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nosé @lightblanket.bsky.social · 10d

We’re getting rid of leaf blowers by eating 50 leaves a day each. Get out there

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 8d

@joanwestenberg.com

Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 8d

Been 90 days. Props to Joan www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-spent-90...

I Spent 90 Days Rebuilding My Brain. Here's What I Learned.

No Hacks. No Apps. Just Rules, Paper, and Silence.

www.joanwestenberg.com

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Brian Soucek @brsoucek.bsky.social · 8d

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Exclusive | White House Asks Colleges to Sign Sweeping Agreement to Get Funding Advantage

An initial round of nine schools is being asked to sign a wide-ranging accord.

www.wsj.com

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

Related: someone deleted sections from Rudolf Criegee's page on the last few years

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

Joke's on me though - I switched my subscription from openai to GitHub copilot this morning

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 10d

That's really bad!!!

Sarah Hayden @wearyourshaydes.bsky.social · 11d

there’s only like two sentences between “excel is incredibly important to worldwide business” and “we have a 57% accuracy rate”! What are we doing!

Microsoft has taken a gradual approach to adding Al elements to Excel, particularly because the data it handles powers some of the most important parts of businesses worldwide. "[Agent Mode] lets you build sheets that are auditable, refreshable, and verifiable," Chauhan says. "We have spent a ton of time making sure that the validation loop on all of these sub-agents is pretty tight."
Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result places Agent Mode above Shortcut.ai, ChatGPT agent with xIsx support, and Claude Files Opus 4.1. It's still behind the human accuracy of 71.3 percent, though.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 13d

Computer did nothing wrong. let us not confuse Holy Computer with the evil software men build upon its perfect silicone

Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 13d

Say it often, say it loud:

"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."

Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education

Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...

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Glen @vaguebiscuit.bsky.social · 15d

Well don't I feel stupid

A headline about the James Webb Telescope potentially finding a new stellar object dubbed a black hole star

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Department of Shoe @shoe.bsky.social · 14d

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 17d

A colleague working through stats problems in my office just sighed and said “I hope my models aren’t as broken as I am” and I’m considering getting that as my next tattoo.

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 20d

Omg that profile banner

Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 20d

Here's what we've got so far! Treebeard+Quickbeam has been tough to clear

Hand made expansion deck for LOTR trick taking game

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 20d

@bbornmueller.bsky.social

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Demetrios Pagonis @dpagonis.bsky.social · 20d

Having the kind of amazing stretch where your special interests intersect perfectly with parenting. 6yo is obsessed with making our own expansion deck for the LOTR trick taking game. Going to need to get proper paper that doesn't feather so badly with the dip pens.

Hand made laminated game cards for a Lord of the rings trick taking game. Card text includes "horn of helm hammerhand" and "anduril, flame of the west"

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 22d

I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶