Someone named Eric "Columbus" would say that.
Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7h agoHaley Stevens endorses Ohio State
Matt Hartings
@matthartings.bsky.social
Chemist (Food, 3D printing), Professor (American University), Author (Chemistry in Your Kitchen)
Eric Columbus@ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 7h ago
I will not give you all my RAM You will not take it Sam-Alt-Man
Headed back home second week of November. Will definitely be dropping by Jay and Mary's (www.jayandmarysbooks.com) to see if they've got any signed copyies left for sale.
jayandmarysbooks.com
jayandmarysbooks.com
John Scalzi@scalzi.com · 3d agoSigning a bunch of these today
Invest in the index, baby! (I still think US should do this in the sciences, too, wrt NIH/NSF)
Regime Accountant, CPA ☠️🎢@regimecpa.bsky.social · 3d agoRemembering the guy who just buys the index and eats sandwiches and crushes it
Spooky Season Timeline Cleanse: Josh Sundquist and "Louie & the Snowshoes" have joined forces to select a limb-different, adaptive Halloween costume for Carmie the tripod cat. (📷: Josh Sundquist, joshsundquist.com) (louie.and.the.snowshoes on IG)
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4mo agoJosh Sundquist was diagnosed with a potentially deadly bone cancer at age 9. His left leg was amputated at the hip. He went on to compete on the 2006 U.S. Paralympic Ski Team. But his Halloween costumes are next level. This is a personal favorite. More here: joshsundquist.com/halloween-co...
I attended a lecture on AI refusal in public libraries. Created and led by Hannah Cyrus who is excellent. Clear practical information, deeply informed by practice and research, for real humans. 10/10 ital.corejournals.org/index.php/it...
Refusal as Instruction: Equipping Patrons to Resist AI, Data Brokers, Big Tech, & More | Information Technology and Libraries
ital.corejournals.org
At what cost? What/who are they getting rid of because of this? AHHHHH!!!
The Spook Who Sat by the Ring Doorbell@hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d ago“The initiative is expected to include access to ChatGPT, Claude and Google Gemini. Ithaca campus and Cornell Tech faculty, staff and Ph.D. students will gain access in November, while master’s and undergraduate students will gain access in early 2027…”
The people of Ohio (my family and those I grew up with) talk about how they are fundamentally 'good people.' Their recent voting record says otherwise. Hopefully they start to rediscover their morality in the next few weeks.
Jacqueline Sweet@jsweetli.bsky.social · 5d agoOne Ohio Republican said Acton’s elderly mother was “far gone” and visibly unwell when Vivek's team, along with ad firm the Strategy Group, filmed with her. /
I laughed. And then remembered to take my pills.
Gef the Toking Mongoose@geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · last wk.If you recognize this don't forget to take your pills today
Sung to the tune of "Gotta Dance" from "Singing in the Rain"
Gene Kelly's Twinkletoes Dance
Alt: Singing in the Rain Gene Kelly is dancing to The song Gotta Dance
static.klipy.com
Jake Yeston@jakeyeston.bsky.social · last wk.Gotta rant… I am not going to see the Elizabeth Holmes movie and it’s making me kind of crazy that it’s becoming a phenomenon, because the Theranos story is about who got fooled, not who fooled them. This jaunty @wired.com piece is reasonable all things considered www.wired.com/story/how-el...
Geoff's thread on one of the most useful computational chemistry tools that's been written.
Geoff Hutchison@geoffhutchison.net · last wk.About twenty years ago, I was about to start my first faculty position. (I was actually on the job market) I knew I wanted a 3d chemical editor easy enough for undergrads and high school students to use - but would work for #compchem research too I wrote a "manifesto" for @avogadro.cc
There is no bigger argument for shutting this shit down right now than this here. What a huge friggin red flag.
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · last wk.Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, said that it would donate 5 percent of the company to a new fund to benefit the public. It may be used to address AI’s destabilizing impact on workers, the company said.
You Can See Everything "treats [Holmes'] misstatements as more debatable than they were...There are facts here, and they’re being brushed aside" www.statnews.com/2026/10/20/e...
Why I wish you didn’t want to see Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes documentary
A reporter who interviewed Elizabeth Holmes on why society confuses authenticity, honesty, and truth, and how she takes advantage.
statnews.com
Saw a post about the ridiculous things happening to Amy Acton followed immediately followed by an unrelated post about parents being upset at their kids going No Contact and ...
I keep coming back to this from Tressie. Austerity as a tool to create corporate universities.
Jeff Greene@jeffgreene.bsky.social · 3w ago“Austerity creates corporate universities,” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social said. “Corporate universities are not healthy educational organizations, and unhealthy educational organizations cannot inculcate or defend academic freedom.” Whew. That’s it right there. dailytarheel.com/484871/unive...
Got my shots today. Novavax for me. I think I've had all (US available) of them now. So I'm basically a superhero at this point
Baking steel >>>>>>>>> 👇
The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 2w agoPizza enthusiasts have debated the best methods to revive leftover slices, or whether we should just eat them straight from the fridge. We conducted a blind taste test to assess a reheated cheese pizza. Here are the results: https://wapo.st/4zvyUVF
😱 This is where my wife is from/where my in-laws live.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w agoRemarkable: Dems are growing optimistic about flipping Mahoning County in Ohio, a major destination for reporters looking for voters in Trump Diners. Dem internal polling shows Trump at minus 11 points in the region, which is a stunning collapse. New piece from me: newrepublic.com/article/2167...
Can the LLM-based AI agents that are supposed to be able to help with scientific research distinguish real work from pseudoscience, from fraud, or from long-discredited retracted starting papers? Take a guess.
How LLMs Deal With Fraudulent Papers
science.org
"How does this woman have all this money to just give away to whoever she sees when I don't have enough to buy my own gas???"
Outspoken™️@out5p0ken.bsky.social · 3w agoMike Rogers’ wife is handing out $10 gas cards in Michigan while asking people to vote for her husband. Republicans made gas unaffordable. Now they’re offering $10 to keep them in power. #BlueWaveIn20Days
So they're demanding that a dude play the part of ... checks notes ... Audrey 2?
Jennifer Ouellette@jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 2w agoTexas high school sees ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ musical production canceled because a female student was cast in the lead role, traditionally played by a male. www.themarysue.com/texas-high-s...
Good on Cincinnati for doing this (disclaimer: my cousin is legal council for Cincinnati Public Schools). But what the fuck are we doing as a society where this is necessary???
David DeWitt@daviddewitt.bsky.social · 3w agoOhio’s Cincinnati Public Schools is the first district in the nation to own and operate a parking lot where families experiencing homelessness can go to at night and sleep in their cars, and has served more than 300 people since opening this past spring ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/10/14/c...
Hoping that my neighbors in eastern Maryland unelect this bozo.
Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 3w agoRepublican Rep. Andy Harris incorrectly told a reporter they were breaking the law as the reporter and others recorded an exchange with him last night. Harris had just wrapped up a debate with Democratic challenger Dan Schwartz.
PSA: For anyone writing a recommendation for the NSF grad fellowship this year, recs are due on Fri Oct 16, 8pm Eastern, cleverly *before* the actual application deadline. This tidbit isn't on the NSFGRF front page anymore; it's buried inside the program solicitation:
What a legend. We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to Helen Branswell and her reporting.
Rose Broderick@rosebroderick.bsky.social · 3w agoIt's a really sad day here at STAT. www.statnews.com/2026/10/13/h...
Everybody better be ready to pre-order @heydebigale.bsky.social's book
Debbie Gale Mitchell@heydebigale.bsky.social · 3w agoWe are about 6 months away from my book, RESONANCE & RADIANCE, being released into the world. (April 13th, 2027!) RESONANCE & RADIANCE is a narrative nonfiction book about spectroscopy—the field of science that studies how light interacts with molecules. I want to share this book’s origin story 🧵:
