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Econ job market candidate at UT-Austin, working on maternal and child health in India

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Basically this bsky.app/profile/moul...

08.03.2026 19:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What does success mean here?

08.03.2026 18:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Isn't that what touching grass is a synecdoche for?

08.03.2026 15:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As the longest named of the Nathans, I declare dominance

07.03.2026 20:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh shiiit, welcome

07.03.2026 15:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The perfect partisan balance is interesting

07.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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07.03.2026 04:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Paying a bet you lost?

07.03.2026 04:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is bizarre

06.03.2026 15:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is AI not developing at a breakneck pace?

06.03.2026 14:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As far as I can tell, this is an out-of-date bit of reporting from before the memo came out?

06.03.2026 02:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nonmnemonic is so good

03.03.2026 03:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Merlin the Magical Sage in Austin, TX Explore works by David Kestenbaum and the Art in Public Places, City of Austin, TX collection on Public Art Archive.

Basically this sculpture in a park here in Austin: publicartarchive.org/art/Merlin-t...

02.03.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Anthropic as seen by the Claude shoggoth?

02.03.2026 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It does

28.02.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'd be interested in hearing about your settings

I recently got an X-T3 and I haven't figured out how to get something quite like that

27.02.2026 16:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Looks great! Are you doing color grading after or are these straight from the camera?

27.02.2026 15:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Food names are fun: Shallot

26.02.2026 22:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The lyrics of Queen's "A Kind of Magic" are appropriately ambiguous, but the song itself is a little too upbeat

26.02.2026 20:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gallant Lads are We: Songs of the British Industrial Revolution - YouTube

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26.02.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Peg and Awl
Peg and Awl YouTube video by Pete Seeger - Topic

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2e7...

26.02.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

+1 on not being shitty to entities that pass the duck test. But at some level of moral consideration, trade-offs begin to bite.

bsky.app/profile/nath...

25.02.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The stakes of AI moral status - Joe Carlsmith On seeing and not seeing souls.

Joe Carlsmith has a good essay about this, and gestures at other cons: "It can seem virtuous to be profligate with care. But there are usually trade-offs. More care in one direction is less in another. And real virtue gets things right."

joecarlsmith.com/2025/05/21/t...

25.02.2026 15:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Claim

24.02.2026 17:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I watched that movie for a date night and basically ruined the date by talking about how the protagonist can only be described as stupid or evil

24.02.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Am I getting my prescription filled or did I just bowl a turkey?

22.02.2026 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 78 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0