Webster Ford
@websterford.bsky.social
Fling yourselves in the fire, die with a song of spring
Today in "economic impossibilities"
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Today in "economic impossibilities"
Reposted by Webster Ford
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Trump: "People that own their homes -- we're gonna keep them wealthy. We're gonna keep those prices up. We're not gonna destroy the value of their homes so that somebody who didn't work very hard can buy a home."
Dear @wsj.com, please do not print lies in the newspaper. Sometimes, there are different views about what exactly happened. This is not one of those times.
January 24, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Dear @wsj.com, please do not print lies in the newspaper. Sometimes, there are different views about what exactly happened. This is not one of those times.
Reposted by Webster Ford
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
January 17, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I realise I'm just a freak, but living in a multicultural city is the best thing of all time, it's just the best possible human experience and i can not understand why anyone on earth would be like "weve got to destroy this"
things will have to change
Social Science in the age of AI
open.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Reposted by Webster Ford
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
Reposting apropos of nothing. The media has a duty not only to document what's happening, but also to clearly spell out what is true based on the best available evidence
If a group of people have become convinced the moon is made of cheese, an anthropologist can go in and figure out why. But a journalist should simply print that the moon is, in fact, not made of cheese.
January 8, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Reposting apropos of nothing. The media has a duty not only to document what's happening, but also to clearly spell out what is true based on the best available evidence
Could America win the AI race but lose the war? - www.ft.com/content/1258... via @FT
Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Valley
www.ft.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Could America win the AI race but lose the war? - www.ft.com/content/1258... via @FT
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City - on.ft.com/4hAQQql via @FT
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City
Money is just one reason why graduates are drawn to finance, management consulting and corporate law
on.ft.com
October 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
How our brightest minds get trapped in the City - on.ft.com/4hAQQql via @FT
This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up
www.nytimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This Is Why Your Energy Bills Are Going Up www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Inevitably, this is what a majority of folks in Texas voted for, whether they really wanted it or not.
“Why Sergio?”: Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef
Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming a favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE ...
www.texastribune.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Inevitably, this is what a majority of folks in Texas voted for, whether they really wanted it or not.
Memorie di una vita passata www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/Dop...
Dopo 45 anni di attività, Milano saluta il Plastic - Il Giornale dell'Arte
Dopo 45 anni di attività, Milano saluta il Plastic
www.ilgiornaledellarte.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Memorie di una vita passata www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Articolo/Dop...
Opinion | Unintended AI consequence: the return of status markers share.google/AlhmunOxW2T4...
AI will bring back old boys’ clubs - The Boston Globe
If it’s too hard to honestly evaluate people’s work, their pedigrees will carry disproportionate weight.
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July 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Opinion | Unintended AI consequence: the return of status markers share.google/AlhmunOxW2T4...
I was an international student at Columbia. It is not clear to me on what authority the federal government should decide how many international students are too many at a particular institution of higher learning...and I'll just stop there.
Columbia agrees to additional restrictions on international students as a part of their effort to potentially recoup a portion of withheld research funding.
Tucked Into Columbia’s Deal With Trump: A Restriction on International Enrollments
Under the settlement, the university will conduct a “comprehensive review” of its international-admissions processes and “take steps to reduce its financial dependence” on foreign students.
www.chronicle.com
July 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I was an international student at Columbia. It is not clear to me on what authority the federal government should decide how many international students are too many at a particular institution of higher learning...and I'll just stop there.