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Bearded Jayhawk
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Data Scientist That's not really a Data Scientist.
PhD in I/O Psych.
Native Kansan. Jayhawk.
Embracing my inner grumpy old man.
he/him
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He is risen
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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"Look, things happen. And what happens at Camp Crystal Lake should stay at Camp Crystal Lake. We can’t hold everyone accountable for every little thing they’ve ever done."
How Dare You Embarrass My Esteemed Guest, Jason Voorhees
“President Trump assailed an American journalist in the Oval Office on Tuesday for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, about t...
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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"I speak for all of us in saying that this psychic siege has gone on long enough. It is time to break maggot-infested bread with our frothing sadists across the aisle and come to an old-fashioned, bipartisan agreement. The fires inside Charnal House must be lit once more."
We’ve Defied President Nyarlathotep’s Psychic Siege Long Enough
Well, everyone, it was a valiant and brave endeavor. We refused to capitulate during the Dread Lord Nyarlathotep’s nationwide psychic siege for ove...
buff.ly
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
I hope y'all like Barilla...
"Starting as early as January, U.S. tariff rates on imported pasta from 13 major Italian companies could soar to as high as 107% under a preliminary U.S. Commerce Department decision."

Trump takes pasta.
Italian pasta exports to the U.S. could be 'virtually wiped out' by proposed 107% tariffs
The U.S. has hit 13 Italian pasta exporters with an anti-dumping tariff of 92%, which would be added to the Trump administration's 15% blanket E.U. levies.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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"In an internal memo from September, CEO Sam Altman said that OpenAI’s “audacious long-term goal is to build 250 gigawatts of capacity by 2033.” If Altman achieves this goal, OpenAI will need almost exactly as much electricity as India’s 1.5 billion people"

Great @truthdig.com piece on chips ->
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think - Truthdig
As the demands of AI grow, each generation of microchips requires more energy, minerals and water to produce, driving a ruinous cycle.
www.truthdig.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
He's not the sandwich guy we deserve, but the sandwich guy we need...
Sandwich Guy thanks everyone for their support, “emotional, spiritual, artistic or financial.” Intones, “Let us not forget that the great seal of the United States says…‘ out of many, one.’…You all have a right to live a life that is free.”
November 6, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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....with her tentacles?
November 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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We are living in the One Third Reich.
November 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Platinum Glove voting is now open!

rawlings.com/gold-glove-platinum.html
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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POV: The new singer of the Reading Rainbow theme song and the new host of Reading Rainbow meet for the first time in Canada 🥹📚🌈

Video Description:
Mychal and Bukola meet for the first time! They joyfully dance to the Reading Rainbow theme song, sung by Bukola ✨

youtube.com/@kidzuko?feature=shared
October 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Katie Porter gains backing of powerful Democratic women's group in 2026 governor's race
Katie Porter gains backing of powerful Democratic women's group in 2026 governor's race
Former Rep. Katie Porter of Irvine has been endorsed for California governor by EMILY's List, a prominent political force that supports Democratic women who support abortion rights.
www.latimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Hi so this is slavery.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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I just tried doing this (with “Yakety Sax”), but can’t figure out how to upload it so the sound works.
September 29, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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What will poor Eric Adams do for work?
That’s nbody’s business but the Turks!
September 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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we need evidence of two things: first, that trump can distinguish fantasy from reality and second, that trump is actually president
September 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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We congratulate the new American ambassador to Turkey
September 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is a metaphor for every return to office policy in the corporate world...
wait so the critical military brass meeting hegseth called was just for him to just strut around talking about how important he was ?
September 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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This is an essential point given the irony poisoned nature of our information ecosystem
i really wish our law enforcement and media werent telegraphing to mass shooters that messages written on bullets will be breathlessly and uncritically publicized with no further examination
September 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
This means there is one more chance to ask him about going to highschool with Marilyn Manson at a company town hall
September 22, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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10/10. No notes.
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.
Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence.

Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets.

Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe.

It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
So not vaccines?
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Flying Monkeys
September 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Bjork, when she came close to electrocuting herself playing with the innards of a television while in a state of childlike wonder
Just been reminded of this classic clip. Björk taking apart her television and explaining how it works. From 1988. It's utterly beautiful. That accent!

youtu.be/SNQtQWjX-sA...
Bjork Teardown of Sony Trinitron TV (1988) 4K Upscale
YouTube video by Retro Recipes 🕹️ vintage tech + tv
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM