Raywat Deonandan 🍁🇨🇦
@deonandan.bsky.social
Personal account of Prof Raywat Deonandan, PhD: Epidemiologist, award-winning educator, bestselling author, scourge of the ignorant & servant to a small child.
I used to think that AI model collapse was inevitable. No longer. The era of web-scraping to train models is ending. Now the limits are:
-compute costs
-energy
-regulation
-failure to make scaling profitable
Data provenance now key. So, I'm now slightly less afraid of the impending AI apocalypse.
-compute costs
-energy
-regulation
-failure to make scaling profitable
Data provenance now key. So, I'm now slightly less afraid of the impending AI apocalypse.
February 4, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I used to think that AI model collapse was inevitable. No longer. The era of web-scraping to train models is ending. Now the limits are:
-compute costs
-energy
-regulation
-failure to make scaling profitable
Data provenance now key. So, I'm now slightly less afraid of the impending AI apocalypse.
-compute costs
-energy
-regulation
-failure to make scaling profitable
Data provenance now key. So, I'm now slightly less afraid of the impending AI apocalypse.
There's a small but real possibility that Minnesota might save the world.
February 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
There's a small but real possibility that Minnesota might save the world.
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"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
www.publicnotice.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
US economy was humming along under Biden, yet so many people believed it was crappy. What do those same people think now?
Never underestimate the ability of people in large groups to be easily duped.
Never underestimate the ability of people in large groups to be easily duped.
Its crazy how so many knew this BEFORE the election and just how many have finally started to see the light.
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
US economy was humming along under Biden, yet so many people believed it was crappy. What do those same people think now?
Never underestimate the ability of people in large groups to be easily duped.
Never underestimate the ability of people in large groups to be easily duped.
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Quite the European day for X, eh?
Future days might not be great for some other platforms.
Future days might not be great for some other platforms.
Spanish PM Sanchez reportedly plans to hold tech companies more accountable for harms on their platforms.
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
www.politico.eu/article/spai...
Spain moves to ban under-16s from social media
Madrid’s proposal follows efforts in France, Denmark and Portugal to protect kids online.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Quite the European day for X, eh?
Future days might not be great for some other platforms.
Future days might not be great for some other platforms.
Phone's been ringing off the hook with media requests today. What happened? What did I miss? Aliens? Was it aliens?
February 4, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Phone's been ringing off the hook with media requests today. What happened? What did I miss? Aliens? Was it aliens?
Oh but they do try
I actually like that people can’t DM me on here.
I’d shut it down on everything if I could 🤣🤣🤣
I’d shut it down on everything if I could 🤣🤣🤣
a woman in a white dress is standing next to a man in a black suit .
ALT: a woman in a white dress is standing next to a man in a black suit .
media.tenor.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Oh but they do try
Fuck. There's a giant pimple on my nose.
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Fuck. There's a giant pimple on my nose.
Awesomely informative video from the awesomely informative Amy Teitel.
My issues with Artemis echo this Canadian YouTuber.
Artemis II: This Isn't the Apollo Future We Were Promised
YouTube video by Amy Shira Teitel
youtu.be
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Awesomely informative video from the awesomely informative Amy Teitel.
I hope there's a way to assess the heat shield integrity once they return to near Earth. (The space shuttle used to use the robotic arm's camera to do so.) Even then, I wonder if there's too much delta-vee to do an orbital insertion and await transfer to a Dragon capsule for safer splash-down.
Experts have sounded the alarm over NASA’s decision to use a heat shield design for Artemis II that may be riskier than the space agency claims
NASA’s Artemis II moon mission engulfed by debate over its controversial heat shield
Experts have sounded the alarm over NASA’s decision to use a heat shield design for Artemis II that may be riskier than the space agency claims
www.scientificamerican.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
I hope there's a way to assess the heat shield integrity once they return to near Earth. (The space shuttle used to use the robotic arm's camera to do so.) Even then, I wonder if there's too much delta-vee to do an orbital insertion and await transfer to a Dragon capsule for safer splash-down.
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
How dumb is the world? Decades ago, I used to get a full battery of STI tests every time I got into a new relationship. As a result, I was prohibited from donating blood because (wait for it) I GOT AN AIDS TEST.
Yes. I was deemed high risk because I took steps to ensure that I was low risk.
Yes. I was deemed high risk because I took steps to ensure that I was low risk.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
How dumb is the world? Decades ago, I used to get a full battery of STI tests every time I got into a new relationship. As a result, I was prohibited from donating blood because (wait for it) I GOT AN AIDS TEST.
Yes. I was deemed high risk because I took steps to ensure that I was low risk.
Yes. I was deemed high risk because I took steps to ensure that I was low risk.
The essence of the problem in one image.
February 3, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The essence of the problem in one image.
This might help some of you with your diets. If this doesn't put you off your lunch, nothing will.
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
This might help some of you with your diets. If this doesn't put you off your lunch, nothing will.
Lynch, Bowie, McLachlan... a personal wet dream.
Co-writer Robert Engels just before the #FireWalkWithMe U.S. premiere: "Ten million people watched the series finale. If every one of those people buy a ticket, the film will be a hit."
(Film Threat Magazine, 1992)
#TwinPeaks
(Film Threat Magazine, 1992)
#TwinPeaks
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Lynch, Bowie, McLachlan... a personal wet dream.
There will come a time (possibly sooner rather than later) when some of these shitbags will be forced by economic, environmental or other circumstance to find refuge or solace in another country. And they will find it hard and trying. And they will wonder why everyone is so mean to them.
February 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
There will come a time (possibly sooner rather than later) when some of these shitbags will be forced by economic, environmental or other circumstance to find refuge or solace in another country. And they will find it hard and trying. And they will wonder why everyone is so mean to them.
Only some kinds of freedom, I guess.
February 3, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Only some kinds of freedom, I guess.
BTW I'm not flippant about this. While it would be great to castrate tech bros & kill social media, the real impact would be total global economic collapse, loss of almost all records & archives, failure of almost all transportation, supply chains & communication. Mass poverty & suffering. Not cool.
Here's what most people don't get about solar flares.
Every now and then, we get a really big one. And it DESTROYS all electronic technology on Earth. All of it.
There's a non-zero chance we might get shunted back to the 18th century sometime this year.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/stro...
Every now and then, we get a really big one. And it DESTROYS all electronic technology on Earth. All of it.
There's a non-zero chance we might get shunted back to the 18th century sometime this year.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/stro...
Strongest solar flare of 2026 erupts as sun releases multiple powerful blasts — what is X8.3? - The Times of India
Science News: Over the past 24 hours, the Sun has released a series of powerful solar flares, at least 18 M-class flares and three X-class flares. Among them was an.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
BTW I'm not flippant about this. While it would be great to castrate tech bros & kill social media, the real impact would be total global economic collapse, loss of almost all records & archives, failure of almost all transportation, supply chains & communication. Mass poverty & suffering. Not cool.
Dear Bill Maher, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Schulz, Joe Rogan, etc.
The problem was never "cancel culture" on college campuses. It was always the threat of tyrannical censorship and retaliation from the actual government.
I hope you get it now.
The problem was never "cancel culture" on college campuses. It was always the threat of tyrannical censorship and retaliation from the actual government.
I hope you get it now.
February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Dear Bill Maher, Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Dave Chappelle, Andrew Schulz, Joe Rogan, etc.
The problem was never "cancel culture" on college campuses. It was always the threat of tyrannical censorship and retaliation from the actual government.
I hope you get it now.
The problem was never "cancel culture" on college campuses. It was always the threat of tyrannical censorship and retaliation from the actual government.
I hope you get it now.
Hector Cocho, who founded Latinos for Trump, has been deported.
Sad part is that if he's allowed back, he'll probably still offer his face to the leopards/
Sad part is that if he's allowed back, he'll probably still offer his face to the leopards/
February 3, 2026 at 1:55 PM
Hector Cocho, who founded Latinos for Trump, has been deported.
Sad part is that if he's allowed back, he'll probably still offer his face to the leopards/
Sad part is that if he's allowed back, he'll probably still offer his face to the leopards/
"I feel like people are being mean to me just because I'm an evil cunt."
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 PM
"I feel like people are being mean to me just because I'm an evil cunt."