Kyle
@wright-thoughts.bsky.social
just some guy. likes thinking about coastal science, information, and sports, usually not at the same time.
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it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
it looks like the "mississippi" miracle in reading scores was due to be a pretty basic stats error in the design of the experimental study (selecting on the dependent variable)... a lotta people Got Got on this one! statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
I don't know if the NCAA really has the authority to do it, but I think there needs to be recruiting rules for hiring coaches. There should at minimum be a deadline after the playoff has completed before which no new coaches can be hired.
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I don't know if the NCAA really has the authority to do it, but I think there needs to be recruiting rules for hiring coaches. There should at minimum be a deadline after the playoff has completed before which no new coaches can be hired.
It's been so long since the last season of Stranger Things that Joseph Quinn had time to ride his breakout into a role in Fantastic Four, film it, release it, and watch it on streaming all before the next season would be out.
December 1, 2025 at 5:41 PM
It's been so long since the last season of Stranger Things that Joseph Quinn had time to ride his breakout into a role in Fantastic Four, film it, release it, and watch it on streaming all before the next season would be out.
As a guy who dislikes Ole Miss for all the obvious historical reasons I enjoy that Kiffen blew up the program on his way out
November 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
As a guy who dislikes Ole Miss for all the obvious historical reasons I enjoy that Kiffen blew up the program on his way out
this system is very much on its last leg
Scientists work for free for the publishers. Then this happens:
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
The fall of a prolific science journal exposes the billion-dollar profits of scientific publishing
One of the 15 publications that put out the most studies globally has been expelled from the indexing system for irregularities. Its publisher, Elsevier, has a 38% profit margin that reached $1.5 bill...
english.elpais.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
this system is very much on its last leg
I unfortunately think Kareem Carr is getting X-brain
November 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
I unfortunately think Kareem Carr is getting X-brain
A&M eat shit challenge
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A&M eat shit challenge
Reed's last two passes have been interceptions
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Reed's last two passes have been interceptions
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Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Q3 Global Power Report: No fossil fuel growth expected in 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind power grew fast enough to keep up with rising electricity demand in the first three quarters of 2025, as fossil fuel growth should be stagnated. Ember forecasts no growth for fossil…
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Clean power growth is now covering all new global demand. Solar and wind generated 635 TWh in the first nine months of this year, exceeding the 603 TWh rise in global electricity demand, and holding fossil generation flat for the year. buff.ly/zRmwAmg
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.
A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
people on the internet are way too willing to claim that books look "unread" from a photo. very rarely do any of my books look any worse for wear when I'm done with them
November 28, 2025 at 5:16 AM
people on the internet are way too willing to claim that books look "unread" from a photo. very rarely do any of my books look any worse for wear when I'm done with them
You could tell from Julio's body language after the Open Cup and Playoff losses that he knew his time here was done. Very sad to see him go—he had his issues, but he obviously loved this team and city and played his heart out for us. Wishing him the best with whatever's next.
Pura Vida since Day 1. 🇨🇷
Thank you, Julio, for helping Grow the Legend.
Thank you, Julio, for helping Grow the Legend.
November 25, 2025 at 10:38 PM
You could tell from Julio's body language after the Open Cup and Playoff losses that he knew his time here was done. Very sad to see him go—he had his issues, but he obviously loved this team and city and played his heart out for us. Wishing him the best with whatever's next.
there are a lot of issues with this list but the most egregious to me is that Bogdanovich is mentioned zero (0) times
The movie listed at #1 is so incredibly misplaced that it calls into question the veracity of the entire list. It belongs on the list, yes, but SO MUCH further down. An absolute, credibility-wrecking flub. Boo, @variety.com! Boo!
variety.com/lists/best-c...
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
there are a lot of issues with this list but the most egregious to me is that Bogdanovich is mentioned zero (0) times
I just had to send an email to a colleague saying, essentially, "I think all the draft papers and emails you've sent me recently have been written by an LLM and I would like for that to stop, please"
November 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I just had to send an email to a colleague saying, essentially, "I think all the draft papers and emails you've sent me recently have been written by an LLM and I would like for that to stop, please"
Bro stop putting Pete Thamel on camera, he's not meant for public speaking
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Bro stop putting Pete Thamel on camera, he's not meant for public speaking
this was a great reminder for us to schedule our boosters
In Texas' public health region 6/5S, which includes Houston, the number of emergency department visits for influenza is already almost on par with the *peak* of last year.
November 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
this was a great reminder for us to schedule our boosters
Why haven't any major social media platforms tried mixing the topic-based "subreddit" model with a simple reverse-chronological feed? You could still offer users an all-in feed with every sub the user subscribes to, but you'd get to tailor your audience and feed to the topic you want
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Why haven't any major social media platforms tried mixing the topic-based "subreddit" model with a simple reverse-chronological feed? You could still offer users an all-in feed with every sub the user subscribes to, but you'd get to tailor your audience and feed to the topic you want
When DALLE-2 came out, I remember having a conversation where I suggested that this would happen in ~five years. That prediction being about right doesn't make me feel great about my current predictions for what AI will do in the next five years.
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When DALLE-2 came out, I remember having a conversation where I suggested that this would happen in ~five years. That prediction being about right doesn't make me feel great about my current predictions for what AI will do in the next five years.
I've been banging this headlight drum for a while now, but I've also got a growing suspicion that unregulated LEDs retrofitted into stage lighting is also creating a small public health hazard that could be damaging people's vision for a while before it gets properly noticed.
I wish we, like, regulated shit nowadays. Between car bloat, blinding headlines, and neighbourhoods packed with rental suites but no on-property parking, driving is an absolute nightmare now.
Nearly all drivers say vehicles' lights are too bright in study
The study, commissioned by the Department for Transport, was completed by Berkshire's TRL.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
I've been banging this headlight drum for a while now, but I've also got a growing suspicion that unregulated LEDs retrofitted into stage lighting is also creating a small public health hazard that could be damaging people's vision for a while before it gets properly noticed.
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Time t is basically goated when phi-ing is the vibe
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Time t is basically goated when phi-ing is the vibe
Benn Jordan's new video about Flock is an absolute must-watch. I can't believe this has gone so thoroughly unreported
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
We Hacked Flock Safety Cameras in under 30 Seconds. 🫥
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Benn Jordan's new video about Flock is an absolute must-watch. I can't believe this has gone so thoroughly unreported
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
youtu.be/uB0gr7Fh6lY?...
When I ate lunch outside near campus yesterday there was a guy listening to Rogan videos louder than I listen to movies inside my home. This is not a small change in civil society
Man you guys gotta be more normal about the one guy on your train not wearing headphones, it's annoying but it's not, like, a decay of society level issue.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
When I ate lunch outside near campus yesterday there was a guy listening to Rogan videos louder than I listen to movies inside my home. This is not a small change in civil society
This is only marginally less animated!! Who is this for!
Oh boy a live action remake of a Disney movie but instead of nice animation it’s people acting in front of digital backgrounds that look like dogshit!
youtu.be/QKYFfYLe5rs?...
youtu.be/QKYFfYLe5rs?...
Moana | Official Teaser
YouTube video by Disney
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is only marginally less animated!! Who is this for!
Two things can both be true:
1) Listening to audiobooks is obviously still reading
2) Visual reading involves cultivating several habits that are independently healthy and useful in ways that have nothing to do with the actual text (singular focus, quiet reflection, reduced stimulus, even boredom)
1) Listening to audiobooks is obviously still reading
2) Visual reading involves cultivating several habits that are independently healthy and useful in ways that have nothing to do with the actual text (singular focus, quiet reflection, reduced stimulus, even boredom)
November 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Two things can both be true:
1) Listening to audiobooks is obviously still reading
2) Visual reading involves cultivating several habits that are independently healthy and useful in ways that have nothing to do with the actual text (singular focus, quiet reflection, reduced stimulus, even boredom)
1) Listening to audiobooks is obviously still reading
2) Visual reading involves cultivating several habits that are independently healthy and useful in ways that have nothing to do with the actual text (singular focus, quiet reflection, reduced stimulus, even boredom)
Every single ad that I got on this page was for an IQ test
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Every single ad that I got on this page was for an IQ test