New grad students often adopt a stance of hypercriticism as a shortcut to seeming savvy.
When I was one, Nick Salvatore told us he didn't like "shit-on-the-book seminars" so we would instead spend our time talking about what *worked* in various texts to see what we could learn from other authors.
I think one of the things that bothers me the most about the way Polymarket presents itself to the world is that it's adopted the language of journalism to make itself sound more legitimate. Like look at this post from yesterday morning incorrectly "projecting" the winner.
We’ve got 8 months to prove that what actually matters isn’t ‘centrist v progressive’ but ‘effective fighter vs weak capitulator.’ Hell, the last year has proven it. Speak to your constituents’ concerns and champion the positions that they care about. Rinse and repeat. Win in November.
why does gecqua look like i just asked her if i could be a bitch for a second
Hey guys, I think our president might be insane
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
Here's 419 qualitative researchers from 32 countries rejecting the idea that LLM chatbots are capable of qualitative analysis
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
No paper from me or my lab will ever be submitted to an MDPI journal - including any of their superfluous "special issues". I will very rarely (if ever) cite MDPI papers. And I will never review for them. deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/08/gues...
The same goes for FrontiersIn journals, among others.
Gender affirming care saves lives.
So happy this is finally out! We reconstructed the 1st large-scale spatiotemporal dataset of 600+ MAGs from San Francisco Bay and show they have functional redundancy in key N and S pathways. These functions may better recover from disturbance in this highly urban estuary 💧
Many of us need to keep writing federal grants (both for political reasons and as a Hail Mary to keep people employed) despite the feeling it's a waste of time, so... if you got an NSF or NIH grant funded this year, would you mind bragging about it in the replies, so it feels like the odds are >0%?
If I hear one more fucking "I asked ChatGPT and..." I am gonna scream
Like every single topic of conversation at thanksgiving involved someone saying that
Thinking about Carole Shelley as the original Madame Morrible
Cher Singing With Elton John & Bette Midler On ‘The Cher Show’ (1975) #TheCherShow #Cher #BetteMidler #EltonJohn #1970s #70s #Retro #Classic #Television 🔄❤️
Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESAC site in Spain.
Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESRIN site in Frascati, Italy.
Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESEC site in Belgium.
Image of the progress pride flag flying at our ESOC site in Darmstadt, Germany.
Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈
ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals.
The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do.
#SpaceForAll
To that end, and in settlement and compromise of the Released Claims in this Agreement, Cornell shall invest the sum of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), payable in equal installments, over the three years following the Effective Date, in research programs that will directly benefit U.S. farmers through lower costs of* production and enhanced efficiency, including but not limited to programs that incorporate Al and robotics, such as Digital Agriculture and Future Farming Technologies. These additional resources demonstrate Cornell's and the United States' longstanding commitment to assist America's fariners. 14. In consideration for entering into this Agreement, Cornell shall pay the United States the sum of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), payable in equal installments over three ycars. The first payment will be made within thirty (30) days of the Effective date, and each subsequent payment shall be made on the anniversary of the Effective Date.
Cornell agrees to "invest" $30 million in things like AI farming.
Cornell also agrees to pay $30 million to the U.S. for no clear reason or purpose.
shameful, pathetic, not going to work statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
RELEASED 30 YEARS AGO
Exhale (Shoop Shoop) by Whitney Houston (1995)
30 years ago? Sheesh...
🗣For every win... someone must fail..... but there comes a point when, when we exhale...
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
New today: We're petitioning NSF to revert GRFP eligibility criteria to last year's terms, to avoid pulling the rug out from under the earliest of early-career scientists who had every reason to think they'd be able to apply this year. Sign and spread the word!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
I've said this before, but I feel pretty strongly that the building of concentration camps - and now, the inevitable disappearance of 1,800 people from those camps - is the biggest story in American public health right now that isn't being treated like one
Huh, so it *wasn't* about antisemitism. I'm shocked. Shocked!
The goal all along has been destroying higher education. They have said so explicitly. And we've had media outlets carry water for lies about "protecting Jewish students."
Pelagic fauna
Best Simpsons headline?
Only one choice in June
Based on some quick math, this alone could fund the NSF Plant Genome Research Program for ~4 years; the NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology, which was totally axed in the NSF budget request, for ~9 years; and ~ half the total NSF GRFP budget
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
