Andrew McAvan (they/he)

Beating my head against the wall of success until one of us gives (it aint gonna be me)

With the passing of Jane Goodall (literally crying rn watching her Netflix interview), now more than ever we should remember the Roots & Shoots model of compassionate traits 💜

Such amazing work!
Do you have any inklings about how the brain would remap the same space but in different states (e.g., superimposed non-Euclidean space or a rural area that underwent rapid development)?

Juneteenth went uncelebrated by the White House. That alone says everything you need to know about this regime.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

What happened last night and today was manufactured propaganda by the Trump admin to justify using the military against Americans. Let us be clear: the military should never police civilians without a request from the state. So much for the so-called party of states’ rights and law and order.

Just a reminder that the current regime loves cutting some of the best ROIs our country has 😑

Jonathan Joss was Comanche and Apache and an openly gay actor.

He was murdered while looking at the remains of his dogs at his own house that was burnt down.

The killer yelled homophobic slurs before shooting him.

This is the real world consequences of the hatred that the right commodifies

New pope is from Chicago.
Does that mean Malort is now considered a 'holy spirit?'

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

It's never about the science. It's always about having a legal basis for your fear and hatred of other people.

So many people from AZ have never heard of burrowing owls and that blows my mind

Reminds me of Nier: Automata! Looks fantastics for ONE MONTH!

Some of y'all mfs refuse to learn empathy

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Looking forward to this Kafatos lecture with @EMBL.org and ISFiT 💃🏻
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Bill Hagerty, Mark Green, Marsha Blackburn

If you're outraged, let em know. And if they don't pick up, (*cough* office of Marsha Blackburn *cough*) leave a message

shshsha! Pocket sand!

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I don't know who needs to hear this but : You're not in trouble and nobody is mad at you, relax your jaw

I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...

oh lord why am I so tired

It me; I am bean, but on a daily basis

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2nding the Vive Pro 2 w/ wireless adapter; untethered PC-level VR is great