Olivier Simard-Casanova
· Economist @univlorraine.bsky.social, en français and in English
· I study how humans influence each other in organizations, at work, in scientific communities, and online #Rstats
· He/Him 🏳️🌈
🌐 https://o.simardcasanova.net
📍 Nancy, Lorraine, France 🇪🇺
- I asked Claude a programming language question and it came up with this
- A thread worth reading
- Most of the footage you see from ICE observers in Minnesota comes from the core cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. I talked to observers in the northern suburbs, who say they're taking on the same mission in very different conditions. (1) share.google/ei9giIFLsuEJ...
- It seems pretty clear now that this “centrist online pundits class” (or whatever you want to call it) has a rampant, but very real, science denialism problem Cherry-picking data while disparaging legitimate research that contradicts your conclusions are core features of science denialism
- Science denialism is not just anti-vax weirdos on the Internet or well-paid consultants spewing talking point of a powerful industry in the media A more subtle form also exists, especially among “elites”, and this is a striking illustration of what this form looks like
- The social sciences are also sciences Results in the social sciences are not mere “educated opinions”, they are proper, legitimate scientific results Denying the scientific consensus in, say, economics or political sciences, is *exactly* the same as denying the consensus in climate or medicine
- No note needed
- Me, a personnel economist, reading this: 😶
- As seen from afar, it appears that the Trump administration is rapidly destroying its human resources — and, as a result, its ability to implement its policies
- “Raw power” is not (just) an aesthetics It is also an ability to deliver tangible results on the ground And to do so, you need people, often many of them, doing the (often boring) work The Trump administration seems to undermine its ability to leverage this “raw power” it fetishizes so much
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View full threadI am not a political scientist, but I suspect that in order to consolidate its power, the Trump administration probably needs a workforce large enough, competent enough, and loyal enough, to execute its vision My feeling is that the Trump administration does not have such workforce
- Thanks to Claude Code, I have been able to build a native Bluesky bookmarks manager Mac app The app is basic and definitely a POC, but the simple fact it exists considering I'm not a Mac developer is impressive
- I was listening to the latest @appstories.macstories.net episode this morning and @viticci.macstories.net and @johnvoorhees.macstories.net specifically talked about this kind of risk with OpenClaw
- 1Password not mincing words here: "If you are experimenting with OpenClaw, do not do it on a company device. Full stop." "If you have already run OpenClaw on a work device, treat it as a potential incident and engage your security team immediately." 1password.com/blog/from-ma...
- Under the Trump administration, the DOJ seems to have developed a severe employee retention issue
- Also applies to international scientific conferences
- A universal search engine that queries all AT Proto blogs has just dropped
