# social post (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover social post. Page: Feed: --- ## [A year of ChatGPT is a fifth of a beer](https://maxghenis.com/blog/drinking-ai/) _2026-07-05 · Max Ghenis_ I built an interactive that prices drinks in AI queries — and lets you flip every assumption that makes published AI water numbers differ by 100x. ## [MacKenzie Scott's giving, in QALYs](https://maxghenis.com/blog/mackenzie-scott-giving-in-qalys/) _2026-06-28 · Max Ghenis_ An interactive cost-effectiveness model for MacKenzie Scott's $26B in philanthropy — and the AI prompts that built it. ## [The administration is hand-picking who runs which frontier model](https://maxghenis.com/blog/pulled-one-approved-another/) _2026-06-27 · Max Ghenis_ On the same stated cyber rationale, the Commerce Department pulled Anthropic's Fable 5 offline, the White House cleared OpenAI's GPT-5.6 for a chosen list of companies, and a second Commerce letter reopened Mythos 5 to 100-plus named organizations — three models, three bespoke deals, no published rule. Capability, safeguards, and prior coordination don't explain who got which. ## [The administration is hand-picking who runs which frontier model — social posts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/pulled-one-approved-another-social/) _2026-06-27 · Max Ghenis_ Social media posts for the GPT-5.6 / Fable approval double-standard post ## [The US government is gutting Anthropic's R&D capacity](https://maxghenis.com/blog/us-gutted-anthropic-rd/) _2026-06-15 · Max Ghenis_ A Commerce export control pulled Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 on Friday. It's cutting roughly a third of Anthropic's own researchers off from the frontier models they build, while every competitor's keep theirs. ## [How to turn money into predictions](https://maxghenis.com/blog/how-to-turn-money-into-predictions/) _2026-05-26 · Max Ghenis_ A menu of mechanisms for organizations that want to fund forecasts on policy, economic, and AI outcomes. ## [Can Talkie-1930 do arithmetic?](https://maxghenis.com/blog/talkie-1930-math-evals/) _2026-04-30 · Max Ghenis_ I tested Talkie-1930 on GSM8K and the easier EleutherAI/OpenAI arithmetic suite, then packaged an lm-eval-harness runner so the runs are reproducible. ## [Talkie-1930 math evals social posts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/talkie-1930-math-evals-social/) _2026-04-30 · Max Ghenis_ Social media posts for the Talkie-1930 arithmetic evaluation post ## [Billionaires aren't 'just as likely' to be nonpayers as top taxpayers](https://maxghenis.com/blog/madoff-billionaire-nonpayers/) _2026-04-20 · Max Ghenis_ Checking Ray Madoff's claim on The Ezra Klein Show against ProPublica and PolicyEngine microdata. ## [I used Bayesian statistics to optimize my bedding](https://maxghenis.com/blog/bayesian-comforter/) _2026-03-04 · Max Ghenis_ How I combined Eight Sleep data, Whoop biometrics, and RCT evidence to pick a comforter and pillow ## [Daily plans, scheduled by AI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/KVNqIwtEBMqt) _2026-03-03 · **Sponsored**_ AI-made daily plans that schedule tasks and protect focus time. ## [I built a MyST-to-Quarto converter (and why you might need one)](https://maxghenis.com/blog/mystquarto/) _2026-02-27 · Max Ghenis_ mystquarto converts academic markdown between MyST and Quarto formats — directives, roles, config files, and frontmatter. Now on PyPI. ## [One year of Claude Code](https://maxghenis.com/blog/my-claude-code-config/) _2026-02-25 · Max Ghenis_ A year ago, Anthropic launched Claude Code. I've since consumed 10 billion tokens, mass-tweeted about it, and mass-customized it. Here's my setup and what I've learned. ## [Why you can't make double eye contact](https://maxghenis.com/blog/double-eye-contact/) _2026-02-10 · Max Ghenis_ Your eyes can only converge on a single point. Up close, that means you have to pick one of the other person's eyes to look at. ## [Interactive replication of GiveWell's cost-effectiveness analysis](https://maxghenis.com/blog/givewell-cea/) _2026-02-10 · Max Ghenis_ I re-implemented GiveWell's cost-effectiveness models for all six top charities as an open-source web tool with editable parameters, moral weights, and sensitivity analysis. ## [GiveWell CEA social posts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/givewell-cea/social/) _2026-02-10 · Max Ghenis_ Social media posts for the GiveWell CEA interactive replication ## [Where US immigrants come from, and where ICE focuses enforcement](https://maxghenis.com/blog/bad-bunny-immigration-enforcement/) _2026-02-09 · Max Ghenis_ Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show highlighted the Americas. Here's what the data shows about immigration and enforcement patterns. ## [OpenMessage: How I built a macOS Google Messages client to give Claude my texts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/openmessage/) _2026-02-09 · Max Ghenis_ I had already connected Claude Code to WhatsApp, Signal, Slack, and Gmail. SMS was the last holdout — and no existing tool could solve it. ## [Scrollywood: Smooth scroll video recording for the web](https://maxghenis.com/blog/scrollywood/) _2026-02-06 · Max Ghenis_ A Chrome extension that records smooth-scrolling videos and GIFs of any webpage, built for capturing scrollytelling stories and long-form content. ## [I used Claude Code to recertify for SNAP](https://maxghenis.com/blog/snap-recertification-claude-code/) _2026-02-06 · Max Ghenis_ Browser automation + document reading + form filling: Claude Code completed my SNAP recertification in about an hour of active work, across 373 tool calls. ## [The adolescence of policy simulation: On Amodei and economic disruption](https://maxghenis.com/blog/amodei-adolescence-policyengine/) _2026-01-27 · Max Ghenis_ AI can answer policy questions. It cannot yet model policy impacts. That requires infrastructure we are still building. ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/30ora5Z5iiw8) _2026-01-26 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [opencollective-py: Manage OpenCollective from your terminal or Claude Code](https://maxghenis.com/blog/opencollective-py/) _2026-01-23 · Max Ghenis_ A Python client, CLI, and MCP server for the OpenCollective API. ## [From IDE to AI orchestration: The end of code-first development](https://maxghenis.com/blog/ide-to-ai-orchestration/) _2026-01-11 · Max Ghenis_ How AI coding tools evolved from autocomplete to autonomous agents, and why I expect to abandon my IDE entirely this month. ## [RAMBar: A macOS menu bar RAM monitor for developers](https://maxghenis.com/blog/rambar/) _2026-01-07 · Max Ghenis_ A native macOS menu bar app for tracking memory usage across Claude Code sessions, VS Code workspaces, Chrome tabs, and Python processes. ## [TerminalGrid: Turn VS Code into a Claude Code superterminal](https://maxghenis.com/blog/terminalgrid/) _2026-01-07 · Max Ghenis_ A VS Code extension for keyboard-driven terminal grid management with project picker and auto-launch for AI coding tools. ## [The definitive QALY analysis of nuts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/_which-nut-is-healthiest-bayesian-qaly-analysis/) _2025-12-19 · Max Ghenis_ A rigorous, evidence-based Monte Carlo simulation estimating the lifetime health impact of different nut types. The most comprehensive quantitative nut health analysis available. ## [How to Use MDX for Interactive Posts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/using-mdx/) _2025-11-25 · Max Ghenis_ This blog supports MDX, allowing you to embed React components, Plotly charts, and interactive elements directly in posts. ## [VAT thresholds, revenues, and the role of counterfactuals](https://maxghenis.com/blog/vat-thresholds/) _2025-08-30 · Max Ghenis_ Debunking claims that raising the UK VAT threshold would increase tax revenues through growth effects. ## [AI models favor Cuomo over Mamdani on NYC housing production](https://maxghenis.com/blog/ai-models-nyc-housing/) _2025-06-23 · Max Ghenis_ An experiment using six AI models to forecast NYC housing production under two mayoral candidates. ## [Bad Bunny immigration enforcement social posts](https://maxghenis.com/blog/bad-bunny-immigration-enforcement/social/) _2025-02-09 · Max Ghenis_ Social media posts for the Bad Bunny immigration enforcement article ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZRyPlberw1hj) _2025-02-08 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [My 2024 in code: Personal projects and AI tools](https://maxghenis.com/blog/my-2024-in-code/) _2025-01-02 · Max Ghenis_ How AI helped me build useful software while leading PolicyEngine.