Is there a way to remove the new AI summaries from the top of gmail? I would rather read the email to get the details. I try searching for this and I get alot of AI "answers" that don't answer my question. Mostly they tell me how to get said summary.

Ecologist position at Iowa State University - isu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/IowaStateJob...

Right?!

Did not send out my usual “do not ask for point bumps” announcement because it seemed tired, naggy, and no one really asked for them. Turns out the reason no one asks is this announcement. So. Many. Requests.

At a course design with AI panel (mostly to hate on it) and apparently chat GPT will write your exam questions and the longest answer is always correct. It also preferentially uses b and c for correct answers... lol

Or Christmas shoes

Now im going to have this stuck in my head m.youtube.com/watch?v=JSQF...

First they take down the stack maps from the library walls because, of course, you can just use your phone 🙄 (no way am I connecting my personal phone to the university's wifi). Now the "spaces" listing is just hang out/studying spaces - stack maps are nearly impossible to find

I’ve already been sitting at the blood draw lab for 30 minutes - easily could see 30 min more - but sunk costs I guess

Watching @ricksteves.bsky.social excellent 2020 episode on the rise of fascism was probably not the best idea for me today. Should have stayed in the alps (other episodes in the season)

Novavax on-boarded! CVS in Iowa

Cleaned out my “working” email file and my Inbox - I’m down to 2 things

Sitting in the next room and the dog is on the bed - all of the sudden she pops out in the hall and drops a “teenage” mouse - she seemed surprised. Not only did I have to dispatch it but I am left wondering where did it come from??? There are likely many more….

What fresh hell is this???

Given how much she hated Courtney Love in the 90s this look is something

EXCLUSIVE: Madonna will return in 2026 with a new dance album, reuniting with the label that helped make her a superstar, Warner Records. Details: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The University has moved everything off the website - replacing with links to a box folder (which is firewalled). Many of these documents you cannot download or print - which is unhelpful if you need to write down notes on it. So I end up taking screenshots...

Comedy over here today - i go outside to clean Hacklia seeds off a pair of socks and a squirrel -15 feet up in a tree 20 feet away - starts chewing me out. So I yell insults at it, as one does. Which prompts the dog (inside) to start barking

Time to play the game of will my flu vaccine appointment at the Walgreens take place in a dirty store room…

Wow! The new @inbedwiththeright.bsky.social episode is so good - and also absolutely terrifying.

Also never seen before - a wasp fly in and grab a caterpillar - startled me!

Prairie people - does Andropogpn gerardii (Boy bluestem) get smut? I assume so but I’ve never seen this before

Someone in Ames needs to make bank with our water - we already have a theme song

Up to 4 Service Now requests. I apparently need to be called in to find all the broken things.

Send an IT question about recording classroom lectures into the Service Now portal (God speed dumb, but urgent question). As I wait (maybe forever?) the program provides helpful AI generated links that might answer my question. Things like the employee benefit plan or taking sick days

Got maybe 4 hours of sleep - today is going to go super well I can feel it

The only thing keeping me going today is the Canvas exam password theme I have chosen - with dreams the staff will find it amusing

This is some bullshit

Thank god I am out of this age range (we only drove for 2 years because we were considered walkable even though we had to cross 2 MAJOR roads- even then we parked about a block away and walked from there)

Just a girl, with systemic poison ivy, waiting for my z-pac at the pharmacy, foreeeeeeeeverrrr

Apparently there is one thing from the ‘80s Trump doesn’t need….

Are the prospects for Novavax covid vaccines for fall 2025 dead? I can only find information from late may/early june which seems to indicate that there will be one (albeit not updated) but I cant keep track anymore. Alternatively is there an ETA for mRNA ones so I can plan 2 down days?

It’s not the beginning of the school year until you’ve taken your annual fire safety training and watch the cy - fire extinguisher video

They’re here!!!!!!!! Ahhh!! Art by @ehrenenglish.bsky.social Get one here! squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Should not have checked my registration numbers 😬 467!!

Just had to deal with an AI assistant for scheduling a tree health expert in St. Paul - it was CREEPY AF. I made an appointment, but if someone can recommend someone I'd be grateful. I have a blvd sugar maple cultivar that has had woodpecker activity. I don't know the rules for St. Paul blvd trees

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I have used herbariums occasionally for work stuff but I have never been super excited about it. But yesterday the words "I cannot wait to figure this out at the herbarium" came out of my mouth -not once but TWICE. And yeah, Ill be in there on Monday

I thought Hugh Grant had the best time in Paddington 2 but Olivia Coleman is clearly having an absolute blast in Paddington 3

This is so they can justify mining the Boundary Waters - right?

This is some bullshit

Massive dog vomit slime mold popped up over night 🥰

Time to go get my pneumonia vaccine while I still can - I hope my reaction is not too bad 🤞 (prepared to have shingles-level response though)

Tiny part.

Around the Iowa intersection of I 35 and I 20 there has been a Trump sign for AGES (I’m not even sure if was updated to Trump-Vance for 2024) - anyway drove past it today and it is now a GW Bush sign - so that is interesting

My dog has surgery today (spinal cyst removal 😬) and she is quite put out about the fact that she cannot have breakfast

At least we can maybe get a Cecily Strong for a guest appearance on SNL

YES. Fresh from the printer!! First stop: tattoo shop Second stop: Rowhome coffee Third stop: Kensington library LFG