One Sick Vet
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USAF veteran • chronic illness/disability awareness • bodily autonomy • Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? • MCAS/hEDS/Migraine #NEISVoid #MigraineChat
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I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
Just a thing about this: a common statement in writing is that you can fix crap, but you can't fix a blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I have heard AI apologists claim that this is why it's fine to generate a first draft.
Now, to be clear, fuck this.
But also: an AI draft is a fucking blank page.
I know I don’t talk about writing much. It is because I am writing so slowly.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
But I want you to know that I am taking a part of this story that absolutely sucked and took me months to produce four of the worst chapters I have ever written and in the edit I figured out how to fix it.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'd argue it's worse than a blank page, in the same way that garment pieces cut slightly off the grain are worse than not having cut yet.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
When a thing is wrong, it will suck your energy into making it Less Wrong, which is often not the same as making it right.
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Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than #flu in hospitalized patients
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Study finds that despite broad COVID vaccine availability, COVID still deadlier than #flu in hospitalized patients
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
A #COVID diagnosis was associated with 76% higher odds of death within 30 days.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
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a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
I don't want to "save time." I want to go down research rabbit holes that make hours mysteriously disappear, until I pop out again having learned something fascinating that I can't wait to breathlessly recount to others.
"but it'll save time!" i actually...don't care? lol. the genAI evangelists overestimate how much the people who chose to do research for a living (before chatgpt even existed) value "saving time." i'd rather do research well than do it quickly. i'd rather write an award-winning book than a fast book
December 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I don't want to "save time." I want to go down research rabbit holes that make hours mysteriously disappear, until I pop out again having learned something fascinating that I can't wait to breathlessly recount to others.
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On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
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Reminder: resolutions can be fun! You can resolve to try a new cheese every week, eat all the weird fruits you’ve been curious about at the grocery store, or commit to watching 12 different classic films.
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Reminder: resolutions can be fun! You can resolve to try a new cheese every week, eat all the weird fruits you’ve been curious about at the grocery store, or commit to watching 12 different classic films.
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
Why make crappy resolutions when you can make happy ones
December 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Spousal Unit: Are you using dog scissors to cut my hair?!?
Me: No, these are people scissors!
Spousal Unit: Then why does the sheath say "Miracle Coat?"
Me: 😳😳😳 Oops!
[In my defense, they are much better scissors than the cheap ones that came with the hair clipper set...]
Me: No, these are people scissors!
Spousal Unit: Then why does the sheath say "Miracle Coat?"
Me: 😳😳😳 Oops!
[In my defense, they are much better scissors than the cheap ones that came with the hair clipper set...]
December 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Spousal Unit: Are you using dog scissors to cut my hair?!?
Me: No, these are people scissors!
Spousal Unit: Then why does the sheath say "Miracle Coat?"
Me: 😳😳😳 Oops!
[In my defense, they are much better scissors than the cheap ones that came with the hair clipper set...]
Me: No, these are people scissors!
Spousal Unit: Then why does the sheath say "Miracle Coat?"
Me: 😳😳😳 Oops!
[In my defense, they are much better scissors than the cheap ones that came with the hair clipper set...]
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A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
It also robs students of learning *how* to research.
December 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A big part of being a historian is being a detective! Who did this? Why? Where? Why does it matter in the grand scheme of things? You have to learn how to probe, how to uncover, how to read against the grain, how to find unusual sources, how to interpret those sources. How to piece together a puzzle
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People who claim to be scholars are on here saying it’s fine to let AI summarize a book for you as if the research isn’t the work, as if the reading isn’t the way your brain makes connections, as if conversation with other ideas isn’t the way you create new ways of seeing
December 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
People who claim to be scholars are on here saying it’s fine to let AI summarize a book for you as if the research isn’t the work, as if the reading isn’t the way your brain makes connections, as if conversation with other ideas isn’t the way you create new ways of seeing
The AI overlords may try to crash internet knowledge, but the joke's on them...
My Boomer Parent still has a set of encyclopedias.
My Boomer Parent still has a set of encyclopedias.
December 20, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The AI overlords may try to crash internet knowledge, but the joke's on them...
My Boomer Parent still has a set of encyclopedias.
My Boomer Parent still has a set of encyclopedias.
Only in South Florida:
Neighbor wanders down to our house with a small parrot on his finger: Know anyone who wants a parrot? We're looking to re-home ours.
Neighbor wanders down to our house with a small parrot on his finger: Know anyone who wants a parrot? We're looking to re-home ours.
December 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Only in South Florida:
Neighbor wanders down to our house with a small parrot on his finger: Know anyone who wants a parrot? We're looking to re-home ours.
Neighbor wanders down to our house with a small parrot on his finger: Know anyone who wants a parrot? We're looking to re-home ours.
Me: finishes major project
Spousal Unit: Less Hair?
[Will you please give me a haircut now that you're free?]
Me: Less Hair!
[Gladly!]
Spousal Unit: Less Hair?
[Will you please give me a haircut now that you're free?]
Me: Less Hair!
[Gladly!]
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Me: finishes major project
Spousal Unit: Less Hair?
[Will you please give me a haircut now that you're free?]
Me: Less Hair!
[Gladly!]
Spousal Unit: Less Hair?
[Will you please give me a haircut now that you're free?]
Me: Less Hair!
[Gladly!]
CW: food
I have finished the terrible project. I have met the goal and the timeline.
Oof!
I may need some Coquito as a reward.
I have finished the terrible project. I have met the goal and the timeline.
Oof!
I may need some Coquito as a reward.
December 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
CW: food
I have finished the terrible project. I have met the goal and the timeline.
Oof!
I may need some Coquito as a reward.
I have finished the terrible project. I have met the goal and the timeline.
Oof!
I may need some Coquito as a reward.
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using chatgpt like:
December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
using chatgpt like:
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Trump talking so much about Biden gives the vibes T-Swift sings about in "Actually Romantic."
December 18, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Trump talking so much about Biden gives the vibes T-Swift sings about in "Actually Romantic."
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simply dreadful: "The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close"
December 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
simply dreadful: "The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close"
UPS left more perishable items in my front yard tonight with no delivery notification.
a woman in a black dress says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames
Alt: a woman in a black dress says it-it-the-f-it-flam-flames
media.tenor.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
UPS left more perishable items in my front yard tonight with no delivery notification.
My Give-a-Damn's busted.
December 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
My Give-a-Damn's busted.
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Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
December 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Again I say: how fucking interesting that remote work technology is bad and not worth adopting despite all research pointing to productivity gains, but genAI which offers NOTHING is so important to adopt and force on people who have no use for it despite all the horrible things genAI does
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This sort of stuff is why I always told my patients that everyone has a role on the team and that the patient is 100% the expert on their body and experience, and sometimes that leads to more expertise in other areas. I do my best to help my patients learn to advocate for themselves because...
September 17, 2023 at 5:16 AM
This sort of stuff is why I always told my patients that everyone has a role on the team and that the patient is 100% the expert on their body and experience, and sometimes that leads to more expertise in other areas. I do my best to help my patients learn to advocate for themselves because...
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If there is one thing I wish abled people would get the fuck over believing, it's the idea that doctors are current on cutting-edge scientific research, information gets from theory to practice near-immediately, and if you have a problem your doctor will tirelessly search for answers.
September 17, 2023 at 1:46 AM
If there is one thing I wish abled people would get the fuck over believing, it's the idea that doctors are current on cutting-edge scientific research, information gets from theory to practice near-immediately, and if you have a problem your doctor will tirelessly search for answers.
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Q: How much do you need to spend on mattresses for it to get mentioned in a DOJ press release about your $11 million crypto theft?
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
December 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Q: How much do you need to spend on mattresses for it to get mentioned in a DOJ press release about your $11 million crypto theft?
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
A: $638,000, which I did not realize was a plausible mattress budget
When you are negative spoons, and then you get fragranced at a medical facility.
Oh, Divine Being, I do NOT have the energy to deal with this contamination!
Oh, Divine Being, I do NOT have the energy to deal with this contamination!
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
When you are negative spoons, and then you get fragranced at a medical facility.
Oh, Divine Being, I do NOT have the energy to deal with this contamination!
Oh, Divine Being, I do NOT have the energy to deal with this contamination!
Everyone gets the day or date wrong sometimes. But why have I consistently thought it was one day later than it actually is for 3 days now?
SO disorienting!
#TodayIsNotWednesday
SO disorienting!
#TodayIsNotWednesday
December 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Everyone gets the day or date wrong sometimes. But why have I consistently thought it was one day later than it actually is for 3 days now?
SO disorienting!
#TodayIsNotWednesday
SO disorienting!
#TodayIsNotWednesday