This is such a terrible job by @realbrambo.bsky.social covering ABA - for the vast majority of autistic folks it's a toxic, harmful practice. Do better text.npr.org/nx-s1-5643014

The wind made it pretty cold today (I pulled down my balaclava so I was identifiable in the picture), but by bundling up I stayed warm while going for a good run and listening to talks and books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

read CHIPWRECKED here www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

就活のES「AI頼み」が当たり前？　書類選考廃止の企業も www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO... 「志望度が低く何も書くことを思いつかない時に、一からAIでESを生成したことはある」と話す学生も。 ES作成にAIを使う学生は約6割に上るといいます。 書類内容から熱意を測ることは難しくなっています。

While the ice made it a bit slippery, I was still able to go for a nice jaunt through the woods and listen to books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/3)

Absolutely amazing, I probably can't get my older kids to make these with me but maybe my nieces... cvr-engagement.co.uk/virus-snowfl...

🎶More data doesn't solve out of distribution problems🎶 missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-w...

I enjoyed putting my family's dreidel skills to shame tonight, and earlier I listened to books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/3)

wE'rE a sErIoUs cOuNtRy

🧪🦣 🏺 Super thread on complexity & pitfalls in using genetics to - crudely put - explain why H. sapiens are here but #Neanderthals aren't. For me, it underlines as usual that while the DNA revolution has been amazing, the #archaeology - what humans actually did - remains central to understanding.

Meanwhile, in Japan, the government is ramping up academic research funding by ~$2B/year to universities designated as top research institutions. Some of my academic friends are already moving over, I expect more to follow

東京科学大学を国際卓越研究大学に認定へ（無料記事） www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO... 文部科学省は東京科学大学に百数十億円を助成する見込みです。 京都大学は認定候補とされ、研究力強化に向けた計画を最長1年かけて改善した後に認定します。 医学部教員が収賄容疑で逮捕されるなど、不祥事が相次ぐ東京大学は審査を最長1年継続するとされました。 #ニュース

Journalists actually checking if a generative AI system works as advertised?! Frankly ridiculous that this is the exception, but great work by @superantonio64.bsky.social www.theverge.com/report/84705...

It was a bit warmer out today, and while that made it a bit slippery I still was able to go on a shorter run and listen to books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/3)

After a bitter court loss, the LGBTQ plaintiffs from six different marriage equality cases in Japan and their advocates pressed several dozen lawmakers for swift action to legalize marriage equality for all. Read reporter Emily Boon's coverage below: buff.ly/z8Ov5T0

Importantly this is a formalization of a citizenship track that already existed - my kids and I got our citizenship this way earlier this year. It was, however, fairly arcane, requiring a ton of discussion with other citizenship applicants on Reddit.

Ruh roh www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/o...

So, Warener's 14d-9 is out giving its reasons for preferring Netflix's offer. Whatever happens, this will be a great teaching tool. www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...

"The effects of social capital depended on the political context: in federal states with more stable governments, higher association density was not correlated with faster Nazi Party entry."

I was graciously protected from delivery folks who might encroach on our territory by these two, and after being jolted out of work at irregular intervals by incessant barking I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/10)

The U.S. has 8X Canada's population

Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)? Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"

lately I have been thinking about the Paramount bid for Warner Bros. mostly I have been thinking about how it doesn't make any goddamn sense www.theverge.com/entertainmen...

Amazing how many articles are just “I’m a white guy who didn’t get the promotion I wanted and the only answer to this problem that concerns every single one of us is to re-segregate the workplace”

Tesla’s 29 Austin Robotaxis have crashed 8 times since June, as data suggests they perform much worse than human drivers Meanwhile, Tesla announced it now has 2 cyber cabs on the road *without* human minders sherwood.news/tech/teslas-...

My son's sub in math last week used ChatGPT to get the answer to a question. My son and other kids in the class thought it was wrong, but were shot down because "ChatGPT is smart." When their normal teacher came back this week, she confirmed the kids were right. At least the kids are alright

This is fascinating, yet another illustration of the profoundly physical nature of computation www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things

A Kansas tribe fired senior leaders of its economic development corporation recently after concerns were raised about a $30 million contract that Prairie Band LLC signed to design an immigration detention facility.

Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.

It was a snowy end to the weekend here in Boston, and before celebrating the first night of Channukah on the drive home I listened to talks and books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns. The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.

🚨 𝐂𝐅𝐏 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭: 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 & 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐚𝐭 𝐘𝐚𝐥𝐞 Theme: Workers Building, Using, and Resisting AI 📅 Date: April 29, 2026 📍 Loc: Yale University (In-person) 💰 Funding: Scholarships available for grad students & organizers! 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞: Jan 18, 2026 Submit here: indl-na.sciencesconf.org

one more time for the cheap seats: The Atlantic is easily the worst magazine in America. stop trolling yourselves! you don't have to read it! it will die if you don't!

This experiment can produce interesting data...

Another later end to the day, but earlier I was able to catch some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

Holy $#!+ Randy Marsh did it www.axios.com/2025/12/12/t...

Computer scientists: "So with machine learning we can extract subtle patterns from massive datasets. What shall we do with it?" Business school professors, every single time: "You know, I think phrenology got a raw deal in the late 1800s."

Continuing the fine tradition of declining to review for Nature Publishing Group, in my case @natmentalhealth.nature.com for all the fine reasons Alex descibed in this letter. The APC for this journal is £9190.00/$12690.00/€10690.00. Join us!

I ended the day with my usual Japan meetings, but earlier I was able to fit in some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! Here's your semi-regular reminder that you can get these playlists in e-mail form by subscribing here: academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com (1/5)

Okay guys sure thing *ORACLE SAYS FREE CASH FLOW WAS -$10 BILLION IN QUARTER *ORACLE SAYS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING INVESTMENT GRADE

While saying goodbye to open water in Boston today I listened to some talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

Every academic conference set to be held in the US (already inadvisable) needs to be moved immediately

This is fine www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...

cOlLeGe pLaYeRs aReNt eMpLoYeEs sports.yahoo.com/college-foot...

It was another wintry day, but I bundled up and got out for a good run and listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/9)

Coming May 19, 2026 from Amistad Books and HarperCollins THE OVERSEER CLASS: A Manifesto by Steven W. Thrasher cover art by Jamaal Barber Available for pre-order now www.harpercollins.com/products/the...

chat, is it a good sign that CoreWeave is offering more debt? www.barrons.com/articles/cor...

My youngest wanted to hit the slopes this weekend, and on the drive I got to listen to talks and books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! (1/4)

Hiking a lot in the Adirondacks growing up, it was always weird to me how some of these areas were private land. You could still hike them but it always felt weird getting to the trailhead. Glad to see some of it finally going back to the public (obviously still not the Haudenosaunee)