Murphy's Law School
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Data scientist, physics teacher, philosopher, musician, bread maker
Language is a set of "idea building blocks". The blocks link together building a combined meaning greater than the parts.
But the blocks aren't brick, they aren't solid in form. They're contextual and morph over time..
I have more I want to write about this later
But the blocks aren't brick, they aren't solid in form. They're contextual and morph over time..
I have more I want to write about this later
Which is to say that language is fundamentally communicative: it's the way in which we share concepts with each other. This almost demands that the vast bulk of a language needs to be held and be usable in common: otherwise it just doesn't work.
January 8, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Language is a set of "idea building blocks". The blocks link together building a combined meaning greater than the parts.
But the blocks aren't brick, they aren't solid in form. They're contextual and morph over time..
I have more I want to write about this later
But the blocks aren't brick, they aren't solid in form. They're contextual and morph over time..
I have more I want to write about this later
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This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Someone recently complained about LinkedIn in a discord group. Another person asked what's so bad about it? My only response is to quote this:
"To our accustomed way of thinking, technologies are seen as neutral tools that can be used well or poorly, for good, evil, or something in between.
"To our accustomed way of thinking, technologies are seen as neutral tools that can be used well or poorly, for good, evil, or something in between.
January 7, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Someone recently complained about LinkedIn in a discord group. Another person asked what's so bad about it? My only response is to quote this:
"To our accustomed way of thinking, technologies are seen as neutral tools that can be used well or poorly, for good, evil, or something in between.
"To our accustomed way of thinking, technologies are seen as neutral tools that can be used well or poorly, for good, evil, or something in between.
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LLMs are training the population to accept a single source of unaccountable, top-down assertions "truth" from tech-bros. These same people have vested interest in guiding users to actions which make them profit... and that is bad.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
LLMs are training the population to accept a single source of unaccountable, top-down assertions "truth" from tech-bros. These same people have vested interest in guiding users to actions which make them profit... and that is bad.
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Fuck those guys
Scores of now-pardoned Jan. 6 insurrectionists will gather from 11:45am for a march to the Capitol starting at the Ellipse.
One insurrectionist who says he's attending: Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to prison until 2045 until Trump intervened.
One insurrectionist who says he's attending: Enrique Tarrio, who was sentenced to prison until 2045 until Trump intervened.
January 6, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Fuck those guys
River *otter*
I met this photogenic river this weekend after tubing in the snow with my kids.
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
River *otter*
LLMs are training the population to accept a single source of unaccountable, top-down assertions "truth" from tech-bros. These same people have vested interest in guiding users to actions which make them profit... and that is bad.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 PM
LLMs are training the population to accept a single source of unaccountable, top-down assertions "truth" from tech-bros. These same people have vested interest in guiding users to actions which make them profit... and that is bad.
I met this photogenic river this weekend after tubing in the snow with my kids.
January 5, 2026 at 11:07 AM
I met this photogenic river this weekend after tubing in the snow with my kids.
Baking bread is nice
January 5, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Baking bread is nice
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Do you ever stir coffee just to watch it spin?
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Do you ever stir coffee just to watch it spin?
Jeopardy "before and after" has become unhinged
Manufactured Age of Consent.
by Noam Chomsky
by Noam Chomsky
January 2, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Jeopardy "before and after" has become unhinged
Toddlers are using it to learn to count. My 3y/o goes "1 2 3 4 5" (hand movement and screaming) "6-7".
2026 is gonna be all about moms and dads ruining 6-7
January 2, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Toddlers are using it to learn to count. My 3y/o goes "1 2 3 4 5" (hand movement and screaming) "6-7".
"No matter how much your meal is,
it comes out Boolean"
From: Velvet Universe
By: The Presidents of the United States of America
it comes out Boolean"
From: Velvet Universe
By: The Presidents of the United States of America
December 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
"No matter how much your meal is,
it comes out Boolean"
From: Velvet Universe
By: The Presidents of the United States of America
it comes out Boolean"
From: Velvet Universe
By: The Presidents of the United States of America
Do you ever stir coffee just to watch it spin?
December 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Do you ever stir coffee just to watch it spin?
This is beautifully fitting
The , "l want all the groceries in one bag but I don't want the bag to be heavy" cohort.
November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This is beautifully fitting
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Imagine naming your round-up-hardworking-brown-people operation after a story written by the same man who wrote this.
Some pig, indeed.
Some pig, indeed.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Imagine naming your round-up-hardworking-brown-people operation after a story written by the same man who wrote this.
Some pig, indeed.
Some pig, indeed.
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My master's in data science will be finished in December and I will likely have a job(!). I can't begin to describe my stress over the past 2.5 years.
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
Unnamed Song (No. 9) | Murphy's Law School
YouTube video by Sean
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My master's in data science will be finished in December and I will likely have a job(!). I can't begin to describe my stress over the past 2.5 years.
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
Great article that doesn't beat around the bush:
"The plutocrats are robbing the populists blind! All they care about is corruption, extraction, low taxes and low services—all of which exact serious costs from the mass movement of the populists."
"The plutocrats are robbing the populists blind! All they care about is corruption, extraction, low taxes and low services—all of which exact serious costs from the mass movement of the populists."
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Great article that doesn't beat around the bush:
"The plutocrats are robbing the populists blind! All they care about is corruption, extraction, low taxes and low services—all of which exact serious costs from the mass movement of the populists."
"The plutocrats are robbing the populists blind! All they care about is corruption, extraction, low taxes and low services—all of which exact serious costs from the mass movement of the populists."
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The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The same year the company got that big South Dakota ad contract, it sent up to $25k to one of Noem’s closest aides.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
That aide, 28-year-old Madison Sheahan, now second-in-command at ICE.
This is too perfect
![4-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the big spoon. (2) PERSON 1: Some people like to be the little spoon. (3) [two sets of spoons that don’t lay flat against each other, one arranged with the little one on top of the big one, the other with the big spoon on top of the little spoon] PERSON 1: And some brave truth-tellers point out that the metaphor makes no sense because different-sized spoons don’t nest right *either* way. You nest *same*-sized spoons. (4) PERSON: ...And apparently *we* sleep on the couch. PERSON 2 off-screen: Why are you *still* going on about the spoon thing? PERSON 1: Because I’m *right!*](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicfq5lrhnknblf2ycalxk2vctpeqjzy566xxqjy2xsm67ys5of3j4@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 2:21 AM
This is too perfect
My master's in data science will be finished in December and I will likely have a job(!). I can't begin to describe my stress over the past 2.5 years.
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
Unnamed Song (No. 9) | Murphy's Law School
YouTube video by Sean
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
My master's in data science will be finished in December and I will likely have a job(!). I can't begin to describe my stress over the past 2.5 years.
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
To give myself an outlet during this time, I taught myself to play piano by ear.
I made this -> youtu.be/fhCpZwmaecM
#piano #improvised
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Fox News has “corrected” a piece about videos of Black women complaining about losing SNAP benefits, finally pointing out that they were AI-generated. Since these videos don’t involve real people, I imagine there’s little liability for so-called “news outlets” reporting racist AI propaganda as fact.
November 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Fox News has “corrected” a piece about videos of Black women complaining about losing SNAP benefits, finally pointing out that they were AI-generated. Since these videos don’t involve real people, I imagine there’s little liability for so-called “news outlets” reporting racist AI propaganda as fact.
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“Go get a real job” is quickly becoming the popular refrain for dealing with these losers
New York, USA — September 9, 2025. A man reacts following a confrontation with federal agents on the 12th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, outside immigration courtrooms.
October 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Go get a real job” is quickly becoming the popular refrain for dealing with these losers
"What is in the briefcase in the move Pulp Fiction: the story of the Antichrist"
- Peter Thiel (probably)
- Peter Thiel (probably)
One of the real dangers of becoming super rich is that you'll write or say some of the dumbest shit imaginable and there's no one around who will tell you how stupid it is before you publish it
thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about
October 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"What is in the briefcase in the move Pulp Fiction: the story of the Antichrist"
- Peter Thiel (probably)
- Peter Thiel (probably)
That quote!
Charlie Sykes: Her stuttering evasions, insults, and faux bursts of performative outrage are like a fake orgasm—“loud, theatrical, sweaty, and meant to trick just one man into keeping her around by flattering his ego.” This is unfair to orgasms.
Reason For Hope Amid the Wreckage
If you woke up this morning with the vague sense that you were missing a goodly portion of your brain cells, it’s likely that you watched Pam Bondi’s performance yesterday before a Senate committee.
open.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
That quote!