Science is not truth. Science is finding the truth. When science changes its opinion, it didn't lie to you. It learned more.

My Sisyphus joke’s a bit of a slog, tbh

the best thing about reading a book (or anything) written by a friend is seeing your friend all over it. sometimes theres a sentence and i just think, oh! oh how lovely! that's such a him thing to say. there's so much of my friend in here.

I understand that it sucks to have to read a book you didn't choose as a kid but when people are like 40 and still going, "well assigned reading turned me off from reading" it's like, ok but you're 40. No one has assigned you a book in like 20 years.

I got the page number wrong for a citation in my dissertation because of an error in my handwritten research notes and have been mortified ever since and corrected in every following instance. Letting made up citations get published shows contempt for the literature and discipline of research

We (faculty at USC) took on an institutional behemoth with all the money and clout on earth, and we WON. We won our union. We're the biggest private-university faculty union in US history. Trying to make people care about this, challenge level IMPOSSIBLE

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It's not enough to be against AI, you need to be pro art. You need to be a champion of the art you love, you need to share that passion and joy, and do what you can to support the artists who make it, because it's not enough to hate AI, to hate what it's doing to art and media; you gotta love.

The air is full of smoke, the food is full of parasites, and the water is full of data center bacteria but at least we stopped all that DEI children's cancer research!

Sooo glad I kept a box of kn95s from 2020. It helped a lot when I had to go outside today! Hopefully, the smoke will clear tomorrow

I would like to kindly ask the wildfire smoke to stay outside my apartment. My air purifier is set to maximum, but my eyes and throat are still burning. So please, smoke, stay outside the building 🙏

I haven't tracked how much I've paid in union dues over the last few years, but I know I'm making literally twice as much money as I did in the last full-time teaching job I had (a non-union role where I taught more than double the number of classes per term that I do now)

Is the media coverage of the parasitic contamination of our fresh fruits and vegetables asking the question of *how* poop is getting on our food and whether this is the result of something like poor working conditions (namely, bathroom access) for farm laborers?

the online dashboard for my university's on-campus printing service keeps track of how many trees the pages I've printed equate to, but the interface for my university's proprietary GPT software (as well as all the ads for our proprietary mobile AI tool) does not highlight any environmental impacts

Just saw a woman scientist make a definitive statement on a subject in which she is undeniably an expert, and almost immediately some random man who is not a scientist or an expert in the topic contradicted her It's exhausting to even look at this shit. Absolutely incredible.

📢 Once more for the people in the back: - Most [more than 95%] of archives have not been digitized. - Most of humanity's knowledge and memory is *not* reachable by LLMs. - Believing that AI can provid you with comprehensive, definitive, "intelligent" results is folly.

I let my daughter, 9, stay up a little late to finish reading her third Nancy Drew mystery, by the lamp at her bed. Is it 1955? 1985? What is happening? Not a phone in sight, literacy thriving; don’t let the world fall apart.

It makes me so happy to hear people are having a lot of fun doing my survey! I hate bothering people to participate, but if it's actually an enjoyable thing, then it feels more like I'm inviting them to a party haha

to anyone who is presenting a paper on zoom that has a slidedeck: please know that the window that shows your face WILL block content on your slides unless you actively plan for that to not happen. remember this, i want to see the info on your slides!!!!

Can’t lie, the fact that y’all were driving with PAPER maps is insane. Even worse, you had to ask random strangers for directions??

Cornbread madeleines???

humans were REALLY cooking when they came up with music, what a great idea.

would you still love me if I was an earworm

I am conducting a research study about Disney/musical theatre music and am looking for participants. This ~15-minute survey is completely anonymous and involves listening to musical excerpts and answering questions about what you hear. Learn more and participate here: shanahdt.github.io/evmusicapp/

Oregon raises electricity rates by 29.7% for data centers and cuts residential electricity rates by 1.3%. www.opb.org/article/2026... #energysky

you can tell who sees programming as a craft vs who only sees it as a means to an end based on their opinions of LLMs

For anyone with Oxford Academic access through their library and doesn't want to wait for a physical copy, my book is now live on OUP's digital portal! 😁 academic.oup.com/book/63100 Hopefully, I'll have a promotional discount code to offer soon, if you're looking to get the print version.

you guys hear about music? this stuff is pretty good

Agreed! And not just because I work for it!

Post a random picture or everything else will go bad in July.

Something I never anticipated about posting Obsidian/Zotero youtube videos is that people would be interested in what I've been reading and strike up conversations about those topics. It's been so fun connecting with people whose work only slightly overlaps who I wouldn't meet otherwise!

These books were my childhood (also the Warrior Cats books 😂)

Power is out during the heat wave 🫠

FIREFLY SEASON IS THE BEST SEASON OF ALL THE SEASONS. I am right about this & it’s important & also I’m right.

The thing about cats is everyone thinks their cat is the best and most pretty one, and they are correct.

I used to be self-conscious that my art is kinda messy. My lines aren't clean or perfect. But every imperfection and scrape is evidence of my own bespoke process and there's pride to be found there.

Shoutout to the guy on the red line who sang Hannah Montana transitions as everyone got off the train 🎤✨️

I know this is not the biggest concern going these days, but it stresses me out that basically every artist/writer/critic is now expected to create their own tiny empire instead of getting paid by any existing entity to perform a job they've worked to get good at!!!!

That feeling when your symptoms finally start going away when you've been sick 🙌 good to feel human again

Your Prime Day reminder that half of Amazon warehouse workers struggle with food & housing costs. A third have had to rely on government assistance like SNAP — which was gutted last year. If Bezos can spend $500M on a yacht, Amazon can afford to treat its workers with dignity.

I was telling a friend that I don't like the metaphor of America being a melting pot. In that metaphor, to me; everyone becomes this homogenized entity. No celebration of diversity, etc. For me, America is a Gumbo, or a Salad. A concoction where we can still see and appreciate the flavor...

Ever since I started spending more time actually making art instead of checking social media and trying to keep up, my mind has been healing.

The older I get, the more I understand why cats just walk away mid-conversation

I feel like there's been a lot of weird energy happening today and in the last couple of weeks, building more each day. Anything weird happening in astrology?

Someone commented on one of my youtube videos that I need to redo the entire video with "proper editing." When I responded that maybe my channel's just not for them, which is okay, they said "You'll see! Good luck..." That video has 10,000 views, so I don't think the editing's that bad haha

Lots of reminders lately that I'm not for everyone (no one is), and that's okay! There's no way to please everyone, so it's better to stay true to who you are instead of trying to make everyone else happy

A lot of people are confused by the concept of “cat years" so here's a little guide: 0-1 years - just a little baby 1-3 years - just a little baby 4-9 years - just a little baby 10+ years - just a little baby

If I met a genie, 1 of my wishes would be to actually get caught up on chores that are neverending, like laundry or cleaning the kitchen

"It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live." ~ Nina Simone