Graeme Smith
@graemesmith.bsky.social
Theorist in Waterloo. Quantum information, quantum computing, science, parenting. https://gsbsmith.ca
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Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
They are wounded and flailing. Press the advantage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Exactly right.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
Bovino's leaving? Great, get Noem to resign.
Noem resigns? Great, defund and dismantle ICE.
Go after Stephen Miller too. Bring charges against ICE thugs at the state and local level. Lawsuits. New state laws restricting them.
Every possible angle.
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By my friend, the amazing cartoonist @mikedawson.bsky.social
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
January 26, 2026 at 4:23 PM
By my friend, the amazing cartoonist @mikedawson.bsky.social
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
Part of a longer story. You need to follow him.
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A lot of faculty nearly died, so UW reconsidered the policy. And all it took was a historic storm!
(48 years ago today, I think)
(48 years ago today, I think)
January 26, 2026 at 3:11 PM
A lot of faculty nearly died, so UW reconsidered the policy. And all it took was a historic storm!
(48 years ago today, I think)
(48 years ago today, I think)
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My apologies to everyone who has heard this story before.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
My apologies to everyone who has heard this story before.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
Back in the 1970s, two things were true about UWaterloo:
* UW never, ever closed.
* Many faculty members owned farms.
Cue the Great Storm of 1978.
The university @uwaterloo.ca is closed for a snow day today!
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
January 26, 2026 at 2:24 PM
The university @uwaterloo.ca is closed for a snow day today!
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
Thank you to the associate dean for helpfully letting me know that I’m entitled to schedule a makeup class on Saturday if I’d like to HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
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I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
fuck. off.
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
"Meanwhile, the modes through which Europe and Canada have sought to suppress populism involve harsh restrictions on speech, elite collusion and other expression of managerial illiberalism"
January 25, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I wonder how many people need to get killed in the street by masked agents of the state before conservatives stop pretending that they’re being oppressed by the existence of HR departments bsky.app/profile/shar...
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Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Ultimately you're not supposed to believe it. It not mattering is the point. The bolder the lie, the greater the impunity. The ultimate victory for evil is not convincing you, it's the truth being irrelevant.
it’s not eccentric it’s normal
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 AM
it’s not eccentric it’s normal
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Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.
January 24, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Thanks for the helpful auto-complete, Gmail.
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ⓘThis user is British
I don't think the Americans, and yes, I mean all of you, are prepared for how hated you now are by everyone.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Its not going away folks. Youve lost all rights to speak to us without being told to go fuck yourselves.
Lutnick heckled in Davos. FT: “The gathering on Tuesday night descended into uproar after combative remarks from Lutnick, the people said, with widespread jeering, some guests walking out and appeals for calm from Fink.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 PM
ⓘThis user is British
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Naaaaaaailed it
January 15, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Naaaaaaailed it
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Tenure-track faculty position in quantum info at Perimeter Institute.
January 12, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Tenure-track faculty position in quantum info at Perimeter Institute.
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
January 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.
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changing its name and filling its board with sycophants to please a dim, thin-skinned tyrant isn't political though
Kennedy Center Says It "Wants Performers Who Aren't Political" Amid Wave of Cancelations
As artists pull out of Kennedy Center appearances in protest of Trump’s takeover, the venue’s leadership has responded by saying they “want performers who aren’t political.”
consequence.net
January 8, 2026 at 10:42 PM
changing its name and filling its board with sycophants to please a dim, thin-skinned tyrant isn't political though
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-5 degrees centigrade in Central London right now. Please send us your contempt for treating what counts as a mild winter for others as an extreme hardship.
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
-5 degrees centigrade in Central London right now. Please send us your contempt for treating what counts as a mild winter for others as an extreme hardship.
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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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The conservative mind has been ruled for a generation by the fantasy of a brilliant, principled liberal who is led by the spirit of honest inquiry to a humble, weeping conversion to conservatism. And since that has never happened in reality, they have to pay each other to perform it for them.
I truly cannot wait for these incredibly stupid people to find out what happens when you try to wave the flag harder than Fox News
January 3, 2026 at 12:41 AM
The conservative mind has been ruled for a generation by the fantasy of a brilliant, principled liberal who is led by the spirit of honest inquiry to a humble, weeping conversion to conservatism. And since that has never happened in reality, they have to pay each other to perform it for them.
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Here's what's funny: they CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE between Bari and someone who is good at their job
I do think it's funny that billionaires spent untold amounts of money and influence to turn CBS News into a propaganda organ and their chosen herald's big idea is to run the network like it's a high school newspaper in Anytown Indiana
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Here's what's funny: they CANNOT TELL THE DIFFERENCE between Bari and someone who is good at their job
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I got a some hate mail today.
An AARP card. With my name on it.
If I find whomever did this, they will know no peace.
An AARP card. With my name on it.
If I find whomever did this, they will know no peace.
January 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
I got a some hate mail today.
An AARP card. With my name on it.
If I find whomever did this, they will know no peace.
An AARP card. With my name on it.
If I find whomever did this, they will know no peace.
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I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada
December 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I am honoured to announce I’ve been appointed as a member to the Order of Canada. Thank you to everyone for the support! I dedicate this to my late Mom who taught me so much about history, local independent media & research. I know that she would be, like me, screaming with joy! #orderofcanada
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This is very good.
In the "AI is not going away" thread, I got into a heated argument about reworking exams vs "resisting" (I was arguing for the former). My opponent (fairly) pointed out that I was shitting on others' posts instead of making concrete proposals, so I'm going to outline some now:
In the "AI is not going away" thread, I got into a heated argument about reworking exams vs "resisting" (I was arguing for the former). My opponent (fairly) pointed out that I was shitting on others' posts instead of making concrete proposals, so I'm going to outline some now:
I've spent a couple of days working on this one, and it didn't end up quite where I expected it to. But I think this is the clearest way I can describe where my head's at, why I approach LLMs in the way that I do, and why, while it's describing-not-prescribing, it's a little light prescribing too.
The abstraction you didn't ask for
When I say
ed3d.net
December 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is very good.
In the "AI is not going away" thread, I got into a heated argument about reworking exams vs "resisting" (I was arguing for the former). My opponent (fairly) pointed out that I was shitting on others' posts instead of making concrete proposals, so I'm going to outline some now:
In the "AI is not going away" thread, I got into a heated argument about reworking exams vs "resisting" (I was arguing for the former). My opponent (fairly) pointed out that I was shitting on others' posts instead of making concrete proposals, so I'm going to outline some now: