Maxim Raginsky
@mraginsky.bsky.social
Martin McDonagh should adapt “Waiting for Godot,” but make it Irish.
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Martin McDonagh should adapt “Waiting for Godot,” but make it Irish.
Simplest recipe ever, and a big hit with family: buy a basic olive oil focaccia, top with sliced mozzarella di bufala, grated asiago, fried zucchini slices, thinly sliced red onions, oregano. Bake at 350 for 10 min, then finish off by broiling at 500 for 2 minutes.
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Simplest recipe ever, and a big hit with family: buy a basic olive oil focaccia, top with sliced mozzarella di bufala, grated asiago, fried zucchini slices, thinly sliced red onions, oregano. Bake at 350 for 10 min, then finish off by broiling at 500 for 2 minutes.
One of the trick-or-treating kids tonight was dressed as a pair of cards, six and seven of diamonds. Iykyk.
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 AM
One of the trick-or-treating kids tonight was dressed as a pair of cards, six and seven of diamonds. Iykyk.
Dave’s Hot Chicken is basically System of a Down of fried chicken joints.
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Dave’s Hot Chicken is basically System of a Down of fried chicken joints.
Next year I’ll go as Big Yud (wear a sequined fedora and a tshirt that says “If anyone builds it, everyone will die”).
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Next year I’ll go as Big Yud (wear a sequined fedora and a tshirt that says “If anyone builds it, everyone will die”).
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🎶 average American, average American
average American hates median American
they have a fight, average wins
average American 🎶
average American hates median American
they have a fight, average wins
average American 🎶
October 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🎶 average American, average American
average American hates median American
they have a fight, average wins
average American 🎶
average American hates median American
they have a fight, average wins
average American 🎶
Prompted by @fintanmallory.com's paper on LLMs as stochastic measuring devices, I propose adopting a metrologist's view of machine learning in general -- it's all measurement systems, always has been. realizable.substack.com/p/the-metrol...
The (Metro)logic of Machine Learning
Is it all just measurement systems?
realizable.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Prompted by @fintanmallory.com's paper on LLMs as stochastic measuring devices, I propose adopting a metrologist's view of machine learning in general -- it's all measurement systems, always has been. realizable.substack.com/p/the-metrol...
Turns out my daughter loves fried zucchini, so I’ve now added spaghetti alla nerano to our regular dinner rotation.
October 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Turns out my daughter loves fried zucchini, so I’ve now added spaghetti alla nerano to our regular dinner rotation.
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we are witnessing a genuine decline in the taste of american elites
October 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
we are witnessing a genuine decline in the taste of american elites
Lily Allen’s West End Girl >>> Taylor Swift’s Diary of a Showgirl
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lily Allen’s West End Girl >>> Taylor Swift’s Diary of a Showgirl
got my Halloween reading all lined up for this year
October 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
got my Halloween reading all lined up for this year
The Vengaboys are Dutch???
October 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The Vengaboys are Dutch???
Autocorrect on my phone almost replaced “token” with “golem” just now.
October 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Autocorrect on my phone almost replaced “token” with “golem” just now.
Look at the list of names on this thing, it's a confederacy of grifters (plus cranks and true believers). www.agidefinition.ai
A Definition of AGI
A definition and measurement of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)
www.agidefinition.ai
October 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Look at the list of names on this thing, it's a confederacy of grifters (plus cranks and true believers). www.agidefinition.ai
It’s happening, people! www.theverge.com/news/799312/...
October 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
It’s happening, people! www.theverge.com/news/799312/...
Speaking of Thiel-funded outfits, whatever happened to Inference Review?
October 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Speaking of Thiel-funded outfits, whatever happened to Inference Review?
I hope he quotes Arendt‘s “The Human Condition” next.
October 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I hope he quotes Arendt‘s “The Human Condition” next.
closing of the spritz season
October 11, 2025 at 9:16 PM
closing of the spritz season
Leuchtturm notebook with 120g paper (dot grid) and Sailor Kiwaguro ink. Nice!
October 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Leuchtturm notebook with 120g paper (dot grid) and Sailor Kiwaguro ink. Nice!
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Through the largely forgettable NYT piece about “the disappearing novel-reading man,” I came across this chemically pure sample of a book critic inventing a new Type of Guy To Get Mad At and then proceeding to get mad at it verbosely. lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...
Against High Brodernism | Los Angeles Review of Books
Federico Perelmuter considers László Krasznahorkai’s “Herscht 07769,” translated by Ottilie Mulzet.
lareviewofbooks.org
June 28, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Through the largely forgettable NYT piece about “the disappearing novel-reading man,” I came across this chemically pure sample of a book critic inventing a new Type of Guy To Get Mad At and then proceeding to get mad at it verbosely. lareviewofbooks.org/article/agai...