Matt Jensen
@mattjensen.bsky.social
Day job: designing scientific software.
Interests: data analysis, bioinformatics, information design, statistics, history of science, 18thC, history of culture
Interests: data analysis, bioinformatics, information design, statistics, history of science, 18thC, history of culture
[Pluribus SPoilers]
5/5
... by extreme adoption of simplistic and absurd principles.
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... by extreme adoption of simplistic and absurd principles.
December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
[Pluribus SPoilers]
5/5
... by extreme adoption of simplistic and absurd principles.
5/5
... by extreme adoption of simplistic and absurd principles.
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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... to read it and to rebroadcast the virus signal further, quickly, just before they starve themselves to extinction within a few years. It's not a master plan for domination; it's a toxic meme that leads, through "best intentions", to the end result of death ...
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... to read it and to rebroadcast the virus signal further, quickly, just before they starve themselves to extinction within a few years. It's not a master plan for domination; it's a toxic meme that leads, through "best intentions", to the end result of death ...
December 31, 2025 at 5:38 PM
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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... to read it and to rebroadcast the virus signal further, quickly, just before they starve themselves to extinction within a few years. It's not a master plan for domination; it's a toxic meme that leads, through "best intentions", to the end result of death ...
4/n
... to read it and to rebroadcast the virus signal further, quickly, just before they starve themselves to extinction within a few years. It's not a master plan for domination; it's a toxic meme that leads, through "best intentions", to the end result of death ...
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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Millions of years ago, some creatures became infected with this mind-altering virus, either accidentally in nature or through intentional drug design. Ever since then it has been spreading through the universe, here and there infecting planets with the capability to ...
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Millions of years ago, some creatures became infected with this mind-altering virus, either accidentally in nature or through intentional drug design. Ever since then it has been spreading through the universe, here and there infecting planets with the capability to ...
December 31, 2025 at 5:37 PM
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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Millions of years ago, some creatures became infected with this mind-altering virus, either accidentally in nature or through intentional drug design. Ever since then it has been spreading through the universe, here and there infecting planets with the capability to ...
3/n
Millions of years ago, some creatures became infected with this mind-altering virus, either accidentally in nature or through intentional drug design. Ever since then it has been spreading through the universe, here and there infecting planets with the capability to ...
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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Aliens aren't softening us up for invasion. The tragic, ironic, dark comic-realization is when Carol says the whole plan of disseminating the virus, and refusing to survive by engaging in the circle of life, is "a mental illness".
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Aliens aren't softening us up for invasion. The tragic, ironic, dark comic-realization is when Carol says the whole plan of disseminating the virus, and refusing to survive by engaging in the circle of life, is "a mental illness".
December 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
[Pluribus Spoilers]
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Aliens aren't softening us up for invasion. The tragic, ironic, dark comic-realization is when Carol says the whole plan of disseminating the virus, and refusing to survive by engaging in the circle of life, is "a mental illness".
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Aliens aren't softening us up for invasion. The tragic, ironic, dark comic-realization is when Carol says the whole plan of disseminating the virus, and refusing to survive by engaging in the circle of life, is "a mental illness".
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I just rewatched the trailer and there is zero visual or audio about the virus or its alien origin. This could be a virus-free human cult as far as a new viewer knows. But by episode 7ish you know the whole plot. There is no alien invasion coming. Instead...
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I just rewatched the trailer and there is zero visual or audio about the virus or its alien origin. This could be a virus-free human cult as far as a new viewer knows. But by episode 7ish you know the whole plot. There is no alien invasion coming. Instead...
December 31, 2025 at 5:35 PM
[Pluribus Spoilers]
1/n
I just rewatched the trailer and there is zero visual or audio about the virus or its alien origin. This could be a virus-free human cult as far as a new viewer knows. But by episode 7ish you know the whole plot. There is no alien invasion coming. Instead...
1/n
I just rewatched the trailer and there is zero visual or audio about the virus or its alien origin. This could be a virus-free human cult as far as a new viewer knows. But by episode 7ish you know the whole plot. There is no alien invasion coming. Instead...
@tolonen.bsky.social, I would be interested in the resulting proceedings, but I can't seem to find a page for this conference. Link please? Thank you
October 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
@tolonen.bsky.social, I would be interested in the resulting proceedings, but I can't seem to find a page for this conference. Link please? Thank you
Reminds me of Bob Newhart's standup bit. Ken you know he was an accountant before trying comedy, and he said his theory of accounting was "as long as you got within two or three bucks of it, you were all right. But that didn’t catch on … "
March 28, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Reminds me of Bob Newhart's standup bit. Ken you know he was an accountant before trying comedy, and he said his theory of accounting was "as long as you got within two or three bucks of it, you were all right. But that didn’t catch on … "
Looks interesting! Please pass on this "invalid date" issue via your contacts?
March 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Looks interesting! Please pass on this "invalid date" issue via your contacts?
He didn't ask it for parenting advice. He asked it for long-term career advice (for his children). He realized he was blinkered by his past, and maybe his coworkers, into assuming a tech/code career is still a good path, but the LLM offered a broader viewpoint of big trends. That's all he asked for.
March 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
He didn't ask it for parenting advice. He asked it for long-term career advice (for his children). He realized he was blinkered by his past, and maybe his coworkers, into assuming a tech/code career is still a good path, but the LLM offered a broader viewpoint of big trends. That's all he asked for.
To clarify for readers who still think military aid $ went directly to Ukraine: the vast majority of $ stayed in the USA, paying for domestic manufacturing of new items for our own military. We then sent older/obsolete versions of those items to Ukraine.
March 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
To clarify for readers who still think military aid $ went directly to Ukraine: the vast majority of $ stayed in the USA, paying for domestic manufacturing of new items for our own military. We then sent older/obsolete versions of those items to Ukraine.
( "[w]hen Allen arrived" should say "[w]hen Miller arrived" )
February 6, 2025 at 4:53 PM
( "[w]hen Allen arrived" should say "[w]hen Miller arrived" )
Oh, also there's a 20-year-old musical ("Floyd Collins") about this, and it's opening on Broadway this April. For a great step-by-step of the rescue attempts see www.mentalfloss.com/article/5447...
January 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Oh, also there's a 20-year-old musical ("Floyd Collins") about this, and it's opening on Broadway this April. For a great step-by-step of the rescue attempts see www.mentalfloss.com/article/5447...
[1] F.L. Allen, "Only Yesterday", a 1931 social history of the 1920s. [2] Allen, p.162.
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
[1] F.L. Allen, "Only Yesterday", a 1931 social history of the 1920s. [2] Allen, p.162.
(Maybe Miller's "youngest ever" wasn't so big a deal in '26 because the Pulitzer's had only been around for 8 years. So when Jackie Crosby won in 1985 at 23, Miller was missed. Then when Welsh won in 1996, she was only compared in age to Crosby, the recently-described "youngest".)
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(Maybe Miller's "youngest ever" wasn't so big a deal in '26 because the Pulitzer's had only been around for 8 years. So when Jackie Crosby won in 1985 at 23, Miller was missed. Then when Welsh won in 1996, she was only compared in age to Crosby, the recently-described "youngest".)
(BTW it seems Miller was likely the youngest Pulitzer winner for journalism ever, despite the Web saying that Stephanie Welsh was the youngest at 22. T announcement, Miller was 22 years, 19 days old, & Welsh was 22 years, 9 months old. @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social pls correct me if I'm wrong.)
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
(BTW it seems Miller was likely the youngest Pulitzer winner for journalism ever, despite the Web saying that Stephanie Welsh was the youngest at 22. T announcement, Miller was 22 years, 19 days old, & Welsh was 22 years, 9 months old. @pulitzerprizes.bsky.social pls correct me if I'm wrong.)
It accelerated the spectacle and interefered in the already competitive rescue efforts. And/But it did show how the entire country's live attention could be quickly focused on one event.
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It accelerated the spectacle and interefered in the already competitive rescue efforts. And/But it did show how the entire country's live attention could be quickly focused on one event.
Now the bad. Well, Collins didn't make it. After two weeks he died from hunger and exposure, and they had to leave his body pinned there for several months. The young radio industry sent many broadcasters to the scene, which led crowds of up to 4,000 to amass there over the next two weeks.
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Now the bad. Well, Collins didn't make it. After two weeks he died from hunger and exposure, and they had to leave his body pinned there for several months. The young radio industry sent many broadcasters to the scene, which led crowds of up to 4,000 to amass there over the next two weeks.
He turned a faceless accident into a personal tragedy that people felt. Meanwhile a mine cave-in in North Carolina a few weeks later killed 53 miners "attracted no great notice"[2]. Miller's bravery and articles led to 100+ rescuers quickly showing up.
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
He turned a faceless accident into a personal tragedy that people felt. Meanwhile a mine cave-in in North Carolina a few weeks later killed 53 miners "attracted no great notice"[2]. Miller's bravery and articles led to 100+ rescuers quickly showing up.
Miller made at least 7 dangerous trips down to Collins and back, through cold, slimy water and sharp, skinny passages. He gave Collins food, drink, prayer, and hope. He worked tirelesly to move what rocks he could. His first-person reporting gripped the public emotionally...
January 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Miller made at least 7 dangerous trips down to Collins and back, through cold, slimy water and sharp, skinny passages. He gave Collins food, drink, prayer, and hope. He worked tirelesly to move what rocks he could. His first-person reporting gripped the public emotionally...
He was down a 10ft-deep pit at the end of 100+ feet of difficult passages, and his friends couldn't get to him to even discover how bad off he was. But Miller could. "Skeets" was short for "mosquito", which his pals called him because at 5'5" and 117lbs, he was tiny. Tiny enough to reach Collins.
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
He was down a 10ft-deep pit at the end of 100+ feet of difficult passages, and his friends couldn't get to him to even discover how bad off he was. But Miller could. "Skeets" was short for "mosquito", which his pals called him because at 5'5" and 117lbs, he was tiny. Tiny enough to reach Collins.
Collins had explored caves for years, and that he had periodically become stuck and then freed himself is why the Courirer Journal had waited 3 days before sending Miller there. But the problem was that Sand Cave was very fragile, and Collins was trapped by boulders.
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Collins had explored caves for years, and that he had periodically become stuck and then freed himself is why the Courirer Journal had waited 3 days before sending Miller there. But the problem was that Sand Cave was very fragile, and Collins was trapped by boulders.
According to F.L. Allen [1], "[w]hen Allen arrived at Sand Cave he had found only three men at the entrance, warming themselves at a fire and wondering, without excitement, how soon their friend would extricate himself."
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
According to F.L. Allen [1], "[w]hen Allen arrived at Sand Cave he had found only three men at the entrance, warming themselves at a fire and wondering, without excitement, how soon their friend would extricate himself."
William "Skeets" Miller, a then-20yo reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, was assigned to check out cave explorer Collins' situation after he'd been trapped for 3 days. #SkeetsMiller would end up winning the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting on this, and his nickname "Skeets" is a clue. 🧵
January 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
William "Skeets" Miller, a then-20yo reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, was assigned to check out cave explorer Collins' situation after he'd been trapped for 3 days. #SkeetsMiller would end up winning the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting on this, and his nickname "Skeets" is a clue. 🧵