@betsythemuffin.bsky.social
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Autodidactic to a fault, always. Nolite te bastardes carborundum. Technically not a Hugo Award winner. Former software developer retraining in green (bio)chemistry. Techno-optimist; hopepunk. Towards partially automated luxury for all.
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collincornell.bsky.social
“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”
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chenxinli2.bsky.social
A lot of good answers in the comments section. It’s more important now to teach understanding (rather than just syntax). If the experimental design was inadequate, it doesn’t matter if the coding was perfect. If the interpretation was wrong, it doesn’t matter if the statistics were done right.
hormiga.bsky.social
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.

How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?

scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
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adorrego.bsky.social
Presenting lab meeting tomorrow
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kateviolette.com
The truth of the matter is: anyone you know living with ME/CFS is one of the bravest mofos you know

Abusive assholes don't have the strength of character and heart to be able to endure an illness like this; they'd crumble within their first week of having it.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
I’ll never forget the morning, a few weeks into effective treatment, when I went to bed after a long day knowing that next morning would be another damn crash….

… and then it wasn’t. I was fine.

The feeling of freedom cannot be understated. I wish it for every chronic illness patient.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
I had ME/CFS-like symptoms for several years due to another condition. “Desperation to get better” sums it up — I was always pushing myself dangerously because I couldn’t bear being so limited, and then crashing.
georgemonbiot.bsky.social
In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
In the firing line, as ever, are the UK’s hundreds of thousands of ME/CFS patients. As a practitioner once remarked, “the bastards don’t want to get better”. If there is one characteristic all the ME/CFS patients I’ve come across have in common, it is a desperation to get better.
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mikecaulfield.bsky.social
I am of the relatively rare belief that LLMs are very useful and not environmentally damaging in comparison to most anything else we do but that generative video is horrifically bad on both counts and mixing that with the attention dynamics of social media is a disaster.
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argellastone.bsky.social
Y'know as a victim of sexual assault I would have hoped Hasan Piker being openly pro-rape would have been enough to end him but.

Well, people care more about dogs than women so hopefully him abusing his dog live on stream will do something.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
Are you against the release of the hostages and the war ending with a ceasefire? Seems like a fucked up thing to be against.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
His hair game is even off in that photo. Some stuff almost escaping the gel.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
I’ve been a little worried that Platner might be a Fetterman type — reassure me?
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
The reason to keep things non-violent is that, when we look at modern anti-authoritarian movements, non-violent seems to work better. Steven Miller isn't "waiting" for fuckin' anything, he's going for everything he can get as fast as he can get it.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
IIRC Darkover has a similar premise, but no one should want to put MZB in their skull willingly knowing what we know about her today...
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samstehbens.bsky.social
This is so disappointing. Fundamental **aka DISCOVERY ** science underpins training of the next generation of scientists, irrespective of if they go into translation labs or not. Failure to support it = turning off the tap. No discoveries, nothing to translate. Weak workforce #NHMRC
sciencesophie.bsky.social
My major note? It completely leaves out fundamental research as a priority 🤯

Which is wild, #NHMRC’s job is to "support the highest-quality research, from 👉BASIC science👈 through to clinical, public health and services research" (NHMRC Corporate Plan: nhmrc.gov.au)
nhmrc.gov.au
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helldude.bsky.social
you could give an infinite number of reactionaries an infinite number of typewriters over an infinite timeline and they would never invent a sesame street
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eaglebeaverman.bsky.social
You WILL be a global citizen. You WILL see equal value in all the world’s people regardless of race or creed. You WILL seek solutions that create justice, equity and prosperity for all the beautiful people of this beautiful planet.
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loudpenitent.bsky.social
It's shit like this that makes me think The Youths have a real fuckin' problem.
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onemeanbun.pinksky.gay
"Spiritually Israeli" with a hard K
loudpenitent.bsky.social
It's shit like this that makes me think The Youths have a real fuckin' problem.
betsythemuffin.bsky.social
Scanning the front page for obits, etc