Thomas
@bthomas.bsky.social
Data, AutoML, AI and NLP @graphext. Also CSVs, lots of CSVs. In former life: artificial, sensorimotor life: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071S22KSC
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
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I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down
NVIDIA and OpenAi:
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“
@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down
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It would take around 1.1 million acres of solar panels to (clean) power the world. That's less than a quarter of the number of acres devoted globally to golf courses. You can see where this is going, right...?
October 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
It would take around 1.1 million acres of solar panels to (clean) power the world. That's less than a quarter of the number of acres devoted globally to golf courses. You can see where this is going, right...?
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There is zero value in the existence of an entirely AI generated video social network. Literally only bad things will come of this.
October 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
There is zero value in the existence of an entirely AI generated video social network. Literally only bad things will come of this.
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
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Se llama Quantus Skin y forma parte de una inversión de 1,6 millones de euros en automatizaciones de Osakidetza.
Los especialistas la critican por sus resultados "pobres" y "peligrosos". Además fue entrenada solo con pacientes blancos.
‼️ No detecta 1 de cada 3 melanomas.
Los especialistas la critican por sus resultados "pobres" y "peligrosos". Además fue entrenada solo con pacientes blancos.
‼️ No detecta 1 de cada 3 melanomas.
¿Lunar o cáncer? El algoritmo que se equivoca en uno de cada tres melanomas y obvia a los pacientes con la piel oscura
El País Vasco trabaja en la implantación de Quantus Skin en sus centros sanitarios tras una inversión de 1,6 millones de euros. Los especialistas critican el sistema de inteligencia artificial de una…
civio.es
June 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Se llama Quantus Skin y forma parte de una inversión de 1,6 millones de euros en automatizaciones de Osakidetza.
Los especialistas la critican por sus resultados "pobres" y "peligrosos". Además fue entrenada solo con pacientes blancos.
‼️ No detecta 1 de cada 3 melanomas.
Los especialistas la critican por sus resultados "pobres" y "peligrosos". Además fue entrenada solo con pacientes blancos.
‼️ No detecta 1 de cada 3 melanomas.
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🚨 70 million US workers are about to face their biggest workplace transmission due to AI agents. But nobody’s asking them what they want.
While AI R&D races to automate everything, we took a different approach: auditing what workers want vs. what AI can deliver across the US workforce.🧵
While AI R&D races to automate everything, we took a different approach: auditing what workers want vs. what AI can deliver across the US workforce.🧵
June 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨 70 million US workers are about to face their biggest workplace transmission due to AI agents. But nobody’s asking them what they want.
While AI R&D races to automate everything, we took a different approach: auditing what workers want vs. what AI can deliver across the US workforce.🧵
While AI R&D races to automate everything, we took a different approach: auditing what workers want vs. what AI can deliver across the US workforce.🧵
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hi everyone! i am looking for my next role as a design engineer / frontend / web stuff. i am experienced in nextjs, and particularly, sveltekit.
specializing in novel, fast and fun interfaces.
please feel free to DM!
you can check my work in my website at jesirgb[dot]com ↓
specializing in novel, fast and fun interfaces.
please feel free to DM!
you can check my work in my website at jesirgb[dot]com ↓
May 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
hi everyone! i am looking for my next role as a design engineer / frontend / web stuff. i am experienced in nextjs, and particularly, sveltekit.
specializing in novel, fast and fun interfaces.
please feel free to DM!
you can check my work in my website at jesirgb[dot]com ↓
specializing in novel, fast and fun interfaces.
please feel free to DM!
you can check my work in my website at jesirgb[dot]com ↓
@simonwillison.net in case you weren't aware, many of your posts are duplicated on people's timeline. Prolly some automation thing...
March 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@simonwillison.net in case you weren't aware, many of your posts are duplicated on people's timeline. Prolly some automation thing...
@simonwillison.net in case you weren't aware, many of your posts are duplicated on people's timeline. Prolly some automation thing...
March 25, 2025 at 9:10 AM
@simonwillison.net in case you weren't aware, many of your posts are duplicated on people's timeline. Prolly some automation thing...
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It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.
February 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It's weird how everyone in the world knows a Nazi salute when we see it, with the notable exception of journalists and their editors.
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Wow: "our screening analysis demonstrates that driven by the growing demand for AI, the U.S. data centers could contribute to, among others, approximately 600,000 asthma symptom cases and 1,300 premature deaths in 2030, exceeding 1/3 of asthma deaths in the U.S. each year."
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288
arxiv.org
February 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Wow: "our screening analysis demonstrates that driven by the growing demand for AI, the U.S. data centers could contribute to, among others, approximately 600,000 asthma symptom cases and 1,300 premature deaths in 2030, exceeding 1/3 of asthma deaths in the U.S. each year."
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.06288
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Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Really smart and good piece by @janus.bsky.social about steps you can take during this time to build power that are not posting
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
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OK, I thought this was pretty clear, but to spell it out: we've gone from gatekeepers that, for all their blind spots, operate in public & are subject to some accountability... to algorithmic gatekeepers that are opaque, unaccountable, & designed by a tiny, blinkered class of dudebro dipshits.
January 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
OK, I thought this was pretty clear, but to spell it out: we've gone from gatekeepers that, for all their blind spots, operate in public & are subject to some accountability... to algorithmic gatekeepers that are opaque, unaccountable, & designed by a tiny, blinkered class of dudebro dipshits.
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La semana que viene (miércoles 22, a las 19h, Ateneo de Madrid), estaremos contando por qué -y para qué- en @civio.es hacemos lo que hacemos. ¡Venidse!
January 15, 2025 at 8:53 AM
La semana que viene (miércoles 22, a las 19h, Ateneo de Madrid), estaremos contando por qué -y para qué- en @civio.es hacemos lo que hacemos. ¡Venidse!
I've made this citation network of ~700 papers mentioning "churn" and "customers". I've also included the top 100 papers citing or cited by those papers: dev-embeds.graphext.com/5a5ca9660dab.... You can search and filter in any of the 54 variables related to each paper #AppliedDS
January 9, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've made this citation network of ~700 papers mentioning "churn" and "customers". I've also included the top 100 papers citing or cited by those papers: dev-embeds.graphext.com/5a5ca9660dab.... You can search and filter in any of the 54 variables related to each paper #AppliedDS
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apart from the insane work from Thomas gathering and tidying all this info, how insane is it that you can check all this data ON YOUR PHONE? no lag whatsoever
experience what truly good engineering feels like
@graphext.bsky.social
experience what truly good engineering feels like
@graphext.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 2:20 PM
apart from the insane work from Thomas gathering and tidying all this info, how insane is it that you can check all this data ON YOUR PHONE? no lag whatsoever
experience what truly good engineering feels like
@graphext.bsky.social
experience what truly good engineering feels like
@graphext.bsky.social
Ecosystem of 350k models and datasets on @hf.co's hub, connected to other models or datasets they were derived from (where that information exists, which is not the case for another 1M entities) #databs public.graphext.com/d9275e17cc44...
Color, filter and search within each of the 30 variables...
Color, filter and search within each of the 30 variables...
December 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Ecosystem of 350k models and datasets on @hf.co's hub, connected to other models or datasets they were derived from (where that information exists, which is not the case for another 1M entities) #databs public.graphext.com/d9275e17cc44...
Color, filter and search within each of the 30 variables...
Color, filter and search within each of the 30 variables...
Figured it would probably reach more people if I actually tagged the #databs community 🤦♂️ If you know anybody working in and posting about #AppliedDS (real-world use cases rather than tooling) please let me know and I'll add them to the starter pack
No idea if this is going to work at all, or if it'll turn out to be useful, but I went ahead and created the Applied Data Science feed (which simply aggregates the corresponding #AppliedDS hashtag): bsky.app/profile/did:... ...
November 22, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Figured it would probably reach more people if I actually tagged the #databs community 🤦♂️ If you know anybody working in and posting about #AppliedDS (real-world use cases rather than tooling) please let me know and I'll add them to the starter pack
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This post by Simon & @mehdio.com features lots of community members who are building things!
@ssp.sh @jakthom.bsky.social @davidgasquez.com & others. If you are building something cool on top of bsky data, would love to hear from you #databs
@ssp.sh @jakthom.bsky.social @davidgasquez.com & others. If you are building something cool on top of bsky data, would love to hear from you #databs
When there's an open social network with open data, what can you do?
Well, obviously, you can quack.
Check the latest blog from @ssp.sh to know how to get these butterflies into ducks.
motherduck.com/blog/how-to-...
Well, obviously, you can quack.
Check the latest blog from @ssp.sh to know how to get these butterflies into ducks.
motherduck.com/blog/how-to-...
How to Extract Analytics from Bluesky, the New Open Social Network - MotherDuck Blog
Discover how to build data pipelines to get insights from Bluesky | Reading time: 9 min read
motherduck.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:14 PM
This post by Simon & @mehdio.com features lots of community members who are building things!
@ssp.sh @jakthom.bsky.social @davidgasquez.com & others. If you are building something cool on top of bsky data, would love to hear from you #databs
@ssp.sh @jakthom.bsky.social @davidgasquez.com & others. If you are building something cool on top of bsky data, would love to hear from you #databs
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Of course, you can explore the graph and find yourself in it!
I've only included folks that have sent at least one #databs post (that excluded me 😜).
Will probably redo it in a week or so! Any thoughts / feedback?
public.graphext.com/2b808d92830c...
I've only included folks that have sent at least one #databs post (that excluded me 😜).
Will probably redo it in a week or so! Any thoughts / feedback?
public.graphext.com/2b808d92830c...
Graphext
public.graphext.com
November 14, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Of course, you can explore the graph and find yourself in it!
I've only included folks that have sent at least one #databs post (that excluded me 😜).
Will probably redo it in a week or so! Any thoughts / feedback?
public.graphext.com/2b808d92830c...
I've only included folks that have sent at least one #databs post (that excluded me 😜).
Will probably redo it in a week or so! Any thoughts / feedback?
public.graphext.com/2b808d92830c...
Is there something like an "Applied ML" community, of people not working on tools (whether it's AI, "agents", data warehouses, etc.), but solving specific real-world business problems? #databs
November 14, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Is there something like an "Applied ML" community, of people not working on tools (whether it's AI, "agents", data warehouses, etc.), but solving specific real-world business problems? #databs