Logan Sullivan
@lqsullivan.bsky.social
Statistician, pinball liker, ask me about my My Dinner with Andre obsession
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Logan Sullivan
@lqsullivan.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Gonna tell my kids this was Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate
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the pope says friction can be good
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
the pope says friction can be good
Another one I get sometimes at work is, 'I can't do regression because my response isn't normally distributed.'
Confusing stats language:
The "linear" is linear regression means "linear in the parameters".
It does not mean "can only fit straight lines", and things like polynomials and splines can be included in linear models.
online.stat.psu.edu/stat501/less...
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The "linear" is linear regression means "linear in the parameters".
It does not mean "can only fit straight lines", and things like polynomials and splines can be included in linear models.
online.stat.psu.edu/stat501/less...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Another one I get sometimes at work is, 'I can't do regression because my response isn't normally distributed.'
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been thinking for not-directly-related reasons about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, specifically the chapter where kindergartners speedrun an animistic cult around the proto-chatbot doll, Furby
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
been thinking for not-directly-related reasons about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, specifically the chapter where kindergartners speedrun an animistic cult around the proto-chatbot doll, Furby
I think about this song every single day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzod...
(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - Merle Hazard feat. Alison Brown
YouTube video by Merle Hazard
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I think about this song every single day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzod...
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alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
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![Gregory Possum-Encounterer @gr... • 8mo
Achieve enlightenment
> You can't do that here.
Get satori
> You can't do that here.
Become one with universe
> You don't have UNIVERSE in your inventory.
[replying]
numbers station morning...
@griph.bsky.social
Go up
> you cannot enter Nirvana with Desires in your inventory
>drop Desires
you now have 2 Desires
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The stars only aligned for me playing Westphalia twice, but I'll always keep it around along with Founding Fathers and Sidereal Confluence as an 'it's my birthday and I demand 5 people play this with me' game. Go buy one of the last X copies!
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The stars only aligned for me playing Westphalia twice, but I'll always keep it around along with Founding Fathers and Sidereal Confluence as an 'it's my birthday and I demand 5 people play this with me' game. Go buy one of the last X copies!
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Replayed Papers Please and man the fact that it feels GOOD as a border inspector to find something wrong in an immigrant's paperwork and deny them entry is such effective design-as-commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Replayed Papers Please and man the fact that it feels GOOD as a border inspector to find something wrong in an immigrant's paperwork and deny them entry is such effective design-as-commentary.
Melville: "'But Marianna…that is my piazza.' Good story. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains."
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Melville: "'But Marianna…that is my piazza.' Good story. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains."
I need to find time to get back into board games. P500s for Henry, Bear Trap, and Decisive Action are all coming up soon and I don't want them to just go in the shame pile with everything else from the last 5 years
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need to find time to get back into board games. P500s for Henry, Bear Trap, and Decisive Action are all coming up soon and I don't want them to just go in the shame pile with everything else from the last 5 years
I ask my primary care doctor to not use AI scribe and I feel a little bad cause making her type a bunch is a burden. But I really don't trust those systems.
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I ask my primary care doctor to not use AI scribe and I feel a little bad cause making her type a bunch is a burden. But I really don't trust those systems.
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“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It wasn't deep. It didn't have much to say. But Xiao Xiao inspired millions to try Flash animation for themselves.
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
A Beijing artist made this series -- and turned stick fights into a phenomenon. We're exploring why and how he did it:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/when-stick...
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Picking a good Chinese name is such an art and science that to this day, the British Consulate General in Hong Kong has dedicated staff to provide official names of UK prime ministers and cabinet members to the rest of the Cantonese-speaking world. It's a gesture of goodwill and care
Official Cantonese translations of English names for British officials - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Picking a good Chinese name is such an art and science that to this day, the British Consulate General in Hong Kong has dedicated staff to provide official names of UK prime ministers and cabinet members to the rest of the Cantonese-speaking world. It's a gesture of goodwill and care
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Just reflecting on how many Stan Rogers songs are imbued with positive masculinity vibes:
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just reflecting on how many Stan Rogers songs are imbued with positive masculinity vibes:
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
-Work hard for the people and things you love.
-Protect your community.
-Find your joy in simple things.
-Life is hard so cry if you need to.
-Never give up or forget the bastards who did this to you.
Woah, it's renowned short story writer Deborah Eisenberg's partner!
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Woah, it's renowned short story writer Deborah Eisenberg's partner!
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October 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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just one hit bro, i just need to level out bro
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
just one hit bro, i just need to level out bro
It turns out you CAN just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 AM
It turns out you CAN just be up there and just doin' a balk like that.