A weird thing I've seen over and over again in AI discourse: "AI is awful at [thing I'm not an expert in], but great for [thing I'm not an expert in]!"

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If anyone ever says to you "heat pumps don't work at low temperatures", ask them "What the fuck do you think is happening in your freezer?" #climatediary

Prof. Emily Mane: "If university and college chemistry departments want to retain their talent, the community needs to ask what comes next and how we can take responsibility for building a healthier system." #chemsky 🧪⚗️

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

Open peer reviews were longer, had some more praise, were a bit more informative, had more suggestions for improvement, and were more similar to each other. Women and reviewers with Western-affiliations wrote longer reports. Open peer review may help make reports less negative. #PRC10

[CW: uspol] The latest from the Trump administration is pure Newspeak: put "scientific integrity is unquestioning compliance with political decisions" alongside "ignorance is strength" […]

Today is International Non-Binary People's Day and the first day of Non-Binary Awareness Week The day was first celebrated in 2012, started by Katje van Loon. The date was chosen for being precisely midway between International Women's Day and International Men's Day.

@Taweret https://theonion.com/idiom-shortage-leaves-nation-all-sewed-up-in-horse-pies-1819569663/ Luckily Google Gemini is ready to help

Maybe public transportation should be funded exclusively by the people who are NOT taking it

I have some bittersweet news: I won't be starting my faculty career in the Chemical Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University. Come Sept., I will be joining the School of Chemistry at @ucddublin.bsky.social as an Ad Astra Fellow and Asst. Prof. of "digital chemistry". #ChemSky #CompChem

This was one of the hardest decisions of my life. I love our ChemE community. Until a few months ago, I wouldn't have dreamed of turning away from CMU. But as a disabled, genderqueer researcher dedicated to sustainability, I am simply not safe living and working in the United States.

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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

I just don't, can't, do not in any way whatsoever understand how most people in the US would want this.

Very wise points that I hadn't seen articulated so clearly and concisely from Alex Reisner at The Atlantic about generative AI threat to culture as a whole https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/openai-studio-ghibli-images/682791/

Welp…NSF will now suspend the awarding of new and existing research grants until further notice.

Fun fact! The X, Y, and Z axis names are actually short for: - Xideways - Yupwards - Zepth

to any academics who want their work to outlast their current hype cycle, the next publisher downsizing, or government book burning: * make your work available for free. * as a PDF or HTML document (or, fine, JATS) * from a URL that requires no login or javascript to access. having […]

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

fdr: social security trump: antisocial insecurity

I would love to hear from early career (esp tenure-track) researchers about how you think about the potential effects of @eLife public reviews of your first papers, which may have an outsize impact on how you're viewed in your field during a critical time for funding and/or tenure. Please […]

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I would love to hear from early career (esp tenure-track) researchers about how you think about the potential effects of @eLife public reviews of your first papers, which may have an outsize impact on how you're viewed in your field during a critical time for funding and/or tenure. Please […]

Time to reshare I think. “I don’t want my portraits to hang in your offices, because the president is not an icon or an idol. Hang pictures of your children there and look them in the eyes before every decision” – Volodymyr Zelensky

Sending extra love to everyone who's trans. I support you. Thank you for being you.

My brain reading this: "Trump says he'll end us. Yeah, that tracks."

I was today years old when I realized the pronunciation may be "BIGamy" but the etymology is "bi" (twice) "gamy" (marriage). Just thought it was a silly, random word...

It's that season again when various people are formally evaluating me in various ways. In times like this I aspire to the serene wisdom of the Toto brand automatic flush toilet: "If sensor is blocked, use manual flush button. This unit features a 3 second flush delay." May we all let go of […]

I'm trying my best. And trying my best encompasses not only the results I might achieve, but also exactly how much trying I am and am not able to do.

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At its heart, Star Trek is a utopian fantasy about a society so advanced that they are capable of holding productive meetings that last no longer than three minutes

It's a good day when I can keep my gender affirmation (long hair) from getting stuck on the gender affirmation (pronoun button) on my gender affirmation (purse strap) #nonbinary #nonbinarypride #trans #genderqueer

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