Sharmake Farah 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🍉 🏳️⚧️ 🦄 🏳️🌈
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I'm firmly anti-Zionist.
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Karan Dalal on X: "Today, we're releasing a new paper – One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time Training. We add TTT layers to a pre-trained Transformer and fine-tune it to generate one-minute Tom and Jerry cartoons with strong temporal consistency. Every video below is produced directly by https://t.co/Bh2impMBWA" / X
Today, we're releasing a new paper – One-Minute Video Generation with Test-Time Training. We add TTT layers to a pre-trained Transformer and fine-tune it to generate one-minute Tom and Jerry cartoons with strong temporal consistency. Every video below is produced directly by https://t.co/Bh2impMBWA
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A living thread on AI progress, and what AIs need to be as good as humans at all jobs:
Test Time Training is an approach that gives LLMs a kind of state/memory, described in this thread (#1):
I will separate tweets and papers so the pictures properly show up.
Test Time Training is an approach that gives LLMs a kind of state/memory, described in this thread (#1):
I will separate tweets and papers so the pictures properly show up.
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The absolute kicker to all of this is that most of the solutions they are seeking already exist on your phone. They just need to be enabled by parents.
But, no, they want to bring an East Wing demolition crew to everyone's internet because no one can be bothered going to "settings."
But, no, they want to bring an East Wing demolition crew to everyone's internet because no one can be bothered going to "settings."
December 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The absolute kicker to all of this is that most of the solutions they are seeking already exist on your phone. They just need to be enabled by parents.
But, no, they want to bring an East Wing demolition crew to everyone's internet because no one can be bothered going to "settings."
But, no, they want to bring an East Wing demolition crew to everyone's internet because no one can be bothered going to "settings."
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When I talk about crowdsourcing bigotry, this is what I mean. The OU case is an anti-trans campaign, full-stop. Confected outrage generated by a well-funded group of elites (far-right GOP) applying pressure to other elites (university admin).
For my newsletter, I wrote about that college essay scandal that's gone viral and what everyone is seeming to miss:
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
It's about ATTACKING TRANS PEOPLE!!!
www.burnsnotice.com/that-viral-e...
That Viral Essay Scandal is (SURPRISE!) Actually About Trans People
A shoddy Oklahoma University essay went viral. Cis people think this is about conservatives whining for better grades. Trans people see a planned attack on a trans academic.
(Note for free subscriber...
www.burnsnotice.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I talk about crowdsourcing bigotry, this is what I mean. The OU case is an anti-trans campaign, full-stop. Confected outrage generated by a well-funded group of elites (far-right GOP) applying pressure to other elites (university admin).
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There are very few professions in which being able to perform without notes under intense time pressures is actually testing anything useful. Time constraints and deadlines are absolutely real. But the test is an artifact that we could just let go.
December 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
There are very few professions in which being able to perform without notes under intense time pressures is actually testing anything useful. Time constraints and deadlines are absolutely real. But the test is an artifact that we could just let go.
The really harsh pill for a lot of left-wingers/liberals is that excluding innately bad people who can't be changed much is probably at least a large minority of how high-performant organizations work.
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How much of “Mississippi’s education miracle” is an artifact of selection bias? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The really harsh pill for a lot of left-wingers/liberals is that excluding innately bad people who can't be changed much is probably at least a large minority of how high-performant organizations work.
I will say that I do think this is fine by me, and one area where I differ a lot from left-wingers/liberals is that the right to exclude for private actors should be robust/strong, and kicking out low-performers early on metrics is good.
But yes, we do need to be careful of selection bias.
But yes, we do need to be careful of selection bias.
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How much of “Mississippi’s education miracle” is an artifact of selection bias? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I will say that I do think this is fine by me, and one area where I differ a lot from left-wingers/liberals is that the right to exclude for private actors should be robust/strong, and kicking out low-performers early on metrics is good.
But yes, we do need to be careful of selection bias.
But yes, we do need to be careful of selection bias.
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sure, but it annoys me when Christians act like bad people who are Christians aren’t real Christians. I would never deny that Epstein and Madoff are Jews as much as I wish they weren’t. Christians feel a compulsive chronic desperate need to no-true-Scotsman their own religion
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
sure, but it annoys me when Christians act like bad people who are Christians aren’t real Christians. I would never deny that Epstein and Madoff are Jews as much as I wish they weren’t. Christians feel a compulsive chronic desperate need to no-true-Scotsman their own religion
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Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
How much of “Mississippi’s education miracle” is an artifact of selection bias? | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
December 2, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Very interesting Gelman blog suggesting that a good amount of the "Mississippi Miracle" is selection bias (holding back lowest performers, who then don't take the 4th grade test) rather than improved learning
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/12/01/h...
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i feel like we underestimate the cumulative radicalization of the American Right the same way people ignored Yoon cooking his brain on Korean YouTube
December 2, 2025 at 1:45 AM
i feel like we underestimate the cumulative radicalization of the American Right the same way people ignored Yoon cooking his brain on Korean YouTube
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Trump II and Starmer's government have a lot in common in that there is no actual plan to either bring prices down (Trump) or boost growth (Starmer) and instead what you get are the cabinet freelancing on their own portfolio with no overarching goals
genuinely do not think they have realized that this is essentially a labour shock that will make the economy worse
I assume she means everyone who isn’t white.
December 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Trump II and Starmer's government have a lot in common in that there is no actual plan to either bring prices down (Trump) or boost growth (Starmer) and instead what you get are the cabinet freelancing on their own portfolio with no overarching goals
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What’s funny is that Starmer is doing it with an utterly hostile media which would be desperate to savage him even if he were the greatest prime minister in history while Trump is doing it with a slavish media desperate to surrender to him yet both are heading for similar fates
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What’s funny is that Starmer is doing it with an utterly hostile media which would be desperate to savage him even if he were the greatest prime minister in history while Trump is doing it with a slavish media desperate to surrender to him yet both are heading for similar fates
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I feel that this is two things. It's both a bad faith effort to go after trans employees but it's also an attempt to wreck higher ed in the state.
December 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I feel that this is two things. It's both a bad faith effort to go after trans employees but it's also an attempt to wreck higher ed in the state.
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I completely agree we shouldn't be second-guessing it, but I also think it's worthwhile to defend her grading decision on the merits (especially since there are some large accounts who've been challenging it on the merits). In defending it, it's important to emphasize the need for deference.
December 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I completely agree we shouldn't be second-guessing it, but I also think it's worthwhile to defend her grading decision on the merits (especially since there are some large accounts who've been challenging it on the merits). In defending it, it's important to emphasize the need for deference.
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Assuming they do actually fail any student who refuses or declares support for 3rd parties.
Again though, this story does even come close.
Again though, this story does even come close.
December 1, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Assuming they do actually fail any student who refuses or declares support for 3rd parties.
Again though, this story does even come close.
Again though, this story does even come close.
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You could get to a first amendment issue in theory, but this is not anything remotely close to that and it's not even close.
Say you had a professor who declared "I hate people who vote 3rd party in elections" and required all students to swear they'll vote for a major party.
That's a 1A issue.
Say you had a professor who declared "I hate people who vote 3rd party in elections" and required all students to swear they'll vote for a major party.
That's a 1A issue.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
You could get to a first amendment issue in theory, but this is not anything remotely close to that and it's not even close.
Say you had a professor who declared "I hate people who vote 3rd party in elections" and required all students to swear they'll vote for a major party.
That's a 1A issue.
Say you had a professor who declared "I hate people who vote 3rd party in elections" and required all students to swear they'll vote for a major party.
That's a 1A issue.
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the media, specifically, broadly and from everything i've been able to see, is like "haha isn't it cute that people are pretending to care" when, yes, real live flesh-and-blood Republican congresspeople are going "hang the fuck on that's fucked up"
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
the media, specifically, broadly and from everything i've been able to see, is like "haha isn't it cute that people are pretending to care" when, yes, real live flesh-and-blood Republican congresspeople are going "hang the fuck on that's fucked up"
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This is all a very good example of how TPUSA actually works to advance conservative ideas, and why all the paeans to Charlie Kirk's commitment to free discourse and debate were so mind-numbingly stupid.
she went to state legislators, TPUSA and conservative media outlets within a few hours of getting her grade, if you can’t identify the bad faith that can be seen from space, you need to get your eyes checked
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is all a very good example of how TPUSA actually works to advance conservative ideas, and why all the paeans to Charlie Kirk's commitment to free discourse and debate were so mind-numbingly stupid.
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Both things are true, the essay is terrible and the professor is being targeted as part of a larger campaign against trans people. Only one of these is really important right now.
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Both things are true, the essay is terrible and the professor is being targeted as part of a larger campaign against trans people. Only one of these is really important right now.
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The quality of the essay was a worthwhile discussion topic for like the first hour of the debate as the facts and circumstances were being established. Anyone who is still discussing the rubric or the essay is either stupid or in bad faith. Indulging them only gives cover to the actual goal.
December 1, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The quality of the essay was a worthwhile discussion topic for like the first hour of the debate as the facts and circumstances were being established. Anyone who is still discussing the rubric or the essay is either stupid or in bad faith. Indulging them only gives cover to the actual goal.
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I'm not as optimistic that this tactic won't spread beyond the anti-trans crusade. Doesn't take much in the way of imagination to predict a future where anyone who's not a white cisgender heterosexual Evangelical man gets put in these exact same crosshairs.
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I'm not as optimistic that this tactic won't spread beyond the anti-trans crusade. Doesn't take much in the way of imagination to predict a future where anyone who's not a white cisgender heterosexual Evangelical man gets put in these exact same crosshairs.
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There is, fundamentally, no content to analyze. The actions of this person and the context in which they acted are perfectly sufficient to explain what happened and why. Engaging with this on any level more elaborate than "Fuck you no" is falling into the epistemic trap.
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
There is, fundamentally, no content to analyze. The actions of this person and the context in which they acted are perfectly sufficient to explain what happened and why. Engaging with this on any level more elaborate than "Fuck you no" is falling into the epistemic trap.
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IT IS A CATEGORY ERROR TO TREAT THIS AS ANY DIFFERENT FROM SPRAYPAINTING A SWASTIKA ON A SYNAGOGUE
December 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
IT IS A CATEGORY ERROR TO TREAT THIS AS ANY DIFFERENT FROM SPRAYPAINTING A SWASTIKA ON A SYNAGOGUE
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This threadlet makes a smart observation about the stubbornness with which some people and institutions extend presumptions of good faith to operators who’ve proven they have none.
He describes it as a “hangover,” which feels apt — because I wish like hell that the folks doing this would sober up.
He describes it as a “hangover,” which feels apt — because I wish like hell that the folks doing this would sober up.
Assumption of good faith is a solid heuristic.
But also "assumptions" are guesses you make before you have the evidence. You are allowed to retract good faith once more evidence arises.
But also, you shouldn't assume good faith from folks who are your avowed enemies.
But also "assumptions" are guesses you make before you have the evidence. You are allowed to retract good faith once more evidence arises.
But also, you shouldn't assume good faith from folks who are your avowed enemies.
December 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This threadlet makes a smart observation about the stubbornness with which some people and institutions extend presumptions of good faith to operators who’ve proven they have none.
He describes it as a “hangover,” which feels apt — because I wish like hell that the folks doing this would sober up.
He describes it as a “hangover,” which feels apt — because I wish like hell that the folks doing this would sober up.
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I'm just sitting here wondering how this would be treated if the essay was about how blood libel was real and submitted to a Jewish professor.
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I'm just sitting here wondering how this would be treated if the essay was about how blood libel was real and submitted to a Jewish professor.
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See also: anyone who thinks you can preemptively stop bad faith attacks by giving them less ammunition.
Y’all, bad faith attacks don’t need ammunition to be supplied by the victim’s actions, that’s what makes them bad faith.
Y’all, bad faith attacks don’t need ammunition to be supplied by the victim’s actions, that’s what makes them bad faith.
we are well past the point at which anyone who cannot identify bad faith like this is disqualified from commenting on it
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
the girl and her mother are basically screaming THIS IS A BAD FAITH ATTACK ON TRANS PEOPLE at the top of their lungs and if you can't see that you're stupid or lying
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
See also: anyone who thinks you can preemptively stop bad faith attacks by giving them less ammunition.
Y’all, bad faith attacks don’t need ammunition to be supplied by the victim’s actions, that’s what makes them bad faith.
Y’all, bad faith attacks don’t need ammunition to be supplied by the victim’s actions, that’s what makes them bad faith.
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Not only does it make us miss the forest for the trees, it's also just true that what i (a white cis dude who is cartoonishly professorial) would do in that situation isn't relevant for what a trans grad student would do because the options available to an instructor are identity-sensitive.
December 1, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not only does it make us miss the forest for the trees, it's also just true that what i (a white cis dude who is cartoonishly professorial) would do in that situation isn't relevant for what a trans grad student would do because the options available to an instructor are identity-sensitive.