Meanwhile in the US, people refer to any industrial power use as "boiling the ocean." A genuine indictment if American governance and imagination.

Went to Filoli for the last night if their Autumn thing. Lots of neat seasonal bits to see.

"Over a period of six months, researchers estimate that COVID-19 infections led to 2.24 extra cases of myocarditis or pericarditis per 100,000 children, while vaccinations led to 0.85 extra cases per 100,000." www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

I would take this even further: we now have uncomfortable proof that knowing things isn’t even close to what gets the job done it turns out that “intelligence” is a tiny splash in the cocktail of impact and achievement

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women 🧵

I think folks never really understood that the reasons we rejected the block chain were linked to, but not actually the same as, the negative outcomes they inflicted on people. They then generalize that to AI/ML tech, and the argument doesn't work as well.

one thing i wish there was more writing on by radicals is navigating these shifts and making the most of them. i can only think of graeber's The Shock of Victory (although I guess David Chapman's essay on subcultures is also relevant, although not radical)

As a statistician, these people should go to jail.

the median voter "uhhhh reality tv guy said he'd lower prices" the median jury member "when tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty"

for all the shit that normal people get, jurors seem infinitely more brave and clear-eyed about trump and trumpism than the democratic leadership.

"triumphalist" made me laugh.

Almost certainly the "value prop" of any company trying to "use AI facial recognition" is to try and launder otherwise illegal decisions.

The funny part about this is that even if you grant the idea for the sake of discussion (do not believe it for real) it's totally misunderstanding of what the industry wants. The industry is not desperate to find false identified sub-prime lendees, it's desperate to find falsely labeled primes.

A milestone: the court order in Chicago today potentially checks America's slide to a secret police state. For the first time, ICE and CBP agents are ordered to wear clear identification: badge numbers or names. Either they comply or this becomes THE issue in which the battle for democracy.

Super fun thread full of experts. For starters, "You could not use Carbon-14 dating for this purpose without arbitrary error bars" is the entry point. But people have very interesting alternative ideas!

Reminder to future jury members: you can just vote not guilty.

incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty

The message to ICE and CBP has gotta be clear. No one will be convicted for bothering you. You're entirely on your own. You love to see it. Now let's work on reminding them that as soon as Trump is out of office, they're toast.

Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani

SCOTUS has granted a stay in Trump v. Orr, the trans passport case, meaning that the government will be able to once again deny gender marker changes to trans passport applicants. This is a terrible decision with horrifying consequences for trans folks. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Hey, a thing that has been buried as impractical in 2000 is pretty practical now for swarm intelligence: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_...

Who doesn't love writing reviews? You, probably- yes it's boring but please go and leave a few ⭐ on my fonts if you want! itch.io/s/158296/40-...

I'm extremely upset about a news item re my employer. I see it.

The only way allyship (and community membership, for that matter) matters is if your actions move other people to consider you in that category. That's *definitionally* what it means, and therefore you must demonstrate it via actions.

flatly, "the only way to stop me from wildly indulging in my evilness openly is if you placate me with some hidden fruits and spoils of evil, behind closed doors, and laude me as good" is a deeply reactionary and conservative worldview, and well, this is my bias, but i reject it

This is a really interesting point. Gerrymandering requires a hypothetical district to draw. If you can't predict that, you can hurt yourself as easily as you can help yourself. Confusion of this type only hurts Republicans.

I genuinely don't know how to alt text this but I'm still laughing at my own joke.

Getting new details on this now: As the arrest unfolded, teachers pleaded with the agents telling them the teacher had a work permit. The agents went into multiple rooms looking for teachers while children were present. One teacher hid with a child in her care while the agents stormed the facility.

heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

I want the Star Trek episode where they go back in time and discover Zephram Cochrane was not only a horrible person, but also stole a bunch of ideas. Maybe even witness a murder. And then just let the cast think through what it means, and how their society demanded the lionization of Cochrane.

The way all of these people convinced themselves that Mamdani is antisemitic is a subject far more worthy of media examination than any of the ‘groupthink on campuses!’ thinkpieces we’ve been subjected to

Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists.

a big part of why the coalition against Trump holds firm is that the GOP cannot be trusted to honor any deal

Aaaasaaaaahahhahahahhahahahah. Aahaha *cough* ahahahahahahahaahhah. Aaahhhhhh hahahhaha. This is *gasps* this is incredibly funny... *Gasps, turns blue, falls over*

I won't use Nix ever again, but maybe you will. This guide is excellent and helps avoid all the pitfalls.

Still, at least from my perspective as a hiring manager I see more and more people moving around. It's certainly not pre-COVID levels but it feels better than 18 months ago. Important caveat: that's NOT true for visa holders. Their situation is scary.

I genuinely don't know how to alt text this but I'm still laughing at my own joke.

I really enjoyed this in part because its part of a tradition that specifically calls out bits of Popper that are wrong (or out of date) and tries to fix them. To me, that part of the work is really good.

The thing is, Trump is ignoring multiple court orders right now. I can imagine them saying "we disagree with the supreme court on this and we've relaxed the China Tarrifs and we feel that's enough" this doesn't move beyond that until the next week or two when Trump hears Putin's bell and reactivates

Yeah. This is also why vanguard party members need to be charismatic and excellent communicators. They're going to have to make the public understand and respect the magnitude of the project.

If it is the case that the SC knocks away tariff power somewhat, this will have been a catastrophic month for the MAGA admin and they will almost certainly retaliate, likely violently on the populace.

Oh wow, does this mean Halligan's leak might have been somewhat consequential?

Tonight's beer read:

I can't help but feel like people have memory holed this result, sometimes. It should give you pause. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"Bud" is a perfectly reasonable thing to call someone of any gender for whom you have platonic affections

Wrote a short piece arguing that higher ed must help steer AI. TLDR: If we outsource this to tech, we outsource our whole business. But rejectionism is basically stalling. If we want to survive, schools themselves must proactively shape AI for education & research. [1/6, unpaywalled at 5/6] +

Man this is a funny and mostly true video essay. youtu.be/33y9FMIvcWY

I guess this is somewhat wrong, there are examples where an LLM may lie when attempting to resolve conflicting alignment goals.

Chinese astronauts become the first to grill wings in space, paving the way for future uncstronauts