Hikari Sasaki
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Hikari Sasaki
@hikari-sasaki.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Accounts with names or descriptions suggesting they share natural world photography but primarily post AI-generated images aren't worth following.
An interesting chat I had with Claude that seems appropriate for the moment, especially the bit about cyclical credibility crashes.
April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
An interesting chat I had with Claude that seems appropriate for the moment, especially the bit about cyclical credibility crashes.
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No way to run a government, or any organization. This mismanagement is going to have long standing effects on organizational culture as well as the ability of governments to recruit in the long run
CDC invites back about 180 fired employees, including some who help fight outbreaks www.statnews.com/2025/03/05/c...
CDC invites back about 180 fired employees, including some who help fight outbreaks
The CDC is inviting about 180 employees back to work, about two weeks after laying them off.
www.statnews.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
No way to run a government, or any organization. This mismanagement is going to have long standing effects on organizational culture as well as the ability of governments to recruit in the long run
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The entire history of modern warfare shows that logistics and mass production are key to winning.
Centuries of warfare show that armies based on who is the manliest buffest guys lose out to tactics, strategy, and technology.
The shallowest conception of strength is a recipe for national weakness.
Centuries of warfare show that armies based on who is the manliest buffest guys lose out to tactics, strategy, and technology.
The shallowest conception of strength is a recipe for national weakness.
Bureaucracy, famously not important in war
February 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The entire history of modern warfare shows that logistics and mass production are key to winning.
Centuries of warfare show that armies based on who is the manliest buffest guys lose out to tactics, strategy, and technology.
The shallowest conception of strength is a recipe for national weakness.
Centuries of warfare show that armies based on who is the manliest buffest guys lose out to tactics, strategy, and technology.
The shallowest conception of strength is a recipe for national weakness.
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Good points here from @schatz.bsky.social about how these little language questions aren’t *just* about language — they are signals as to whether you think for yourself or outsource everything.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Good points here from @schatz.bsky.social about how these little language questions aren’t *just* about language — they are signals as to whether you think for yourself or outsource everything.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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Saturn’s rings at around 600 meters per pixel. Not close enough to see individual ring particles but close enough to discern the textures and patterns drawn out by fast-moving clumps and straws.
Images via Cassini in January 2017.
Images via Cassini in January 2017.
December 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Saturn’s rings at around 600 meters per pixel. Not close enough to see individual ring particles but close enough to discern the textures and patterns drawn out by fast-moving clumps and straws.
Images via Cassini in January 2017.
Images via Cassini in January 2017.
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The speed with which these people are publicly repudiating principles they spent their entire careers pretending to care about is remarkable. Trump has been a revelatory force in politics—no single individual has exposed the abject hollowness of GOP personalities more than he has.
December 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
The speed with which these people are publicly repudiating principles they spent their entire careers pretending to care about is remarkable. Trump has been a revelatory force in politics—no single individual has exposed the abject hollowness of GOP personalities more than he has.
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December 16, 2024 at 8:26 PM
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Public praise for a killer is an escalation of a troubling trend: bloodlust for destruction & retribution. Americans are rejecting leaders who propose solutions for problems, in favor of antiheroes who just want to burn everything down—figuratively or literally www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Fan club for suspected shooter is a symptom of burn-it-all-down populism
There are better health-care heroes to valorize.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2024 at 8:01 PM
Public praise for a killer is an escalation of a troubling trend: bloodlust for destruction & retribution. Americans are rejecting leaders who propose solutions for problems, in favor of antiheroes who just want to burn everything down—figuratively or literally www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in"
The balloon of Bluey, the beloved children’s cartoon character, popped during inflation the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Bluey balloon pops during inflation before Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The balloon of Bluey, the beloved children’s cartoon character, popped during inflation the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:05 PM
"Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in"
Accounts with names or descriptions suggesting they share natural world photography but primarily post AI-generated images aren't worth following.
November 30, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Accounts with names or descriptions suggesting they share natural world photography but primarily post AI-generated images aren't worth following.
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Anyone got eyes on Kristi Noem
The balloon of Bluey, the beloved children’s cartoon character, popped during inflation the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Bluey balloon pops during inflation before Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The balloon of Bluey, the beloved children’s cartoon character, popped during inflation the day before the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
www.nbcnewyork.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Anyone got eyes on Kristi Noem
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An underrated aspect of the "China Shock" is that the Bush administration tried to protect steel jobs in a way that raised the price of metal for American manufacturers of things made out of metal, thus undermining their competitiveness.
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati....
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati....
November 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
An underrated aspect of the "China Shock" is that the Bush administration tried to protect steel jobs in a way that raised the price of metal for American manufacturers of things made out of metal, thus undermining their competitiveness.
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati....
www.cesifo.org/en/publicati....
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To be fair she does look like a chicken.
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
To be fair she does look like a chicken.
If the observable universe were scaled to fit within the sphere defined by Neptune's orbit, the Earth would have a diameter of ~0.13 microns, orbiting a Sun with a diameter of ~0.014 millimeters at a distance of 1.5 millimeters. The solar system out to Neptune would fit in a gumball. #space
November 23, 2024 at 5:20 PM
If the observable universe were scaled to fit within the sphere defined by Neptune's orbit, the Earth would have a diameter of ~0.13 microns, orbiting a Sun with a diameter of ~0.014 millimeters at a distance of 1.5 millimeters. The solar system out to Neptune would fit in a gumball. #space
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A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
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Rikers banned mail to inmates because of alleged fentanyl smuggling. But there was no fentanyl smuggling through the mail. They were using drug field tests with an 85 percent false positive rate.
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
Faulty fentanyl tests spurred NYC’s push to ban mail on Rikers Island
A push by New York City jail officials to block people detained at Rikers Island from receiving physical mail was based on faulty fentanyl test strips that overstated the influx of contraband sent thr...
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Rikers banned mail to inmates because of alleged fentanyl smuggling. But there was no fentanyl smuggling through the mail. They were using drug field tests with an 85 percent false positive rate.
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
(*Illicit drugs are primarily smuggled into correctional facilities by staff.)
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How the Andromeda galaxy would look from Earth if it were brighter
November 19, 2024 at 8:48 AM
How the Andromeda galaxy would look from Earth if it were brighter
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Good piece on how media should cover Trump Term II, with advice that boils down to focus more on what they do than what they say, don't feed the trolls, and remember that your job is informing the public, not reality TV-like drama.
I wrote about being more focused covering trump’s second administration in @vanityfair.com
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
We Need to Cover Donald Trump Differently This Time
Every outrage and insult can’t be a five-alarm fire, as it’s critical for the media to stay focused on the most serious threats to America’s democratic institutions.
www.vanityfair.com
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Good piece on how media should cover Trump Term II, with advice that boils down to focus more on what they do than what they say, don't feed the trolls, and remember that your job is informing the public, not reality TV-like drama.
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Idiots. Trump is been an economically illiterate protectionist his entire life.
fortune.com/2024/11/17/t...
fortune.com/2024/11/17/t...
November 19, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Idiots. Trump is been an economically illiterate protectionist his entire life.
fortune.com/2024/11/17/t...
fortune.com/2024/11/17/t...
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“Russian bots and propagandists promote conspiracy theories, vaccine skepticism, anti-feminism, anti-L.G.B.T. sentiment and anti-immigrant rhetoric on social media. The aim is to deepen the polarization of American society and, eventually, break it apart.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
Opinion | What Is Trump to Putin? A Harbinger of America’s Collapse.
To the Kremlin, the president-elect is a harbinger of American collapse.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2024 at 6:27 AM
“Russian bots and propagandists promote conspiracy theories, vaccine skepticism, anti-feminism, anti-L.G.B.T. sentiment and anti-immigrant rhetoric on social media. The aim is to deepen the polarization of American society and, eventually, break it apart.”
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/o...