@jordhiatt.bsky.social
Fiction Writer, Data Scientist
writing and poorly drawn art at www.jordanhiatt.com
writing and poorly drawn art at www.jordanhiatt.com
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We killed all the elves
A Poem
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I wrote a thing. It's short (under 200 words).
If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
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If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
substack.com/@jordanhiatt...
Detective Boone and the Untraceable Poison
A 300 word mystery
open.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I really don't get the whole "robot maid" thing.
*If* AI takes off (enough to make humanoid robots work) there will be plenty of unemployed people willing to clean your house for much less than the price of metal and lithium batteries.
I guess tech overlords might prefer robots to poor people
*If* AI takes off (enough to make humanoid robots work) there will be plenty of unemployed people willing to clean your house for much less than the price of metal and lithium batteries.
I guess tech overlords might prefer robots to poor people
AI companies: The future of humanoid robots is here
Humanoid robot:
Humanoid robot:
October 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I really don't get the whole "robot maid" thing.
*If* AI takes off (enough to make humanoid robots work) there will be plenty of unemployed people willing to clean your house for much less than the price of metal and lithium batteries.
I guess tech overlords might prefer robots to poor people
*If* AI takes off (enough to make humanoid robots work) there will be plenty of unemployed people willing to clean your house for much less than the price of metal and lithium batteries.
I guess tech overlords might prefer robots to poor people
I have a feeling it's going to be a heartwarming Halloween this year. We need it.
New short story. My challenge today was to pack in 2 character arcs in about half a page.
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
My Dad Hates Halloween
A very short story
jordanhiatt.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I have a feeling it's going to be a heartwarming Halloween this year. We need it.
New short story. My challenge today was to pack in 2 character arcs in about half a page.
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
My Dad Hates Halloween
A very short story
jordanhiatt.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 PM
New short story. My challenge today was to pack in 2 character arcs in about half a page.
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/my-dad-hat...
Nothing fancy today but still fun.
Take three minutes to check it out!
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/wanted-wit...
Take three minutes to check it out!
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/wanted-wit...
Wanted! Witches!
A job posting
jordanhiatt.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Nothing fancy today but still fun.
Take three minutes to check it out!
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/wanted-wit...
Take three minutes to check it out!
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/wanted-wit...
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These CEOs and tech reporters in their bubble sound like people who watched Star Trek as a kid and assume we are minutes away from getting transporters because we invented a cool new microwave.
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
These CEOs and tech reporters in their bubble sound like people who watched Star Trek as a kid and assume we are minutes away from getting transporters because we invented a cool new microwave.
I get so frustrated hearing from "real" tech experts about the risk of creating sentient AI.
It's like being so worried that you are going to cheat on your wife with Taylor Swift. It's not going to happen man. That's not on the table!
It's like being so worried that you are going to cheat on your wife with Taylor Swift. It's not going to happen man. That's not on the table!
October 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I get so frustrated hearing from "real" tech experts about the risk of creating sentient AI.
It's like being so worried that you are going to cheat on your wife with Taylor Swift. It's not going to happen man. That's not on the table!
It's like being so worried that you are going to cheat on your wife with Taylor Swift. It's not going to happen man. That's not on the table!
This is how I want to go out, testing out a theory I had for a device 1,000 years before the first commercially successful models.
October 15, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This is how I want to go out, testing out a theory I had for a device 1,000 years before the first commercially successful models.
I’d like to thank my wife.
I’d like to NOT thank my fourth grade english teacher who NEVER believed in me, then there’s the barista who misspelled my name and ruined a whole day of writing when I didn’t have my coffee. Of course then there’s my dumb kids who ALWAYS need to eat...
I’d like to NOT thank my fourth grade english teacher who NEVER believed in me, then there’s the barista who misspelled my name and ruined a whole day of writing when I didn’t have my coffee. Of course then there’s my dumb kids who ALWAYS need to eat...
books should have an anti-acknowledgements section where the author talks shit about all the people who fucked them over while they were trying to write the thing. not bc I personally want to write one but bc I love gossip
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I’d like to thank my wife.
I’d like to NOT thank my fourth grade english teacher who NEVER believed in me, then there’s the barista who misspelled my name and ruined a whole day of writing when I didn’t have my coffee. Of course then there’s my dumb kids who ALWAYS need to eat...
I’d like to NOT thank my fourth grade english teacher who NEVER believed in me, then there’s the barista who misspelled my name and ruined a whole day of writing when I didn’t have my coffee. Of course then there’s my dumb kids who ALWAYS need to eat...
Hi, Bluesky. I’ve started a newsletter to build an audience for when I eventually release my book (finishing up soon!). Please take a look and if you like it, do a free subscribe!
These will be SHORT and hopefully weekly with little illustrations.
#booksky
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/we-killed-...
These will be SHORT and hopefully weekly with little illustrations.
#booksky
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/we-killed-...
We killed all the elves
A Poem
jordanhiatt.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Hi, Bluesky. I’ve started a newsletter to build an audience for when I eventually release my book (finishing up soon!). Please take a look and if you like it, do a free subscribe!
These will be SHORT and hopefully weekly with little illustrations.
#booksky
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/we-killed-...
These will be SHORT and hopefully weekly with little illustrations.
#booksky
jordanhiatt.substack.com/p/we-killed-...
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Today, I'd like to say-
The Taino were the people of Borinquen. Borinquen was later renamed to Puerto Rico.
Some Taino words remain today.
Words like hurakán = hurricane, barbacoa = barbeque.
The Taino greeting is
Taino-ti
Which means - "I greet you with love because you are family."
The Taino were the people of Borinquen. Borinquen was later renamed to Puerto Rico.
Some Taino words remain today.
Words like hurakán = hurricane, barbacoa = barbeque.
The Taino greeting is
Taino-ti
Which means - "I greet you with love because you are family."
October 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Today, I'd like to say-
The Taino were the people of Borinquen. Borinquen was later renamed to Puerto Rico.
Some Taino words remain today.
Words like hurakán = hurricane, barbacoa = barbeque.
The Taino greeting is
Taino-ti
Which means - "I greet you with love because you are family."
The Taino were the people of Borinquen. Borinquen was later renamed to Puerto Rico.
Some Taino words remain today.
Words like hurakán = hurricane, barbacoa = barbeque.
The Taino greeting is
Taino-ti
Which means - "I greet you with love because you are family."
No Kings next week! Get ready! Be safe!
October 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
No Kings next week! Get ready! Be safe!
You guys. I'm on cloud 9 right now. My book is "done" (with beta readers right now, needs a lot more work) and it's good!
Good enough to be published? Who knows. Better than I thought it would be!
On to start planning the next one!
Good enough to be published? Who knows. Better than I thought it would be!
On to start planning the next one!
October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You guys. I'm on cloud 9 right now. My book is "done" (with beta readers right now, needs a lot more work) and it's good!
Good enough to be published? Who knows. Better than I thought it would be!
On to start planning the next one!
Good enough to be published? Who knows. Better than I thought it would be!
On to start planning the next one!
I wrote a thing. It's short (under 200 words).
If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
substack.com/@jordanhiatt...
If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
substack.com/@jordanhiatt...
We killed all the elves
A Poem
substack.com
September 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I wrote a thing. It's short (under 200 words).
If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
substack.com/@jordanhiatt...
If you are interested in science fiction or illustrated explainers on data science topics, consider giving me a follow.
substack.com/@jordanhiatt...
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Sweet reader, prepare yourself: there is every chance the girl will not take time to consider.
September 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Sweet reader, prepare yourself: there is every chance the girl will not take time to consider.
This is amazing really
if you want to understand tailoring, you only need to watch mid-century movies, when actors were dressed by tailors, not brands. in the 1944 film cover girl, gene kelly's suit drapes beautifully, moving with him, not against him. collar stays on his neck, even as he dances.
September 19, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This is amazing really
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they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
September 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by the process of law.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
they don't have the capacity to compel obedience by violence.
the only lever by which they can obtain obedience is fear.
do not offer it to them.
Man it's tough to lose childhood vaccines and freedom of speech in the same week.
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Man it's tough to lose childhood vaccines and freedom of speech in the same week.
Holy shit
"To put it in abstract economic terms: The opportunity cost of retaining Musk as CEO is selling more cars. But the returns to the company’s stock price for being near Musk’s money pile swamp the returns that would accrue from selling more cars."
"To put it in abstract economic terms: The opportunity cost of retaining Musk as CEO is selling more cars. But the returns to the company’s stock price for being near Musk’s money pile swamp the returns that would accrue from selling more cars."
The market is saying that TSLA is a $1 trillion company selling 1.5m cars w/ Elon as CEO; but might only be a $50 billion if it sold 4.5m cars w/ Satya Nadella as CEO.
What does it mean if the market is correct about this? www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...
What does it mean if the market is correct about this? www.thebulwark.com/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Payday
Who wants to be a trillionaire!
www.thebulwark.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Holy shit
"To put it in abstract economic terms: The opportunity cost of retaining Musk as CEO is selling more cars. But the returns to the company’s stock price for being near Musk’s money pile swamp the returns that would accrue from selling more cars."
"To put it in abstract economic terms: The opportunity cost of retaining Musk as CEO is selling more cars. But the returns to the company’s stock price for being near Musk’s money pile swamp the returns that would accrue from selling more cars."
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She soon learns that the house collects libraries.
September 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
She soon learns that the house collects libraries.
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There is a record of a pantry beneath which is a trove of uninvited guests.
September 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
There is a record of a pantry beneath which is a trove of uninvited guests.
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Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
August 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Them: “Cities are all rotting hellscapes!”
Cities:
Cities:
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phones: make you sad, anxious
books: you can put your head down. It’s a treat 🙂
books: you can put your head down. It’s a treat 🙂
August 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
phones: make you sad, anxious
books: you can put your head down. It’s a treat 🙂
books: you can put your head down. It’s a treat 🙂
Shit. Every day we check, shit. More poo and pee.
Not one time has the guy who shits gold come through.
Not one time has the guy who shits gold come through.
“Unfortunately, the toilets have never made a profit, they have never even been cost neutral.”
Insane quote...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/...
Insane quote...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/people/...
Public toilets in Whitby are ‘drain’ on council finances with ‘urgent’ action required
Whitby’s public toilets are a ‘drain’ on the town council’s finances and have resulted in more than £85,000 of above income expenditure since 2018.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Shit. Every day we check, shit. More poo and pee.
Not one time has the guy who shits gold come through.
Not one time has the guy who shits gold come through.