@lvdarcy.bsky.social
The moral arc of the universe doesn’t bend itself
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there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
there are of course many examples of political constituencies that have in fact killed scores of children (en route to some other evil goal), but I can't offhand think of any historical examples of a political constituency organized for that specific purpose
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I don't know if it's a good model of the math, but I've found a helpful analogy for dealing with LLM behavior is to think of the whole thing like a map of language use, and it interprets the prompt as a map coordinate. That part of the map can have a lot of detail or not, or weird splotchy bits.
October 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I don't know if it's a good model of the math, but I've found a helpful analogy for dealing with LLM behavior is to think of the whole thing like a map of language use, and it interprets the prompt as a map coordinate. That part of the map can have a lot of detail or not, or weird splotchy bits.
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Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth?
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
September 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Why do economists care about inequality in incomes and wealth?
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
1) Inequality tends to dampen overall economic performance. One of most immediacy effects is on consumer spending. Low-and middle-income households spend a larger percentage of each dollar that they earn when more spending is in…
Once I started becoming more politically active.. people would often say “oh, a data scientist, you’re smart, you should run for office” and honestly intelligence (in the way that they mean) isn’t even in the top 3 characteristics you need/want in a politician
this basically articulates why i lost interest in "intelligence"
Yudkowsky is from the silicon valley techfash milieu, which firmly believes intelligence is whatever gives me personally a high score in being very good and cool and of the correct race
September 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Once I started becoming more politically active.. people would often say “oh, a data scientist, you’re smart, you should run for office” and honestly intelligence (in the way that they mean) isn’t even in the top 3 characteristics you need/want in a politician
Why would anyone ever need a thousand Mozarts? Surely at some point we can collectively say “enough, that’s enough Mozarts”.
I don’t know why this incenses me as much as it does, but it does:
we very likely have a thousand plus Mozarts *right now*. But they make non-Western art in economically destitute conditions so they have to do other work to pay bills; if you cared, UBI’d be more important to you than going to space
we very likely have a thousand plus Mozarts *right now*. But they make non-Western art in economically destitute conditions so they have to do other work to pay bills; if you cared, UBI’d be more important to you than going to space
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk say human population not nearly big enough: ‘If we had a trillion humans, we would have at any given time a thousand Mozarts’
“I think in a lot of these endeavors we're very like-minded,” Bezos said of himself and Musk regarding getting humans into space.
finance.yahoo.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Why would anyone ever need a thousand Mozarts? Surely at some point we can collectively say “enough, that’s enough Mozarts”.
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All in just the last 24 days
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
All in just the last 24 days
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This was a really great interview by @parkermolloy.com — questions ab how public opinion works today, why influencers really matter, what antivaxxers get that the silent majority still doesn’t, & why participating in online trends drives ideology
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...
The machinery of modern propaganda: Renée DiResta on invisible rulers and bespoke realities
The disinformation researcher explains how small communities of propagandists have transformed the rules of influence and public opinion.
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This was a really great interview by @parkermolloy.com — questions ab how public opinion works today, why influencers really matter, what antivaxxers get that the silent majority still doesn’t, & why participating in online trends drives ideology
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...
depthperceptionbyll.substack.com/p/renee-dire...
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Cynicism is born of fear.
Fear turns to anger; and, anger needs a target; which, in turn becomes hate.
I have heard far too many of these excuses, just about boycotts.
Don't do this.
#TheAlliedForces
Fear turns to anger; and, anger needs a target; which, in turn becomes hate.
I have heard far too many of these excuses, just about boycotts.
Don't do this.
#TheAlliedForces
June 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Cynicism is born of fear.
Fear turns to anger; and, anger needs a target; which, in turn becomes hate.
I have heard far too many of these excuses, just about boycotts.
Don't do this.
#TheAlliedForces
Fear turns to anger; and, anger needs a target; which, in turn becomes hate.
I have heard far too many of these excuses, just about boycotts.
Don't do this.
#TheAlliedForces
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It's all getting going in Victoria now. Covid, flu, RSV, it's even looking like a good year for Influenza B.
This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy.
And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy.
And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
June 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It's all getting going in Victoria now. Covid, flu, RSV, it's even looking like a good year for Influenza B.
This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy.
And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
This would be an excellent weekend to book in covid & flu shots at your pharmacy.
And pleasepleaseplease: If you're feeling sick, stay home.🙏
www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...
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“We aren’t a country where this happens.” - Sen. Schiff, on his colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed when trying to question DHS Sec. Noem while in Los Angeles today
Newsflash Senator: we absolutely ARE that country, and our chance to do something about it is fading fast
Newsflash Senator: we absolutely ARE that country, and our chance to do something about it is fading fast
June 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
“We aren’t a country where this happens.” - Sen. Schiff, on his colleague Sen. Padilla being forcibly removed and handcuffed when trying to question DHS Sec. Noem while in Los Angeles today
Newsflash Senator: we absolutely ARE that country, and our chance to do something about it is fading fast
Newsflash Senator: we absolutely ARE that country, and our chance to do something about it is fading fast
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see also @dansinker.com's essay: "In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care."
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
June 12, 2025 at 12:48 PM
see also @dansinker.com's essay: "In the Who Cares Era, the most radical thing you can do is care."
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
dansinker.com/posts/2025-0...
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Long thread of images & links from LA today
(I’m linking to the bottom rather than the top so it’s easier to navigate)
(I’m linking to the bottom rather than the top so it’s easier to navigate)
More police rioting:
Police charge and overrun a barricade that is not even being held by anyone, randomly shooting rounds into protestors as fireworks are shot into the area.
Video is at 2x speed, so it's not quite this fast.
Police charge and overrun a barricade that is not even being held by anyone, randomly shooting rounds into protestors as fireworks are shot into the area.
Video is at 2x speed, so it's not quite this fast.
June 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Long thread of images & links from LA today
(I’m linking to the bottom rather than the top so it’s easier to navigate)
(I’m linking to the bottom rather than the top so it’s easier to navigate)
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Labor has now received two mandates to transition to renewable energy. This one bigger than the last.
That means more solar, more wind and more storage to firm it up.
Bring it on
#auspol
That means more solar, more wind and more storage to firm it up.
Bring it on
#auspol
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Labor has now received two mandates to transition to renewable energy. This one bigger than the last.
That means more solar, more wind and more storage to firm it up.
Bring it on
#auspol
That means more solar, more wind and more storage to firm it up.
Bring it on
#auspol
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2025 is going to be HUGE in AUS politics. #AusVotes25 #auspol
I have prepared this incomplete starter pack of AUS pollies using #Bluesky 🦋
Some will follow you back😊
Please share with friends coming from the dead bird place & encourage pollies to join 🦋
Suggestions welcome 🙏
go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
I have prepared this incomplete starter pack of AUS pollies using #Bluesky 🦋
Some will follow you back😊
Please share with friends coming from the dead bird place & encourage pollies to join 🦋
Suggestions welcome 🙏
go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
January 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
2025 is going to be HUGE in AUS politics. #AusVotes25 #auspol
I have prepared this incomplete starter pack of AUS pollies using #Bluesky 🦋
Some will follow you back😊
Please share with friends coming from the dead bird place & encourage pollies to join 🦋
Suggestions welcome 🙏
go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
I have prepared this incomplete starter pack of AUS pollies using #Bluesky 🦋
Some will follow you back😊
Please share with friends coming from the dead bird place & encourage pollies to join 🦋
Suggestions welcome 🙏
go.bsky.app/Rn8TiR9
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“in seeking to conflate and confuse on its centrepiece policy, the Coalition is doing little more than treating voters like mugs, assuming they'll be more interested in style over substance.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
Coalition's nuclear costs effectively comparing apples and elephants
In the world of comparing apples and oranges, the Coalition's claim that its nuclear plan would be hundreds of billions cheaper than Labor's looks to have come from comparing apples and elephants.
www.abc.net.au
December 13, 2024 at 4:37 AM
“in seeking to conflate and confuse on its centrepiece policy, the Coalition is doing little more than treating voters like mugs, assuming they'll be more interested in style over substance.”
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...
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‘A slightly more dangerous place’: Australia is in its 8th COVID wave.
“The sad, unavoidable fact is the world is now a slightly more dangerous place because not only is influenza circulating, but so is SARS-COV-2,” - Professor James McCaw
#COVID19
Source: www.smh.com.au/national/a-s...
“The sad, unavoidable fact is the world is now a slightly more dangerous place because not only is influenza circulating, but so is SARS-COV-2,” - Professor James McCaw
#COVID19
Source: www.smh.com.au/national/a-s...
October 31, 2023 at 10:07 PM
‘A slightly more dangerous place’: Australia is in its 8th COVID wave.
“The sad, unavoidable fact is the world is now a slightly more dangerous place because not only is influenza circulating, but so is SARS-COV-2,” - Professor James McCaw
#COVID19
Source: www.smh.com.au/national/a-s...
“The sad, unavoidable fact is the world is now a slightly more dangerous place because not only is influenza circulating, but so is SARS-COV-2,” - Professor James McCaw
#COVID19
Source: www.smh.com.au/national/a-s...
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Face masks ward off COVID-19, so why are we still arguing about it?
"The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue."
#MasksUp #COVIDisAirborne
www.newscientist.com/article/2400...
"The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue."
#MasksUp #COVIDisAirborne
www.newscientist.com/article/2400...
Face masks ward off covid-19, so why are we still arguing about it?
The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue
www.newscientist.com
November 1, 2023 at 3:41 AM
Face masks ward off COVID-19, so why are we still arguing about it?
"The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue."
#MasksUp #COVIDisAirborne
www.newscientist.com/article/2400...
"The most recent review into the effectiveness of face masks has confirmed that they do help to prevent covid-19, but the intervention remains a controversial issue."
#MasksUp #COVIDisAirborne
www.newscientist.com/article/2400...
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Top doctor’s warning as COVID surges.
COVID hospitalisations have significantly increased at Geelong hospital.
There were 21 people with COVID in Geelong hospital on Monday, compared to just 1 person a week earlier.
#COVIDisNotOver #Geelonghospital geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong...
COVID hospitalisations have significantly increased at Geelong hospital.
There were 21 people with COVID in Geelong hospital on Monday, compared to just 1 person a week earlier.
#COVIDisNotOver #Geelonghospital geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong...
October 25, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Top doctor’s warning as COVID surges.
COVID hospitalisations have significantly increased at Geelong hospital.
There were 21 people with COVID in Geelong hospital on Monday, compared to just 1 person a week earlier.
#COVIDisNotOver #Geelonghospital geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong...
COVID hospitalisations have significantly increased at Geelong hospital.
There were 21 people with COVID in Geelong hospital on Monday, compared to just 1 person a week earlier.
#COVIDisNotOver #Geelonghospital geelongadvertiser.com.au/news/geelong...
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Yay! I just discovered @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social is here! Denis has religiously been tweeting Aust Covid news articles and govt announcements since the dawn of time
October 21, 2023 at 11:43 PM
Yay! I just discovered @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social is here! Denis has religiously been tweeting Aust Covid news articles and govt announcements since the dawn of time