Rahul Dave
@rahuldave.bsky.social
Chief Scientist @ Univ.Ai. We do AI, ML, Bayes and Data. Somerville, MA. Bringing up the next generation of decision makers @Hult University! Previously ML and Bayes at Harvard. Otherwise, Cosmology, Climbing and Skiing. Liberalism is a moral choice.
@steveklabnik.com been thinking that jj is particularly suited for agentic dev as a working copy is a commit. Every interaction with the llm can be a commit, just need to run some jj command, and if it all belongs to a bug, as done with gh ot docket or whatever, we can squash later. ...
Show HN: I ported Manim to TypeScript (run 3b1B math animations in the browser) | Discussion
GitHub - maloyan/manim-web: Mathematical animations for the web — Manim in TypeScript
Mathematical animations for the web — Manim in TypeScript - maloyan/manim-web
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I apologize for initially being somewhat skeptical of Phillip Morris. In all of our interactions, they made it profoundly clear that they are unequivocally opposed to any and all use of tobacco products and that they remain committed to partnering with us to achieve the best possible outcome.
Mike Masnick@masnick.com · 5mo agoMy goodness.
Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.” That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
Thank you to everyone who’s supported us. And a special thank you to Illinois elected officials — including many of my opponents — who have condemned this political prosecution by the Trump administration:
This is a terrific story about how Silicon Valley has drastically changed, written by the excellent veteran tech reporter Steven Levy. @stevenlevy.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/silico...
I Thought I Knew Silicon Valley. I Was Wrong
Tech got what it wanted by electing Trump. A year later, it looks more like a suicide pact.
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Love my gorgeous multicultural city. I can only hope the future is this, everywhere
A great view over the "Death Hollow" between the towns of Boulder and Escalante. It is along the Boulder Mail Trail, a wonderful path. Utah - 2023 🥾 #hiking #nature #landscapes #desert
This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
The Python Software Foundation was recently "recommended for funding" (NSF terminology) for a $1.5m grant from the US government National Science Foundation to help improve the security of the Python ...
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Python Software Foundation@python.org · 9mo agoTLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-... 🧵
This is a very cool advanced #jj-vcs workflow: flames-of-code.netlify.app/blog/my-jj-w...
There is life after Git • Flames of Code
Background In my professional work, Azure DevOps (ADO) ended up being the forge of choice. While ADO is reliable for standard Git workflows, it falls short when it comes to stacked Pull Requests (PRs)...
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One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this. -Omar El Akkad Pics of the day #photography
“To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados and the despised Ku Klux Klan. In all our history we have never tolerated an armed masked secret police.” - Judge William Young, September 30, 2025
Is scale all you need? Or is there still a role for incorporating domain knowledge and inductive bias? While I was in Heidelberg, I took some time to write a short essay on this question called "The Bittersweet Lesson". theoryandpractice.org/2025/09/The%... #HLF25
So Flint, Michigan gave $1,500 to all pregnant people, plus $500 each month for the first year of the child’s young life. It saved Flint $6.2 million dollars a year, due to lower rates of rates of prematurity and low birth weight, with fewer corresponding admissions. The right thing, AND cheaper.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
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🚨 New working paper alert 🚨 Missing summer — and the Tour de France? Don’t worry, we got you covered. 🚴♂️🚴♂️🚴♂️ In this paper, we show that being on the route of Tour de France reduces far-right voting. osf.io/preprints/so...
US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos.
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Some thoughts on the weekends on “what is a foreigner anyways?” — I'm arguing that there are significant differences in how for instance Austria and the US think about what foreigners are and why that might be. lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/9/14/wh...
What’s a Foreigner?
Thoughts on immigration.
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One of my core engineering beliefs is that if you are building something you should always be holistically looking at it vickiboykis.com/2025/09/09/w...
Walking around the app
You gotta check stuff out
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
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Public health today is under attack, but nobody is rushing to save it Why? When public health works, NOTHING happens - bad things are prevented and nobody even knows Because the successes are not visible, people take it for granted Public health must communicate our successes We must be visible
In a functional government, this would be a five alarm fire where Congress calls in Kennedy and asks him what the fuck is going on
Liz Neeley@lizneeley.bsky.social · 11mo agoFour more top #CDC officials have submitted their resignation in the past few hours - Debra Houry (chief medical officer), Demere Daskalakis (director of NCIRD), Daniel Jernigan (director of NCEZID) + Jen Layden (director of OPHDST) www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... It is horrifying
