Oh my god do you think he types in title case? I'm going to hope that he converts it. Because obviously that's the least of his problems but I think actually naturally typing in title case is a very significant sign of evil
And the thing is always, people are like, well, you have to check the citations! But the whole point of doing research isn't to make an argument and then add in citations!!! It's to make an argument BASED ON EVIDENCE!!!!!
So this is the thing. I don't think AI is evil or useless in nature, but in practice it's just fucking ruining everything I care about
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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wt actual f
I fully forgot when class was and my student had to come get me. It has been A Semester
Chef's kiss
I am deeply offended on behalf of Youppi
Iiiiiinteresting! Because to me, while obviously a freezie is something completely different, a slurpie is just a name brand slushie.
The beauty of Canadian spelling is that you can pick whichever way you want to go at any given moment
(to be clear, I mean I agree and I'm angry. Not that I'm angry at what you're saying)
And yet, the dismissal of LTAs at Concordia, with the intention of instead hiring part-timers "with LTA experience."
It's a deeply frustrating position to be in the choir when you're preaching to it!
The world is a lot, but this week I saw a Yorkie-Pomeranian mix, which I had never conceptualized before although now I have no idea why, and it was SO STINKIN CUTE OH MY GOD
Somewhat square chocolate chip cookies
I think the method that I figured out with sweetened condensed milk and sprinkles is working p well, but one cookie per letter is a reasonable idea. Not sure why I didn't think of it! I'm going to keep that as a "probably." In the meanwhile, some squares are more successfully squares than others
Somehow it made more sense to me to make individual cookies and piece them together, rather than worry about transporting and then cutting up a cake simile. Was that the most reasonable decision ever? No idea! But it is certainly what I have done!!
I'm contemplating doing the writing in sprinkles at home and then putting them back together like a puzzle at the venue. Can't tell if that's beyond bonkers or totally sensible
Birthday baking time! No fancy buttercream transfers - this year my niece has requested birthday cookies instead of cake. Two challenges:
1) Make chocolate chip cookies birthday-level exciting, and
2) Try to make them Square so I can put them all together and write "happy birthday" in sprinkles?
I know this is incredibly beside the point, but... "consummated"? ????
The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back
Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted
Like, on the one hand, at this point it just doesn't feel healthy for me to keep hoping this will one day this will end in stability? But on the other hand... what else am I supposed to do?
I saw the NYU news! I'm glad the union is doing such a good job fighting
Truly the way the university administration has fucked us over is spectacular and shocking. I have never felt more pessimistic about the future of education focused on a genuine academic mission.
Starting what may be my last full week of teaching classes as a professor.
It may not be - I haven't decided yet whether I want to (basically) adjunct. Either way, I'm not sure it's really sunk in for me yet.
I think a lot lately about how communication and understanding is an inherent problem for hierarchies. The person filling the pothole actually understands what they need in order to fill potholes, and the mayor almost certainly doesn't. Genuine interaction between top and bottom is huge.
A spread of today’s New York Times. My story about science replication is on the left. A story about a FEMA official claiming he has teleported to a Waffle House is on the right, complete with skeptical quote from a physicist
My story on science replication is in today’s print New York Times. The juxtaposition is interesting…
Former MLB player Brad Lidge, who threw the final pitch to win the Philadelphia Phillies the 2008 World Series, is now an archaeologist researching the Etruscan civilization. He is joining the Penn Museum Board of Advisors, calling it a “full-circle moment.”
www.penn.museum/blog/major-l...
Excellent essay. Especially as someone who teaches undergrads, specifically in the humanities, the unmeasurable training IS the desired outcome.
"The real threat is a slow, comfortable drift toward not understanding what you're doing. Not a dramatic collapse. Not Skynet. Just a generation of researchers who can produce results but can't produce understanding."
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
Omgggggggggggg not losing a found auto-petter!!!!
Ooof this podcast. The people in it are exactly my age and there's so much that sounds familiar - and also so much that is (thankfully) absolutely foreign and unbelievable, and totally heartwrenching.