Sam Tobin-Hochstadt
@samth.bsky.social
Associate Professor, IU Computer Science ·
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
Core Developer, @racketlang.bsky.social ·
Member, TC39 ·
Handler, Gravymaker ·
Bike Advocate, Bloomington IN
No Kings, Bloomington Indiana
Biggest protest yet here
Biggest protest yet here
October 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
No Kings, Bloomington Indiana
Biggest protest yet here
Biggest protest yet here
Many people's most cherished self image is that they are immune to marketing and performance.
it is not an insult toward mamdani to say that he is a performer. of course he is! that’s what politics is!
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Many people's most cherished self image is that they are immune to marketing and performance.
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There will be Millions of Americans in the streets on Saturday for #NoKings Day!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
October 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
There will be Millions of Americans in the streets on Saturday for #NoKings Day!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
Be one of them!
Let's make this a day of joy & hope & solidarity!
For my Naptown folks, I'll see you at the Statehouse on Saturday @ Noon!
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It's actually much more depressing that they clearly didn't want to do this and are doing it because of intense user demand.
The pivot from “I’m building god” to “I’m building a jerkoff tool” is pretty funny
OpenAI to allow mature content on ChatGPT for adult verified users starting December reut.rs/3J8NTAi
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
It's actually much more depressing that they clearly didn't want to do this and are doing it because of intense user demand.
The stability of modern democracy was a feature of the postwar boom not something about the institutions.
An interesting range of interpretations here but what jumps out at me most is that sharp economic downturns seem to be associated, with some lag, with the far-right cannibalizing the center-right and thereby threatening democratic systems.
Some implications, perhaps, for democratic system design.
Some implications, perhaps, for democratic system design.
In our - very limited - historical experience of democracy,
(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)
(i) states rot from the centre-right
(ii) and it's contagious (via geography/powerful exemplar states)
October 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The stability of modern democracy was a feature of the postwar boom not something about the institutions.
As with other famously dunked on Pelosi quotes, she was obviously correct here.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
As with other famously dunked on Pelosi quotes, she was obviously correct here.
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Hope everyone had a great RacketCon. Many thanks to the presenters, participants in-person and remote, the organisers and UMass Boston for hosting us.
Please send feedback to the team at con-organizers@racket-lang.org
Please send feedback to the team at con-organizers@racket-lang.org
Racket
Videos about or related to the programming language Racket, mostly drawn from RacketCon presentations. This channel publishes videos from Racket events and may also re-publish video from other places.
www.youtube.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Hope everyone had a great RacketCon. Many thanks to the presenters, participants in-person and remote, the organisers and UMass Boston for hosting us.
Please send feedback to the team at con-organizers@racket-lang.org
Please send feedback to the team at con-organizers@racket-lang.org
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For timid leaders, poor communication is a feature not a bug
Be very, very quiet: IU's Elmer Fudd approach to transparency
Time after time over the past few years, even for stories generating national attention, Indiana University did not provide anyone, including WFIU/WTIU News, an interview.
www.ipm.org
October 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
For timid leaders, poor communication is a feature not a bug
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social Since your Fremen mirage blog post was going around recently, I found the source of the first image in the "hard times" meme: www.artstation.com/artwork/W2y8N
RYSE Son of Rome - Landing in Britannia, karakter
Client: CRYTEK
Artist: Tobias Mannewitz, Karl Kopinski, Floris Didden, Henrik Bolle
www.artstation.com
October 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social Since your Fremen mirage blog post was going around recently, I found the source of the first image in the "hard times" meme: www.artstation.com/artwork/W2y8N
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Imma be real with you guys the "TESCREAL" stuff is basically the libleft version of rightist paranoia over "Cultural Marxism", where you just smash together a half-dozen things that annoy you and go "these things are all connected and being pushed by a nefarious secret cabal of my political enemies"
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Imma be real with you guys the "TESCREAL" stuff is basically the libleft version of rightist paranoia over "Cultural Marxism", where you just smash together a half-dozen things that annoy you and go "these things are all connected and being pushed by a nefarious secret cabal of my political enemies"
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I've already been blocked by one mutual follow ( @moiradonegan.bsky.social ) Here's what I said to her (since it is now otherwise inaccessible), which I'm leaving as my general statement of what I think, and not engaging further for a while.
September 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I've already been blocked by one mutual follow ( @moiradonegan.bsky.social ) Here's what I said to her (since it is now otherwise inaccessible), which I'm leaving as my general statement of what I think, and not engaging further for a while.
He wants this because the alternative is that we don't have a liberal democracy or an open society, as we are currently witnessing all around us.
Klein wants a bipartisan consensus in favor of liberal democracy and open society, and he's not gonna let the fact that not a single conservative of note gives a shit about that get in his way.
really telling what Klein considers normal politics
September 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
He wants this because the alternative is that we don't have a liberal democracy or an open society, as we are currently witnessing all around us.
Just told ChatGPT to make a plot nicer by following @kjhealy.co's book (with no further details). It was quite effective.
September 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Just told ChatGPT to make a plot nicer by following @kjhealy.co's book (with no further details). It was quite effective.
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Indiana University was ranked at No. 255 out of 257 U.S. colleges and universities, making it the lowest-rated public institution in the country.
Free speech foundation ranks IU as worst public college
Indiana University sank to near the bottom of The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression College Free Speech Rankings this year.
www.ipm.org
September 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Indiana University was ranked at No. 255 out of 257 U.S. colleges and universities, making it the lowest-rated public institution in the country.
I always think one reason people get so mad about this is the worry that it's actually the right strategy, and what that says about our fellow Americans.
The president is a rapist authoritarian who is destroying US institutions & literally invading US cities, quick ... restore healthcare subsidies!
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I always think one reason people get so mad about this is the worry that it's actually the right strategy, and what that says about our fellow Americans.
Restoring health insurance for poor people is good, actually.
September 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Restoring health insurance for poor people is good, actually.
It's weird how he's posting like this and a bunch of guys who were 12 at the time think that Obama being mean to Romney is cause for destroying democracy.
If you had told me in 2012 that Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign manager would be posting like this 13 years later i would not have believed you
August 31, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It's weird how he's posting like this and a bunch of guys who were 12 at the time think that Obama being mean to Romney is cause for destroying democracy.
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Help test via snapshots: parallel threads racket.discourse.group/t/help-test-...
Help test via snapshots: parallel threads
We expect that the next Racket release (tentatively v9.0) will have additional support for parallelism. We need your help to get it right. Racket has always provided lightweight threads for…
racket.discourse.group
August 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Help test via snapshots: parallel threads racket.discourse.group/t/help-test-...
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The answer to one of the most universal questions in computing education. It's not what you're expecting. At all.
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/fir...
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/fir...
Which Programming Language
Should I Teach First?
Parenthetically Speaking: Articles by Shriram Krishnamurthi
parentheticallyspeaking.org
August 24, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The answer to one of the most universal questions in computing education. It's not what you're expecting. At all.
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/fir...
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/fir...
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I own the company
August 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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The central issue is that what people want is "new construction at the price point/level of amenity of the Levittown developments". IZ delivers this in very small amounts. YIMBYs (correctly) say that this is not feasible but that's of course unpopular.
Inclusionary zoning is a targeted tax on the construction of new housing — the absolute worst way you could think of to raise money for investments in social housing projects.
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
www.slowboring.com/p/inclusiona...
Inclusionary zoning is a tax on housing
Sometimes, policies have unintended consequences or unforeseen downsides
www.slowboring.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The central issue is that what people want is "new construction at the price point/level of amenity of the Levittown developments". IZ delivers this in very small amounts. YIMBYs (correctly) say that this is not feasible but that's of course unpopular.
This is an important point, and also points to the need on the left for those of us who want Tokyo housing policy, Parisian transit, Norwegian public safety, and Finnish social democracy to emphasize that these go together as well as the current configuration of US left ideas.
There’s more to politics than abstract ideas, but ideas really do matter.
www.slowboring.com/p/the-power-...
www.slowboring.com/p/the-power-...
The power of coalition merchants
How journalists shape politics
www.slowboring.com
July 2, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is an important point, and also points to the need on the left for those of us who want Tokyo housing policy, Parisian transit, Norwegian public safety, and Finnish social democracy to emphasize that these go together as well as the current configuration of US left ideas.