Kim Stiens
@kimstiens.bsky.social
Nonprofit operations in DC - currently working with the best people in the world at Employ America. she/her
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hello do you speak fluent Bulgarian or know somebody who does? I could use your help. This is an earnest request
November 17, 2025 at 3:20 PM
hello do you speak fluent Bulgarian or know somebody who does? I could use your help. This is an earnest request
Every time I see "wegovy" I assume it's an NGO or maybe a polling firm
*NOVO UNDERCUTS LILLY’S OBESITY DRUG PRICE FOR CASH-PAY PATIENTS
*NOVO NORDISK TO SELL WEGOVY, OZEMPIC FOR $349/MONTH IN US
*NOVO SAYS LOWER US PRICES TO HELP COUNTER COPYCAT THREAT
*NOVO NORDISK TO SELL WEGOVY, OZEMPIC FOR $349/MONTH IN US
*NOVO SAYS LOWER US PRICES TO HELP COUNTER COPYCAT THREAT
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Every time I see "wegovy" I assume it's an NGO or maybe a polling firm
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BLS does amazing work for the American people, creating huge value.
They show up for us. We have to show up for them.
If you care about working families, employers, and jobs, join Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.friendsofbls.org/join
They show up for us. We have to show up for them.
If you care about working families, employers, and jobs, join Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.friendsofbls.org/join
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
BLS does amazing work for the American people, creating huge value.
They show up for us. We have to show up for them.
If you care about working families, employers, and jobs, join Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.friendsofbls.org/join
They show up for us. We have to show up for them.
If you care about working families, employers, and jobs, join Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
www.friendsofbls.org/join
If you're a state running a garage sale for anything other than your own literal Crown Jewels to pay for regular government expenses, you're doing Nation wrong
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
If you're a state running a garage sale for anything other than your own literal Crown Jewels to pay for regular government expenses, you're doing Nation wrong
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Probably fewer women in economics because they’re just not as smart, right, Larry?
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Probably fewer women in economics because they’re just not as smart, right, Larry?
It is truly wild how much this piece (from the Economist!) generalizes to "employers" doing something based on a very small, very focused paper about a specific freelance website
It seems very silly to uncritically correlate hiring behaviors on one (1) freelancer website to all full-time, W2 hiring
It seems very silly to uncritically correlate hiring behaviors on one (1) freelancer website to all full-time, W2 hiring
AI-written cover letters mean employers find it harder to spot good candidates, so offer lower pay across the board www.economist.com/finance-and-...
How AI is breaking cover letters
And leading to lower pay
www.economist.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
It is truly wild how much this piece (from the Economist!) generalizes to "employers" doing something based on a very small, very focused paper about a specific freelance website
It seems very silly to uncritically correlate hiring behaviors on one (1) freelancer website to all full-time, W2 hiring
It seems very silly to uncritically correlate hiring behaviors on one (1) freelancer website to all full-time, W2 hiring
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The Democrats' election plan, as always, is to point at the Bad Man and say he's bad. But this is the time to talk about how this oligarchic political and economic system allowed this kind of person to take power in the first place, and how it should be changed. No appetite for that
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The Democrats' election plan, as always, is to point at the Bad Man and say he's bad. But this is the time to talk about how this oligarchic political and economic system allowed this kind of person to take power in the first place, and how it should be changed. No appetite for that
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This is basically the biggest thing I have changed my mind on in adult life. Having been raised in a Land Of Plenty soc dem, I was convinced of the 'insane subsidy to the rich' case for means testing until I came over here, saw the alternative, and I am now an Universal Coverage absolutist
The UK just has incredible attention to detail when it comes to making sure the people who pay all the taxes can’t have nice things. Child benefit? No. Free Child car? No. Cut price bike to cycle to work? No.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Functionally we are telling people they pay too much tax to get anything from the state.
Rachel Reeves is setting the Cycle to Work scheme on fire as part of the war on salary sacrifice policies! on.ft.com/4oKXNrC
November 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This is basically the biggest thing I have changed my mind on in adult life. Having been raised in a Land Of Plenty soc dem, I was convinced of the 'insane subsidy to the rich' case for means testing until I came over here, saw the alternative, and I am now an Universal Coverage absolutist
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Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
Bubble or Nothing
Policymakers concerned about the deployment of clean energy and compute-focused infrastructure over the long term need a framework for managing the uncertainty in the AI sector's investment landscape—...
publicenterprise.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Today's new @publicenterprise.bsky.social report is a comprehensive analysis of the capital structure of the entire AI sector: data center real estate, GPU markets, private credit, you name it.
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
It's also a financial risk management framework for policymakers!
publicenterprise.org/report/bubbl...
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We're hiring an open-source #python developer focused on modeling APIs!
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
Python Open-Source Developer
Posit is hiring a Python open-source developer to create more data analysis tools.
tidyverse.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We're hiring an open-source #python developer focused on modeling APIs!
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
tidyverse.org/blog/2025/11...
#numpy #scipy #scikitlearn
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November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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If you have a book lover in your life, Woodworking by Emily St. James would make a wonderful holiday gift. The hardcover edition is quite handsome. There are desks on the cover!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
Woodworking
Check out Woodworking - <b>LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025<br><br>“Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of one of America’s most popular...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you have a book lover in your life, Woodworking by Emily St. James would make a wonderful holiday gift. The hardcover edition is quite handsome. There are desks on the cover!
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
bookshop.org/p/books/wood...
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It's time for the monthly AMA -- send me your questions, it's my favorite post of the month.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's time for the monthly AMA -- send me your questions, it's my favorite post of the month.
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Kathy Hochul is a Democrat, right? She could be quietly working with a member of her own party to get a better deal for their constituents - even if "free" is somehow impossible, many other things are possible! - and she's going with "loud opposition" instead?
zeteo.com/p/democrats-...
zeteo.com/p/democrats-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Kathy Hochul is a Democrat, right? She could be quietly working with a member of her own party to get a better deal for their constituents - even if "free" is somehow impossible, many other things are possible! - and she's going with "loud opposition" instead?
zeteo.com/p/democrats-...
zeteo.com/p/democrats-...
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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man who is gonna run the headline thats
"Fight Or Flights?"
"Fight Or Flights?"
November 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
man who is gonna run the headline thats
"Fight Or Flights?"
"Fight Or Flights?"
The fact that Progressives still say stuff like this in 2025 - regarding the 50mil+ Black people in America as a monolith of magical wise sages - is one of the bigger indictments of DEI and identity politics as practiced over the past decade
This isn't liberatory, it's condescending as hell
This isn't liberatory, it's condescending as hell
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The fact that Progressives still say stuff like this in 2025 - regarding the 50mil+ Black people in America as a monolith of magical wise sages - is one of the bigger indictments of DEI and identity politics as practiced over the past decade
This isn't liberatory, it's condescending as hell
This isn't liberatory, it's condescending as hell
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Water? You mean ice lava?
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Water? You mean ice lava?
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ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
November 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
ice cubes are ridiculous. like yeah lemme just get a piece of water
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for some reason i find local LLMs kind of charming in a way the mass consumer stuff is not. you built a mini-cluster out of raspberry pis that takes 37 minutes to generate a 3 second clip of video that sucks? i don't see the point but that's classic computer dork shit, have fun pal
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
for some reason i find local LLMs kind of charming in a way the mass consumer stuff is not. you built a mini-cluster out of raspberry pis that takes 37 minutes to generate a 3 second clip of video that sucks? i don't see the point but that's classic computer dork shit, have fun pal
I think the dumbest thing about this position - and I certainly don't want to shortchange all the other ways it's dumb - is the supposition that the approach implied here would cause people to buy healthcare directly, rather than using it to buy (less) insurance. Healthcare costs too much for that!
Trump: "I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE."
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I think the dumbest thing about this position - and I certainly don't want to shortchange all the other ways it's dumb - is the supposition that the approach implied here would cause people to buy healthcare directly, rather than using it to buy (less) insurance. Healthcare costs too much for that!
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November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe
November 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
apropos james watson’s death i had an idle thought today about how stupid race/iq stuff sounds. “buh if your skin is darker you are biologically less smart” is a thing only a dumbass can believe