Peter Licari
@peterlicari.bsky.social
Husband & Father | (Data|Social|Political) Scientist | Bad Quaker | Writer, YouTuber (http://bit.ly/2tkcGZu), & Runner | Poli Sci PhD | Often playing and overthinking things | Opinions mine; sometimes decent, always dorky
Decided to try out this new IDE I kept seeing on my TL
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Decided to try out this new IDE I kept seeing on my TL
Reposted by Peter Licari
I just blew my 5 year old's mind with what my high school track and cross country jersey number was:
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I just blew my 5 year old's mind with what my high school track and cross country jersey number was:
You know those shirts that say "only the best dads get promoted to grandpa"?
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
You know those shirts that say "only the best dads get promoted to grandpa"?
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
Traveling for a conference. My view from this morning's run.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Traveling for a conference. My view from this morning's run.
This some straight-up Torment Nexus bullshit
New: Videos show ICE/CBP agents are scanning peoples' faces on the street to verify citizenship. ICE has tool to instantly look up unprecedented number of databases with just a photo
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
“I’m an American citizen so leave me alone”
“Alright, we just got to verify that”
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
ICE and CBP Agents Are Scanning Peoples’ Faces on the Street To Verify Citizenship
Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”
www.404media.co
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This some straight-up Torment Nexus bullshit
I've, regrettably, driven a fair amount through large cities over the last few years. And, upon reflection, I'm astounded that we so frequently design metro areas that are heavily car dependent but that ALSO have such inscrutable street layouts as to make driving deeply unpleasant!
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I've, regrettably, driven a fair amount through large cities over the last few years. And, upon reflection, I'm astounded that we so frequently design metro areas that are heavily car dependent but that ALSO have such inscrutable street layouts as to make driving deeply unpleasant!
I wrote a whole dissertation about video games and politics. I have thousands of hours clocked across the Halo franchise. I use GenAI for work and am one of the experts in it for my team. So I can confidently say, across multiple fields of expertise, that we are in the stupidest fucking timeline.
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote a whole dissertation about video games and politics. I have thousands of hours clocked across the Halo franchise. I use GenAI for work and am one of the experts in it for my team. So I can confidently say, across multiple fields of expertise, that we are in the stupidest fucking timeline.
Corruption is one of the top issues (if not THE top issue, depending on the survey) people feel is facing the country right now. Democrats don't even need to do all that much to frame this in a way that taps into that AND Kitchen Table™️ issues. The fact that so many won't even try is stupifying.
GOV. WHITMER: “.. no one is worried about building a ballroom in Washington, D.C. What they want is to make sure that they can feed their kids next week.” Most Americans are “never going to step foot in a ballroom over the course of their lifetime.”
@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
@thehill.com
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
October 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Corruption is one of the top issues (if not THE top issue, depending on the survey) people feel is facing the country right now. Democrats don't even need to do all that much to frame this in a way that taps into that AND Kitchen Table™️ issues. The fact that so many won't even try is stupifying.
Reposted by Peter Licari
Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
Misanthropic Thoughts
What follows is not quite something I believe, nor even something I fear. It is something I fear I believe, my worst tendencies as a think...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com
October 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here are my worst socio-political thoughts. I hope I am not really the person who believes these things.
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/10/misa...
Stab in the dark: But I'm going to guess that the person who implemented the Fire Stick parental password input where the passkey numbers are clearly visible to everyone watching does not, in fact, have children of their own.
October 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stab in the dark: But I'm going to guess that the person who implemented the Fire Stick parental password input where the passkey numbers are clearly visible to everyone watching does not, in fact, have children of their own.
Ah yes. Famously, the last time America had a King, a hallmark of his reign was his ability to prevent any demonstrations against his rule.
Mike Johnson: "They called it the No Kings rally. But the great irony of course was…if President Trump were a king, the government would be open. If President Trump was a king, he would have closed the National Parks and the National Mall so they couldn't have had the rally."
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ah yes. Famously, the last time America had a King, a hallmark of his reign was his ability to prevent any demonstrations against his rule.
I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeli
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeling processes just because of a new cool stats paper I found I will not refactor our modeli
Reposted by Peter Licari
I don't have favorites, except for my beloved GLMM's.
I don't really have favorites (I contain multitudes), and until i saw @christophmolnar.bsky.social ask this funny question, I don't think I'd realized how enamored I am of SVMs. They're just so beautiful, especially radial SVM.
Also on my list of loves: KNN!
#databs #rstats
Also on my list of loves: KNN!
#databs #rstats
October 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I don't have favorites, except for my beloved GLMM's.
Goddamn, what a deeply unserious government. My 5 year old has better tact.
October 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Goddamn, what a deeply unserious government. My 5 year old has better tact.
Only one of these verified agency/department accounts isn't actively violating the Hatch Act---and it isn't the one you'd expect. (It's the TSA)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Only one of these verified agency/department accounts isn't actively violating the Hatch Act---and it isn't the one you'd expect. (It's the TSA)
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
I'd like to nominate Harry Frankfurt as the most influential Philosopher of the 21st century if for no other reason than he gave us all an amazing excuse to toss-in a couple instances of "bullshit" into our serious professional writings.
October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I'd like to nominate Harry Frankfurt as the most influential Philosopher of the 21st century if for no other reason than he gave us all an amazing excuse to toss-in a couple instances of "bullshit" into our serious professional writings.
Taylor Swift can encourage people to register to vote, so I guess it shouldn't surprise us that she can get people to learn about Shakespeare.
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Taylor Swift can encourage people to register to vote, so I guess it shouldn't surprise us that she can get people to learn about Shakespeare.
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Reposted by Peter Licari
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
For those tempted to say Young Republicans have always been this way, they really have not. When I worked on campus and did bipartisan college events after, they were very much not like this.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
That’s why groups like YCT and eventually TPUSA formed — because Young Republicans weren’t radical enough.
"Warning: boundary (singular) fit"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Warning: boundary (singular) fit"
See, this is something I would normally applaud this (or any) administration for pursuing---but I think all the pepper-spraying of priests domestically kinda erodes our moral authority and credibility on this.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
US calls for China to release 30 leaders of influential underground church - BBC News
Zion Church, founded by pastor Jin Mingri in 2007, is one of China's largest underground church networks.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
See, this is something I would normally applaud this (or any) administration for pursuing---but I think all the pepper-spraying of priests domestically kinda erodes our moral authority and credibility on this.
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
"Regression ran by ChatGPT"
"Regression ran by ChatGPT"
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Model failed to converge
Model failed to converge
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
Archives banned making copies.
Archives banned making copies.
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand:
"Regression ran by ChatGPT"
"Regression ran by ChatGPT"
I've said/amplified this a million times: We've all got to start posting more pets, foods, vacations, hobbies, and silliness. If you want your message to expand to others (and improve folks' sense of efficacy via diminishing dread), Bluesky has to become more than just a place about Trump.
One special fun thing about bluesky is that there is no volume of anti-Trump material you can post or repost in a day that will prevent the interaction:
[post about something else]
[people accuse you of being obsessed w the something else and of actively seeking to distract from the Trump crisis]
[post about something else]
[people accuse you of being obsessed w the something else and of actively seeking to distract from the Trump crisis]
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I've said/amplified this a million times: We've all got to start posting more pets, foods, vacations, hobbies, and silliness. If you want your message to expand to others (and improve folks' sense of efficacy via diminishing dread), Bluesky has to become more than just a place about Trump.