Kevin Thurman
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I really have no understanding why @nymag.com still has these up. No evidence of bias …
November 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
I really have no understanding why @nymag.com still has these up. No evidence of bias …
I always find the puffery of bios like these fascinating. Like if it were true (FO, $50 mil raised, etc) then you'd not have a single line in one FEC report & one tweet from a consultant to the PCCC. You'd have a CV with all your work & not deleted your old twitter.
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November 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I always find the puffery of bios like these fascinating. Like if it were true (FO, $50 mil raised, etc) then you'd not have a single line in one FEC report & one tweet from a consultant to the PCCC. You'd have a CV with all your work & not deleted your old twitter.
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Very true, also that him every graph makes me think of this every time. And i am in the low end of that cohort.
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Very true, also that him every graph makes me think of this every time. And i am in the low end of that cohort.
This was august it’s off the charts now
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This was august it’s off the charts now
I started reading Mokyr’s Culture of Growth today and he focuses on culture as not just how we treat each other but the environment which the mastery over others and environment with no consequences uniting white supremacy and industrial destruction quite clearly. As in your right.
November 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I started reading Mokyr’s Culture of Growth today and he focuses on culture as not just how we treat each other but the environment which the mastery over others and environment with no consequences uniting white supremacy and industrial destruction quite clearly. As in your right.
Losing nearly a 1/3rd of your seats means he is mostly rejected, Half all his voters in 2023 walked away. It’s doesn’t mean sandy that xenophobia is rejected as only ~20% of his voters and more left or stayed at home
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Losing nearly a 1/3rd of your seats means he is mostly rejected, Half all his voters in 2023 walked away. It’s doesn’t mean sandy that xenophobia is rejected as only ~20% of his voters and more left or stayed at home
The way the media covers the far right is just downright weird. Sure is it’s bad 1 in 5 dutch voters like Wilders but they’ve lost the most ground since their peak & a new far right emerged and D66 surging. So many better storylines than all powerful scary man that’s actually not that powerful.
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
The way the media covers the far right is just downright weird. Sure is it’s bad 1 in 5 dutch voters like Wilders but they’ve lost the most ground since their peak & a new far right emerged and D66 surging. So many better storylines than all powerful scary man that’s actually not that powerful.
Let’s be clear about population decline: It likely means we’ll be hitting European-like GDP figures.
Productivity + population growth = GDP growth. Which means we’ll need to magically double productivity to maintain growth.
TLDR: Immigration is vital to a healthy American economy.
Productivity + population growth = GDP growth. Which means we’ll need to magically double productivity to maintain growth.
TLDR: Immigration is vital to a healthy American economy.
September 10, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Let’s be clear about population decline: It likely means we’ll be hitting European-like GDP figures.
Productivity + population growth = GDP growth. Which means we’ll need to magically double productivity to maintain growth.
TLDR: Immigration is vital to a healthy American economy.
Productivity + population growth = GDP growth. Which means we’ll need to magically double productivity to maintain growth.
TLDR: Immigration is vital to a healthy American economy.
what on earth?!? Like no only does she want to compromise with racist version Lucy over the football. but wants to create a two tiered tax system that implicitly argues immigrants sucks money out of the system.
How does any of this pass for an “argument”
How does any of this pass for an “argument”
September 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
what on earth?!? Like no only does she want to compromise with racist version Lucy over the football. but wants to create a two tiered tax system that implicitly argues immigrants sucks money out of the system.
How does any of this pass for an “argument”
How does any of this pass for an “argument”
I really wish people understood how these things work. It didn’t count, it got lucky.
I did the same and it quickly failed, asked it show work & failed again.
Gemini got it right by pulling all the words from a scrabble youtube video.
LLMs are good at translation not functions.
I did the same and it quickly failed, asked it show work & failed again.
Gemini got it right by pulling all the words from a scrabble youtube video.
LLMs are good at translation not functions.
![The word "recordkeeper" has three "R"s.
Here are 10 words that also have three "R"s:
1. Arrear o
2. Burrer o
3. Error o
4. Horror o
5. Mirror o
6. Orrery @
7. Rarer o
8. Rearer o
9. Roarer o
10. Terror o
These words were sourced from a YouTube video titled "22 Scrabble Words With 3 R's to Win Your Next Game." [1]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2im7j5ukovtnbe2hvnvewpt/bafkreihtvmjt2atjduqxdgmm4ozj4mp2j2gp5h5zqzvxgumlkwmdsveweu@jpeg)
August 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I really wish people understood how these things work. It didn’t count, it got lucky.
I did the same and it quickly failed, asked it show work & failed again.
Gemini got it right by pulling all the words from a scrabble youtube video.
LLMs are good at translation not functions.
I did the same and it quickly failed, asked it show work & failed again.
Gemini got it right by pulling all the words from a scrabble youtube video.
LLMs are good at translation not functions.
I am trying to understand why these people think the government will follow their legal agreement when they ignore the constitution itself constantly — including in this literal case.
August 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I am trying to understand why these people think the government will follow their legal agreement when they ignore the constitution itself constantly — including in this literal case.
Seriously if the Line isn’t going to happen we have to start admitting Trojena doesn’t stand much of a chance.
July 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Seriously if the Line isn’t going to happen we have to start admitting Trojena doesn’t stand much of a chance.
And btw you and he are taking the under-researched "adoption" is the problem old MattY position here.So maybe following people you disagree with would prevent you from doing so next time.
July 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
And btw you and he are taking the under-researched "adoption" is the problem old MattY position here.So maybe following people you disagree with would prevent you from doing so next time.
You mean the european wide subsidies that exist?
July 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
You mean the european wide subsidies that exist?
Yeah sorry nope. He specifically compares a very wealthy country’s adoption to European adoption. Then says the contempt itself is mass death for poor people.
Also one subsidized AC for USA (unless you count housing purchase subsidies) — it’s just wealthy.
Also one subsidized AC for USA (unless you count housing purchase subsidies) — it’s just wealthy.
July 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Yeah sorry nope. He specifically compares a very wealthy country’s adoption to European adoption. Then says the contempt itself is mass death for poor people.
Also one subsidized AC for USA (unless you count housing purchase subsidies) — it’s just wealthy.
Also one subsidized AC for USA (unless you count housing purchase subsidies) — it’s just wealthy.
Ben Affleck searching for Humpback Whales.
July 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ben Affleck searching for Humpback Whales.
I am way more fascinated by the (likely not statistically significant) divide between the next closest wrong answers:
July 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I am way more fascinated by the (likely not statistically significant) divide between the next closest wrong answers:
This is literally just choices we make. We could subsidize every plant There is not some special reason nuclear is deeply expensive on the technological level. Just like manufacturing exports are a choice
June 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is literally just choices we make. We could subsidize every plant There is not some special reason nuclear is deeply expensive on the technological level. Just like manufacturing exports are a choice
Of course Hart-Rudman had a lot of bangers also ignored in favor of supercharged ICE/CPB
June 20, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Of course Hart-Rudman had a lot of bangers also ignored in favor of supercharged ICE/CPB
IMHO is DHS was a decent idea. But it’s a perfect example of a decent idea being a terrible in execution because they only bought into on aspect of the idea. Instead the center of DHS became the immigration agencies - just send CBP back to treasury, eliminate ICE, and essentially make FEMA cabinet.
June 20, 2025 at 4:56 AM
IMHO is DHS was a decent idea. But it’s a perfect example of a decent idea being a terrible in execution because they only bought into on aspect of the idea. Instead the center of DHS became the immigration agencies - just send CBP back to treasury, eliminate ICE, and essentially make FEMA cabinet.
Listening to @dacemoglumit.bsky.social @ LSE tonight.
June 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Listening to @dacemoglumit.bsky.social @ LSE tonight.
The London protest at the US embassy of US expats is appropriately renamed “No Tyrants Day” to avoid confusion 🫣
June 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The London protest at the US embassy of US expats is appropriately renamed “No Tyrants Day” to avoid confusion 🫣
My favorite part of making my weekend plans is that the “No Kings Day” protest where i live has been renamed
Ahhh when you share a city with King …
Ahhh when you share a city with King …
June 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
My favorite part of making my weekend plans is that the “No Kings Day” protest where i live has been renamed
Ahhh when you share a city with King …
Ahhh when you share a city with King …
Charlemagne is excited to have a Pope Leo again
May 8, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Charlemagne is excited to have a Pope Leo again
In fairness this is just what happens when you measure quarterly vs annually as an example you can see it this pre/post war growth.
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In fairness this is just what happens when you measure quarterly vs annually as an example you can see it this pre/post war growth.