YY's Random Walks: March 2026

Here’s a round-up of some recent things.

LLMs Can Infer Political Alignment from Online Conversations — A new paper from our group. We show that LLMs can infer political alignment from general online conversations. The combination of LLMs’ capacity and widely available online social data means your hidden traits like political leaning can be readily inferred (“inferential privacy violation”).

How to Do Peer Review — I’ve expanded my guide on peer review. The core message: think of yourself not as a judge but as an anonymous sage who helps the authors improve the paper. The guide covers mindset, structure, and common pitfalls.

cmux — My current terminal setup. It’s a native macOS terminal built on Ghostty with a vertical tab sidebar and a notification system for AI coding agents. The killer feature for me: each tab is a project with a stable name, and it tells me when Claude Code needs attention in another tab. I went from bare Ghostty → tmux → bare Ghostty → cmux, and this is the best fit so far for agent-heavy workflows.

Accessible PDF from LaTeX — With the ADA Title II compliance deadline coming up in April 2026, you may need to make an accessible CV, which means tagged, screen-reader-friendly PDFs. The fix is surprisingly minimal—small changes to your preamble, switch to LuaLaTeX, and your existing layout is preserved. If you use LaTeX for your CV, this guide may be handy.

Claude Code (updated) — I’ve split my Claude Code notes into separate pages: Claude Code (overview), Skills (the skill system), Tips (practical tips), and How I Use It (my personal setup). The biggest additions: custom skills and agents I’ve built for my workflow (filing papers, gardening the wiki, processing inboxes), and my current terminal setup with cmux.

ofocus — A Python CLI I built for OmniFocus on macOS. It talks to OmniFocus via JXA, so no plugins or API keys needed. The real motivation is that I wanted agents like Claude Code to be able to manage my tasks directly from the terminal. Available on PyPI (uvx ofocus).

That’s it for now. More soon!

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