DB Main
@dbmain.bsky.social
Bell Labs Distinguished Member of Technical Staff
Lead Econometrician, Corporate Strategy, Lucent
That's my kid getting the Bronze at the World University Games.
She's a beautiful enigma
I keep a VanLife Blog here:
https://dbmain.substack.com/
Lead Econometrician, Corporate Strategy, Lucent
That's my kid getting the Bronze at the World University Games.
She's a beautiful enigma
I keep a VanLife Blog here:
https://dbmain.substack.com/
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DB Main
@dbmain.bsky.social
· Aug 2
Thread of posts refuting 2024 Election Deniers.
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
Same looks; same vibe.
January 2, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Same looks; same vibe.
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I feel so much safer knowing that my president can answer correctly that the cow says moo.
January 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I feel so much safer knowing that my president can answer correctly that the cow says moo.
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There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
December 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There's no oscillation. A program designed to force a white supremacist society to include people who are being unnaturally restricted is not discriminatory, and is good.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
White christian conservatives wouldn't be able to handle actual discrimination. They can't even handle equality. Weak.
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A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...
What voters in every state think about Trump and prices
Using MRP on our 2025 polling, Trump’s overall approval is weak—and his inflation numbers are catastrophic.
www.gelliottmorris.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A bonus post for Strength In Numbers subscribers! Using 10k interviews conducted with voters since May 2025, I've calculated issue approval for Trump's key policies in all 50 states (+DC). Here's how each state thinks Trump is handling prices (it's bleak) www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...
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The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect
The Big Grinch
Mother, Jugs & Grinch
Saving Private Grinch
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Big Grinch
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I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I asked @aoc.bsky.social about why she posted this tweet, and she said “because JD Vance is a goober, man.”
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1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
I said it before, will say it again -- generative AI fetishizes "ideas" while sneering at effort, execution, and education. That, despite Gen-AI being built on and out of other people's effort, execution and education.
A.I. and the Fetishization Of Ideas
In writing and in dispensing my (very dubious, probably shady) writing advice, I am often keen to note that ideas are bullshit. Most writers treat them like precious gems when really, ideas are lik…
terribleminds.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
1) I was having drinks with @gregrucka.com who is in LA for VERY SECRET REASONS and we were discussing this post, because he had just finished A Thing and I am in the middle of A Thing and write all day, literally 9 to 5, and we were talking baout how THAT felt ...
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He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
November 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
He’s surrounded by such wormy little losers at the White House that I think he was like wow a cool guy
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'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 PM
'Four cones wins, but in order to get a cone you have to build a civilization. Which is where the spirit cards come in'
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I’m starting to piece things together
I’ve connected the dots
I’ve connected the dots
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I’m starting to piece things together
I’ve connected the dots
I’ve connected the dots
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Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
November 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Is Schumer still the minority leader? Is Durbin still the whip? Is Cortes-Masto still a vice chair? Good Democrats -- rank and file, those committed to restoring party --must tell Act Blue and every candidate with hands out for the coming midterms -- that there's no cash coming without new leaders.
They literally killed a woman. And they pay $3M - that's mostly paid by insurance.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
They literally killed a woman. And they pay $3M - that's mostly paid by insurance.
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Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
From Vonnegut. Breakfast of Champions.
Today is Armistice Day. It's sacred.
Today is Armistice Day. It's sacred.
November 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
From Vonnegut. Breakfast of Champions.
Today is Armistice Day. It's sacred.
Today is Armistice Day. It's sacred.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
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Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Musk wants to be a Renaissance man, but he's not even a paleolithic man.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Paleolithic people made art, cared for the sick, & got together to share resources & ideas.
Musk would have died alone, crying that no one saw the genius of his plan to monetize hitting yourself in the head with a big rock.
Lied about his age to go fight Fascism in the Pacific.
Came back with PTSD and still managed to be a great father.
Came back with PTSD and still managed to be a great father.
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Lied about his age to go fight Fascism in the Pacific.
Came back with PTSD and still managed to be a great father.
Came back with PTSD and still managed to be a great father.