DJ
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When the numbers don’t look right, check them! (Mississippi education update)
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When the numbers don’t look right, check them! (Mississippi education update) | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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December 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When the numbers don’t look right, check them! (Mississippi education update)
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
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I am generally (inaccurately) considered a hypist on this site because I do applied AI/ML stuff as a scientist. But I 100% agree. I _wish_ all of the “ocean-boiling lie machine” energy was focused on morally obliterating image and video gen, which have few legit (and zero compelling) use cases.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am generally (inaccurately) considered a hypist on this site because I do applied AI/ML stuff as a scientist. But I 100% agree. I _wish_ all of the “ocean-boiling lie machine” energy was focused on morally obliterating image and video gen, which have few legit (and zero compelling) use cases.
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
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the simple solution is genAI companies shouldnt be allowed to hold intellectual property. open source all weights and code bases now.
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
the simple solution is genAI companies shouldnt be allowed to hold intellectual property. open source all weights and code bases now.
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I feel like a lot of people on here are calling trump-epstien ties "glonzo", aka an entirely made up conspiracy, for no good reason?
Some monsters are real! Trump is clearly one of them!
Some monsters are real! Trump is clearly one of them!
July 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like a lot of people on here are calling trump-epstien ties "glonzo", aka an entirely made up conspiracy, for no good reason?
Some monsters are real! Trump is clearly one of them!
Some monsters are real! Trump is clearly one of them!
There are no accurate genetic tests for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Take from that what you will about what I think about the decision to highlight those w.r.t. fucking Hitler
Exclusive: Adolf Hitler’s DNA has been sequenced by scientists
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
It has:
- shown he had a disorder which impacted his sexual development
- debunked rumours about his ancestry
- shown a high likelihood that he had a neurodivergent condition and/or bipolar disorder
www.thetimes.com/article/e728...
Hitler had hidden genetic sexual disorder, DNA analysis reveals
The Nazi dictator had Kallmann syndrome, which hinders normal puberty and the development of sexual organs, according to groundbreaking research
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There are no accurate genetic tests for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Take from that what you will about what I think about the decision to highlight those w.r.t. fucking Hitler
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honestly i really don't like that there really is a cabal of elite wealthy pedophiles. i would very much prefer if that wasn't true.
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
honestly i really don't like that there really is a cabal of elite wealthy pedophiles. i would very much prefer if that wasn't true.
The switch 2 costs exactly the average of all nintendo's home consoles at launch adjusted for inflation. It's cheaper than the SNES, N64, and Wii U
video games already are one hundred dollars. the switch 2 costs half a grand lol
October 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The switch 2 costs exactly the average of all nintendo's home consoles at launch adjusted for inflation. It's cheaper than the SNES, N64, and Wii U
So what evidence is being destroyed in the white house demolition do we reckon?
October 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
So what evidence is being destroyed in the white house demolition do we reckon?
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Wrote a thing www.liberalcurrents.com/wars-on-scie...
Wars on Science, Real and Otherwise
The War on Science, ed. Lawrence Krauss, documents an imaginary "war on science" from the left in order to justify an entirely real war on science from the right.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wrote a thing www.liberalcurrents.com/wars-on-scie...
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Kind reminder: data driven variable selection (e.g. forward/stepwise/univariable screening) makes things *worse* for most analytical goals
October 8, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Kind reminder: data driven variable selection (e.g. forward/stepwise/univariable screening) makes things *worse* for most analytical goals
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*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
October 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
*Lil Jon Voice* States' Rights to What
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what are you having for breakfast baby?
—uttered toast
haha! did you mean buttered toast?
—the toast has been spoken of. this toast is known
baby you’re scaring me, please put down that knife
—the toast that was spoken of at the dawn of this era
no. not that toast. baby the sages warned us
—uttered toast
haha! did you mean buttered toast?
—the toast has been spoken of. this toast is known
baby you’re scaring me, please put down that knife
—the toast that was spoken of at the dawn of this era
no. not that toast. baby the sages warned us
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 AM
what are you having for breakfast baby?
—uttered toast
haha! did you mean buttered toast?
—the toast has been spoken of. this toast is known
baby you’re scaring me, please put down that knife
—the toast that was spoken of at the dawn of this era
no. not that toast. baby the sages warned us
—uttered toast
haha! did you mean buttered toast?
—the toast has been spoken of. this toast is known
baby you’re scaring me, please put down that knife
—the toast that was spoken of at the dawn of this era
no. not that toast. baby the sages warned us
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I've seen Zohran talk about this before, but this answer is so so so good and makes me so hopeful about his mayoralty
taking socialism seriously means taking government efficiency seriously
we can't be negatively polarized into opposing efficiency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
taking socialism seriously means taking government efficiency seriously
we can't be negatively polarized into opposing efficiency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
September 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I've seen Zohran talk about this before, but this answer is so so so good and makes me so hopeful about his mayoralty
taking socialism seriously means taking government efficiency seriously
we can't be negatively polarized into opposing efficiency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
taking socialism seriously means taking government efficiency seriously
we can't be negatively polarized into opposing efficiency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...
Nominal leftists functionally arguing to leave USAID dead is just depressing. US global leadership in science and health, both domestically and foreign, are deeply important to revive and buttress.
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nominal leftists functionally arguing to leave USAID dead is just depressing. US global leadership in science and health, both domestically and foreign, are deeply important to revive and buttress.
I don't understand why we need to steelman Ezra Klein explicitly saying "pro-life candidates" is an example of something we should compromise on, particularly if, like this person, you can't even point to what the other things we should compromise on that are more valid.
People really need to reckon with why people will vote for pro-choice referendums and pro-life candidates at the same time.
This isn’t an argument for a pro-life candidate but it is a suggestion that voting the referendums don’t refute the point.
This isn’t an argument for a pro-life candidate but it is a suggestion that voting the referendums don’t refute the point.
I genuinely cannot believe that Ezra Klein said we should run pro-life candidates in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri; three states that recently held abortion referendums where the pro-choice side won!
September 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I don't understand why we need to steelman Ezra Klein explicitly saying "pro-life candidates" is an example of something we should compromise on, particularly if, like this person, you can't even point to what the other things we should compromise on that are more valid.
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America is meant to be a bastion of free speech.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
America is meant to be a bastion of free speech.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
Everybody across the political spectrum should be speaking out to stop what’s happening to Jimmy Kimmel.
This is about protecting democracy.
This must go to court.
In cases like the fired professors at Clemson et al, is there any reason to think that they would delay suing their former employers until a more friendly legal regime is in place or is there strong incentive to move as fast as possible? (do not know anything about legal stuff)
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
In cases like the fired professors at Clemson et al, is there any reason to think that they would delay suing their former employers until a more friendly legal regime is in place or is there strong incentive to move as fast as possible? (do not know anything about legal stuff)
As it always was, these people (Noah, Bari, TCW, etc.) hate free speech, hate criticism, and will find any frame they can to say that speech they don't like is a cause/bigger problem/more important than the ongoing government and private purges of people who don't toe the line in deference to Trump
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
The Bluesky-ization of the American left
Progressives discovered a seemingly invincible weapon. One day it stopped working.
www.noahpinion.blog
September 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
As it always was, these people (Noah, Bari, TCW, etc.) hate free speech, hate criticism, and will find any frame they can to say that speech they don't like is a cause/bigger problem/more important than the ongoing government and private purges of people who don't toe the line in deference to Trump
If it's too early to say whether he's a groyper or not, surely it's also too early to say he *wasn't* a groyper?
"the shooter was a trans antifa left winger, I'm sure"
"the shooter was a right wing groyper accelerationist, I'm sure"
the shooter:
"the shooter was a right wing groyper accelerationist, I'm sure"
the shooter:
September 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If it's too early to say whether he's a groyper or not, surely it's also too early to say he *wasn't* a groyper?
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Honest question, how many individual accounts are getting 20k+ RTs dunking on conservatives. 20? 200? I doubt it's more than that, and if so, you are talking at a very enumerable group of people as if they are a general class
September 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Honest question, how many individual accounts are getting 20k+ RTs dunking on conservatives. 20? 200? I doubt it's more than that, and if so, you are talking at a very enumerable group of people as if they are a general class
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Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Center for the Alignment of AI Alignment Centers
We align the aligners
alignmentalignment.ai
September 11, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Q. Who aligns the aligners?
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A. alignmentalignment.ai
Today I’m humbled to announce an epoch-defining event: the launch of the 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
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i know facts dont matter and this is about creating a permission structure, but still:
custom feeds like the Catchup Feed, which shows the most liked posts of the last 24h on the entire network, make it very easy to see what the actual zeitgeist of bsky is
bsky.app/profile/did:...
custom feeds like the Catchup Feed, which shows the most liked posts of the last 24h on the entire network, make it very easy to see what the actual zeitgeist of bsky is
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Where? There’s a reason they’re saying this on the other platform and not here.
September 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
i know facts dont matter and this is about creating a permission structure, but still:
custom feeds like the Catchup Feed, which shows the most liked posts of the last 24h on the entire network, make it very easy to see what the actual zeitgeist of bsky is
bsky.app/profile/did:...
custom feeds like the Catchup Feed, which shows the most liked posts of the last 24h on the entire network, make it very easy to see what the actual zeitgeist of bsky is
bsky.app/profile/did:...