Luke Dadford
@lukedadford.bsky.social
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This is not a YTP. This is an unedited clip from a 2014 film that premiered at Sundance.
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
This is not a YTP. This is an unedited clip from a 2014 film that premiered at Sundance.
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Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Still need more baseball?
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.
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American Kappa whose head is full of diet coke instead of spring water.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
American Kappa whose head is full of diet coke instead of spring water.
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Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
November 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
I like the idea of someone deciding to include a trademark after the name of the person they're making a death threat towards.
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I like the idea of someone deciding to include a trademark after the name of the person they're making a death threat towards.
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Hey, I’m playing Mario 64, and I just entered Shifting Sand Land, but every button on my controller except for B suddenly broke and no longer functions. Analog stick fell off too. Anyone have any advice on how I can still get 100 coins?
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey, I’m playing Mario 64, and I just entered Shifting Sand Land, but every button on my controller except for B suddenly broke and no longer functions. Analog stick fell off too. Anyone have any advice on how I can still get 100 coins?
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One way bubbles pop: a technology doesn’t deliver value as quickly as investors bet it will.
In light of that, it’s notable that OpenAI is projecting historically unprecedented revenue growth — from $10B to $100B — over the next three years. 🧵
In light of that, it’s notable that OpenAI is projecting historically unprecedented revenue growth — from $10B to $100B — over the next three years. 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
One way bubbles pop: a technology doesn’t deliver value as quickly as investors bet it will.
In light of that, it’s notable that OpenAI is projecting historically unprecedented revenue growth — from $10B to $100B — over the next three years. 🧵
In light of that, it’s notable that OpenAI is projecting historically unprecedented revenue growth — from $10B to $100B — over the next three years. 🧵
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AI capabilities have been steadily improving across a wide range of skills, and show no sign of slowing down in the near term. 🧵
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
AI capabilities have been steadily improving across a wide range of skills, and show no sign of slowing down in the near term. 🧵
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today's coworker had kindergarteners watch 15 minutes of kingdom hearts cutscenes bc she typed in "toy story 3 full movie". she cleaned the entire classroom with no reaction to sora being on the tv and only switched it once she was done. which was also right after the word 'xehanort' was said
October 14, 2025 at 11:43 PM
today's coworker had kindergarteners watch 15 minutes of kingdom hearts cutscenes bc she typed in "toy story 3 full movie". she cleaned the entire classroom with no reaction to sora being on the tv and only switched it once she was done. which was also right after the word 'xehanort' was said
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One of my big questions is how much dust affects interstellar settlement. I ended up making a model of Milky Way stellar density with a dust model, assuming settlement only happens inside a range set by integrated dust density.
October 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
One of my big questions is how much dust affects interstellar settlement. I ended up making a model of Milky Way stellar density with a dust model, assuming settlement only happens inside a range set by integrated dust density.
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so when we put all of this in the proper context, we see dietary lead exposures for adults in the <100 mcg/day range are not likely to be especially concerning for the large majority of adults, and concern about protein powders exposing you to another 5ish mcg per serving is frankly pretty extreme
October 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
so when we put all of this in the proper context, we see dietary lead exposures for adults in the <100 mcg/day range are not likely to be especially concerning for the large majority of adults, and concern about protein powders exposing you to another 5ish mcg per serving is frankly pretty extreme
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it's not FOR us
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
it's not FOR us
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Does the news reflect what we die from?
October 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Does the news reflect what we die from?
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🧵 (1/8) My new working paper with Maurice Obstfeld, “Tariffs as Fiscal Policy”, was just posted today @piie.com. Within, we evaluate the new role that tariffs are playing in the US economy.
www.piie.com/publications...
www.piie.com/publications...
September 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
🧵 (1/8) My new working paper with Maurice Obstfeld, “Tariffs as Fiscal Policy”, was just posted today @piie.com. Within, we evaluate the new role that tariffs are playing in the US economy.
www.piie.com/publications...
www.piie.com/publications...
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Evidence Recent AI Gains are Mostly from Inference-Scaling
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Here's a thread about my latest post on AI scaling …
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www.tobyord.com/writing/most...
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Here's a thread about my latest post on AI scaling …
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www.tobyord.com/writing/most...
Evidence that Recent AI Gains are Mostly from Inference-Scaling — Toby Ord
In the last year or two, the most important trend in modern AI came to an end. The scaling-up of computational resources used to train ever-larger AI models through next-token prediction ( pre-trainin...
www.tobyord.com
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Evidence Recent AI Gains are Mostly from Inference-Scaling
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Here's a thread about my latest post on AI scaling …
1/14
www.tobyord.com/writing/most...
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Here's a thread about my latest post on AI scaling …
1/14
www.tobyord.com/writing/most...
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New lit review post: filtering.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New lit review post: filtering.
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This is a condensed version of the graphs in that book: www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything...
Apparently some people are saying Noah has gone off the rails, but it's a guest piece
Apparently some people are saying Noah has gone off the rails, but it's a guest piece
Everything you think you know about homelessness is wrong
A guest post by Aaron Carr.
www.noahpinion.blog
September 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is a condensed version of the graphs in that book: www.noahpinion.blog/p/everything...
Apparently some people are saying Noah has gone off the rails, but it's a guest piece
Apparently some people are saying Noah has gone off the rails, but it's a guest piece
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What will AI look like by 2030 if current trends hold?
Our new report zooms in on two things: (1) whether scaling continues (compute, data, power, capital), and (2) the capabilities this enables—especially for scientific R&D.
Our new report zooms in on two things: (1) whether scaling continues (compute, data, power, capital), and (2) the capabilities this enables—especially for scientific R&D.
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
What will AI look like by 2030 if current trends hold?
Our new report zooms in on two things: (1) whether scaling continues (compute, data, power, capital), and (2) the capabilities this enables—especially for scientific R&D.
Our new report zooms in on two things: (1) whether scaling continues (compute, data, power, capital), and (2) the capabilities this enables—especially for scientific R&D.
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"France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today."
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-egalite-radioactivite/
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-egalite-radioactivite/
How France achieved the world's fastest nuclear buildout
France built 37 nuclear reactors in ten years. To do this required making sure local communities shared in the benefits of atomic power.
worksinprogress.co
September 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"France built 40 nuclear reactors in a decade. Here’s how they did it, and how the world can follow their lead today."
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-egalite-radioactivite/
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/liberte-egalite-radioactivite/
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13 Sep 2025
September 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
13 Sep 2025
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✍️ New article: "How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"
Decades ago, Britain’s roads were much more dangerous. Cars had no seatbelts, airbags, mirrors, or flashing indicators. Traffic signs and signals were rare, and speed limits and other rules were rarely enforced.
Decades ago, Britain’s roads were much more dangerous. Cars had no seatbelts, airbags, mirrors, or flashing indicators. Traffic signs and signals were rare, and speed limits and other rules were rarely enforced.
September 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
✍️ New article: "How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads"
Decades ago, Britain’s roads were much more dangerous. Cars had no seatbelts, airbags, mirrors, or flashing indicators. Traffic signs and signals were rare, and speed limits and other rules were rarely enforced.
Decades ago, Britain’s roads were much more dangerous. Cars had no seatbelts, airbags, mirrors, or flashing indicators. Traffic signs and signals were rare, and speed limits and other rules were rarely enforced.
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Why UK property taxes should be overhauled on.ft.com/3UC3yu8 | opinion
Why UK property taxes should be overhauled
Swapping outdated levies for an annual proportional property tax looks sensible
on.ft.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Why UK property taxes should be overhauled on.ft.com/3UC3yu8 | opinion