Tim Hsu
@timhsu.net
SJSU math prof living in SF. Too old to spend this much time on comic books and music. He/him
Me: NOOOOOO THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
Also me: Dinklage as Columbo?
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OK I'm not dismissing it out of hand
Also me: Dinklage as Columbo?
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OK I'm not dismissing it out of hand
This is... confusing. But also just a bummer, because even if Johnson manages to pull this off, I'll miss Lyonne as Charlie so much.
Mike Fleming Jr: Peacock Folds On ‘Poker Face’ Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants 2-Season Deal With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth Charlie Cale
Peacock Folds 'Poker Face' Season 3; Rian Johnson Wants A New Deal, Two Seasons With Peter Dinklage As Lie Detector Sleuth
deadline.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Me: NOOOOOO THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS
Also me: Dinklage as Columbo?
...
OK I'm not dismissing it out of hand
Also me: Dinklage as Columbo?
...
OK I'm not dismissing it out of hand
Criminal.
Also: Why didn't any other news orgs do this
Also: Why didn't any other news orgs do this
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Criminal.
Also: Why didn't any other news orgs do this
Also: Why didn't any other news orgs do this
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Sarah Kendzior's response: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Sarah Kendzior's response: substack.com/@sarahkendzi...
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Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
good God yes
Interesting
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
good God yes
The world is back to being trash but at least dinner (mapo tofu and garlic pea shoots) came out ok last night
November 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The world is back to being trash but at least dinner (mapo tofu and garlic pea shoots) came out ok last night
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Explains many things
AOC helpfully explains why what MTG is doing with her seeming new dissidence:
She's pissed that Trump told her she couldn't be the Trump choice to run for Senate in Georgia.
(I'm sure you can also find it direct on TikTok.)
www.youtube.com/shorts/tkWlp...
She's pissed that Trump told her she couldn't be the Trump choice to run for Senate in Georgia.
(I'm sure you can also find it direct on TikTok.)
www.youtube.com/shorts/tkWlp...
AOC spills the tea about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Explains many things
Also pouring one out for Rosalind Franklin
Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.
But beware...
But beware...
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Also pouring one out for Rosalind Franklin
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Did Women Ruin The Workplace
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Did Women Ruin The Workplace
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent
Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
She saved the nation maybe a couple of times - thank you @pelosi.house.gov
Breaking News: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the only female House speaker, said she would retire in 2027, ending a run as one of the most powerful women in U.S. politics. nyti.ms/3XkTV49
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
She saved the nation maybe a couple of times - thank you @pelosi.house.gov
This is gonna be the Velvet Underground of future American journalism
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is gonna be the Velvet Underground of future American journalism
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hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
November 4, 2025 at 2:32 AM
hire all the fired political teen vogue writers and make a new magazine call teen rogue.
we’ll all subscribe en masse
we’ll all subscribe en masse
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Early vote numbers in NYC paint a picture of an electorate I don’t think anyone could have predicted.
November 3, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Early vote numbers in NYC paint a picture of an electorate I don’t think anyone could have predicted.
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
There's a lot of discussion about how tech has changed math and math ed, but the most revolutionary tech always gets shortchanged: YouTube, Wikipedia, MathOverflow, and now vertical video
Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why.
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 PM
There's a lot of discussion about how tech has changed math and math ed, but the most revolutionary tech always gets shortchanged: YouTube, Wikipedia, MathOverflow, and now vertical video
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Hon hon hon joyeaux ween de hallo
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Hon hon hon joyeaux ween de hallo
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October 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It must be so difficult to write for The Onion these days
News Analysis: President Trump has expressed doubt that he will get to heaven. After a long career in business put his name on buildings around the world, Trump appears increasingly intent on leaving his mark on earth in even more grandiose fashion.
Trump’s Search for Eternity: Heaven? Maybe Not, He Says. Monuments? Absolutely.
After a lifetime of scandal, the president expresses doubt that he will be admitted to paradise. But he appears increasingly intent on finding other paths to eternity.
nyti.ms
October 30, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It must be so difficult to write for The Onion these days
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Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
October 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Boy, North Carolina Republicans sure don't want the attached story to circulate. I sure hope that this stupid threat from their spokesperson doesn't boomerang on them and have a lot more people read and share the story, which once again, is conveniently attached below. That would be a shame.
TRUTH
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
TRUTH