YetAnotherSteve
@yaseppochi.bsky.social
Aka yasegumi. Conservatively progressive devil’s advocate economist, Pythonista, wannabe mathematician.
Favorite meme ¿Porque no los dos? but rarely happy with either side.
Favorite meme ¿Porque no los dos? but rarely happy with either side.
Recently retired thinking I really should get hands on experience with LLMs. I guess it’s not gonna be ChatGPT.
Newish:
◾️ Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Summers’ status at the university
◾️ Bloomberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while OpenAI did not provide a comment.
◾️ Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether Summers’ status at the university
◾️ Bloomberg did not immediately respond to a request for comment, while OpenAI did not provide a comment.
Larry Summers says he's stepping away from "public" commitments — which apparently means he's staying on the OpenAI board. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol... tip @techmeme.com
OpenAI did not provide a comment. Summers is still listed here: openai.com/our-structure/
OpenAI did not provide a comment. Summers is still listed here: openai.com/our-structure/
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Recently retired thinking I really should get hands on experience with LLMs. I guess it’s not gonna be ChatGPT.
It’s the owls.
dude i havent even made a single promo post how do i already have 100 followers
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It’s the owls.
I get the awfulness of “Monica Lewinski” jokes, but you know what? I’ve never seen her quoted or heard her speak that I didn’t come away with a distinct feeling of respect for her as a human being. I enjoy being reminded of that feeling … then I ferociously block the “comedian”.
November 15, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I get the awfulness of “Monica Lewinski” jokes, but you know what? I’ve never seen her quoted or heard her speak that I didn’t come away with a distinct feeling of respect for her as a human being. I enjoy being reminded of that feeling … then I ferociously block the “comedian”.
Neither “compromise” nor “capitulation” applies to what just happened in Congress. The right word is “culmination”, and the Democrats clearly won on all fronts except messaging.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
I’ve read a lot of takes on the shutdown cave, but this one is really important
What’s the difference between compromise and capitulation? Compromise trades concessions. Capitulation pays ransom to stop deliberate suffering, and teaches your opponent that coercion works. There are effective responses to coercive bargaining. What we saw was not one of them.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Neither “compromise” nor “capitulation” applies to what just happened in Congress. The right word is “culmination”, and the Democrats clearly won on all fronts except messaging.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
The thing about culmination of a campaign is the war continues.
Why are all my favorite progressives sounding like the antiparticles of MAGA accelerationists? Same mass, opposite charge and spin.
November 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Why are all my favorite progressives sounding like the antiparticles of MAGA accelerationists? Same mass, opposite charge and spin.
Unicode RTL FTW!
This is so lovely
love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Unicode RTL FTW!
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This is so lovely
love when college football players get to wear non-Latin lettering on the back of their jerseys, here's Western Michigan defensive tackle Mustafi al-Garawi
November 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
This is so lovely
I’m really having trouble with this “Dems lost the shutdown” claim. Asked “what’s wrong with Trump policy?”, they answer “everything” (and they’re right and all thinkers agree). Asked “ok, the GOP has a trifecation, what’s your demand?”, they reply “ACA subsidy extension”. So GOP throws a tantrum
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November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I’m really having trouble with this “Dems lost the shutdown” claim. Asked “what’s wrong with Trump policy?”, they answer “everything” (and they’re right and all thinkers agree). Asked “ok, the GOP has a trifecation, what’s your demand?”, they reply “ACA subsidy extension”. So GOP throws a tantrum
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Interesting read. My own, limited, experience with DnD was far more egalitarian, at least with respect to gender. In college in the late 70s about 1/3 of the players and half the DMs, were women. In grad school in the early 80s it was 50-50 for players, although both of the frequent DMs were male.
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Interesting read. My own, limited, experience with DnD was far more egalitarian, at least with respect to gender. In college in the late 70s about 1/3 of the players and half the DMs, were women. In grad school in the early 80s it was 50-50 for players, although both of the frequent DMs were male.
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Jupiter says trans rights
🔭 Jupiter in Ultraviolet from Hubble
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt
star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Jupiter says trans rights
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Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
Mamdani is going to implement Shakira law. Hips will no longer be able to lie.
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law. That don't impress me much.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.
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President Ahmad Al-Shar’a arrives at the venue of the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil.
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
President Ahmad Al-Shar’a arrives at the venue of the COP30 Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil.
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The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The total faceplanting of anti-trans messaging is an unalloyed good.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
Mamdani was a very promising candidate and I'm looking forward to seeing what he does while remembering it's a very difficult job in a city that, historically, starts hating its mayors moments after they're elected.
It’s always been strange to me, having read the Bible through mulitiple times, that this nominally Christian-majority country is so uncomfortable with socialism.
If we Christians need to learn some comfort from Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims, well, let’s start taking notes.
If we Christians need to learn some comfort from Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims, well, let’s start taking notes.
In terms of _content_, as we see with nods to Debs and Nehru, he's deeply comfortable with socialism. This makes sense not just because of his father's work, but also the cultural heritage on his mom's side; the region of India our families are from has always been a hotbed of leftist activism.
November 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s always been strange to me, having read the Bible through mulitiple times, that this nominally Christian-majority country is so uncomfortable with socialism.
If we Christians need to learn some comfort from Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims, well, let’s start taking notes.
If we Christians need to learn some comfort from Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, and Muslims, well, let’s start taking notes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Because of course they did.
After all they can’t even stand up to TACO TACO Man!
After all they can’t even stand up to TACO TACO Man!
November 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Because of course they did.
After all they can’t even stand up to TACO TACO Man!
After all they can’t even stand up to TACO TACO Man!
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Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Zohran is cool and awesome and I’m thrilled for him and all of us
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
but at my core this is who I am: the Jewish guy who shows up to be a world class hater in support of his friend
Nope nope nope, not gonna report this bug to Homebrew, it’s less annoying to apply for a JSPS grant in Japanese.
November 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Nope nope nope, not gonna report this bug to Homebrew, it’s less annoying to apply for a JSPS grant in Japanese.
Or suspects that Ayn Rand had transitioned.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Or suspects that Ayn Rand had transitioned.
I’m sympathetic to ordinary people and even Bsky poasters who demand that “somebody (else) do something” (even though I think it’s objectively quite unfair).
But pundits in the business of being pundits need to STOP THAT SHIT. What are YOU doing (besides useless punditry)? And what can I do?
But pundits in the business of being pundits need to STOP THAT SHIT. What are YOU doing (besides useless punditry)? And what can I do?
November 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’m sympathetic to ordinary people and even Bsky poasters who demand that “somebody (else) do something” (even though I think it’s objectively quite unfair).
But pundits in the business of being pundits need to STOP THAT SHIT. What are YOU doing (besides useless punditry)? And what can I do?
But pundits in the business of being pundits need to STOP THAT SHIT. What are YOU doing (besides useless punditry)? And what can I do?
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Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military
My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
Why Commanders Don’t Sign NDAs
Existing rules and laws applying to military secrecy are sufficient—and asking officers to sign NDAs is deeply inappropriate.
www.thebulwark.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military
My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...
This is called “socialism”, and my primary objection to it is that it’s not enough to constitute “fuck-you money”.
October 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
This is called “socialism”, and my primary objection to it is that it’s not enough to constitute “fuck-you money”.
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トランプの「平和」なんてこんなもの。
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
ネタニヤフ氏、ガザへの攻撃再開を指示 空爆で26人死亡と報道 - 日本経済新聞
【イスタンブール=渡辺夏奈】イスラエルのネタニヤフ首相は28日、イスラム組織ハマスによる停戦合意への違反を理由に、パレスチナ自治区ガザへの攻撃を再開するよう軍に指示した。ロイター通信は28日、イスラエル軍がガザ北部にある最大都市のガザ市を攻撃したと伝えた。少なくとも26人が死亡したという。イスラエル首相府は28日、ハマスから返還された人質1人の遺体について、同国軍が過去の軍事作戦で取り返した遺
www.nikkei.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:39 AM
トランプの「平和」なんてこんなもの。
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
This is such crap. It doesn’t explain the speculative-fiction-like “willing suspension of disbelief” required for soybean farmers to vote for Trump in 2024, or anybody who is or will be dependent on Social Security in retirement to vote for any Republican.
one of the reasons voters believe the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans is because the democratic party itself believes in the caricatures of the democratic party pushed by republicans
Duh. Those of us on the ground last year actually speaking with middle class/working class voters and who heard from these voters every single day the same - “Trump is an asshole, but Democrats are out of touch” - could’ve saved my new political party a lot of time & money producing this “report.”👇
October 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is such crap. It doesn’t explain the speculative-fiction-like “willing suspension of disbelief” required for soybean farmers to vote for Trump in 2024, or anybody who is or will be dependent on Social Security in retirement to vote for any Republican.