Reposted by D. Hickslumpley @lumpley.bsky.social · 16hPbtA fans, here's my challenge to you. For the next 12 months, when somebody asks how PbtA works, tell them that normally a 10+ is a critical hit, a 7-9 is a hit, and a 6- is a compromise, but that unusually challenging or dangerous situations can bump itdown. 318731
Reposted by D. Hicksvortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 14hIt's like Sam Bankman-Fried said about why they only hired under-30s at FTX and Alemeda Research: they had at first tried hiring a few adults but the adults kept telling them why they weren't allowed to do certain things, which only got in the way of their criminal enterprise. 1396
Reposted by D. Hicksvortex_egg @vortexegg.com · 14hThey recruit young people, and especially encourage them to drop out of college, because those ones tend to have more coding ability than they do moral judgement or curiosity about the social harms their work is being assembled in to. 15710
D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 18hThat feeling when the results pretty much replicated in study 3, but definitely not in study 4 010
Reposted by D. HicksThree Cats Photography @three-cats-photo.bsky.social · 19hHello did you bring pets and attentions for Jasper. 22 January 2026. #cats 011
Reposted by D. HicksAmrk @amrk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Peter Magyar is currently enacting a Liberal Currents fantasy where he amends the constitution to ban anyone associated with the old regime from ever holding office again and is somehow polling at 68% (he won with 53%) and I’m not saying that’s possible anywhere else but Dems should like, ask him 11699135
Reposted by D. Hicksembracebecoming.bsky.social @embracebecoming.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We really can fix a lot of this by hiring back the dedicated civil servants Trump has purged and telling them "Destroy the people who did this to you. Don't break the law." 116420
Reposted by D. HicksDeb Chachra @debcha.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The thing about being me is that you think i) non-toxic batteries for biomedical applications are cool as hell, and ii) a world where dead batteries get tossed onto a compost pile instead of being e-waste is even cooler. 1364
Reposted by D. HicksBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 29/09/2026If we can auto enroll every child into Trump accounts we can auto enroll every child into Medicare is the easiest layup of 2029. 12828235
Reposted by D. HicksThoughtful Skeleton @dqspider.bsky.social · 29/09/2026GIVE 👏 LINA 👏 KHAN 👏 A 👏 GUNDAM 👏 114726
Reposted by D. HicksCiara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Happy Michaelmas! In some parts of Ireland on this day, rent could be paid in geese. If you’re due to pay rent this month, please consider setting a very irritated goose on your landlord in lieu of payment, in the name of upholding important Irish traditions. 12454140
Reposted by D. HicksDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I try to help people understand this so we don't just automatically suggest lowering tuition as a silver bullet college affordability remedy when lots of public institutions already have low tuition 36713
Reposted by D. HicksMike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Spending my day off with Milo. 811715
Reposted by D. HicksMeera Desai @madesai.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Excited to share our new paper, “What AI Benchmarks Actually Measure: Adapting Convergent and Discriminant Validity to Interrogate Fifty-Six AI Benchmarks,” accepted as an oral at COLM! arxiv.org/pdf/2609.08812 16218
Reposted by D. HicksGUINNESS @guinnessisacat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026WHY I AM YELLING: MY HUMAN MADE PIZZA BUT IT IS JUST COOLING ON THE COUNTER NOBODY IS FEEDING IT TO ME 1117912
Reposted by D. HicksCharlieBrown's Family @charliebrowntc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Fizgig would like you to acknowledge her mousebaby 2845435
D. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The University of California is considering requiring the SAT again, based in part on claims that there's a burgeoning crisis in Calculus classes at Berkeley. I don't think the available evidence actually supports those claims. dhicks.github.io/posts/2026-0...dhicks.github.ioThe absence of evidence for a calculus crisis at UC Berkeley – D. HicksWebsite description 1113
Reposted by D. HicksNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026if trump thought he'd rigged the midterms, he'd be saying things like, "we have rigged the midterms" because he pretty much can't shut up about it when he thinks he's done something clever. 212522
Reposted by D. HicksMichael Bazaco @mcbazacophd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We’ve reached that time of year where I have an internal struggle about which annoys me more: 1. anatomically inaccurate decorative skeletons 2. people who are outraged about decorative skeletons being anatomically inaccurate. 59921
Reposted by D. HicksBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026JCO’s fursona is a velociraptor. 1241244
Reposted by D. Hickscait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 27/09/2026would you 🫵 give this man some shredded cheese 1684353228
Reposted by D. HicksJosh Luke Davis 🏳️🌈 @joshlukedavis.com · 27/09/2026see also: anyone who says that the development of AI will lead to uncovering climate solutions we already have the solutions! we've had them for decades! it's just that no government is willing to actually do what it takes! 0448
Reposted by D. Hicksvalue plus discounted @akhilrao.bsky.social · 27/09/2026one of the skeleton keys for me in this discourse was recognizing that most faculty commenting on the relative importance of their disciplines don't actually know much about the disciplines they're comparing against, they're just trying to fight for budget and priority. which, valid ig 4243
Reposted by D. HicksShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 27/09/2026stress is bad cat is good I choose cat 1361045
Reposted by D. HicksEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 27/09/2026Having pets is weird because what do you mean this little gremlin lives in my house 920310
Reposted by D. Hickscait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 26/09/2026the "iced coffee at a job interview" discussion is obviously stupid but also a great representation of the fact that every single HR person/recruiter has their own different made up rules for candidates and all of them think they are absolutely correct 423339437
Reposted by D. HicksFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026As a former pretentious little shit who grew out of it, rationalists (et al) annoy the piss out of me because they are adults with the mentality of tweens - they are somehow still convinced they are the greatest geniuses who have ever walked the earth. It is the worldview of an arrogant baby. 372472292
Reposted by D. HicksFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 26/09/2026like I suspect many of you on This Website, I think a core reason why I find Eliezer Yudkowsky and his rationalist and effective altruist satellites so intensely annoying is because I had a VERY similar “being a super weird, pretentious, hyper-literate kid” experience - I just, you know, grew up. 532621263
Reposted by D. HicksDanya Glabau @allergyphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I've learned and worked at elite universities myself, but the work of public campuses embedded in their communities is the real civic work of US academia. I ended up where I am by spending my childhood hanging out at community college and UMaine libraries and summer camps! 041
Reposted by D. HicksGreg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring was published OTD in 1962. “[W]e have now acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself.” 🌱🐋 # HistSTM 🧪🌎 #philsci #philsky #WomeninSTEM 07337
Reposted by D. HicksMicroplastics Sommelier @leastactionhero.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i bring an iced coffee to the interview. only it’s not for me, it’s for the interviewer. and it’s laced with a sedative. when she comes to, she’s wearing my clothes and i’m in her office. her car keys don’t work. i’m with her husband. her kids don’t recognize her. coming soon from A24. 161220179
Reposted by D. HicksOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026i think we should allow babies to decide the outcome of more philosophical debates 8715
Reposted by D. HicksAidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The only thing that can stop a bad AI with a nuke is a good AI with a nuke 17715
Reposted by D. HicksJoe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Notably the journalist who covered it is part of the Tarball Center for AI journalism, funded by by a who’s who of EA/rationalists and AI-tied philanthropy. It’s an industry aligned group, like we used to see with tobacco and still see with fossil fuels. Sucks to see this in science. 620552
Reposted by D. Hicksprop @jailrespecter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ai agen t perfec t size to put private data! inside very comfort data sleep soundly. no problems ever in agent because good shape and support for persona l data messy everywher e. a agent yes a place for data put nakd selfys in agent can trust agent for giveing good love to data. friend agent 111817
Reposted by D. HicksJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You don’t gut the country's capacity to measure what's happening in its schools because you care about improving them. Guardian article below. 213362
Reposted by D. HicksD. Hicks @danhicks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Btw last week I decided that tofu, kimchi, and avocado tacos are authentic Californian food 031
Reposted by D. HicksFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 25/09/2026It's amazing how the rationalists have basically just re-invented Calvinism for the AI age. 1128247
Reposted by D. HicksChanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Every villain has a weakness. And occasionally their weakness is turning to the camera and explaining what their weakness is and that their weakness is making themselves stupider 645568
Reposted by D. HicksResident Warren G. Harding @popeawesomexiii.bsky.social · 28/10/2025First day as a vampire hunter: This is easy lol First night as a vampire hunter: oh no 72002538
Reposted by D. HicksDuchess of Doom @kilagreene.myatproto.social · 24/09/2026Are we sure this “skeletal child” isn’t just a cat? 191
Reposted by D. HicksJanet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Never before has a turtle turtled this hard. Zoom in and appreciate The Foot 551257279
Reposted by D. HicksKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026I remember all the people who yelled at us for hating Gavin. They were out there believing in the hair gel. 3986789
Reposted by D. HicksThree Cats Photography @three-cats-photo.bsky.social · 23/09/202617 January 2026 #photography #landscapePhotography #landscape #Yosemite 0112
Reposted by D. Hickssamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 23/09/2026after some in-depth discussions with my lab and also drawing on conversations on here, we've edited our new policy on AI usage in my lab feel free to adapt or re-use with attribution, or to reply to tell me how awful this policy is lol 1312838
Reposted by D. Hickssarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 22/09/2026so now i am on a bus, i do not know who has taken us or where we are going, i have either been taken tenderly into the embrace of the EU regulatory framework, or someone has kidnapped me and a bunch of other tired and confused PNWers 28397376