Steven W. McDougall
@swmcd.bsky.social
Computer programmer. Wanna-be musician, mathematician.
I read the Atlantic article.
All I see is TWC calling out Rufo for hypocrisy.
That does grant Rufo agency: it holds Rufo responsible for being inconsistent.
Where does the claim about lacking a theory of mind come from?
All I see is TWC calling out Rufo for hypocrisy.
That does grant Rufo agency: it holds Rufo responsible for being inconsistent.
Where does the claim about lacking a theory of mind come from?
September 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I read the Atlantic article.
All I see is TWC calling out Rufo for hypocrisy.
That does grant Rufo agency: it holds Rufo responsible for being inconsistent.
Where does the claim about lacking a theory of mind come from?
All I see is TWC calling out Rufo for hypocrisy.
That does grant Rufo agency: it holds Rufo responsible for being inconsistent.
Where does the claim about lacking a theory of mind come from?
Lost my shape
Trying to act casual.
— David Byrne
Trying to act casual.
— David Byrne
June 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Lost my shape
Trying to act casual.
— David Byrne
Trying to act casual.
— David Byrne
We regret to announce the passing of Elon’s inbox.
February 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
We regret to announce the passing of Elon’s inbox.
cf. Front Fell Off
January 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
cf. Front Fell Off
Whatever you think is important/relevant
January 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Whatever you think is important/relevant
I think this will be great for the users. The bots can talk to each other on Facebook and the users can return to the real world. 😁
January 2, 2025 at 3:27 AM
I think this will be great for the users. The bots can talk to each other on Facebook and the users can return to the real world. 😁
Many years ago, driving south on NJ tpk. Big plane on final aproach to Newark, flying north, low, parallel to the tpk. Parallax made it look like the plane was stationary: just hovering in air.
Really striking effect.
Really striking effect.
December 17, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Many years ago, driving south on NJ tpk. Big plane on final aproach to Newark, flying north, low, parallel to the tpk. Parallax made it look like the plane was stationary: just hovering in air.
Really striking effect.
Really striking effect.
s/idling/redlined/
December 11, 2024 at 1:38 PM
s/idling/redlined/
I’m holding out for chromatophores 🦑😁
December 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I’m holding out for chromatophores 🦑😁
Biggest practical effect may be dealing with orgs (like health ins) that use SSN for ID, but SSN isn’t supposed to be used for ID, per the SSA.
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Biggest practical effect may be dealing with orgs (like health ins) that use SSN for ID, but SSN isn’t supposed to be used for ID, per the SSA.
SSN is for paying taxes. Children born during Trump admin will be no more than 4 when he leaves office. 4-year olds don’t have earned income, so who cares if they have SSN?
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 AM
SSN is for paying taxes. Children born during Trump admin will be no more than 4 when he leaves office. 4-year olds don’t have earned income, so who cares if they have SSN?
It has a bunch of intertwining sub-plots, which range from drecky to offensive, depending on your sensibilities.
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 AM
It has a bunch of intertwining sub-plots, which range from drecky to offensive, depending on your sensibilities.
Population/legislature numbers from other countries suggests the legislature grows with the cube-root of the population. 335M ^ 1/3 ~ 695 districts
November 19, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Population/legislature numbers from other countries suggests the legislature grows with the cube-root of the population. 335M ^ 1/3 ~ 695 districts
US / Wyoming ~ 335M/577K ~ 581 districts
November 19, 2024 at 5:55 PM
US / Wyoming ~ 335M/577K ~ 581 districts
The house district size should be no larger than the smallest state.
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
The house district size should be no larger than the smallest state.
“Abandon” is a weasel word here. What was the D position during the campaign? What new/different position are D’s (who? Name names) proposing now?
November 17, 2024 at 2:16 PM
“Abandon” is a weasel word here. What was the D position during the campaign? What new/different position are D’s (who? Name names) proposing now?
It's not just the internet: it's the entire language of political discourse. Geoffrey Nunberg wrote a book about it in 2006.
Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, [...] New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show
Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, [...] New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show
November 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
It's not just the internet: it's the entire language of political discourse. Geoffrey Nunberg wrote a book about it in 2006.
Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, [...] New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show
Talking Right: How Conservatives Turned Liberalism into a Tax-Raising, Latte-Drinking, [...] New York Times-Reading, Body-Piercing, Hollywood-Loving, Left-Wing Freak Show
We don't do it for Trump or the Republicans. We do it for ourselves. Snubbing Trump accomplishes nothing and erodes our own commitment to process and civility.
November 13, 2024 at 3:51 PM
We don't do it for Trump or the Republicans. We do it for ourselves. Snubbing Trump accomplishes nothing and erodes our own commitment to process and civility.
I no longer remember where I found it.
The Googles cites
The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics, Daedalus, Volume 87, Number 3, Summer 1958 (p. 100)
The Googles cites
The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics, Daedalus, Volume 87, Number 3, Summer 1958 (p. 100)
November 11, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I no longer remember where I found it.
The Googles cites
The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics, Daedalus, Volume 87, Number 3, Summer 1958 (p. 100)
The Googles cites
The Representation of Nature in Contemporary Physics, Daedalus, Volume 87, Number 3, Summer 1958 (p. 100)
but into the transparent clarity of a mathematics that represents no longer the behavior of the elementary particles but rather our knowledge of this behavior. /2
-- Werner Heisenberg
-- Werner Heisenberg
November 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM
but into the transparent clarity of a mathematics that represents no longer the behavior of the elementary particles but rather our knowledge of this behavior. /2
-- Werner Heisenberg
-- Werner Heisenberg
The conception of the objective reality of the elementary particles has thus evaporated in a curious way, not into the fog of some new, obscure, or not yet understood reality concept, /1
November 11, 2024 at 4:26 PM
The conception of the objective reality of the elementary particles has thus evaporated in a curious way, not into the fog of some new, obscure, or not yet understood reality concept, /1
I'll bite.
What do they think it is?
What is it actually?
What do they think it is?
What is it actually?
November 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM
I'll bite.
What do they think it is?
What is it actually?
What do they think it is?
What is it actually?
You want to be really careful with this stuff. There are horror stores out there. www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2024/necks-a...
Necks are not like desk chairs - Butterflies and Wheels
But what if you identify as benefiting from chiropracty? https://twitter.com/DBelardoMD/status/1838753228000792962 https://twitter.com/DBelardoMD/status/1838760761646043521 I googled chiropracty after...
www.butterfliesandwheels.org
October 16, 2024 at 4:26 AM
You want to be really careful with this stuff. There are horror stores out there. www.butterfliesandwheels.org/2024/necks-a...