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Logan Sullivan
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Statistician, pinball liker, ask me about my My Dinner with Andre obsession
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Logan Sullivan @lqsullivan.bsky.social · Oct 30
Gonna tell my kids this was Kurt Schwitters' Ursonate
A screenshot of the Homestar Runner game Extra Real Dating Sim XR, where the dialogue options are nonsense syllables like duh, buh, and fuh
lqsullivan.bsky.social
If you shame me into not using em dashes, I'll just return to the habit of comma splices. There are no grades to restrain me anymore.
krisis.bsky.social krisis (also, see @CrushingComics!) @krisis.bsky.social · 1h
Oh, so I should stop using em dashes because of AI since LLMs are DESIGNED to emulate well-structured professional writing LIKE MINE?

I gave up my addiction to inappropriate use of semi-colons & ellipses. Em dashes are my approved therapeutic alternative. They'll pry them from my cold, dead fingers
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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inkle.co
We don't know. What we do know is the wiring diagram works. We built it, virtually, in @godotengine.org. We fed it scans of the books we found.

And the books are very, very strange. The "game" that resulted is also strange.

We're hoping people can make sense of it for us.
TR-49 on Steam
Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Heaven’s Vault, Overboard! and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
Sarah's summer tour a few years ago was the best stand up I've ever seen, I've never laughed so hard as at her guided meditation bit. Cherry on top, the couple sitting next to me only knew her from SNL and were not prepared.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-mj...
Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh | Official Trailer | HBO Max
YouTube video by HBO Max
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November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
"The machine is disgusting and we should break it." Fantastic, that line got by me the first time I read it
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
Folks, I did it. I made the Cooks Illustrated competing pear crisps, and then I made my friends judge them blind.
Two pear crisps. The left is in a skillet, and the right in a square baking pan.
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 AM
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acyn.bsky.social
AOC: Should this AI bubble pop, we should not be entertaining a bailout of these corporations while healthcare is being denied to Americans and SNAP is being denied to Americans —
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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usedpizza.bsky.social
losing my mind over youtube's suggested reply for this comment
youtube suggesting i reply to a comment with "i miss my ffamily"
November 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
The pear crisp thread has a methods section. We can replicate it. I want to see a Bluesky pear crisp meta-analysis by the end of the month.
catacalypto.bsky.social Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 3d
they were then asked to rank each crisp on a scale of “very satisfied, somewhat satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied”, which became numerical rankings. it was a verbal sharing process because cmon, it’s a hang. you don’t eat pear crisp in silence
November 17, 2025 at 5:28 AM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
I learned a bit of Blender cause manufacturer of the couch I'm interested in doesn't have a feature to preview materials. I think I nailed the desired "Sims 1 furniture I've been in love with since I was 10" look.
A render of couch a wood frame and arms made of light stained cherry and blue-grey leather cushions
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
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deus-ex-txt.bsky.social
I think we're gonna make it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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jeffhamilton.bsky.social
the pope says friction can be good
markharris.bsky.social Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 5d
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.

Yes, THAT Pope.
The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
Another one I get sometimes at work is, 'I can't do regression because my response isn't normally distributed.'
statsepi.bsky.social Darren Dahly @statsepi.bsky.social · 6d
Confusing stats language:

The "linear" is linear regression means "linear in the parameters".

It does not mean "can only fit straight lines", and things like polynomials and splines can be included in linear models.

online.stat.psu.edu/stat501/less...

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The word "linear" in "multiple linear regression" refers to the fact that the model is linear in the parameters, . This simply means that each parameter multiplies an x-variable, while the regression function is a sum of these "parameter times x-variable" terms. Each x-variable can be a predictor variable or a transformation of predictor variables (such as the square of a predictor variable or two predictor variables multiplied together). Allowing non-linear transformation of predictor variables like this enables the multiple linear regression model to represent non-linear relationships between the response variable and the predictor variables. We'll explore predictor transformations further in Lesson 9. Note that even represents a "parameter times x-variable" term if you think of the x-variable that is multiplied by as being the constant function "1." https://online.stat.psu.edu/stat501/lesson/5/5.3
November 15, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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jessefuchs.bsky.social
been thinking for not-directly-related reasons about Sherry Turkle’s book Alone Together, specifically the chapter where kindergartners speedrun an animistic cult around the proto-chatbot doll, Furby
OPERATING PROCEDURES In the 198os, the computer toy Merlin made happy and sad noises depending on whether it was winning or losing the sound-and-light game it played with children. Children saw Merlin as "sort of alive" because of how well it played memory games, but they did not fully believe in Merlin's shows of emotion. When a Merlin broke down, children were sorry to lose a playmate. When a Furby doesn't work, however, children see a creature that might be in pain. Lily, ten, worries that her broken Furby is hurting. But she doesn't want to turn it off, because "that means you aren't taking care of it." She fears that if she shuts off a Furby in pain, she might make things worse. Two eight-year-olds fret about how much their Furbies sneeze. The first worries that his sneezing Furby is allergic to him. The other fears his Furby got its cold because "I didn't do a good enough job taking care of him." Several children become tense when Fur-bies make unfamiliar sounds that might be signals of distress. I observe children with their other toys: dolls, toy soldiers, action figures. If these toys make strange sounds, they are usually put aside; broken toys lead easily to boredom. But when a Furby is in trouble, children ask, "Is it tired?" "Is it sad?" "Have I hurt it?" "Is it sick?" "What shall I do?" Taking care of a robot is a high-stakes game. Things can-and do--go wrong. In one kindergarten, when a Furby breaks down, the children decide they want to heal it. Ten children volunteer, seeing themselves as doctors in an emergency room. They decide they'll begin by taking it apart. The proceedings begin in a state of relative calm. When talking about their sick Furby, the children insist that this breakdown does not mean the end: people get sick and get better. But as soon as scissors and pliers appear, they become anxious. At this point, Alicia screams, "The Furby is going to die!" Sven, to his classmates' horror, pinpoints the moment when Furbies die: it happens wh… dren make theories when they are confused or anxious. A good theory can reduce anxiety. But some children become more anxious as the operation continues. One suggests that if the Furby dies, it might haunt them. It is alive enough to turn into a ghost. Indeed, a group of children start to call the empty Furby skin "the ghost of Furby" and the Furby's naked body "the goblin." They are not happy that this operation might leave a Furby goblin and ghost at large. One girl comes up with the idea that the ghost of the Furby will be less fearful if distributed. She asks if it would be okay "if every child took home a piece of Furby skin." She is told this would be fine, but, unappeased, she asks the same question two more times. In the end, most children leave with a bit of Furby fur.® Some talk about burying it when they get home. They leave room for a private ritual to placate the goblin and say good-bye. Inside the classroom, most of the children feel they are doing the best they can with a sick pet. But from outside the classroom, the Furby surgery looks alarming. Children passing by call out, "You killed him." "How dare you kill Furby?" "You'll go to Furby jail" Denise, eight, watches some of the goings-on from the safety of the hall. She has a Furby at home and says that she does not like to talk about its problems as diseases because "Furbies are not animals" She uses the word "fake" to mean nonbiological and says, "Furbies are fake, and they don't get diseases." But later, she reconsiders her position when her own Furby's batteries run out and the robot, so chatty only moments before, becomes inert. Denise panics: "It's dead. It's dead right now... Its eyes are closed." She then declares her Furby "both fake and dead." Denise concludes that worn-out batteries and water can kill a Furby. It is a mechanism, but alive enough to die. Linda, six, is one of the children whose family has volunteered to keep a Furby for a two-week home study. She looked forward to speaking…
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
I think about this song every single day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzod...
(Gimme Some of That) Ol' Atonal Music - Merle Hazard feat. Alison Brown
YouTube video by Merle Hazard
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November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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unlox.bsky.social
alright let’s get something more pleasant going. what two books would you leave out on your coffee table so a reporter can mention you have them. doesn’t matter if you’ve read them. for me it’s Pale Fire (which I did read) and Ulysses (got like 15% of the way in)
November 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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kennylogins.bsky.social
Gregory Possum-Encounterer @gr... • 8mo Achieve enlightenment > You can't do that here. Get satori > You can't do that here. Become one with universe > You don't have UNIVERSE in your inventory. [replying] numbers station morning... @griph.bsky.social Go up > you cannot enter Nirvana with Desires in your inventory >drop Desires you now have 2 Desires March 23, 2024 at 11:08 AM
April 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
The stars only aligned for me playing Westphalia twice, but I'll always keep it around along with Founding Fathers and Sidereal Confluence as an 'it's my birthday and I demand 5 people play this with me' game. Go buy one of the last X copies!
amabel.bsky.social Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 7d
sale starts tomorrow at twelve a.m. eastern
Info for "Our Tenth Annual Hollandays Sale: November 14 - November 23, 2025" The Basics: $5 off all boxed games / 10% off $100+ orders / Buy 2 games, get Hartfield (this year's freebie card game!) New Game: Persuasion. Xoe Allred's Game of Deduction & Catfishing in the Regency Era Goodbye...: Westphalia & Ginormopod going out of print; limited number of copies available Reminders: We don't ship to the UK or Europe. You can buy our games through Second Chance Games in the UK. / Games are printed on demand. It may take up to a month or more for your order to ship due to high volumes during our sale. / We cannot adjust your order after the fact.
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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tredlocity.bsky.social
Replayed Papers Please and man the fact that it feels GOOD as a border inspector to find something wrong in an immigrant's paperwork and deny them entry is such effective design-as-commentary.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
Melville: "'But Marianna…that is my piazza.' Good story. Everybody laugh. Roll on snare drum. Curtains."
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
I need to find time to get back into board games. P500s for Henry, Bear Trap, and Decisive Action are all coming up soon and I don't want them to just go in the shame pile with everything else from the last 5 years
November 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
lqsullivan.bsky.social
I ask my primary care doctor to not use AI scribe and I feel a little bad cause making her type a bunch is a burden. But I really don't trust those systems.
cait.bsky.social cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 10d
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
r/ExpectationVsReality u/Additional-Simple858 • 3d Join Al 'doctor' said my back pain is depression, not a slipped disc. Now physical therapy won't get approved. Al Expectation We are reviewing claim #& submitted on 09/28/2025. Our records indicate the claim was filed under diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while the corresponding prescription and referral history list treatment for lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Re: Incorrect Diagnosis in Record Hi Thank you for reaching out. We have reviewed your visit documentation and can confirm that the notes in question were generated using our Al scribe system. It appears the Al tool assigned diagnosis code F32.9 (Depressive disorder, unspecified), while your visit notes and treatment plan reference lumbar disc herniation (back pain). Per compliance policy, certain Al-generated fields cannot be manually updated by clinic staff and require vendor correction. We have escalated this to our vendor support team and opened ticket # . We'll notify you once we receive confirmation or correction from the vendor.
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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kiswanson.medsky.social
Ryan Moulton @moultano Oil is the most Lovecraftian thing that actually exists. You're telling me that there's a black ichor under the earth, made from the ancient dead, whose burning can realize all the dreams of man but only at the price of slowly returning the earth to its primordial state?
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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kmfao.bsky.social
Yeah :D
The opening text of Master and Commander, but its the style of a Zohran for Mayor poster. "April, 1805. Napoleon is master of Europe. Only the British fleet stands before him. Oceans are now battlefields."
November 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
“individual employees asked to change behavior in response to catastrophic mistakes made by their high-level leadership over the past 3-7 years” really feels like the overarching story of the current times
vacheestfachee.bsky.social La vache est fachée @vacheestfachee.bsky.social · 13d
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.

They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.

If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."

🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM