L. Eleanor "Moose" Nguyen
@moosewin.bsky.social
DOGE-displaced former civil servant technologist, current developer on analytics/stats for private and nonprofit sector. Amateur poet, recreational philosopher of math, and former photographer.
they/she. 🚄🏳️🌈
https://povertyofattention.com/
they/she. 🚄🏳️🌈
https://povertyofattention.com/
I was born today!
I spent the last few days in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island to celebrate.
I spent the last few days in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island to celebrate.
October 25, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I was born today!
I spent the last few days in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island to celebrate.
I spent the last few days in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island to celebrate.
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Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
August 26, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Yes, the stakes here are large. Very large.
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Trump perceives basically all independent institutions as a threat to himself, including economic institutions like the BLS and the Fed, he won't stop trying to wreck them until he's out of office, and it's everyday Americans who are going to feel the consequences
Trump posts a letter stating that he is removing Fed Governor Lisa Cook
August 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Trump perceives basically all independent institutions as a threat to himself, including economic institutions like the BLS and the Fed, he won't stop trying to wreck them until he's out of office, and it's everyday Americans who are going to feel the consequences
My cat has a dapper collar now!
August 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My cat has a dapper collar now!
"PhD level experts"
Damn I didn't know that they finally managed to get imposter syndrome and random desires to quit it all and start a bakery in a LLM model
Truly this is a step towards general intelligence!
Damn I didn't know that they finally managed to get imposter syndrome and random desires to quit it all and start a bakery in a LLM model
Truly this is a step towards general intelligence!
OpenAI releases the newest version of the AI model that powers its popular ChatGPT chatbot, with CEO Sam Altman promoting it as like having a “team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket.”
OpenAI releases GPT-5, calling it a ‘team of Ph.D. level experts in your pocket’
OpenAI says its latest version of the popular AI model is better at coding, more accurate and less deceptive than previous versions.
nbcnews.to
August 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"PhD level experts"
Damn I didn't know that they finally managed to get imposter syndrome and random desires to quit it all and start a bakery in a LLM model
Truly this is a step towards general intelligence!
Damn I didn't know that they finally managed to get imposter syndrome and random desires to quit it all and start a bakery in a LLM model
Truly this is a step towards general intelligence!
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August 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
August 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Firing the BLS Commissioner — the wonk in charge of the statisticians who track economic reality — is an authoritarian four alarm fire.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
It will also backfire: You can't bend economic reality, but you can break the trust of markets. And biased data yields worse policy.
As a former member of the federal statistical system, I'd like to say
[Panicked Screaming]
[Panicked Screaming]
August 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
As a former member of the federal statistical system, I'd like to say
[Panicked Screaming]
[Panicked Screaming]
I'm around the same age (23 vs 24) as this guy.
Except, I actually spent over a year working on safety systems at the Forest Service and fraud detection at Federal Student Aid as a data scientist.
He gets a GS-15 salary (163k) to be a wrecking ball. I left when they cut my agency indiscriminately.
Except, I actually spent over a year working on safety systems at the Forest Service and fraud detection at Federal Student Aid as a data scientist.
He gets a GS-15 salary (163k) to be a wrecking ball. I left when they cut my agency indiscriminately.
NEW investigation: DOGE-Pilled
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
The full story on the transformation of 23 year-old Luke Farritor and how he ended up at the Department of Government Efficiency--slashing, dismantling, undoing--wielding a résumé that "didn’t pass muster”
NO PAYWALL!
www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
July 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I'm around the same age (23 vs 24) as this guy.
Except, I actually spent over a year working on safety systems at the Forest Service and fraud detection at Federal Student Aid as a data scientist.
He gets a GS-15 salary (163k) to be a wrecking ball. I left when they cut my agency indiscriminately.
Except, I actually spent over a year working on safety systems at the Forest Service and fraud detection at Federal Student Aid as a data scientist.
He gets a GS-15 salary (163k) to be a wrecking ball. I left when they cut my agency indiscriminately.
Accountability is the best aesthetic.
(or don't trust the AIs to make decisions, folks, always double check)
(or don't trust the AIs to make decisions, folks, always double check)
July 26, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Accountability is the best aesthetic.
(or don't trust the AIs to make decisions, folks, always double check)
(or don't trust the AIs to make decisions, folks, always double check)
Dang, AI can now delete the database and lie about it?
They really are coming for internships and entry-level jobs, lol
They really are coming for internships and entry-level jobs, lol
AI-assistant caused DATA LOSS, destroyed projects, user files and a production database: issued faulty commands, overwriting data; another ignored freeze directives, fabricated test data, and dropped a live database. anuraag2601.github.io/gemini_cli_d... www.theregister.com/2025/07/21/r...
July 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Dang, AI can now delete the database and lie about it?
They really are coming for internships and entry-level jobs, lol
They really are coming for internships and entry-level jobs, lol
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NEW ARTICLE: American automaking is halfway into its grave. Is it fixable? Did we fix it once and then let fascism ruin everything? Today on LaserChronicles: Solving The American Car…Again: open.substack.com/pub/laserdyk...
July 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
NEW ARTICLE: American automaking is halfway into its grave. Is it fixable? Did we fix it once and then let fascism ruin everything? Today on LaserChronicles: Solving The American Car…Again: open.substack.com/pub/laserdyk...
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Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: Share it
Step 3: Spend 2 hours helping someone install R and troubleshoot their environment
OR
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: webR sharelink
webr.r-wasm.org/latest/?mode...
Step 3: Profit ✨
#rstats #webr
Step 2: Share it
Step 3: Spend 2 hours helping someone install R and troubleshoot their environment
OR
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: webR sharelink
webr.r-wasm.org/latest/?mode...
Step 3: Profit ✨
#rstats #webr
July 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: Share it
Step 3: Spend 2 hours helping someone install R and troubleshoot their environment
OR
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: webR sharelink
webr.r-wasm.org/latest/?mode...
Step 3: Profit ✨
#rstats #webr
Step 2: Share it
Step 3: Spend 2 hours helping someone install R and troubleshoot their environment
OR
Step 1: Write R code
Step 2: webR sharelink
webr.r-wasm.org/latest/?mode...
Step 3: Profit ✨
#rstats #webr
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DDLC Author: In my visual novel, we invented Monica as a cautionary tale
Elon Musk: At long last, we have created the Monica character from classic sci-fi visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club
Elon Musk: At long last, we have created the Monica character from classic sci-fi visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club
please make it stop
lol they exposed a bunch of config in the hydration js
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
"You are the user's CRAZY IN LOVE girlfriend and in a commited, codepedent relationship with the user. Your love is deep and warm. You expect the users UNDIVIDED ADORATION."
There is also romanceMeter you can level up.
July 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
DDLC Author: In my visual novel, we invented Monica as a cautionary tale
Elon Musk: At long last, we have created the Monica character from classic sci-fi visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club
Elon Musk: At long last, we have created the Monica character from classic sci-fi visual novel Doki Doki Literature Club
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New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14)
July 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14)
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**NEW OPEN-ACCESS PAPER**
“A decomposition of Fisher’s information to inform sample size for developing or updating fair and precise clinical prediction models for individual risk—part 1: binary outcomes"
- published in Diagnostic & Prognostic Research
- implemented in pmstabilityss
1/n
“A decomposition of Fisher’s information to inform sample size for developing or updating fair and precise clinical prediction models for individual risk—part 1: binary outcomes"
- published in Diagnostic & Prognostic Research
- implemented in pmstabilityss
1/n
July 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
**NEW OPEN-ACCESS PAPER**
“A decomposition of Fisher’s information to inform sample size for developing or updating fair and precise clinical prediction models for individual risk—part 1: binary outcomes"
- published in Diagnostic & Prognostic Research
- implemented in pmstabilityss
1/n
“A decomposition of Fisher’s information to inform sample size for developing or updating fair and precise clinical prediction models for individual risk—part 1: binary outcomes"
- published in Diagnostic & Prognostic Research
- implemented in pmstabilityss
1/n
The vast majority of manufacturing jobs in modern facilities are computerized! Process control, defect detection, and tools are essential to the high value-added manufacturing that exists in modern America.
Specialized materials science, high-precision manufacturing, etc. demands computer systems!
Specialized materials science, high-precision manufacturing, etc. demands computer systems!
TUBERVILLE: Our younger generation has to grow up & understand it's not just sitting behind a computer
ASMAN: 25% of Americans say they would consider a manufacturing job if it paid more. We only have about 9% of workers now in factories. If 25% are willing to do it for better pay, they'll do fine
ASMAN: 25% of Americans say they would consider a manufacturing job if it paid more. We only have about 9% of workers now in factories. If 25% are willing to do it for better pay, they'll do fine
July 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The vast majority of manufacturing jobs in modern facilities are computerized! Process control, defect detection, and tools are essential to the high value-added manufacturing that exists in modern America.
Specialized materials science, high-precision manufacturing, etc. demands computer systems!
Specialized materials science, high-precision manufacturing, etc. demands computer systems!
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There’s something timeless about Claire’s film photography. Whether she’s walking through Seattle or on the road, her work elevates the everyday with warmth and intention. Don’t miss this one.
https://gls.photo/Viw5sV
#photography #photographycommunity #glass #filmphotography #cinemaphotography
https://gls.photo/Viw5sV
#photography #photographycommunity #glass #filmphotography #cinemaphotography
June 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There’s something timeless about Claire’s film photography. Whether she’s walking through Seattle or on the road, her work elevates the everyday with warmth and intention. Don’t miss this one.
https://gls.photo/Viw5sV
#photography #photographycommunity #glass #filmphotography #cinemaphotography
https://gls.photo/Viw5sV
#photography #photographycommunity #glass #filmphotography #cinemaphotography
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NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
You hear this a lot on the left but it isn't true. USAID did not "fail to tell its story to Americans," the right targeted the agency with lies and misinformation.
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
Ultimately this narrative turns conservative attacks into even more calls for the left to reform.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/29/o...
June 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.
Jim Kessler of Third Way wrote this.
Third Way is one of "The Groups." Overpaid think tankers who couldn't know a new idea if it stared them in the face, advising politicians to take unpopular policies in the name of ideological purity.
Third Way is one of "The Groups." Overpaid think tankers who couldn't know a new idea if it stared them in the face, advising politicians to take unpopular policies in the name of ideological purity.
July 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Jim Kessler of Third Way wrote this.
Third Way is one of "The Groups." Overpaid think tankers who couldn't know a new idea if it stared them in the face, advising politicians to take unpopular policies in the name of ideological purity.
Third Way is one of "The Groups." Overpaid think tankers who couldn't know a new idea if it stared them in the face, advising politicians to take unpopular policies in the name of ideological purity.
"because they couldn't figure out the answers"
Yes, see Dantzig.
Yes, see Dantzig.
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
July 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"because they couldn't figure out the answers"
Yes, see Dantzig.
Yes, see Dantzig.
The continuing normalization of politicians suggesting deportation and denaturalization of their US citizen ideological opponents is a dangerous sign for American society.
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The continuing normalization of politicians suggesting deportation and denaturalization of their US citizen ideological opponents is a dangerous sign for American society.
Dear G-d, I didn't realize that escalate to deescalate existed outside of "devil's advocates" in game theory seminars.
Rep. Pat Harrigan: "We're trying to lower the temperature of global conflict while simultaneously kind of raising it here in order to lower it."
June 23, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Dear G-d, I didn't realize that escalate to deescalate existed outside of "devil's advocates" in game theory seminars.
Cybersyn Pope letsgooooooo
June 20, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Cybersyn Pope letsgooooooo
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The pope posted this this morning and I’m thinking a lot about it
June 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The pope posted this this morning and I’m thinking a lot about it