TGIM 😂

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

Reminder: The Trump regime cancelled nearly $500 million in federal contracts for mRNA vaccine development last year.

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Causal inference when you condition on the mediator:

Cigarettes don’t give you cancer, it’s when you inhale the smoke … that’s what gives you cancer.

It would be very helpful for Democrats to establish now, IN ADVANCE, that future Democratic administrations will allow any relevant criminal proceedings to go forward, and that decisions made by military leaders today could have life-changing consequences for them in the future.

Free pizza in the fridge

Can you imagine if we had local LLMs before the internet? That would be so weird.

LLMs with the internet are so so much more powerful … their super human patience is going to deal so much organizational bull stuff.

The biggest problems are organizational problems

It’s like we are all parallel computing with our brain processing units, struggling to communicate and sync up

If that’s true, maybe ai will not be as big of a deal as the internet.

AI is going to make writing so good.

Becky and Tom in HR and the rest of us plebes get clean (appropriately boring) prose.

And great writers all get biggest chip on their shoulder. THEY are gonna write some damn good stuff

FACULTY SAUNA

My annual March 14 suggestion to move π Day to July 22 since 22/7 is closer to π than is 3.14.

“We live between two silences.”~Mark Strand

I’m not just interested in the room, I’m interested in the room beyond the room.

“Gayle, Holly’s Room”, oil on 24”x48”, private collection. 🔴

Gosh damn.

Came here to say this.

A low rank approximation

the infinite sequence of ai expansion… humans want to use ai. Ai can’t do everything. So, whatever ai needs humans for, humans will provide it. Great trade! And then the ai keeps that as training data and next year won’t need humans for that step.

Amen brother.

roses are red
violets are great
we need Census data
to properly weight

impeachment has to be next up

So here's your real challenge: it's not about learning a new tool. It's about unlearning a reflex you didn't know you had. Next time you open your AI tool of choice, catch yourself in the act of compressing. Notice the instinct to shorten your question into a search-engine-shaped nugget. Resist it. Give the tool the full picture instead. Treat it like a brilliant advisor you're genuinely trying to help understand your problem. You might be surprised by what happens when you stop poisoning the conversation with habits from a different era.

Google Search Has Been Quietly Poisoning Your AI Skills decision.substack.com/p/google-searc… #AI #context

ironic that the right got memetic warfare ideas and we got these fake-security kids. Like, could we swap tactics? This kids don’t understand the game. And it is so so bad.

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791

How common are date typos in these types of documents? @kenwhite.bsky.social @mitchellepner.bsky.social ??

Photo in salon of product called “PCA skin”

That sounds painful

If you haven’t been following… ICE presence in Minneapolis is still very heavy. Despite media attention elsewhere… the resistance is still overwhelming ICE on the ground:

A (city) block is both a measure of length and area

this is not to signal to them... its to signal to you... are they safe and good and rad and do you want to be around them. most most most people are! and its fun!

reminder: when you meet people in a friendly setting, your primary objective is to vibe.

especially true when meeting more "powerful" or "senior" folks. like, they are people too... just vibe yo... tell them their shit is rad (if you believe it). tell them what you are feeling, etc

screen shot of slack conversation anonymous student: what sort of things would be good to inquire about at a grad student visit day? karl rohe: do you vibe thats it just vibe