he/him ... a conglomeration of ideas, side projects, and experiments. Former web developer of 15 years, spinner of lies and truths (writer/editor), c++/as3/tla
Berkeley, CA
Joined February 2009
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You may have heard about the organization Moms for Liberty. It was founded in early 2021 with the initial purpose of advocating against COVID-era protections in schools, like vaccines and mask mandates.
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Years ago when my wife and I we were planning to buy our home, my dad stunned me with a quick mental calculation of loan payments. I asked him how - he said he'd learned the strange formula for compound interest from his father, who was a merchant in 19th century Iran.
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I love tracing consumer apps that are now huge back to the very first Reddit post about them.
It's an unvarnished look at the original "wedge" - and the level of doubt every new product is up against.
Some gems ⬇️
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📢Introducing ClimateLearn, a new PyTorch library for accessing climate datasets, state-of-the-art ML models, and high quality training and visualization pipelines.
Blog: aditya-grover-group.github.i…
Docs: climatelearn.readthedocs.io/
Quickstart Colab: colab.research.google.com/dr…
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This is what you get when you ask the sports guy to come in to cover a blizzard in the morning show.
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The stuff uncovered in the Twitter whistleblower report is much crazier than anything in the "Twitter files" but it's much less politically/tribally salient so it got no attention. Going to do a thread on some of the craziest things, in no particular order.
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i trained an ai chatbot on my childhood journal entries - so that i could engage in real-time dialogue with my "inner child"
some reflections below:
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My mom & I just disagreed about something pivotal that happened TO ME 25 years ago
In the story I end up triumphant. We both agree on that.But,how I got there? She had a wholly different version
I said, that’s not what happened!, & suggested we trade stories
I gave my version
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I've been covering bad parts of the internet for long time now.
For years, there was one site extremist researchers warned me not to cover because publicizing it would be dangerous.
But it's time people know KiwiFarms—and how they're chasing political enemies around the world.
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Roe may be gone, but abortion is still available in many states. The National Abortion Hotline can help you find a provider in another state, arrange travel, and pay for your care: 1-800-772-9100. latimes.com/world-nation/sto…
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19. For more, check out our comprehensive report on corporations that claim to champion LGBTQ rights but support anti-gay politicians
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It has been one week since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
In response, a dark-money group from Missouri launched a "Woke Heat Map" so that fascists can "fight back" against a "woke agenda."
Twelve locations are tagged.
All of them are schools.
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Ingredients for writing a 6 week novel:
1 year of research
50 open tabs on the browser
A cork board on the wall with all the major scenes linked up with string
MBTI and tarot readings for all characters
6 weeks of paid vacation time – at Central Region, Singapore
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Live Nude Poems is looking for new work. If you see a kindred spirit among these books, send us some poetry. We respond in days, not weeks. Please RT if you would. Thank you.
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This may come as a surprise, but probably only insofar that you didn't realize we hadn't written this yet. gudmagazine.com/blog/archive…
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As the new #Dune premieres in London I’ll share a lil story. I’m the actor in this article whom James McAvoy quotes-pretty bonkers in and of itself. What tickles me about *his* story is that our respective recollections of our encounter are very different in sweet, powerful ways.
James McAvoy humored me asking about CHILDREN OF DUNE slashfilm.com/617323/james-m…
