Tim Verstynen
@tdverstynen
Professor Department Gadfly Data Alchemist Synthetic Psychologist Zombie Apologist “The enemy” - JD Vance This is an anti-ICE account Opinions are my own. Not gonna let my employer take credit for them.
The effort is the point of parenting. It’s how you develop a deep knowledge of the people you are raising and demonstrate your investment to them. Automating the labor of parenting is just another way of having an LLM raise your kids for you.
Not sure about the OP source, but here’s a reliable one. apps.socib.es/subregmed-in... Here’s the trends for the Balearic Islands.
The Trump administration is paving the way for more Carlos the Jackals. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/o...
Holy crap! The stage production of My Neighbor Totoro has got to be one of the most visually stunning and entertaining plays that I have seen in decades. The artistry captures Miyazaki perfectly.
You mean the movie where we got the 40hr work week, paid vacations, healthcare, living wages, and social security?
It’s 2003. I’m melting away in an unprecedented heatwave in Europe, apologizing to my fellow travelers for a naive US President deciding to start an unnecessary war in the Middle East on false pretenses. It’s 2026. I’m melting away in an unprecedented ...
Spotted this megayacht off the coast of Mallorca today. Anyone else get the immediate urge to sink these when you see them?
If your child’s diabetes is being successfully managed, Russ Vought wishes they would’ve just suffered. If your friend hears through a cochlear implant, Russ Vought prefers they remain deaf. If your cancer is in remission because of medical therapies, Russ Vought prefers that you be dead.
This is an excellent point. Algorithm control is as powerful at influencing thoughts & beliefs as censorship. Maybe more.
This story is insane. Could you imagine a lawyer saying “Yes, your Honor, my client kidnapped and dismembered people for fun, but psychopathy is a recognized mental health condition, so my client can’t be discriminated from playing football”?
Also, this doozy of a pop-up eventually appears. It is worth repeating that this is on an OFFICIAL US GOVERNMENT WEBSITE.
On second thought, the functional connectivity results make more sense. The electrically determined connections are a subset of the functional connectivity estimates. The correlation derived maps likely reflect recurrent connectivity of broader networks. Which is what a lot of us assume anyway.
Trump has simply never been this unpopular. He is net + in only 6 states, with a collective population of 16 million (4.7% of the US population) & weakest in the area that a vast majority of Americans think is the most important (economy). Blood is in the water. www.economist.com/interactive/...
A summit of the two most powerful countries in the world and NOT ONE woman is in the damn room.
I think my timeline might end up getting reported to the Secret Service.
These days I wouldn’t be surprised to see him fight an 8 year old in the octagon on the south lawn for the country’s 250 year celebration this summer.
This is just an incredible piece. I’m sure everyone working in higher education see this happening at their institution (to varying degrees). The Hostile Takeover of Higher Education: www.chronicle.com/article/the-... Archive link: archive.ph/TArFg
One way to counter SCOTUS’s horrific gutting of the VRA is to outlaw gerrymandering altogether. Public opinion is so overwhelmingly against it that it may be one of the few issues that could pass as a constitutional amendment. yougov.com/en-us/articl...
In case anyone wants to really make sure his school knows about this behavior. Be civil and assertive.
This hasn’t been true this century nor do the trends indicate that it is remotely likely to happen within the years that Mr. Wright have left.
The more that I read about Kristi Noem’s husband, the more that I empathize with Walton Goggin’s expressions in this infamous White Lotus scene.