Weekend Editor
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Retired physicist, after a career in machine learning & stats mostly for cancer drug discovery. Also @weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz.
Now blogging about stats in the news: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/
Now blogging about stats in the news: https://www.someweekendreading.blog/
Kudlow failed to add: There is, however, automated trading with "portfolio insurance" algorithms. They do not play nicely with each other.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfol...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfol...
Portfolio insurance - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Kudlow failed to add: There is, however, automated trading with "portfolio insurance" algorithms. They do not play nicely with each other.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfol...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portfol...
Honesty is occasionally shocking.
And that fact itself is shocking.
And that fact itself is shocking.
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Honesty is occasionally shocking.
And that fact itself is shocking.
And that fact itself is shocking.
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My own object to the term 'provider' is that over the years I feel that I've gone from being an educator to a 'service provider'. I now expect that one day I will be replaced by a vending machine.
November 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
My own object to the term 'provider' is that over the years I feel that I've gone from being an educator to a 'service provider'. I now expect that one day I will be replaced by a vending machine.
Then why did you vote for the Republican resolution on the "evils of socialism" just when Mamdani came to town?
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
Full list of Democrats voting to condemn socialism as Zohran Mamdani comes to town
The House of Representatives voted on a resolution condemning socialism ahead of President Trump's meeting with Zohran Mamdani.
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Then why did you vote for the Republican resolution on the "evils of socialism" just when Mamdani came to town?
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
www.newsweek.com/full-list-of...
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There is no legitimate explanation to think Trump is good for anybody other than Trump unless you are willfully ignorant at this point.
No room for benefit of the doubt. If you think he’s good for you, then you are refusing to accept the evidence of your eyes and ears.
No room for benefit of the doubt. If you think he’s good for you, then you are refusing to accept the evidence of your eyes and ears.
November 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
There is no legitimate explanation to think Trump is good for anybody other than Trump unless you are willfully ignorant at this point.
No room for benefit of the doubt. If you think he’s good for you, then you are refusing to accept the evidence of your eyes and ears.
No room for benefit of the doubt. If you think he’s good for you, then you are refusing to accept the evidence of your eyes and ears.
The Vomiting Muses can be the name of your band.
Because clearly, starting a band is the next thing.
Because clearly, starting a band is the next thing.
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Vomiting Muses can be the name of your band.
Because clearly, starting a band is the next thing.
Because clearly, starting a band is the next thing.
Flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines (if you're the right age).
A trifecta! (Of being responsible with our own health and the health of those around us.)
A trifecta! (Of being responsible with our own health and the health of those around us.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Flu, COVID-19, and RSV vaccines (if you're the right age).
A trifecta! (Of being responsible with our own health and the health of those around us.)
A trifecta! (Of being responsible with our own health and the health of those around us.)
You can be in any place you want on the earth. Some only once, and briefly.
(Possibly paraphrasing Terry Pratchett on edibility of mushrooms, but I can't tag the source.)
(Possibly paraphrasing Terry Pratchett on edibility of mushrooms, but I can't tag the source.)
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You can be in any place you want on the earth. Some only once, and briefly.
(Possibly paraphrasing Terry Pratchett on edibility of mushrooms, but I can't tag the source.)
(Possibly paraphrasing Terry Pratchett on edibility of mushrooms, but I can't tag the source.)
Other source say he is "no longer enrolled at MIT". I'm curious whether he left of his own choice or was ejected.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Other source say he is "no longer enrolled at MIT". I'm curious whether he left of his own choice or was ejected.
Since the article is paywalled, can you tell us what happened to the student?
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Since the article is paywalled, can you tell us what happened to the student?