Stefan Wojcik
@stefanjwojcik.bsky.social
Principal Data Scientist, computational social science, ex-Twitter. Currently working on ML for renewable energy. #climate #politics #ml #ai
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Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words
June 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Kristi Noem Appears With Bandage Over Ear Struck By Words
Good times we're living in. search.app/CxXqN
NextEra CEO says renewables needed as bridge to expanding gas power
Renewable energy sources like wind and solar power are needed to meet rapidly growing energy demand in the United States amid near-term obstacles to increasing natural gas capacity, NextEra NEE.N CEO John Ketchum said on Tuesday.
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June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Good times we're living in. search.app/CxXqN
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NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
Federal Judges Are Begging Us to Pay Attention
A Data-Driven Analysis of nearly 300 Federal Cases Reveals Judges Quoting Kafka and Warning of Democracy in Peril
open.substack.com
June 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.
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From The Archives: Trump Administration Offers Free At-Home Loyalty Tests
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June 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
From The Archives: Trump Administration Offers Free At-Home Loyalty Tests
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Some news! Today, I launch Strength In Numbers as an independent, data-driven news website devoted to rigorous and transparent political analysis.
On Wednesday we'll have our first poll, with a high-quality, non-partisan sponsor.
Please share, and join us: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/building-a...
On Wednesday we'll have our first poll, with a high-quality, non-partisan sponsor.
Please share, and join us: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/building-a...
Building a new home for data-driven political journalism
Independent, reader-funded media is the best way to safeguard unbiased, data-driven analysis for the public good. Become a member and support the mission.
www.gelliottmorris.com
May 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Some news! Today, I launch Strength In Numbers as an independent, data-driven news website devoted to rigorous and transparent political analysis.
On Wednesday we'll have our first poll, with a high-quality, non-partisan sponsor.
Please share, and join us: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/building-a...
On Wednesday we'll have our first poll, with a high-quality, non-partisan sponsor.
Please share, and join us: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/building-a...
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One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
Research at risk: Life-saving heart pumps for babies | Cornell Chronicle
After receiving a stop-work order from the federal government, the future of a device to help children with heart defects is uncertain.
news.cornell.edu
May 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
One of grants frozen at Cornell: $6.7M (4 yrs) to develop heart pumps for babies born w/ heart defects.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
It took decades of work to get to point of prepping device for in-human clinical trials. No private company could do this.
The cruelty of the Trump administration is heartbreaking. So to speak.
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He’s going to raise *millions* from crypto but wants to say how many toys children can have.
Trump: "A young lady -- 10 year old girl, 9 year old girl, 15 year old girl -- doesn't need 37 dolls. She could be very happy with 2 or 3 or 4 or 5."
May 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
He’s going to raise *millions* from crypto but wants to say how many toys children can have.
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we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris
April 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
we will never let you edit posts. you must wear each typo as an albatross. you will bear the weight of your hubris
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Donald Trump isn’t just illegally removing U.S. citizens from the country without due process.
He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
April 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Donald Trump isn’t just illegally removing U.S. citizens from the country without due process.
He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Again.
They deported an American child with cancer AGAIN.
They deported an American child with cancer AGAIN.
April 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Again.
They deported an American child with cancer AGAIN.
They deported an American child with cancer AGAIN.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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I haven't talked much here about the misinformation detection work we're doing, but I wanted to quickly shout-out @stefanjwojcik.bsky.social for a brilliant demo of our model - stefanjwojcik-pluto.hf.space/OCNotebook. Feel free to play around with it. It can classify statements and parse long text.
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I haven't talked much here about the misinformation detection work we're doing, but I wanted to quickly shout-out @stefanjwojcik.bsky.social for a brilliant demo of our model - stefanjwojcik-pluto.hf.space/OCNotebook. Feel free to play around with it. It can classify statements and parse long text.
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BREAKING: the Supreme Court orders the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abredo Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador.
April 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
BREAKING: the Supreme Court orders the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Abredo Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly sent to El Salvador.
In your brain, right now, there is roughly one plastic spoon floating around. www.nytimes.com/video/well/1...
Video: Microplastics Are in Our Brains. What Does That Mean?
According to a recent study, there’s roughly a plastic spoon’s worth of plastics in our brains — an amount that has only increased over time. Scientists are trying to find out the effects these microp...
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In your brain, right now, there is roughly one plastic spoon floating around. www.nytimes.com/video/well/1...
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Ok what’s going on here?
Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down.
Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset.
Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it.
Means the world may be abandoning America.
We are flirting with a true crisis.
Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down.
Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset.
Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it.
Means the world may be abandoning America.
We are flirting with a true crisis.
10-year yield going vertical here. Something’s gonna break.
April 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Ok what’s going on here?
Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down.
Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset.
Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it.
Means the world may be abandoning America.
We are flirting with a true crisis.
Yields are going up which means bond prices are going down.
Fewer buyers of the world’s safest asset.
Normally when the economy slows, there’s a flight to safety, not away from it.
Means the world may be abandoning America.
We are flirting with a true crisis.
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Hey there, Bluesky!
We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p
What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!
We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p
What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!
April 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey there, Bluesky!
We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p
What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!
We are excited to share our data and insights here with you, and so are our researchers: go.bsky.app/3QzdR9p
What would you like to see from us? Drop suggestions below!
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-How Democracies Die (2018)
April 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
-How Democracies Die (2018)
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I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news.
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
April 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I often give MSM headline-writers/editors a hard time on framing of political news.
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
So now a note of compliment to hed-writers + photo and layout editors who put together today's WSJ print front page. (h/t @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social )
If Dickens or Dreiser were writing this, would seem overdone
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Last week, officials detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, allegedly over an op-ed she co-wrote for the student paper Tufts Daily. Today, Tufts University made clear it “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
April 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Last week, officials detained Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk, allegedly over an op-ed she co-wrote for the student paper Tufts Daily. Today, Tufts University made clear it “has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention.”
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TIL: Oilfield wastewater is toxic and demands up to 83x the energy to clean compared to municipal wastewater. Up to 20x to compared to desalinization. Wild.
Dealing with the waste of fossil energy continues to drive even greater energy demands! "Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States" insideclimatenews.org/news/2403202...
Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States - Inside Climate News
One company wants small nuclear reactors to power the energy-intensive process of purifying vast volumes of toxic “produced water” for use in agriculture and industry.
insideclimatenews.org
March 30, 2025 at 1:02 PM
TIL: Oilfield wastewater is toxic and demands up to 83x the energy to clean compared to municipal wastewater. Up to 20x to compared to desalinization. Wild.
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1/🧵 Here is my latest with a more detailed analysis of how judges across the ideological spectrum are ruling against the administration—upending the narrative that opposition is purely partisan. Notably, 2 of the 4 judges targeted by the GOP for impeachment are right-of-center.
Measured Resistance: Data Reveals Cross-Ideological Judicial Opposition to Trump Administration
The cross-ideological judicial pushback challenging Trump’s narrative.
open.substack.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
1/🧵 Here is my latest with a more detailed analysis of how judges across the ideological spectrum are ruling against the administration—upending the narrative that opposition is purely partisan. Notably, 2 of the 4 judges targeted by the GOP for impeachment are right-of-center.