David Grierson
@dgrierso.bsky.social
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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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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
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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Well done @python.org - standing up for the values that you believe in should be massively supported these days.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#python #dei #security
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#python #dei #security
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Well done @python.org - standing up for the values that you believe in should be massively supported these days.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#python #dei #security
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
#python #dei #security
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I'd encourage everyone to download Borrowbox - it's an app that allows you to register with your local library and borrow their audiobooks and ebooks. Currently listening to Many Different Kinds of Love by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social.
October 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'd encourage everyone to download Borrowbox - it's an app that allows you to register with your local library and borrow their audiobooks and ebooks. Currently listening to Many Different Kinds of Love by @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social.
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I just saw an article that said a CEO that stole a hat from a kid at a tennis event was the most hated man in America.
I feel like that's forgeting someone.
I feel like that's forgeting someone.
September 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I just saw an article that said a CEO that stole a hat from a kid at a tennis event was the most hated man in America.
I feel like that's forgeting someone.
I feel like that's forgeting someone.
August 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Once again: LLMs are word-association algorithms. They are incapable of grokking that the words they parse correspond to actual objects & phenomena outside of their own algorithms. To an LLM, its statements depend not on facts but on how often words occur together in the material the're trained on.
Grok spread dangerous misinformation during the tsunami last night.
It confidently and persistently argued that there were no tsunami warnings in effect for various areas when such warnings were in effect.
Many were using Grok for updates since the ability to locate reliable data on X is degraded.
It confidently and persistently argued that there were no tsunami warnings in effect for various areas when such warnings were in effect.
Many were using Grok for updates since the ability to locate reliable data on X is degraded.
July 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Once again: LLMs are word-association algorithms. They are incapable of grokking that the words they parse correspond to actual objects & phenomena outside of their own algorithms. To an LLM, its statements depend not on facts but on how often words occur together in the material the're trained on.
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12 points to Gryffindor
July 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
12 points to Gryffindor
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As Scotland did
July 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
As Scotland did
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The first time I tried to read this piece…I couldn’t get through it because I was uncontrollably sobbing by the time I got near the end
It’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
Read it: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
It’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
Read it: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
“The River House Broke. We Rushed in the River.”
The July 4 Texas flooding ripped our Kerr County home from its pillars, pulling us into the water and into the night. Then morning came.
www.texasmonthly.com
July 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The first time I tried to read this piece…I couldn’t get through it because I was uncontrollably sobbing by the time I got near the end
It’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
Read it: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
It’s beautiful and heartbreaking.
Read it: www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
In danger of being a nasty one today ... somehow dodged that bullet.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
In danger of being a nasty one today ... somehow dodged that bullet.
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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
May 4, 2025 at 4:35 AM
any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly *the world's greatest Tetris player* by a huge margin
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...
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‘I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist’
~ Pedro Pascal
~ Pedro Pascal
April 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
‘I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist’
~ Pedro Pascal
~ Pedro Pascal
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Thinking of all those mothers in Ukraine, Gaza & everywhere else whose sons & daughters have been lost to the savagery of war 😔
March 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Thinking of all those mothers in Ukraine, Gaza & everywhere else whose sons & daughters have been lost to the savagery of war 😔
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