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"01a087aa-5715-711a-9e7d-c1fb5e3182f6", "title": "The definition of \"agent\"", "url": "https://muddy.jprs.me/posts/2026-04-04-the-definition-of-agent/", "published_at": "2026-04-05T03:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087aa-5715-711a-9e7d-c1fb5ebc2003", "title": "The triumph of the data raccoons", "url": "https://muddy.jprs.me/posts/2026-04-03-the-triumph-of-the-data-raccoons/", "published_at": "2026-04-04T03:40:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087aa-5715-711a-9e7d-c1fb5f073f39", "title": "Andrew Gelman's blog schedule", "url": "https://muddy.jprs.me/posts/2026-04-02-andrew-gelman-s-blog-schedule/", "published_at": "2026-04-02T20:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087aa-5715-711a-9e7d-c1fb5f249212", "title": "Testing ZeroClaw, Part 2.5: ZeroClaw is alive!", "url": "https://muddy.jprs.me/posts/2026-04-01-testing-zeroclaw-part-2-5-zeroclaw-is-alive/", "published_at": "2026-04-02T03:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087aa-5715-711a-9e7d-c1fb5f9c591c", "title": "Testing ZeroClaw, Part 2: ZeroClaw is dead?", "url": 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If you let AI do your writing for you...original ↗

17 Jun 2026

Simulate how populations will change in the 21st century original ↗

16 Jun 2026

The hallmarks of pseudoscience original ↗

15 Jun 2026

We need a better class of billionaire original ↗

14 Jun 2026

Has CRAN avoided malicious packages?original ↗

13 Jun 2026

The war on statistical noise original ↗

12 Jun 2026

LLMs are great at giving the expected shape of an answer original ↗

11 Jun 2026

Bananas are berries original ↗

10 Jun 2026

*Dragon Age: Origins* is still really good original ↗

9 Jun 2026

Snow in June original ↗

8 Jun 2026

Of course logistic regression is regression (and other fake categories)original ↗

7 Jun 2026

Remembering J. Craig Venter (1946–2026)original ↗

6 Jun 2026

AI love and *Good Will Hunting*original ↗

5 Jun 2026

Biosecurity in the land of Chinese peptides original ↗

4 Jun 2026

A wait time tracker for Canadian emergency rooms original ↗

3 Jun 2026

Who needs prompt injections when you can just say the magic word?original ↗

2 Jun 2026

The image is not the art original ↗

2 Jun 2026

Google AI Overviews is Reddit original ↗

1 Jun 2026

*Ginkgo biloba*: No girls allowed original ↗

30 May 2026

Supa Hot Fire: Still not a rapper original ↗

30 May 2026

How many Ps are in Google?original ↗

28 May 2026

A guide to dependency cooldowns original ↗

27 May 2026

Somebody saved the FiveThirtyEight archive original ↗

26 May 2026

Testing ZeroClaw, Part 3: Social noise no more original ↗

25 May 2026

The largest North American Bitcoin ATM operator goes bust original ↗

24 May 2026

Badger Badger is culturally, historically or aesthetically significant original ↗

23 May 2026

Why Bitcoin Pizza Day is crypto's longest-running joke original ↗

22 May 2026

Why did a heat wave kill nearly a hundred in Quebec and none in Ontario?original ↗

21 May 2026

Surveillance pricing roundup & a prediction market ban original ↗

20 May 2026

Most people who died of COVID-19 didn't have four chronic diseases original ↗

19 May 2026

The NHS declares war on open source original ↗

18 May 2026

Stylometric analysis of Satoshi Nakamoto original ↗

17 May 2026

It's weird that Canada never had a COVID-19 inquiry original ↗

16 May 2026

FiveThirtyEight is well and truly dead original ↗

15 May 2026

Why can't *The Boys* stop *Love Island*?original ↗

15 May 2026

How Big Muddy runs original ↗

13 May 2026

Hantavirus and the next pandemic original ↗

13 May 2026

Fun words: Chisme original ↗

12 May 2026

My recent essay on the state of the Internet got sucked into the AI slop machine original ↗

11 May 2026

Canada plans to ban crypto ATMs original ↗

9 May 2026

Canada to create specialized police force for financial crimes original ↗

9 May 2026

A few more prediction market stories original ↗

7 May 2026

New York Times correction: Pierre Poilievre not so fiesty as initially reported original ↗

7 May 2026

DAEMON Tools has been compromised for almost a month original ↗

5 May 2026

US FDA launches pilot of "real-time clinical trials"original ↗

5 May 2026

The best is over original ↗

3 May 2026

OpenAI announces subscriptions can be used for OpenClaw original ↗

2 May 2026

A hub for writing on prediction markets original ↗

2 May 2026

Dependency cooldowns are now supported in the latest version of pip original ↗

30 Apr 2026

Technology and the quaintification of politics original ↗

30 Apr 2026

Excalidraw Whiteboard original ↗

28 Apr 2026

New Zealand and Australia are really far apart original ↗

27 Apr 2026

How a nuclear power plant became a haven for wildlife original ↗

27 Apr 2026

Causation does not necessarily imply correlation original ↗

25 Apr 2026

Eroom's law original ↗

25 Apr 2026

Maduro raid soldier arrested for insider trading on Polymarket for $400,000 score original ↗

24 Apr 2026

Even the most expensive law firms are filing AI slop original ↗

23 Apr 2026

ggsql: A grammar of graphics for SQL original ↗

21 Apr 2026

Japan's Phillips curve looks like Japan original ↗

20 Apr 2026

Encouraging results for mRNA therapy for pancreatic cancer original ↗

19 Apr 2026

Is the pendulum swinging back on free-range childhood?original ↗

18 Apr 2026

The surprising origin of the citation system controlling academia original ↗

17 Apr 2026

Fake stars are rampant on GitHub original ↗

16 Apr 2026

Why you can't just subsidize demand to end Canada's housing crisis original ↗

16 Apr 2026

McDonald’s used to put the vaccine schedule on tray liners original ↗

15 Apr 2026

An example of vote (in)efficiency in Quebec original ↗

14 Apr 2026

Adjusting for recalled past vote in political polling original ↗

13 Apr 2026

How do pollsters get different results from the same data?original ↗

12 Apr 2026

Scientists invent a fake disease, AI picks it up, other scientists cite it original ↗

10 Apr 2026

A data point against the idea that AI will freeze/homogenize culture original ↗

9 Apr 2026

AI makes it easier to generate fake papers, too original ↗

9 Apr 2026

What is a public opinion poll without the public?original ↗

7 Apr 2026

Social media is a freak show original ↗

6 Apr 2026

How effective are Amber alerts?original ↗

5 Apr 2026

The definition of "agent"original ↗

5 Apr 2026

The triumph of the data raccoons original ↗

4 Apr 2026

Andrew Gelman's blog schedule original ↗

2 Apr 2026

Testing ZeroClaw, Part 2.5: ZeroClaw is alive!original ↗

2 Apr 2026

Testing ZeroClaw, Part 2: ZeroClaw is dead?original ↗

1 Apr 2026

One important fact about for-profit plasma donation original ↗

31 Mar 2026

How to avoid cognitive surrender to AI original ↗

30 Mar 2026

Opt out of very new Python package versions with uv original ↗

28 Mar 2026

Colorado advances ban on algorothmic price and wage discrimination original ↗

27 Mar 2026

How SARS-CoV-2 variants get named on GitHub original ↗

26 Mar 2026

Prediction markets are coming to Canada original ↗

26 Mar 2026

Will AI help Canadian police counter a tsunami of fraud?original ↗

25 Mar 2026

Vandalism of OpenStreetMap original ↗

23 Mar 2026

Properly the work of federal public health agencies original ↗

23 Mar 2026

For map nerds only: An atlas of world history original ↗

22 Mar 2026

Fight club at the bird feeder original ↗

20 Mar 2026

Make buses faster and more reliable by having fewer stops original ↗

19 Mar 2026

Manitoba introduces bill to ban algorithmic price discrimination original ↗

18 Mar 2026

Prediction markets incentivize bad behaviour original ↗

17 Mar 2026

Some insight into writing a book using Quarto original ↗

17 Mar 2026

Using Claude Claude for cross-package statistical audits original ↗

16 Mar 2026

Getting citizenship just got a lot harder for those of Italian descent original ↗

15 Mar 2026

geoBoundaries: An open database of political administrative boundaries original ↗

13 Mar 2026

Open banking comes to Canada original ↗

13 Mar 2026

The other half of the ATM–bank teller story original ↗

12 Mar 2026

What will the paper of the future look like?original ↗

11 Mar 2026