With what I have seen ChatGPT suggest as answers, I actually believe that this @theonion.com headline might come true someday, probably someone using Palantir with "faulty" data that takes out the competition for them "accidentally".

Dozens of AI disease-prediction models were trained on dubious data The models are designed to predict someone’s risk of diabetes or stroke. A few might already have been used on patients.

This is concerning as insurance companies push AI as a route to increase profits...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Impact (Economic and Otherwise) of Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit on New Zealand Ever since 2001, many of us have come to recognize New Zealand as “the place where Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, was filmed.” Now even more people know it as “the place where I took my vacation.”

Nor a movie that has led to such a large impact on a country...
www.forbes.com/sites/carolp...

Congrats to Jake for receiving a NSF GRF. Jake has been incredibly productive with one first author paper published, another submitted and plans for 2 more manuscripts where he guided the work. Someone is going to be very lucky to get him as a graduate student.

Three awardees from the graduating chemical engineering class at Penn State...😁

STAR TREK: "The Ultimate Computer" - War Games Gone Wrong (Remastered to 4K/60fps UHD) 👍 ✅ 🔔 YouTube video by Tales From SYL Ranch DARKROOM

Star Trek or the Twilight Zone tend to have episodes predicting the future that become eerily familiar...

OpenAI is Lehman Brothers A crash is coming....

Is the AI bubble going to burst?

"Mad World" (feat. Gary Jules) - Official Music Video YouTube video by Gary Jules Official

Most appropriate song for today...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSb...

Always fun when meeting with undergraduate student about their research and they note that they won student poster award at APS... engage.aps.org/dpoly/honors... Congrats to Jake on another award for his research

Huh. I think that they did just that previously with the Lanham Act of 1940 where day care was paid with War Department (as it was pre 1947) funding. And then Eisenhower (a republican) raised taxes to pay for the war to avoid a large debt...

Early abstract deadline plus ridiculous registration fees. I'm going to Fall ACS instead.

Stephen Fry reads Nick Cave's stirring letter about ChatGPT and human creativity YouTube video by Letters Live

Important view of a great artist read by one of my favorite actors regarding ChatGPT. Worth a listen

Still going with Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian... but if ever close to Dayton, I agree that this is worth the visit. I also will throw out the Cleveland Museum of Art, which has works of some masters and is free.

TSA To Require 'Clear Bags' for All Travelers This Summer TSA may require all travelers to use clear bags at airport security starting this summer. Here’s what the proposed policy would mean for you.

New TSA regulations proposed. Going to make getting through security great again... should make the process much smoother.😀

And the White Sox are on pace to set a new record for losses in a season...3 down and only 132 more to go to break the Cleveland Spiders record of 134 losses in a season.

Congratulations on becoming old. 😀
Looking forward to seeing what innovations come out next from your lab.

Net domestic migration rates Net domestic migration rates per 1,000 population

Interesting to see where everyone moved in the past year. lots of people to spots already having water issues.

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What's the size of the signature?

I am trying to figure out why the overachieving Paul has given up on this quest. Is the joke too advanced for U of M students? 😃

Forced to be in line with your constituents and maybe actually answer questions? Nah, they are going to fly on private jets from donors only now.

Violent Femmes-Dance Motherf*cker Dance YouTube video by BookerBird66

This just makes me want to...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFvX...

I've No More F***s To Give! YouTube video by Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq

Song about my current mood...

UNT cuts more than 70 programs, minors to trim $45M deficit Degrees in linguistics and Latin American and women’s and gender studies will be phased out. LGBTQ, Mexican American, Africana and Asian studies are among 25 undergrad minors that will also be cut.

And the shrinking of liberal arts education continues...
www.texastribune.org/2026/03/20/u...

I've moved to making fence rings around any tree/bush that I want to avoid being eaten by rabbits or deer or what ever else is running through my yard over the winter and spring...

Wire snips and needle nose to wrap tight to avoid holes and two stakes to hold down

www.homedepot.com/p/Fencer-Wir...

I allows like it where there is a small variant within like:

FW: RE: [EXT] 回复: [EXT] RE: FW: [EXT]...

What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too!

Homepage Anthropic Copyright Settlement

HEY AUTHORS CLAIM WHAT YOU ARE OWED 👇🏾

Crystal-State Polymerization of Self-Catalyzed Monomer Salts for Supertough Transparent Polyimides and Their Closed-Loop Recycling We report a polymerization strategy in the crystalline state that directly converts monomer salts into high-performance polyimides, bypassing the conventional poly(amic acid) intermediate. Our approach utilizes a unique 1:1 crystalline salt composed of a pure alkylene diamine and a rigid cyclobutane tetracarboxylic acid. This salt undergoes direct imidization under mild thermal treatment driven by self-catalysis from an internal proton. This catalytic effect originates from the specific ion pair formed between the amine and a resonance-stabilized dicarboxylate anion, which shares a proton. The resulting aliphatic polyimides exhibit an unprecedented combination of optical transparency (90% transmittance at 500 nm, cutoff wavelength below 280 nm, and yellow index of 0.16–0.53) and thermomechanical robustness (glass transition temperature, Tg, up to 250 °C, toughness of ∼30 J/mm3). When applied as protective layers in photovoltaic devices, these polyimides enhance the power output while ensuring the long-term stability of the device. Notably, we demonstrate closed-loop chemical recyclability, recovering both monomers in an 83% yield through salt reformation. The recycled polymers retained over 96% of their original performance. This sustainable material platform, which integrates biorenewable content with a circular life cycle, opens avenues for flexible electronics and energy applications.

Cool work just published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials to closed loop plastics - using monomeric salts as polyimide precursors - crystallization of salts provides a simple approach to separations.

doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

Michael Stipe & Andrew Watt - I Played the Fool (Main Title Theme) | Rooster Soundtrack | WaterTower YouTube video by WaterTower Music

Another Michael Stipe sighting... new music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pxk...

You need to go slightly faster and then you can be the Godfather... Shostakovich Second Waltz is about 4 min long.