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D. J. Hicks

@danhicks.bsky.social

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philosopher turned data scientist turned philosopher. enviro policy, data science, phil sci/STS, lefty stuff. UC Merced. they/them. Signal: danhicks.50

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · Nov 30

This is a thread to illustrate the nuclear block. I'm going to reply with a throwaway account, then block it, and screenshot the results from my alt account.

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denagh @denagh.bsky.social · 4h

Over on the local gaming collective discord, Public Access is described as: "For anyone not familiar, that's 'what if Brindlewood but creepypasta instead.'"

Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 16h

Big announcement: Public Access is now Pay What You Want on @drivethrurpg.com! Public Access is our hit game about analog horror and childhood trauma, Carved from Brindlewood. Pick up a copy today!

www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4...

Public Access - The Gauntlet | DriveThruRPG

A roleplaying game of analog horror, based on the Brindlewood Bay mystery system! Public Access is a tabletop roleplaying game about a group of people in 2004—the Deep Lake Latchkeys—who find themselv...

www.drivethrurpg.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 4h

The is literally nothing more American and patriotic than declaring: No Kings.

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 5h

You can do this reliably with an LLM that runs on a laptop (and uses less energy than it takes to melt a stick of butter)

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GONZO the Ghoastly 👻 @gonzo.bsky.social · 6h

Itis naow Howlerween Seazon

Orange and white cat on a table next to an artificial jack-o'-lantern

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 6h

Hmmm what if matcha and cocoa puffs?

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Toshi the Fat Stoner @pandatoshi.bsky.social · 14h

Happy Indigenous Peoples Day and fuck Christopher Columbus :3

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 8h

Many people lack a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often measure political ideology using a single-item "liberal-conservative" or "left-right" scale that assumes a coherent ideology.

doi.org/10.1007/s112...

Previous research has shown that a large part of the population lacks a coherent system of political beliefs (Converse, 1964). Yet, studies in social and political psychology often examine the relationship between ideology and political attitudes/behavior on the basis of a one-dimensional self-placement liberal-conservative or left-right ideology scale that assumes that all of the participants have a coherent ideology. In the current paper we suggest a simple method by which ‘non-ideologists’ could be identified in studies that are based on a one-dimensional ideology scales, and demonstrate that excluding them from the analysis. improves the validity of our conclusions regarding the role of ideology in political psychology. We conclude with a discussion of the pros and the cons of such exclusion.

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · Sep 19

is jack skellington willing to stop oogie-boogie, but not able? then he is not omnipotent. is he able but not willing? then he is malevolent. is he both able and willing? then whence cometh oogie-boogie? is he neither able nor willing? then why call him king of the pumpkin patch?

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 10h

Prepping for Halloween. We never get any kids at the house (because we live out of town at the end of a long driveway) but kids show up at the church for trick or treat, so we'll be ready. And indeed we are the Full-Sized Candy Bar People because we can be, and if you can, why wouldn't you.

Boxes of candy bars, M&Ms, Skittles, and Starbursts

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 11h

“Help!” cried Toad. “My list is blowing away. What will I do without my list?”

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Ed Hagen @edhagen.net · 14h

I'm starting to explore {simDAG}, a nifty #rstats package that has a nice API for specifying DAGs and then simulating data from them: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/

Simulate Data from a DAG and Associated Node Information

Simulate complex data from a given directed acyclic graph and information about each individual node. Root nodes are simply sampled from the specified distribution. Child Nodes are simulated according...

robindenz1.github.io

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 13h

I mean what's missing

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 14h

This is Lucky. He assures you there's nothing to see here. And also nothing missing from the laundry basket. 13/10 (IG: luckythegoldenboy)

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 15h

is this how CBS is gonna work now? using bari weiss's personal blog to launder poorly sourced and lightly edited stories (complete with a misspelling of mamdani's name in the headline) that would never pass muster if reported directly by a real news source?

@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 15h

CBS News would never put a thinly sourced 'story' by a rookie blogger like this on it's air. Until now. The Free Press isn't a journalism outlet, it's bloggers aren't reporters. This piece is more NYPost than Tiffany Network but I guess that's the goal.

www.cbsnews.com/video/some-n...

Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports

The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more.

www.cbsnews.com

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 15h

Oh no no blanket to keep them warm and cozy

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 17h

Yay Felix cameo

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 17h

These days all their papers are Google Docs, which kind of only exist until you close the tab

D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 17h

That assumes they're not downloading everything to the desktop.

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D. J. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 17h

James Watt came several decades before Sadi Carnot, who in turn came several decades before William Thomson. There's lots of non-linear innovation.

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Billy, Garry, Orville @billythecat.bsky.social · 1d

Kwasson!! 🥐

Billy the brown tabby is lying on the carpet at the top of the stairs in the shape of a fat croissant.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 1d

I really wouldn’t be shining lasers at helicopters if I were you. It’s illegal and could cause an aircraft to crash - and that could kill a LOT of people, in the air and on the ground.

And the ICE goons appear to be *salivating* at the chance to claim people that they arrest were doing this:

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 1d

New article out this month on how doctors become fascists.

50% of German physicians joined the Nazi Party––twice the proportion of any other profession. US doctors today are arguably the most conservative in the world, and we're heading along a similar path.
drive.google.com/file/d/1CAk9...

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PMC Vanguardist @tylerboschert.bsky.social · 1d

reminding the wordcels for the ten millionth time that Goebbels' PhD was in theater

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 1d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 1d

Study funded by meta

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

Archives banned making copies.

Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 1d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:

New library catalogue website.

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

The *work* of figuring out how to continue is part of the punishment exacted on those who remain. The tear this is making in safety nets public health science provides isnt binary at all because…

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

With this HHS RIF, everyone is aggressively “calling” what data sources or government functions are dead, and I’m a bit uncomfortable. Not every team is zeroed out. Many people still doing their jobs. Reporters still need to substantiate claims about e.g. unreliable data. Not sure this is helping

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