Vikram Bath
@vikrambath.bsky.social
Former business school professor, current software engineer. Writes at ordinary-times.com
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Vikram Bath
@vikrambath.bsky.social
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Note that these are the years over which America first became the world’s economic superpower
Fei-Fei Li is a legitimately brilliant Stanford CS professor and AI got her talking babble like this for money
November 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fei-Fei Li is a legitimately brilliant Stanford CS professor and AI got her talking babble like this for money
Literally every engineering school Dean will tell you that employers come to him and say the graduates are great technically, but could they please work on their communication skills and ability to work collaboratively on a team?
That distinguishes the graduates they want to hire
That distinguishes the graduates they want to hire
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Literally every engineering school Dean will tell you that employers come to him and say the graduates are great technically, but could they please work on their communication skills and ability to work collaboratively on a team?
That distinguishes the graduates they want to hire
That distinguishes the graduates they want to hire
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We can’t win by just saying “surely out opponents will give up now.” We have to actually win bsky.app/profile/vikr...
Remember when some guy who worked on The Apprentice said there was going to be a Trump n-word video released and then that never happened?
There is no outside salvation for political sins. It’s just us
There is no outside salvation for political sins. It’s just us
November 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We can’t win by just saying “surely out opponents will give up now.” We have to actually win bsky.app/profile/vikr...
One of these headlines intends to inform. The other one informs too, but does so in such a way as to obfuscate the part that sounds bad
November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One of these headlines intends to inform. The other one informs too, but does so in such a way as to obfuscate the part that sounds bad
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So to maximize everyone mad at me at once: this is shorism.
November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So to maximize everyone mad at me at once: this is shorism.
PRINT OUT HIS SIGNED EPSTEIN CARTOON AND ASK HIM IF THAT’S HIS DRAWING AND SIGNATURE YOU COWARD
TRUMP: You have to bring in talent
INGRAHAM: Well, we have plenty of talented people in America
TRUMP: No you don't. No.
INGRAHAM: We don't have talented people here?
November 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
PRINT OUT HIS SIGNED EPSTEIN CARTOON AND ASK HIM IF THAT’S HIS DRAWING AND SIGNATURE YOU COWARD
This is the grossest example of clickbait I’ve ever seen. ~“No, we won’t tell you which one until you click and load up some ads!”~
November 12, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is the grossest example of clickbait I’ve ever seen. ~“No, we won’t tell you which one until you click and load up some ads!”~
UC San Diego:“[While Math 2 was designed to remediate missing high school math knowledge, most students had knowledge gaps that went back much further, to middle and even elementary school…Math 2 for Fall 2024 focuses entirely on elementary and middle school Common Core math subjects (grades 1-8)]”
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
UC San Diego:“[While Math 2 was designed to remediate missing high school math knowledge, most students had knowledge gaps that went back much further, to middle and even elementary school…Math 2 for Fall 2024 focuses entirely on elementary and middle school Common Core math subjects (grades 1-8)]”
Were the ICE agents not patriotic enough and thus needed to be paid before anyone else?
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Were the ICE agents not patriotic enough and thus needed to be paid before anyone else?
Everyone says some cringe, silly stuff from time to time. Only the greats will say it in the middle of a shareholder meeting after having already needed to settle a lawsuit with the SEC
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Everyone says some cringe, silly stuff from time to time. Only the greats will say it in the middle of a shareholder meeting after having already needed to settle a lawsuit with the SEC
“Loneliness Epidemic” feels like a misnomer to me. People who spend all their time on their phones pick them up to make the loneliness feeling go away.
It is the displacement of loneliness.
Call it Connection Deflection. Or Hyper-connected isolation?
It is the displacement of loneliness.
Call it Connection Deflection. Or Hyper-connected isolation?
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“Loneliness Epidemic” feels like a misnomer to me. People who spend all their time on their phones pick them up to make the loneliness feeling go away.
It is the displacement of loneliness.
Call it Connection Deflection. Or Hyper-connected isolation?
It is the displacement of loneliness.
Call it Connection Deflection. Or Hyper-connected isolation?
Gonna primary every defecting Democrat with the only people I actually trust: Never Trump Republicans
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Gonna primary every defecting Democrat with the only people I actually trust: Never Trump Republicans
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I guess this is what you say when your predecessor’s administration financed the only commercial magnet manufacturing plant in the United States.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I guess this is what you say when your predecessor’s administration financed the only commercial magnet manufacturing plant in the United States.
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I can help here.
First, you open with a new, exciting, creative action screen starring your new James Bond. He does cool stuff and then suddenly turns and shoots directly shoots into the camera and the opening song starts with the opening credits.
Audience now understands there is a new James Bond
First, you open with a new, exciting, creative action screen starring your new James Bond. He does cool stuff and then suddenly turns and shoots directly shoots into the camera and the opening song starts with the opening credits.
Audience now understands there is a new James Bond
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I can help here.
First, you open with a new, exciting, creative action screen starring your new James Bond. He does cool stuff and then suddenly turns and shoots directly shoots into the camera and the opening song starts with the opening credits.
Audience now understands there is a new James Bond
First, you open with a new, exciting, creative action screen starring your new James Bond. He does cool stuff and then suddenly turns and shoots directly shoots into the camera and the opening song starts with the opening credits.
Audience now understands there is a new James Bond
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These were not the answers I was expecting about needing to pee during a marathon, and I would like to go back and delete them from my brain thank you
November 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
These were not the answers I was expecting about needing to pee during a marathon, and I would like to go back and delete them from my brain thank you
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If you look back at the arguments that swayed Americans 250 years ago, it wasn’t that ”tea prices were high,” it was the underlying assertions of power. Thankfully there were not political consultants to drive the messaging.
October 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If you look back at the arguments that swayed Americans 250 years ago, it wasn’t that ”tea prices were high,” it was the underlying assertions of power. Thankfully there were not political consultants to drive the messaging.
The two worst metaphors to infect discourse:
1. Touching the stove
2. Dog catching the car
When Roe vs. Wade was overturned we won some election in Kansas and everyone was excited and then at the very next election Donald Trump became president again.
Wins are still wins even if the PR sounds bad
1. Touching the stove
2. Dog catching the car
When Roe vs. Wade was overturned we won some election in Kansas and everyone was excited and then at the very next election Donald Trump became president again.
Wins are still wins even if the PR sounds bad
Indeed, it’s almost like “stove touching” is a horseshit framework which gets thrown around wildly on BSky by people who seem to think it makes them sound tough
November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The two worst metaphors to infect discourse:
1. Touching the stove
2. Dog catching the car
When Roe vs. Wade was overturned we won some election in Kansas and everyone was excited and then at the very next election Donald Trump became president again.
Wins are still wins even if the PR sounds bad
1. Touching the stove
2. Dog catching the car
When Roe vs. Wade was overturned we won some election in Kansas and everyone was excited and then at the very next election Donald Trump became president again.
Wins are still wins even if the PR sounds bad
I am starting to understand how he bankrupted a casino
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I am starting to understand how he bankrupted a casino
Angus King declared defeat the day after Trump posted this
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Angus King declared defeat the day after Trump posted this
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100% this. The idea that our "great Founders" intended for the President to be able to raise taxes on Americans because someone in Canada ran an ad he didn't like is legitimately insane. It's the epitomization of arbitrary power.
I can help with this!
Yes, it makes perfect sense that in an *emergency*, e.g. a pandemic, you might need to do something like stop all trade while the same provision cannot be invoked punitively for non-emergencies, e.g. Canada quoting Ronald Reagan in an ad you don’t like
Yes, it makes perfect sense that in an *emergency*, e.g. a pandemic, you might need to do something like stop all trade while the same provision cannot be invoked punitively for non-emergencies, e.g. Canada quoting Ronald Reagan in an ad you don’t like
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
100% this. The idea that our "great Founders" intended for the President to be able to raise taxes on Americans because someone in Canada ran an ad he didn't like is legitimately insane. It's the epitomization of arbitrary power.
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I don’t get why congress just doesn’t pass the tariffs. They are easy and popular
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I don’t get why congress just doesn’t pass the tariffs. They are easy and popular