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Professor G

@professorg.bsky.social

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Formerly KingsCowbothat. History professor. Alabama fan, Hawkeye stan. “Socrates realized he was the wisest man in Athens because he alone was prepared to admit his own ignorance.”

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · Jan 25

Things can get better but they are not going to get better on their own. We have to accept that we are responsible for making things better, and that may include sacrifice. I am willing to accept that sacrifice, and while I am still figuring out what that means, I am willing to find the #GoodTrouble

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warrior cop @wyattprivilege.bsky.social · 5h

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Gus, an English bulldog, sunbathing on the deck

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Will be interesting to see how this plays out. How did Iowa’s preseason and final Ken Poms compare?

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1h

Some crazy numbers here. Iowa’s offense has managed to capitalize much more efficiently in turning good field position into points than previous years. Extremely clean with penalties as usual. Only allowed one 4th down conversion with 9 attempts

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1h

What have Iowa’s preseason ratings been the last few years?

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1h

I mean that basically describes @propublica.org, which just shows that these people don’t actually care about real journalism nor would recognize it when it’s presented to them.

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1h

When hurt my hand slapping my wife’s butt…

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2h

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 6h

Still laughing about this one

PlannedSickDays @plannedsickdays.bsky.social · 21h

the pillsbury dough boyz

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 7h

What a kicker. Amazing end to this story.

C. Buckthorn @cbuckthorn.bsky.social · 12h

This is amazing. I laughed out loud www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

As 32-year-old Rich points out, though, "it's not like using ChatGPT guarantees success".
When he met someone in a bar one Friday night and swapped social media handles, he asked AI what his next move should be.
ChatGPT discerned that sending an initial message on Monday midmorning would set the right pace. "Then it gave me some options for what the message could be," says Rich.
"Keep it light, warm, and low-stakes so it reads as genuine interest without urgency," the bot advised. "Something like: Hey Sarah, still laughing about [tiny shared moment/reference if you've got one] - good to meet you!" Rich went back and forth with ChatGPT until he felt they'd hit upon exactly the right message ("Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you") but sadly she never replied, he says. "It's been two weeks now."

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 18h

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 21h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 18h

“Last time Iowa pitched a shutout at Wisconsin was in 1929.”
Hahaha, that’s crazy. Anything else important happened that fall????

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👁🌻🦊⚙️⚓ Bob, Engineer, Pusher of Paper @navmecheng.bsky.social · 1d

> It is 2025 BC. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

> It is 2025 AD. I am a soldier from one of the outlying provinces called to defend the pyramid in Memphis

Soldiers at the Bass Pro Shops pyramid in Memphis, TN.

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 19h

Go Hawks!

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 21h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 20h

I Prefer a game where Iowa plays amazing/perfect football, but a game where the opponent can’t stop shitting there pants is kinda fun too

Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 20h

To the very large man in front of him lol

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PlannedSickDays @plannedsickdays.bsky.social · 21h

the pillsbury dough boyz

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 1d

Stella Sacco
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It's really funny that The Art of War is treated as this like alpha male book when it's clearly meant to be read by ancient Chinese failsons because it's all "please don't forget you have to feed your troops" and "if someone asks if you're going to attack them consider lying about it"
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AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 2d

sherman, for the love of god!

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 1d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Professor G @professorg.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve sparked debate with my claims that pee is stored in the balls, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

Here’s what the science actually says:

RFK Jr. linked circumcision and Tylenol to autism. Here’s what scientists say.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparks debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 2d

“So we fight on just the same. With Dylan Thomas, we refuse to go quietly into that good night, but rather rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Or, as another poet put it, ‘Until such time as the world ends, we will act as though it intends to spin on.’”

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Is This What ‘Late-Stage Democracy’ Looks Like?

What if the Constitution *is* a suicide pact?

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