@laurenleek.eu, "because squares are for people who haven’t thought hard enough about edge effects"
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
@laurenleek.eu, "because squares are for people who haven’t thought hard enough about edge effects"
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Great visit to Tufts a few weeks ago. They have an open-rank job in Quantum Information / Computing theory. Open Positions | Department of Physics and Astronomy share.google/NosuSUs77OZU...
Open Positions | Department of Physics and Astronomy
Below are job opportunities within the Department of Physics and Astronomy. For additional employment opportunities at Tufts University, please visit Careers at Tufts.Full-time Positions:
share.google
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Great visit to Tufts a few weeks ago. They have an open-rank job in Quantum Information / Computing theory. Open Positions | Department of Physics and Astronomy share.google/NosuSUs77OZU...
This opinion piece by @prof-peacock.bsky.social on the sophomoric essay by Fulnecky & its emotional grading by Curth is best I've seen. "The assignment rubric explicitly invited students to share 'your own thoughts' & suggested applying the study 'to your own experiences' as an acceptable approach."
Opinion | The scandal in Oklahoma was a failure of pedagogy. https://chroni.cl/48TwBRJ
Opinion | The Grading Scandal That Should Worry Higher Ed
It was wrong to fail a student for citing the Bible in an essay on gender.
chroni.cl
December 8, 2025 at 6:49 AM
This opinion piece by @prof-peacock.bsky.social on the sophomoric essay by Fulnecky & its emotional grading by Curth is best I've seen. "The assignment rubric explicitly invited students to share 'your own thoughts' & suggested applying the study 'to your own experiences' as an acceptable approach."
Reposted by David Meyer
“We shouldn’t be divided on this”
how is she planning to unite?
Høeg is unfit for this job
how is she planning to unite?
Høeg is unfit for this job
Wow. Tracy Beth Høeg, the FDA's new acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) just put this slide up during her presentation to ACIP.
We have left reality.
We have left reality.
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“We shouldn’t be divided on this”
how is she planning to unite?
Høeg is unfit for this job
how is she planning to unite?
Høeg is unfit for this job
Reposted by David Meyer
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Icymi: A week before Thanksgiving, the Trump administration deleted the Federal Report on Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
The ‘Not One More’ report recorded indigenous deaths and disappearances, and provided resources and policy suggestions to address the crisis
www.jezebel.com/trump-admin-...
"The Daily Nebraskan found in leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable. Under a header titled total_realizable_base_tuition_less_budget_2024, every program that chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition than the dept costs to run."
#BREAKING: The Board of Regents voted to eliminate four programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln despite pleas from over 100 faculty, students and community members to save the programs. www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
"The Daily Nebraskan found in leaked spreadsheet that every program eliminated appeared to be profitable. Under a header titled total_realizable_base_tuition_less_budget_2024, every program that chancellor proposed eliminating generated more money from tuition than the dept costs to run."
A week ago today we were w/Ms17’s high school Cross-Country team at the State Championships in Fresno. Today she’s playing the 3rd game of this first week of the high school soccer season.
December 6, 2025 at 11:39 PM
A week ago today we were w/Ms17’s high school Cross-Country team at the State Championships in Fresno. Today she’s playing the 3rd game of this first week of the high school soccer season.
Reposted by David Meyer
“In February, sailors on the Truman told investigators that they felt the strain of “a pressurized schedule and a culture of ‘just get it done.’”
$100M worth of damage to planes and ship due to sleep-deprivation etc bc of “operational tempo”
$100M worth of damage to planes and ship due to sleep-deprivation etc bc of “operational tempo”
I can't stress this enough.
This is what happens when an addy junkie appoints a gd alcoholic to a position of power that they should've never had.
They literally wreck the hell out of everything, and then leave it to everyone else to fix.
#SheShed
apnews.com/article/navy...
This is what happens when an addy junkie appoints a gd alcoholic to a position of power that they should've never had.
They literally wreck the hell out of everything, and then leave it to everyone else to fix.
#SheShed
apnews.com/article/navy...
Stress of Houthi combat was a key factor in series of costly Navy mishaps, investigations show
Investigative reports into a series of high-profile Navy mishaps during a U.S.-led campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels reveal the operation's toll on ships and personnel.
apnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“In February, sailors on the Truman told investigators that they felt the strain of “a pressurized schedule and a culture of ‘just get it done.’”
$100M worth of damage to planes and ship due to sleep-deprivation etc bc of “operational tempo”
$100M worth of damage to planes and ship due to sleep-deprivation etc bc of “operational tempo”
Last Fibonacci seminar of the quarter @ucsdphysci.bsky.social: Robinson tiles, bee biology, and Wythoff’s game.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Last Fibonacci seminar of the quarter @ucsdphysci.bsky.social: Robinson tiles, bee biology, and Wythoff’s game.
1st head to roll as consequence of @ucsandiego.bsky.social report on large number of students admitted w/o knowing elementary or middle school math may be that of EVC Simmons: adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2025... AVC of Enrollment Management @ucsdadmissions.bsky.social is probably getting nervous.
https://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2025/2…
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 AM
1st head to roll as consequence of @ucsandiego.bsky.social report on large number of students admitted w/o knowing elementary or middle school math may be that of EVC Simmons: adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2025... AVC of Enrollment Management @ucsdadmissions.bsky.social is probably getting nervous.
https://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2025/2…
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
1st head to roll as consequence of @ucsandiego.bsky.social report on large number of students admitted w/o knowing elementary or middle school math may be that of EVC Simmons: adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2025... AVC of Enrollment Management @ucsdadmissions.bsky.social is probably getting nervous.
Elisenda Grigsby uncovering hidden symmetries in ReLU networks at the first #TAGDS Conference, @ucsandiego.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Elisenda Grigsby uncovering hidden symmetries in ReLU networks at the first #TAGDS Conference, @ucsandiego.bsky.social
Haggai Maron is beginning his talk on “geometric learning for neural artifacts” at the first #TAGDS conference, @ucsandiego.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Haggai Maron is beginning his talk on “geometric learning for neural artifacts” at the first #TAGDS conference, @ucsandiego.bsky.social
Rhomie Thompson & Subrina Lorenzo art at Fresno Yosemite Airport: Prickly Pair Afternoon and Spring into Summer.
November 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Rhomie Thompson & Subrina Lorenzo art at Fresno Yosemite Airport: Prickly Pair Afternoon and Spring into Summer.
Excellent logo and mural at Fresno Yosemite Airport!
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excellent logo and mural at Fresno Yosemite Airport!
Fresno Yosemite Airport is also sparkling on this Thanksgiving weekend!
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Fresno Yosemite Airport is also sparkling on this Thanksgiving weekend!
Dinner in Fresno last night: Tandoori Pizza!
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dinner in Fresno last night: Tandoori Pizza!
Quantum energy squares … with 100mg of caffeine to jolt you out of your ground state into an excited state!
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Quantum energy squares … with 100mg of caffeine to jolt you out of your ground state into an excited state!
The San Diego airport is all dressed up for the holidays … and very calm this #BlackFriday.
November 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The San Diego airport is all dressed up for the holidays … and very calm this #BlackFriday.
Reposted by David Meyer
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
Hey, @thisisrafal.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com, this needs to be addressed.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Hey, @thisisrafal.bsky.social @natureportfolio.nature.com, this needs to be addressed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Speed work w/Ms17 at the @ucsandiego.bsky.social track yesterday and then a family 5K turkey trot at a local park today to keep her loose for the CIF Cross Country State Championships Saturday.
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Speed work w/Ms17 at the @ucsandiego.bsky.social track yesterday and then a family 5K turkey trot at a local park today to keep her loose for the CIF Cross Country State Championships Saturday.
Reposted by David Meyer
Anchorage readers, this Saturday stop by and say hello! I’ll be at Title Wave from 12-3 signing copies of The Museum of Unnatural Histories.
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Anchorage readers, this Saturday stop by and say hello! I’ll be at Title Wave from 12-3 signing copies of The Museum of Unnatural Histories.
"Well, the midterms might be fun!"
What do you get when you mix the best selling single of the king of pop with the lately departed queen of MAGA?
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
This is what we get: a parody of Billie Jean about #mtg #maga #marjorietaylorgreene 🎶🕺
youtu.be/Xr0_HN9KNCs
"MTG Has Broken Cover" - Marsh Family parody of "Billie Jean" by MJ about Marjorie Taylor Greene
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"Well, the midterms might be fun!"