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🦁 thinks like a champion. learning more #rustlang in ‘25. believer that the sixth borough is just nj. sci/tech part-time writer. snobbiest coffee snob but settles for wawa. obviously, a sopranos fan • nyt crossworder • my tech blog: www.herlog.com • nj/nyc

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 8d

notwithstanding, at the very first or a few understanding(s) of a model or theory being wrong, it should be given a cyanide pill, told to fk off forever, bc once it’s wrong once or a few times, it will always be wrong, _provide only losses and will be useless and outdated forever_. #bookchapterideas

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tony soprano stress eating cured meats from the fridge is so funny, i totally get what that’s about. #sopranos

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 18h

Finding somatic mutations in healthy tissue that can lead to cancer, at scale. Yet another path to primary prevention
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Matt Holt @holtjma.bsky.social · 2d

I'm excited to share our pre-print about a new variant benchmarking tool we've been working on for the past few months!

Aardvark: Sifting through differences in a mound of variants
GitHub: github.com/PacificBiosc...

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 1d

my most coveted thing is a high self-esteem #lupefiasco (gold watch)

sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 1d

“Names of the Lion” by Ibn Khālawayh, translated by David Larsen (2017)
www.wavepoetry.com/products/nam...
#poetry

Arabic Poetry @arabicpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Arabic has 348 words for "lion". Here is the cover of Ibn Khālawayh's (d. 980, Baghdad) book on the subject.

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 1d

if you have the aura of a cockroach, please don’t be surprised as to why people don’t genuinely like you or care about your thoughts, opinions and recommendations. #advice

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 2d

there should be a slightly smaller MacArthur Genius Grant I could get to figure out which gas station has the best coffee

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Joe @electionsjoe.bsky.social · 2d

FOUR WEEKS UNTIL ELECTION DAY, 2025 NJ General Mail Vote by County Visualized!

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 2d

an op-ed writer becoming editor-in-chief that sure is something

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it looks like you're writing a novel @gr8writingtips.bsky.social · 2d

writing is easy, see i'm doing it right now

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gourd chorus @jcoglan.com · 2d

"yeah obviously LLMs can't do maths but they can write software" those are the same thing

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Staring@TheAbyss @tommysalami420.bsky.social · 2d

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 2d

love wearing pink. 5” gianvito rossi heels, from a couple of yrs ago. #photography #pink #art

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Lindsey Wailes @linwail.bsky.social · 3d

I drew the meme!
Day 6 - Ratio!
#rattober2025 #rattober #rats

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 6d

“once you’re in a victim mindset, that’s your identity, that’s your language (of the have nots), that’s how you talk e.g. excuses: “the jobs are going to immigrants” & “immigrants are stealing all the jobs.” the “have not” will never see solutions, they will never take action.“ - summary of a tiktok

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 7d

people with serious personal and career failings, with no competitive goals & ambitions, flailing away in life, that are older, are the absolute worst ppl to know any information about you — would be my advice to young people esp at work — they will target what they can’t ever become. #tiktokideas

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 3d

Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72.

Heidi Health raises $65M Series B led by Steve Cohen’s Point72 | TechCrunch

Heidi Health raised a $65 million Series B led by Steven Cohen’s Point72.

techcrunch.com

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 3d

the united states of cartoonish extremeism and self-destruction — much emphasis on cartoonish. #soapbox

sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 3d

i think the reason why certain nationalities of immigrants do well here is bc they recognize from first-hand experience what to focus on in a failed state: savings, education and family. my bet (heh) is that they are not the target audience for sports betting commercials.

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 3d

Code repeating itself in a codebase slowly becomes a form of tech debt-and it’s tricky to avoid on larger projects, even at Google.

I wonder when using AI coding tools, duplication would start to become a problem sooner vs before?

From Code Health Guardian by Artie Schevchenko

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 3d

the game of america is to be more extreme than the next person … whatever it is, including cruelty. this is the land of having an annual hot dog eating competition on the nation’s birthday — that’s your hint that’s what’s what america is all about: literally extremism, consumption and competition.

sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 3d

and then third. the government really just does not care about you. sometimes you get some small wins here and there, but it really just doesn’t. lawmakers don’t read the laws they sign. so, think twice before you eat that crumbl cookie with 50 GRAMS of sugar bc no one’s going to stop you. #soapbox

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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 3d

A traveler from an antique land--great guy--said to me with tears in his eyes "Sir, two vast and trunkless legs of stone stand in the desert." And I said wow, that's really something. But we'll be building a big beautiful statue to my hubris and it will stand for eternity

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sana w • who writes often … well, often-ish • is pure enthusiasm @herlog.com · 3d

my two things about america i’ve seen and accepted: you can _probably_ do what ever you want. absolutely. sure. but you _definitely_ don’t want to do whatever you want in order to survive this game/experiment and that’s the illusion. second, lots of people are just stuck in high school.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d

Are yall ever just sitting around and out of the blue you remember — again — that all of this is because of ONE Black President?!!

Just the one!!

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