Silbadger
@silbadger.bsky.social
Regulator, spreadsheet enthusiast, winter hater
1) No one is murdering random Americans just for being American and 2) the victims here weren’t even Israeli!
October 3, 2025 at 1:19 AM
1) No one is murdering random Americans just for being American and 2) the victims here weren’t even Israeli!
The fuck is wrong with you
August 31, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The fuck is wrong with you
I often say asking questions of these companies is like carefully crafting wishes for a genie. You’ll get whatever can be construed as was you asked for!
July 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I often say asking questions of these companies is like carefully crafting wishes for a genie. You’ll get whatever can be construed as was you asked for!
It’s so unfair that the dead can’t return to scold us.
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It’s so unfair that the dead can’t return to scold us.
Despicable. And in further defense of Mamdani, the race options on the application likely aligned with the ones in the US census. Outside the US questions like these are often more focused on where you are from, not your genetic background.
July 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Despicable. And in further defense of Mamdani, the race options on the application likely aligned with the ones in the US census. Outside the US questions like these are often more focused on where you are from, not your genetic background.
We were so eager for this to be a movie that we forgot killers generally aren’t rational, principled people
March 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We were so eager for this to be a movie that we forgot killers generally aren’t rational, principled people
Right. If the kids were already doing well, you wouldn't expect significant mental health improvement. Interpreting that finding as a failure of the treatment is in bad faith
October 26, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Right. If the kids were already doing well, you wouldn't expect significant mental health improvement. Interpreting that finding as a failure of the treatment is in bad faith
"This study thus suggests that remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth
rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States". As a public health agency, I sincerely hope the FDA response is "yes...that was the point"
rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States". As a public health agency, I sincerely hope the FDA response is "yes...that was the point"
October 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM
"This study thus suggests that remote dispensing of abortion drugs by mail, common carrier, and interactive computer service is depressing expected birth
rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States". As a public health agency, I sincerely hope the FDA response is "yes...that was the point"
rates for teenaged mothers in Plaintiff States". As a public health agency, I sincerely hope the FDA response is "yes...that was the point"
Was just going off about this today. We have to stop being shocked and appalled when companies do horrible shit and accept they will do whatever they are allowed to do that will make them money. So we have to stop allowing them to do it!
October 11, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Was just going off about this today. We have to stop being shocked and appalled when companies do horrible shit and accept they will do whatever they are allowed to do that will make them money. So we have to stop allowing them to do it!
Disgusting. We toured Monticello recently and the guide was fantastic, making sure we never forgot these facts. Some in our group became visibly disgruntled and confronted him afterwards. He was very patient and very firm with them. I'm sure they're trying their best to shut that down too.
August 29, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Disgusting. We toured Monticello recently and the guide was fantastic, making sure we never forgot these facts. Some in our group became visibly disgruntled and confronted him afterwards. He was very patient and very firm with them. I'm sure they're trying their best to shut that down too.
Hahaaaa yes I made it on Jeopardy a while back and everyone was like wow you must be a very disciplined studious person and...no. No I am not.
July 18, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Hahaaaa yes I made it on Jeopardy a while back and everyone was like wow you must be a very disciplined studious person and...no. No I am not.
I was raised by a WASP and a child of eastern European immigrants. My WASP mom would never have demanded shoes off from guests (even though it was the norm in our house normally). My dad was way less worried about offending people with basic requests!
June 23, 2024 at 5:33 PM
I was raised by a WASP and a child of eastern European immigrants. My WASP mom would never have demanded shoes off from guests (even though it was the norm in our house normally). My dad was way less worried about offending people with basic requests!
Speeding alone does not cause fatal car crashes only because multiple things contribute to a crash. Speeding plus child darting out. Speeding plus slick road. Speeding plus drunk. Speeding plus distracted. Speeding plus car ahead stops unexpectedly. None of this invalidates speeding as a root cause.
June 17, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Speeding alone does not cause fatal car crashes only because multiple things contribute to a crash. Speeding plus child darting out. Speeding plus slick road. Speeding plus drunk. Speeding plus distracted. Speeding plus car ahead stops unexpectedly. None of this invalidates speeding as a root cause.
And it's not as though they use that feedback to make positive change. It's not like they're going to start using higher quality sock materials.
June 7, 2024 at 12:05 AM
And it's not as though they use that feedback to make positive change. It's not like they're going to start using higher quality sock materials.
You are 100% correct, you can't validate a model using the data you used to build it; similarly you also can't make up data to validate anything. The only way to generate data perfectly representative of the real world would be a perfect model...
June 5, 2024 at 2:59 PM
You are 100% correct, you can't validate a model using the data you used to build it; similarly you also can't make up data to validate anything. The only way to generate data perfectly representative of the real world would be a perfect model...
Hahaha so she got her own students arrested in an attempt to appease Congress and they're going after her anyway. Hopefully other universities take note
April 24, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Hahaha so she got her own students arrested in an attempt to appease Congress and they're going after her anyway. Hopefully other universities take note
Yup. In my case, I found to my dismay that I simply could not create a daily routine without the structure of going to the office. Turns out that was the stick propping up my "I'm fine, nothing to see here!" facade
April 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Yup. In my case, I found to my dismay that I simply could not create a daily routine without the structure of going to the office. Turns out that was the stick propping up my "I'm fine, nothing to see here!" facade
You are an amazing human. Everything is going to be all right. ❤️
April 8, 2024 at 12:35 AM
You are an amazing human. Everything is going to be all right. ❤️
I was thinking wife's clothing allowance is controlled by him
April 1, 2024 at 5:02 PM
I was thinking wife's clothing allowance is controlled by him
The technical definitions of these words don't matter - what matters is whether using the words advances our goal of stopping the atrocities. Which may depend on the audience and the desired action.
March 31, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The technical definitions of these words don't matter - what matters is whether using the words advances our goal of stopping the atrocities. Which may depend on the audience and the desired action.
Wonderful. Will be sharing with my team. I see a LOT of that thing you describe with people deep in the weeds of a project producing documents that make no effort to orient or engage the reader. And I have used the same "it's not a mystery novel" line!
March 10, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Wonderful. Will be sharing with my team. I see a LOT of that thing you describe with people deep in the weeds of a project producing documents that make no effort to orient or engage the reader. And I have used the same "it's not a mystery novel" line!
I understand what you're saying, I just don't agree with you. And while I sympathize with the frustration of seeing people seemingly caught up in pointless nonsense while the world burns, scolding is not, in my experience, effective
March 7, 2024 at 2:06 PM
I understand what you're saying, I just don't agree with you. And while I sympathize with the frustration of seeing people seemingly caught up in pointless nonsense while the world burns, scolding is not, in my experience, effective