Xanaxides
@xanaxides.bsky.social
acharismatic microfauna trying to follow the Muddler’s Motto: Dominate! by stumbling onward in a slightly better than average direction a shade over half the time.
Wager: I don’t have to say which character this is about
Some are more, some less. Not every one is like that but they all have him Being Large at people and Thinking Unstoppably. It’s Sherlock Holmes with broken bones. I think more than one of them are less gruesome but you’re right too
September 19, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Wager: I don’t have to say which character this is about
Ah, it was a story about madness.
September 18, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Ah, it was a story about madness.
Lots of planets have a Scotland.
The BBC has launched a tender process for 'Doctor Who,' calling on producers to pitch a "brave" new vision for the iconic sci-fi series.
'Doctor Who': BBC Calls On Producers To Pitch "Brave" Vision For Show
The BBC has launched a tender process for 'Doctor Who,' calling on producers to pitch a "brave" new vision for the iconic sci-fi series.
bit.ly
September 18, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Lots of planets have a Scotland.
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I Can't Know It's Not Butter!
September 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I Can't Know It's Not Butter!
confused
Would 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
September 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
confused
I speak only through emotional sock puppets that I will later regret. I call it affective alt rue-ism
I only speak in platitudes. I call it effective all truism.
September 17, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I speak only through emotional sock puppets that I will later regret. I call it affective alt rue-ism
“it’s not an addiction if I can stop any time I want”
~ Nunzo Blind
~ Nunzo Blind
September 17, 2026 at 2:40 PM
“it’s not an addiction if I can stop any time I want”
~ Nunzo Blind
~ Nunzo Blind
Does deliberately casting for difficult personalties count as p-hacking?
Netflix has announced a new reality series titled ‘THE NEW STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT’.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
The series follows 30 participants who enter a real prison and are randomly assigned as guards or prisoners. They must see if they conform to the roles or if morality wins.
September 16, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Does deliberately casting for difficult personalties count as p-hacking?
Personalities respond to heat and pressure in fronts and twirling masses of wind…
culture is just the climate of personality send tweet
September 15, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Personalities respond to heat and pressure in fronts and twirling masses of wind…
My brain is flipping chaotically between “goddamn!” in horrified empathy and “goddamn!” in horrified appreciation
Let those without stain cast of first stone, I guess
Let those without stain cast of first stone, I guess
September 15, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My brain is flipping chaotically between “goddamn!” in horrified empathy and “goddamn!” in horrified appreciation
Let those without stain cast of first stone, I guess
Let those without stain cast of first stone, I guess
“Producing a year would be fabrication with decimal places attached.”
will almost certainly be my favorite sentence for some time
will almost certainly be my favorite sentence for some time
“The 2023 AI Impacts survey of ML researchers put the median at roughly 5% for extremely bad outcomes; superforecaster panels have landed closer to 0.3-1%. That spread between two expert groups, on the same question, is the real finding. It tells you nobody has a method here.”
Claude > Billionaires
Claude > Billionaires
September 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
“Producing a year would be fabrication with decimal places attached.”
will almost certainly be my favorite sentence for some time
will almost certainly be my favorite sentence for some time
Oooo! Fun to play with the sliders!
You can’t improve on a Henderson post but if you want more I offer
henderhead.mino.mobi/wheel
With sliders and a phase map and a twin wheel started a billionth of a second later. One important feature of chaotic systems is that small changes lead to big changes, visible toward the end of this
henderhead.mino.mobi/wheel
With sliders and a phase map and a twin wheel started a billionth of a second later. One important feature of chaotic systems is that small changes lead to big changes, visible toward the end of this
September 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Oooo! Fun to play with the sliders!
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Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
September 13, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Approximating the Lorenz attractor with a chaotic leaky water wheel.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
The orange dot is the centre of mass of the water. It traces (a projection of) the familiar attractor as the wheel spins seemingly randomly left and right.
An end *is* nigh
Next thing about to try
preaching our doom
grabbing our broom
muddling though
Trying not to die
Next thing about to try
preaching our doom
grabbing our broom
muddling though
Trying not to die
September 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
An end *is* nigh
Next thing about to try
preaching our doom
grabbing our broom
muddling though
Trying not to die
Next thing about to try
preaching our doom
grabbing our broom
muddling though
Trying not to die
The patience required for Hachiya is, I am sure, good for the soul but this sounds good to me, anyway
Literally none of you will care but I might have found a source for Chinese PCNA persimmon scionwood, which apparently has a dominant set of genes for non-astringency, which, it is hoped could allow for far greater variety of non-astringent persimmons.
September 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The patience required for Hachiya is, I am sure, good for the soul but this sounds good to me, anyway
Year too late, but shoop sheep would not rest
September 12, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Year too late, but shoop sheep would not rest
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woefully has got to be one of the all-time kinds of inadequate
September 11, 2026 at 8:19 AM
woefully has got to be one of the all-time kinds of inadequate
This was an interesting but unsettling conversation
(rant left in drafts)
(rant left in drafts)
Had a great conversation with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social about the German far right, its relationship to MAGA, the global struggle against authoritarian rightwing ethno-nationalism - and the question of how to best counter it.
What The Rise of AFD Says About Politics in Europe and the US with Thomas Zimmer
A recording from Thomas Zimmer and Perry Bacon Jr's live video
substack.com
September 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
This was an interesting but unsettling conversation
(rant left in drafts)
(rant left in drafts)
Why is Reviewer#3 being like that?
“central claim: for an idea whose interest is either utterly assured or very far from assured, critique is welcome. Whereas for an idea whose interest is in doubt, published critique is liable to do more harm than good to its long-run creditability.”
“central claim: for an idea whose interest is either utterly assured or very far from assured, critique is welcome. Whereas for an idea whose interest is in doubt, published critique is liable to do more harm than good to its long-run creditability.”
A brief observation on the relationship between antecedent status and reviewing incentives
It is often believed that academics are especially harsh in their evaluation of work that critiques their own ideas. I dispute that claim. Rather, I say, consideration of the credit incentives for ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 10, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Why is Reviewer#3 being like that?
“central claim: for an idea whose interest is either utterly assured or very far from assured, critique is welcome. Whereas for an idea whose interest is in doubt, published critique is liable to do more harm than good to its long-run creditability.”
“central claim: for an idea whose interest is either utterly assured or very far from assured, critique is welcome. Whereas for an idea whose interest is in doubt, published critique is liable to do more harm than good to its long-run creditability.”
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Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
September 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Not to brag, but our product has been foldable since 1828.
All this talk about Shogun Warriors (pancakes) without including Godzilla (waffles) and Rodan (french toast) is hurtful
(why yes, I do still have my toy)
(why yes, I do still have my toy)
September 9, 2026 at 8:32 PM
All this talk about Shogun Warriors (pancakes) without including Godzilla (waffles) and Rodan (french toast) is hurtful
(why yes, I do still have my toy)
(why yes, I do still have my toy)
oooooo… project….
September 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
oooooo… project….
Slurs are like the cigarettes of shibboleths; satisfying and tempting and communicative and social and smelly and cancerous and toxic all at the same time.
Humans gonna human
Humans gonna human
September 9, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Slurs are like the cigarettes of shibboleths; satisfying and tempting and communicative and social and smelly and cancerous and toxic all at the same time.
Humans gonna human
Humans gonna human
A new metaphor for social media
A977.3.1
The devil drops stones
from apron.
The devil drops stones
from apron.
September 9, 2026 at 3:27 AM
A new metaphor for social media