Andreas Sandgren
@asandgren.bsky.social
Out here trying to square circles
- William Zinsser, 2006. This hits pretty hard.
November 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
- William Zinsser, 2006. This hits pretty hard.
I hate when I listen to a song by a band I don't know and it has a really nice hook, and I'm like "wow, these guys have potential" and then it turns out the hook was the outlier and not potential
February 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I hate when I listen to a song by a band I don't know and it has a really nice hook, and I'm like "wow, these guys have potential" and then it turns out the hook was the outlier and not potential
Trump's rapid fire of EOs is a clear indication that we've left a rules based order and entered a vibes based order. It's all about how it makes people feel, logic, rules and reality is for suckers.
February 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Trump's rapid fire of EOs is a clear indication that we've left a rules based order and entered a vibes based order. It's all about how it makes people feel, logic, rules and reality is for suckers.
Complete luxury problem, but I often spend so much time agonizing over whether something is worth the price, that I end up wasting hours doing nothing and going over it, and it probably would’ve been more worthwhile to spend the money and quickly realize that it wasn’t worth it.
January 23, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Complete luxury problem, but I often spend so much time agonizing over whether something is worth the price, that I end up wasting hours doing nothing and going over it, and it probably would’ve been more worthwhile to spend the money and quickly realize that it wasn’t worth it.
Not all questions are scientific questions. But if you want to use scientific studies to bolster your position, make sure you represent them correctly.
Using weak or misrepresented scientific evidence to argue a non-scientific point isn't just dishonest, it's also unnecessary.
Using weak or misrepresented scientific evidence to argue a non-scientific point isn't just dishonest, it's also unnecessary.
January 20, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Not all questions are scientific questions. But if you want to use scientific studies to bolster your position, make sure you represent them correctly.
Using weak or misrepresented scientific evidence to argue a non-scientific point isn't just dishonest, it's also unnecessary.
Using weak or misrepresented scientific evidence to argue a non-scientific point isn't just dishonest, it's also unnecessary.
Lol, just got blocked by @bcuban.bsky.social because I replied that this study is not good evidence that reading and listening to audio books is the same. The study presents words one by one at the same speed as the audio, not normal reading.
www.jneurosci.org/content/39/3...
www.jneurosci.org/content/39/3...
The Representation of Semantic Information Across Human Cerebral Cortex During Listening Versus Reading Is Invariant to Stimulus Modality
An integral part of human language is the capacity to extract meaning from spoken and written words, but the precise relationship between brain representations of information perceived by listening ve...
www.jneurosci.org
January 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Lol, just got blocked by @bcuban.bsky.social because I replied that this study is not good evidence that reading and listening to audio books is the same. The study presents words one by one at the same speed as the audio, not normal reading.
www.jneurosci.org/content/39/3...
www.jneurosci.org/content/39/3...
When criticizing, try to add additional considerations instead of burning down what you are criticizing.
January 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
When criticizing, try to add additional considerations instead of burning down what you are criticizing.
If someone tells you that you don't understand or haven't seen the facts, but refuse to show the facts or how to understand, then don't get mad, just walk away.
January 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
If someone tells you that you don't understand or haven't seen the facts, but refuse to show the facts or how to understand, then don't get mad, just walk away.
Care work (health, disability, etc.) isn't good business, and to the extent that it is, it isn't good care work.
January 13, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Care work (health, disability, etc.) isn't good business, and to the extent that it is, it isn't good care work.
Writing is a necessary tool for deep thinking
January 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Writing is a necessary tool for deep thinking
Reposted by Andreas Sandgren
Insurrectionists Melt Down After Vance Says Trump Shouldn’t Pardon Violent J6ers. www.motherjones.com
January 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Insurrectionists Melt Down After Vance Says Trump Shouldn’t Pardon Violent J6ers. www.motherjones.com
Politics is not about policy. Policy is what you get to do after you've won politics.
January 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Politics is not about policy. Policy is what you get to do after you've won politics.
5-4 is wild. But as a life long sports fan I've learned to take a win and move on even when the performance is sub-par.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/p...
Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in hush money case, Supreme Court says in 5-4 ruling | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump can be sentenced Friday in his New York hush money case, the Supreme Court said in a 5-4 ruling.
edition.cnn.com
January 10, 2025 at 10:14 PM
5-4 is wild. But as a life long sports fan I've learned to take a win and move on even when the performance is sub-par.
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/01/09/p...
Whether you are a big believer in AI or not, the job marked is about to change.
gizmodo.com/41-of-employ...
gizmodo.com/41-of-employ...
41% of Employers Worldwide Say They’ll Reduce Staff by 2030 Due to AI
Bosses expect some big disruptions from tech 2025-2030.
gizmodo.com
January 10, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Whether you are a big believer in AI or not, the job marked is about to change.
gizmodo.com/41-of-employ...
gizmodo.com/41-of-employ...
Temperature up and BlackRock is pulling back.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Floods gave way to heatwaves as 2024 now the hottest year on record
Floods and devastating storms gave way to heatwaves in a year that broke all previous temperature records, according to international climate agency Copernicus.
www.abc.net.au
January 10, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Temperature up and BlackRock is pulling back.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Be aware of the person who is extremely confident that they know what you want. They're usually trying to sell you something, and there's no guarantee that it's in your best interest. This goes both for material things and ideological positions.
January 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Be aware of the person who is extremely confident that they know what you want. They're usually trying to sell you something, and there's no guarantee that it's in your best interest. This goes both for material things and ideological positions.
If various online platforms are the "new town square" what are those built on? And should that foundation not require similar neutrality?
Appeals court blocks FCC’s efforts to bring back net neutrality rules. arstechnica.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If various online platforms are the "new town square" what are those built on? And should that foundation not require similar neutrality?
Bluetooth has to be the most painfully inconsistent tech we use today.
December 22, 2024 at 7:11 AM
Bluetooth has to be the most painfully inconsistent tech we use today.
My belief is that, due to the sheer amount of information and the ease with which you can curate it to suit your wants, we live in post-truth vibe society. The question then is: what's the responsibility of "intellectuals"? To push truth? Or push a vibe that's a proxy for the truth?
December 21, 2024 at 9:15 AM
My belief is that, due to the sheer amount of information and the ease with which you can curate it to suit your wants, we live in post-truth vibe society. The question then is: what's the responsibility of "intellectuals"? To push truth? Or push a vibe that's a proxy for the truth?
If you want to learn, you should probably write as much as you read. It consolidates and illuminates blind spots.
December 20, 2024 at 1:34 AM
If you want to learn, you should probably write as much as you read. It consolidates and illuminates blind spots.
Perfectionism is the prime enemy of learning. Not only because of the induced fear of failure, but because of the completely delusional belief in one shot learning.
December 18, 2024 at 8:56 AM
Perfectionism is the prime enemy of learning. Not only because of the induced fear of failure, but because of the completely delusional belief in one shot learning.
Genuinely curious, would you rather live in a society that feels right, but where you are objectively worse off (e.g., health, wealth, rights), or one that feels wrong but objectively delivers better results . Lately, my intuition tells me that people want the vibes.
December 18, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Genuinely curious, would you rather live in a society that feels right, but where you are objectively worse off (e.g., health, wealth, rights), or one that feels wrong but objectively delivers better results . Lately, my intuition tells me that people want the vibes.
Although math might teach us that 2 negatives make a positive, this isn't true for society
December 17, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Although math might teach us that 2 negatives make a positive, this isn't true for society
What I'm enjoying most about Bluesky after a week is the enthusiasm. It reminds me of the internet I grew up with.
December 15, 2024 at 9:29 AM
What I'm enjoying most about Bluesky after a week is the enthusiasm. It reminds me of the internet I grew up with.
Sometimes it's easy to look out and get overwhelmed by what you haven't achieved. In those moments it's important to realise it's just a distraction from what you still could achieve. What you did in the past doesn't have to define what you do in the future.
December 11, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Sometimes it's easy to look out and get overwhelmed by what you haven't achieved. In those moments it's important to realise it's just a distraction from what you still could achieve. What you did in the past doesn't have to define what you do in the future.