it is in both of our interests that we make common cause, but i am so very angry at you.

@scott Biden’s 100 day speech in 2021 was very admirably economically populist, but I don’t remember specifics. But his turn towards economic populism in 2021 came after his election. It strikes me as new and important that he’s making it a center of his campaign.

Brandolini’s Law is why the business-efficiency case for LLMs doesn’t really make all that much sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandolini's_law

“In Detroit, Biden pitches his 100-day plan for 2025: Restore Roe v. Wade. Pass the John Lewis voting rights bill and Freedom To Vote Act. Eliminate medical debt. Raise minimum wage. Pass the PRO Act. Ban assault weapons. ‘Keep leading the world’ on climate change & clean energy.” #SahilKapur https://x.com/sahilkapur/status/1811912368944799946

"Belief in accuracy thus undermines accuracy, which I have referred to previously as the prediction market paradox." @rajivsethi https://rajivsethi.substack.com/p/strategic-projections-of-confidence

"it’s wrong of me, but I take a certain wicked glee in seeing Democratic-aligned elites being treated by Biden the same way they themselves treat the left wing of the Democratic Party." @mikethemadbiologist https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2024/07/09/some-thoughts-on-the-biden-debate-fiasco/

“elite” media (particularly the New York Times) vs Biden aides: “you say we’re a conspiracy? no, *you’re* the conspiracy.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/11/opinion/biden-democrats-nomination.html

“The word ‘slop’ seems like a good catch-all term finding purchase in the online vocabulary, but I think the popularization of ‘content’ — in the way it is most commonly used — foreshadowed this shift.” @nickheer https://pxlnv.com/blog/slop-and-content/

@admitsWrongIfProven Probably not! But it’s still nice of you, however contentious you may be, to be so encouraging.

@admitsWrongIfProven That is very kind of a stranger on the internet to say.

@admitsWrongIfProven i think there’s a lot of truth to it, which is why i think the way contemporary arrangements (in the US) try to discipline people with poverty and desperation to be sure they devote themselves to market work, however valuable or useless the job, is a hindrance to arts and progress.

@admitsWrongIfProven i hope it doesn’t come to that. we’ve loved our visits, though.

@admitsWrongIfProven gack ! wrong link! sorry! https://zirk.us/@interfluidity/112770750218274846

@LouisIngenthron

@admitsWrongIfProven https://zirk.us/@interfluidity/112770728992704471

Is it fair to describe Biden as having released his delegates, when he answered they can do what they want?

@Geoffberner I don’t think there’s ever been a more perilous moment. But you are more certain than I am about how it resolves.

@Geoffberner as I said, I am not sure what will or should happen.

@Geoffberner no. my baselines were the debate and the Stephanopoulos interview, and this was much better than either.

i don’t know what will or should happen, and sure there were stumbles, but Biden substantially outperformed my expectations in this press conference.