YetAnotherSteve
@yaseppochi.bsky.social
Aka yasegumi. Conservatively progressive devil’s advocate economist, Pythonista, wannabe mathematician.
Favorite meme ¿Porque no los dos? but rarely happy with either side.
Favorite meme ¿Porque no los dos? but rarely happy with either side.
@christag.bsky.social
Hi, checked your profile and, like — me too!
OU ‘79, ex-OSU ass prof (still vote from just off-campus), Japan resident
… and asking not what Ohio can do for me but what I can do for Ohio.
Action suggestions and Ohioans to follow?
Hi, checked your profile and, like — me too!
OU ‘79, ex-OSU ass prof (still vote from just off-campus), Japan resident
… and asking not what Ohio can do for me but what I can do for Ohio.
Action suggestions and Ohioans to follow?
November 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
@christag.bsky.social
Hi, checked your profile and, like — me too!
OU ‘79, ex-OSU ass prof (still vote from just off-campus), Japan resident
… and asking not what Ohio can do for me but what I can do for Ohio.
Action suggestions and Ohioans to follow?
Hi, checked your profile and, like — me too!
OU ‘79, ex-OSU ass prof (still vote from just off-campus), Japan resident
… and asking not what Ohio can do for me but what I can do for Ohio.
Action suggestions and Ohioans to follow?
@nytimes.com
This is why you don’t get my money, and I don’t click on links if I notice it’s you.
This is why you don’t get my money, and I don’t click on links if I notice it’s you.
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
@nytimes.com
This is why you don’t get my money, and I don’t click on links if I notice it’s you.
This is why you don’t get my money, and I don’t click on links if I notice it’s you.
Word of the Year!
artificial indulgence
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Word of the Year!
Fuckin’ A!
So much for MY language skills.😅
So much for MY language skills.😅
calling every living relative to finally answer their 35yo question: "english? what are you gonna do with an english degree?"
November 21, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Fuckin’ A!
So much for MY language skills.😅
So much for MY language skills.😅
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We stand with these veterans and national security leaders urging our troops to uphold the Constitution over unlawful orders.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 AM
We stand with these veterans and national security leaders urging our troops to uphold the Constitution over unlawful orders.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
🇺🇸Jason Crow
🇺🇸Chris Deluzio
🇺🇸Maggie Goodlander
🇺🇸Chrissy Houlahan
🇺🇸 Mark Kelly
🇺🇸 Elissa Slotkin
This is what courage looks like.
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This is why mechanical computers like the fire control computers in submarines had “fuse gears” made of softer metal that would break first if something bound up and were located in easy-to-access locations for repair.
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.—Douglas Adams
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 AM
This is why mechanical computers like the fire control computers in submarines had “fuse gears” made of softer metal that would break first if something bound up and were located in easy-to-access locations for repair.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
One thing that Aaron doesn’t mention is that as an election approaches an opposition party has its hierarchy, specifically the party leader and prospective prime minister, thrashed out in advance. In the US, however, there are multiple candidates, some running *against* the legislative leadership.
"Opposition party" doesn't make sense in the context of the US system, people should stop using it because it is clearly clouding people's understandings of what is possible.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
One thing that Aaron doesn’t mention is that as an election approaches an opposition party has its hierarchy, specifically the party leader and prospective prime minister, thrashed out in advance. In the US, however, there are multiple candidates, some running *against* the legislative leadership.
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Is there anybody less able to ‘take it’ in those world than Donald Trump?
November 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Is there anybody less able to ‘take it’ in those world than Donald Trump?
Thing is that’s not who I’m worried about him fucking. That crew can all go fuck themselves and each other and I don’t even want to know about it.
November 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thing is that’s not who I’m worried about him fucking. That crew can all go fuck themselves and each other and I don’t even want to know about it.
OpenAI’s TurboTax contract: 1 down, 9999 to go just to fund construction of datacenters.
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 AM
OpenAI’s TurboTax contract: 1 down, 9999 to go just to fund construction of datacenters.
And here I was predicting we’d need Schumer (in fact, multiple folks with his skills) for After Trump. Jumped the gun on me, did he?
Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats kicked Thune's ass today. Now the Epstein bill is onto Trump;s desk for signing.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Thune denies Johnson’s demand for Epstein bill changes
Senate GOP lawyers found the bill ‘sufficient,’ Thune said.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
And here I was predicting we’d need Schumer (in fact, multiple folks with his skills) for After Trump. Jumped the gun on me, did he?
Recently retired thinking I really should get hands on experience with LLMs. I guess it’s not gonna be ChatGPT.
Newish:
◾️ Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Summers’ status at the university
◾️ Bloomberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while OpenAI did not provide a comment.
◾️ Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Summers’ status at the university
◾️ Bloomberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while OpenAI did not provide a comment.
Larry Summers says he's stepping away from "public" commitments — which apparently means he's staying on the OpenAI board. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... tip @techmeme.com
OpenAI did not provide a comment. Summers is still listed here: openai.com/our-structure/
OpenAI did not provide a comment. Summers is still listed here: openai.com/our-structure/
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Recently retired thinking I really should get hands on experience with LLMs. I guess it’s not gonna be ChatGPT.
It’s the owls.
dude i havent even made a single promo post how do i already have 100 followers
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It’s the owls.
I get the awfulness of “Monica Lewinski” jokes, but you know what? I’ve never seen her quoted or heard her speak that I didn’t come away with a distinct feeling of respect for her as a human being. I enjoy being reminded of that feeling … then I ferociously block the “comedian”.
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I get the awfulness of “Monica Lewinski” jokes, but you know what? I’ve never seen her quoted or heard her speak that I didn’t come away with a distinct feeling of respect for her as a human being. I enjoy being reminded of that feeling … then I ferociously block the “comedian”.
Neither “compromise” nor “capitulation” applies to what just happened in Congress. The right word is “culmination”, and the Democrats clearly won on all fronts except messaging.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
I’ve read a lot of takes on the shutdown cave, but this one is really important
What’s the difference between compromise and capitulation? Compromise trades concessions. Capitulation pays ransom to stop deliberate suffering, and teaches your opponent that coercion works. There are effective responses to coercive bargaining. What we saw was not one of them.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Neither “compromise” nor “capitulation” applies to what just happened in Congress. The right word is “culmination”, and the Democrats clearly won on all fronts except messaging.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
Why are all my favorite progressives sounding like the antiparticles of MAGA accelerationists? Same mass, opposite charge and spin.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Why are all my favorite progressives sounding like the antiparticles of MAGA accelerationists? Same mass, opposite charge and spin.
Unicode RTL FTW!
This is so lovely
love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Unicode RTL FTW!
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This is so lovely
love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is so lovely
I’m really having trouble with this “Dems lost the shutdown” claim. Asked “what’s wrong with Trump policy?”, they answer “everything” (and they’re right and all thinkers agree). Asked “ok, the GOP has a trifecation, what’s your demand?”, they reply “ACA subsidy extension”. So GOP throws a tantrum
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November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I’m really having trouble with this “Dems lost the shutdown” claim. Asked “what’s wrong with Trump policy?”, they answer “everything” (and they’re right and all thinkers agree). Asked “ok, the GOP has a trifecation, what’s your demand?”, they reply “ACA subsidy extension”. So GOP throws a tantrum
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1/
Interesting read. My own, limited, experience with DnD was far more egalitarian, at least with respect to gender. In college in the late 70s about 1/3 of the players and half the DMs, were women. In grad school in the early 80s it was 50-50 for players, although both of the frequent DMs were male.
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 8:18 PM
Interesting read. My own, limited, experience with DnD was far more egalitarian, at least with respect to gender. In college in the late 70s about 1/3 of the players and half the DMs, were women. In grad school in the early 80s it was 50-50 for players, although both of the frequent DMs were male.
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
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President Ahmad Al-Shar’a arrives at the venue of the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
President Ahmad Al-Shar’a arrives at the venue of the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil.
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The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.