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Dog and cat mom. Runner. Aspiring gardner. All takes are my own.
There is so much joy in developing the question, designing the study, and writing it up. There is also frustration and joy in responding to reviewers. I would actually be devastated to lose that.
Carl T. Bergstrom@carlbergstrom.com · 9mo ago3. I appealed to the joy of doing science—and got the predictable question: Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science? But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
1. In Hamburg there is a "fully autonomous train" that for some reason has a human operator to press the ON switch first thing in the morning and the OFF switch at the end of the night. In a recent talk about AI in science, I asked the audience to consider whether they want to be like that operator.
All aboard except the driver? A fully autonomous train takes to the tracks in Germany
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If you were going to spend a lot of money on playoff tickets, consider donating it to the South Bend Center of the Homeless instead!
Chris W@rakesofmallow.bsky.social · 9mo ago🎅 First Day of Christmas Giving Podcast 🎅 @jessicasmetana.bsky.social joined to talk about Notre Dame being left out, the decision to skip a bowl and a bunch more. Mainly a therapy session. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c... Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/rakes-repo...
massive clean hits by guys wearing the Guardian Cap is a Woke 2 indicator
CJ Fogler@cjzero.bsky.social · 9mo agooh damn, rag doll physics crazy in real life
My quote of the day Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power. P. J. O'Rourke
probably my most traditionalist opinion about the playoff is that they shouldn’t have set up two regular season rematches
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · 9mo agoI'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
It feels very silly that I spend so much effort to be a person who is interesting, kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful, informed, curious, smart and good looking but men won't go to therapy, the gym, or ask what books I'm reading.
I've had to plan cross-border moves, getting into grad school, dealing with layoffs, 800-page immigration applications, reported features, international adventure trips, solo-backpacking nine countries, learning languages, and how to train my dog. I don't have time or energy for men who can't plan.
Trump's second term eviscerated regulatory autonomy. They even randomly fired Democratic commissioners. This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
Democracy Docket@democracydocket.com · 9mo agoNEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
Professors:
a man with a mustache is making a silly face
ALT: a man with a mustache is making a silly face
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@gquaggiotto.bsky.social · 9mo agoOne Laptop Per Child, 10 years later: "we find no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative effects on grade progression... computer access significantly improved students’ computer skills but not their cognitive skills" www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Other academics: you have a choice who you are generous with sharing your time and expertise. There is no reason to risk your words being cherry picked and twisted by an organization that overtly engages in propaganda
got almost a week into December before posting the most important Christmas video, my sincere apologies
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly: www.aap.org/en/news-room...
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 9mo agoThe co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
For months, have been getting the question: why does Trump let RFK Jr get away with [shocking public health decision]? The answer is that the two men are kindred spirits on many of these issues — including and especially vaccines.
Dan Diamond@ddiamond.bsky.social · last yr.Why is Trump letting RFK Jr dismantle agencies and upend public health? Shared grievances and skepticism about vaccines, a growing personal bond — and a belief that it’s good politics. Inside their alliance, with @emilydavies.bsky.social and Natalie Allison www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
“Today is a defining moment for our country,” Michael Osterholm, a public health expert at the University of Minnesota, said. “We can no longer trust federal health authorities when it comes to vaccines.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to Stop Recommending Hepatitis B Shots at Birth for Most Newborns
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Medical associations and public health experts have said U.S. vaccine policies should not be compared with those in countries that have universal health care systems and fewer disparities. Like this from AAP:
The U.S. childhood vaccine schedule is increasingly in jeopardy. President Trump late Friday announced he has directed federal health officials to consider aligning the U.S. with other countries that recommend fewer shots. wapo.st/4atob4M
Trump orders review of childhood vaccine schedule, calls U.S. an ‘outlier’
His announcement came hours after CDC advisers eliminated a long-standing recommendation for every newborn to receive a hepatitis B shot.
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People say FIFA disgraced itself by having that little Trump ceremony. Habibi, it’s FIFA. People died building the Qatari stadium for the last World Cup and it held the World Cup in Russia before that.
