Leo Hepis
@leohepis.bsky.social
AI engineers need to start thinking like engineers, who build things like bridges and therefore know that shoddy work costs lives.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The basic point: overbuild!
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The basic point: overbuild!
September 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
AI engineers need to start thinking like engineers, who build things like bridges and therefore know that shoddy work costs lives.
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The basic point: overbuild!
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
The basic point: overbuild!
New essay dropped on Substack!
❝The closer writers get to emotions we would rather not surface, face, or acknowledge, the slower the words flow—until they stop altogether.❞
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August 31, 2025 at 1:09 AM
New essay dropped on Substack!
Beneath the façade, a different kind of beauty emerges.
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Beneath the façade, a different kind of beauty emerges.
Isn’t sugar vegan?
In the U.S. and Canada, white cane sugar often isn’t — it’s sometimes filtered through bone char (charred cattle bones) just to make it whiter 🤮
In the U.S. and Canada, white cane sugar often isn’t — it’s sometimes filtered through bone char (charred cattle bones) just to make it whiter 🤮
August 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Isn’t sugar vegan?
In the U.S. and Canada, white cane sugar often isn’t — it’s sometimes filtered through bone char (charred cattle bones) just to make it whiter 🤮
In the U.S. and Canada, white cane sugar often isn’t — it’s sometimes filtered through bone char (charred cattle bones) just to make it whiter 🤮
It’s been pretty chilly the last few days in San Diego, and it’s not even June yet
May 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
It’s been pretty chilly the last few days in San Diego, and it’s not even June yet
There’s something paradoxical about enticing users with a streak count — on an app designed to reduce attachment.
Shall I intentionally break the streak? 😀
Shall I intentionally break the streak? 😀
April 23, 2025 at 5:22 AM
There’s something paradoxical about enticing users with a streak count — on an app designed to reduce attachment.
Shall I intentionally break the streak? 😀
Shall I intentionally break the streak? 😀
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To defend science from political threats, we must distinguish between science, technology, and policy.
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
❝ When people start to question not just policies but the very process that generates reliable knowledge, we stand on shaky ground. ❞
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March 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
To defend science from political threats, we must distinguish between science, technology, and policy.
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
The California reaction to earthquakes
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The California reaction to earthquakes
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March 8, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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To defend science from political threats, we must distinguish between science, technology, and policy.
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
❝ When people start to question not just policies but the very process that generates reliable knowledge, we stand on shaky ground. ❞
buff.ly/3JUmNTQ
buff.ly/3JUmNTQ
March 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
To defend science from political threats, we must distinguish between science, technology, and policy.
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
Last October, I explored how conflating these three threatens science.
What do you think?
Reposted by Leo Hepis
Folks from my department took time out to make posters for @standupforscience.bsky.social tomorrow! (And I totally forgot to take a photo of my own…)
Hope to see you tomorrow Baton Rouge 😘.
Hope to see you tomorrow Baton Rouge 😘.
March 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Folks from my department took time out to make posters for @standupforscience.bsky.social tomorrow! (And I totally forgot to take a photo of my own…)
Hope to see you tomorrow Baton Rouge 😘.
Hope to see you tomorrow Baton Rouge 😘.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reposted by Leo Hepis
When you attempt a belief revision, especially if that belief is foundational, you risk the stability of your Jenga tower of beliefs.
https://buff.ly/4gXVzQZ
https://buff.ly/4gXVzQZ
February 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When you attempt a belief revision, especially if that belief is foundational, you risk the stability of your Jenga tower of beliefs.
https://buff.ly/4gXVzQZ
https://buff.ly/4gXVzQZ
From a guest essay by David Morris on the NYT
January 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
From a guest essay by David Morris on the NYT
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Is there a tool that maps handles from that other social network to Bluesky handles?
December 22, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Is there a tool that maps handles from that other social network to Bluesky handles?
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When the mind leads, the body follows, and short-term resolutions lead to long-term success.
Read, "Don’t Make a 2025 Resolution, Make Four!" and subscribe for more.
https://buff.ly/3ZXmQML
Read, "Don’t Make a 2025 Resolution, Make Four!" and subscribe for more.
https://buff.ly/3ZXmQML
December 31, 2024 at 7:54 PM
When the mind leads, the body follows, and short-term resolutions lead to long-term success.
Read, "Don’t Make a 2025 Resolution, Make Four!" and subscribe for more.
https://buff.ly/3ZXmQML
Read, "Don’t Make a 2025 Resolution, Make Four!" and subscribe for more.
https://buff.ly/3ZXmQML
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I One-Upped ‘Hemingway,’ and All I Gained Was Three Pounds of Belly Fat.
The chilling story of how I stayed out of shape for the sake of a better kitchen.
https://buff.ly/41RdfK6
The chilling story of how I stayed out of shape for the sake of a better kitchen.
https://buff.ly/41RdfK6
December 26, 2024 at 6:03 AM
I One-Upped ‘Hemingway,’ and All I Gained Was Three Pounds of Belly Fat.
The chilling story of how I stayed out of shape for the sake of a better kitchen.
https://buff.ly/41RdfK6
The chilling story of how I stayed out of shape for the sake of a better kitchen.
https://buff.ly/41RdfK6
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❝ This anecdote is an example of a literary legend—a kind of urban legend, but for people who own too many bookcases.
While recounting this legend at a party hosted by someone who owns more bookcases than I do, a strong competitive urge drove me to one-up "Hemingway." ❞
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While recounting this legend at a party hosted by someone who owns more bookcases than I do, a strong competitive urge drove me to one-up "Hemingway." ❞
https://buff.ly/3P8pZo7
December 24, 2024 at 1:56 AM
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The Men Who Stare at Dust Motes
To marvel at the Cosmos, seek a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam—then indulge in a little math.
https://buff.ly/4gNCNvL...
To marvel at the Cosmos, seek a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam—then indulge in a little math.
https://buff.ly/4gNCNvL...
The Men Who Stare at Dust Motes
To marvel at the Cosmos, seek a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam—then indulge in a little math.
buff.ly
December 23, 2024 at 6:04 PM
The Men Who Stare at Dust Motes
To marvel at the Cosmos, seek a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam—then indulge in a little math.
https://buff.ly/4gNCNvL...
To marvel at the Cosmos, seek a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam—then indulge in a little math.
https://buff.ly/4gNCNvL...
Is there a tool that maps handles from that other social network to Bluesky handles?
December 22, 2024 at 7:10 AM
Is there a tool that maps handles from that other social network to Bluesky handles?
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Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.
December 21, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Destroy this myth. Please share if you have visited and researched in a library this past year! RT And give a shout out to your favorite library you have ever visited.