Marc Maxmeister
@marcmaxmeister.bsky.social
Pro-Democracy, period. Senior Data Scientist 🧪, #GivingTuesday
Scientist for the Disinformation Age, #Python, Lean Startup, #BlueSci, (hobby author 📘 with 900k+ words across 8 fiction manuscripts)
Scientist for the Disinformation Age, #Python, Lean Startup, #BlueSci, (hobby author 📘 with 900k+ words across 8 fiction manuscripts)
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Civic Intent — GivingPulse
www.givingpulse.givingtuesday.org
Since the #bsky algorithm is fair, unlike twitter, and creating posts is no longer pointless, I'm the author of #GivingTuesday's #CivicIntent report - a way to measure that sense of "doing good" and "good intentions" that 4 out of 5 Americans feel:
www.givingpulse.givingtuesday.org/civic-intent...
www.givingpulse.givingtuesday.org/civic-intent...
Worth reading this about Watson - young and old - as it is important to realize that luck has much more to do with our success than we admit. And sometimes, it stands on stealing key data from Rosalind Franklin and NOT crediting her, maybe, because she was "just a woman"?
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.
🧪🧬🧫
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Worth reading this about Watson - young and old - as it is important to realize that luck has much more to do with our success than we admit. And sometimes, it stands on stealing key data from Rosalind Franklin and NOT crediting her, maybe, because she was "just a woman"?
@nano2love.bsky.social 10803 words!
November 10, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social 10803 words!
#AI what's the deal with gemini/LLM -- any prompt I give to depict class warfare includes this pyramid.
And the pyramid is a UFO, beaming citizens up?
And the pyramid is a UFO, beaming citizens up?
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 AM
#AI what's the deal with gemini/LLM -- any prompt I give to depict class warfare includes this pyramid.
And the pyramid is a UFO, beaming citizens up?
And the pyramid is a UFO, beaming citizens up?
Why are the Dem leaders so hated?
- They make a lot of speeches but don't actually make their own sacrifices. When they close government, they just appear to quit the public eye, instead of mobilizing a direct action to help the poor, who bear the brunt of the suffering.
- They make a lot of speeches but don't actually make their own sacrifices. When they close government, they just appear to quit the public eye, instead of mobilizing a direct action to help the poor, who bear the brunt of the suffering.
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Why are the Dem leaders so hated?
- They make a lot of speeches but don't actually make their own sacrifices. When they close government, they just appear to quit the public eye, instead of mobilizing a direct action to help the poor, who bear the brunt of the suffering.
- They make a lot of speeches but don't actually make their own sacrifices. When they close government, they just appear to quit the public eye, instead of mobilizing a direct action to help the poor, who bear the brunt of the suffering.
@nano2love.bsky.social 9349 words tonight #NaNoWriMo
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social 9349 words tonight #NaNoWriMo
Today's #zeitgeist search word: trends
yeah, the number of people searching for "i have no money" trending up is not good.
yeah, the number of people searching for "i have no money" trending up is not good.
November 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Today's #zeitgeist search word: trends
yeah, the number of people searching for "i have no money" trending up is not good.
yeah, the number of people searching for "i have no money" trending up is not good.
Neither of these are what those words mean, which is why we need new words to describe the economic divide in the world.
Some ones to define or look up: crapitalism, social democrat,, democratic socialist, free market fundamentalist, libertarian (minarchism, anarcho-capitalist [AKA Musk]) ...
Some ones to define or look up: crapitalism, social democrat,, democratic socialist, free market fundamentalist, libertarian (minarchism, anarcho-capitalist [AKA Musk]) ...
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Neither of these are what those words mean, which is why we need new words to describe the economic divide in the world.
Some ones to define or look up: crapitalism, social democrat,, democratic socialist, free market fundamentalist, libertarian (minarchism, anarcho-capitalist [AKA Musk]) ...
Some ones to define or look up: crapitalism, social democrat,, democratic socialist, free market fundamentalist, libertarian (minarchism, anarcho-capitalist [AKA Musk]) ...
@nano2love.bsky.social today's #NaNoWriMo word count: 8254
November 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social today's #NaNoWriMo word count: 8254
Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) doing Bollywood music in his style (2026 release)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUu...
Namit Malhotra's Ramayana: The Introduction | Nitesh Tiwari | Ranbir, Yash, Hans Zimmer & AR Rahman
YouTube video by Sony Music India
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Hans Zimmer (Interstellar) doing Bollywood music in his style (2026 release)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUu...
@nano2love.bsky.social I'm at 6024 words total #NaNoWriMo 2025
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
@nano2love.bsky.social I'm at 6024 words total #NaNoWriMo 2025
Chris Kluwe in office is a great idea.
Anyone miss Al Franken's wit?
Anyone miss Al Franken's wit?
Hey everyone, you’ve been asking me to run for office for a while, so guess what?
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
I’m running for California State Assembly!
Now, I don’t like asking for money, but we gotta pay for this somehow, and if everyone throws in $7 we’ll have the resources to run one hell of a race, so, uh, do the thing.
November 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Chris Kluwe in office is a great idea.
Anyone miss Al Franken's wit?
Anyone miss Al Franken's wit?
Most people don't trust the media in their country. The 3 exceptions are interesting, as I don't trust China's state news media. But if you look at the China Panel Survey, they have huge distrust of OUR media too, and distrust US citizens in general.
Democracy could use a revamp here.
Democracy could use a revamp here.
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Most people don't trust the media in their country. The 3 exceptions are interesting, as I don't trust China's state news media. But if you look at the China Panel Survey, they have huge distrust of OUR media too, and distrust US citizens in general.
Democracy could use a revamp here.
Democracy could use a revamp here.
On a website devoted to making predictions, the most popular one is that #AI will cause massive unemployment. Surveys about public fears of this show most people doubt it will happen, and are welcoming the "revolution" that could make them expendable.
As as fiction #writer, its super interesting
As as fiction #writer, its super interesting
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 AM
So you're telling me in the most interested election in decades, only 47% of voters actually voted in NYC?
(2.05M / 4.7M active-registered voters = 47%)
Maybe this ^ is what's telling the autocrats we'd like them to take over.
(2.05M / 4.7M active-registered voters = 47%)
Maybe this ^ is what's telling the autocrats we'd like them to take over.
November 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So you're telling me in the most interested election in decades, only 47% of voters actually voted in NYC?
(2.05M / 4.7M active-registered voters = 47%)
Maybe this ^ is what's telling the autocrats we'd like them to take over.
(2.05M / 4.7M active-registered voters = 47%)
Maybe this ^ is what's telling the autocrats we'd like them to take over.
@nano2love.bsky.social today's word total: 4570
November 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social today's word total: 4570
The California tit-for-tat is an arms race that Republicans won't win. There are already a lot more citizens packed into urban districts across the country. That's why California could easily create 5 safe democratic seats.
Some day we'll kill all 'safe' seats everywhere.
Some day we'll kill all 'safe' seats everywhere.
BREAKING: Prop 50 passes in California.
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
Voters approved Newsom’s plan to oust GOP incumbents with a new congressional map that could give Dems up to five more seats in next year’s midterms, buoying their prospects of retaking the House.
Read more: politi.co/43QRB8I
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
The California tit-for-tat is an arms race that Republicans won't win. There are already a lot more citizens packed into urban districts across the country. That's why California could easily create 5 safe democratic seats.
Some day we'll kill all 'safe' seats everywhere.
Some day we'll kill all 'safe' seats everywhere.
Reposted by Marc Maxmeister
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
@neguse.house.gov gives a lesson on how to reframe a journalist’s stupid question about #SNAP! 💪🏼
I'm happy to report that at least in Colorado, the Afghan refugee we help as volunteers got $750 of their $900 allotted dollars from #SNAP over the weekend.
This required emergency state intervention.
I fear not all states have the interest of all their citizens at heart.
This required emergency state intervention.
I fear not all states have the interest of all their citizens at heart.
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I'm happy to report that at least in Colorado, the Afghan refugee we help as volunteers got $750 of their $900 allotted dollars from #SNAP over the weekend.
This required emergency state intervention.
I fear not all states have the interest of all their citizens at heart.
This required emergency state intervention.
I fear not all states have the interest of all their citizens at heart.
@nano2love.bsky.social today I reached 3205 words! #NaNoWriMo
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social today I reached 3205 words! #NaNoWriMo
Where are large fractions of the population receiving #SNAP (typically, but not in November)?
(compare with counties that supported Trump 1 year ago)
(compare with counties that supported Trump 1 year ago)
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Where are large fractions of the population receiving #SNAP (typically, but not in November)?
(compare with counties that supported Trump 1 year ago)
(compare with counties that supported Trump 1 year ago)
Reposted by Marc Maxmeister
Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
Evanston food drive overwhelms 'in the best possible way' as SNAP recipients face uncertainty
Many waited more than an hour to drop off bags of groceries during a food drive at Evanston Township High School.
www.nbcchicago.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Chicagoland going for MVP:
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
“This is beyond anyone’s wildest imagination in the best possible way,” Khan said. “It’s overwhelmingly amazing, and we just want to make sure we get food to people who need it the most.”
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/e...
@nano2love.bsky.social added 1237 words today #NaNoWriMo
November 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
@nano2love.bsky.social added 1237 words today #NaNoWriMo
Instead of inane scrolling of posts that are not information-rich, why not read about this creepy dude now called Andrew something Windsor and why he's clearly not worthy of any titles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_...
Prince Andrew - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Instead of inane scrolling of posts that are not information-rich, why not read about this creepy dude now called Andrew something Windsor and why he's clearly not worthy of any titles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_...
The most useful thing I've heard in the past week is that we're not suffering from information overload; we're starving in an information desert.
All around us is noise but not answers, learning, and real perspective on our world, unfiltered.
All around us is noise but not answers, learning, and real perspective on our world, unfiltered.
October 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The most useful thing I've heard in the past week is that we're not suffering from information overload; we're starving in an information desert.
All around us is noise but not answers, learning, and real perspective on our world, unfiltered.
All around us is noise but not answers, learning, and real perspective on our world, unfiltered.