JJ
@jj.mcdonough.rodeo
Data guy. Tryhard. VT, US. Born at 341ppm.
North stars:
- Governance: Democracy
- Knowledge: Science
- Society: Inclusion
North stars:
- Governance: Democracy
- Knowledge: Science
- Society: Inclusion
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JJ
@jj.mcdonough.rodeo
· Feb 24
"Freedom is participation in power."
- Cicero
- Cicero
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Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Tariffs apply to goods, not services. Zero in on the goods-producing sector, and you'll discover that it's hemorrhaging jobs. Indeed, the start of the trade war marks the peak in that sector, and it's been in recession ever since.
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The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
Drought and heatwaves lead to second worst harvest on record, analysis shows
England has suffered its second worst harvest on record after a year of heatwaves and drought, according to ECIU analysis of Defra figures.
www.edp24.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The three worst English harvests in order - 2020, 2025, 2024
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
One year's worth of bread has been lost in the last 5 years
Not hard to see how shortages and ultimately rationing will become evident as climate breakdown bites ever harder
www.edp24.co.uk/news/2553206...
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This “deal” is a bad deal for Americans. These pinky promises from Republicans won’t save anyone’s healthcare. We can’t just surrender and leave working people worse off. It’ll be a no from me.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This “deal” is a bad deal for Americans. These pinky promises from Republicans won’t save anyone’s healthcare. We can’t just surrender and leave working people worse off. It’ll be a no from me.
802: @welch.senate.gov's voicemail box is full (good sign that people are reaching out), but you can still send an email.
Email Peter | Senator Welch
www.welch.senate.gov
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
802: @welch.senate.gov's voicemail box is full (good sign that people are reaching out), but you can still send an email.
@mayorofchicago.bsky.social, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, what are you doing about this?
I Want You to Understand Chicago
aphyr.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
@mayorofchicago.bsky.social, @govpritzker.illinois.gov, what are you doing about this?
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Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
November 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Not every month will set a new record, but the warming trend is obvious. This graphic shows #Arctic air temperature rank by month over the satellite era - now updated through October 2025... 🧪
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
+ Ranks: 1=warmest (red), 46/47=coldest (blue)
+ Download higher resolution: zacklabe.com/arctic-tempe...
Just read this post about Mr TIFF (Stephen Carlsen) by @hellojohnbuck.bsky.social and found it both interesting and moving.
I really appreciate the efforts of people who are preserving the history of makers and doers (as opposed to movers and shakers), which is so often lost.
I really appreciate the efforts of people who are preserving the history of makers and doers (as opposed to movers and shakers), which is so often lost.
Mr TIFF
For as long as I have published my books, one of my overarching goals was to give credit to those who actually invented the hardware and software that we use.
I have spent 10,000+ hours to create an ...
inventingthefuture.ghost.io
November 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just read this post about Mr TIFF (Stephen Carlsen) by @hellojohnbuck.bsky.social and found it both interesting and moving.
I really appreciate the efforts of people who are preserving the history of makers and doers (as opposed to movers and shakers), which is so often lost.
I really appreciate the efforts of people who are preserving the history of makers and doers (as opposed to movers and shakers), which is so often lost.
Elder millennials remember this
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Elder millennials remember this
More trains, please.
Carbon footprint calculators for air travel have been massively underestimating personal emissions with simplistic models that ignore numerous critical factors. A new calculator hopes to rectify this.
#CarbonEmissions #AirTravel 🧪
#CarbonEmissions #AirTravel 🧪
Your flight emissions are way higher than carbon calculators suggest
Existing tools that work out the carbon footprint of flights greatly underestimate their warming impact, say the makers of a new calculator
www.newscientist.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
More trains, please.
I have a linguistics degree. This is bullshit.
In Opinion
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Early in Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign, “it was easy to assume that failure to learn his name reflected a failure to take him seriously,” John McWhorter writes. But “as a matter of pure linguistics, it would be surprising if people didn’t have trouble with the name Mamdani.”
Opinion | I Now Mispronounce You the Likely Next Mayor of New York City
A lot of people seem to trip over Zohran Mamdani’s name. The reason may not be as simple as it seems.
nyti.ms
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I have a linguistics degree. This is bullshit.
If the delimiter is a pipe or tab, why are you calling it a csv?
Delimiter-separated values - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
If the delimiter is a pipe or tab, why are you calling it a csv?
It makes sense that gopls-current doesn't support older go versions, and it's nice the error message says my go version is too old.
But finding the compatible gopls ver is annoying. I had to go to github releases to get ver nums & work backwards.
Maybe specify compatibility in the release notes?
But finding the compatible gopls ver is annoying. I had to go to github releases to get ver nums & work backwards.
Maybe specify compatibility in the release notes?
October 31, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It makes sense that gopls-current doesn't support older go versions, and it's nice the error message says my go version is too old.
But finding the compatible gopls ver is annoying. I had to go to github releases to get ver nums & work backwards.
Maybe specify compatibility in the release notes?
But finding the compatible gopls ver is annoying. I had to go to github releases to get ver nums & work backwards.
Maybe specify compatibility in the release notes?
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In case you were wondering we are now entering the age of retreat.
www.theguardian.com/...
And here is a list documenting retreat globally. en.wikipedia.org/wik...
This has all happened as we approach crossing 1.5ºC permanently.
What happens at 2ºC, which will be crossed in the next 15-20yrs?
www.theguardian.com/...
And here is a list documenting retreat globally. en.wikipedia.org/wik...
This has all happened as we approach crossing 1.5ºC permanently.
What happens at 2ºC, which will be crossed in the next 15-20yrs?
How do you move a village? Residents of France’s last outpost in North America try to outrun the sea
As rising tides eat away at the Saint-Pierre and Miquelon archipelago off Canada, plans to move the historic village to higher ground have divided residents
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 AM
In case you were wondering we are now entering the age of retreat.
www.theguardian.com/...
And here is a list documenting retreat globally. en.wikipedia.org/wik...
This has all happened as we approach crossing 1.5ºC permanently.
What happens at 2ºC, which will be crossed in the next 15-20yrs?
www.theguardian.com/...
And here is a list documenting retreat globally. en.wikipedia.org/wik...
This has all happened as we approach crossing 1.5ºC permanently.
What happens at 2ºC, which will be crossed in the next 15-20yrs?
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A trustworthy personality assessment would ask if you make funny faces in group pictures.
October 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A trustworthy personality assessment would ask if you make funny faces in group pictures.
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
Plato: The state should be ruled by a philosopher king.
Also Plato, a philosopher: Let's do castes! No education for lower castes. No intermingling between castes. Eugenics is good. Slavery is good. Women are degenerates.
Also Plato, a philosopher: Let's do castes! No education for lower castes. No intermingling between castes. Eugenics is good. Slavery is good. Women are degenerates.
Plato was a neckbeard
October 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Plato: The state should be ruled by a philosopher king.
Also Plato, a philosopher: Let's do castes! No education for lower castes. No intermingling between castes. Eugenics is good. Slavery is good. Women are degenerates.
Also Plato, a philosopher: Let's do castes! No education for lower castes. No intermingling between castes. Eugenics is good. Slavery is good. Women are degenerates.
World series means world series
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 12:43 PM
World series means world series
Just saw Come From Away at the Northern Stage, and it was SO GOOD.
The show is just lovely. Just full of humanity.
The production was big city quality. Musicians, actors, crew: 😙🤌
This run is sold out, but if you ever get a chance to see it anywhere, or see any show at the Northern Stage, go.
The show is just lovely. Just full of humanity.
The production was big city quality. Musicians, actors, crew: 😙🤌
This run is sold out, but if you ever get a chance to see it anywhere, or see any show at the Northern Stage, go.
Come From Away - Northern Stage - Sep. 24 - Oct. 26, 2025
The smash hit Broadway musical based on a remarkable true story. Single tickets on sale now!
northernstage.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Just saw Come From Away at the Northern Stage, and it was SO GOOD.
The show is just lovely. Just full of humanity.
The production was big city quality. Musicians, actors, crew: 😙🤌
This run is sold out, but if you ever get a chance to see it anywhere, or see any show at the Northern Stage, go.
The show is just lovely. Just full of humanity.
The production was big city quality. Musicians, actors, crew: 😙🤌
This run is sold out, but if you ever get a chance to see it anywhere, or see any show at the Northern Stage, go.
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1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
1. We ( @jbakcoleman.bsky.social, @cailinmeister.bsky.social, @jevinwest.bsky.social, and I) have a new preprint up on the arXiv.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.
There we explore how social media companies and other online information technology firms are able to manipulate scientific research about the effects of their products.