@sundogplanets I feel that. I'm tempted to go wild on an LLM and send them the result in a "DO YOU MEAN THIS" email at 4pm on a friday.

Just wrote an incredibly grumpy but fact-filled email about the many evils of LLMs to part of my university that constantly sends out cheerful emails about how to integrate genAI into teaching university courses. And maybe it's time for me to sign off for the day...

#nokings #uspol They said there were 2K people at the protest in our red town, which is 4x bigger than the last one.

You go girls 💪 #NoKings #GrandmasUnite #AuntTifa

Sorry, UAntwerpen , maar dit is geen conforme cookie-banner. "Accepteer alles" mag niet de enige optie zijn op het eerste niveau. Je *moet* daar "enkel essentiële" en "reject all" aan toevoegen.

At least 8,000 people rally for public education in Edmonton Thursday https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-alberta-teachers-strike-rally-smith-state-of-province-9.6941823

AP: How to grow a giant pumpkin, with help from science https://apnews.com/article/atlantic-giant-pumpkin-patch-halloween-de85e03c3f91813cc550210eb5114d24 #pumpkins #gardening

I agree with this bloke, I regularly give donations to Wikipedia. I get a lot of use out of it. Obviously you have to be cautious about its accuracy, but that's the same for everything on the Web - especially in the AI era. It's often a useful starting point. "It was a Melbourne International […]

The cleaning lady fairy sent us a new cleaning lady. She speaks Romanian, Russian and French and is very willing to try some Russian on me. It has been over 20 years since I studied basic Russian - it 'll be fun to see what is still left! I had one week to think about a 3 sentence letter for her […]

Raak.

How many #Neinhorn have been spotted in #portland#Neinhorn Seems like the perfect gang for a war ravaged wasteland...

Ik log na jaren weer eens in op mijn Microsoft account. Het blijft toch indrukwekkend dit. 941 partners die allemaal mijn locatie en apparaten en gedrag willen volgen.

Darwin Day! Bible, England 13th century. Alençon, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 56, fol. 250r. #medieval #medievalart

Still warm from the kiln, covered in warm earth tones—I’m so relieved this piece came out successfully on the other side of firing. I worked on it over the course of a month and remembered to document moments of process which I think I’ll share in a thread […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Two pieces of excellent news! I ran a trial of a breakfast program years ago. The feedback was so positive, everyone LOVED it! It didn't just help with concentration, it increased attendance for kids from rough homes with empty pantries. The food at school became a major incentive to come to […]

Fediverse! I need some help! I have a fellowship to go to Aotearoa New Zealand for a few weeks, and also an offer of an additional fellowship to give lectures around NZ. This is INCREDIBLY EXCITING!! ...but I have a lot of animals! And it's going to be […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Pour votre sécurité, il est interdit d'offrir aux passagers des infrastructures adéquates ou un service ferroviaire raisonnable.

@kmmich @ContamClub looks like some type of yeast to me (i may not be telling you any new information, just commenting -- i do not know what type) interestingly, it's not unlike this colony grown from cultured hand prints, shown on this blog […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

@ContamClub So the students were supposed to make smears of sterile water, to check their technique. This one 1. did something weird with the streak technique and 2. got a really nice contaminant slightly outside her own drawing? Anybody knows where the sun like […] [Original post on mas.to]

@iFixit thank you for the excellent box. Opening was very easy, almost no tools needed. We then proceeded to remove all the superfluous stuff inside. Works like a charm now. Another successful #fix. We will now evaluate and send you a long term user review in a few months.

OK, because we all need some good news - Francine, the Richmomd Lowes kitty that hitched a ride on a delivery truck on it's way to North Carolina HAS BEEN FOUND AND IS BACK HOME AT HER SHOP! https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/francine-returns-lowes-cat-oct-6-2025

Er stond zo’n kleuterhuifkar met de sleutel er in bij de BSO en ik wil graag een medaille voor zelfbeheersing

Vlaanderen gaat van groen naar grijs: “We hadden niet door hoe snel het ging, tot we deze beelden zagen” | De Standaard https://www.standaard.be/binnenland/vlaanderen-gaat-van-groen-naar-grijs-we-hadden-niet-door-hoe-snel-het-ging-tot-we-deze-beelden-zagen/94651805.html

A bit of coloured weird rocks for you today for some diversity. I'm not sure how can they have all those colours but they do. #nature #naturephotography #rocks #geology #texture #abstract #landscape #photo #foto #photography #noAI

Gisteren vloog er een wesp in mijn motorhelm. Dikke lip, dikke wang - zelfs de poes kwam even snuffelen of alles wel ok was met die smoel.

Another spectacular sunset tonight. October 2, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan. #sunset #photography #michigan #autumn #fall #lake #water #art

Got my #COVID #Vaccine today. Not one day too early, as quite a few students are coughing like hell and quite a few colleagues are already under the weather. Moreover, I'm lucky enough to live in a country where the full price of this vaccine is covered by health insurance, including the […]

These AR41 DMUs are among the weirdest rolling stock acquisitions in modern times. Built 2000-2002, they’re high floor (when low floor DMUs already existed), have few doors (but serve routes with many stops). The motor vibrations are quite bad too […]

Oh no! #RIP Dr. Jane Goodall BREAKING: Dr. Jane Goodall, an animal rights advocate, has died of natural causes at age 91, the Jane Goodall Institute says in a statement. https://nbcnews.to/42ZXPCN

WOW. Tonight with distant bonus lightning too!!! I am so spoiled.

No university should have to "reach a deal" with a US president.

I am so effing sick of Community of European Railways blaming rail’s problems on everyone else having tax advantages rail doesn’t have. It’s not untrue. BUT rail has to get its own house in order!

Tim Berners-Lee explains why he gave away the #www for free. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free "For the web to have everything on it, everyone had to be able to use it, and want to do so. This was already asking a lot. I couldn’t also […]

@repo auto met chauffeur, woonbonus, extra appartementje in Brussel als tweede woonst van de zaak, onkostenvergoeding,... Bovenop een maandelijks nettoloon van 11.000 EUR. Ja, dat soort voordelen samen is meer dan het loon van een gemiddelde Vlaming. Hoog […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Colombian president Gustavo #Petro left the UN general assembly to join protestors at #TimesSquare in their march against the presence of #Netanyahu. In a speech Petro called upon US soldiers to disobey orders that contribute to the ongoing genocide. 🔥🇯🇴🫰✊ […] [Original post on social.edu.nl]

Als de UN speech van Trump gefactcheckt wordt blijkt dat de man geen zinnig woord uitbracht. Zie deze longread: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/23/politics/fact-check-un-speech-claims-trump #klimaatverandering #opwarmingvandeaarde #trump #VerenigdeNaties

Fruitsla met Ba1 op dinsdag (#plantkunde en kennismaking), kimchi met Ba3 ( #microbiology ) op vrijdag: het academiejaar voor de opleiding #bioingenieur aan #uantwerpen is weer op gang gesnipperd. #bioingenieursgonnabebioingenieurs

Morning walk

I've learned recently that there are adults who do not know that 1mL of water weighs 1g. If you didn't before, now you know.

Vlaamse ministers schaffen eigen woon- en huishoudvergoeding (nog) niet af https://www.nieuwsblad.be/politiek/vlaamse-ministers-schaffen-eigen-woon-en-huishoudvergoeding-nog-niet-af/92755593.html

Word clouds are for boring classes. First paper airplane deluge of the semester for a fresh batch of students: What is the problem that made you decide to study #BioscienceEngineering? Get them started early on those #ignobel#bioscienceengineeringprizes.

And a #CrossBorderRail investment opportunity! The old Dávod station is for sale

Come on, Fediverse: Aastronomy professor and Saskatchewan, Canada, goat farmer Sam Lawler, (@sundogplanets) needs reliable help for her livestock in order to make an upcoming speaking tour of Aoteraoa. Pleez boost so the word gets out widely and Prof Lawler can share her knowledge with the […]

“In Nederland is de #vaccinatiegraad van mazelen de afgelopen twintig jaar gedaald naar 89 procent. In Amsterdam, waar Max woonde, zelfs naar 83 procent. Volgens het RIVM hoort dat percentage voor het opbouwen van #GroepsImmuniteit rond de 95 procent te liggen. Alleen dan kan een besmettelijke […]

I 'm starting to feel rather uncomfortable about #science an the US... and apparantly, I'm not alone... https://improbable.com/2025/09/19/the-added-difficulty-of-producing-the-ig-nobel-prize-ceremony-in-2025/ But @MarcAbrahams and the #ignobel#scienceteam: You are doing important (though increasingly […]

Uitgelezen moment om reclame te maken voor de Antifascistische Onderzoeksgroep Kafka (@kafkanet.bsky.social) die het grootste online archief heeft waarin het gewelddadig fascisme van FVD en PVV wordt aangetoond. kafka.nl/organisatie/... / kafka.nl/personen/thi...

De structuur? oh nee niet de structuur!Wie gaat er de maandelijkse Antifa-cheques dan uitschrijven? Wie organiseert de raad van bestuur? Wie coördineert dan de acties van deze de facto ongecoordineerde beweging? WAT ZETTEN WE IN DE NOTULEN GEORGES?