Andreas Ortmann

Imagine my surprise when I found out that Elon Musk wants to send me to prison. I assure you I’m not going to be intimidated. My response. ⬇️ https://robertreich.substack.com/p/musk-wants-me-imprisoned

It's time to defund Elon. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

WTAF!?! Watch the head. It stays looking forward.

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Some corporate Democrats and pundits think the party has gone too far "left" and needs to readjust towards the “center.” Rubbish. Where’s the center between democracy and oligarchy, and why would Democrats want to be there?

In our course and book _Calling Bullshit_, we posit that If something seems too good, or too bad, to be true, it probably is. Now as a college professor I'm pretty confident that overreliance can AI can harm our thinking ability, but just ten minutes of use? Let's dig into this this study a bit.

I keep reading that there have been no public executions in the United States for decades. Not true.

Terry Tao @teorth.bsky.social: Indiscriminate brute-force application of AI to mathematics is depleting the field of good questions without renewing this resource or providing commensurate value. OpenAI: We hear you. Here's a .zip file with 377 hasty AI solutions to important open problems.

Delulu fool who started Iran war:

Ah, he'll chicken out again. No worries.

Hurting the president’s feelings isn’t a national security threat Thank you for your attention to this matter.

In 9 months, Zohran Mamdani has: -Secured millions in worker restitution from DoorDash and UberEats -Launched the first stage of his universal childcare program -Cracked down on bad landlords -Balanced NYC's budget without cutting major social services This is what leadership looks like.

Fair enough

Zelenskyy: "For first time in Russia’s history, we now hear that its oil industry is running on fumes. Our target is Russia’s ability to finance this war, to drag it out, to make it more brutal & destructive. Russia’s finances & Russia’s production are what must be stopped if Putin is to be stopped”

Thinking back to the good old days when publishing a paper every three days required some human to be insecure enough to write up two ideas that didn't deserve to see the light of day every single week.

Today in Politics, Bulletin 465. Everything you need to know about what happened today in politics. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...

Let's see if we can get it into the teens! We know how much he likes teens.

And Now for Something Completely Different: A perspective on AI swarms from someone who actually knows something about collective behavior.

For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.

There is that, yes.

Seen a lot of these, but this one is my favourite 😎

Looks like a certain petulant brat got his saggy ass handed to him by a strong woman. You know how much he must have delighted in that. Thank you, President Connolly!

And the good guys are ... (see Figure 1) ...

Spotted in Seattle

Gloria Steinem has passed away. Long ago, my parents used to force me to go to church each Sunday. One time the pastor made a comment about "people who were destroying America, like Carl Sagan and Gloria Steinem." I liked Carl Sagan. Gloria Steinem was new to me. I took it as a recommendation.

“Remember, the Constitution doesn’t begin with, ‘I, the president.’ It begins with, ‘We, the people.’ ” —Gloria Steinem at the 2017 Women’s March

Rough Draft vs Final Draft

That's crazy. ... Must be because of the -loni in her name. I have no conflicts of interest to report.

Garcia: We are going to hold the Postmaster General and anyone at USPS, particularly those that are at the management level, that are implementing this, accountable for what we view as an illegal action by USPS.

The Kennedy Center began removing “Blue,” a sculpture on its grounds, on Wednesday morning with no prior announcement.

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social is simply 1 of the greatest, most inspirational candidates to emerge in years, running against Ken Paxton, one of the most disgracefully corrupt politicians of all-time. So the Texas GOP responds by doing what comes naturally to them, of course: CHEATING! 🤮

"potential" seems to do a lot of heavy lifting here ...

Psych Science has retracted Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002). The second author requested the retraction. Both authors agreed to it. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... So grateful to @datacolada.bsky.social for these blog posts and the work behind them: datacolada.org/138 and datacolada.org/139 1/2

So much truth here! 😢

An influential paper by Ariely & Wertenbroch (2002) reported two studies with tampered data. Post 1 of 2. datacolada.org/138

Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours.

It's surprising (1) how many submission formats of 'top tier' journals are invite only, and (2) that they don't say so on their website, probably because it would make them look bad. Only way to find out is through knowledge beyond the website or via rejection. Are there overviews/research on this?