Didi
@didiq.bsky.social
Reality. Decency. Vote blue.
Retired statistics and engineering consultant.
Retired statistics and engineering consultant.
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Dr. Abeba Birhane is one of the foremost experts in the world on these topics. When she says tech capitalists are spinning unscientific tales to argue why their products shouldn't be regulated, believe her. She's not trying to make her first billion by screwing over the public. @abeba.bsky.social
flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
![“If you want to know how a model will behave, the only way of doing it is to run it,” Mensch also suggested. “You do need to have some empirical testing, what’s happening. Knowing the input data that has been used for training is not going to tell you whether your model is going to behave well in [a healthcare use-case], for instance. You don’t really care about what’s in the training data. You do care about the empirical behaviour of the model. So you don’t need knowledge of the training data. And if you had knowledge of the training data, it wouldn’t even teach you whether the model is going to behave well or not. So this is why I’m saying it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26hkfmtr7jrchexamh7hk6rz/bafkreibp7oaeovg7xt43dlk3qtmkft6irldgf44tz75sbaiqvoqdq4kpjy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dr. Abeba Birhane is one of the foremost experts in the world on these topics. When she says tech capitalists are spinning unscientific tales to argue why their products shouldn't be regulated, believe her. She's not trying to make her first billion by screwing over the public. @abeba.bsky.social
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Nothing compares to the suffering of a senator whose flight back from Napa was just canceled.
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Nothing compares to the suffering of a senator whose flight back from Napa was just canceled.
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I'm cheering @julieroginsky.bsky.social right now, saying she is furious about the Senate's "unconscionable" cave-in and that it's time for @schumer.senate.gov to go. She calls herself an establishment Democrat but says she is more aligned now with @sanders.senate.gov. Ditto here.
November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm cheering @julieroginsky.bsky.social right now, saying she is furious about the Senate's "unconscionable" cave-in and that it's time for @schumer.senate.gov to go. She calls herself an establishment Democrat but says she is more aligned now with @sanders.senate.gov. Ditto here.
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A promised vote on the ACA? See, they can’t include the ACA without having to bring the House back into session - and they’d have to swear in Grijalva. That’s what this is all about. Protecting the Epstein files.
Paywalled...here's the full text such as it is for now.
We'll see if Axios is full of shit again or not.
We'll see if Axios is full of shit again or not.
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A promised vote on the ACA? See, they can’t include the ACA without having to bring the House back into session - and they’d have to swear in Grijalva. That’s what this is all about. Protecting the Epstein files.
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The Supreme Court was always going to swat away Kim Davis’ latest appeal, which did not even properly raise an attack on marriage equality.
But pay close attention to what the Republican-appointed justices get away with after today’s positive headlines fade. slate.com/news-and-pol...
But pay close attention to what the Republican-appointed justices get away with after today’s positive headlines fade. slate.com/news-and-pol...
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Supreme Court was always going to swat away Kim Davis’ latest appeal, which did not even properly raise an attack on marriage equality.
But pay close attention to what the Republican-appointed justices get away with after today’s positive headlines fade. slate.com/news-and-pol...
But pay close attention to what the Republican-appointed justices get away with after today’s positive headlines fade. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
November 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Standing up to a tyrant - who is willing to impose pain as leverage to compel loyalty or acquiescence - is hard. You can convince yourself that yielding stops the pain and brings you back to "normal".
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
But there is no "normal". Submission emboldens the tyrant. The threat grows.
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Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
“Um well there aren’t even any Senate Dem Press releases saying they support the deal”
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
Sen Tim Kaine: Hold my beer
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Jesus Christ, @kaine.senate.gov, getting a pinky promise to hold one single vote on ACA funding is not "a path toward fixing the health care mess" anymore than a lottery ticket is a "path toward fixing my personal finances"
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we are cursed to live in a time of cowards
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
we are cursed to live in a time of cowards
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Just a reminder.
Q: Will you assure House Democrats they'll get a vote on ACA subsidies by a date certain?
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
MIKE JOHNSON: Ah -- no. I'm not promising anyone anything.
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Just a reminder.
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Dudes who get free healthcare vote yes on letting you die!
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Dudes who get free healthcare vote yes on letting you die!
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
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What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 AM
What is the point of a political party that will not fight for the people?
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Spoke with one of my best friends just now. Her insurance is now $1200/month. She has left the Democratic Party & is now registered as party-less or independent. A lot to consider.
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Spoke with one of my best friends just now. Her insurance is now $1200/month. She has left the Democratic Party & is now registered as party-less or independent. A lot to consider.
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Just a catastrophic self own.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Just a catastrophic self own.
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Moderates are caving because the shutdown is uncomfortable, and the definition of being a moderate is not being willing to take a principled, uncomfortable stance on anything.
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Moderates are caving because the shutdown is uncomfortable, and the definition of being a moderate is not being willing to take a principled, uncomfortable stance on anything.
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The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
November 10, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The least most politically engaged people I know are texting me before 8am to say, “we won’t forget.”
So I don’t know man.
So I don’t know man.
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NYT: F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
By Adam Goldman
The head of MI5 asked the FBI for help. He asked Kash Patel to hold onto an FBI agent based in London who dealt with certain high-tech surveillance tools. OK says Patel! Nope.
Gobsmacking! Gift link!
By Adam Goldman
The head of MI5 asked the FBI for help. He asked Kash Patel to hold onto an FBI agent based in London who dealt with certain high-tech surveillance tools. OK says Patel! Nope.
Gobsmacking! Gift link!
F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
NYT: F.B.I. Director Is Said to Have Made a Pledge to Head of MI5, Then Broken It
By Adam Goldman
The head of MI5 asked the FBI for help. He asked Kash Patel to hold onto an FBI agent based in London who dealt with certain high-tech surveillance tools. OK says Patel! Nope.
Gobsmacking! Gift link!
By Adam Goldman
The head of MI5 asked the FBI for help. He asked Kash Patel to hold onto an FBI agent based in London who dealt with certain high-tech surveillance tools. OK says Patel! Nope.
Gobsmacking! Gift link!
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You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
November 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
You didn't get a vote. You got a "promise" of a vote. From a party who is disappearing nannies & gardeners and zip-tying children. A party who has flushed Due Process in America down the toilet. Who has subjugated its Congressional duties to an autocrat. That's what everybody sees, Tim.
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This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
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trump was solidly booed at the commanders game...proud of you, DMV...
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
trump was solidly booed at the commanders game...proud of you, DMV...
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
ALT: a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
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November 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A reminder - last March, republicans promised to restore $1.1B in funding to DC in exchange for funding the government, and Mike Johnson never took it up in the House.