It’s almost a….what’s the word? … pattern.

Oh - OK. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ... Gift link

Imperial own-goal...

Clash city rocker…

"On a windswept day exactly 161 years after his murder, Silas Soule’s white marble headstone attracts visitors. They leave coins sometimes on his headstone. He gets flowers, especially around Memorial Day. Last year, he got plates of food.” coloradosun.com/2026/05/10/s...

This week has aged me...

L osing M y S tuff

I picked a good year to be on leave...

"Musk’s team and Zilis have insisted that Zilis acted independently, despite working for Musk’s companies Tesla and Neuralink, and having children with the entrepreneur during her time on the OpenAI board." 🤔 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/elon...

Give us strength...

Situation report

These f*cking people. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

The Consortium of Social Science Associations has a great "Save SBE Toolkit" that you can use to contact Congress etc.

"The university said that it would name its computing school for Mr. Stevens and also turn it into a school of A.I." www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

I spent a considerable amount of time teaching/writing about the history of US science policy; it's weird to be in an era when there is no actual policy.

My university...“We are going to sustainably and ethically and responsibly prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of The Planet Machine sector”

#MaytheFourth be with you...

"Droids don't get diseases like whopping cough or measles or polio. But children do..." C-3PO & R2-D2 remind the parents of Earth to immunize their children in this PSA from 1978. #MayTheFourth #StarWars #vaccines #droids

this guy...

The book that I edited 'Cosmic Fragments: Dislocation and Discontent in the Global Space Age' (2025) is on sale (a 40% discount!) by the University of Pittsburgh Press @upittpress.bsky.social. The discount code is 29INT40, and the landing page is here: upittpress.org/intersection....

ICYMI... thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-is-auth...

I really don’t know why no one has written a book on self experimentation in science called “Dying to Know”.  C’mon people.

NOT. THE. SAME. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/tech...

When you walk around an old cemetery and see how many women died in childbirth, it makes you really grateful for modern medicine. This person, obviously, did not fall into that category. #Titanic

Tight lines….

Doing some driving around...

DOGE cut 1,753 land management jobs last year, or 26% of the jobs managing 24 million public acres. Wreckers... coloradosun.com/2026/05/01/c...

Some Tessier-Ashpool vibes... www.wsj.com/finance/bank...

Do I like to see Dallas lose? Yes. Do I care about the sport? No.

Colorado represents.... coloradosun.com/2026/04/29/c...

Q: How will this new technology benefit overworked faculty? A: By allowing Skynet to relieve you of tasks tedious enough to merit paid employment, you can free up time for unremunerated pursuits.

Ooopsie

Public lands in public hands... wyofile.com/before-elk-m...

Anyone who lives in a place dominated by public lands must understand how wrong-headed and devastating this will be. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/c...

"His posts included a photo of the NYSE adorned with flags for his offerings and an AI-generated image of him and his late father at the exchange." www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

Weird...If you Google "asshat", this guy pops up...

NPR (and me) on the demise of the National Science Board www.npr.org/2026/04/29/n...

Arrived in Vermont and am dying from the cuteness...

Interesting in that this continues the legacy of another Nobelist and UCSB prof Walter Kohn who did similar advocacy

At least one side will be walking away from this, thinking "don't f*ck with the historians."

Although it's largely under the radar, since 2001, some $45 billion of US R&D funding has gone to nanotechnology research

April 2026, Washington DC

Seven Deadly Sins, correlated

"...we had some nutters who tried to get legislation through the European Parliament to give computational systems rights just a few years ago... just utterly stupid. But you can imagine Google will be quite happy for people to not think their systems are conscious." www.404media.co/google-deepm...

"Mr. Red Sox...I'd like you to meet my friend, Ms. Colorado Rockies"

"No Kings, Original Mix"

Childhood dream unlocked; personal tour of NASM’s Apollo gallery…by the curator herself.

I remain amazed that this needs to be stated.