Mark Rice
@markriceny.bsky.social
I’m interested in photography, mapping, and archives, among many other things.
“Trumpworld’s polished image”? WTF
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
“Trumpworld’s polished image”? WTF
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Wow, Charlie Kirk really did energize the youths
From a focus group of Gen Z Republicans. (www.city-journal.org/article/manh...)
December 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wow, Charlie Kirk really did energize the youths
Trying out something new to entice my online students to actually watch the damn video lectures I post.
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Trying out something new to entice my online students to actually watch the damn video lectures I post.
Today I made the final college payment ever! Only one more semester of having a kid in college, and then we’ll have launched two kids into the world.
December 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Today I made the final college payment ever! Only one more semester of having a kid in college, and then we’ll have launched two kids into the world.
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Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Whatever make it 10 factor authentication.. I don't want to be able to sign into anything ever again
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Given the complexities of being human, there are few true north stars in moral life, but one of them is: ‘protect the dignity and rights of people/groups who don’t live to inflict harm on others from those who do’
Trans people deserve better.
December 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Given the complexities of being human, there are few true north stars in moral life, but one of them is: ‘protect the dignity and rights of people/groups who don’t live to inflict harm on others from those who do’
This might be the first thing he’s done that I agree with. I only wish it went further.
BREAKING: President Trump signs executive order fast-tracking the reclassification of marijuana, which would allow the FDA to study its medicinal uses.
Trump signs executive order fast-tracking reclassification of marijuana
The move doesn't legalize marijuana, but the reclassification would allow the FDA to study it for medical purposes.
nbcnews.to
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This might be the first thing he’s done that I agree with. I only wish it went further.
I love reading student abstracts for the annual Council on Undergraduate Research conference. Providing feedback to excited and engaged students without worrying about grade grubbing reminds me of my early years as a professor.
December 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I love reading student abstracts for the annual Council on Undergraduate Research conference. Providing feedback to excited and engaged students without worrying about grade grubbing reminds me of my early years as a professor.
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The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
December 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The U.S. is giving dying mall vibes.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
I can't explain it, but you know I'm right.
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Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
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Counterpoint: BRING IT.
See what happens.
See what happens.
Don't you dare come for Dolly.
MAGA Fan Tries To Go After 'Creepy Creature' Dolly Parton—And People Are Not Having Any Of It
www.comicsands.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Counterpoint: BRING IT.
See what happens.
See what happens.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
December 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, a Lebanese Muslim who owns a Sydney fruit shop, risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi Beach shooters.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
His courage gives me hope amidst the horror and darkness. Muslims and Jews are not enemies. Our futures, in the Middle East and beyond, are intrinsically bound.
A true hero.
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Dawg look at my opposition party
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of new House Democrats' AI commission announced by @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
The Democrats’ New AI Panel Is Led by Big Tech Allies
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a co-chair of the AI commission, owns up to tens of millions of dollars worth of stock in tech giants pushing to block states from regulating AI.
readsludge.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Dawg look at my opposition party
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This project is so cool
A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought, according to a study published last month.
All 187,460 Miles of Road That Led to Rome, Mapped
A digital atlas of ancient Rome’s highways and byways reveals a road network that was more extensive than thought.
nyti.ms
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This project is so cool
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Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Americans: high speed rail would revolutionize how we live in this country
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy: what if we did pull ups in our smoking jackets while waiting for flights that are overbooked
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Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
Just legal Calvinball. Obviously lawless.
December 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Laws aren't real. They exist solely on account of buy-in from society's participants. Once one side disengages, you no longer reside in a society based on laws. You live in a society based on power and armed force. I am begging folks to accept this so we can get moving.
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I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner Interviews Santa Claus
For several centuries, Santa Claus has been one of the most prolific mythical gift-givers in the world. Formerly known as Saint Nicholas of Myra, a...
www.mcsweeneys.net
December 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wrote a bit for McSweeney's about Isaac Chotiner interviewing Santa Claus. Just a little something for the holiday season. Enjoy!
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it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
New from 404 Media: ChatGPT told a violent stalker to continue running his misogynistic and threat-filled podcast despite the “haters,” and to visit more gyms to find women. The man stalked women in multiple states, including touching and following from work
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
www.404media.co/chatgpt-spot...
ChatGPT Told a Violent Stalker to Embrace the 'Haters,' Indictment Says
A newly filed indictment claims a wannabe influencer used ChatGPT as his "therapist" and "best friend" in his pursuit of the "wife type," while harassing women so aggressively they had to miss work a...
www.404media.co
December 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's wild how the positive use cases are like "save 5 minutes reading a long doc" and "write a generic email faster" and the negative use cases are "get encouraged to dive deeper in psychosis, misogyny, or suicidal thoughts" and we're still on the fence about overall value
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"If we want graduates who can withstand disinformation, polarisation and the pressures of AI-driven work... Arts and humanities education does that ... through sustained human practices: making, observing, storytelling, questioning, listening." bit.ly/48khb7K
‘The arts and humanities celebrate what makes us human’
As deepfakes blur truth and political divides widen, the arts and humanities offer essential skills such as reflection and resilience. And, of course, they provide respite and balance. Patty Raun expl...
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"If we want graduates who can withstand disinformation, polarisation and the pressures of AI-driven work... Arts and humanities education does that ... through sustained human practices: making, observing, storytelling, questioning, listening." bit.ly/48khb7K
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if you ask students to list the causes of the Irish famine and they just say “the Irish are demonic” can you really not fail that kid?
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
if you ask students to list the causes of the Irish famine and they just say “the Irish are demonic” can you really not fail that kid?
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This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
“Based on the available evidence, the skills that future graduates will most need in the AI era—creative thinking, the capacity to learn new things, flexible modes of analysis—are precisely those that are likely to be eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.”
“When you allow a machine to summarize your reading, to generate the ideas for your essay, and then to write that essay, you’re not learning how to read, think, or write.“
November 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This quote from the Atlantic is right & true! One odd thing is how these points, which have been obvious for several years to anyone who spent five minutes considering how LLMs work & what education is, are finally coalescing into the standard take from the center of middlebrow opinion—why only now?
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
November 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM