CJ
@virmalised.us
Assistant professor with too many opinions. Texpat, politics academia, gay stuff, anti-carbrain (bike lobby). Not an AI brain genius guy. "Train Linguist." Join a union. 🇵🇸🏳️🌈🇺🇦🏳️⚧️ Between Erie and Ontario
ICE is now the least popular federal agency in the country, according to Pew Research.
The UCFA “found that, from 2011 to 2025, tenured and tenure-track faculty positions increased by 20% while senior administrative positions increased by more than 100%. It also found that there are 3,000 more senior administrators than there are Academic Senate faculty.”
UC Faculty Association calls on UC to hire more faculty, criticizes growing ‘senior administration’
The UC Faculty Association is calling on the UC system to hire more faculty, protect research budgets and defend university research against federal funding cuts.
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Winter has already settled in for the Rocky Mountains of Colorado as snow covers the high-altitude parts of the state, seen last night illuminated by moonlight.
I'm tired of "I regret voting for Trump" profiles. let's see the "I knew exactly what Trump stood for and I love it" pieces! the people who love ethnic cleansing and think the higher prices and sicker population is worth it.
Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender https://theonion.com/nation-could-have-sworn-russell-brand-was-already-convi-1850849838/
I don't think TAing every semester should be expected for PhD students tbh
Cool kind of citizen-science on carbon removal here. one detail that stuck out: "Our study shows that if we were to implement regenerative row cropping systems on a national scale, that it represents the best climate solution currently available. And farmers don’t lose money or productivity."
MTH@megt.bsky.social · 19h agoResearchers reported that advanced regenerative farms stored nearly 40% more carbon in soil compared to the conventional farm controls and if all field crops used these methods, the equivalent of 1.5 years of US greenhouse gas emissions could be stored in soil. 🌎🌱 civileats.com/2026/10/26/s...
Simple yet powerful findings: the less travel done by car the fewer human beings killed on public streets. States that reduce car vehicle miles traveled literally save lives
Thomas Bamonte@thomasbamonte.bsky.social · yesterdayNew study: "On a per-commuter basis, pedestrians and bicyclists experienced fatality rates approximately five times higher than those of MV occupants." Imagine a world where DOTs/MPOs make equalizing safety risk for all road users their investment/design/ops driver. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
i don't think there's an amount of input for some accents that i won't be surprised.
My partner does not understand why I think these two sentences are funny "Chucky explains that if they want to escape their doll bodies, they must retrieve a magical amulet called the Heart of Damballa that was buried with his human body." "Hackensack, New Jersey where Chucky's body is buried"
This stinks. They might as well include an AI feature in the crossword that just solves the whole thing for you.
soleil ho@soleilho.com · 2d agothis is a real bummer. and according to their senior editor (in the comments), you can't turn it off www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/i...
It's very bad that Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously to be Secretary of State but continues to do bad and obviously Marco Rubio things
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2d agoWASHINGTON (AP) — State Department says it will give US visas to defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.
Moonlight reflecting off of the waters of the Pacific Ocean created moonglint that could be seen from satellites above at night, photobombing the nearby Typhoon In-fa.
it's weird watching people be consumed by SV AI hype and its interface to research while simultaneously seeing them share resources about how important it is to not take money from industry. like. that could be you
i have finally made a dent in these awful news digest emails sitting in my inbox (i'm an inbox 0 girlie but sometimes it's tough to keep up with the Bad News Square)
those who the law protects but does not bind
Love Glasgow Hate Racism@lghr.bsky.social · 2d ago“Officers attended and engaged with those involved. There were no arrests. Campaigning and demonstration are a legitimate, necessary and vital part of life" Interesting tactic from Police Scotland who routinely kettle antifascist groups while they attempt to peacefully protest. shorturl.at/QCf7N
i appreciate that the field of NLP almost understands that corporate interest and corporate power is a major problem in how the field functions. too little admission still. but i think an "open language model" cannot solve the problems of bias, inequity, and the environmental damage of this research
If any AK politucs people here know how to get this ball rolling, hmu
Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them)@jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 2d agoAnyways about to be back on my bullshit of yelling about how I think you could get political momentum for abolishing gender markers on IDs up here with the argument "why should the government have a right to know what's in your pants?"
some "computer model" texted both me and my partner (as former residents of a swing state) to tell us that I would LIKELY vote, and he would be UNLIKELY to vote, and that's racism for ya