tj mahr 🤘
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data scientist studying how kids learn to speak, dad, jump roper, bayesian, tjmahr.com, Madison, WI
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readtextgrid now uses C++ (and ChatGPT helped)
Text parsing and thoughts about LLM-assisted R development
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new #rstats blogpost: readtextgrid now uses C++ (and ChatGPT helped) www.tjmahr.com/readtextgrid...
So I guess one graduating class will have seen the same person at freshman convocation and senior graduation???
NYT: Columbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
By Sharon Otterman Gift link!
Jennifer Mnookin has led the flagship campus of the state university system since 2022.
By Sharon Otterman Gift link!
Columbia Selects University of Wisconsin Chancellor as Its President
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:46 AM
So I guess one graduating class will have seen the same person at freshman convocation and senior graduation???
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This generation of Democrats are washed. They’re done. They’re going to be a trivia question everyone gets wrong in twenty years. Goodbye to them
Something jarring about seeing Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson on the same speech program.
This is for a Saudi Real Estate conference starting tomorrow.
This is for a Saudi Real Estate conference starting tomorrow.
January 26, 2026 at 2:06 AM
This generation of Democrats are washed. They’re done. They’re going to be a trivia question everyone gets wrong in twenty years. Goodbye to them
an anti-antivaxxer said that the antis were thinning themselves from the herd and an antivaxxer said that vaccines let the weak survive and omg this eugenic thinking has to stop. we have air conditioning to beat the heat. we can have medicines to beat diseases.
January 25, 2026 at 11:53 PM
an anti-antivaxxer said that the antis were thinning themselves from the herd and an antivaxxer said that vaccines let the weak survive and omg this eugenic thinking has to stop. we have air conditioning to beat the heat. we can have medicines to beat diseases.
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the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
the nail polish girlies are going absolutely feral and it’s so good
nooooo, the sounds smear together in predictable ways. (Elman and McClelland circa 1981 called this feature “lawful” variability in the precursor model to TRACE.) and if you think that production supports perception, then production->easy and recognition->hard tradeoff doesn’t make sense either.
Researchers discovered that we don't produce speech sounds in isolation - each sound is influenced by neighboring sounds. This 'coarticulation' makes speech production efficient but recognition challenging!
🔬 Key insight for speech perception research
#SpeechScience #Production
🔬 Key insight for speech perception research
#SpeechScience #Production
January 25, 2026 at 4:00 PM
nooooo, the sounds smear together in predictable ways. (Elman and McClelland circa 1981 called this feature “lawful” variability in the precursor model to TRACE.) and if you think that production supports perception, then production->easy and recognition->hard tradeoff doesn’t make sense either.
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From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
From the NY Post. You know they are really scrambling when they are running "The gun was no angel" stories.
I watched Twilight for the first time. I kinda loved how quirky and cozy it is.
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 AM
I watched Twilight for the first time. I kinda loved how quirky and cozy it is.
@jamellebouie.net I almost had an aneurysm when you were reading the Declaration and the “obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners” came up
January 25, 2026 at 2:31 AM
@jamellebouie.net I almost had an aneurysm when you were reading the Declaration and the “obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners” came up
the Baileys must’ve been shaken to their core
Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to proceed to the appropriations bill if the DHS funding bill is included.
January 25, 2026 at 1:48 AM
the Baileys must’ve been shaken to their core
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There ya go. That’s the message.
January 25, 2026 at 1:35 AM
There ya go. That’s the message.
I keep falling for the Facebook comments. “People who stay home don’t die.” Then we don’t live in a free society. “Why was he carrying a gun?” Is that not a right? 😵💫😵💫
January 25, 2026 at 1:11 AM
I keep falling for the Facebook comments. “People who stay home don’t die.” Then we don’t live in a free society. “Why was he carrying a gun?” Is that not a right? 😵💫😵💫
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Doing "everyone is at fault but the candidate who lost" and a "what are we, a bunch of ASIANS?" in the same post is a hat on a hat, take another crack at it
Great job American Voters. Fucking Idiots.
So you didn't like Kamala's laugh.
Now you live in North Korea.
So you didn't like Kamala's laugh.
Now you live in North Korea.
January 24, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Doing "everyone is at fault but the candidate who lost" and a "what are we, a bunch of ASIANS?" in the same post is a hat on a hat, take another crack at it
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
The victim was trying to help another person get up from off the ground
oh god, the other angle of video just dropped. it's as bad as you could possibly imagine
January 24, 2026 at 7:11 PM
The victim was trying to help another person get up from off the ground
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There’s video now. Worst thing I’ve ever seen. The entire ICE contingent needs to be arrested
January 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
There’s video now. Worst thing I’ve ever seen. The entire ICE contingent needs to be arrested
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democrats: the best we can do is 99% nazi. how does billions of dollars sound
January 24, 2026 at 4:52 PM
democrats: the best we can do is 99% nazi. how does billions of dollars sound
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Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
January 24, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Immigration is a fake problem. We have politicians on the one hand who want to use immigrants as scapegoats for our real ones and politicians on the other who are too cowardly to stand against them and tell the truth. That is the entire situation. Until that changes, people will continue to die.
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it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
January 22, 2026 at 2:19 PM
it does feel fundamentally dysfunctional, right, to beg lawmakers to use the law to force law enforcement to obey the law
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Great explainer by meteorologist Ricky Matthews, especially for folks who are not used to this kind of weather down south. Explainer in the alt text. 🧪
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
January 23, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Great explainer by meteorologist Ricky Matthews, especially for folks who are not used to this kind of weather down south. Explainer in the alt text. 🧪
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
Source: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
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"Men who lack control over their own lives reach out desperately to drag women down, to control their emotions, to make them feel weak and dominated"
Yup. I experienced this just this week w/a rogue commenter determined to take out his feelings of inadequacy on me. Who would want to empower this?
Yup. I experienced this just this week w/a rogue commenter determined to take out his feelings of inadequacy on me. Who would want to empower this?
This week, an X user created an AI video of me being chloroformed and prepared for rape.
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
Victims are told it's not real and they're getting offended for no reason.
But nudification tools are weapons of sexual assault, and the harm they cause is real 👇
jessasato.substack.com/p/ai-nudific...
AI nudification: the latest weapon of violence against women and girls
In Julie Burchill’s recent article in the Spectator, Does it really matter if Grok undresses us all?, she makes the argument that those who, like me, have repeatedly had their clothes removed by socia...
jessasato.substack.com
January 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
"Men who lack control over their own lives reach out desperately to drag women down, to control their emotions, to make them feel weak and dominated"
Yup. I experienced this just this week w/a rogue commenter determined to take out his feelings of inadequacy on me. Who would want to empower this?
Yup. I experienced this just this week w/a rogue commenter determined to take out his feelings of inadequacy on me. Who would want to empower this?
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On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
January 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
On a downtown street in Minneapolis, as people stream out from the massive march, Mary Tyler Moore says “fuck ice.”
The way that certain big names in open science misrepresented the retraction burned a lot their credibility for me.
The recently retracted Protzko et al. study had a similarly flaky idea at it's core (from the Matters Arising by @jbakcoleman.bsky.social and @devezer.bsky.social): www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 23, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The way that certain big names in open science misrepresented the retraction burned a lot their credibility for me.