Kevin Troy
@kevintroy.bsky.social
Could I be the liberal Joe Rogan? No, I could not. Virginia native, long time New Yorker. I’d rather be reading Tolstoy.
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
I can see some uses of synthetic participants to pre-test questions before deploying to “live” sample, but I can’t imagine a use for AI participants in final data
Here we go! @lmesseri.bsky.social & I wrote about epistemic risks of synthetic participants ('AI Surrogates') in @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social
(see 🧵 here)
bsky.app/profile/mjcr...
(see 🧵 here)
bsky.app/profile/mjcr...
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I can see some uses of synthetic participants to pre-test questions before deploying to “live” sample, but I can’t imagine a use for AI participants in final data
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I’ll never forget his warmth and unpretentiousness. Rob Reiner was the proverbial mensch. May he and his wife rest in peace. His memory will always be a blessing to me from that one small interaction we had. I’m sure he touched people’s lives like this everywhere he went. We’ll miss him.
December 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I’ll never forget his warmth and unpretentiousness. Rob Reiner was the proverbial mensch. May he and his wife rest in peace. His memory will always be a blessing to me from that one small interaction we had. I’m sure he touched people’s lives like this everywhere he went. We’ll miss him.
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Honestly, I’m furious. Sandy Hook should have been the end of this. Yet on its anniversary more children are dead, injured, and traumatized. It is a horror that is entirely preventable. And we should prevent it. It is not impossible. No matter what the received wisdom has become.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Honestly, I’m furious. Sandy Hook should have been the end of this. Yet on its anniversary more children are dead, injured, and traumatized. It is a horror that is entirely preventable. And we should prevent it. It is not impossible. No matter what the received wisdom has become.
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Most Americans do not want right-wing policies or right-wing culture war bullshit.
These folks forgot how unpopular they really are.
These folks forgot how unpopular they really are.
Major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall telecast Saturday, moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring an interview with Erika Kirk.
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Lack of Madison Avenue support could challenge the viability of the format, which Weiss wants to expand
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News’ Bari Weiss Town Hall Format
Many major advertisers appeared to sit out a new CBS News town hall format moderated by Bari Weiss and featuring a conversation with Erika Kirk
variety.com
December 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Most Americans do not want right-wing policies or right-wing culture war bullshit.
These folks forgot how unpopular they really are.
These folks forgot how unpopular they really are.
Journalists, please, please, please don’t ask ChatGPT something and write a story about the results
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Journalists, please, please, please don’t ask ChatGPT something and write a story about the results
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The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
“It’s time to be grown-ups” —Indiana state senator Mike Bohacek on the @pbsnews.org PBS NewsHour
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
“It’s time to be grown-ups” —Indiana state senator Mike Bohacek on the @pbsnews.org PBS NewsHour
I greatly enjoyed @drkatemarvel.bsky.social’s book “Human Nature” and plan to give it as a gift. But lol, the scientists in “E.T.” were trying to resuscitate him, not kill him! It scared me as a child too, but I watched it with my kids recently and gained new respect for Peter Coyote’s character
December 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I greatly enjoyed @drkatemarvel.bsky.social’s book “Human Nature” and plan to give it as a gift. But lol, the scientists in “E.T.” were trying to resuscitate him, not kill him! It scared me as a child too, but I watched it with my kids recently and gained new respect for Peter Coyote’s character
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I think what the GOP Congress don't understand, or don't care about, is the extent to which:
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I think what the GOP Congress don't understand, or don't care about, is the extent to which:
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
a) the removal of the ACA's premiums credit will wreck consumer spending if those ACA users try to cut $ corners to afford health care, and
B) ACA users think of that hike as a possible death sentence.
This will eventually lead to an AI capable of replicating a tech startup that replicates the Internet….
Several new tech start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers.
Silicon Valley Builds Amazon and Gmail Copycats to Train A.I. Agents
Several new start-ups are building replicas of sites so A.I. can learn to use the internet and maybe replace white-collar workers.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This will eventually lead to an AI capable of replicating a tech startup that replicates the Internet….
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The DJT administration fired 8 immigration judges in NYC today.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration court’s offices at 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses the NYC headquarters ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration court’s offices at 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses the NYC headquarters ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
December 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The DJT administration fired 8 immigration judges in NYC today.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration court’s offices at 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses the NYC headquarters ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
All the judges were dismissed from the immigration court’s offices at 26 Federal Plaza, a building that houses the NYC headquarters ICE and has become the epicenter of migrant arrests in the city.
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social this is not an issue where you should see which way the wind is blowing. An unqualified clown is turning our sailors and airmen into murderers and destroying the foundations of the alliances that keep us safe and prosperous. Impeachment is a duty, not an option
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social this is not an issue where you should see which way the wind is blowing. An unqualified clown is turning our sailors and airmen into murderers and destroying the foundations of the alliances that keep us safe and prosperous. Impeachment is a duty, not an option
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For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
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idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
November 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
idk not to mention how very nuanced and normal the actual response here was
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This week's comic: Science Korner www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Cartoon: Science Korner
It was recently revealed that Larry Summers joked about women having lower IQs in an email to Jeffrey Epstein. I find Summers' narrow fixation on biological determinism fascinating because it's ...
www.dailykos.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This week's comic: Science Korner www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Creeps like Brendan Carr and Steve Bannon have worked really hard to seize the commanding heights of media for Trump so he can fulfill his destiny and win the culture wars forever or some shit. He’s using that power… to get “Rush Hour 4” made www.ign.com/articles/don...
Donald Trump Reportedly Wants to Revive the 'Raucous Comedies and Action Movies' of the Late '80s to Late '90s — and Has 'Personally Pressed' Larry Ellison on Rush Hour 4 - IGN
It’s been 18 years since Rush Hour 3 came out, and most think the action comedy franchise is dead and buried. But if Donald Trump reportedly gets his way, a new Rush Hour film will be made.
www.ign.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Creeps like Brendan Carr and Steve Bannon have worked really hard to seize the commanding heights of media for Trump so he can fulfill his destiny and win the culture wars forever or some shit. He’s using that power… to get “Rush Hour 4” made www.ign.com/articles/don...
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
“And Then There Were None” but with congressional Republicans resigning
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
“And Then There Were None” but with congressional Republicans resigning
Machiavelli to Lorenzo di’Medici: don’t let that strumpet, Fortune, ruin your workplace (George Bull trans.)
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Machiavelli to Lorenzo di’Medici: don’t let that strumpet, Fortune, ruin your workplace (George Bull trans.)
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The average number of hours it takes an institution to complete *all* of IPEDS: 78.5
The estimated number of hours is will take to complete *just* the ACTS survey component this year: 200.
The party of small government has more than doubled the administrative burden on colleges & universities.
The estimated number of hours is will take to complete *just* the ACTS survey component this year: 200.
The party of small government has more than doubled the administrative burden on colleges & universities.
November 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The average number of hours it takes an institution to complete *all* of IPEDS: 78.5
The estimated number of hours is will take to complete *just* the ACTS survey component this year: 200.
The party of small government has more than doubled the administrative burden on colleges & universities.
The estimated number of hours is will take to complete *just* the ACTS survey component this year: 200.
The party of small government has more than doubled the administrative burden on colleges & universities.
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In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
🔥 A former president & a former chairman of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) resigned from ISI’s board on Friday. One of them posted this warning that “conservative institutions are being systematically…undermined by post-liberals who promote a ‘no enemies to the right’ mindset.” 1/
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 AM
In my dictionary, the phrases "post-liberal" and
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
"no enemies to the right" and "neo-reactionary" and "alt-right" are merely euphemisms for "fascist" and "authoritarian."
Throwing red meat to his juggalo base
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Throwing red meat to his juggalo base