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Music theory prof, timbre, the Yamaha DX7, 80s, pop music, teaching, cats, food, crosswords, complaining about NYT Spelling Bee, knitting. DC area. she/her

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this honestly is how I feel when learning programming languages too, like this is probably something you could say about Javascript

09.03.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why we should care about ChatGPT's accuracy gap I tested ChatGPT on my area of expertise. The results are a problem for future knowledge

If you teach please show your students this. If you're a student, please read this.

The answers LLMs generate are not all alike. They are more likely to hallucinate on topics we don't already know a lot about. Even answers with "sources" shouldn't be trusted.
leahbroad.substack.com/p/chatgpts-a...

02.03.2026 08:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 58 ๐Ÿ” 28 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

like the guy who made Stardew Valley completely solo from top to bottom, music, art, story, mechanics, everything

20.02.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

wow, didn't think "i shouldn't have such severe imposter syndrome because at least i read the scholarship i cite in my work" would ever be an entry in my affirmations journal but here we are

19.12.2025 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 47 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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my violin chord composer's helper tool is more or less done if anyone else wants to try it out

14.02.2026 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 84 ๐Ÿ” 20 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Me: "I just don't know what to do with him."
5yo: "you could just throw him in the trash"
Me: "yes. That's it. Straight in the trash."
5yo: "buuut he'd just get out."

12.02.2026 22:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is the realest real thing ever

06.02.2026 15:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this is why I only lasted on NextDoor for like a couple weeks. Horrifying to see so many neighbors so antagonistic to other people.

04.02.2026 13:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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web design perfection

02.02.2026 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I go with cat photo

02.02.2026 17:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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01.02.2026 23:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 705 ๐Ÿ” 196 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19
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What the fuck

01.02.2026 14:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I get tired of saying it, but Iโ€™ll say it again: the nature of oppression in America is that they workshop it first on Black, Latino, Asian & Native people.

But it is always, in the end, coming for everyone.

30.01.2026 16:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 15700 ๐Ÿ” 5619 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 240 ๐Ÿ“Œ 125

NOOOOOO

29.01.2026 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

24.01.2026 16:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 20111 ๐Ÿ” 6985 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 80 ๐Ÿ“Œ 183
Dr Kareem Carr
man: i wish to publish
@kareem_carr
Jan 21
reviewer 2: your paper is no good
man: i'll do anything to improve
reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini
man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini
Andre Pagliarini
@apagliar
Jan 21
a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini
Jan 21, 2026 โ€ข 3:47 PM UTC

Dr Kareem Carr man: i wish to publish @kareem_carr Jan 21 reviewer 2: your paper is no good man: i'll do anything to improve reviewer 2: it's simple. you must read the work of the great scientist Pagliarini man: *bursts into tears* but i am Pagliarini Andre Pagliarini @apagliar Jan 21 a first: in rejecting an article I submitted to a journal, reviewer 2 noted I failed to engage the work of one Andre Pagliarini Jan 21, 2026 โ€ข 3:47 PM UTC

I just thought everyone should see this

22.01.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 25522 ๐Ÿ” 6051 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43 ๐Ÿ“Œ 236

As an OU alumna I'm sorry to say I have a lot of practice hating on schools referred to as Miami

20.01.2026 11:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait why are there only like 30 players hahaha

20.01.2026 02:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also I want IU's band to play like Shostakovich or some shit

20.01.2026 02:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 9 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Miami's band sounds god awful

20.01.2026 01:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time

Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

Frodo: I wish so much unbelievably stupid shit had not happened in my time Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. This is all exceptionally stupid, though

19.01.2026 19:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 15617 ๐Ÿ” 5679 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26 ๐Ÿ“Œ 58

omg right? stop trying to make it something it isn't, it's beautiful just the way it is

17.01.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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16.01.2026 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 11072 ๐Ÿ” 1774 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 160 ๐Ÿ“Œ 151

[sufjan stevens voice]
I sent a lot of emails
in my mind

15.01.2026 21:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

don't overcomplicate things, chromas is fine

12.01.2026 19:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

IU did it better but neither let a trumpet player scream out Elphaba's final flourish

10.01.2026 02:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lolol Oregon and IU both did Defying Gravity in their halftime shows

10.01.2026 02:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Men are too emotional and should not be allowed to have firearms

09.01.2026 19:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 430 ๐Ÿ” 77 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I couldn't believe he wrote those new songs, though ๐Ÿ˜ณ

09.01.2026 14:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've had it on autocorrect for the 80s for a long time since for me it's almost always that but one occasionally writes about other decades as well

09.01.2026 12:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0