Dominique O'Donnell
@domodonn.bsky.social
ML engineer via Comp Ling, murder mystery enthusiast, chiweenie parent, novice gardener. Linguistics, senior care.
I decided to sift soil with a colander (yes, the kind for vegetables). Not effective. Looking at soil sifters, and I think I could make a proper one myself?
Here is Baby Eloise enjoying her garden.
Here is Baby Eloise enjoying her garden.
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I decided to sift soil with a colander (yes, the kind for vegetables). Not effective. Looking at soil sifters, and I think I could make a proper one myself?
Here is Baby Eloise enjoying her garden.
Here is Baby Eloise enjoying her garden.
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A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
![In an interview with Popular Information, his first with any media outlet, Hermosillo said DHS'.
's account was false.
According to Hermosillo, he was visiting his girlfriend's family in Tucson from his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Several hours before his arrest, Hermosillo was transported to a hospital in Tucson by ambulance after suffering from a seizure. He has a New Mexico state ID, but did not take it with him during the medical emergency.
After being released from the hospital following treatment, Hermosillo did not know how to return to where he was staying.
He approached the Border Patrol officer because he was looking for someone to help him. "I saw a car, and I askled] him for help," Hermosillo said. He told the officer that he was staying in Tucson.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreie3gc6fndj7mtotijddm4eg264zgsqxpn4nbekb3xq5ubdmskvr6u@jpeg)
!["You"
re not from here. Do you have your
papers?" the officer said, according to Hermosillo. When the officer asked where he was from, Hermosillo said he told the officer,
"New Mexico." The officer then accused Hermosillo of lying. "Don't make me lout] like [I'm] stupid," the officer said. "I know you're from Mexico." After that, Hermosillo said, he was arrested.
Hermosillo said that he never told the officer that he was born in Mexico, was a citizen of Mexico, or entered the country illegally. And he would not have said those things because they are not true. He signed the transcript released by DHS because the officer ordered him to "sign everything." But Hermosillo did not read it, because he cannot read.
According to Hermosillo's girlfriend, Grace Hernandez, Hermosillo has learning disabilities and can only write his name.
Hermosillo said he did not graduate from high school and dropped out after the 10th grade.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreiensu64iobo4ftuqeaighf2p5k745uzdnmhcecugsi4ec74dnqse4@jpeg)
April 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen...
Correction for correctness because I am not actually certain: there is a non-zero chance a linguist has written a paper about this 🙃
March 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Correction for correctness because I am not actually certain: there is a non-zero chance a linguist has written a paper about this 🙃
Substitution test gets us closer? There is no chance, there are no marbles.
There is not a chance I will pass the exam.
There is zero chance that I will make up the exam.
There are no chances.
There are zero chances to make up the exam.
There is not a chance I will pass the exam.
There is zero chance that I will make up the exam.
There are no chances.
There are zero chances to make up the exam.
March 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Substitution test gets us closer? There is no chance, there are no marbles.
There is not a chance I will pass the exam.
There is zero chance that I will make up the exam.
There are no chances.
There are zero chances to make up the exam.
There is not a chance I will pass the exam.
There is zero chance that I will make up the exam.
There are no chances.
There are zero chances to make up the exam.
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This is Chester. He is so good at piano he can play it in his sleep. In fact, he can only play it in his sleep. 13/10
March 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This is Chester. He is so good at piano he can play it in his sleep. In fact, he can only play it in his sleep. 13/10
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Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
February 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Republicans want to slash Medicaid — a death sentence for thousands of Americans. Medicaid provides health care to more than 37 million kids, funding for 2/3 of seniors in nursing homes & is 40% of the revenue for community health centers.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
We must EXPAND Medicaid, not cut it.
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Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this!
February 5, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing this!
February 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
February 3, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Murphy: "This is a constitutional crisis that we are in today. Let's call it what it is."
I thought the purple was going to be the green. And the blue would be yellow. And so, things got weird
Connections
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February 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I thought the purple was going to be the green. And the blue would be yellow. And so, things got weird
Connections
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There is a fun and free course on Hugging Face. And I believe they have a Discord channel as well
January 31, 2025 at 4:56 AM
There is a fun and free course on Hugging Face. And I believe they have a Discord channel as well
Sure, because addicts just forget to pick up their heroin and then decide they don’t really need it anyway because things are actually going fine, like all the time 🫠
January 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Sure, because addicts just forget to pick up their heroin and then decide they don’t really need it anyway because things are actually going fine, like all the time 🫠
You do not want to wait to submit ROI forms until you are in the position of trying to help someone access care or prescriptions
This is not to be alarmist but this is an important step to take to be prepared for the worst case
This is not to be alarmist but this is an important step to take to be prepared for the worst case
January 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
You do not want to wait to submit ROI forms until you are in the position of trying to help someone access care or prescriptions
This is not to be alarmist but this is an important step to take to be prepared for the worst case
This is not to be alarmist but this is an important step to take to be prepared for the worst case
If you care for a family member on Medicare/Medicaid
Make sure release of information and contact numbers are up to date
It will be easier to advocate for them if these are already in place
#medicaid #caregiver
Make sure release of information and contact numbers are up to date
It will be easier to advocate for them if these are already in place
#medicaid #caregiver
January 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you care for a family member on Medicare/Medicaid
Make sure release of information and contact numbers are up to date
It will be easier to advocate for them if these are already in place
#medicaid #caregiver
Make sure release of information and contact numbers are up to date
It will be easier to advocate for them if these are already in place
#medicaid #caregiver
Re: Deep Seek. Opportune time to repeat a non-trivial point, which several folks have been making for quite some time:
open weight != open source
open weight != open source
January 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Re: Deep Seek. Opportune time to repeat a non-trivial point, which several folks have been making for quite some time:
open weight != open source
open weight != open source
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What was interesting about algorithms?
The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, power, etc).
What are OpenAI + friends doing? The opposite.
"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."
No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.
The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, power, etc).
What are OpenAI + friends doing? The opposite.
"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."
No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What was interesting about algorithms?
The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, power, etc).
What are OpenAI + friends doing? The opposite.
"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."
No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.
The challenge of doing X with as few resources as possible (memory, power, etc).
What are OpenAI + friends doing? The opposite.
"Lets assume we have unlimited resources & try to build a god."
No wonder they're losing their shit with the DeepSeek thing.
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"If it winds up being the case that the treatment group benefited from [bunch of AI interventions] and (4) extra tutoring after school, while the control group received none of those resources, then the researchers did not actually study the effect of AI on the treatment group"
A few weeks ago @emollick.bsky.social hyped this alleged study showing positive impact of AI in Nigerian education. Mercifully @ddmeyer.bsky.social has dug into what's really happening so I don't have to, and unsurprisingly, it's a crock. We need to do better. open.substack.com/pub/danmeyer...
January 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
"If it winds up being the case that the treatment group benefited from [bunch of AI interventions] and (4) extra tutoring after school, while the control group received none of those resources, then the researchers did not actually study the effect of AI on the treatment group"
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
Et alors, je me sens vraiment française 🇫🇷🥖
I got this boule on my second attempt. Next up, I will try to replicate my mom’s quiche.
I got this boule on my second attempt. Next up, I will try to replicate my mom’s quiche.
January 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Et alors, je me sens vraiment française 🇫🇷🥖
I got this boule on my second attempt. Next up, I will try to replicate my mom’s quiche.
I got this boule on my second attempt. Next up, I will try to replicate my mom’s quiche.
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you saw what you saw. you know it. use it to remind yourself why you’re turning to community, joining groups, committing yourself to service and care. america is not that motherfucker, america is us
January 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
you saw what you saw. you know it. use it to remind yourself why you’re turning to community, joining groups, committing yourself to service and care. america is not that motherfucker, america is us
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this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What?
For people who pin their failures on diversity, corporate America’s DEI retreat removes a barrier—or maybe an excuse.
www.wsj.com
January 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...