16/? I know this is more of a rant than an educational thread. But if I were to wrap this up with advice: ffs read something different. Read something old. Read something published in another country. Read something different, old, and from another country.

Parenting is a continuous journey of discovery. Mostly of new and exciting viral infections. :X

My new favourite #science communicator is a videogame streamer, for pretty much these reasons: he meets people where they're at, motivates *1h lectures on #statistics and biases* with typical examples from the videogame, assumes intelligence but no previous knowledge. I'll give you three guesses!

My best craft advice is "Put a giant worm in it." You can never go wrong with a giant worm. Sci-fi: Giant worm on an alien planet Fantasy: Giant worm in mountain sitting on a pile of gold Horror: Giant worm (eats people) Romance: Giant worm causes third-act breakup Mystery: Giant worm investigates

We built a science-themed escape room at the University of Zurich! It celebrates 100 years of #quantum mechanics, and it's a lot of fun. The game is open to everyone and wheelchair-accessible. Bookable now! www.sciencepavilion.uzh.ch/en/escape-ro... #Zurich #Switzerland

Both the GC and anti-abortion people oppose bodily autonomy. Both want to vilify and criminalize people making medical decisions they don't understand/agree with. It has always been laughable that they claim to care about women's rights while working to destroy bodily autonomy.

Same with scientists. Each "fun" generative AI thing shared makes me a little less confident in the quality of your research.

An easy way to explain luddites: Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand. And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before. That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.

“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”

political journalism that can't call out obvious racism hurricane journalism that can't mention climate change tech and business journalism that can't mention monopoly power, racism, or climate media coverage that can't mention consolidated billionaire influence