Gray Calhoun (he/him)
@pseudotrue.bsky.social
Econometrician at Amazon, previously taught at Iowa State and a UCSD/Tufts grad. The views expressed on this account are probably not held by anybody, least of all my employer.
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Went on a family walk from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center with 70k of our friends and neighbors on Saturday. Blair’s sign (the “I knew it would be bad…”) got a lot of compliments, but the jester and king trump actors really stole the show. #nokings
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this letter is deranged, even for him
Not the sort of letter committed to paper by a well man. "Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace"
January 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
this letter is deranged, even for him
Possibly the dumbest thing I’ve typed into my phone, but as an American I’m against invading our fucking allies, including Greenland.
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Possibly the dumbest thing I’ve typed into my phone, but as an American I’m against invading our fucking allies, including Greenland.
❤️ Fascists Are Pathetic - defector.com/fascists-are...
Fascists Are Pathetic | Defector
Two days before a shouting cluster of its agents surrounded the car of a Minneapolis mother and shot her to death last week, ICE was demanding answers from the Hilton hotel group on X.com. “Why did yo...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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i blogged it defector.com/everybody-st...
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
i blogged it defector.com/everybody-st...
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Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Went to repost this and then depressingly saw it was from 8 months ago. This is still true, and I am now convinced it will remain true until there are successful primary challenges nationwide to the "roll over and play dead" Dems.
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WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
October 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WOW! Protesters created a HUGE human sign on San Francisco’s Ocean Beach reading “No Kings YES on 50” to support California’s Prop 50 and stand up against Donald Trump’s fascist regime
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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal
This is a comic about AI art.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
This Is Who Charlie Kirk Was - defector.com/this-is-who-...
This Is Who Charlie Kirk Was | Defector
Certainly the dead tend to be thought of more fondly than they were in life. Still, it’s quite disorienting to watch American institutions obediently line up to display the utmost solemnity for a bigo...
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September 14, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This Is Who Charlie Kirk Was - defector.com/this-is-who-...
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Went on a family walk from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center with 70k of our friends and neighbors on Saturday. Blair’s sign (the “I knew it would be bad…”) got a lot of compliments, but the jester and king trump actors really stole the show. #nokings
June 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Went on a family walk from Capitol Hill to Seattle Center with 70k of our friends and neighbors on Saturday. Blair’s sign (the “I knew it would be bad…”) got a lot of compliments, but the jester and king trump actors really stole the show. #nokings
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Holy moly.
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Holy moly.
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when I die, there are people who will be sad, and then life will go on for everyone ... but you know what won't happen, is there won't be fuckin mass parties in the street in every city in the country.
June 14, 2025 at 10:04 PM
when I die, there are people who will be sad, and then life will go on for everyone ... but you know what won't happen, is there won't be fuckin mass parties in the street in every city in the country.
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“Hi I don’t have the courage to protest with you but I have some notes about the optics.”
June 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“Hi I don’t have the courage to protest with you but I have some notes about the optics.”
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It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
May 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
It pains me to say this, but if you are not a US citizen, you should not attend scientific conferences in the US, visit US institutions, or otherwise travel to our country.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
Right now it's not worth the risk.
Hopefully that will change. If it doesn't, science in the US is sunk anyway.
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Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have
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fuck me, second time today I forgot to post a lengthy disclaimer that I am not actually asking for advice, just making an observation
April 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
fuck me, second time today I forgot to post a lengthy disclaimer that I am not actually asking for advice, just making an observation
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Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
April 30, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Every now and then I just pause and think that … we could have just elected Kamala Harris, and we’d still have an economy that was the strongest in the world; we’d still have an American-led trans-Atlantic order; we’d be assured that our universities would remain the envy of the world; … (1/x)
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This is one of the worst interviews I’ve ever seen. Moran keeps trying to move on from a point Trump is CLEARLY WRONG ON and just says “agree to disagree.” Do your fucking job!
This exchange is so very telling.
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
Trump repeatedly claims the photoshopped MS-13 on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's knuckles is real, Terry Moran keeps telling him it isn't, prompting Trump to say this:
"I never heard of you. I picked you. You’re not being very nice. He had MS-13 tattooed... Just say yes!"
April 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is one of the worst interviews I’ve ever seen. Moran keeps trying to move on from a point Trump is CLEARLY WRONG ON and just says “agree to disagree.” Do your fucking job!
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Similarly, those in autism advocacy community have asked for more research & support. But a new autism "disease registry" that people cannot opt out of, and that is managed by anti-vaxxers who say disparaging things about people will disabilities, ain't it. wapo.st/3YO5amY
Opinion | No, thank you. I don’t want to appear on one of Trump’s ‘lists.’
The administration keeps coming up with ways to misuse federal data.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Similarly, those in autism advocacy community have asked for more research & support. But a new autism "disease registry" that people cannot opt out of, and that is managed by anti-vaxxers who say disparaging things about people will disabilities, ain't it. wapo.st/3YO5amY
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Breaking the championship trophy is one thing. Breaking the pope is a whole different level.
April 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Breaking the championship trophy is one thing. Breaking the pope is a whole different level.
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oh hey happy "paying your taxes so the president and his billionaire cronies can figure out a way to steal them" day to all who celebrate
April 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
oh hey happy "paying your taxes so the president and his billionaire cronies can figure out a way to steal them" day to all who celebrate
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