Will Hansen for Vancouver King
@will-r-s-hansen.bsky.social
Where there's a Will, there's a way
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(you can get an awooga horn on amazon and they aren't even very expensive.)
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
(you can get an awooga horn on amazon and they aren't even very expensive.)
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I mean I just think the idea that a timed high-stakes test being a worthy measurement at all is incredibly outdated
December 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I mean I just think the idea that a timed high-stakes test being a worthy measurement at all is incredibly outdated
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“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
“Maybe we’re onto something.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
“How can we tell? We’ve only done this 187,623 times with the same success every single time. Could be a fluke.”
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Playing catch up: Health-care workers urge B.C. to provide free nasal naloxone
Playing catch up: Health-care workers urge B.C. to provide free nasal naloxone
British Columbia was the first province to grapple with the lethality of toxic drugs, but is now lagging behind Ontario and Quebec in providing a free, easy-to-use antidote.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Playing catch up: Health-care workers urge B.C. to provide free nasal naloxone
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yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
yeah AI Ben Garrison is incredible
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Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
November 29, 2023 at 2:18 AM
Japan understands the true spirit of Christmas
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PERHAPS WHEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA WE SHOULD JUST ALWAYS USE CAPITAL LETTERS TO COMMUNICATE UNAMBIGUOUSLY. THE IMPLICIT CALMING TIMBRE OF LEXICAL CLARITY COULD HELP INCUBATE A GENTLE CIVILITY AMONGST USERS
November 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
PERHAPS WHEN USING SOCIAL MEDIA WE SHOULD JUST ALWAYS USE CAPITAL LETTERS TO COMMUNICATE UNAMBIGUOUSLY. THE IMPLICIT CALMING TIMBRE OF LEXICAL CLARITY COULD HELP INCUBATE A GENTLE CIVILITY AMONGST USERS
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November 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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My wokest opinion is that there shouldn’t be any private high schools or elementary schools.
Education is a matter of the common public good and everyone at the K-12 level should have an equal opportunity with the same resources to attain a common educational baseline.
Education is a matter of the common public good and everyone at the K-12 level should have an equal opportunity with the same resources to attain a common educational baseline.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
My wokest opinion is that there shouldn’t be any private high schools or elementary schools.
Education is a matter of the common public good and everyone at the K-12 level should have an equal opportunity with the same resources to attain a common educational baseline.
Education is a matter of the common public good and everyone at the K-12 level should have an equal opportunity with the same resources to attain a common educational baseline.
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If you are interested in the easiest, most accessible, Normal, and practical way to crowd out a plate of meat, there is but one answer...
Just learned about the “Beans is How” campaign, and I’m all about this vision. Unironically, this is a very smart idea, and one of the better-thought out Theories of Change I’ve seen. Who cares if Big Bean interests are involved, this is an essential change to make sdg2advocacyhub.org/beans-is-how/
November 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
If you are interested in the easiest, most accessible, Normal, and practical way to crowd out a plate of meat, there is but one answer...
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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So (according to Google) the average American household's net worth is just over $1 million. Seem crazy and far from your lived experience? Same here. But mathmatically it makes sense WHEN YOU INCLUDE SO MANY BILLIONAIRES. Even if you hate math, try to understand it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
So (according to Google) the average American household's net worth is just over $1 million. Seem crazy and far from your lived experience? Same here. But mathmatically it makes sense WHEN YOU INCLUDE SO MANY BILLIONAIRES. Even if you hate math, try to understand it.
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You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
November 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You would be kicked out of any writer’s room in existence if you had the villains celebrating a Great Gatsby-themed party while taking away food benefits from millions of poor people.
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It's a missed opportunity by Anthropic where if you click the button, you can't continue the existing conversation someone shared. You might have other questions. Instead of comments on web pages, this might be more helpful.
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's a missed opportunity by Anthropic where if you click the button, you can't continue the existing conversation someone shared. You might have other questions. Instead of comments on web pages, this might be more helpful.
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How the media are gaslighting trans people
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
How the media are gaslighting trans people
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Vancouver council votes for 0 per cent property tax increase in 2026
Vancouver council votes for 0 per cent property tax increase in 2026
Vancouver city council has voted to advise staff to prepare a draft budget for 2026 to identify around $120 million in savings in order to freeze property tax rates.
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Vancouver council votes for 0 per cent property tax increase in 2026
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Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
sites.stat.columbia.edu
October 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.
Had to use an en-space today. Feels like forbidden knowledge.
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September 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Had to use an en-space today. Feels like forbidden knowledge.
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I am shocked -- shocked! -- to learn that housing prices fell the most in metros where inventory of homes increased by a lot. via @harvard-jchs.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
September 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I am shocked -- shocked! -- to learn that housing prices fell the most in metros where inventory of homes increased by a lot. via @harvard-jchs.bsky.social
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
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One of the less discussed but more important reasons to be against fascism is that it’s fucking stupid and informed self-interest rules it out
August 31, 2025 at 2:40 AM
One of the less discussed but more important reasons to be against fascism is that it’s fucking stupid and informed self-interest rules it out
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All anybody to the left of “it should be legal to do Deathrace to immigrants” wants is someone who is going to go all out with what they believe in and that’s why Zohran is doing well and democrats broadly are as popular as childhood cancer.
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 AM
All anybody to the left of “it should be legal to do Deathrace to immigrants” wants is someone who is going to go all out with what they believe in and that’s why Zohran is doing well and democrats broadly are as popular as childhood cancer.
Pick up the pace Rocket Surgery!
Brain Science is taking interesting steps: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00873
Brain Science is taking interesting steps: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00873
Language Models Use Trigonometry to Do Addition
Mathematical reasoning is an increasingly important indicator of large language model (LLM) capabilities, yet we lack understanding of how LLMs process even simple mathematical tasks. To address this,...
arxiv.org
August 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Pick up the pace Rocket Surgery!
Brain Science is taking interesting steps: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00873
Brain Science is taking interesting steps: arxiv.org/abs/2502.00873
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Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.
July 24, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Trump's new executive order about AI states that companies' models must not incorporate the idea that trans people exist as a concept. Seems bad.