Dan Barber
@danbarber.bsky.social
(he/him/his) SWE Leader/data/ai. Interests include 🚵🏻♂️ 🌔🐶💻 🛰🚀🏔. Reluctant vi user ( emacs 🙌 ). Opinions are my own
@maks23.bsky.social It would be great if SBU could take out major civilian airport radars in Russia. Make Russian civilians feel the pain
June 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
@maks23.bsky.social It would be great if SBU could take out major civilian airport radars in Russia. Make Russian civilians feel the pain
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NYT, Page One:
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
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“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
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June 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NYT, Page One:
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
“Within hours, he had an email from China, offering to move his lab to ‘any city, any university I want,’ he said, with a guarantee of funding for the next 20 years.”
@nytimes.com
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“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..”
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May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“.. would also mark the first time in the history of SNAP that the federal government would no longer ensure children in every state have access to food benefits ..”
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All they have to do now is automate gerrymandering, redlining, or any other discriminatory practice to avoid being held accountable.
Buried in the tax bill: "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."
May 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
All they have to do now is automate gerrymandering, redlining, or any other discriminatory practice to avoid being held accountable.
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repost if your childhood started with a #Commodore computer.
May 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
repost if your childhood started with a #Commodore computer.
It was great to be there when he said this
May 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
It was great to be there when he said this
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Eddie Vedder wasn't having any of Trump's shit
May 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Eddie Vedder wasn't having any of Trump's shit
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⚒️ calling all geoscientists! It is vital we make our voices heard. These programs (like so many others) are vital to keeping thousands of people safe from natural hazards!!
Temblor CEO Ross Stein, Paul Segall, Greg Beroza, and Ahmed Elbanna are urging Congress to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the National Volcano Early Warning System.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
Letter For House of Natural Resources Committee
The House Natural Resource Committee is expected to have a hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Volcano Early Warning System on Tuesday May 20. The at...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
⚒️ calling all geoscientists! It is vital we make our voices heard. These programs (like so many others) are vital to keeping thousands of people safe from natural hazards!!
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These headlines related to U.S. military aviation have all appeared in the last 11 days. There is a major problem at the Defense Department.
May 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
These headlines related to U.S. military aviation have all appeared in the last 11 days. There is a major problem at the Defense Department.
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"Even allowing that new nuclear states themselves might be more secure against direct coercion and aggression, the rest of Europe would be left in the cold. The American nuclear umbrella has been the most effective nonproliferation policy imaginable."
America’s Nuclear Umbrella Is Open and Must Stay Open
There’s no alternative to the American deterrent—not for the United States, and not for Europe.
www.thebulwark.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Even allowing that new nuclear states themselves might be more secure against direct coercion and aggression, the rest of Europe would be left in the cold. The American nuclear umbrella has been the most effective nonproliferation policy imaginable."
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❗️Russia just broke the "ceasefire" and attacked the energy sector in Slovyansk, Donetsk region.
That’s all you need to know…
That’s all you need to know…
March 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
❗️Russia just broke the "ceasefire" and attacked the energy sector in Slovyansk, Donetsk region.
That’s all you need to know…
That’s all you need to know…
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Trump and Musk have cut vital programs at the VA, leaving many veterans in crisis abandoned. Our veterans answered the call, but now nobody will answer theirs.
Hotline
YouTube video by The Lincoln Project
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March 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Trump and Musk have cut vital programs at the VA, leaving many veterans in crisis abandoned. Our veterans answered the call, but now nobody will answer theirs.
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March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles.
My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.
My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.
February 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Probationary employees across @NOAA and the @NWS are being terminated today, including those in mission-essential roles.
My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.
My own wife is among them, essential to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's 24/7 critical mission of seismic monitoring and tsunami prediction to protect the public.
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If you're worried about aviation safety, these NOAA/NWS cuts are just as alarming as anything happening at FAA.
February 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you're worried about aviation safety, these NOAA/NWS cuts are just as alarming as anything happening at FAA.
Can anyone suggest good data science accounts to follow here?
January 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Can anyone suggest good data science accounts to follow here?
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I can hardly think of a better example of the moral decay in modern health care than a Goldman analyst noting that biotech cures for diseases like hepatitis are cool and all, until their success diminishes the business opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
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Goldman Sachs asks in biotech research report: 'Is curing patients a sustainable business model?'
Goldman Sachs warns sales from the most successful disease treatments are difficult to maintain.
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December 19, 2024 at 11:57 PM
I can hardly think of a better example of the moral decay in modern health care than a Goldman analyst noting that biotech cures for diseases like hepatitis are cool and all, until their success diminishes the business opportunity for pharmaceutical manufacturers.
www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/g...
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