Thom Volker
@thomvolker.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Statistics, Utrecht University
Creates fake data for a living.
thomvolker.github.io
Creates fake data for a living.
thomvolker.github.io
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Ik neem aan dat Chris vanavond wordt uitgenodigd bij een talkshow om dit splijtende, tegendraadse en genuanceerde verhaal te vertellen. Toch?
Oh nee wacht liever meer feitenvrije onderbuikdiarree natuurlijk. (cynismeknopje uit)
Oh nee wacht liever meer feitenvrije onderbuikdiarree natuurlijk. (cynismeknopje uit)
Wie luistert naar makelaars in angst denkt dat het een puinzooi is rond asielzoekerscentra. Waar hardwerkende blanke burgers worden belaagd en vrouwen om het uur verkracht. Defend-groepen gebruiken het om geweld te plegen. Maar klopt dat narratief eigenlijk wel?
chrisklomp.nl/vals-narrati...
chrisklomp.nl/vals-narrati...
Vals narratief rond asielzoekers - Chris Klomp
Dus als u de komende jaren weer eens een domrechtse partij tekeer ziet gaan tegen asielzoekers, weet dan dat juist zij belang hebben bij het valse narratief. Een kwaadaardige frame dat geen enkele ste...
chrisklomp.nl
November 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Ik neem aan dat Chris vanavond wordt uitgenodigd bij een talkshow om dit splijtende, tegendraadse en genuanceerde verhaal te vertellen. Toch?
Oh nee wacht liever meer feitenvrije onderbuikdiarree natuurlijk. (cynismeknopje uit)
Oh nee wacht liever meer feitenvrije onderbuikdiarree natuurlijk. (cynismeknopje uit)
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One of my favourite charts (my only contribution was the annotation)
Now this is how you detect whether an election was stolen. Humans choose rounder numbers.
by @TheEconomist
by @TheEconomist
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of my favourite charts (my only contribution was the annotation)
Do these people feel like you should only pay for insurances if you actually need health care?
Remember that insurance is actually a thing you hope never to use, and then read this critique.
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Do these people feel like you should only pay for insurances if you actually need health care?
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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D66 kan en mag niet (!) haar sociaal-liberale waarden verliezen aan een inmiddels geradicaliseerde VVD.
November 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
D66 kan en mag niet (!) haar sociaal-liberale waarden verliezen aan een inmiddels geradicaliseerde VVD.
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Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
August 18, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Sometimes I see people like 20 tweets deep into an argument with Grok. Like, what are you doing brother? You are trying to win an argument with a vending machine.
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“How can we make it so that all human beings have enough?”
Superhuman intelligence: well the people who have way too much need to give something up
Techbros: no no no CHANGE THE ALGORITHM
Superhuman intelligence: well the people who have way too much need to give something up
Techbros: no no no CHANGE THE ALGORITHM
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“How can we make it so that all human beings have enough?”
Superhuman intelligence: well the people who have way too much need to give something up
Techbros: no no no CHANGE THE ALGORITHM
Superhuman intelligence: well the people who have way too much need to give something up
Techbros: no no no CHANGE THE ALGORITHM
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Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
GitHub - hadley/genzplyr: dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap
dplyr but make it bussin fr fr no cap. Contribute to hadley/genzplyr development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Do you teach #rstats? Do your students complain about how lame and old-fashioned dplyr is? Don't worry: I have the solution for you: github.com/hadley/genzp....
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
genzplyr is dplyr, but bussin fr fr no cap.
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
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Een kabinet kan alléén gevormd worden met democratische partijen die de rechtsstaat respecteren. De VVD doet dat niet. Ik heb tegen de verkenner gezegd dat daar eerst maar eens de schijnwerpers op moeten worden gezet.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Een kabinet kan alléén gevormd worden met democratische partijen die de rechtsstaat respecteren. De VVD doet dat niet. Ik heb tegen de verkenner gezegd dat daar eerst maar eens de schijnwerpers op moeten worden gezet.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Laten we ophouden met doen alsof het normaal is dat de VVD allerlei eisen stelt.
Misschien moet de T eens al die PVV’ers die niets doen vragen of ze salaris krijgen?
Interview met RTL was ok. De Telegraaf maakt er meteen van dat hij zijn belofte aan de kiezer zou breken. Alsof ze hem niet hadden afgezeken als hij na de nederlaag wél was aangebleven.
En dan nog even miepen over wachtgeld.
Kortom, een trap na.
Niveautje weer.
www.telegraaf.nl/politiek/tim...
En dan nog even miepen over wachtgeld.
Kortom, een trap na.
Niveautje weer.
www.telegraaf.nl/politiek/tim...
Timmermans: heel onwaarschijnlijk dat ik terugkeer in politiek
Frans Timmermans noemt het ’heel onwaarschijnlijk’ dat hij ooit nog terugkeert in de politiek. Dat zei de vertrokken partijleider van GL/PvdA in gesprek met journalist Jaïr Ferwerda bij RTL Tonight. Hij wil ook „absoluut niet” als minister aan de slag, mocht GL/PvdA toch in het nieuwe kabinet belanden. „Nee, echt niet.”
www.telegraaf.nl
November 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Misschien moet de T eens al die PVV’ers die niets doen vragen of ze salaris krijgen?
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🧠⚙️ Interested in decision theory+cogsci meets AI? Want to create methods for rigorously designing & evaluating human-AI workflows?
I'm recruiting PhDs to work on:
🎯 Stat foundations of multi-agent collaboration
🌫️ Model uncertainty & meta-cognition
🔎 Interpretability
💬 LLMs in behavioral science
I'm recruiting PhDs to work on:
🎯 Stat foundations of multi-agent collaboration
🌫️ Model uncertainty & meta-cognition
🔎 Interpretability
💬 LLMs in behavioral science
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🧠⚙️ Interested in decision theory+cogsci meets AI? Want to create methods for rigorously designing & evaluating human-AI workflows?
I'm recruiting PhDs to work on:
🎯 Stat foundations of multi-agent collaboration
🌫️ Model uncertainty & meta-cognition
🔎 Interpretability
💬 LLMs in behavioral science
I'm recruiting PhDs to work on:
🎯 Stat foundations of multi-agent collaboration
🌫️ Model uncertainty & meta-cognition
🔎 Interpretability
💬 LLMs in behavioral science
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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."
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"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
"'They’re spending more money than I would even tax them,' [Mamdani] said in an interview with MSNBC last week."
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
This is the message. Make it clear that these billionaires aren't just worried about losing money. They're worried about losing the ability to exchange their money for power.
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Een demissionair kabinet wordt geacht zich te gedragen als een huismeester die de boel beheert en schoon houdt, maar geen grote verbouwingen start, tenzij de bewoners (de Tweede Kamer) hiervoor expliciet toestemming geven. Minister Paul handelt tegenstrijdig. De Kamer komt hopelijk snel in actie.
November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Een demissionair kabinet wordt geacht zich te gedragen als een huismeester die de boel beheert en schoon houdt, maar geen grote verbouwingen start, tenzij de bewoners (de Tweede Kamer) hiervoor expliciet toestemming geven. Minister Paul handelt tegenstrijdig. De Kamer komt hopelijk snel in actie.
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Anarchy!
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anarchy!
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
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Anarchy!
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
November 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Anarchy!
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)
(for a presentation, having to set "print = FALSE" all the time is annoying)