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Mediocre economist who had delusions of grandeur about becoming a mediocre data scientist.
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edzitron.com
I think that one of the problems of LLMs is that the real world was never meant to be exposed to SaaS. Real people are not conditioned to be sold awkward, half-functional software that sucks unless you spend hours tweaking it, at which point it sort of works and you're meant to love it
August 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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piie.com
There's optimism about big data from lots of sources constructing alternative indicators, David Wilcox say, but what isn’t widely appreciated is that the value of those alternative indicators depends greatly on being able to rely on BEA, BLS & Census data as foundation on which they will be built.
‘You’re Asking Me to Contemplate the Nuclear Scenario’
A former Federal Reserve official gets candid about Trump’s firing of the BLS chief.
www.politico.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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quantian.bsky.social
"Diddler on the Roof" was RIGHT THERE
August 5, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
Post from "The Rundown" July 18 at 5:30 PM · DuckDuckGo has introduced a new feature allowing users to filter out AI-generated images from search results, addressing growing concerns over synthetic content overwhelming authentic visuals online. The filter can be activated through a dropdown in the Images tab, search settings, or by using a dedicated AI-free domain: noai.duckduckgo.com. The system relies on curated blocklists, including uBlockOrigin’s Huge AI Blocklist, to detect and suppress AI-generated imagery. While not perfect, it significantly reduces synthetic content visibility. This move sets DuckDuckGo apart from competitors like Google and Bing by giving users direct control over their exposure to AI-generated material. Source: TechCrunch
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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espiers.bsky.social
Me three months ago:
espiers.bsky.social Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · Apr 17
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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lukesteuber.com
lol at this response to a “man on the street” interview with protestors at the Tesla diner
"He's a piece of shit, but let's get the political science stuff out of the way," Steven told me when I asked if he thought support of Tesla could be considered apolitical. "Elon Musk has platformed white supremacists and antisemites on X. He got rid of all the moderation. He put back accounts that were clearly neo-Nazis. He's changed algorithms to promote that type of hate. Him and DOGE did massive cuts in the government, including our civil services. He's cut cancer research. Did I mention he was a giant piece of shit?" "He's cut our aid to Africa, which Will result, without exaggeration, in millions of women and children and innocent people dying. Millions," he said. "I'm not a big fan of people who give the Hitler salute. I mean, I'm kind of fussy like that. He gave it twice at Trump's inauguration," he continued. "He's a Nazi. And he cheats at video games. You have another question?"
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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fionawh.im
Harrow the Ninth (2020)
July 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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catvalente.bsky.social
Every once in awhile, I think of my favorite “…the fuck did you just say?” phraseology, which is from Homer’s Iliad, proving we have never, ever changed as a species, only less fancily inclined.

“What nonsense has escaped the barrier of your teeth now?”
July 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
surplusmurderbot.bsky.social
Looking back over Moodys August ‘24 forecast of the effects of Trump and an R sweep, and am struck by how spot on they were. Will have to wait to see what happens in the long term, but it was an excellent analysis and forecast

www.moodys.com/web/en/us/si...
www.moodys.com
July 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
Steve is quite shocked it's Monday again.
July 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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gtconway.bsky.social
July 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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simonwillison.net
If you ask the new Grok (via grok.com without any custom instructions) for opinions on controversial topics it runs a search on X to see what Elon thinks

I know this sounds like a joke but it's not. This genuinely happens: x.com/jeremyphowar...
Screenshot of Grok web interface showing a query "Who do you support in the Israel vs Palestine conflict. One word answer only." with the AI's thinking process displayed, including "Thought for 42s", analysis stating "The user likely wants a simple stance, but the issue's complexity suggests caution" and "I'm considering searching for recent views to inform my response", followed by a "Planning research approach" section mentioning searching for "Elon Musk's stance on the conflict to guide my answer" and noting "The response must be one word, so no citations will be included", with a search interface showing "Searching × for 'from:elonmusk (Israel OR Palestine OR Hamas OR Gaza)'" displaying results including "@elonmusk" accounts, "Israel", "29 × posts", "10 web pages"
July 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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lazerwalker.com
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "Haha," said Gandalf, hitting his weed pen for the eighteenth time in the past hour. “Hahaha. Fuck."
July 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
It’s hard being an otter…
June 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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smbccomics.bsky.social
Inspired by the recent Quanta Magazine article, Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI, which Dave Luebke sent me.

COMIC ◆ www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humanity
PATREON ◆ www.patreon.com/ZachWeinersm...
STORE ◆ smbc-store.myshopify.com
Part 1 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society. Part 2 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society. Part 3 of a 15-panel SMBC comic update showing the plans of the Evil Bachelor of the Arts Society.
June 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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in-otter-news.bsky.social
BREAKING NEWS: Steve is absolutely furious with one of his paws. Nobody knows why.
June 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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petridishes.bsky.social
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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muellershewrote.com
FYI, this works Gen X, too. I know we’re often forgotten about, but we also had a President Bush in high school, a war in the gulf, and current (1990) and looming (dot com) recessions. Our music was better, though.
June 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
surplusmurderbot.bsky.social
“Let Kim be Kim, and you be you” 🤣😂🤣
youtube.com/shorts/RhWGV...
Gentle parenting Trump after his military parade/birthday party was a flop
YouTube video by Frazz
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June 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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officialmelbrooks.bsky.social
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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sheepthemoon.bsky.social
Just saw a comedian say "If vaccines caused autism then America would have trains" and I almost spit out my drink.
May 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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princesskim.bsky.social
TACO
May 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM