Mikhail Popov
@mpopov.com
staff data scientist, autism dad, husband, former data science manager
pronouns: he/him
website: https://mpopov.com
disclaimer: views and posts are my own
pronouns: he/him
website: https://mpopov.com
disclaimer: views and posts are my own
After like a decade of rocking Intel + NVIDIA in my gaming PC I’m going back to AMD. Missed the boat on RAM, no building my own with these prices – got a Ryzen + Radeon prebuilt.
Going to install Bazzite or other Linux distro on it. Microsoft ending security support for Windows 10 was my catalyst.
Going to install Bazzite or other Linux distro on it. Microsoft ending security support for Windows 10 was my catalyst.
December 26, 2025 at 7:50 PM
After like a decade of rocking Intel + NVIDIA in my gaming PC I’m going back to AMD. Missed the boat on RAM, no building my own with these prices – got a Ryzen + Radeon prebuilt.
Going to install Bazzite or other Linux distro on it. Microsoft ending security support for Windows 10 was my catalyst.
Going to install Bazzite or other Linux distro on it. Microsoft ending security support for Windows 10 was my catalyst.
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Wonder what will happen when people start getting their jaws cracked.
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discrimination ... don’t matter,” one attorney said.
Monkey Sounds, “White Power” and the N-Word: Racial Harassment Against Black Students Ignored Under Trump
Since Trump returned to office, the Education Department’s civil rights office has not resolved a single racial harassment investigation. It sends a message that “people impacted by racial discriminat...
www.propublica.org
December 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Wonder what will happen when people start getting their jaws cracked.
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I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I don't think free speech on campus ought to mean that a young coddled bigot gets to use their ignorance to casually destroy the career of a knowledgeable trans person on a random Wednesday
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"Of those infected, 145 were unvaccinated, three were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, one was fully vaccinated and four had unknown vaccination status."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Measles cases in South Carolina rise by nine to 153, state health department says
The South Carolina health department reported 153 measles cases related to the ongoing outbreak on Tuesday, nine additional cases since its last update on Friday.
www.reuters.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"Of those infected, 145 were unvaccinated, three were partially vaccinated with one of the recommended two-dose measles-mumps-rubella vaccines, one was fully vaccinated and four had unknown vaccination status."
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com/business/hea...
It's our 5th year writing an end-of-year newsletter to send to friends & family. I tried to communicate what I now do to people who have no idea how websites work, have never seen or heard the term "A/B test," or know what a product manager is. …I think this may be the best thing I've ever written?
December 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
It's our 5th year writing an end-of-year newsletter to send to friends & family. I tried to communicate what I now do to people who have no idea how websites work, have never seen or heard the term "A/B test," or know what a product manager is. …I think this may be the best thing I've ever written?
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"DHS has a systematic policy of threatening people who follow ICE or DHS agents to record their activities with detentions, arrests, and violence, and agents have already chased, detained, arrested, charged, struck, and shot at people who follow them." www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"DHS has a systematic policy of threatening people who follow ICE or DHS agents to record their activities with detentions, arrests, and violence, and agents have already chased, detained, arrested, charged, struck, and shot at people who follow them." www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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Professional societies keep beclowning themselves buying into a lie about what an LLM "summary" is. They are inherently counterfeit: not an epistemic product of the ideas in the source, but summary-shaped text linguistically based on *other* works (in the training corpus) that use related language.
This is one of the reasons I remain horrified by seeing @historians.org suggest "ways to use gAI" that included this:
December 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Professional societies keep beclowning themselves buying into a lie about what an LLM "summary" is. They are inherently counterfeit: not an epistemic product of the ideas in the source, but summary-shaped text linguistically based on *other* works (in the training corpus) that use related language.
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67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Under RFK Jr., U.S. plans to stop recommending most vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
67 Senators could remove RFK Jr. today but there aren’t 67 Senators who care about Americans’ lives, health, or wellbeing. Babies will die. Our leaders hate us.
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INVENTOR OF THE WASHING MACHINE: it’s a machine that washes
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
December 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
INVENTOR OF THE WASHING MACHINE: it’s a machine that washes
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
INVENTOR OF THE DISHWASHER: washes what
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THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
I don’t know what I was expecting going into the trailer but coming out of the trailer I’ll be expecting a good time when we eventually watch this movie
The Sheep Detectives - Official Trailer (2026) Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Patrick Stewart
YouTube video by IGN
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I don’t know what I was expecting going into the trailer but coming out of the trailer I’ll be expecting a good time when we eventually watch this movie
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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YES! this is what techbros who have let their creative selves wither call "procrastination" or "inefficiency" and try to technologise away, not understanding that it is the source of creativity and imagination and everything good
When I sit down to write I'm not consciously pulling from my notes, I'm drawing on the 6 months I spent reading biographies, watching hours of interviews, etc. There is a volume of research, of effort & time that is required to create something meaningful to draw from.
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 AM
YES! this is what techbros who have let their creative selves wither call "procrastination" or "inefficiency" and try to technologise away, not understanding that it is the source of creativity and imagination and everything good
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Annual reminder that if you see a menorah in someone’s window, that’s an act of defiance against bigotry and hate. It’s also pride and bravery.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
It’s says “a Jew lives here” and that’s both painting a target but also reminding everyone that we still exist and we always will.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
Oh hey, you can finally just buy Monument Valley 3 for iOS. (It launched as a Netflix exclusive and then a few months ago Netflix was suddenly like “bye!!!” and unpublished it from the App Store. This is why any news of Netflix acquiring game studios saddens me – they don’t give a shit about games.)
Monument Valley 3 App - App Store
Download Monument Valley 3 by ustwo games on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Monument Valley 3.
apps.apple.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Oh hey, you can finally just buy Monument Valley 3 for iOS. (It launched as a Netflix exclusive and then a few months ago Netflix was suddenly like “bye!!!” and unpublished it from the App Store. This is why any news of Netflix acquiring game studios saddens me – they don’t give a shit about games.)
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AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
December 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
AI has actively made life worse for literally everyone
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
- tech is now more expensive
- you cannot trust most media of reality anymore
- programs barely function
- energy prices
- literal psychosis
- your voice can be literally stolen for evil
- more spyware
but hey, you can avoid paying an artist.
Me: hey siri play Bluey season 2 episode 20 on living room tv
Siri: [starts playing a Barenaked Ladies song on my phone]
🍎 🤡 💩
Siri: [starts playing a Barenaked Ladies song on my phone]
🍎 🤡 💩
December 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Me: hey siri play Bluey season 2 episode 20 on living room tv
Siri: [starts playing a Barenaked Ladies song on my phone]
🍎 🤡 💩
Siri: [starts playing a Barenaked Ladies song on my phone]
🍎 🤡 💩
A Bluey game came out on iOS and it’s got a bunch of 1 star reviews complaining about it using a try-before-you-buy model instead of being totally free. Meanwhile I’m here like “oh hell yeah it’s not an ad-ridden free-to-play or subscription thing”
Dude, the normies are fucking broken and entitled.
Dude, the normies are fucking broken and entitled.
December 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A Bluey game came out on iOS and it’s got a bunch of 1 star reviews complaining about it using a try-before-you-buy model instead of being totally free. Meanwhile I’m here like “oh hell yeah it’s not an ad-ridden free-to-play or subscription thing”
Dude, the normies are fucking broken and entitled.
Dude, the normies are fucking broken and entitled.
I was so surprised/startled by my wife standing on the other side of my office door when I opened it that I let out a scream which triggered the glass break sensor in my office and triggered our home security system alarm.
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I was so surprised/startled by my wife standing on the other side of my office door when I opened it that I let out a scream which triggered the glass break sensor in my office and triggered our home security system alarm.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.