Marc Abrahams
@marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy
editor of Annals of Improbable Research, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony. I write about research (and other stuff) that makes people LAUGH then THINK […]
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"Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?” Jim Propp] [https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/is-matrix-multiplication-ugly/
矩阵乘法丑陋吗？
Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly? (mathenchant.wordpress.com)
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November 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?” Jim Propp] [https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/is-matrix-multiplication-ugly/
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A federal appeals court upholds a ~$1 million penalty against President Trump and an attorney for “sanctionable conduct” by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey […]
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November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A federal appeals court upholds a ~$1 million penalty against President Trump and an attorney for “sanctionable conduct” by filing a frivolous lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and former FBI Director James Comey […]
"Every day, I am struck by all the ways in which we are reliving the 1890s... 'Let's show them our power,” she told listeners. 'Let's show them what we can do together.’ " Heather Cox Richardson] [https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-25-2025
November 25, 2025
Last week, a poll conducted for Global EV Alliance, made up of electric vehicle driver associations around the world, found that 52% of Americans would avoid buying a Tesla for political reasons.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Every day, I am struck by all the ways in which we are reliving the 1890s... 'Let's show them our power,” she told listeners. 'Let's show them what we can do together.’ " Heather Cox Richardson] [https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-25-2025
Some of 2025’s most ambitious young men seem emblematic of the Trump/Epstein/Miller/Bannon/Vance era: "Federal prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to take over a Haitian island, one going so far as joining the U.S. military to acquire training for an armed attack, with the goal of killing all […]
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November 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Some of 2025’s most ambitious young men seem emblematic of the Trump/Epstein/Miller/Bannon/Vance era: "Federal prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to take over a Haitian island, one going so far as joining the U.S. military to acquire training for an armed attack, with the goal of killing all […]
You may recognize the teaching process by which Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. #88keys8hands https://improbable.com/2025/11/25/teaching-an-octopus-how-to-play-with-a-piano/
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
You may recognize the teaching process by which Mattias Krantz figured out, by experiment and by seeking advice, how to teach an octopus how to play with a piano. #88keys8hands https://improbable.com/2025/11/25/teaching-an-octopus-how-to-play-with-a-piano/
Anyone recommend an alternative to PhotoShop Elements on the Mac, for image editing? It does not work with the newest Mac OS version (Tahoe) . (Adobe has not released a version of PhotoShop Elements that does work with Tahoe.)
November 25, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Anyone recommend an alternative to PhotoShop Elements on the Mac, for image editing? It does not work with the newest Mac OS version (Tahoe) . (Adobe has not released a version of PhotoShop Elements that does work with Tahoe.)
This Friday, Nov 28: Science Friday's Day-After-Thanksgiving broadcast of highlights from this year's Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. https://improbable.com/2025/11/24/science-friday-day-after-thanksgiving-ig-nobel-prize-highlights-broadcast-2/
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This Friday, Nov 28: Science Friday's Day-After-Thanksgiving broadcast of highlights from this year's Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony. https://improbable.com/2025/11/24/science-friday-day-after-thanksgiving-ig-nobel-prize-highlights-broadcast-2/
Having destroyed much of American science and medicine and much else (and having gotten access to an infinity of private financial data), the carnival called "DOGE" has been quietly made to vanish. "Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing" nce/tags/USA" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">report by The Daily Beast] #USA […]
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November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Having destroyed much of American science and medicine and much else (and having gotten access to an infinity of private financial data), the carnival called "DOGE" has been quietly made to vanish. "Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing" nce/tags/USA" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">report by The Daily Beast] #USA […]
Who can say whether this is a parody site or a billionaire-fluffer site?
"Not with spray paint or vegetable oil, but a climate group vandalized a billionaire’s $70 million superyacht by beaming messages like ‘Tax Dodger’ and ‘Seize Me’ onto the shiny white exterior of the 223-foot vessel docked […]
"Not with spray paint or vegetable oil, but a climate group vandalized a billionaire’s $70 million superyacht by beaming messages like ‘Tax Dodger’ and ‘Seize Me’ onto the shiny white exterior of the 223-foot vessel docked […]
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Who can say whether this is a parody site or a billionaire-fluffer site?
"Not with spray paint or vegetable oil, but a climate group vandalized a billionaire’s $70 million superyacht by beaming messages like ‘Tax Dodger’ and ‘Seize Me’ onto the shiny white exterior of the 223-foot vessel docked […]
"Not with spray paint or vegetable oil, but a climate group vandalized a billionaire’s $70 million superyacht by beaming messages like ‘Tax Dodger’ and ‘Seize Me’ onto the shiny white exterior of the 223-foot vessel docked […]
Techniques of Successful Con Men: Use your story-telling imagination to boost the price of imaginary products. A headline in Forbes says (on March 5, 2025): “Bitcoin Price Suddenly Soars After Lutnick Reportedly Reveals ‘Massive’ Trump Reserve Plan” […]
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November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Techniques of Successful Con Men: Use your story-telling imagination to boost the price of imaginary products. A headline in Forbes says (on March 5, 2025): “Bitcoin Price Suddenly Soars After Lutnick Reportedly Reveals ‘Massive’ Trump Reserve Plan” […]
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[Original post on mstdn.science]
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They’re all just looting the treasury now
November 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
They’re all just looting the treasury now
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Hiding the data - a sure sign that things are going great
November 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Hiding the data - a sure sign that things are going great
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📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE
October 30, 2025 at 1:03 AM
📣 IF YOU HAVE A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY TURN IT INTO A COMMUNITY PANTRY ASAP IF YOU ARE ABLE
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
www.forbes.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”
Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.
New: me, for @forbes.com
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Be like Rosemary…👇
March 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Be like Rosemary…👇
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. @crustiandaily.news have you seen that the NY AG has begun a database to track (and one imagines later prosecute) ice criminals?
Perhaps you can share your data with them, and continue maintaining your own dataset, to begin or seed the reconciliation process.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
#ice
Perhaps you can share your data with them, and continue maintaining your own dataset, to begin or seed the reconciliation process.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
#ice
Attorney General James Launches Portal to Collect Photos and Videos of ICE Activity in New York
NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James is encouraging New Yorkers to submit videos or other documentation of federal immigration enforcement actions
ag.ny.gov
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
. @crustiandaily.news have you seen that the NY AG has begun a database to track (and one imagines later prosecute) ice criminals?
Perhaps you can share your data with them, and continue maintaining your own dataset, to begin or seed the reconciliation process.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
#ice
Perhaps you can share your data with them, and continue maintaining your own dataset, to begin or seed the reconciliation process.
ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
#ice
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The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
October 15, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
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When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
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Another Kavanaugh stop.
American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
October 9, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Another Kavanaugh stop.
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The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.
Despite appearances, this is not a @nytpitchbot.bsky.social joke, it's an actual @nytimes.com column by some Claremont hack who praises Hegseth for his "nuanced vision of the military’s purpose and its relationship to civilian society."
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The NY Times continues to be the biggest sucker in the world for bad faith bullshit, just so the publisher can claim they're not too liberal and to pretend they'll somehow convince MAGA they're being fair to them.
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“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”
Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline
People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.
www.technologyreview.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
“People over Papers, a crowdsourcing project that maps sightings of US immigration agents, was taken offline yesterday by Padlet, the collaborative bulletin board platform on which it was built. It’s just the latest ICE-tracking initiative to be pulled by tech platforms in the past few days.”
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Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.
October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.
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The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
September 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The revolution won’t be televised but the treason sure is
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Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.
September 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Happening now in war ravaged Portland: the city's Parks and Recreation Department (the most subversive of all government entities, is giving away trees.