Microbiology PhD, now clinical research scientist in metro LA. Persuading through marshaling data driven evidence, science, and moral suasion. In the words of U.S. District Judge William Young. "The future ain't what it used to be." -Yogi Berra
When the name of the university tracks
Won'T Somebody Think Of The Billionaires BillionairesAlt: Leo DiCaprio crying, taking to his knees, with the words, "Won't Somebody Think Of The Billionaires!!?"static.klipy.comCarl T. BergstromAmazing that there are still university administrators who think that bootlicking will save them. www.vanderbilt.edu/declaration/
Cote d'Ivoire is landlocked? OpenAI had apparently been training its LLM with "Everyday French with Pierre Escargot"
Kenan Thompson as Pierre EscargotAlt: Kenan Thompson as Pierre Escargotstatic.klipy.comPBS NewsThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
Kind of like the Streisand Effect. Seems like it could use a name too.
Phil Lewis"A new analysis of Black voters in the South indicates that Republican attempts to dilute their political power is driving them to the polls in larger numbers and shifting their counties further left."
Where are the Smiling Goons of yesteryear? @harrisfootball.com
🏈Optimus FF News💐💐💐 NEWS 💐💐💐 Taysom Hill says goodbye to the New Orleans saints. (The flowers are for him)
Harvard and Yale tanking to make Princeton the top Ivy. Though I'm guessing my feed just isn't showing me whatever bs Princeton is pulling right now.
Mary LewisIt‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Anyone else want to point out what independent media they support? For me, it's 1) @harrisfootball.com and @andybehrens.bsky.social fantasy football 2) @karlbode.com tech journalism 3) @joeyneverjoe.bsky.social LA/police journalism
Patrick DaughertyI don't think the average reader, viewer etc. really grasps how much less local coverage there is right now compared to 20 years ago, or even 10. But hopefully the overall ecosystem, both local and national, is slowly being reinvented in a positive fashion
When your team isn't run by billionaires trying to become slightly richer
Aaron NaglerEd Policy saying “We are not selling the naming rights to Lambeau Field.” got the biggest cheer of the day at the annual Shareholders Meeting.
TIL about a Missouri potato chip company that, rather than reducing the level of carcinogen in their products or at least adding a warning label, chose to just not sell their products in CA, and have a label saying "not for sale in CA". www.ksdk.com/article/news...
www.ksdk.comI went to school in an affluent Detroit burb (I lived in an adjacent town) with Hayley, though we didn't know each other. I do live on the West Coast now, though I have yet to own any car nicer than a Toyota Corolla. Unlike Hayley, who drove a Lincoln Towncar in high school. Who's the elite again?
Howard Mortman"Cool kids on the Internet. They're doing the cool kid chatter. Some of 'em might be the coastal elites, making fun of how I talk. But let's be real. They're making fun of Michigan. They're thinking they're better than us. Their jokes, their criticism, only make me fight harder." -- Haley Stevens
The David Jonsson who Marvel just announced will be the new Black Panther (T'Challa II) is less than 2 years younger than David Johnson, the former Cardinal (and Texan and Saint) RB
Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman: What?Alt: Black Panther Star Chadwick Boseman: What?static.klipy.comCharles Pulliam-MooreDavid Jonsson makes sense from a a Hollywood buzz angle and the cinema girlies do love him, but I can't get invested it until I see set photos / a trailer after all this Blade nonsense
Reason 83,637,298 we need to vote almost every incumbent out
Eric Michael GarciaNEW: AOC and even some moderate Democrats want to claw back money for ICE if they win back the House. But Hakeem Jeffries didn’t make an ironclad commitment to do so. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
When your company (Taylor Farms) is so evil even the trump white house won't back you up
Dr. Lucky TranAccording to the WSJ, Taylor Farms contacted the White House and pressured them to delay announcing the lettuce recall. But the White House was convinced by the FDA’s findings and gave the agency the green light to make them public. However, the FDA still was slow and made several comms missteps.