Checking out of Bsky for a bit. Seems like a good opportunity for a reset with our church’s annual weekend retreat to Prescott (70F!, mountains!) coming up Friday. Take care of yourselves. Log off, too, if you need it!

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

Sorry, folks. Sounds like the civil war has been postponed due to white shooter

One policy solution to Young Men we should be considering is Universal Basic Electric Guitar (UBEG). I'm not joking, by the way. Kids of any gender should get a low-cost starter kit for some hobby of their choosing once they turn 13. A camera, paints, a cheap sampler, etc.

lol

What also gets to me is that it's bad in a way that you don't need any training to recognize. Any thinking undergraduate student can tell it's incoherent. In fact, it takes multiple years of training and dedication to that particular subfield to fail to realize how bad it is.

Julia M. Rohrer@dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 12mo ago

I skimmed a paper of an author I dislike and it's amazing how a certain style of writing --overly complicated explanations of trivial claims, new jargon that hides how vacuous it all is, an overemphasize on mathematization regardless of whether it actually maps onto the claims made-- just wrecks me.

The way my son says “itsy!” when referring to spiders — in books, my Spider-Man mug, etc. — is just too much. A stake through my heart. Such cute.

Wife: “Maybe you have sleep apnea.” Me: “I haven’t gained that much weight.” W: “It can happen to anyone. You do have allergies and wake up with dry mouth.” Me: “Holy shit.” It would explain sleeping all the time but still being tired, the weight gain, and dehydration despite pounding water.

Enjoy this.

The generic Asian-woman bot-follow stream has been strong lately.

Me: Can I have one of those blue milkshakes that symbolizes Grimace’s blood? McDonalds Cashier: (offended) We believe every beverage symbolizes Grimace’s blood

the strawberry-wanter has logged on

Show. Me.

Duchess of Doom@kilagreene.myatproto.social · 12mo ago

Yee. Haw.

I am a hypermasculine and extremely powerful alpha male. As such my greatest fears are seed oils, rainbows, people who don't look like me being on TV, and preventative medicine. I cannot explain any of these fears and consider that to be your fault.

Breakfast watchers.

1) Quote poster is correct, 2) I am now a libertarian (lactose intolerant).

Novelty Cistern@noveltycistern.bsky.social · 12mo ago

what the fuck are you talking about. what the fuck does any of this mean!!!! shut the fuck up!!!!!

Left your phone on campus? Sucks. Left your phone on campus when you bike to work? Major bummer.

"In short, [proceeds to write the longest sentence in the paragraph]."

Super fun #TidyTuesday data all about frogs this week! 🐸 I decided to try to visualise the scientific names of the different frogs using a sunburst diagram 📊 Thanks to {ggiraph} - it's also interactive! Code: github.com/nrennie/tidy... #RStats #DataViz #ggplot2

I refuse to give em dashes to the AI

Building my coding skills. (Yelling at our IT department because they won't allow me to install the newest version of R without their intervention.)

Saw my former psychiatrist at the Children’s Museum today. Said hello and all that, but wasn’t really sure of the protocol. It was just about as awkward as the time I physically ran into my ex in the hall during my undergrad.

Dietary aide at an assisted living home. Washed dishes, mopped floors, scraped puréed food off of plates. $7.50/hour. That job taught me so much compassion. It was one of the best moves my parents made — making me get a job at 16 if I wanted to drive.

Fridge goblin.

Audio-mixing friends in DC! Smithsonian Folkways Recordings is hiring an audio engineer, applications due Sept 16

Smithsonian Folkways is Hiring a New Audio Engineer | Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Smithsonian Folkways is now hiring for the role of Audio Engineer.

folkways.si.edu

The subtitle of Chris's (2nd!) book is critical: Why Machine Learning Conflicts with Musical Creativity.

@chriswmwhite.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Check it out— two chapters from The AI Music Problem are now Open Access. Download and read for free! www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/1...

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

Well if half of the people I recommend as reviewers this year are as half as insightful as Megan at least I'll be in decent shape.

Megan Non Brevis@theorymeg.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The bar for tenure at the majority of institutions should not be "are you a top scholar in your field," but rather "are you making a meaningful contribution to your field." This feels like an "all the children are above average" kind of metric that's destined to breed frustration and resentment.

I taught every single semester in the core while developing a new curriculum for Theory 1/2 on my own. Managed 7 non-theory TAs. Didn’t get a break from the core until 2024. (Paternity leave.) Colleague entered 1st semester w/no core, pre-baked curriculum. Got a huge grant. Who would have guessed.

Nick Shea@shdocea.bsky.social · 12mo ago

“It is structurally impossible to be a top scholar.” Only by hardline negotiating have we (a colleague who left the field and me) given my new colleague a fighting chance. I would have 2x output if I came in with the same graces. But there’s no way to articulate that w/o sounding like a whiner.