Duncan Stibbard Hawkes
@dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social
Anthropologist interested in hunter-gatherer egalitarianism | Asst Prof @BaylorAnthro.bsky.social | Editor-in-Chief, Hunter-Gatherer Research | Spelling errors my own
It's like a ribbald haiku, you know
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
It's like a ribbald haiku, you know
A good limerick
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 AM
A good limerick
That depends on the type of caper
November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
That depends on the type of caper
Netflix now thinks she enjoyed prometheus man not cool
November 7, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Netflix now thinks she enjoyed prometheus man not cool
Well yeah ofc you ruined her recommendations if you watched *all* of them.
November 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Well yeah ofc you ruined her recommendations if you watched *all* of them.
Thanks Henry, know you've been busy but still looking forward to getting a like on this!
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Media's top calculator reviewer is out here talking about casinos when he should be talking about Casios.
November 5, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thanks Henry, know you've been busy but still looking forward to getting a like on this!
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Makes me proud to be British
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Makes me proud to be British
Just so you know, if you can beat the prediction markets you can make money!!
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Just so you know, if you can beat the prediction markets you can make money!!
(Who happened to be exactly correct and had money on the line)
November 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
(Who happened to be exactly correct and had money on the line)
Yeah but often betters don't think things arbitrarily.
November 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Yeah but often betters don't think things arbitrarily.
Well, I was assuming the latter on polling day. But then he won every swing state so it's hard to say isn't it.
November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Well, I was assuming the latter on polling day. But then he won every swing state so it's hard to say isn't it.
Polymarket had Trump, odds in, winning every one of the swing states and I thought that was crazy talk and Polymarket was right and I was wrong so I think there's a lesson there.
November 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Polymarket had Trump, odds in, winning every one of the swing states and I thought that was crazy talk and Polymarket was right and I was wrong so I think there's a lesson there.
Polymarket is so unregulated that I think it's a very decent proxy for insider knowledge, but also Polymarket hasn't had him below 80% since July so this headline is extremely misleading.
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Polymarket is so unregulated that I think it's a very decent proxy for insider knowledge, but also Polymarket hasn't had him below 80% since July so this headline is extremely misleading.
I think my real opinion is that Veretasium is pitched at a sufficiently broad audience that a pedagogical white lie is permissible but I also understand the frustration.
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I think my real opinion is that Veretasium is pitched at a sufficiently broad audience that a pedagogical white lie is permissible but I also understand the frustration.
I suppose semantically defensible in that share has two meanings: "to give" and "to have in common" and in the first sense we cannot share our genes with a chimpanzee and should not try.
November 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I suppose semantically defensible in that share has two meanings: "to give" and "to have in common" and in the first sense we cannot share our genes with a chimpanzee and should not try.
The algo needs tuning.
November 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The algo needs tuning.
Very fair, but no! I probably should have done an announcement or something but I used to hate those when I was a postdoc
October 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Very fair, but no! I probably should have done an announcement or something but I used to hate those when I was a postdoc
Snuck in before the H1Bs were 100k!
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Snuck in before the H1Bs were 100k!