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borrrrrrrrrris.bsky.social
boris with 10 r's (handles with fewer r's were taken). ML for weather (prev health) @ Google. into guitars, sci fi, parenting, lolz. i make rock music for kids: https://open.spotify.com/artist/43Np3yVcbFcW4Uyn9C2MPe?si=gsh99-beRTSafXO_PxaSgg
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Q: how to 6x DOGE savings ($2.5b)? A: Cut subsidies to Tesla ($15b)

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this is the face of a man who is about to end the bird flu epidemic by eating every infected bird

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A thing I admire about billy corgan is he heard his voice and was like I'm going to be the lead singer of a band and people are going to enjoy listening to this and he was right

submitted 4 days ago • 156 comments

was reminded today of the fact that RATM had a song on the godzilla soundtrack in the 90's, and managed to sneak in this line: godzilla, pure motherfuckin' filler, to get your eyes off the real killer legendary.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

INVENTOR OF THE HOT POCKET: in 1978 on a family trip to naples, italy, i accidentally placed a hot charcoal brick in my mouth

submitted 5 days ago • 22 comments

feels like there's a bit of a revival of softer "pop rock" going on. some songs I've been digging: youtu.be/B3l8DkQm1Mw?...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

@dwarkesh.bsky.social is on such a roll www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GLS...

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submitted 8 days ago • 199 comments

were people in the 80s really into geography? what's with all the rock bands named after geographic entities -- europe, asia, boston, chicago, kansas

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Anytime a storm is brewing, your local forecasters are getting the latest data from NOAA. As the agency faces an uncertain future, one thing's for sure: for-profit companies would struggle to replicate NOAA's weather-forecasting prowess.

submitted 10 days ago • 109 comments

In 1991, Ukraine held the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world, including an estimated 1,900 strategic warheads. By 1996, Ukraine had returned all of its nuclear warheads to Russia in exchange for economic aid and security assurances.

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Those who uphold the rule of law save their country.

submitted 11 days ago • 182 comments

I can't believe they've just cancelled the Epidemic Intelligence Service program at CDC. This program trains the best & brightest epidemiologists, who then go on to have distinguished careers in public health, serving at CDC, in state health departments, overseas, ...

submitted 12 days ago • 28 comments

cuban / buttigieg 2028 MAKE AMERICA SANE AGAIN

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

Delighted to have joined my good friend & colleague Noam Shazeer on a podcast with @dwarkesh.bsky.social for a 2+ hour discussion on early Google, ML hardware, training 1T+ token LLMs in '07, model sparsity, continual learning, and more. Thanks, Noam and Dwarkesh! 🙏 youtu.be/v0gjI__RyCY?...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

damn this is good www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo4l...

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This says it all

submitted 15 days ago • 1634 comments

Here’s my post on the NIH indirect costs slash-and-burn. God, these people are exhausting:

submitted 16 days ago • 3 comments

It’s been a tough few weeks. My 10yo daughter was diagnosed with a very rare, aggressive cancer called interdigitating dendritic cell sarcoma (IDCS). I’m reaching out to identify clinicians/patients who have encountered pediatric IDCS or other (non-LCH) dendritic or histiocytic sarcomas cases.

submitted 18 days ago • 86 comments

🚨 BREAKING: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’s going to rename Lake Michigan to “Lake Illinois.” EPIC TRUMP TROLL!!! 🤣

submitted 19 days ago • 1244 comments

I have not seen a crisis of this magnitude since yesterday

submitted 19 days ago • 12 comments

Every headline this month is like: "DOGE staffer CumBoy1488 has gained access to critical government database, cuts off funding for children's school lunches in Africa. Egg prices still near record highs"

submitted 19 days ago • 6 comments

NBC Producers Deny Using AI In New Series ‘Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show’ theonion.com/nbc-pro...

submitted 20 days ago • 59 comments

The word "inequality" is now blacklisted by the NSF. Mathematicians in shambles.

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Ok man, I’ll tell them

submitted 23 days ago • 224 comments

serious question: why does the executive branch have the power to enact tariffs?

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

hey quick question does Goliath win in that story

submitted 24 days ago • 1122 comments

the only thing that would make a United States Senator do something like this would be a ban on them trading in the stock market

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

feels like i've had an unusually good week in terms of discovering new music! some songs i've been digging: 🧵👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

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I’m going to put my rich guy hat on and say I hope that Mexico and Canada issue equal, retaliatory tariffs and stick to them for an extended period. I apologize to all the people it will cost money and the businesses it will hurt. But it’s the only way for tariffs to be seen for what they are

submitted 25 days ago • 8674 comments

me: you're still little 4yo: I'm not little, I'm young

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

You can now access Google's ML-based weather forecasts via EarthEngine and BigQuery! deepmind.google/technologies...

submitted 26 days ago • 0 comments

If you wanted no leaks you should have gone into Settings -> Security -> Configure privacy & security -> Privacy options -> Other -> Configure -> Media interface and clicked “Disallow.” The Leak setting is on by default but we understand your privacy is important so we’ve made it easy to opt out

submitted 27 days ago • 876 comments

There are years where nothing happens; and there are decades where centuries happen.

submitted 28 days ago • 90 comments