Really interesting study to get data on how much research is lost with anti-DEI grant cancellations. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Framing the dismantling of U.S. democracy and academic freedom as an opportunity for Europe to “attract talent” feels wrong. A threat to academic freedom anywhere is not an opportunity elsewhere. By definition, it’s a threat to us all.

Tog en alvedon nu trots att jag är autistisk, kommer jag bli gravid?

True småbarnsförälder att jag hittade en klämmiskork, en sten, ett par vantar och en schleichhäst i ena jackfickan

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Democracy isn’t something we “have.” It’s something we create together, day by day, from the local to the systemic.

"It's all coming together," I say as I take a break from a project that isn't even close to coming together and is maybe on the verge of falling apart

There are countless experts who are more merited than me and who will explain this better, but here goes.

Despite what Trump says, there is no link between paracetamol (tylenol) and autism.

I'm scared that people will avoid Tylenol in favor of meds that actually can/do cause problems in pregnancy, like Advil. Not safe! Also afraid that people will hear Tylenol is safe and take too much of it! Not good to overdose on! Just listen to clinicians and not politicians.

I provided some comments on the #paracetamol and #autism debacle in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Opened my dataset, and suddenly 6 hours have passed. Coding really shifts the time-space continuum like nothing else. #R #PhDLife

“you typically don’t have two civil wars, and we already had one”. That was an actual quote from an American security expert giving a lecture at the Swedish Defence University in 2019, when asked about the state of US democracy. I’ve kept thinking about it ever since.

An excellent explanation.

Det är inte sant att folk inte bryr sig eller att det är omöjligt att göra saker. Det kan kännas så för att man uppslukas av alla läskiga nyheter. Ta hand om de känslorna (ät socker eller andas i fyrkant), ta en tupplur, krama en hund, fortsätt kratta för nåt annat

En sak vi MÅSTE göra är att sluta beskriva den framväxande fascismen enbart i termer av "oroliga tider", "ökad polarisering" eller "autoritära tendenser". Så länge vi i det öppna samtalet inte vågar erkänna att det är en framväxande medveten politisk rörelse kommer den bara fortsätta segra. >>

Trans rights are not the rights of a tiny minority, trans rights are everyone’s rights to self-determination, control of our bodies, and a society where opportunity and aesthetics are not restricted by sex assigned at birth You should support and defend trans people because trans people are people

My favorite instance of message urgency and communication vessel mismatch was when my dad was involved in a severe car accident and let me know by sending an email

A teacher in the course I just took said: “For the exam, please don’t perform worse than ChatGPT”. Honestly, love that for us. #PhDLife #AcademicSky

Back in undergrad, I sometimes said in class: “I don’t know enough about this to have an opinion.” What struck me was how fascinated some classmates seemed by that.

These two paragraphs, these two statements one after the other is quite something.

After reading parts of Adam Raine’s chat gpt logs I feel like never reading anything ever again. There must be accountability

I’ve studied US drone strikes, I wrote a book called “Drones and Terrorism,” and this Caribbean strike is different. Lethal fire at a non-threatening target in a non-hostile environment on purpose when other means, such as capture, were easily doable, and without even attempting a legal rationale.

Recent dreams that left me Very awake: – my child getting lost – accidentally traveling to Finland – finding myself on a standup stage with nothing prepared

Skickar marknadsskolebroschyren till så många kommunpolitiker jag orkar med. Varje broschyr måste stoppas i kuvert som ska namnas. Varje kuvert kostar 2 kronor. Det får plats 40 sådana kuvert i varje kommunsändning. Swisha 80 kr till 1230635714 om du vill sponsra en kommun.

Encountered an academic unicorn today (a manuscript submission platform that actually worked) #PhDLife #AcademicSky

ornithologists Travis studying Kelce migration 🤝 putting a ring on a Swift in August

My brain’s leveling system is way too effective: super productive yesterday = absolutely nothing gets done today. It’s the work life unbalance for me. #PhDLife

PhD student, 6 months in: wow, there sure is no end to this imposter syndrome crisis. #PhDLife #AcademicSky

5. It has been centuries since any one human could know everything that is known; understand everything that is understood. This is a remarkable power of science. We delegate trust and authority to experts as internally established in ways that are remarkably resilient to mistakes and malfeasance.

“Why am I so anxious?” I think to myself after consuming my own weight in caffeinated beverages.

I cannot overstate how true this remains

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

You know when someone edits your text, breaks the reference manager link and doesn’t even care to tell you? Not that it MATTERS or anything that the references are now a randomised number salad. #PhDLife #AcademicSky #AcademicCrimes #ThisIsFine #Only100PlusRefs

That nicotine pouches are described as “tobacco-free” is wild to me. The nicotine is almost always derived from tobacco leaves: it might be tobacco-free for the consumer, but it’s definitely not tobacco-free for the farmers and their kids dealing with nicotine poisoning.

This is how. Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

Ser med bestörtning hur vår regering, vår utrikesminister och biståndsminister, ursäktar och underlättar krigsbrott, etnisk rensning, och brott mot mänskliga rättigheter och internationell lag. En sån regering vill vi inte ha i Sverige! Sverige säger nej till folkmord.

Let’s be clear: Israel, an occupier, has no authority under international law to board or divert the Madleen. This is a hijacking, plain and simple. A hijacking of a UK-registered ship, with multiple *European* citizens on board. Does the EU or UK government have anything to say? Anything??

Ändå ett bra tillfälle att tänka på hur kvinnor i tusentals år betraktats som för emotionella för att inneha makt.

All of Twitter's main characters are out in force today.

Oh, it's already happened: A large Norwegian city wrote a report on school closures which cited a slew of AI-hallucinated papers - and this op-ed praised the AI for "pointing to spaces of knowledge", as a way to "inspire and invite the [future] papers we need". www.nordnorskdebatt.no/tromso-feile...

Spent half the morning describing evidence grading and the concept of meta-analysis to my dad. An inquisitive parent is great preparation for future teaching?

From Trump's new Gold Standard Science executive order, an error on the scale of the day 1 EO definition of sex. Popper is rolling over in his grave.

Parenting update: In The Night Garden has a very strong “the entire production team is on drugs” vibe, and my kid is apparently into it.

I both do, and absolutely do not, want to know how much time per week I spend looking for my AirPods case.

KASAM= Känslan Av SAMhällskollaps

Having a topical research subject is all fun and games until Zyn is advertising in every single podcast, effectively ruining my escapism with a side of procrastination guilt.

Dad appreciation post: Every other week or so we have a ~2 hour call that can be summed up as “anything and everything Alma has been thinking about lately.” Then he says thanks. As if this endless stream of words was a favour, not a mild form of torture. That’s unconditional love, people.

typical corrupt science

New guidelines urge doctors to “not underestimate the pain experienced by patients” during the IUD insertion procedure and outlined a range of pain management options. nyti.ms/4ktIOjf