Arend Bayer
@arendbayer.bsky.social
Mathematician @ University of Edinburgh.
"But he is so charming in person"
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 AM
"But he is so charming in person"
Have been to several great cafes/bike shops.
December 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Have been to several great cafes/bike shops.
Oh, I could name some institutions which would give a lot for this being their worst failure...
December 1, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh, I could name some institutions which would give a lot for this being their worst failure...
Certainly an issue that journalists seem to not realise that the other 99.99% of the population don't care quite as much as who briefed/leaked what to whom and when as journalists do...
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Certainly an issue that journalists seem to not realise that the other 99.99% of the population don't care quite as much as who briefed/leaked what to whom and when as journalists do...
Absolutely! My line is probably between early and late Beethoven...
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Absolutely! My line is probably between early and late Beethoven...
But what we do without a public inquiry?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
But what we do without a public inquiry?
Has he actually apologised for sexually harassing a mentee? Or only for discussing harassing a mentee with Epstein?
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Has he actually apologised for sexually harassing a mentee? Or only for discussing harassing a mentee with Epstein?
Don't think "revealed" does justice to Summers?
I'd use "confirmed".
I'd use "confirmed".
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Don't think "revealed" does justice to Summers?
I'd use "confirmed".
I'd use "confirmed".
(I do think there are many introductions that contain too much fluff. Tell me what's in the paper, don't spend the first 2 pages just giving me a generic introduction to the field.)
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
(I do think there are many introductions that contain too much fluff. Tell me what's in the paper, don't spend the first 2 pages just giving me a generic introduction to the field.)
Hmm. I very rarely see papers getting shorter in peer review, and see many getting longer.
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Hmm. I very rarely see papers getting shorter in peer review, and see many getting longer.
But this limit doesn't have to exist!
October 18, 2025 at 7:15 AM
But this limit doesn't have to exist!
You know, following your account was more interesting when you had more than one opinion. ("The problem is leftist being too leftist.")
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
You know, following your account was more interesting when you had more than one opinion. ("The problem is leftist being too leftist.")
Living in Edinburgh, I have to say it's amazing how many like to visit our woke hellscape. The woke bubble I live in must include most friends, academic visitors, tourists, Oasis and its fans...
August 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Living in Edinburgh, I have to say it's amazing how many like to visit our woke hellscape. The woke bubble I live in must include most friends, academic visitors, tourists, Oasis and its fans...
Calling for one state, from the river to the sea?
July 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Calling for one state, from the river to the sea?
Maybe because this is a global trend, and thus the writer isn't interested in US specific explanations?
July 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Maybe because this is a global trend, and thus the writer isn't interested in US specific explanations?
Is it any consolation to learn that since I have read your book (and used it for a final year project), I cannot hear or read "bullshit" without thinking of Harry Frankfurt, Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West?
December 9, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Is it any consolation to learn that since I have read your book (and used it for a final year project), I cannot hear or read "bullshit" without thinking of Harry Frankfurt, Carl Bergstrom and Jevin West?
I wouldn't underestimate the $44 billion spend on buying twitter, either. Lots of awful things the campaign did and said in the last months had been normalised by amplifying Nazi content on twitter.
November 6, 2024 at 1:08 PM
I wouldn't underestimate the $44 billion spend on buying twitter, either. Lots of awful things the campaign did and said in the last months had been normalised by amplifying Nazi content on twitter.
Completely unrelated, I am sure.
October 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Completely unrelated, I am sure.
Do you know about the post masters scandal in the UK? Same principle, much bigger stakes (jail) and scale.
The Royal Mail IT system flagged hundreds of postmasters for embezzlement of funds. And it took decades until courts acknowledged the IT system was faulty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
The Royal Mail IT system flagged hundreds of postmasters for embezzlement of funds. And it took decades until courts acknowledged the IT system was faulty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
British Post Office scandal - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 19, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Do you know about the post masters scandal in the UK? Same principle, much bigger stakes (jail) and scale.
The Royal Mail IT system flagged hundreds of postmasters for embezzlement of funds. And it took decades until courts acknowledged the IT system was faulty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
The Royal Mail IT system flagged hundreds of postmasters for embezzlement of funds. And it took decades until courts acknowledged the IT system was faulty. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
IMO Open Street Maps + battery pack is safer in practice than relying on old-fashioned maps when hiking. People did get lost before smartphones existed.
July 15, 2024 at 12:53 PM
IMO Open Street Maps + battery pack is safer in practice than relying on old-fashioned maps when hiking. People did get lost before smartphones existed.
And all this in the context where the prior (at least) 5 centuries of British history can roughly be understood as a struggle to put constraints and accountability on the throne.
July 1, 2024 at 6:39 PM
And all this in the context where the prior (at least) 5 centuries of British history can roughly be understood as a struggle to put constraints and accountability on the throne.