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doing 19th century hating in 2026 is the sort of innovative hating that wins you Player Hater of the Year

While regulations.gov incorrectly lists this action as "closed for comments", you can submit your comments directly here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM... My response is below, but don't feel that you need to draft anything nearly so long-winded. A short statement will also be very helpful.

If you would like the government to know what you think about their proposal to put federal science funding, communication, and travel under strict political control, you can tell them in the public comment section here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/OM...

Okay so I read the whole of the Pope's latest encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas", the one the internet is calling the AI Encyclical, but it's about a LOT more than that (of course it is, it's over 40,000 words). Here's a thread of quotes...

Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes

Rude.

Happy birthday to me

The change would take effect for students entering in fall 2027.

9 months old and still so true. “ If you’re pushing slop or eating it, you wouldn’t read it anyway. You’d ask a bot for a summary and forget what it told you, then proceed with your day, unchanged by words you did not read and ideas you did not consider.”

AI is bad and ruining human knowledge, sorry to those trying to convince us otherwise.

When a student asks me about how to study a textbook, I'll pull out one of mine from grad school and show them my margin notes. "Have a conversation with the author." I'll turn to another page. "Argue with the author." Lower down on that page. "Lose the argument."

We're 60 shirts away from getting our first bug mural of the fall funded. If you haven't already, get a shrimp shirt. Look cool as hell while supporting a project that's just as cool 😎 SquidFacts.net

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

These graphs are for Australian academia. But I’m sure the same must be true if the UK. The decline of academic staff is outpaced only by the increase in admin staff to ensure compliance with and deliver data for the metrics by which academic staff are evaluated.

Is she the most adorable marsupial in the universe? The science says yes. Aria, our new Matschie's tree kangaroo, lives in the treetops at Forest Trailhead. She enjoys napping in the sun, spending quality time outdoors, nibbling the flower buds off fresh browse, and is very interested in Rocket.

Our Huon tree kangaroo joey has been named Nane (pronounced Nah-Nae)! Nane was named in honor of Danny Nane’s father, who recently passed away. Danny has been a part of the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program for years, helping protect this Critically Endangered species and their forest home. 🤎🧡

Later tonight when my brain tries to tell me I didn't get anything done today, please remind me that I literally uprooted a tree

Anyone in PA looking for the perfect pup? #UglyDogs

Today’s hilarious story from the grading archives involves our old friend AI. So the phenomena that my students focus on as they learn evolution and natural selection is horses. Specifically we track how horses changed throughout the Cenozoic Era. 🧪🧬🍎⚒️

@chrisrabb.com won, y'all. love you all.

Chad gets it! Go vote for @chrisrabb.com, PA-03!

🚨 GEORGIA!🚨 🗓️ The GA primaries and GA supreme court election is TODAY❣️ ⚠️Today we choose candidates for multiple critical positions. The GA supreme court race is an election, not a primary. Candidates from both parties will be on your ballot and will be unlabeled. Read ahead!⚠️ Get out and VOTE!

In this evaluation of AI notetakers for doctor's appointments 12 out of the 20 systems reviewed inserted incorrect drug info into patient notes, 9 fabricated info, 17 missed key details about mental health issues, 6 missed mental health issues completely. #medLibs www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/0...

Today is primary day in Georgia, Kentucky, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Idaho, and Alabama! Want to keep up with the coverage? Follow these politics reporters and elections experts for the very latest go.bsky.app/MzBvdW8

Voted! Fingers crossed for @chrisrabb.com

CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...

Nassau grouper and yellowfin grouper are now “grossly overfished” in The Bahamas, according to new research. #MarineConservation bit.ly/bahamassau

Yes. Yes you should be checking that every single citation you include is both real & relevant. If none of you as author(s) has given a cited paper even a cursory glance. If looking at it is beyond you. Why the fuck, Why the whole & entire actual bastardtittyfucking fuck, Are you citing it???

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Our vote is our collective voice, Philly! #May19

A general reminder: you don't *have* to use Substack. While I get that it's easy and convenient, realize there are alternatives that (1) give you more control and (2) don't regularly fund and promote neo-Nazis. Continuing to use Substack for your newsletter is a choice. You can make a different one

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good morning, i hope everyone comes across some cool birds today

coloring page done for event tomorrow, feel free to color it yourself and ask if you want to know about the various included goobers! #ColoringPage #SciArt

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

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Squirrel

These AI enabled toys are so harrowing

No one should ever use this b.s., especially not in the social sciences. The fact that we’re constantly inundated by this stuff is atrocious for the future of research.

industry built on unpunished mass-scale theft continues to perform mass scale theft

All carbs are good carbs. Except sago, it knows what it did

Possibly the first time I've ever been glad we use Moodle

If you’re trans & born before 2000, when asked who you are you can legit answer: “Do not ask me for a single title, I have crossed millennia under different names and worn more than one form besides. Revered by some and feared by many, I am remembered differently in each age that survives me.”

Also, happy voting day! If you're eligible, please go vote!