Daniel Haran

@danielharan.bsky.social

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Chocolate maker. Past work included software, open data, AI, politics.

Image of Trump and other Republicans with text: "WE ARE WATCHING ONE OF THE WILDEST THINGS A NATION-STATE HAS EVER DONE," JOURNALIST GARRETT GRAFF WROTE: "A SUPERPOWER IS DYING BY SUICIDE BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN CONGRESS IS TOO COWARDLY TO STAND UP TO THE MAD KING. THIS IS ONE OF THE WILDEST MOMENTS IN ALL OF GEOPOLITICS EVER." HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
Graph of gasoline prices from the Energy Information Administration. Prices per gallon have stayed between 2 and 4 dollars a gallon since 2005, with prices currently above 4.25. The only other significant deviation from that range was in 2022, hitting $5/gallon. Weekly data is available on the webpage in table format, below the graph.
Screenshot of the speaker description on the symposium web page: "Gad Saad is a provocateur in the truest sense, an evolutionary psychologist-turned-cultural critic who takes aim at ideological conformity, political correctness, and what he calls the “suicidal empathy” of the modern West, delivering sharp, unapologetic commentary that consistently challenges the mainstream narrative."
Capture d'écran de Clic Santé: Les critères suivants permettent de déterminer votre admissibilité à la gratuité du vaccin de la COVID-19. L’usager appartient-il à l’un des groupes suivants? À partir du 6 avril Personnes immunodéprimées, dialysées Dès le 18 mai, les catégories suivantes seront ajoutées * Personnes résidant en RPA ou vivant dans d'autres milieux collectifs comportant une proportion élevée de personnes aînées et vulnérables Personnes âgées de 75 ans et plus
Screenshot from La Presse, with image of author Juliette Tremblay, described as "Étudiante à la maîtrise en histoire de l’art, UQAM" Text: "La récente controverse entourant une poursuite intentée par une personne non binaire contre un salon de coiffure qui n’offrait que des tarifs « homme » ou « femme » a suscité des réactions pour le moins passionnées2. Dans plusieurs journaux et commentaires, l’affaire est présentée comme un exemple d’excès ou de dérive. Même si certaines situations prennent des proportions démesurées, je crois que nous ne nous posons pas les bonnes questions. Réduire ce débat à une caricature dissimule une question plus importante : pourquoi des espaces non binaires existent-ils ? Et surtout, pourquoi en avons-nous besoin ?"
Screenshot of the Bluesky profile page for ICE, @icegov.bsky.social, marked: User Blocked by "Far right accounts"
Figure 1. Mean absorbance spectrum of cocoa beans of higher quality and inferior quality. Graph shows two spectra lines, for 1000nm to 2500nm, with the one labelled "Higher quality" being slightly above the "inferior quality", and essentially having the same shape.
Screenshot from CBC news article under "world" section: What we know about Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Bondi Beach bystander who disarmed gunman Syrian Muslim father of 2 who came to Australia in 2006 has 'passion to defend people,' parents told media Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News · Posted: Dec 15, 2025 9:48 AM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Screenshot of text: "Anything different in making dark as opposed to milk chocolate? Chat GPT suggested this recipe for an 80% dark chocolate, but I am not sure it has enough sugar? Since I am using a specialty milk there has to be milk powder in the recipe. Here is what I have for 1kg 80% dark chocolate: 700gr cocoa paste. 100 gr cocoa butter. 100 powdered milk. 100 sugar."
Screenshot of transcript of NYT podcast, "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?" Douthat: And a big part of your argument is that the institutions of American life or Western life, since the feminist revolution, have basically said to women: Yes you can join up. You can have the jobs you want. You can have the equality you want. But we will not accommodate ourselves, too. What you just defined as the greatest female distinctive, right? So you have to, in effect, become as men in order to enter the professional classes. Sargeant: And when you aren’t, it’s kind of a personal hobby. You hear that language of personal choice, not only on the left with regard to abortion, but for conservatives in opposition to things like SNAP benefits for unmarried women: Well, you chose to have this baby while you were poor, and everyone knows you could have chosen differently — when that could entail not having sex or killing the baby in the womb after sex has been had.
Google AI Overview for search term "fruits that end in g." The AI summary follows: The most common fruit that ends in "g" is the mango. Other fruits that end in "g" include guava and longan. Mango: A popular tropical fruit with smooth skin and sweet, fleshy pulp. Guava: A round or oval fruit with fragrant pink or white flesh, often eaten fresh. Longan: A small, round fruit with a sweet, translucent flesh, known as the "dragon's eye".
Capture d'écran de Luc Ferrandez, en date du 15 Septembre 2017: Dans la catégorie la bullshit c'est divertissant mais les faits comptent aussi: le post 2 : Hier, la morgue s'est enrichie d'une autre citoyenne paisible, vaillante, aimée - décédée alors qu'elle roulait en vélo au coin de l'avenue des Pins et l'avenue du Parc. Ce matin, Elsie Lefebvre, Denis Coderre et Marc André Gadoury travaillent sur le ton grave et respectueux qu'ils devront aborder en annonçant les intentions et les objectifs du maire en matière de cyclisme. Le maire va commencer son discours par ses mots; «nos pensées vont d'abord à la famille de...» Puis il prendra une pause. À Gadoury, on a proposé la phrase: «Il ne faut plus que ça se reproduise»; à Elsie, «c'est une mort de trop». Alors que le bullshitomètre va friser l’explosion il faudrait rappeler au bon peuple les FAITS suivants : En juin au comité exécutif, Denis Coderre est PERSONNELLEMENT intervenu pour bloquer un projet de piste cyclable proposé par ses experts sur l'avenue des Pins précisément au lieu du décès d'hier. L'administration Coderre a refusé la construction de pistes cyclables sur des rues en restauration complète comme Papineau (hyper dangereuse pour les cyclistes). Denis Coderre, a demandé le retrait de la piste Laurier dans le cadre de la reconstruction à venir de cette rue. La piste était dessinée; dans les plans, dans l'appel d'offre. Il l'a faite retirer. L'intersection Laurier Parc est vraiment dangereuse. (Le statut continue à la prochaine capture d'écran)
Fire Causes In many provinces a large number of forest fires are caused by lightning. In Nova Scotia only an average 3 per cent of fires start in this way. The remaining 97 per cent are caused by the activities of people, mostly accidental but sometimes deliberate. About one-third of person-caused fires are classed as “residential.” These fires are caused by people engaged in activities _ like debris and grass burning _ on and around their property. Another major cause is arson, which accounts for about one quarter of the person-caused fires in this province in an average year. The cause of the fire is usually determined by an investigation after the fire has been declared out.
Photo of the iconic poster from the X-Files series that reads "I want to believe" over an image of a UFO flying over trees.
Chat text: "Happy 4th" with an answer: "Almost 250 years. It was a good run. RIP."
Screenshot of tweet by @jerlevi: "The Nobel Foundation should retire the Peace Prize after awarding it to President Trump—because no future recipient will ever match the magnitude of what he achieved. His actions didn’t just promote peace; they redefined it. He secured a stability that will echo through generations. Anything awarded after him would be a shadow of this legacy—a mere gesture compared to history-making peace." Jun 22, 2025 · 3:12 AM UTC
Screenshot of tweet by Canada's PM Mark Carney: "Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon. While U.S. military action taken last night was designed to alleviate that threat, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile. Stability in the region is a priority. Canada calls on parties to return immediately to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis. As G7 leaders agreed in Kananaskis, the resolution of the Iranian crisis should lead to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza." Jun 22, 2025 · 11:59 AM UTC
We next evaluated the ability of o1-preview to select the next diagnostic test in the NEJM CPCs. Two physicians scored the suggested test plan produced by o1-preview (agreement on 113/132 cases [86%], κ=0.28), with respect to the actual management of the patient described in the CPC. The proportion of agreements was high, but the kappa was low due to severe class imbalance. In 87.5% of cases, o1-preview selected the correct test to order, in another 11% of cases the chosen testing plan was judged by the two physicians to be helpful, and in 1.5% of cases it would have been unhelpful (Figure 3). Examples are shown in Table 2.
Screenshot of Facebook post by meteorologist Chris Zelman WALB, "GFS (American) weather model (in red) is turning less accurate likely due to loss of meteorologists and data at NWS & NOAA. We are watching how DOGE cuts affect weather forecasting in real time." The graph includes a title of "5-day NHEMI [20°-80° N] 500hPa Z Anomaly Correlation", and a last verification date of 12Z04MAY2025 by @RyanMaue" The performance for 3 models is shown on the graph, with summary statistics given at top: ECMWF: Last 90 days: 0.941 | 30 days: 0.930 | 7 days: 0.905 GFS: Last 90 days: 0.902 | 30 days: 0.884 | 7 days: 0.850 AIFS: Last 90 days: 0.945 | 30 days: 0.939 | 7 days: 0.919 The GFS accuracy is shown in red and clearly below the two others, with one small dip below 0.8 in mid-March and a clearer sustained divergence since mid-April, leading to two more days below 0.8 since May.
Tweet by the NYS Catholic Conference, referencing a White House image of Trump as pope. "There is nothing clever or funny about this image, Mr. President. We just buried our beloved Pope Francis and the cardinals are about to enter a solemn conclave to elect a new successor of St. Peter. Do not mock us."
Spreadsheet of Measles cases in Texas: date of report, total cases, increases per day. 2025/03/11 223 - 2025/03/14 259 12 2025/03/18 279 5 2025/03/21 309 10 2025/03/25 327 4.5 2025/03/28 400 24.33
Graph of weekly Covid deaths in Québec since the start of the pandemic. The first peak is highest, followed by early 2022 and early 2021. Numbers never quite go down to zero.
Web browser screenshot of linked CBC article, with a list of icons (X, e-mail, Reddit, LinkedIn), and text as follows: "Former senior Canadian intelligence officials say Canada needs to be on the lookout for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid U.S. President Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats. And they told CBC News that the most potent weapon wielded by the Trump administration to advance the cause of annexation would likely not be the intelligence agencies directed by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard."
Screenshot of a post on X/Twitter from "Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social", with handle @TrumpDailyPosts Text reads: "I’ll be calling our GREAT American Hockey Team this morning to spur them on towards victory tonight against Canada, which with FAR LOWER TAXES AND MUCH STRONGER SECURITY, will someday, maybe soon, become our cherished, and very important, Fifty First State. I will be speaking before the Governors tonight in D.C., and will sadly, therefore, be unable to attend. But we will all be watching, and if Governor Trudeau would like to join us, he would be most welcome. Good luck to everybody, and have a GREAT game tonight. So exciting! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP" Post from 08:21 AM EST 02/20/25
Cacao bean cutter, aka as a guillotine, on a background of more beans. The name is due to the blade that cuts beans being on an angle, like the notorious French invention. The cutter is open with the blade showing one side of the 50 beans split lengthwise, but obscuring the left. Bean colours are mostly brown and reddish, with some whiter beans typical of criollo genetics. Two over-fermented and darker beans are also visible.
FB screen capture of status by Louis Lacroix, 32 minutes ago, reading: "Hier soir, en marge du Super Bowl, J’ai écris sur Facebook , un commentaire que je regrette. Je m’en excuse."
Screenshot of CDN-NDG website footer "Follow us" section, asking people to subscribe to their newsletter and follow them on social media. The icons listed are Facebook, X (Twitter) and YouTube.
screenshot in French, with "Follow us" with a list of icons and social network names: Facebook, Intagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube.
Article screenshot of two paragraphs, as follows: "Yarvin suggests that a would-be American autocrat should campaign on and win an electoral mandate for an authoritarian program. They should purge the federal bureaucracy in a push Yarvin has anagrammatized as Rage (for “retire all government employees”). They should simply ignore any court rulings that seek to constrain them. They should bring Congress to heel, in part by mobilizing their populist base against recalcitrant lawmakers. And liberal or mainstream media organizations and universities should be summarily closed."
Close-up of the bottom of the Cherry Blossom, sitting on top of its foil. Streak marks are clearly visible, and the shell isn't flush with the bottom. The box with its barcode is visible in the background.
Screenshot of the ingredient list for the Cherry Blossom confection. The full list: Sugar, Modified palm oil and modified vegetable oil (shea, sunflower and/or safflower), Modified milk ingredients, Unsweetened chocolate, Coconut, Peanuts, Cherries, Corn syrup, Lactose, Soy lecithin, Polyglycerol polyricinoleate, Invertase, Natural and artificial flavours, Salt, Acetic acid, Citric acid, Sodium benzoate, Colour, Sodium metabisulphite, Potassium sorbate, Sulphites
Screenshot. Full text: Mise à jour du 27 décembre 2024, 11 h. Veuillez noter qu'exceptionnellement en cette période des Fêtes, les dates des prochaines mises à jour des données seront le vendredi 27 décembre 2024 et le mercredi 8 janvier 2025. Certains indicateurs pourraient être sous-estimés en raison du retard de saisie des événements dans les systèmes d'information. La prudence est donc de mise dans l’interprétation des résultats.
Bar chart of Covid variants, showing rapid growth of the XEC variant in the last 3 months, from a tiny slice to about 30%. The KP.3.1.1 is dwindling, while MC.2 is growing slowly, and others are not taking up much space.
Saisie d'écran d'une publication Facebook par Valérie Plante, il y a 3 heures. "Le Dr Denis Mukwege a reçu le prix Nobel de la paix en 2018 pour son travail en matière de défense des droits des femmes. Cet homme est un véritable allié féministe. Alors qu’on souligne aujourd’hui le triste anniversaire du féminicide à l’École polytechnique, on peut s’inspirer de son engagement envers la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles. C’est un grand honneur de le recevoir, chez nous, à Montréal." Lien direct pour la publication et le reste de son texte: https://www.facebook.com/MTL.ValeriePlante/posts/pfbid0gXFGwa2hDLRcc3WtL6QRYiTRC1bCtD2ivaFxwyK8PgA2Lu7CntNuNVUZodBWduAZl
Burlap bag over a plastic container of cacao. The bag is branded by Thai Cacao, with a logo of leaves and cacao fruit, one of which is open. The origin is listed as Chaisutti Farm, Chanthaburi, Thailand. Net weight is 50 kg, but the lot number is missing. The cacao beans are about the size of almonds, mostly brown, with some black and white discoloured beans. A metal scoop is on top of the beans.
Graph of Morning Consult Index of Consumer Sentiment, broken down by political party. Both Republicans and Democratic sentiment drops at the beginning of the pandemic, and Republican sentiment drops after Biden is elected, after which Democratic sentiment is more optimistic. This reverses dramatically after the Trump election.
Facebook screenshot of post by Atlantic business magazine, published November 4. The image is of a smiling man behind a brick wall. Text reads: "Martin Mei’s $8.7 million real estate portfolio was built on what he calls essentially a real estate ‘pawn shop’—purchasing distressed properties before they reached the market and transforming the undervalued properties into thriving assets."
Screenshot of polymarket website, a page showing the bet values for the winner of the presidential election. Odds for Trump currently stand at 59.5%.
Graph showing summary of Covid lineage proportions in Québec, from the linked page.
Quebec weekly excess mortality graph for people 0-49. The line is very spiky / noisy, and generally around 15% above the expected baseline.
Screenshot of Instagram post by @tabletmag and @michaelrapaport about the Iranian missile attack on Israel. The map is full of pins, covering nearly all of Israel and Gaza.
Screenshot of statistical table at the top of page 35 of the report linked above.
Screenshot of the table at the top of page 34 of the linked pdf.
"In many studies it has been shown that hydrometeorological data fit very closely to the double exponential extreme value distribution known generally as the "Gumbel" distribution. If selected from a large enough set of observations to be considered infinite, theoretically a series of extreme data will fit this distribution and the following numerical expression can be applied: Үт = ӯ + Κτσ T where YT is the amount of rainfall equalled or exceeded only once in return period T, y is the mean of the annual maximum series, σ is the standard deviation from the mean of the annual maximum series, and KT is a frequency factor dependent upon the number of years of record, the return period, and the type of assumed distribution (Gumbel in this article)."
Covid wastewater signal for Montreal. Most of 2024 has been flat, with peaks in December 2023 lasting until January, and another in the last week.
Screen capture of a grey screen claiming "We're sorry. You are not authorized to access this content from outside of the US and its territories."
Bar graph of Covid variant prevalence in Québec, showing a decreasing JN.1, a quickly increasing KP3.1.1 and barely detectable unclassified variants which would include XEC.
Black and white cartoon of a woman pointing at an empty shelf, with a text bubble reading: "This is where we keep case studies where increasing supply of luxury homes solved affordable housing crisis"
Cacao nibs from two different origins, one darker coloured in the background and a lighter one in my hand.
Screenshot of Covid wastewater monitoring taken from the INSPQ site. Numbers have been trending up in waves since May 1st.
Transcript of ChatGPT dialog. Question: "how many b's in flibbertigibbet?" Answer: "In the word 'flibbertigibbet', there are 2 'b's"
Cans of Pussy brand energy drinks on a store shelf, boasting of "100% natural ingredients"
Bar chart of Covid variants in Québec in 2 week periods from March 10th to June 1st. JN.1 and sub-lineages go from 70% to about 30% while KP.3 starts small and is now half of cases, with KP.2 another 13%.
Graph of wind, solar and storage new installations in the US from 2000 to 2022. All are growing, with wind starting first, solar being noticeable around 2010 and storage taking off in 2021.
Screenshot of tweet by Nikki Haley, autographing missiles in Israel, writing "Finish them!"
Screenshot of INSPQ stats of number of hospitalised people in Québec. A drop down menu defines ranges, including waves 1 through 7, a "period of high endimicity" and lastly, "2023-2024 season"