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Robin Hermann

@tudorstuart.bsky.social

Early modernist

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 4d ago

Almost every single student who has found me this week wants to talk about AI. A couple reflections. One student has taken three AI courses in philosophy, health sciences and comm. They’re basically the same class. As it turns out, it doesn’t take a lot of classes to “learn” ai.

Adam Schiffer@adamschiffer.bsky.social · 4d ago

This is why I get so annoyed with university admins who insist we must teach AI or our students will be left behind. Fine, then require one class and leave the rest of us alone. (After about two weeks in the class, they’ll be like, “shit, what do we do now?” but that’s not my problem.)

Chance the Lawyer@chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 3d ago

say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dr Abeba Birhane@abeba.blacksky.app · 5d ago

been reading university/higher-ed policies on the use of genAI in education. most policies propose using genAI safely, ethically, & responsibly, which is an oxymoron. the way current genAI is developed, deployed & functions renders the very ideas of safety, ethics, and responsible use meaningless

Tico Romao@tico-romao.bsky.social · 6d ago

In The Seventh Seal (1957), a concrete source domain - a chess game - is mapped onto an abstract target domain: a knight’s existential struggle against mortality. Moving wooden pieces on a board substitutes for negotiating with Death, transforming cold game tactics into a battle for human survival.

Kate Littler@palaeoclimate.bsky.social · 6d ago

To hell with LLMs. It is fundamentally breaking the uni staff - student relationship, based on mutual trust & respect. Students, I want to be your instructor, your mentor, & a friendly presence. I don’t want to be locked in a perpetual arms-race where you try to cheat and I try to catch you 😞

Admirable Women@admirablewomen.bsky.social · last mo.

Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey single-handedly blocked the "wonder drug" thalidomide (US, FDA, 1960) & saved American children from severe birth defects. The first woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology, she used her expertise & immense courage to defy intense industry pressure. #WomenInSTEM (1/2)

A classic black-and-white portrait photograph of Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015), the pioneering Canadian-American pharmacologist and FDA medical officer renowned for blocking thalidomide's approval in the United States. She is shown in a formal head-and-shoulders pose against a plain studio background, gazing directly at the camera with a calm, intelligent, and resolute expression. Her dark hair is neatly styled in soft waves, parted on the side, and she wears a simple dark blazer or jacket over a white collared blouse, embodying professionalism, quiet determination, and the courage that defined her career as a trailblazer in drug safety regulation and women's contributions to science and public health.
MARC in a Cold Climate@marccold.bsky.social · last wk.

A sixteenth-century Humpen, or giant communal drinking vessel, depicting the various stages of a woman's life. As we all know, the two most important of these are the "reading to geese" era and the "being comforted by surprisingly buff skeletons" era.

A vessel on display at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York.
Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode)@probgobl.in · last wk.

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · last wk.

Might post some good environment news every so often to showcase that it's not over yet and there are good things happening, we just have to fight for it First: beavers are basically magical creatures that help with drought and flooding, and we're reintroducing them more and more