Adam Vann
@adamvann.bsky.social
I was the one who did the cover art for the Stones’ Sucking in the Seventies LP
You seem to want to argue about continuity! Good luck finding someone else who wants to engage on that with you
November 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
You seem to want to argue about continuity! Good luck finding someone else who wants to engage on that with you
I’m not taking about continuity. I’m taking broadly about how if you kill important characters and then bring them back or proceed as if it wasn’t important, you lessen dramatic stakes for the audience going forward. It’s a pretty basic rule of storytelling
November 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I’m not taking about continuity. I’m taking broadly about how if you kill important characters and then bring them back or proceed as if it wasn’t important, you lessen dramatic stakes for the audience going forward. It’s a pretty basic rule of storytelling
A Canadian who thinks he can speak for everyone is rare, usually it’s only us Americans who are that arrogant!
November 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Canadian who thinks he can speak for everyone is rare, usually it’s only us Americans who are that arrogant!
The problem with moving on and not addressing it in the narrative is that it nullifies the stakes of subsequent Bond movies. Nobody gives a shit if some easily replaced rando dies or not while he’s saving the world
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The problem with moving on and not addressing it in the narrative is that it nullifies the stakes of subsequent Bond movies. Nobody gives a shit if some easily replaced rando dies or not while he’s saving the world
I didn’t even make the Sweeney-American Eagle link until you clarified it
November 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I didn’t even make the Sweeney-American Eagle link until you clarified it
I’ve been stuck on this one for almost two decades now
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I’ve been stuck on this one for almost two decades now
The idea that people on the left were nostalgic about interest rates is just straight up silly.
Some may be nostalgic about specific aspects of the economy, but the numbers usually back them up. Eg www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
Some may be nostalgic about specific aspects of the economy, but the numbers usually back them up. Eg www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
Home Price-to-Income Ratio Reaches Record High | Joint Center for Housing Studies
www.jchs.harvard.edu
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The idea that people on the left were nostalgic about interest rates is just straight up silly.
Some may be nostalgic about specific aspects of the economy, but the numbers usually back them up. Eg www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
Some may be nostalgic about specific aspects of the economy, but the numbers usually back them up. Eg www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
I’ve literally never seen anyone argue anything close to this.
I’ve seen claims that the data doesn’t reflect certain important trends, eg increases in home prices and rents. But I’ve never seen anyone say hard numbers are invalid
I’ve seen claims that the data doesn’t reflect certain important trends, eg increases in home prices and rents. But I’ve never seen anyone say hard numbers are invalid
November 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I’ve literally never seen anyone argue anything close to this.
I’ve seen claims that the data doesn’t reflect certain important trends, eg increases in home prices and rents. But I’ve never seen anyone say hard numbers are invalid
I’ve seen claims that the data doesn’t reflect certain important trends, eg increases in home prices and rents. But I’ve never seen anyone say hard numbers are invalid
Yes, a totally different thing. See, it can't be an example of reactionary nostalgia when it's not an example of nostalgia. What are they being nostalgic for? A time before spreadsheets and calculators?
Sorry for the snark, but I'm kinda losing patience with this silly argument
Sorry for the snark, but I'm kinda losing patience with this silly argument
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yes, a totally different thing. See, it can't be an example of reactionary nostalgia when it's not an example of nostalgia. What are they being nostalgic for? A time before spreadsheets and calculators?
Sorry for the snark, but I'm kinda losing patience with this silly argument
Sorry for the snark, but I'm kinda losing patience with this silly argument
Sure, if that’s what you’re taking about. Thats not an example of reactionary nostalgia. It’s a totally different thing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sure, if that’s what you’re taking about. Thats not an example of reactionary nostalgia. It’s a totally different thing.
I never saw that. I saw people disagreeing on whether the broader economy was improving in a just and sustainable way.
And regardless, taking issue with economic data is not remotely irrational nostalgia or anything close to it, that’s what I wanted examples of
And regardless, taking issue with economic data is not remotely irrational nostalgia or anything close to it, that’s what I wanted examples of
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I never saw that. I saw people disagreeing on whether the broader economy was improving in a just and sustainable way.
And regardless, taking issue with economic data is not remotely irrational nostalgia or anything close to it, that’s what I wanted examples of
And regardless, taking issue with economic data is not remotely irrational nostalgia or anything close to it, that’s what I wanted examples of
I’m sure I have, but not enough to recall it as some sort of prominent trend of people on the left being reactionary about progress and displaying irrational nostalgia (which it really isn’t an example of anyway, data skepticism vs lived experience is a different thing)
November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I’m sure I have, but not enough to recall it as some sort of prominent trend of people on the left being reactionary about progress and displaying irrational nostalgia (which it really isn’t an example of anyway, data skepticism vs lived experience is a different thing)
Ok, but that’s you giving me an anecdote! I’ve never seen that behavior myself. What topics do they say that about?
November 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Ok, but that’s you giving me an anecdote! I’ve never seen that behavior myself. What topics do they say that about?
What would be an example of this?
November 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
What would be an example of this?
The initial conversation was about AI though, so if they’re completely different why the shift in direction?
Also as I said before I’m a Luddite. So if you have any recommended reading for dummies on how they are different and which is more relevant to the energy sector in which I work, lemme know!
Also as I said before I’m a Luddite. So if you have any recommended reading for dummies on how they are different and which is more relevant to the energy sector in which I work, lemme know!
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The initial conversation was about AI though, so if they’re completely different why the shift in direction?
Also as I said before I’m a Luddite. So if you have any recommended reading for dummies on how they are different and which is more relevant to the energy sector in which I work, lemme know!
Also as I said before I’m a Luddite. So if you have any recommended reading for dummies on how they are different and which is more relevant to the energy sector in which I work, lemme know!
I dunno. There’s plenty of multimillionaires and other incentivized powerful people trying to get everyone to recognize the benefits of AI. I think our duty is to be more vigilant about the harms, rather than vice versa
November 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I dunno. There’s plenty of multimillionaires and other incentivized powerful people trying to get everyone to recognize the benefits of AI. I think our duty is to be more vigilant about the harms, rather than vice versa
We’ve been developing better models + smarter grids for a century. There are many things we could do to accelerate that/make power cheaper and more plentiful … if harms are not part of the equation.
AI energy demand is, by all accounts, massive. Does better weather forecasts nullify that?
AI energy demand is, by all accounts, massive. Does better weather forecasts nullify that?
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We’ve been developing better models + smarter grids for a century. There are many things we could do to accelerate that/make power cheaper and more plentiful … if harms are not part of the equation.
AI energy demand is, by all accounts, massive. Does better weather forecasts nullify that?
AI energy demand is, by all accounts, massive. Does better weather forecasts nullify that?
I know AI has improved weather forecasting, but I have a hard time believing those savings balance out the harms caused by the increased demand of data centers. tWhat percentage of the cost of total UK power consumption of 30 million pounds?
November 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I know AI has improved weather forecasting, but I have a hard time believing those savings balance out the harms caused by the increased demand of data centers. tWhat percentage of the cost of total UK power consumption of 30 million pounds?
Starting to runderstand why your boss likes him so much!
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Starting to runderstand why your boss likes him so much!
I’m out of my depth here, but given that the Nats are not being very good and thus presumably offeri a better shot/more time in the bigs than most, this seems really bad
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’m out of my depth here, but given that the Nats are not being very good and thus presumably offeri a better shot/more time in the bigs than most, this seems really bad
Well, that one and Graham Platner’s version apparently
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Well, that one and Graham Platner’s version apparently