Didn't have a great answer off the top of my head for the other question but this one came to me right away

I heard an ad on a podcast today from IBM about all the stuff their "AI agents" could help with. One of the main examples they gave was... a college freshman could use an AI agent to learn how to register for classes. So very transformative.

Increase a band Steel and Whiskey

How long have we been able to pass a variational fit directly to the sampling function as an init method in cmdstanr? Huge quality of life improvement vs. writing glue code to extract draws and arrange them in the right data structure (which I did years ago for brms/rstan) #DataBS #StatsSky

Getting tense and true over at BICAS

Where everybody knows your name, but only the Great Old Ones know the name of the bar

Forgot to tag this for the #birds feed, oops

Obligatory St. Pete pelican

I am a man who likes several stereotypically manosphere-adjacent things (lifting, sports including combat sports) and I loathe the manosphere

Say what you will about Steinbrenner Field, but the sunsets are pretty good

Joining a chorus here of course, but reading at the bar is a perfect leisure activity. Last week I went for a book+cocktail after a long day at work. A bartender told me people thought it was weird but she also liked to read there on her days off, then we traded book recs. 10/10 would recommend

23, but it'll be 24 in a week when I go to #JSM2025

Planted sunflowers on a lark because I had a couple empty pots and I'm very happy I did!

Never going to complain about Jansen getting on base ofc, but Chandler Simpson being stuck behind the catcher on the basepaths does take a little of the fun out of watching him

As someone who went to grad school in math, I have long been familiar with "vibe physics", in the form of unsolicited crackpot emails about the lost secrets of Archimedes or whatever. Nothing new here

Seattle Mariners’ reliever/cat daddy Andres Munoz unveiled his All-Star Game glove today, with a portrait of Matilda on it. 😻 #CatsofBlueSky

Inching towards that two gallon mark

Yes, cookie recipes exist to satisfy an Episcopalian mindset.

A tiny sentinel #birds

A moment I still remember from undergad classes: in a discussion section for first quarter QM, another student complained that she was tired of the harmonic oscillator. The TA said, "I have some bad news," and then turned and wrote on the board: Everything is a harmonic oscillator

For me, I think it would have to be a Hozier song. I've never quite had it in me to put one in at bar karaoke. Lately, occasionally I think on a good day I could manage "Too Sweet"... and then I try to sing along with a youtube karaoke track. Maybe if I modify the high notes a bit

It's saguaro fruit season, and I'm clearly not the only one excited about that #birds

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#nokings Tucson this morning, reusing a sign from the first Trump administration that's unfortunately even more relevant than before. Thank you to the Tucson community for showing up to protest authoritarian actions by Trump and Republicans and stand up for democracy.

The only crime happening outside a Home Depot at 7:00 AM is that the workers waiting outside are underpaid

Glad to see both my original home team and my adopted team in the correct column here

Ends today!

This might be the new gnarliest object I've pulled from my bike tire. The real surprise is that I apparently *rode home* without noticing anything wrong for... somewhere between 0 and 3 miles?

The only form of transportation will be the disc horse itself

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The nationals are dunking on the Orioles on instagram 😭😭

Getting philosophical on #Rays radio: NEIL SOLONDZ: You erase those games from your mind. CHRIS ADAMS-WALL: And we're all prisoners of the moment, also. NEIL SOLONDZ: We are.

Rays' duo of left-handed giraffelike outfielders really putting on a good show today

Post a tree from your camera roll. Let's see some cool trees!

This ruling is a victory for justice, but the fact that people can be snatched off the streets, sent across the country, and it takes six to eight weeks to achieve this result is bad. And that’s not even taking into account longer indefinite periods for people renditioned to another country.

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Limoncello with whole calamondins from the U of A campus, ready to go in the freezer today -- just in time for highs to swing back towards 100F here.

Absolutely covered in pollen #birds

Tucson May Day protest

Not to be all "well *I* didn't even like the bad person's books anyway" but here are several I liked more as a Youth despite being exactly the right age for HP If you want "child discovers power and goes to the famous Magic School for Magic People, and then has adventures": A Wizard of Earthsea

come on skinny dove just last the year 🪶

Takes just a couple minutes! Example wording is in the comments if it helps.

It's the Dove Boat-ah! 🪶

I'm a merely average-sized man and the subway is the NYC feature I envy the most

Ok, who in the gallery just said "twenty four more"?

On YouTube, there are just under 100k watching his account's live stream. 132k on the AP stream. 45k on PBS NewsHour.

what booker is doing right now is an example of what i mean when i say things like “we need more ambition right now.” there is room in american politics right now for people with ambition to take big stands and reap the rewards. he’s doing it!

You see, in the Zone we have this plant called "hell asparagus"

This Rays-Rockies game is convincing me that hitting the baseball hard is Bad, Actually