Andrew 🧮
@ndrewwm.com
he/him/here/hi, data engineer, math student
grim, this but strikes me as correct-- aside from certain exceptions (e.g., high-density places like NYC, & front-line HC workers), the toll of the pandemic wasn't experienced as mass-death. It was experienced stochastically; sometimes coworkers were sick, est. ~25% of people lost a friend/relative
This is an important difference because the policy implications for it are bad. I really do think that the average American would have gladly traded more death for less interruption, and I don’t know what the fuck to do with that because the electorally successful policy is “mass death”.
February 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
grim, this but strikes me as correct-- aside from certain exceptions (e.g., high-density places like NYC, & front-line HC workers), the toll of the pandemic wasn't experienced as mass-death. It was experienced stochastically; sometimes coworkers were sick, est. ~25% of people lost a friend/relative
I would like to share one of my favorite things we found in CDMX, specifically the beautiful typeface used within the palacio del bellas artes
February 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
I would like to share one of my favorite things we found in CDMX, specifically the beautiful typeface used within the palacio del bellas artes
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In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
In 1854, after watching the federal government deploy 2000 federal troops and spend $40,000 sending Anthony Burns back into slavery, Boston's Amos Adams Lawrence said “we went to bed one night old-fashioned, conservative, Compromise Union Whigs and waked up stark mad Abolitionists.”
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working on a typology here
February 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
working on a typology here
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We are going to court to seek justice and demand accountability after the unconstitutional, military-style operation in Wilder, Idaho on October 19.
No one is above the law.
No one is above the law.
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
We are going to court to seek justice and demand accountability after the unconstitutional, military-style operation in Wilder, Idaho on October 19.
No one is above the law.
No one is above the law.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:50 PM
January 29, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Katherine Cross's writing is consistently great, and this piece is extremely timely. I feel so much admiration for the courage being shown in MN, and (as Cross details) it's nonviolent, unignorable, and having real impacts www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-buy-a-g...
Don't Buy a Gun
Confrontational but nonviolent protest is more effective than the solipsistic comfort of an assault rifle.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Katherine Cross's writing is consistently great, and this piece is extremely timely. I feel so much admiration for the courage being shown in MN, and (as Cross details) it's nonviolent, unignorable, and having real impacts www.liberalcurrents.com/dont-buy-a-g...
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This hit so fucking hard today.
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
This hit so fucking hard today.
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“I grab my keys, I grab a coat, and drive over,” Knutson told me. “I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?’”
January 26, 2026 at 1:29 PM
“I grab my keys, I grab a coat, and drive over,” Knutson told me. “I barely park my car and I’m running out screaming and crying, ‘You stole a fucking flower from a dead woman. Like, are any of you human anymore?’”
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Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum.
Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum.
ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
January 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Protests happen, but most of what is happening in Minneapolis isn’t protesting.
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
More accurate terms:
- observers
- witnesses
- volunteers
- neighbors
- residents
- people
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a herd of remorseless wild pirates and inhuman atheistical devils were infernally cheering him on with their curses
January 21, 2026 at 1:47 PM
a herd of remorseless wild pirates and inhuman atheistical devils were infernally cheering him on with their curses
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This is a lot to take in. But the underpinning thesis of the speech is that we have shifted from a relatively open world with low trade frictions but weak/asymmetric governance, to one that can only be open to the extent that governance binds.
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:07 PM
This is a lot to take in. But the underpinning thesis of the speech is that we have shifted from a relatively open world with low trade frictions but weak/asymmetric governance, to one that can only be open to the extent that governance binds.
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'Torii at Itsukushima' from the series ' Views of the Famous Sights of Japan' - Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1896.
#ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
December 9, 2025 at 5:21 AM
'Torii at Itsukushima' from the series ' Views of the Famous Sights of Japan' - Kobayashi Kiyochika, 1896.
#ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
#ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
Props to the lady giving an interview in her pink UFFDA hat and saying, "well, gosh, I've never had tear gas and flashbangs shot at me, but I'm happy to take it so my neighbors are safe."
January 15, 2026 at 3:03 AM
this is Minnesotan for "I am mad enough to bite through rebar"
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PCA is one of those techniques that sounds unreasonable (yeah sure we all want to fit a p-dimensional ellipsoid to our data) but turns out to be a reasonable solution to a wide range of problems.
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
still one of the best explanations of principal component analysis (pca), explained at different levels from layman to the more math inclined stats.stackexchange.com/a/140579/132...
Making sense of principal component analysis, eigenvectors & eigenvalues
In today's pattern recognition class my professor talked about PCA, eigenvectors and eigenvalues.
I understood the mathematics of it. If I'm asked to find eigenvalues etc. I'll do it correctly li...
stats.stackexchange.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
PCA is one of those techniques that sounds unreasonable (yeah sure we all want to fit a p-dimensional ellipsoid to our data) but turns out to be a reasonable solution to a wide range of problems.
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
Also: I do hope stackexchange has been archived, because it is my gen's library of alexandria
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This beautifully written piece by my pal @adambonica.bsky.social is worth your time today.
A bit of light amid the darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
A bit of light amid the darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls
On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This beautifully written piece by my pal @adambonica.bsky.social is worth your time today.
A bit of light amid the darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
A bit of light amid the darkness.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
thankfully things are looking a bit more normal up there
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
thankfully things are looking a bit more normal up there
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Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
January 7, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Masked ICE agents, it seems, are now killing American citizens on American streets.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.
Any Democrat who doesn’t support abolishing ICE should be instantly primaried and run out of the party.
This is non negotiable. You cannot support the continued existence of this fascist murderous secret police.