I can’t be the only one who says “Emmet Otter’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in their head, right?

I have no idea how Chris managed to get me an @amyraehill.bsky.social ceramic cup. When he wants to do something, he does it.

Woman who starts riding a bike not sure if she should be a poor unemployed loser who can't afford a car or an elite smug entitled asshole with a toy, asks neighbourhood Facebook group to help out.

I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.

Just want to point out how funny/sad it is that the same people who will refuse to refer to a trans woman as "she" have no problem calling ChatGPT "she."

New in PN: Lessons from a Red Scare "As Emma Goldman hoped, and Louis Post later demonstrated, the American people are capable of turning the tide against repression — even if that effort feels hopeless in the moment."

I just submitted my first IRB request for review and I'm really looking forward to getting some kind of email in January that tells me how bad I fucked it up in the most professional way possible.

Call this what it is: A fascist power play to viciously curtail freedoms in the heart of the free world. If the administration is able to do this, nobody is safe. Not you. Not your loved ones. Nobody.

$901 BILLION. that's our taxes. we could have universal healthcare and childcare, universal basic income, but we get to fund Trump's gestapo and his illegal unconstitutional "wars" instead.

Soooo why is a president allowed to do these kinds of things? What will it take to protect agencies from being dismantled by a whim?

If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

one thing that doesn’t get enough coverage or comment with regards to this administration is it how much it hates the actually existing united states

when I wrote this panel last week, I didn't *literally* expect him to say that questioning his health is tantamount to treason, but I didn't *not* expect it

And even if you're right, the punishment for drug smuggling isn't death.

one thing about these arguments that college should be directly job-relevant is that it's REALLY HARD TO GAME OUT what specific skills will be needed in 4 years, let alone 10, 15, ESPECIALLY in technical fields. Even strictly instrumentally, critical thinking and broad coverage is a better answer.

I wish the various social media algorithms would let us choose the percentage of certain content is fed to us. Like, maybe I engage a lot with political posts, but I don't want my feed flooded with them. Maybe cap it at, like, 5 percent of the feed. Yes, I would like this feature.

Oh my god...my undergrad computational physics teacher was cleaning out here inbox (since this is a decade old, it's about time) and found one of my first intro assignments. We were supposed to print a sentence to the screen, but I...did not do that.

Happy Defense-iversary to me!

i know science is currently getting its ass kicked by lies but it also really bothers me that the bullshit is so much more boring than the truth

Gonna be fun to watch Unitary Executive Theory go out the window the second a Dem takes office.

The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service

Hahaha

Holy moly: The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope construction is completed! That's fantastic news — much needed right now — and I am very much looking forward to when this beast launches. It has 100X the field of view of Hubble. One. Hundred. *At the same resolution*. www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

"Trump admin moves to keep fact-checkers out of the country" sounds like an Andy Borowitz bit but alas

I hate wearing shoes at work. I like to sit cross-legged in chairs and I don't like the feeling with shoes. Also, it's winter so my shoes are wet and/or bulky. I want to buy some work slippers that can be easily slipped on and off. Is this idea genius or deranged?

this is my #1 advice to grad students: anyone can reproduce jargon; the bigger flex is being able to make the argument in straightforward prose. clarity is indicative of deep thought and engagement. even chatGPT can write word salad.

This is the coolest picture I’ve ever seen and if it turns out to be AI I’m buying a second-hand camper and moving to the desert, off the grid

when you LOVE God but HATE the moon

America is a country that will test UBI hundreds of times, get the same radically positive results each time, and still look at it askance, but will also put untested robotaxis on the road because a billionaire threw a shit fit.

The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"

This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥

This thread is 💯. Labor precarity in academia means the evisceration of faculty governance and academic freedom, opening the door to administrative purges of the most vulnerable. And faculty-esp tenured faculty and academic leaders-who aren't defending their trans colleagues are enabling it.

No one shld lose sight of the fact that the Guard was only in DC as part of an extended political messaging stunt. The shooter is guilty for the attacks/carnage. Donald Trump is responsible for them. This is the collateral damage of Trump abusing his powers as President.

every day I get emails

My dad has a recipe for Chex mix that smells absolutely foul when you put it together but is delicious once it’s baked. I don’t know why it works, but it does.

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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.” Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

Third month in a row I wrote something. Well...kind of. It's heavily based on a public talk I give, so it was mostly written. But I really need to keep a schedule to create a habit and I forgot about Thanksgiving 😭 www.ad-astra-per-esquire.com/ad-astra-blog/astronomy-abcs-c-is-for-cepheids

This will surely surprise most Americans today, but historians have recently discovered that before Donald Trump, it was actually incredibly rare for a president to demand the public execution of this political opponents and press critics.

I’ve been saying this for ages: These folks are doomed to be permanently angry because they’re angry about aspects of the culture that policy ultimately can’t change. They’re seeking political power as a consolation prize for lack of cultural power, and will always be dissatisfied.

when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor

squirrel: *points gun* me: what do you want me to do? squirrel: *gestures at sign* me: alright, i get it *opens book drop* squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion* me: NOT A SQUIRREL! squirrel: *disappears into book drop* me: *whispers* forgive me, keith

Remember that lovely aurora last week? Well...um...this is what Euclid saw... 😱 🧵

ADAM: oh look the McRib is back EVE: stop calling me that

Again, the president can release this right now if he wants

I got some news today that, while not catastrophic, I fear will permanently change my job duties to the extent where my job isn't really the job I signed up for and I'm low-key panicking about it.

MAGA math.

I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.

Maybe it means I'm not smart or whatever but I can't stand writing like this. Please, remove your head from your own asshole. I'm trying to eat my afternoon snack.