Patrick 🤘
@patrickm101.bsky.social
Metal and astronomy and physics and guitars and basses and synths and what not. Data guy for work.
Pictures of my dog too.
Pictures of my dog too.
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they’ll do anything to avoid being woke
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
they’ll do anything to avoid being woke
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Haven’t gone through it all but Tidal sent my rewind. Seems about right I guess.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Haven’t gone through it all but Tidal sent my rewind. Seems about right I guess.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
Haven’t gone through it all but Tidal sent my rewind. Seems about right I guess.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
December 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Haven’t gone through it all but Tidal sent my rewind. Seems about right I guess.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
Surprised to see morbid angel there so high but that’s probably because this is just tidal and I listen to Bandcamp almost as much.
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There is a free tool to migrate from Spotify to Apple Music and you won’t regret it
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There is a free tool to migrate from Spotify to Apple Music and you won’t regret it
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One of the most important biases to account for when studying humans, their behavior, and especially *performance improvement* is Goodhart’s law. When we make a metric a targetbit ceases to be valuable as a metric. Humans will always game systems for rewards and especially to keep their jobs.
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How much of “Mississippi’s education miracle” is an artifact of selection bias? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
One of the most important biases to account for when studying humans, their behavior, and especially *performance improvement* is Goodhart’s law. When we make a metric a targetbit ceases to be valuable as a metric. Humans will always game systems for rewards and especially to keep their jobs.
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Video of my U Chicago lecture is now available.—
youtu.be/gVdv1tWqmaw?...
youtu.be/gVdv1tWqmaw?...
John Ganz | What's Happening Here? Fascism as Past and Prologue
YouTube video by The Chicago Center for Contemporary Theory
youtu.be
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Video of my U Chicago lecture is now available.—
youtu.be/gVdv1tWqmaw?...
youtu.be/gVdv1tWqmaw?...
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Computer scientists believe that soon every home will be able to have their own artificial intelligence machine on their own desktops (Source.)
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Computer scientists believe that soon every home will be able to have their own artificial intelligence machine on their own desktops (Source.)
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This is a great one. Cate Blanchett might be the best answer. For my part I don’t think anyone’s been in more good movies than Willem Dafoe. Cry Baby, Last Temptation, Wild at Heart, like ten Wes Anderson movies, American Psycho, Finding Nemo.
This is a Bill Simmons game, but you’re stranded on a desert island. You can only have one actor’s filmography. You get it all, including cameos. But just the one performer.
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
I’m taking Cate Blanchett: Talented Mr. Ripley, LOTR, Life Aquatic, Black Bag, Tár, Ponyo, Hot Fuzz, Eyes Wide Shut, Thor
December 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is a great one. Cate Blanchett might be the best answer. For my part I don’t think anyone’s been in more good movies than Willem Dafoe. Cry Baby, Last Temptation, Wild at Heart, like ten Wes Anderson movies, American Psycho, Finding Nemo.
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15 minute exposure.
400 Satellites.
And impossible situation for science.
400 Satellites.
And impossible situation for science.
3/4. En esta imagen se muestra el mismo campo estelar del Cometa C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) sin limpiar.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
En solo 15 minutos de adquisición, contamos 1659 trazas de satélites (unos 400 individuales).
Sobran las palabras para describir la contaminación del espacio cercano.
December 1, 2025 at 3:36 AM
15 minute exposure.
400 Satellites.
And impossible situation for science.
400 Satellites.
And impossible situation for science.
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shouldn't we have a ceiling too? Arguably, *not having a ceiling* explains many of the last decade's problems.
November 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
shouldn't we have a ceiling too? Arguably, *not having a ceiling* explains many of the last decade's problems.
My denver area friends. Anyone goin to the decibel fest next weekend? I got some friends in from Minneapolis for the fest. Thursday seeing Vimana.
November 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
My denver area friends. Anyone goin to the decibel fest next weekend? I got some friends in from Minneapolis for the fest. Thursday seeing Vimana.
I bought this padded guitar strap cuz old. And I have no idea how it works. It’s just a guitar strap yet it has defeated me.
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I bought this padded guitar strap cuz old. And I have no idea how it works. It’s just a guitar strap yet it has defeated me.
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Shirt check. @transgressivemetal.bsky.social
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Shirt check. @transgressivemetal.bsky.social
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
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Happy Thanksgiving! I wrote something for everyone to discuss around the dinner table when the pie is passed around and everyone proposes specific measures to seize the wealth and break the anti-democratic power of the tech oligarchy.
How To Expropriate An Artificial Intelligence Oligarchy
An industry whose bubble is set to burst is crucial to U.S. national security, you say?
www.forever-wars.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I wrote something for everyone to discuss around the dinner table when the pie is passed around and everyone proposes specific measures to seize the wealth and break the anti-democratic power of the tech oligarchy.
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He’s threatening a fake cartel in a country sitting on a ton of oil while freeing an actual narcotrafficking ex-president who he likes. This isn’t hard to understand unless you want to make it hard to understand.
November 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
He’s threatening a fake cartel in a country sitting on a ton of oil while freeing an actual narcotrafficking ex-president who he likes. This isn’t hard to understand unless you want to make it hard to understand.
Shirt check. @transgressivemetal.bsky.social
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Shirt check. @transgressivemetal.bsky.social
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
Check out @allieinchains.bsky.social and her work. Top notch metal. Important metal.
Started the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary last night. As a big Sevens Years War was the real big deal guy, was disappointed they dispensed with that in 15 minutes.
But I bet a lot of people learned for the first time that George Washington fired the first shot in a global conflict
But I bet a lot of people learned for the first time that George Washington fired the first shot in a global conflict
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Started the Ken Burns American Revolution documentary last night. As a big Sevens Years War was the real big deal guy, was disappointed they dispensed with that in 15 minutes.
But I bet a lot of people learned for the first time that George Washington fired the first shot in a global conflict
But I bet a lot of people learned for the first time that George Washington fired the first shot in a global conflict
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I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I regret every joke I’ve made about how our elected officials were so old they didn’t know how to use a computer. I would give anything for another administration that doesn’t know how to use a computer
This corporate welfare.
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This corporate welfare.
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I think you need to be open to the possibility that no one is planning any of this and that these guys may not all be on the same page.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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I think you need to be open to the possibility that no one is planning any of this and that these guys may not all be on the same page.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I think you need to be open to the possibility that no one is planning any of this and that these guys may not all be on the same page.
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"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Surely a quick, violent, successful war of aggression is just what the ruler needs to shore up his legitimacy," said just about every failed monarch in history shortly before invading Serbia.
It snowed. Technically.
November 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
It snowed. Technically.
Friend has a plane and we went flying today. Ended up in Glenwood Springs. Took the airport courtesy car (that’s a thing) to a diner for great huevos rancheros and green chili. Then to Sweet Coloradough for donuts. Which i am now eating for dinner.
November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Friend has a plane and we went flying today. Ended up in Glenwood Springs. Took the airport courtesy car (that’s a thing) to a diner for great huevos rancheros and green chili. Then to Sweet Coloradough for donuts. Which i am now eating for dinner.