tj mahr 🦃
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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...
when I hear people ramming their snowblowers into the curb and I’m just nimbly shoveling along
December 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
when I hear people ramming their snowblowers into the curb and I’m just nimbly shoveling along
a movie about some losers who scheme to get good grades in college by s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶ terrorizing their TAs
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
a movie about some losers who scheme to get good grades in college by s̶t̶e̶a̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶x̶a̶m̶ terrorizing their TAs
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presented without comment
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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Here's a playlist of the best punk songs of the past month. I also wrote a blog about the entirely expected lack of punk representation in big year-end lists.
(inspired by @marissarmoss.bsky.social' analysis of how country music is faring in prestige music media SOTY/AOTY coverage)
(inspired by @marissarmoss.bsky.social' analysis of how country music is faring in prestige music media SOTY/AOTY coverage)
playlist: the best punk songs of november 2025
Some thoughts on big year-end lists, plus a punk and rock'n'roll playlist of garage punk, power pop, hardcore, and more.
see-saw.fun
December 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Here's a playlist of the best punk songs of the past month. I also wrote a blog about the entirely expected lack of punk representation in big year-end lists.
(inspired by @marissarmoss.bsky.social' analysis of how country music is faring in prestige music media SOTY/AOTY coverage)
(inspired by @marissarmoss.bsky.social' analysis of how country music is faring in prestige music media SOTY/AOTY coverage)
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Ironic memes about the "We Are Charlie Kirk" song, Kirk faceswaps, and Nazi occulist brainrot have collided on TikTok and things are getting very, very dark very, very fast. Your kids are watching nazislop on TikTok.
www.garbageday.email/p/your-kids-...
www.garbageday.email/p/your-kids-...
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Ironic memes about the "We Are Charlie Kirk" song, Kirk faceswaps, and Nazi occulist brainrot have collided on TikTok and things are getting very, very dark very, very fast. Your kids are watching nazislop on TikTok.
www.garbageday.email/p/your-kids-...
www.garbageday.email/p/your-kids-...
is it time to reëxamine the New Yorker’s antihyphen style?
When a cancelled performer reënters the culture, we expect them to offer us a great work, channelling their newfound clarity into the finest art they’ve ever made. With his new comedy show and début novel, has Louis C.K. met the bar?
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
Louis C.K.’s Next Chapter
In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
www.newyorker.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
is it time to reëxamine the New Yorker’s antihyphen style?
getting back into regular jumping after messing up my ankle this spring
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
getting back into regular jumping after messing up my ankle this spring
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OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 AM
OpenAI says they aren't liable for the suicide of a user their chat bot urged to kill himself because suicide is a violation of the TOS
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This year explaining regression to the mean took forever but I’m sure next year will be better.
November 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
This year explaining regression to the mean took forever but I’m sure next year will be better.
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
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putting on my favorite thanksgiving holiday film — sam raimi's spider-man
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
putting on my favorite thanksgiving holiday film — sam raimi's spider-man
in one of the cases that ended in a suicide, ChatGPT hallucinated that it was a human taking over the conversation as a failsafe measure
November 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
in one of the cases that ended in a suicide, ChatGPT hallucinated that it was a human taking over the conversation as a failsafe measure
My mom makes dumplings and rutabaga for thanksgiving sides. I crave them
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My mom makes dumplings and rutabaga for thanksgiving sides. I crave them
Sledding Hill by August Burns Red is the only decent metal (metalcore) Christmas album I’ve heard, in case you need one of those open.spotify.com/track/0SLOeT...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Sledding Hill by August Burns Red is the only decent metal (metalcore) Christmas album I’ve heard, in case you need one of those open.spotify.com/track/0SLOeT...
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Not really the point, but it's a bit weird to say that Bayes can be 'gamed' by choosing priors to support your conclusion. I mean, how is that gaming? Where's the subterfuge? Do we not make fun of villains who elaborate their plans to the viewer?
October 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Not really the point, but it's a bit weird to say that Bayes can be 'gamed' by choosing priors to support your conclusion. I mean, how is that gaming? Where's the subterfuge? Do we not make fun of villains who elaborate their plans to the viewer?
don't be mystified. it's just log probabilities. log probability -> "information" / "surprisal".
S-Values are much more interpretable than P-values, yet adoption seems near impossible. I wonder what it would take to make the leap? #statssky #episky #rstats #statistics
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
don't be mystified. it's just log probabilities. log probability -> "information" / "surprisal".
this .Rmd supplemental material loads MASS after tidyverse and then uses select(). did they even run it?
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
this .Rmd supplemental material loads MASS after tidyverse and then uses select(). did they even run it?
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The 1993 mid-handoff moment between shoegaze and Britpop has always been one of my hyperspecific musical sweet spots. Zach does a tremendous job here capturing both that moment and probably the greatest album it produced.
For this week's Sunday Review, I went long on one of my favorite albums of all time: Giant Steps by the Boo Radleys.
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
Read Zach Schoenfeld’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The 1993 mid-handoff moment between shoegaze and Britpop has always been one of my hyperspecific musical sweet spots. Zach does a tremendous job here capturing both that moment and probably the greatest album it produced.
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Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
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People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
November 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
People who adore the LLM-machine, that by design has no concern for truth, must have no concern for truth
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if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with “?”
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 AM
if i posted photos of someone like this my partner would be texting me with a link to the tweet accompanied solely with “?”