guys i don't know what to tell you but the guy running and talking on the phone behind me on the Hudson just now said everyone should be selling MSFT straightaway bc he knows some dudes on the inside and they've got no moat or something i wasn't really listening anyway you're welcome happy shorting

I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

I'm not bragging but I just got ID'd for a six pack of beers I am bragging I am 35 years old and I feel on top of the world

Really great work from a @csmapnyu.org lab I'm proud to be part of!

🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover ➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the... 🧵[1/5]

Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...

Sorry, Elon, but actually the world's most ambitious vertically integrated innovation engine is standing right here

With all my breath: no! I literally could've built this over a weekend. It's a bunch of LLMs speaking to each other and tool calling. It is honestly not skynet, people, calm t f down

That was very fun!

A reminder to all NYCers that this is tonight: publictheater.org/performances... Would love to see some friendly faces there. Jennifer Egan will be doing a reading, Rhett Miller will be writing a song in response, and I'll be answering questions about all things AI!

I was out running this morning in feels like -20 so I just want you all to know that I'm better than you

Do I know anyone who got a British Academy postdoc.? Please let me know if so!

I call this one cold drinks

Median voter theorists rn

Does Matt Goodwin have Cameo yet?

This is from a real hoodie in the real Adidas shop. This is why we can't trust them with hosting this thing. Also it's coming home

Pretty cool to think back to those days when Team GB qualified for the 1994 footie world cup

If anyone is interested, I'm selling ski passes out of my apt in 1 Washington Square Village. Good rates. Nonrefundable

To the kind Customs queue official at Newark airport who waved us through from the back of an hour-long queue when she saw our baby daughter was crying and exhausted: thank you. You are my current favorite American 🙏

🎶 can I make it any more obvious 🎵 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/n...

Not sure about this. I disagree with my colleague, Jonathan Haidt, on a good many interpretations of existing data esp. re SM effects... But to suggest he's anything other than a serious scholar is odd. He's one of the most highly cited social psychologists in the world

I like how world leaders are now "calling each other out" like YouTubers used to do

Okay it's better than this speech

Why can no one accept this truth

Look yes it was a good speech, a very good speech even, but the "boots on the ice" gag from Carney was absolute bin stuff and we need to be honest about that can we please be honest about that

Just learning that ONCE AGAIN I didn't get invited to Davos

Yes look 10% tariff etc etc but we just beat City so can everyone get some perspective?

He's gonna be gutted when he finds out 5G is already out

A good example of AI making more work: I am currently writing a compliance routine to check whether screenshots uploaded by study participants have been generated by AI or not Fortunately, I am also writing this routine using AI

Has anyone done this one yet

I know what we're all thinking: why are all the words capitalized?

ugh god it's still never gonna shut up about how it's just as easy to use as windows malware

I spy an RDD

Impossible to verify these numbers and they may be inflations. But a very relevant comparison is 1979: around 600 killed. This time is enormous in comparison according to any estimate

Stephen Graham is the new national treasure change my mind

The woke mind virus still at large I see

This is literally just a pop-up telling kids how they can cheat on their homework... I mean.

There is something really horribly sanctimonious and condescending, IMO, with the talk of corporate "bullshit jobs" among the left Even more so when this talk comes from people whose jobs are, well, you know...

Does anyone know of reliable crowd-sourced or otherwise data on Iran protests?

🎶 Regimeney Changedy Doo 🎶

Steve Kerr on the murder of Renee Good: "It's shameful that the government can come out and lie about what happened when there's video and witnesses who have all come out and disputed what the government is saying."

Who else just googled whether America was a derivation from Mercia or am I just an idiot

Counterpoint: they're not that fungible because of switching costs. That's the whole reason platforms like Twitter continue to function... Users will want to retain access. A lot of people make a living from their reach on these platforms etc. etc. It's not as simple as going somewhere else

Best experimental sociology paper you've read in the last five years?

"Can I bring my mate to afters? He's sound" The mate:

I've learned that Edinburgh University is planning to cut 20% of academics in some departments To decide who gets the chop, they generated an academic contribution metric that is a raw count of *any type* of output, including book reviews. The management of UK Universities continues to amaze

For sale: baby shoe, it's been worn; she kicked the other one off and I couldn't find it anywhere on the pavement.