Jocelyn Simmonds
@jsimmond.bsky.social
Associate prof. at the University of Chile, interested in MDE, SW product lines, and computer science education .. feminist and Latinity co-founder
https://users.dcc.uchile.cl/~jsimmond/
https://users.dcc.uchile.cl/~jsimmond/
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My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic
Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male
www.scientificamerican.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:03 PM
My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"?
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...
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Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
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Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America. “How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel […]
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April 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
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theonion.com/salvado...
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.
And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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Hi, everyone! We're organizing a workshop on software engineering for functional programming as part of CBSOFT, and we welcome industry papers: bit.ly/SE4FP2025
SE4FP 2025 | 1st Workshop on Software Engineering for Functional Programming
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April 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hi, everyone! We're organizing a workshop on software engineering for functional programming as part of CBSOFT, and we welcome industry papers: bit.ly/SE4FP2025
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My NSF CS for All grant was just terminated (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...).
Nationwide, we were:
• Improving the quantity + quality of K-12 CS teachers
• Ensuring the sustainability of K-12 CS teacher prep programs
• Ensuring all youth in the U.S. have access to great CS teachers
Nationwide, we were:
• Improving the quantity + quality of K-12 CS teachers
• Ensuring the sustainability of K-12 CS teacher prep programs
• Ensuring all youth in the U.S. have access to great CS teachers
NSF Award Search: Award # 2318257 - Collaborative Research: An Equitable, Justice-Focused Ecosystem for Pacific Northwest Secondary CS Teaching Lock
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My NSF CS for All grant was just terminated (www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/...).
Nationwide, we were:
• Improving the quantity + quality of K-12 CS teachers
• Ensuring the sustainability of K-12 CS teacher prep programs
• Ensuring all youth in the U.S. have access to great CS teachers
Nationwide, we were:
• Improving the quantity + quality of K-12 CS teachers
• Ensuring the sustainability of K-12 CS teacher prep programs
• Ensuring all youth in the U.S. have access to great CS teachers
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Training AI with copyrighted works isn't just theft or plagiarism. It's worse: it is a fundamental devaluation of creativity. When you steal something, you're not denying its individual value. GenAI is a form of automated exploitation and devaluation of human labor
April 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Training AI with copyrighted works isn't just theft or plagiarism. It's worse: it is a fundamental devaluation of creativity. When you steal something, you're not denying its individual value. GenAI is a form of automated exploitation and devaluation of human labor
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So Google's latest consent violation is them generating "AI" audio of your voice in YouTube as an opt-out "service."
Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):
Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):
![Turn off automatic dubbing foryour channel
While automatic dubbing is turned on by default, you can turn it off at any time.
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on yourcomputer.
2. Click Settings [shows a gear icon] » Upload defaults >Advanced settings.
3. Uncheck the Allow automatic dubbing box.
4. Click Save.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreihah5ajcihkie5hx5a3rgld4zojeovfh5vhdwxhtuqfms22n2dyom@jpeg)
![Unpublish dubs
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio 3 on your
computer.
2. Click Content , then select the video you want to manage dubbing for.
3. Click Languages
4. Hover over the relevant language, then click [drop-down arrow] in the "Audio" column.
5. Select Unpublish.
When you unpublish a dub, you can choose to republish it or delete it later.
Delete dubs
1. Sign in to YouTube Studio on your Computer.
2. Click Content , then select the video you want to manage dubbing for.
3. Click Languages
4. Hover over the relevant language, then click [drop-down arrow] in the "Audio column.
5. Select Delete.
Once a dub is deleted, it won't be available and you can't republish it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreihhw2xtcyfsdt4uv26ssdev2aori5nwtddbe4uxgimbakjbijecoe@jpeg)
April 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
So Google's latest consent violation is them generating "AI" audio of your voice in YouTube as an opt-out "service."
Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):
Here's how to turn it off (original images reposted with alt text):
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tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
April 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
tbh, the AI industry is full of fraud, and fraudsters like this
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
techcrunch.com/2025/04/10/f...
En Chile las mujeres tienen hijos, obvio 🤷♀️
April 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
En Chile las mujeres tienen hijos, obvio 🤷♀️
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El equipo chileno globos.get(), integrado por Diego Arias, Gabriel Carmona y Vicente Villarroel, clasificó a la ICPC World Finals 2025 tras conseguir el puesto 15 en el ICPC Latin America Championship 2025, realizado en Brasil.
Continua leyendo en: comunicaciones.dcc.uchile.cl/news/967-uni...
Continua leyendo en: comunicaciones.dcc.uchile.cl/news/967-uni...
March 26, 2025 at 6:50 PM
El equipo chileno globos.get(), integrado por Diego Arias, Gabriel Carmona y Vicente Villarroel, clasificó a la ICPC World Finals 2025 tras conseguir el puesto 15 en el ICPC Latin America Championship 2025, realizado en Brasil.
Continua leyendo en: comunicaciones.dcc.uchile.cl/news/967-uni...
Continua leyendo en: comunicaciones.dcc.uchile.cl/news/967-uni...
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🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
March 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
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Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
www.huffpost.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Again, the richest man in human history personally individually directed this
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Informe lapidario. Por María Teresa Ruiz, astrónoma. Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas.
February 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Informe lapidario. Por María Teresa Ruiz, astrónoma. Premio Nacional de Ciencias Exactas.
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As they say in Chile, ¡bacan!
A periodic table of female scientists featuring @criordor.bsky.social and many others
www.bcn.cl/mujerescient...
A periodic table of female scientists featuring @criordor.bsky.social and many others
www.bcn.cl/mujerescient...
Mujeres Científicas Chilenas - Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile
Micrositio de Mujeres Científicas Chilenas
www.bcn.cl
February 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
As they say in Chile, ¡bacan!
A periodic table of female scientists featuring @criordor.bsky.social and many others
www.bcn.cl/mujerescient...
A periodic table of female scientists featuring @criordor.bsky.social and many others
www.bcn.cl/mujerescient...
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I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
February 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
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Ha sido vocero de damnificado de incendios en Valparaíso, vocero del Paro de Camioneros, y vocero de Comunidades Indigenas (pero no es damnificado de incendios, ni camionero, ni indígena).
Luciano Quintana: las mil caras de un agitador de ultraderecha: www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pai...
Luciano Quintana: las mil caras de un agitador de ultraderecha: www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pai...
Luciano Quintana: las mil caras de un agitador de ultraderecha
Tiene un historial ligado a la ultraderecha, y su huelga de hambre en Valparaíso sin ser damnificado no es su única faceta. Se ha atribuido la vocería de camioneros sin vínculos con el rubro, y de una...
www.elmostrador.cl
February 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Ha sido vocero de damnificado de incendios en Valparaíso, vocero del Paro de Camioneros, y vocero de Comunidades Indigenas (pero no es damnificado de incendios, ni camionero, ni indígena).
Luciano Quintana: las mil caras de un agitador de ultraderecha: www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pai...
Luciano Quintana: las mil caras de un agitador de ultraderecha: www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pai...
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This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
NASA Intern Found Hope in the Moon - NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí
web.archive.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This profile has been scrubbed from the site. Rose Ferreira grew up without reliable electricity, immigrated to NY, then survived homelessness and cancer on her way to NASA. She was so moved by images from the Webb telescope she wept. This is what’s at stake
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
web.archive.org/web/20231206...
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This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
February 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This is why they're attacking science and education: if you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
It's a pain in the ass, since you have to do it app by app, but better safe than sorry
How to disable Apple and Google learning from snooping your messaging apps.
February 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It's a pain in the ass, since you have to do it app by app, but better safe than sorry
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It was always apparent but now it's increasingly undeniable that all these 20-something DOGE employees were chosen not *in spite* of inadequate vetting but *because* they would not pass vetting. Trump & Musk chose the people who seemed the most willing to commit illegal acts on their behalf.
🚨BIG SCOOP: Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk’s DOGE Teen Was Fired By Cybersecurity Firm for Leaking Company Secrets
Edward Coristine posted online that he had retained access to the firm’s servers. Now he has access to sensitive government information.
www.bloomberg.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
It was always apparent but now it's increasingly undeniable that all these 20-something DOGE employees were chosen not *in spite* of inadequate vetting but *because* they would not pass vetting. Trump & Musk chose the people who seemed the most willing to commit illegal acts on their behalf.
Hoy vi una patente TZR... y era un Tesla 😫😫
February 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Hoy vi una patente TZR... y era un Tesla 😫😫