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can’t believe I never heard of this. reasoning toward the simplest and most likely conclusion from a set of observations. gotta love those pragmatists
Abductive reasoning - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 31, 2026 at 2:39 AM
can’t believe I never heard of this. reasoning toward the simplest and most likely conclusion from a set of observations. gotta love those pragmatists
tried to get Claude Code to help me prioritize work and clean up my todo list, but there wasn’t enough context in the todo list alone, so I started writing daily notes, and it turns out that was the thing I actually needed to start doing. rare win for the ol’ noggin
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
tried to get Claude Code to help me prioritize work and clean up my todo list, but there wasn’t enough context in the todo list alone, so I started writing daily notes, and it turns out that was the thing I actually needed to start doing. rare win for the ol’ noggin
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It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
January 31, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It's near-white out conditions in Chicago as the snow comes down, and tonight's anti-ICE/CBP rally is wrapping up in front of city hall.
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
But not before the crowd bounces and chants, "I believe that we will win!"
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My personal favorite from this most recent issue:
January 30, 2026 at 9:21 PM
My personal favorite from this most recent issue:
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Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Wild that there was an open lane called "what if we just explain things clearly to people?" and he's the first one to ever fill it
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
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NEW: An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says.
None of the workers @oregonian.com spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
None of the workers @oregonian.com spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
Nike Says Its Factory Workers Make Nearly Double the Minimum Wage. In Indonesia, Workers Say, “It’s Not True.”
An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says. None of the workers The Oregonian/OregonLive spoke with in Nike’s second-lar...
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: An average worker at the foreign factories that make Nike’s goods earns 1.9 times the local minimum wage, the company says.
None of the workers @oregonian.com spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
None of the workers @oregonian.com spoke with in Nike’s second-largest production hub said they earned that much.
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I was so completely flabbergasted by this article that I wrote a lengthy email to NCMEC about it, telling them to fix their CyberTipline reporting form whose UX enabled a huge overstatement of the scale of the AI-CSAM problem to go uncorrected for 6 months.
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
January 30, 2026 at 7:09 AM
I was so completely flabbergasted by this article that I wrote a lengthy email to NCMEC about it, telling them to fix their CyberTipline reporting form whose UX enabled a huge overstatement of the scale of the AI-CSAM problem to go uncorrected for 6 months.
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
cyberlaw.stanford.edu/letter-to-nc...
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A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:55 AM
A Minnesota woman observing ICE agents in her car was cornered on one-way streets. An agent approached, called her by name—citing facial recognition. Days later, her Global Entry and TSA privileges were revoked, with no explanation.
#1 thing holding back my productivity right now is obviously this website, but #2 is that I’m embarrassed to dictate notes through MacWhisper when my wife is home
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
#1 thing holding back my productivity right now is obviously this website, but #2 is that I’m embarrassed to dictate notes through MacWhisper when my wife is home
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I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
www.haaretz.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable.
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
stomping mad that the calculator doesn't play a laughing sound when I type in 55378008. you said this thing could calculate but it can't even calculate that I'm hilarious
January 29, 2026 at 2:56 PM
stomping mad that the calculator doesn't play a laughing sound when I type in 55378008. you said this thing could calculate but it can't even calculate that I'm hilarious
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On Scientific Principles in Metametaphysics in Williamson; yes on that review.
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
On Scientific Principles in Metametaphysics in Williamson; yes on that review.
In calling metaphysics a science, still immature if not still young, I do not restrict the term ‘science’ to the natural sciences, such as physics and biology, in which experimentation, observation, a...
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:22 AM
On Scientific Principles in Metametaphysics in Williamson; yes on that review.
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
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For reference, Minneapolis's "Metro Surge" was 25x larger than Chicago's Midway Blitz - ten times as many agents in a city almost a third the size.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 PM
For reference, Minneapolis's "Metro Surge" was 25x larger than Chicago's Midway Blitz - ten times as many agents in a city almost a third the size.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
The Springfield metro is only 136,000 people. A 1000-agent surge will be the equivalent of TWO HUNDRED MIDWAY BLITZES at once. Utter insanity.
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I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
January 28, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3.
Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.
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every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 8:22 PM
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
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This is right. Read down to where he explains why verification is not actually an intractable problem outside code. Just completely right. Tell your friends and give them a 4-month head start.
realized why I'm so confident LLM agents will blow up outside coding soon: when agents code, very little of what they do is actually coding. it’s almost all research and analysis that applies directly to any knowledge work. the key is verification signal, but even that problem is overstated
January 29, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is right. Read down to where he explains why verification is not actually an intractable problem outside code. Just completely right. Tell your friends and give them a 4-month head start.
mamdani is the only one showing how to thread the needle on popular politics aimed at expanding state capacity and efficient provision of services
I will simply never recover from reading this sentence:
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
"Since Georgia implemented work requirements in 2020, they have spent twice as much on Deloitte consultants and administrative costs as on healthcare for people."
Today, Luke Farrell (@lukef.bsky.social) explains how complex eligibility requirements have turned America’s safety net into a lucrative revenue stream for monopolistic private contractors.
January 29, 2026 at 1:19 AM
mamdani is the only one showing how to thread the needle on popular politics aimed at expanding state capacity and efficient provision of services
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China has essentially built the entire US grid in the past 4 years, much of it solar and wind
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 5:55 PM
China has essentially built the entire US grid in the past 4 years, much of it solar and wind
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
people keep following me and personally I think that's just great
January 28, 2026 at 11:10 PM
people keep following me and personally I think that's just great
realized why I'm so confident LLM agents will blow up outside coding soon: when agents code, very little of what they do is actually coding. it’s almost all research and analysis that applies directly to any knowledge work. the key is verification signal, but even that problem is overstated
January 28, 2026 at 8:07 PM
realized why I'm so confident LLM agents will blow up outside coding soon: when agents code, very little of what they do is actually coding. it’s almost all research and analysis that applies directly to any knowledge work. the key is verification signal, but even that problem is overstated
January 28, 2026 at 5:49 PM
I listened to almost all of it and it is so bad
Man I went in with an open mind but this was excruciatingly condescending www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwfS...
The Case Against AI | Robert Wright, Emily Bender, and Alex Hanna
YouTube video by Nonzero
www.youtube.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I listened to almost all of it and it is so bad
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can’t say enough good things about this. it begins by taking LLMs seriously as a general-purpose technology and moves to a great analysis of the factions and lines of cleavage within the tech industry, which can’t be exploited if you deny they’re there. this is the materialist critique we need!
Silicon Empires w/ Nick Srnicek
Featuring Nick Srnicek on Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI. A deep exploration of the political economy of AI: the fulcrum of the authoritarian tech oligarchy—and of global contests for...
thedigradio.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
can’t say enough good things about this. it begins by taking LLMs seriously as a general-purpose technology and moves to a great analysis of the factions and lines of cleavage within the tech industry, which can’t be exploited if you deny they’re there. this is the materialist critique we need!
my daughter aspires to have hands as soft as mine
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
my daughter aspires to have hands as soft as mine