We are messing around in Quarto for a new paper, anybody have a favourite typst template for journal articles we should try?

Me when my parents rented DEEP IMPACT from Blockbuster

I'm a professional philosopher. Something like half of the names on this list are philosophers, depending on how you draw your lines. These names don't make up half of the authors IN MY INTRO TO ETHICS CLASS. This list is garbage not because of what's there but because of what's not.

sakura christmas@prof-christmas.bsky.social · 2d ago

The UT-Austin Core Curriculum Task Force is requiring that Gen Ed courses draw 50% of their readings from this list of 50. Unfortunately, it seems to think that the “Great Questions of Human Life” can only be explored through the canon of Western civ (token exception: Confucius).

10yo asked what i did at the festival and i said oh it's a book festival, so i just talked about my books, and he said "yikes" under his breath

Good morning to everyone except whoever is using a leaf blower at 8 am on Sunday morning

this will be of interest to those at #SNL2026

Retraction Watch@retractionwatch.com · 6d ago

“I was flabbergasted that someone could take the time to generate a paper that I believe is fake,” Rastle told us.

One of the best ways to find new people to follow is exploring a relevant hashtag. For folks interested in the #neuroscienceoflanguage definitely check out #SNL2026

If I find just the RIGHT weekly planner maybe my life will be manageable?

David Schitts Creek - That's Correct

Alt: David Schitts Creek - That's Correct

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You swear it will never happen to you and then…

Jeremy Berg@jeremymberg.bsky.social · 6d ago

From a discussion of updating a department website...

Tempting Is that an allowable expense on my R01? 🤔

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈@whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 6d ago

David Shiffman Scientific and Environmental Consulting is proud to introduce an Omega Super Platinum level of open access publishing. For $250,000 I will read your peer-reviewed scientific paper out loud, through a megaphone, to any 5 people of your choice. Anywhere in the world!

Saw someone mention Carmen Sandiego and now my brain is hosed the rest of the day youtu.be/rMqfD2vInLo?...

Rockapella: Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" (1993) - RARE!

YouTube video by Nostalmania

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The winning entry of a prestigious scientific photography competition is being re-evaluated following criticism from other scientists that it was made with AI. Well done @christlet.bsky.social & others for pushing this. 🧪🔬🤖 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest

Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

bbc.co.uk

On my way to a job interview, smartly leaving the iced coffee at home

GOAT OR BIRD????

!!!!!!!

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 7d ago

Two of the world’s largest pine cones. A heavy Coulter pine (Pinus coulteri, left/taller) and a long sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana, right/shorter. IG: @bigtreehunters www.instagram.com/bigtreehunte...

“I remember with a fondness a time when I didn’t have to do this thing”

samuel mehr@mehr.nz · 6d ago

phrases I have said aloud, to myself, which can apply to contexts of academic administration and/or my physical therapy exercises "well, this is tedious" "I don't want to do these, but I'm going to do them now" "if this process is effective I will eat my hat"

being an adult would be so much easier if I didn't have to do it EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.

Tough guy who only uses Bonferroni corrections because they’re so dang conservative

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com · last wk.

Guy who thinks chi-square fit tests are liberatory because they want all parameters to be free

Columbia Psychology is hiring for a Cognitive Science/Neuroscience Assistant Professor position as part of our ongoing push to expand our Cognitive research program (including two hires last year). We'll be starting application reviews next week so get materials in asap! apply.interfolio.com/193975

senior postdocs on the academic job market:

A short time later 11yo: “what do you call a fish with no eyes????? . . . A FSH!!!”

Josh Grubbs@joshuagrubbsphd.com · last wk.

11yo: “dad, what’s the difference between a tuna, a piano, and a bottle of glue” Me: “I’ve heard this one! You can tuna piano but you can’t piano a tuna… but wait, what about the bottle of glue?” 11yo: “yeah, people get stuck on that part”

On this day 12 and a half years ago I saw the coolest ever iceberg. Never seen one like it since. Fellsfjara, Jökulsárlón, #Iceland

If you bring a Markov blanket to your job interview you’re not getting the job 🤷‍♂️

After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes.

Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation

I always loved this one

For all of my job interviews I bring a vial containing the tears of my enemies which I drink slowly from a chalice while staring, unblinking, across the table. I dunno maybe I’m just old fashioned

I live in an Idaho-adjacent state and am now following this story with interest. It would be very funny if Bsky could help get a non-Republican elected to the Senate from Idaho.

ghost malone ergo propter bones@proptermalone.bsky.social · 2w ago

ok, i kind of think Todd Achilles is the real deal candidate-wise. i gave him some money. i'm going to sit down and do some math and try to figure out if this is legitimately a no-hoper or if this is a longshot-big-payoff bet, but if there's a chance we may do some cooking for him on Bsky