Melissa Ingle
@m1ngle.bsky.social
Chief Data Scientist. Doctoral candidate in data science. Teacher. Mom to two teens and one goldendoodle. 🏳️⚧️ Library card holder. San Francisco resident 🌉
Is AI just a Clever Hans?
You may have seen that accusation floating around—so how much truth is there to it? If you don't know the reference, Clever Hans was a real horse in Germany around the turn of the 20th century who seemed to possess a human-level grasp of math and even written German.
You may have seen that accusation floating around—so how much truth is there to it? If you don't know the reference, Clever Hans was a real horse in Germany around the turn of the 20th century who seemed to possess a human-level grasp of math and even written German.
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Is AI just a Clever Hans?
You may have seen that accusation floating around—so how much truth is there to it? If you don't know the reference, Clever Hans was a real horse in Germany around the turn of the 20th century who seemed to possess a human-level grasp of math and even written German.
You may have seen that accusation floating around—so how much truth is there to it? If you don't know the reference, Clever Hans was a real horse in Germany around the turn of the 20th century who seemed to possess a human-level grasp of math and even written German.
Should I pay for my $19.99 movie ticket now or in 4 easy installments? I understand I have a very good chance of approval.
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Should I pay for my $19.99 movie ticket now or in 4 easy installments? I understand I have a very good chance of approval.
Here’s an incredibly rough rip of my interview on Chris Cuomo. It got cut off because a friend was screen recording and it he was signing up for the free trial as I was speaking. Although we didn’t get to talk about it much, the actual story is more interesting than the headlines.
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Here’s an incredibly rough rip of my interview on Chris Cuomo. It got cut off because a friend was screen recording and it he was signing up for the free trial as I was speaking. Although we didn’t get to talk about it much, the actual story is more interesting than the headlines.
This image shows an upcoming polar vortex affecting most of the US. Say what you will about the San Francisco Bay Area, but its stubborn refusal to be affected by something so inconsequential as ‘the weather’ is one of its more remarkable features.
November 23, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This image shows an upcoming polar vortex affecting most of the US. Say what you will about the San Francisco Bay Area, but its stubborn refusal to be affected by something so inconsequential as ‘the weather’ is one of its more remarkable features.
F%$k off National Review with your insidious morality. > 14M ppl in the US owe over $1k in medical debt. 3M owe $10k. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in the US are caused by medical debt. While I would never advocate for violence, the CEO of United Health made $26.3M last year. That’s the insidious morality
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
F%$k off National Review with your insidious morality. > 14M ppl in the US owe over $1k in medical debt. 3M owe $10k. 2/3 of all bankruptcies in the US are caused by medical debt. While I would never advocate for violence, the CEO of United Health made $26.3M last year. That’s the insidious morality
Look. You can try to hide the realities of life from your kids, but it’s like I always say, you can teach them about puppet sex, or they can learn about it from the streets. Your choice.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Look. You can try to hide the realities of life from your kids, but it’s like I always say, you can teach them about puppet sex, or they can learn about it from the streets. Your choice.
The right: Calling us fascists is causing real-world violence.
Trump, when lawmakers remind people to follow the law:
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by
DEATH!
Trump, when lawmakers remind people to follow the law:
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by
DEATH!
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The right: Calling us fascists is causing real-world violence.
Trump, when lawmakers remind people to follow the law:
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by
DEATH!
Trump, when lawmakers remind people to follow the law:
SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by
DEATH!
‘Until we invalidate it’ - from the state department’s FAQs on passports for trans and non-binary Americans.
I’m pretty sure a right that can be taken away whenever the government wants and with no apparent justification is not a right.
I’m pretty sure a right that can be taken away whenever the government wants and with no apparent justification is not a right.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
‘Until we invalidate it’ - from the state department’s FAQs on passports for trans and non-binary Americans.
I’m pretty sure a right that can be taken away whenever the government wants and with no apparent justification is not a right.
I’m pretty sure a right that can be taken away whenever the government wants and with no apparent justification is not a right.
Guys this is serious. This video? It could MABSOLUTELY save a life!
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Guys this is serious. This video? It could MABSOLUTELY save a life!
Interesting. ~11% Protestant. Today I learned.
November 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Interesting. ~11% Protestant. Today I learned.
What, and miss out on being judged by you guys?
November 14, 2025 at 1:31 AM
What, and miss out on being judged by you guys?
Imagine thinking the BBC has a PRO trans rights bias.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Imagine thinking the BBC has a PRO trans rights bias.
Fortunately, I was able to verify my son’s safety after receiving this not-suspicious text message by walking upstairs and asking him how he could lose his phone in his own room and why he called me dad.
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Fortunately, I was able to verify my son’s safety after receiving this not-suspicious text message by walking upstairs and asking him how he could lose his phone in his own room and why he called me dad.
The day care kids came to my house on Halloween! I didn’t get a pic of them (because they’re not my kids) but it was a magical moment. I dressed up in a white bunny suit and brought out my own actual bunny when I handed out the candy. Today, they dropped off this card. My heart is absolutely full.
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The day care kids came to my house on Halloween! I didn’t get a pic of them (because they’re not my kids) but it was a magical moment. I dressed up in a white bunny suit and brought out my own actual bunny when I handed out the candy. Today, they dropped off this card. My heart is absolutely full.
Middle-aged guy taking a long, hard look at his shirtless upper body in the locker room mirror:
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Middle-aged guy taking a long, hard look at his shirtless upper body in the locker room mirror:
I would like to have one day, just one single day, where the most powerful men on the planet don’t say the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard.
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I would like to have one day, just one single day, where the most powerful men on the planet don’t say the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard.
According to a Holocaust researcher, most LGBTQ+ people were reported by their own communities. Up to 1/3 were reported by friends and family. Most damningly, “I have not found one single instance of a straight person risking, helping, protecting a queer and trans person during this history”
November 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
According to a Holocaust researcher, most LGBTQ+ people were reported by their own communities. Up to 1/3 were reported by friends and family. Most damningly, “I have not found one single instance of a straight person risking, helping, protecting a queer and trans person during this history”
I live in an SF neighborhood that doesn’t get much Halloween traffic. But every day the daycare sees me walking my dog and the kids love him. So the lady asked me if they could come visit tomorrow around 10:15 am. I’m so excited!! I can’t wait to see all the little costumes. House and dog for ref
October 31, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I live in an SF neighborhood that doesn’t get much Halloween traffic. But every day the daycare sees me walking my dog and the kids love him. So the lady asked me if they could come visit tomorrow around 10:15 am. I’m so excited!! I can’t wait to see all the little costumes. House and dog for ref
I pick up one prescription from CVS and get 3 emails asking me to ‘Please tell us how we did.’ Have some self-respect, CVS, you filled a prescription. It was fine. This is unseemly.
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I pick up one prescription from CVS and get 3 emails asking me to ‘Please tell us how we did.’ Have some self-respect, CVS, you filled a prescription. It was fine. This is unseemly.
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Biscuit ran outside to bark at the neighbor’s dog who had the gall to be out of doors in the next yard over. I called him back and when I looked down, blood was all over the floor. The vet said he’d split his nail (yikes!). $1400 later he’s stoned out of his gourd in a soft cone showing blep.
October 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Biscuit ran outside to bark at the neighbor’s dog who had the gall to be out of doors in the next yard over. I called him back and when I looked down, blood was all over the floor. The vet said he’d split his nail (yikes!). $1400 later he’s stoned out of his gourd in a soft cone showing blep.
Eventually the hair will consume me. It will be a good death.
October 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Eventually the hair will consume me. It will be a good death.