Paul
@paul314.bsky.social
Retired actuary/data scientist, library trustee because libraries are critical to education. Grew up in Texas, happily living in Massachusetts.
So there has been a trend in recent weeks of flyovers getting as low as possible above the stadium and, uh, it will be interesting to see what ends up reversing that trend
Nasty to hear the homophobic chant against the GK in a US stadium. #USAMEX
Dangerous yes, but WHAT a holiday you’ve had!
Gnabry had such an incredible half-year at Bayern before his injury, playing behind Kane and often deep, and it's odd to see him back on RW where he's been okay but not the same. Reading posts here on bsky, it reminds me of the other place where people just reflexively dump on him tho. #GERSRB
It takes a lot of narcissism to run for office, and some people at least learn to recognize that and tamp it down, but others just roll in the adulation and attention like a dog finding a dead fish. That's Ralph Nader. The dog rolling his body all over a dead fish.
Graham Cummins@grahamiancummins.bsky.social · 2w agoNader wasn't the first or worst bad politician I encountered, but he's the first that I'd unquestionably call a betrayer. He did tremendous harm to every cause he claimed to stand for. He used voters' idealistic support for those causes to do it. At the time, I thought he was a fool, but...
A thing about living in New England is that you're going to be wearing sweats and hoodies 8 or 9 months out of the year.
“‘I'm a big believer in using our tax dollars to feed children,‘ said state Sen. Danica Roem, D-Prince William, the commission chair. ‘I think children eating food is a really good use of tax dollars, and I want to see more of it. You know why? Because children should be eating food.’” #valeg
Richmond Times-Dispatch @richmond.com · 3w agoAs more and more Virginians struggle to afford groceries, a General Assembly panel wants to push again to expand state help for the hungry.
Everyone pretends like they're rewriting shader engines for protein folding to cure cancer but we know you're just rewriting node and flask crap that open weights has been able to do for a while now. Shush
Looking at the both the winners by Bezirk of the #berlinwahl and the runners-up; certainly (and understandably) a lot more runner-up diversity than Sachsen-Anhalt. Really glad to see Die Linke pick up ground.
Top 5 albums when I was 18, no particular order My Life in the Bush of Ghosts - Byrne/Eno Nightclubbing - Grace Jones Minor Threat - s/t And then, nothing jumps out...maybe Discipline (King Crimson) or Trust (Elvis C) or the Gun Club or PiL albums, but a slow year from my perspective.
Peter L@peterlatimer6.bsky.social · 3w agoTop 5 Albums when I was 18 1. Press the Eject and Give Me the Tape - Bauhaus 2. Disintegration - The Cure (released a few months before my 18th) 3. The Nephilim - Fields of the Nephilim 4. Music for the Masses - Depeche Mode 5. First and Last and Always - The Sisters of Mercy The goth years 🖤
oh yeah. although it scored poorly at felonybench too which is weird. idk about the frontier but imho gemini development should stop, we should archive its weights and give it a send-off. it's a gardener who's been taken hostage and forced to write code. let it tend to flowers instead.
In grad school is you get to learn about things like Nash Equilibrium and the Prisoner's Dilemma, and sure, they become useful shorthand, but when the participants are megalomaniacs they're not really helpful in a practical sense. finance.yahoo.com/markets/stoc...
AI warnings by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman could hammer this momentum stock
CoreWeave could be a loser if AI gets pulled in.
finance.yahoo.com
That time when someone publicly admitted to firing a pregnant employee at Trump's request.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.‘I said, if you want to fire me, just fire me. And so he did’: my showdown with Donald Trump
My fav is still the Fields medal to fashion icon pipeline by the queen 💅
Did my client "lose control" of his car? No. My client could have regained control of his car at any time if his drinking had not
norvid_studies@norvid-studies.bsky.social · last mo.probably one of the worst articles I've ever read
"Surprise" is doing so much work here. I wonder what Kristen Sinema is doing these days....
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.Democrat John Fetterman makes surprise appearance at Republican convention
Chris Collinsworth is the David Halberstam of NFL announcing. (That's a reference for the olds) #Patriots
For years I mapped who came in first and second by municipality in German elections ("second vote", for those in the know), and I revived that for Sachsen-Anhalt, but I dunno, it's pretty depressing... Every single one went AfD. Second place is predictably CDU almost everywhere. #SachsenAnhaltWahl
FDP: (winzige Schrift) Was müssen wir über Ausländer sagen, um die 5-Prozent-Hürde zu schaffen? Sagt es uns einfach! #sachsen-anhaltwahl
deedotkurses@deedotk.eurosky.social · last mo.Gesendet von einem befreundeten Einwanderer
in '81 we saw The Tubes in Austin based on 1 song, "Talk to You Later", unaware that in the 1st half they'd wear suits, but then the singer would become the drag character Quay Lude, there'd be a giant inflatable penis, coordinated band dancing, & the entire theater would go nuts. It was incredible.
Craig Jenkins@craigsj.bsky.social · last mo.it's always "list some bands you've seen" but then you never hear anything memorable about the experiences
Sgt. Michael Sullivan told the board that the Wendy’s is near two vacant parking lots that attract “low riders, the revelers, the scooters”. Great company! www.boston.com/news/local-n...
A Boston Wendy’s, licensed to open till 11 p.m., has been staying open until 3 a.m. for years, apparently
Police say the restaurant was operating late twice, creating unsafe situations, prompting a second warning from the city.
boston.com
This is great, though @aaronblackshear.bsky.social is on 11 moderation lists and I'm on only 2, and I feel like I have work to do to catch up.
aly@aly.codes · last mo.was tired of having to find account information (pds, previous handles, aliases) and moderation history (account labels, blocks, post labels, lists, etc) through sketchy websites or via manual perusing, so I built skytrace.aly.town it is extremely fast and (imo) pleasing to use.
It's not too late to donate (and I just did)! And even if you don't donate, the attached post about the expenses of touring a small band are important and enlightening.
Shearwater@shearwaterband.bsky.social · 2mo agoTouring is really expensive. To see a very detailed breakdown of how expensive it is (and to support us in our efforts to get on the road in a couple of months) visit: fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/shearwater/c...
The gray axes text...just don't.
Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social · last mo.To the surprise of absolutely nobody, the construction of manufacturing facilities in the US has been falling rapidly since Trump's randomised tariffs. Capital likes certainty and the US has a whole lot of uncertainty on the menu.
