Jameson Quinn
@voter.bsky.social
He/him. Guatemala. en, es, fr
Expertise: stats, voting methods
Interests: US & Guatemalan politics, causal inference, dark matter, sf, democracy, a"i"/ml, cancer, -omics, linguistics, justice, people geeking the fuck out
Expertise: stats, voting methods
Interests: US & Guatemalan politics, causal inference, dark matter, sf, democracy, a"i"/ml, cancer, -omics, linguistics, justice, people geeking the fuck out
Jameson Quinn died in a fall in Guatemala on March 23, 2025.
This is his mother Helen Quinn, just to inform his followers here of this tragic event. We will check this profile for your responses. Anyone who has copies of recent writings from him not posted here please let us know.
This is his mother Helen Quinn, just to inform his followers here of this tragic event. We will check this profile for your responses. Anyone who has copies of recent writings from him not posted here please let us know.
March 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Jameson Quinn died in a fall in Guatemala on March 23, 2025.
This is his mother Helen Quinn, just to inform his followers here of this tragic event. We will check this profile for your responses. Anyone who has copies of recent writings from him not posted here please let us know.
This is his mother Helen Quinn, just to inform his followers here of this tragic event. We will check this profile for your responses. Anyone who has copies of recent writings from him not posted here please let us know.
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Rather than banning Palestinians in Gaza desperately trying to survive @moderation.bsky.app should be labelling these mass-follow engagement hacking accounts as SPAM and banning them
I swear a solid third of my followers are these fuckers and other worthless blue-MAGA meme accounts
I swear a solid third of my followers are these fuckers and other worthless blue-MAGA meme accounts
March 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Rather than banning Palestinians in Gaza desperately trying to survive @moderation.bsky.app should be labelling these mass-follow engagement hacking accounts as SPAM and banning them
I swear a solid third of my followers are these fuckers and other worthless blue-MAGA meme accounts
I swear a solid third of my followers are these fuckers and other worthless blue-MAGA meme accounts
Here's a thread on #DnD, game design, and balance. It comes from my experience working on a homebrew for #5r (that is, 2024 #5e) to make recovery slower.
Since the dawn of DnD, there's been an issue with "martial/caster balance" or (in older parlance) "linear fighters, quadratic wizards".
Since the dawn of DnD, there's been an issue with "martial/caster balance" or (in older parlance) "linear fighters, quadratic wizards".
Campaign Pace (
These rules slow down recovery and make it less “all or nothing”. That means that, for instance, resources spent in a single-encounter travel day can still matter the next day when you arrive. They al...
homebrewery.naturalcrit.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here's a thread on #DnD, game design, and balance. It comes from my experience working on a homebrew for #5r (that is, 2024 #5e) to make recovery slower.
Since the dawn of DnD, there's been an issue with "martial/caster balance" or (in older parlance) "linear fighters, quadratic wizards".
Since the dawn of DnD, there's been an issue with "martial/caster balance" or (in older parlance) "linear fighters, quadratic wizards".
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every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
March 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
every college, corporate, and nonprofit president right now
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Listen: maybe I'm wrong and this is just the worst software deployment of my career, not actually a conspiracy against democracy.
Maybe these guys just don't see they are frittering away all product and service design knowledge in the agency. And don't even know that they lack this knowledge.
Maybe these guys just don't see they are frittering away all product and service design knowledge in the agency. And don't even know that they lack this knowledge.
March 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Listen: maybe I'm wrong and this is just the worst software deployment of my career, not actually a conspiracy against democracy.
Maybe these guys just don't see they are frittering away all product and service design knowledge in the agency. And don't even know that they lack this knowledge.
Maybe these guys just don't see they are frittering away all product and service design knowledge in the agency. And don't even know that they lack this knowledge.
"I don't agree with @aoc.bsky.social about everything. But we do agree about 3 important things.
1. Trump and Musk's Republicans are trying to make your life worse.
2. We Democrats are trying to make it better.
3. It's time to stand together and fight."
1. Trump and Musk's Republicans are trying to make your life worse.
2. We Democrats are trying to make it better.
3. It's time to stand together and fight."
March 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
"I don't agree with @aoc.bsky.social about everything. But we do agree about 3 important things.
1. Trump and Musk's Republicans are trying to make your life worse.
2. We Democrats are trying to make it better.
3. It's time to stand together and fight."
1. Trump and Musk's Republicans are trying to make your life worse.
2. We Democrats are trying to make it better.
3. It's time to stand together and fight."
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if, ten years ago, your entire understanding of politics was that the right wing wanted to destroy everything because they were evil, you had a more accurate and more predictive analysis than functionally the entire American media and political apparatus
March 21, 2025 at 12:44 AM
if, ten years ago, your entire understanding of politics was that the right wing wanted to destroy everything because they were evil, you had a more accurate and more predictive analysis than functionally the entire American media and political apparatus
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Jon Stone (Indy) said something a few years ago at the Other Place that has stuck with me: “the UK’s political sphere essentially has no antibodies. absolutely any old shit idea, as long as it’s introduced through the right channels,
is soon absolutely everywhere in the body politic.”
is soon absolutely everywhere in the body politic.”
March 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Jon Stone (Indy) said something a few years ago at the Other Place that has stuck with me: “the UK’s political sphere essentially has no antibodies. absolutely any old shit idea, as long as it’s introduced through the right channels,
is soon absolutely everywhere in the body politic.”
is soon absolutely everywhere in the body politic.”
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“Proportional representation.” The single most important reform necessary to preserve our democracy. A conversation with @leedrutman.bsky.social. Just fascinating. Today’s podcast, have a listen.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How To End The ‘Two Party Doom Loop.’ A Conversation
Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 03/20/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
March 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Proportional representation.” The single most important reform necessary to preserve our democracy. A conversation with @leedrutman.bsky.social. Just fascinating. Today’s podcast, have a listen.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
March 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I’ve long used FiveThirtyEight’s interactive “Hack Your Way To Scientific Glory” to illustrate the idea of p-hacking when I teach statistics. But ABC/Disney killed the site earlier this month :(
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
So I made my own with #rstats and Observable and #QuartoPub ! stats.andrewheiss.com/hack-your-way/
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It hasn't been lost on me that anti-war activists are still protesting the Gaza War just as actively since Trump's election but the mainstream media has stopped giving their protests attention now that it hurts Trump instead of Biden.
Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
March 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It hasn't been lost on me that anti-war activists are still protesting the Gaza War just as actively since Trump's election but the mainstream media has stopped giving their protests attention now that it hurts Trump instead of Biden.
@tpm.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social I assume you're probably aware but if not...
March 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
@tpm.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social I assume you're probably aware but if not...
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Unconfirmed report from "ruskiytroll"
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Unconfirmed report from "ruskiytroll"
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And also pleased to see this decision by a Federal District Court Judge in Ohio concerning the rights of citizens to amend the state constitution via the initiative process. Several direct democracy scholars and I submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs. electionlawblog.org?p=149008
Federal court finds Ohio's "fair and truthful" review of ballot initiatives runs afoul of Anderson-Burdick #ELB
Decision in Brown v. Yost, stayed pending appeal to the Sixth Circuit: Citizens of Ohio have the power to amend the state constitution. Proponents of an amendment must follow a process that culminates...
electionlawblog.org
March 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
And also pleased to see this decision by a Federal District Court Judge in Ohio concerning the rights of citizens to amend the state constitution via the initiative process. Several direct democracy scholars and I submitted an amicus brief on behalf of the plaintiffs. electionlawblog.org?p=149008
I think the nation's future hinges on DC statehood.
But I _know_ that justice demands it.
But I _know_ that justice demands it.
DC statehood must be at the core of the Reconstruction Democrat program.
From many different angles Washington DC is emerging as a free fire zone for right wing violence precisely because it's not a state
March 20, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I think the nation's future hinges on DC statehood.
But I _know_ that justice demands it.
But I _know_ that justice demands it.
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DC statehood must be at the core of the Reconstruction Democrat program.
From many different angles Washington DC is emerging as a free fire zone for right wing violence precisely because it's not a state
March 20, 2025 at 12:31 AM
DC statehood must be at the core of the Reconstruction Democrat program.
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This filing is, in my humble opinion, Rule 11 sanctionable.
March 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This filing is, in my humble opinion, Rule 11 sanctionable.
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Who would you fire?
www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...
#858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens
www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...
#858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens
March 19, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Who would you fire?
www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...
#858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens
www.858.org.uk/house-of-cit...
#858Project #ukpolitics #citizensassembly #democracy #HouseOfCitizens
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... which attitude is also part of what led to the murders. Ziz's "if I precommit to never backing down, people will learn to Fear Me" is (partly) based on thinking ruthless->smart, just as Roko's Basilisk is (partly) based on thinking smart->ruthless.
March 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
... which attitude is also part of what led to the murders. Ziz's "if I precommit to never backing down, people will learn to Fear Me" is (partly) based on thinking ruthless->smart, just as Roko's Basilisk is (partly) based on thinking smart->ruthless.
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WE WON! PI granted in substantial part in our @sddaction.bsky.social appointments clause case re USAID
March 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
WE WON! PI granted in substantial part in our @sddaction.bsky.social appointments clause case re USAID
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I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
“The ecosystem of research and the creation of new knowledge in universities has been so powerful for American prosperity, American freedom, American ingenuity. To have that disrupted by government overreach is a disaster for this country.” —Wesleyan University President Michael Roth on
@msnbc.com
@msnbc.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I sincerely think that universities should suspend their productivity standards for scientists and ask them instead to hold town halls in schools, public libraries, museums, shopping malls, and anywhere else and communicate what is being lost with the collapse of the research ecosystem.
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Dr Alison Chisholm reports in a blog post on the process of the Oxfordshire #CitizensAssembly, and why they are so effective based on experience of this and other forms of tackling difficult problems.
"These interactions are largely where the extraordinary potential of citizens’ assemblies lies."
"These interactions are largely where the extraordinary potential of citizens’ assemblies lies."
In our latest blog, GCHU Research Associate Dr Alison Chisholm shares insights into the recently concluded Oxfordshire citizens’ assembly on transport and travel.
Read it and access the full archive of GCHU blogs at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/03/tran...
Read it and access the full archive of GCHU blogs at: www.gchu.org.uk/2025/03/tran...
March 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Dr Alison Chisholm reports in a blog post on the process of the Oxfordshire #CitizensAssembly, and why they are so effective based on experience of this and other forms of tackling difficult problems.
"These interactions are largely where the extraordinary potential of citizens’ assemblies lies."
"These interactions are largely where the extraordinary potential of citizens’ assemblies lies."
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Losing the sound a bit but Boasberg remains incredulous at the fact that the government won't even tell him why they won't tell him how many flights took off. DOJ says all he can say is that the flights took off before his order, and he suggests that's not relevant to compliance.
March 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Losing the sound a bit but Boasberg remains incredulous at the fact that the government won't even tell him why they won't tell him how many flights took off. DOJ says all he can say is that the flights took off before his order, and he suggests that's not relevant to compliance.