Rahul Dave
@rahuldave.bsky.social
Chief Scientist @ Univ.Ai. We do AI, ML, Bayes and Data. Somerville, MA.
Bringing up the next generation of decision makers @Hult University! Previously ML and Bayes at Harvard.
Otherwise, Cosmology, Climbing and Skiing.
Liberalism is a moral choice.
Bringing up the next generation of decision makers @Hult University! Previously ML and Bayes at Harvard.
Otherwise, Cosmology, Climbing and Skiing.
Liberalism is a moral choice.
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us.
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
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This is a terrific story about how Silicon Valley has drastically changed, written by the excellent veteran tech reporter Steven Levy. @stevenlevy.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/silico...
www.wired.com/story/silico...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
www.wired.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is a terrific story about how Silicon Valley has drastically changed, written by the excellent veteran tech reporter Steven Levy. @stevenlevy.bsky.social
www.wired.com/story/silico...
www.wired.com/story/silico...
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Love my gorgeous multicultural city. I can only hope the future is this, everywhere
October 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Love my gorgeous multicultural city. I can only hope the future is this, everywhere
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Portland comes to the rescue! 🛟
October 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Portland comes to the rescue! 🛟
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A great view over the "Death Hollow" between the towns of Boulder and Escalante.
It is along the Boulder Mail Trail, a wonderful path.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert
It is along the Boulder Mail Trail, a wonderful path.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert
October 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A great view over the "Death Hollow" between the towns of Boulder and Escalante.
It is along the Boulder Mail Trail, a wonderful path.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert
It is along the Boulder Mail Trail, a wonderful path.
Utah - 2023
🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert
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This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
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I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.
October 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I continue to sincerely want the term “Kavanaugh Stop” to be a badge of shame for the rest of Brett Kavanaugh’s days; the only bit of writing he’s known or remembered for; his sole contribution to the Law; for him to perceive, in little stabs of self-awareness, that this will be his rancid legacy.
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This is a very cool advanced #jj-vcs workflow: flames-of-code.netlify.app/blog/my-jj-w...
There is life after Git • Flames of Code
Background
In my professional work, Azure DevOps (ADO) ended up being the forge of choice.
While ADO is reliable for standard Git workflows, it falls short when it comes
to stacked Pull Requests (PRs)...
flames-of-code.netlify.app
October 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is a very cool advanced #jj-vcs workflow: flames-of-code.netlify.app/blog/my-jj-w...
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One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
-Omar El Akkad
Pics of the day
#photography
-Omar El Akkad
Pics of the day
#photography
October 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.
-Omar El Akkad
Pics of the day
#photography
-Omar El Akkad
Pics of the day
#photography
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“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
September 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.”
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
- Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
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Is scale all you need? Or is there still a role for incorporating domain knowledge and inductive bias? While I was in Heidelberg, I took some time to write a short essay on this question called "The Bittersweet Lesson".
theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25
theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25
September 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Is scale all you need? Or is there still a role for incorporating domain knowledge and inductive bias? While I was in Heidelberg, I took some time to write a short essay on this question called "The Bittersweet Lesson".
theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25
theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25
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So Flint, Michigan gave $1,500 to all pregnant people, plus $500 each month for the first year of the child’s young life.
It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions.
The right thing, AND cheaper.
It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions.
The right thing, AND cheaper.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:57 AM
So Flint, Michigan gave $1,500 to all pregnant people, plus $500 each month for the first year of the child’s young life.
It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions.
The right thing, AND cheaper.
It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions.
The right thing, AND cheaper.
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
🚨 New working paper alert 🚨
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️
In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
September 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
September 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Some thoughts on the weekends on “what is a foreigner anyways?” — I'm arguing that there are significant differences in how for instance Austria and the US think about what foreigners are and why that might be.
lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/14/wh...
lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/14/wh...
What’s a Foreigner?
Thoughts on immigration.
lucumr.pocoo.org
September 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Some thoughts on the weekends on “what is a foreigner anyways?” — I'm arguing that there are significant differences in how for instance Austria and the US think about what foreigners are and why that might be.
lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/14/wh...
lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/14/wh...
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One of my core engineering beliefs is that if you are building something you should always be holistically looking at it
vickiboykis.com/2025/09/09/w...
vickiboykis.com/2025/09/09/w...
Walking around the app
You gotta check stuff out
vickiboykis.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
One of my core engineering beliefs is that if you are building something you should always be holistically looking at it
vickiboykis.com/2025/09/09/w...
vickiboykis.com/2025/09/09/w...
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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Right into the subtitle hall of fame
September 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Right into the subtitle hall of fame
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Public health today is under attack, but nobody is rushing to save it
Why?
When public health works, NOTHING happens - bad things are prevented and nobody even knows
Because the successes are not visible, people take it for granted
Public health must communicate our successes
We must be visible
Why?
When public health works, NOTHING happens - bad things are prevented and nobody even knows
Because the successes are not visible, people take it for granted
Public health must communicate our successes
We must be visible
September 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Public health today is under attack, but nobody is rushing to save it
Why?
When public health works, NOTHING happens - bad things are prevented and nobody even knows
Because the successes are not visible, people take it for granted
Public health must communicate our successes
We must be visible
Why?
When public health works, NOTHING happens - bad things are prevented and nobody even knows
Because the successes are not visible, people take it for granted
Public health must communicate our successes
We must be visible
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In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Four more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
It is horrifying
It is horrifying
August 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
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Pardon my economist technical parlance, but what the fuck does “issuing its statistics on the blockchain” even mean?
This data is already publicly available, thanks to this super fancy piece of technology called “an API”
These people are complete idiots
This data is already publicly available, thanks to this super fancy piece of technology called “an API”
These people are complete idiots
Lutnick: "The Department of Commerce is going to start issuing its statistics on the blockchain, because you are the crypto president."
August 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pardon my economist technical parlance, but what the fuck does “issuing its statistics on the blockchain” even mean?
This data is already publicly available, thanks to this super fancy piece of technology called “an API”
These people are complete idiots
This data is already publicly available, thanks to this super fancy piece of technology called “an API”
These people are complete idiots
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A “tariff rebate check” is like setting your kitchen on fire and then mailing yourself a bucket of water. There's an easier way to avoid the burn.
August 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
A “tariff rebate check” is like setting your kitchen on fire and then mailing yourself a bucket of water. There's an easier way to avoid the burn.