Andrea Lathrop
@cabernet.bsky.social
Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.
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Ok... starting to dig into the weeds of the Moltbook thing, and I gather Moltbook (or the ability to post to it) is a form of "Claude skill".
There are some automated install instructions that you run (Unix commands), and then some files that you "give to your agent" that contain...
There are some automated install instructions that you run (Unix commands), and then some files that you "give to your agent" that contain...
Interesting context, for this one, based on the date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014. The previous night, Mon, 10 Mar 2014, Epstein secured an entire table at the Hasty Pudding event at Lincoln Center, to which "JoJo" brought "the girls." Seems trivial for an investigator to find out who else was at his table.
February 4, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Interesting context, for this one, based on the date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014. The previous night, Mon, 10 Mar 2014, Epstein secured an entire table at the Hasty Pudding event at Lincoln Center, to which "JoJo" brought "the girls." Seems trivial for an investigator to find out who else was at his table.
"How TESCREAL am I?" I am unsurprised to have scored high on rationalism, but these questions are fairly transparent and superficial. You can easily game it, if you know the philosophies. Also, the reasons for choosing an answer may not be well-matched to the underlying assumptions of the questions.
February 4, 2026 at 6:21 PM
"How TESCREAL am I?" I am unsurprised to have scored high on rationalism, but these questions are fairly transparent and superficial. You can easily game it, if you know the philosophies. Also, the reasons for choosing an answer may not be well-matched to the underlying assumptions of the questions.
The specific Epstein Files post I'm looking for is buried in Minnesota-is-still-burning posts which are buried in WaPo layoff posts which are buried in something about dril.
February 4, 2026 at 5:56 PM
The specific Epstein Files post I'm looking for is buried in Minnesota-is-still-burning posts which are buried in WaPo layoff posts which are buried in something about dril.
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Being paywalled out of reading an article about finding joy in academic work feels about right for 2026. #AcademicSky #Polisky
February 4, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Being paywalled out of reading an article about finding joy in academic work feels about right for 2026. #AcademicSky #Polisky
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Top AI conferences now use author rankings to manage high submission volumes. Research shows authors accurately predict long-term impact. ICML 2026 will adopt this to identify quality work and ease peer review burdens.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Author knows best? Top AI conference asks for self-ranked papers amid paper deluge
As submissions to AI conferences soar, authors’ own rankings — combined with peer review — could offer a powerful way to identify high-impact research.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Top AI conferences now use author rankings to manage high submission volumes. Research shows authors accurately predict long-term impact. ICML 2026 will adopt this to identify quality work and ease peer review burdens.
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
Three bills I am currently watching in the Vermont State House Judiciary Committee. The first is the AI one I just posted. The other two are:
1. preventing immigration enforcement agents entering a school, daycare, health care facility or public library without a signed judicial warrant
1. preventing immigration enforcement agents entering a school, daycare, health care facility or public library without a signed judicial warrant
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Three bills I am currently watching in the Vermont State House Judiciary Committee. The first is the AI one I just posted. The other two are:
1. preventing immigration enforcement agents entering a school, daycare, health care facility or public library without a signed judicial warrant
1. preventing immigration enforcement agents entering a school, daycare, health care facility or public library without a signed judicial warrant
Summary of a bill currently "in committee" in the Vermont House Judiciary Committee:
February 4, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Summary of a bill currently "in committee" in the Vermont House Judiciary Committee:
Agents are the new Bored Apes. A noun in search of a verb. My SpaceX TL is flooded with release announcements for hastily spun up things you can do with your agent.
February 4, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Agents are the new Bored Apes. A noun in search of a verb. My SpaceX TL is flooded with release announcements for hastily spun up things you can do with your agent.
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"Miller rarely leaves a written trail of his orders, using Signal, an encrypted voice and text-messaging app, to communicate." Federal law mandates that Miller print out and file a copy of each such communication. You can count on it that he does not. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How Stephen Miller Stokes Trump’s Boundary-Pushing Impulses
The White House aide has been an architect of aggressive immigration sweeps in U.S. cities and deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean.
www.wsj.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:59 AM
"Miller rarely leaves a written trail of his orders, using Signal, an encrypted voice and text-messaging app, to communicate." Federal law mandates that Miller print out and file a copy of each such communication. You can count on it that he does not. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
For $100? This sounds like something I would do, tbh.
February 4, 2026 at 4:03 AM
For $100? This sounds like something I would do, tbh.
SpaceX has polls with images, now.
February 4, 2026 at 2:28 AM
SpaceX has polls with images, now.
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Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
February 3, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Then Toad began to bang his head against the wall
I really resent that this is the bit he has decided to commit to:
February 4, 2026 at 12:24 AM
I really resent that this is the bit he has decided to commit to:
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If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.
Opinion | Let the Arms Race Begin
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
If Congress doesn’t act, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the U.S. and Russia will expire. It would pointlessly wipe out decades of diplomacy, and could spark another arms race that makes the world less safe. This piece is worth the read.
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I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
February 1, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I’m starting to think the people who are excited about “AI agents” have literally never used a computer in their lives
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🚨Job alert 🚨
I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.
If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.
📤 Please share widely!
www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.
If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.
📤 Please share widely!
www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
Offene Stellen / Open Positions
www.ipz.uzh.ch
January 31, 2026 at 9:26 PM
🚨Job alert 🚨
I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.
If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.
📤 Please share widely!
www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
I have an opening for a postdoc in my team at @ipz.bsky.social in the area of digital democracy starting Sep 1, 2026.
If you are working on the impact of the digital transformation on politics, please apply by 🗓️ Mar 1, 2026.
📤 Please share widely!
www.ipz.uzh.ch/de/ueber-uns...
"But burning dumpsters is necessary to control the space!"
The (male) desire to control space is why we are in this mess, to begin with. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
The (male) desire to control space is why we are in this mess, to begin with. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 PM
"But burning dumpsters is necessary to control the space!"
The (male) desire to control space is why we are in this mess, to begin with. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
The (male) desire to control space is why we are in this mess, to begin with. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Darn. I thought I had made this point here, but it was over on SpaceX...
February 3, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Darn. I thought I had made this point here, but it was over on SpaceX...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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We live in the stupidest timeline.
February 3, 2026 at 4:36 PM
We live in the stupidest timeline.
<Ralph> *chuckles* "I'm in danger"
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
<Ralph> *chuckles* "I'm in danger"
Moltbook was an interesting experiment that failed spectacularly to control the one main variable. I assume someone, somewhere, is now running the correct version in private, but we'll see.
February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Moltbook was an interesting experiment that failed spectacularly to control the one main variable. I assume someone, somewhere, is now running the correct version in private, but we'll see.
My existential dread thought for the day: Silicon Valley culture *is* the infinite monkeys with typewriters.
February 3, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My existential dread thought for the day: Silicon Valley culture *is* the infinite monkeys with typewriters.
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A paper in Nature Communications describes a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling. go.nature.com/3NTbMh7 🧪
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
A paper in Nature Communications describes a detachable robotic hand that can crawl and grab objects. The design enables tasks such as retrieving objects beyond normal reach and performing multi-object handling. go.nature.com/3NTbMh7 🧪