⟳ Репост от Sean Carroll
Wrote two lines of Javascript to make news websites actually look like what they *feel* like to me
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Sean Carroll
Physics, philosophy, complexity. @jhuartssciences.bsky.social & @sfiscience.bsky.social. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social. Latest books: The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. https://preposterousuniverse.com/
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⟳ Репост от Sean Carroll
What do rubber ducks have to do with learning and AI? You can find out in my TEDx talk, released today as an Editor’s Pick at the YouTube TED Channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbiy...
How you can learn in a world of information overload | Tania Lombrozo | TEDxNewEnglandYouTube video by TEDx Talkswww.youtube.com
We don’t want to suggest that all of Emily Wilson’s subsequent good fortune is due to appearing as a guest on #MindscapePodcast. preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2024...
297 | Emily Wilson on Homer, Poetry, and Translation – Sean Carrollpreposterousuniverse.comIgnacio Gallup-Diaz“A Penn professor thought she’d sell 1000 copies of her ‘Odyssey’ translation. She sold a million this year alone, thanks to Christopher Nolan.” “West Philly's Emily Wilson, who penned a highly acclaimed translation of the epic poem in 2017, is having a big summer.”
⟳ Репост от Sean Carroll
Coppin State University desperately needed new students. So the HBCU in Baltimore began offering in-state tuition rates to those coming from states without HBCUs. Interest has since skyrocketed. The gamble behind Maryland’s most affordable university: www.thebanner.com/education/hi...
The gamble behind Maryland’s most affordable universityRather than raising tuition to bring in more revenue, Coppin State University slashed it, wagering that a more affordable college would draw more students.www.thebanner.comGreat point. Many rules made sense for some context and some time. Bureaucracies generally do a very bad job with ongoing rule maintenance— going through the whole list, making sure everything is rational and useful.
Jacqueline AntonovichI'm super happy that Mamdani is cutting red tape for small businesses. Frozen dessert permits seem frivolous now, but ice cream used to be really deadly! Absent good sanitary practices, it used to be carry of all sorts of diseases (remember typhoid mary?). The initial law was a public health win!
⟳ Репост от Sean Carroll
One of the cool things that has happened with The Odyssey is that @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social is having a genuine moment in the sun and it so richly deserved. She is a brilliant scholar, a wonderful, caring Professor, and by all accounts a lovely human. Long may it continue- good for all of us.
This is great, and should be a highlight policy for all Democrats in office. The contrast with DOGE is obvious and worth publicizing. “When the system is suffering, we treat the condition; all they know how to do is amputate without anesthesia.”
Helen KennedyThe wild eyed radical communist continues to destroy capitalism www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...