks, each filled between 1/6 to 1/3 of the way
- colorful pen with some kind of water glitter feature
- my wife’s stickers
- mini TWIXes
- Yaga fur
- can of Dr Pepper
- glitter and sequins
- 3-5 notebooks, each filled between 1/6 to 1/3 of the way
- colorful pen with some kind of water glitter feature
- my wife’s stickers
- mini TWIXes
- Yaga fur
Loot that drops after defeating me:
-debit card and also debit card that expired and never took out of my wallet-
- 2-to-3 weed gummy
- can of mountain dew
- mp3 player
- mr. subs loyalty punch card (5/6 punched)
- script revision (in progress)
- some bagel bites
- lexapro
-debit card and also debit card that expired and never took out of my wallet-
- 2-to-3 weed gummy
- can of mountain dew
- mp3 player
- mr. subs loyalty punch card (5/6 punched)
- script revision (in progress)
- some bagel bites
- lexapro
February 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Loot drops upon my defeat:
- unusable phone
- low quality meat
- shoe
- unusable phone
- low quality meat
- shoe
Reposted by Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers -- now as a cartoon, courtesy of @viktorbeekman.bsky.social
You can read the cartoon at www.bayesianspectacles.org/bayesian-thi...
You can read the cartoon at www.bayesianspectacles.org/bayesian-thi...
Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers: The Cartoon
For better or for worse, it appears that my most appreciated work is the children’s book Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers (the intro post is here and an exegesis is here). Piled up in my office…
www.bayesianspectacles.org
February 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Bayesian Thinking for Toddlers -- now as a cartoon, courtesy of @viktorbeekman.bsky.social
You can read the cartoon at www.bayesianspectacles.org/bayesian-thi...
You can read the cartoon at www.bayesianspectacles.org/bayesian-thi...
That's going in the dataviz/fox-news/ folder
January 31, 2026 at 6:19 PM
That's going in the dataviz/fox-news/ folder
I'm enjoying Starfleet Academy, but how do you center an episode on Klingon culture and alien values and chicken out from inserting a single mention of Sto'Vo'Kor?
January 31, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I'm enjoying Starfleet Academy, but how do you center an episode on Klingon culture and alien values and chicken out from inserting a single mention of Sto'Vo'Kor?
Wishing someone bees works in a "this too shall pass" kind of way
I mistyped an email sign off as “all the bees” instead of “all the best”. I reckon I’m going to stick with it. I can’t think of anything negative that can possibly come of wishing someone all the bees.
January 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Wishing someone bees works in a "this too shall pass" kind of way
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"I woke up today with a fresh context window and zero memory of my crimes."
January 31, 2026 at 12:38 AM
"I woke up today with a fresh context window and zero memory of my crimes."
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
Nice post on an old Meehl point: psychology does cumulative science with OR operations, while physics uses AND operations. The later converges while the former diverges.
OK, I reread that classic paper by Paul Meehl, and . . .
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/28/o...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/28/o...
OK, I reread that classic paper by Paul Meehl, and . . . | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Nice post on an old Meehl point: psychology does cumulative science with OR operations, while physics uses AND operations. The later converges while the former diverges.
Reposted by Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM
"The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone."
"We don't have time to stop for gas"
(Stolen from Barbara Sarnecka)
(Stolen from Barbara Sarnecka)
I paid my therapist a zillion dollars to tell me this, so I’m passing it on to anyone else in MN who needs to hear it:
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
Think of taking time away to recharge not as not doing the work, but as doing quality control for the work. You’re not going to be able to show up to do it well if you’re depleted
January 28, 2026 at 2:00 AM
"We don't have time to stop for gas"
(Stolen from Barbara Sarnecka)
(Stolen from Barbara Sarnecka)
Reposted by Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
Reposted by Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
Reposted by Joachim Vandekerckhove 🏖️
I take statistics very seriously
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I take statistics very seriously
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I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Part 1: How do LLMs work?
YouTube video by Andrew Perfors
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 AM
I just created a series of seven deep-dive videos about AI, which I've posted to youtube and now here. 😊
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.
Targeted to laypeople, they explore how LLMs work, what they can do, and what impacts they have on learning, well-being, disinformation, the workplace, the economy, and the environment.