AI destroys science publishing.

Sometimes these journal solicitations rise to the level of art. One that arrived today: * Begins “Dear Dr Voortman, Trudy,” * Says that they’ve “reviewed” a paper I published five years ago that has never been cited * Says that because of my “exceptional contributions,” they invite me to…

Hegseth refusing — and continuing to refuse — to call Mormons "Christian" is a real leopards-eating-faces moment. But it's a lot more than that. Christian nationalists depend on the myth of Christian unity. Hegseth exploded that myth. www.salon.com/2026/06/10/p...

stuff like this is why I think it's perfectly reasonable to focus more on the harms being done than the on the fun some people undoubtedly do have playing around with our latest "just a tool" the context is bad, and the context is where most of us live

MacOS San Dimas, dude.

Everyone still thinks that the ICM will go ahead with no hiccups like this? Or that it *should* go ahead? And mind you, I'm Canadian. Travel issues are not even my main concern...

Pilgrim: “Oh great oracle, will my wedding go well?” Oracle: “It will go off without a hitch.” Pilgrim: …

“Pepper-sprayed yet undeterred: Faith leaders keep ministering at Delaney Hall.” “‘We are called by our faith to put our bodies on the line if that’s the call,’ said the Rev. Robin Tanner, a Unitarian Universalist minister.” religionnews.com/2026/06/04/p...

Mathematicians stop phrasing logic problems in terms of death row prisoners challenge. [Inspired by reading the current issue of an official publication of one of my professional societies.]

So I wonder: How many of the people having HOA problems at the apocalypse community are there because they are worried about a magnetic pole shift caused by the planet Nibiru?

Harvard has just voted to cap grades: instructors may assign A's to a max of 20% of students (plus four) per course. The outcome will unfairly harm racially minoritized students and, through course evals, gender minoritized instructors. My new piece in Inside Higher Ed. #AcademicSky #EduSky

the free market allowed Musk to get massive subsidies from the government, use that to make massive donations to donald trump, and then in return for those donations he was allowed to exercise his Nazi ideology by murdering an estimated 14 million non white people in pursuit of white supremacy.

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

the trans agenda is literally just trans people asking to keep the rights trans people had without much issue until a few years ago, when Republicans started trying to take them away and a frightening amount of Democrats decided some of that was reasonable

If you get a seat on the OceanGate submersible, you don't ask if the experimental carbon-fiber hull is safe.

I remember a time when I needed to consult a paper in a journal for a classified project, but showing interest in it would violate good OPSEC. So instead of downloading it, I drove two hours to a library where I could find a paper copy in the stacks. Then there are these fools.

398 of the people I follow are among his followers. I mean, follow who you want, people follow accounts for all kinds of reasons, but in case you were unaware.

*Kill James Bond* is one of my go-to podcasts, and this is a lovely profile of one of the hosts. Come for the parasocial connection, stay for the thoughts about how to survive and thrive in these awful times.

I'm sorry, what? In writing my first monograph, I spent six weeks trying to track down a citation in TWO languages I didn't know. And good thing too, because the citation was wrong. That's scholarship. That's research. You know, the thing we're trained to do?!?

“…Elon Musk used DOGE [to reduce] Black women’s federal employment participation by 25%. It became proof of concept for using A.I. to displace workers. Witherspoon mentioned this threat…The problem is Witherspoon assumed that displacing women isn’t at least part of the point of rapid A.I. adoption.”

In the US, Terry Tao seems to have become the de facto spokesperson for the state of AI and mathematics. Michael Harris (in a substack post, unfortunately) asks why, and highlights the perspectives of some German mathematicians that differ from Tao’s. siliconreckoner.substack.com/p/who-speaks...

Another Substack dedicated to grappling with the implications of AI in mathematics; This one written by Michael Harris. #mathematics #math #ArtificialIntelligence #AI Source:https://buff.ly/0jCF61X

if the NYT opinion columnists wants to solve the FP problems trump has created, they might consider calling for Trump to resign with half the enthusiasm with which they called for biden to resign.

Iran controlling the strait is very bad. so is allowing a madman with a massive nuclear arsenal to attack sovereign nations at will.

maybe Europeans believe that Trump and Israel are more of a danger than Iran. 1

Art break! Quote and start a thread of the art/photos on the wall of the room you’re in.

#MathCoffeeSelfie Mother's Day edition. Send along a selfie and feel free to include your mother.

Spoiler: Copilot literally (and incontrovertibly) based its analysis on stereotypes.

Much of the difficulty in having productive conversations with friends and colleagues about the many things called “AI” is caused by the deliberate blurring of language used by the companies pushing it on us. I really appreciate the scholars who work to bring some clarity to the discussion.

“officials discovered two industrial-scale water hookups feeding a data center campus located 20 miles south of downtown Atlanta. One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”

“Not used to speaking about politics” does not necessarily mean “not thinking about politics,” but I do wonder whether it makes a person less likely to ask why it is that they are being given privileged access.

I’m not a fan of influential mathematicians using their platforms to keep saying “LLMs are doing work comparable to students” etc because it devalues the reason people are supposed to train students? It’s supposed to be for human benefit and maintaining humanity’s interest in a field

My mind boggles at the people who are still saying, "But, but, the rules say...but but but...the process is..." Listen, Republicans don't care. They make shit up, bend the rules, ignore them, change them at will. Democrats have the majority in VA. Use your powers, be creative, & implement the map.

This is a vendor-driven cybersecurity incident affecting multiple institutions globally. At this time, please do not attempt to access Canvas until further notice. If you are currently in the system, do not click any links and close your browser immediately.

Genuinely frustrated I didn't think about this sooner, but let me send it along in case that's anyone else too

I've had the same experience. I manage the eprint.iacr.org domain and we've recently been assaulted by dozens of crawlers who disobey robots.txt. I'm thinking about just sending them gibberish from debrisprint.iacr.org

Wow, they actually *retracted* this so-called meta-analysis about ChatGPT effects on learning performance, though it got massive metrics and social media attention before that. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A cookie is a cookie and a LU is a LU. / Both are good, but one is too / good to be a cookie so they call it a LU. / Please don’t call them cookies.

(I make a "mouth" with the side of my hand and draw little eyes above it) Richard Dawkins: hmmmm (I put lipstick around the "mouth") Richard Dawkins, suavely: well hello

“Ultra-processed pancakes.” Stirring together flour, baking powder, butter, milk, egg, and a little salt and sugar? Is that what does it? My solution would be to put warning labels on wooden kitchen spoons.

Every Democrat's platform for 2026 and beyond must address the needs of real people AND structural reform of our broken government. That includes an expanded Supreme Court, a strong push to make DC & PR states, changes in Senate rules, an end to Citizen's United and serious campaign finance reform.

That the conservatives are purporting to use the 15th amendment to kill off the VRA is further evidence that we cannot fix what's broken via legislation or constitutional amendments if we don't also reform the court. If left unchecked, they'll just pretend a new amendment doesn't mean what it says

Reminder to academic authors: If you post a paywalled link to your published work, for the love of god ALSO post a link to a version that ordinary people can access! If you don’t, you’re being kind of an asshole. And your mentions will look like this.

Film you've watched more than six times with gif. hard mode: no star wars, star trek, lotr, dc, marvel, disney, pixar, dreamworks, spielberg, cameron, wachowskis, or ghibli

we all know I have no life, so:

@billcorbett.bsky.social @seanthomason.bsky.social Thought you two might enjoy seeing these… bsky.app/profile/coli...

the louvre won't see your jokes about stealing priceless artifacts, but your museum owning friends will

This is a FRAUDULENT paper, AI-generated. My name was used as an author and I had nothing to do with it, never saw it until today e-pubmed.co.uk/journals/dig... The "Editors" Angelo Rossi Mori, David Mensah, and Zarnie Khadjesari and this "Journal" should be reported.

Any Dem who runs on a platform of ending every single government contract with Palantir, then hiring a team of experts to undo the damage these fascist dorks have done to our infrastructure, communications and personnel, not only has my vote, but has my donation checks and volunteer hours as well.