ענבר, חצי ענבר, קטעי זבובים סתומים זזזזזה די

Connectionists: an opportunity to push in a subsymbolic theory! 🙃

Interesting theory (Adding to my reading list)

Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban. Here’s how we did our analysis. (Published Feb. 2025)

וו התקבולת

#linguists : any known name for this conjunction? Or what would you like to call it? Translational conjunction? Synonymous conjunction? Equivalent conjunction? Alsace–Lorraine conjunction? #linguistics

Reminder : #science saves lives

An interesting but also really worrying video that shows that even though the number of people who die "directly" in disasters has decreased significantly in recent times, the number of "indirect/delayed" deaths is increasing in line with the accelerating climate crisis.

Seattle! We're joining the Summer of Science with our first teach-in. Join us at Obec brewing and meet Dr. @katestarbird.bsky.social 1/

Now that we're talking abt the H1B nightmare, here's a new thing my uni has been vehemently communicating to colleges this semester: Any reimbursement made to international students is now subject to ~30% tax. That includes travel costs for student athletes, class-related activities, conferences...

definitely watch this video. excellent for a linguistics class 🐦🐦!

We were just told by a friend that their flight abroad was delayed because about 20 H1b visa holders frantically demanded to get off the plane in fear they won’t be allowed to come back (unless they paid $100k ) Why mess up people’s lives like this? Even if you think such a change to H1b is needed

All these sudden changes make you wonder if it’s incompetence or sheer cruelty. Inducing so much stress for no reason. Nothing bad would’ve happened if they announced it 2-3 months (or more) in advance, with proper change management. I’m so glad I’m not on H1b now. H1b holders, I feel your pain.

הלו, זה רדיו פיזיקה? #גשש

“At the end of the last solar cycle in 2019, the official predictions were that the next cycle would be just as mild as its predecessor. Those predictions were wrong.” #science

It’s a bloody long way to AGI

#seattle #WestSeattle #streetArt #photo #photography

#seattle #WestSeattle #streetArt #photo #photography

Life on Mars: “None of this proves metabolism happened in Bright Angel mud, but it shows the chemistry is right for it.” #science

Theory free theory

Dear , #UX #feedback

Not what I learned! “Classically, we think of genetic variants (alleles) as strictly dominant or recessive... In the case of dominance reversal, the same genetic variant is dominant when helpful (resistance in pesticide-rich env) but recessive when harmful (reducing fitness in pesticide-free env).”

Tangy #dadjoke of the week!

Going to the library to search for articles for your paper before the Internet Era

צבוֹס #סליחה

כולם מתרגשים מהידיים (מי סופר) ואף אחד לא מדבר על זה שלפי הג׳מיני היא נהנית (כך בטקסט) לנשק את הבקבוק בפקק

The most exciting scientific theory validated: some black holes are like Jewish mothers

My first instinct is to say I’m horrified (who is responsible for the actions of this AI minister?) But in second thought, I know one… sorry, two other countries where AI ministers (in plural!) would clearly be an improvement

LLM jeopardy

A/B R/L testing

The embodiment of perfection

מה *היה* בלגי בעיניך? (הולך להתחבא מהאלפקה)

I bet the horse raced past the barn

Embodied cognition, mind you

The CEO of IKEA was just elected Prime Minister in Sweden. He should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.

Can there be a Latent Spacecraft outside the closet space?

All I saw was cheesecake boat and ocean for at least 5 minutes

@alpacawithk.bsky.social אין בהירות מה בלגי בעיניך?

והיתר חור מול חור

What linguistic abilities do you think these pedestrian robots should have? #nlp

צדיק ורוויוער רע לו

Extremely cool video of a bilingual kid getting frustrated about flipped phrasing across their two languages 🤭 Language acquisition is hard; filing away for use in undergrad dev psych

And yet most people think about AI As Paranormal Technology

This mouthful of a word… generating so many word associations… how are they all connected…

Slightly diminish a book Preferences and Parameters

extinction of dinosaur experience

v1.108 is rolling out today 🚚 Now live, at long last: Bookmarks, aka Saved Posts. For all those posts you'll definitely plan to come back to! Update the app and give it a try. The button is right down there 👇

Slightly diminish a book: Gone With The Breeze...

Slightly diminish a book The Landlord of the Rings

This I stole from Shir who stole it from Caroline #homemade #scifi youtu.be/If-XGaHZSts