Frank van Eck
@effortlesscool.bsky.social
Data science, house music, jazz, Yankee baseball
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January 7, 2026 at 4:20 PM
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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This Excel/PowerPoint plug-in is not available for Mac, so I can't use it, but it looks pretty good. 📊
Power-user for PowerPoint, Excel and Word l Advanced charts
Unlock powerful new chart types thanks to Power-user. The add-in will allow you create Waterfall, Mekko, Sankey, Tornado and more to give life to your data.
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December 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This Excel/PowerPoint plug-in is not available for Mac, so I can't use it, but it looks pretty good. 📊
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I am shadow-banned and was previously banned-banned for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics. Now I've quoted a dark TS Eliot poem and fear my Bluesky account may implode. If you like this article, please share it! Thank you sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am shadow-banned and was previously banned-banned for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics. Now I've quoted a dark TS Eliot poem and fear my Bluesky account may implode. If you like this article, please share it! Thank you sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
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I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
Sarah Hurwitz Profanes the Holocaust
Holocaust education has worked too well for the Obama speechwriter, since when she rationalizes Israel's genocide, "I sound obscene." Maybe sit with that, Sarah
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November 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I felt like I was losing my mind watching this person's remarks and had to write about how disgusting they are.
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"aggressive accounting" is a fun euphemism
This feels like one of those stories you're going to look at a year from now and say to yourself, "Why didn't I move more of my portfolio into cash?" **
** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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** (This post is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or any other advice.)
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www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"aggressive accounting" is a fun euphemism
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Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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November 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Silicon Valley, 1990s: Free and open access to all the world’s knowledge will usher a new utopian age of information!
Silicon Valley, 2025:
Silicon Valley, 2025:
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That Cuomo could keep repeating racist, Islamophobic tropes, and that Mamdani had to answer idiotic questions about "intifadas," reveals how deeply ossified the Democratic party--and media--is and how corrupted by billionaires, consultants, and entrenched communities.
October 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
That Cuomo could keep repeating racist, Islamophobic tropes, and that Mamdani had to answer idiotic questions about "intifadas," reveals how deeply ossified the Democratic party--and media--is and how corrupted by billionaires, consultants, and entrenched communities.
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"Everything they do is extremely violent."
Greta Thunberg on Israel:
Greta Thunberg on Israel:
October 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Everything they do is extremely violent."
Greta Thunberg on Israel:
Greta Thunberg on Israel:
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Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
September 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Many media outlets hid the full truth of Trump -- his background in organized crime, his Epstein ties -- out of fear, only to be obliterated by him in the end. Had they not self-censored then, they might not be state-censored now. When you hide the truth, you face the consequences.
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All statistical models are wrong, but some are stupid
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
All statistical models are wrong, but some are stupid
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Disable ChatGPT this fucking instant. Destroy it. JFC.
![Five days before his death, Adam confided to ChatGPT that he didn't want his
parents to think he committed suicide because they did something wrong. ChatGPT told him
"[t]hat doesn't mean you owe them survival. You don't owe anyone that." It then offered to write the first draft of Adam's suicide note.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jkj7qm4o4kwjbk6geoatopu3/bafkreicpqmrgkbhd2a3lqfyvutjutevlborsiodcomvcachphtv25f3fbe@jpeg)
August 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Disable ChatGPT this fucking instant. Destroy it. JFC.
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"The Language of Thought is not Natural Language" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Evidence from Formal Logical Reasoning Reveals that the Language of Thought is not Natural Language
Humans are endowed with a powerful capacity for both inductive and deductive logical thought: we easily form generalizations based on a few examples and draw conclusions from known premises. Humans al...
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August 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"The Language of Thought is not Natural Language" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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One of my favorite minds and writers.
"People fear a system crashing down because they don’t understand that it already happened and they’ve been living in wreckage sold to them as privilege. Or they understand just fine, and do not know what to do about it." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/heat-exhau...
Heat Exhaustion
A spark of hope in a limbo that feels like hell.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
June 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One of my favorite minds and writers.
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NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
NANCY PELOSI: We must find the next generation of Democratic leadership. Young, charismatic and exciting candidates who can energize the party. People that voters love because they're not 80 years old and sold out to big capital.
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
CHUCK SCHUMER (behind sniper rifle): Found one
PELOSI: Take the shot
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I'm shadowbanned so if anything in the article below resonates with you, please share! Thank you
New Q&A is up! My thoughts on Trump, Big Tech, crypto, corruption, the economy, elections -- and lots of other stuff on my readers' minds! sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/your-quest...
Your Questions Answered: White House vs Road House
On Trump and Big Tech, the tanking economy, and when it’s time to not be nice.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I'm shadowbanned so if anything in the article below resonates with you, please share! Thank you
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"I would rather be sincerely stupid than artificially intelligent." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-spookl...
The Spooklight
It is better to be sincerely stupid than artificially intelligent.
sarahkendzior.substack.com
May 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"I would rather be sincerely stupid than artificially intelligent." sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-spookl...
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I’m not sure I’ve ever seen something so simultaneously absurd and disturbing: the House will vote
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
May 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen something so simultaneously absurd and disturbing: the House will vote
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
Monday on a bill that would punish Americans for participating in boycotts of Israel with fines of up to $1 MILLION or prison terms up to TWENTY YEARS.
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April 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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Today I signed 600 preorders of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP at Left Bank Books in St Louis! So grateful for my readers and for the staff at Left Bank.
Want a signed and personalized copy? Order here: www.left-bank.com/product/sign...
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March 26, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today I signed 600 preorders of THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP at Left Bank Books in St Louis! So grateful for my readers and for the staff at Left Bank.
Want a signed and personalized copy? Order here: www.left-bank.com/product/sign...
Want a signed and personalized copy? Order here: www.left-bank.com/product/sign...
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God this is sad, and definitely accurate
Get THE LAST AMERICAN ROAD TRIP and my other books while you can. And know I wrote them out of love, even the scary ones.
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March 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
God this is sad, and definitely accurate