Peter Licari
@peterlicari.bsky.social
Husband & Father | (Data|Social|Political) Scientist | Bad Quaker | Writer, YouTuber (http://bit.ly/2tkcGZu), & Runner | Poli Sci PhD | Often playing and overthinking things | Opinions mine; sometimes decent, always dorky
Decided to try out this new IDE I kept seeing on my TL
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Decided to try out this new IDE I kept seeing on my TL
If you're interested, I actually went through all of the government administrative/department sites that were listed on USA.gov's agency index and looked to see how many were violating the Hatch act. The (IMO) most unhinged one was from the department of the treasury.
November 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
If you're interested, I actually went through all of the government administrative/department sites that were listed on USA.gov's agency index and looked to see how many were violating the Hatch act. The (IMO) most unhinged one was from the department of the treasury.
I just blew my 5 year old's mind with what my high school track and cross country jersey number was:
November 8, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I just blew my 5 year old's mind with what my high school track and cross country jersey number was:
You know those shirts that say "only the best dads get promoted to grandpa"?
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
You know those shirts that say "only the best dads get promoted to grandpa"?
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
If I'm lucky enough to have grandkids one day, I want my copy of the shirt to say that, but with this image underneath:
Traveling for a conference. My view from this morning's run.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Traveling for a conference. My view from this morning's run.
I wrote a whole dissertation about video games and politics. I have thousands of hours clocked across the Halo franchise. I use GenAI for work and am one of the experts in it for my team. So I can confidently say, across multiple fields of expertise, that we are in the stupidest fucking timeline.
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I wrote a whole dissertation about video games and politics. I have thousands of hours clocked across the Halo franchise. I use GenAI for work and am one of the experts in it for my team. So I can confidently say, across multiple fields of expertise, that we are in the stupidest fucking timeline.
Goddamn, what a deeply unserious government. My 5 year old has better tact.
October 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Goddamn, what a deeply unserious government. My 5 year old has better tact.
Taylor Swift can encourage people to register to vote, so I guess it shouldn't surprise us that she can get people to learn about Shakespeare.
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
October 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Taylor Swift can encourage people to register to vote, so I guess it shouldn't surprise us that she can get people to learn about Shakespeare.
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Wikipedia page-hits for "Ophelia" spiked following the drop of the tracklist for "The Life of a Showgirl" as well as the album itself. #databs
Not gonna lie, working at a theme park can be pretty sweet most days.
October 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Not gonna lie, working at a theme park can be pretty sweet most days.
Spooky Pizza night! 👻
October 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Spooky Pizza night! 👻
If Democrats want to continue to erode Trump's support with young men, they should be trumpeting about how his tarrifs are making their video games more expensive, I'm not even joking
September 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If Democrats want to continue to erode Trump's support with young men, they should be trumpeting about how his tarrifs are making their video games more expensive, I'm not even joking
A few months ago, Paul Musgrave introduced the Qatar Cars dataset, an updated version of mtcars better suited for teaching international audiences. Shortly after, @andrew.heiss.phd made it into an R package. I thought I'd go ahead and make it a Python package! #datatabs
github.com/prlitics/qat...
github.com/prlitics/qat...
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A few months ago, Paul Musgrave introduced the Qatar Cars dataset, an updated version of mtcars better suited for teaching international audiences. Shortly after, @andrew.heiss.phd made it into an R package. I thought I'd go ahead and make it a Python package! #datatabs
github.com/prlitics/qat...
github.com/prlitics/qat...
This was my favorite bit, personally:
September 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This was my favorite bit, personally:
Website: "Remember this device for 60 days?"
Me: "Yes."
Me: *Logs back in 2 minutes later*
Website:
Me: "Yes."
Me: *Logs back in 2 minutes later*
Website:
September 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Website: "Remember this device for 60 days?"
Me: "Yes."
Me: *Logs back in 2 minutes later*
Website:
Me: "Yes."
Me: *Logs back in 2 minutes later*
Website:
They were supposed to be ints! ints!
August 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They were supposed to be ints! ints!
This is my supervillain origin story.
August 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This is my supervillain origin story.
My favorite meme on this topic!
(And uhhh if you ever want a guest lecturer---I've got inchoate thoughts about MHA/OPM/SL and state+market partnerships and how almost every Isekai propagates the whole "only an outsider can save the kingdom"
(And uhhh if you ever want a guest lecturer---I've got inchoate thoughts about MHA/OPM/SL and state+market partnerships and how almost every Isekai propagates the whole "only an outsider can save the kingdom"
August 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My favorite meme on this topic!
(And uhhh if you ever want a guest lecturer---I've got inchoate thoughts about MHA/OPM/SL and state+market partnerships and how almost every Isekai propagates the whole "only an outsider can save the kingdom"
(And uhhh if you ever want a guest lecturer---I've got inchoate thoughts about MHA/OPM/SL and state+market partnerships and how almost every Isekai propagates the whole "only an outsider can save the kingdom"
My brother is an artist and made this as a gift for us and our daughter. Runner-up is "Swords Into Plowshares"
August 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My brother is an artist and made this as a gift for us and our daughter. Runner-up is "Swords Into Plowshares"
I love how the state names get progressively less sensible as the map goes from West to East.
August 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM
I love how the state names get progressively less sensible as the map goes from West to East.
Hello! Fascinating study and I'm enjoying answering but there appears to be a programming error. The instructions say to "leave rows blank" if you haven't seen that behavior in any game but it won't let you progress if you haven't answered a row. I suggest a "None of these" option as a fix.
August 7, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Hello! Fascinating study and I'm enjoying answering but there appears to be a programming error. The instructions say to "leave rows blank" if you haven't seen that behavior in any game but it won't let you progress if you haven't answered a row. I suggest a "None of these" option as a fix.