Shoveliere
@thedansimonson.bsky.social
#nlproc phd. computational linguiost. disaster artist. computer wizard. bike commuter. opinion haver. under constr
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i want big things:
global peace
ecological restoration
everybody eats
a bike helmet engineered for afros
global peace
ecological restoration
everybody eats
a bike helmet engineered for afros
February 10, 2026 at 1:58 PM
i want big things:
global peace
ecological restoration
everybody eats
a bike helmet engineered for afros
global peace
ecological restoration
everybody eats
a bike helmet engineered for afros
“Exceedingly reasonable” doesn’t mean anything when your counterparty is unreasonable.
If anything, being “exceedingly reasonable” to an unreasonable party means that one adopts their unreasonability to reach that position.
If anything, being “exceedingly reasonable” to an unreasonable party means that one adopts their unreasonability to reach that position.
February 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
“Exceedingly reasonable” doesn’t mean anything when your counterparty is unreasonable.
If anything, being “exceedingly reasonable” to an unreasonable party means that one adopts their unreasonability to reach that position.
If anything, being “exceedingly reasonable” to an unreasonable party means that one adopts their unreasonability to reach that position.
“peace in our time” vibes really stinking from this one
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 12:47 PM
“peace in our time” vibes really stinking from this one
Nah, that’s way too creative. Iirc he just uses a shortened form of his real name
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Nah, that’s way too creative. Iirc he just uses a shortened form of his real name
Yea this guy definitely did not work at Goldman Sachs. I’m not sure he had a real job ever.
February 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Yea this guy definitely did not work at Goldman Sachs. I’m not sure he had a real job ever.
I doubt it tbh. “DJ” is a self-assumed title, as were all the others
February 9, 2026 at 9:08 PM
I doubt it tbh. “DJ” is a self-assumed title, as were all the others
It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s blowing embarrassing amounts of money on kalshi or whatever, but I don’t have any evidence of that
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
It wouldn’t surprise me if he’s blowing embarrassing amounts of money on kalshi or whatever, but I don’t have any evidence of that
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Wait why am I suddenly having flashbacks to how many tragic young men out there were identifying as DJs shortly before Lehman Brothers collapsed??
The guy who is my bellwether for where the dumb money is going—he had a cloud engineer phase, crypto phase, nft phase, AI phase—has pivoted back to DJing, which is what he was first doing when I met him 20 years ago.
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Wait why am I suddenly having flashbacks to how many tragic young men out there were identifying as DJs shortly before Lehman Brothers collapsed??
The guy who is my bellwether for where the dumb money is going—he had a cloud engineer phase, crypto phase, nft phase, AI phase—has pivoted back to DJing, which is what he was first doing when I met him 20 years ago.
February 9, 2026 at 3:13 AM
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This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
I wrote about the Epstein files (gift link) www.theverge.com/tech/874721/...
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:46 PM
This is excellent & draws out something the rest of the media is ignoring: among other things, the Epstein files have made it super, super clear that the entire "anti-woke" cultural hysteria was engineered by powerful men averse to accountability.
My favorite stat on self-driving cars is they have like 1.2 operators per car. They take more drivers than a regular car, somehow.
February 7, 2026 at 2:30 PM
My favorite stat on self-driving cars is they have like 1.2 operators per car. They take more drivers than a regular car, somehow.
It’ll be one of those events with more journalists than attendees
February 7, 2026 at 2:27 PM
It’ll be one of those events with more journalists than attendees
Realizing they’re maximizing for engagement by brute forcing the human amygdala
February 6, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Realizing they’re maximizing for engagement by brute forcing the human amygdala
Much ivory, such tower wow
February 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
Much ivory, such tower wow
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Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him https://theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551/
February 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him https://theonion.com/man-who-lost-everything-in-crypto-just-wishes-several-t-1848764551/
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i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
February 1, 2026 at 11:43 PM
i made a version of wikipedia you can doomscroll
xikipedia.org
xikipedia.org
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There's actually a rational history to people saying "we don't actually know how & why AI works". But it's been getting twisted into suggesting we don't know how neural networks work, which is nonsense.
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
February 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
There's actually a rational history to people saying "we don't actually know how & why AI works". But it's been getting twisted into suggesting we don't know how neural networks work, which is nonsense.
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
What we don't understand are things about *language*. 1/n
All these guys who think they’re tougher than Minnesota wine moms are the same guys who think they could beat a grizzly bear in unarmed single combat.
February 5, 2026 at 2:33 PM
All these guys who think they’re tougher than Minnesota wine moms are the same guys who think they could beat a grizzly bear in unarmed single combat.
JD Vance: “look, I was watching. They were clearly chanting ‘fun guys’ because they were so excited to see these guys wrestle and have fun. If it weren’t for the ridiculous fake news media, no one would have misinterpr
February 5, 2026 at 3:35 AM
JD Vance: “look, I was watching. They were clearly chanting ‘fun guys’ because they were so excited to see these guys wrestle and have fun. If it weren’t for the ridiculous fake news media, no one would have misinterpr
I feel like if God were real, he'd be insulted by the idea of a church. like, have you seen the night sky in the truly dark? what the fuck do you need a church for when you have that?
"but tbt the weather's not always good" yea I think that's a sign from God that it's a bad time for church
"but tbt the weather's not always good" yea I think that's a sign from God that it's a bad time for church
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I feel like if God were real, he'd be insulted by the idea of a church. like, have you seen the night sky in the truly dark? what the fuck do you need a church for when you have that?
"but tbt the weather's not always good" yea I think that's a sign from God that it's a bad time for church
"but tbt the weather's not always good" yea I think that's a sign from God that it's a bad time for church
Also, “vast” in the sense of its combinations, not in originality
February 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Also, “vast” in the sense of its combinations, not in originality
In the vast, paranoid imagination of the right-wing, all the time
February 4, 2026 at 8:31 PM
In the vast, paranoid imagination of the right-wing, all the time
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El Zangarrón de Montamarta, Zamora, one of the extraordinary range of masked celebrations across the Iberian Peninsula, esp NW, most pre-Roman+pagan in origin, to have survived the ravages of the Inquisition and more recent Francoist repression. Image wiki
February 4, 2026 at 2:31 PM
El Zangarrón de Montamarta, Zamora, one of the extraordinary range of masked celebrations across the Iberian Peninsula, esp NW, most pre-Roman+pagan in origin, to have survived the ravages of the Inquisition and more recent Francoist repression. Image wiki
Freedom and democracy are the same. You are not free without power and self-determination.
Thiel's statement is, on the surface, contradictory but revealing. What he means by "freedom" isn't freedom to be, to do, and to associate, but rather to claim things as property and to use and abuse them
Thiel's statement is, on the surface, contradictory but revealing. What he means by "freedom" isn't freedom to be, to do, and to associate, but rather to claim things as property and to use and abuse them
Yes, Peter decided that the continued existence of our democracies isn't compatible with his desired level of personal freedom.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
An absolute enemy of humanity.
February 3, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Freedom and democracy are the same. You are not free without power and self-determination.
Thiel's statement is, on the surface, contradictory but revealing. What he means by "freedom" isn't freedom to be, to do, and to associate, but rather to claim things as property and to use and abuse them
Thiel's statement is, on the surface, contradictory but revealing. What he means by "freedom" isn't freedom to be, to do, and to associate, but rather to claim things as property and to use and abuse them