Nothing will kill more children than the ongoing decimation of CDC, NIH, and USAID work to lift vaccine uptake in the US and world. Child survival rose 75% in the last 50 years. Vaccines account for 40% of that. Measles vax alone was 60% of the benefit. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

How to identify LLM bots on twitter: 1. They have a blue checkmark 2. They have <1K followers 3. They reply to a tweet with enough characters that it says "Show more"

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Fairly prescient prediction by Richard Hamming in 1996. Only 2 years too early!

What I think of every time I run "gunzip file.gz"

Latest used bookstore haul

Some more recent acquisitions

These are all part of a few themes I'm trying to understand: - cultures & life via classic lit - basics of philosophy & history - modern political climate & trajectory - how can we make cities better? - what will the future look like?

I'm in Boston (Cambridge) for the summer until late August! DM me if you're in the area and want to grab coffee / drinks / etc.

If you’re not laughing, you’re working with the wrong people.