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Tony Ingesson

@tonyingesson.bsky.social

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Assistant Professor, Intelligence Analysis. Researching/teaching bioweapons, counterintelligence, intel methods, deception, clandestine communications and Cold War tech. Also random posts about 1970s TV shows, dogs and cats, ties & suits, etc.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · Aug 4

New article just dropped! I've been working with two colleagues from the Faculty of Medicine (a professor of molecular pathology and a mathematician/geneticist) to assess the potential threat from new biotech/genetics developments.

It's available for free here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Large-Scale Nightmare or Precision Tool for Covert Operations? An Assessment of the Risks of Genetic Technology in the Near Future

Advances in genetic technology could lead to new threats, such as engineered pathogens, or plots to frame individuals by planting synthesized deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) at a crime scene. Uncontrol...

www.tandfonline.com

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 9h

En Omega från 30-talet är ju otroligt mäktigt!

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 12h

Oj, den ser spännande ut! Kan inte läsa om det finns någon finstilt text på den, har du kunnat identifiera modell/motsv?

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 13h

Den där sista kommentaren om smör, är det en referens till Helmut Kohl?

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

Also, it will provide some welcome variation to me when I do the grading. As to how much extra work it will be, I have no idea, but I'm always interested in trying out new things. Hopefully the students will appreciate it, that's the most important thing.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

The assessment should be fun and allow for some creativity. There's not much point in AI cheating, and getting a passing grade won't make that much of a difference to anyone anyway. 3 credits is almost nothing and it won't boost anyone's grade average even marginally with a pass/fail grade.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

Another reason I wanted only pass or fail grades to emphasize that this course is intended to be a bit more playful and intended to expand their horizons, and not an instrumental part of their education. I wanted to disincentivize cheating and encourage learning for learning's sake.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

When a task is completed, they receive the corresponding number of points. Once they have reached a specific threshold in terms of total points, they pass the course.

For this course, the only grades are pass or fail (which I requested to make it easier to implement the portfolio).

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

I once experienced this as an undergrad and loved it. I've wanted to try it out for many years, but never got around to it. What it means is that students are given a selection of different assignments that are differently weighted in terms of points. Small tasks = fewer points, and vice versa.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 22h

I have a new course starting in a few weeks, it's a short low-stakes one (only 3 credits, at reduced pace to allow students to take it alongside their regular studies) based on new (for Lund at least) format.

This time I'm finally going to try using an assessment portfolio.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

My wife called to me and our son upstairs, "Dinner will be ready in five minutes!"

Five minutes later she shouted,"Welcome!' (i.e. to the table)

Doggo, however, did not get it. She started barking and ran towards the front door...

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

I've been working on bioweapons stuff for too long, the only thing I can think about is the hypothetical risk associated with the different pathogenic organisms that could live for some time on that floor (no UV light, etc) and how they would love some direct contact with exposed skin.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

The vibe I get is Alan Partridge mixed with Bottom.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 1d

I know that feeling. You have my sympathies. But a pair of disposable gloves are probably more useful at this point.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, so that's where Saddam Hussein's former interior decorator went after that last job for Trump.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

We had this discussion already, stay away from the marshes, they're full of corpses. Back in the old days they just stacked them in there, with weapons and armor and everything. When they rise from the dead they're armed!

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Om jag minns rätt från en konferens för några år sedan har en stor andel (majoriteten?) av alla dessa myndigheter 4-10 anställda. Inte direkt en gedigen bas att bygga kompetens på.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Efter den upplevelsen är det inte konstigt att du har det jobbigt, det låter som helt rätt beslut. Jag hoppas du får bra hjälp, och det snabbt.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Sen är ju en väldigt stor del av vårt språk hämtad från tyskan och till viss del franskan så det här är väl nästa naturliga steg.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Jag är ingen språkvetare, men jag hade gissat att låneorden är mer vanliga när det rör sådant man stött på i engelskspråkiga sammanhang först (som ju är en stor del av vår kulturkonsumtion), medan nya sammansatta ord behövs för sådant som inte tas upp där (dvs. specifikt svenska fenomen).

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Vi skapar hela tiden mängder av nya ord som fångar vår vardag. Det fantastiska med sammansatta ord är att de är helt nya men samtidigt omedelbart intuitivt begripliga (mer eller mindre), t.ex. vabbinferno, snökaos, rondellhund, tjejsnus, osv.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Jag håller med om att engelskan har en större rikedom av mer målande och poetiska uttryck (i vardagligt bruk, som du sade), men jag tror vi glömmer svenskans komparativa styrkor: sammansatta ord och uttryck för mer specifikt svenska upplevelser.

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Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Sweet! A compact HF radio on the bedside table is something we all should aspire to.

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Nice! Any special features except being quite portable and compact?

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 2d

Nästa uppslag kanske blir: "Spökrenovering: hur du fräschar upp andar och gastar till att bli charmiga inslag i din nyinköpta bostad"

Tony Ingesson @tonyingesson.bsky.social · 3d

Procrastination is an underappreciated art. The amount of things I've learned while procrastinating!

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