@headwaysmatter

'worst kind of pedant and bore that I have had the displeasure of encountering over the years' @headwaysmatter.bsky.social and @headwaysmatter@mastodon.social

Joined October 2023
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Gigi Gronvall@ggronvall11h
A reminder that the Trump administration canceled a contract for an mRNA H5N1 vaccine in favor of pursuing an older technology that is not likely to work. Explanatory articles from the late, missed Helen Branswell: statnews.com/2025/08/11/mrna… and statnews.com/2025/05/03/nih-…

NIH director: mRNA vaccine contracts were canceled because public lacks trust in technology

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya offered an explanation for the cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts that didn't align with that of his boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Marc Johnson
@SolidEvidenceOct 25
There is something really concerning (and disappointing) going on in the US right now. A dangerous and preventable situation. Let me explain. nextstrain.org/avian-flu/h5n… 1/
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VB Knives
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Replying to @four_mmmm
Not sure anything is being missed, the OP is romanticizing they type of gloom and emptyness that a real future america of 100 million would have.
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Michael Brickman@BrickM3h
Replying to @ChrisJKennedy @DCDPW
Why does every DC policy somehow go out of its way to prioritize lawbreaking/not paying what you owe at the expense of people trying to do the right thing? Does literally anyone in DC govt understand incentives?
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Ashley Schapitl
@AshleySchapitl5h
Like many in tax world, I’ve been dismayed at how bipartisan the tax revolt has become. Exempting more people and income from taxes. How do we combat these bad ideas? Fund the tax police again to restore credibility. My guest piece for @SearchlightInst. open.substack.com/pub/search…
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Coddled Affluent Professional
@feelsdesperate2h
One of the great innovations of Twitter was that you could just talk to journos and political pundits. Before Twitter you might have suspected they were retarded or captured but you couldn’t PROVE it. With Twitter you could ask them questions that proved exactly what they were.
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Andrew Fleischman
@ASFleischman4h
Anyway, this is a fucked up use of public resources and I am confident it will fail, because no one with so little character as to bring these charges is competent enough to prevail in them.
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What I'm really curious about is if there's a grifty non-profit involved?
Councilmember_RobertWhite@CMRobertWhiteDC10h
Every year, thousands of DC residents lose their homes over unpaid rent. Most owe less than $5,000. Going to court is stressful for tenants, expensive for landlords, and slows down the system. We need a better way to resolve rent issues. 🧵⬇️
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The Notorious S.E.B.@bigseb312136h
Replying to @AmanitaFugax
A lot of cities and some states are sleepwalking into fiscal crises due to willful progressive blindness toward second order thinking
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Xiao Wang
@xiaowang19843h
If we make the datacenters foot every cent of their marginal connection requirements should we be surprised that in turn they choose to build de minimus transmission so that their marginal generation becomes a natty ct or recrip? If you want grid connection and this is more expensive than the other option might need to share some costs on that.
Zeke Hausfather
@hausfath12h
In the rush to build data centers, companies are starting to use their own off grid gas generators. This results in much higher emissions – 60% to 80% – compared with using their local electricity grid and risks locking in longer-term fossil dependence.
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Don't you mean "investment" in "community centered resilience initiatives"?
Kevin Amézaga@kevinamezaga5h
Can’t wait for this guy to leave the council so he can stop finding new ways of raising my taxes to give money away to nonprofits, bureaucracy, and lawbreakers while the city faces a fiscal cliff.
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Kevin Amézaga@kevinamezaga4h
I’m more than happy to contribute to our beautiful city, but expanding new programs while basic government functions decay is poor governance. We are not an endless pot of money to give away.
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Paul Novosad
@paulnovosad4h
Replying to @paulnovosad @emubrigadier @SolomonMg
Anyway in literature, the only acceptable amount of AI writing is 0%, so I’m very comfortable with significant sanctions on those who repeatedly make it to 100.
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ETH being false is shocking
Greg Brockman
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Announcing three major scientific discoveries, one each in mathematics (harmonic analysis), computer science (complexity theory), and physics (quantum field theory). AI starting to help us improve our understanding of the universe! openai.com/index/building-sc…

Working with academic communities to build scientific understanding

OpenAI shares model results on the Kakeya conjecture, Exponential Time Hypothesis, and quantum chromodynamics—and how researchers can verify and build on them.

openai.com
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Impagliazzo tweets in 9 months "we're in heuristica"
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It's just matrix multiplication It's just autocomplete
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FACT CHECK
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar7h
JD Vance: "Gas prices are too high ... they skyrocket every time some tinpot dictator decides to throw a tantrum"
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Chris Kennedy
@ChrisJKennedy8h
Replying to @JHWeissmann
Don't forget the new grant program for non-profits: legiscan.com/DC/text/B26-082…
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Ashley Schapitl
@AshleySchapitl6h
This is so emblematic of the Council's failure to consider second order effects. They want to give renters not one, but two, chances to get two months of rent covered by the city and their landlord? Superior Court just needs to end Zoom court. Why is this so hard?
Jordan Weissmann
@JHWeissmann8h
Replying to @JHWeissmann
The only limits I can find are that 1) the landlord has to sign their building up for the program 2) tenants can only get that 2/3 rent discount twice. So in theory, if a landlord signs up for this, it looks like tenants have an incentive to try and get four free months of rent.
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Peter Sterne@petersterne7h
An NYPD officer shot and killed a man in Brooklyn, so @BrooklynDA Eric Gonzalez’s office filed charges – not against the officer who killed someone but against two activists who posted flyers criticizing the officer.
Gothamist
@Gothamist8h
‘A killer cop lives here’: Brooklyn arrests raise questions about limits of free speech gothamist.com/news/a-killer-…

‘A killer cop lives here’: Brooklyn arrests raise questions about limits of free speech

First Amendment experts say the charges raise serious questions about the right to criticize police.

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Kevin Lam@KevinLa09487259Oct 24
Replying to @ChefSuziGerber
Of all the issues facing DC, so much effort and political capital is wasted arguing to eliminate foie gras. Though I suppose it’s better spent on this than the constant advocacy many in this city do for violent criminals
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