Reposted by Spencer WilliamsMeredith Rose (from the grave) 👻 @mrose.ink · 15hNEW AVALANCHES ALBUM, THIS IS NOT A DRILL 17711 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Doing backward citation search on google for a systematic lit review and getting blocked for automated scraping. Worst part is I was doing it manually; hours of manual labor just to get throttled anyway with no recourse... I hate the modern internet 😭 000 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsEd @notdred.bsky.social · 14/10/2026I think Ossoff captures something that Newsom never did: the Dem base wants you to fight but they want real shit not goofy memes and too-online riffs 713613551 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Was watching Buffy’s Anya backstory episode. Friend asked why I sighed. “She’s not of a sufficiently high social class to have domesticated rabbits that far north in Europe in that century, but the writers couldn’t know, the paper was only presented at a conference yesterday.” Accuracy is fleeting. 473355649 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 12/10/2026I think it's worth having conversations about where generative AI is/can be conscious, but the amount of people confidently asserting it obviously is or isn't is wild to me. They don't call it the hard problem of consciousness for nothing 020 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamstj nightmahr 🧟♂️ @tjmahr.com · 08/10/2026i'm a stats guru. i just defined what a confidence interval is off the top of my head 2141 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 07/10/2026i'm actually going to take this goofy post somewhat seriously: much as going to the gym requires discipline, so too does going to the mental gym require discipline. and discipline is harder than it looks: it is about *your* ability to discipline *yourself* 523530 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I like white lotus but this feels pretty spot on 020 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsUniversity of Washington Information School @ischool.uw.edu · 21/09/2026Join the dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Washington Information School. We're hiring for the following positions: (1/4) • Assistant Professor, Tenure-Track, AI: ischool.uw.edu/about/jobs/f... 164 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Trying to articulate what's novel about my findings for a paper revision. 001 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Saw someone use the phrase "cartoons are solved" in reference to a 15-minute AI-generated clip. Can we all just take a deep breath? Art is supposed to be fun, chill out! 010 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The demo for this is officially live! You can check it out on Steam via the link below if interested (and wishlist if you want updates when the full game launches!) 000 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsCannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dave @davebrowne.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Pigpen had hoes 07110 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsSam @samd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026the HRW statement is insane: “yeah Orban was bad but you’re moving too quickly to clean up his mess and kick the fascists out of government!” it’s legitimately a bad parody of liberalism. these people have lost the fucking plot. we do not have time to navel gaze while restoring democracy 411246195 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamslastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 29/08/2026No honestly I hate anyone shipping Ron with any of the women in that show. Absolute loser surrounded by Queens, they deserve so much better and its too much loserboy fantasy that such women will fall for them. No. Get good. 2362 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 27/08/2026"Statistical analyses serve to answer statistical questions. It is imperative that these questions align closely with the substantive research questions. But quite often, research questions are vague or formulated in several logically distinct ways." 0356 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 25/08/2026dude you gotta use this new technique, it's a way better than OLS. your data doesn't have any clusters, right? there's at least 60k observations, but less than 65k, right? all of your data was collected under a waxing moon, right? 1332 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsRob DenBleyker @robdenbleyker.com · 07/08/2026this changes everything 562387 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Went to my office for like the third time this summer and had a 500% more productive day than normal. Turns out when you work on a computer without Steam installed, anything is possible 020 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 27/07/2026My summer(s) hobby project, HeroNet, finally has a Steam store page: store.steampowered.com/app/4970180/... I've been tinkering with #GameDev since college, but this is the first time I've had the discipline to make it across the finish line. If you have Steam, you can wishlist for future updates!store.steampowered.comHeroNet on SteamHire unique heroes, fight fearsome battles, and solve the inane problems of your clients in HeroNet! 080 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsUser with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 09/07/2026An account with this avatar was just blocked. 1424348 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Looking forward to this popping up in the user was blocked for this post feed 😝 291018227 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/06/2026Sports Commentary xkcd.com/3262/ 363494455 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsCat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 23/06/2026I got to this study because I saw a NYT headline and I was like ".....how on earth would you study this" Always ask "how on earth would you study this" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week 1277 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamsderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 21/06/2026This Father's Day, I'm thinking about how my dad immigrated to the US after escaping the bloody Vietnam War, only to see his bloodline die out because his son stumbled into a menswear forum, where he spent the bulk of his adult life arguing about pants with teens named Pablo Thriftscobar. 8610715598 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsNANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 05/06/2026FINALLY IT’S FRIDAY! 019223 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026we could triple the NIH budget without reducing the ROI the main problem is drought, not seed, not soil 03814 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsEmma Baccellieri @emmabaccellieri.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Blanked when I got to the deli counter and came up with “It’s a beautiful day for a sandwich” to have something to say 662284204 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsDoctora Malka Older @older.bsky.social · 28/05/2026"He continued, “Whatever your chosen profession is, please don’t let AI rob you of the fun part of it. Your generation’s upcoming battle won’t be humans against AI [...]… It’s going to be people with substance versus people with shallow knowledge. It’s going to be mastery versus faking it." 81017169 0
Reposted by Spencer Williams🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Where the fuck do dentists offices find this music. Who asked for a slow piano solo cover of Golden by Huntrix. Whats even going on there 7914 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsJohn Stuart Thrill @jsthrill.modphi.com · 18/05/2026Post a meme made by you 0578 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I think we should charge people a $1 fine every time they fail to use their turn signal when changing lanes, and out it toward public transit. Seattle could have the greatest metro in the world in no time. 010 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamsthe possibility that love is not enough @rhena.bsky.social · 09/05/2026happy Piccolo Day 1245362193 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I think 'earning' or 'deserving' or 'good' billionaires or 'bad' billionaires are all sort of missing the point tbh. There are decent people who are billionaires and there are unobjectionable ways to make lots of money but that's not the point. The point is that level of unaccountable power is bad. 20626104 0
Spencer Williams @swilliams1918.bsky.social · 08/05/2026If any of my students are reading this, don't worry; I'll simply impute your grades based on your past assignments. We won't let these hackers win 000 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamsjosh (oldfriend99) @oldfriend99.bsky.social · 05/05/2026I'll give Wilhelm something to scream about 114513 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsUSER WAS BLOCKED FOR THIS POST @blockedforthispost.bsky.social · 03/05/2026you are canadian 412580912 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 29/04/2026See this is what I mean by feeling like I live in the future now. This is future news. 614212 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamswint @dril.bsky.social · 27/04/2026why breed dogs with jaws large enough to tear through Flesh, when you could breed dogs with minds large enougj to tear through Fallacy..... 100133603056 0
Reposted by Spencer Williamsnoam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 27/04/2026i dunno, seems bad arxiv.org/pdf/2603.18161 15313 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/04/2026How it started / how it’s going — Jay Bhattacharya edition. 2025: “We will never use this agency to censor scientists who disagree" 2026 : Bhattacharya “has canceled the publication of a study that found that the Covid vaccine sharply cut the odds of hospitalizations and emergency visits”. 121311496 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsBrett Karlan @oldjerryfodor.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Just a reminder to all grad students that we definitely DO NOT keep a "Grad Student Power Ranking" in the faculty lounge where we update your ranking weekly based on performance (along with little arrows indicating your movement relative to last week). Just something faculty, again, do not do 48613 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Celebrating 4/20 in your 20’s vs celebrating 4/20 in your 30’s 211267151 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 17/04/2026grading is suffering. it's our penance for assigning gradable work. wish we could decouple feedback and grading, keep the former, do away with the latter. stop the suffering. 0292 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsJessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 14/04/2026If you're a faculty, research scientist, postdoc, or senior PhD in any area of science, select your top 6 virtues at this link: shorturl.at/bV2lF You can also tell us if you think we missed any. We want broad participation, so pls RT! 🙏 In collab w/@devezer.bsky.social @statmodeling.bsky.socialshorturl.atEpistemic Virtues for Scientific Inquiry — Community SurveyIn Six Memos for the Next Millenium, Italo Calvino proposed six literary virtues he felt should be preserved and cultivated in literature regardless of how the world changed: lightness, quickness, exa... 11718 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/04/2026On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues. 602225429 0
Reposted by Spencer WilliamsMichael Caley @michaelcaley.bsky.social · 12/04/2026analogy for the America brained is like if the Dems lost to Trump four times in a row and then ran Mitt Romney to save the country and won crazy supermajorities and also Mitt Romney was named Johnny America 302713495 0