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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot believe the Bears won that game. Can. Not.

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

As a well established pedant myself, I can assure you (the general reader) that the phrase "it demands the question" rolls off the tongue just as well and has the benefit of probably being accurate to your meaning.

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 2d

A few days ago, in the Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan incorrectly used the phrase "out of whole cloth". Here, we have incorrect usage of "to beg the question." I feel like we need a Tumblr to document these errors.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna start to use this clip to reinforce the correct meaning of "to beg the question," as in "if you don't want to sound like this Fox News tool, use it correctly."

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.

Let's talk neuroscience! We discussed a model for perceived agency's effect on dopamine production (learning) and emotion's effect on memory consolidation.

twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...

104 Dopamine Motivation & Emotion to Memory - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC

We focus on neuroscience and look at agency's influence on dopamine. Later we see how emotion affects memory consolidation.

twopintplc.com

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

Mandatory department pacing guide

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 5d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

Those are my initials... So basically yes, but a different person. :)

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

I'd watch Dallas get beat 16 weeks in a row.

Really well done Carolina.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

Ha. A real chuckle on the couch as I read this just now.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, it would cover some GROUND. I think it would also be relevant to look at science communication literature... Summarizing a paper brings an implied summary of "for what".

Deciding what to emphasize in a summary is just that - a decision.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

In fact, let me officially offer my notes as research data to #AcademicSky.

I have documented my study from the begining. I have the AI and MCR versions of every single one of these summaries.

@aeraedresearch.bsky.social?

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

I have studied this for... 3 years now? Maybe more. Every month I ask AI to summarize two research papers, then I deep read those papers myself.

They do a bad job. Their summary always misses something... Pretty often something big. Some include false information, too.

It's not a summary.

Stephen Hampshire @shampshire.bsky.social · 4d

I have endless circular arguments about this.

Them: “It’s written a summary.”

Me: “No, it’s written something tuned to look like a summary.”

Them: “But it looks like a summary.”

Me: <sigh>

We’re not used to computers lying to us.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

I have studied this for... 3 years now? Maybe more. Every month I ask AI to summarize two research papers, then I deep read those papers myself.

They do a bad job. Their summary always misses something... Pretty often something big. Some include false information, too.

It's not a summary.

Stephen Hampshire @shampshire.bsky.social · 4d

I have endless circular arguments about this.

Them: “It’s written a summary.”

Me: “No, it’s written something tuned to look like a summary.”

Them: “But it looks like a summary.”

Me: <sigh>

We’re not used to computers lying to us.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

That's interesting... I almost picked "wild yeast" as this year's theme, but was pretty sure I wouldn't be able to appreciate it. So that all tracks.

Thanks for the info - I'll pass along to the other two.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

Lol, if I'm not ready on my 9th year... I may be on a different path entirely. Which... Yeah, probably.

So what are we missing with 100°?

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 3d

Sir... Know that I cackled out loud when I read this.

Yeah you know.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 4d

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 5d

That feeling when you get a notice that there "will be a couple of big dogs in the office" tomorrow...

and then you find out it's a couple of canines roughly the size of horses hanging out in the lobby all morning.

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 6d

Wired: working through an idea during analysis that leads to some substantial new findings. Yay!

Tired: most of the text I've written thus far narrating our results is now obsolete. Sigh...

Reposted by Michael Ralph

Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 6d

As a reminder

Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods by Michael Quinn Patton

is fantastic and I very much appreciate it as I approach my dissertation proposal (and eventual data collection)

I give @drbritwilliams.bsky.social full credit for recommending it

Chelsea @chelseamdo.bsky.social · 6d

Reading the end of this textbook has me like "this 700+ page textbook is all about qualitative research but... What even *is* research?"

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 6d

The 2025 "He's clear about his goals" distinguished speaker, right here.

Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 6d

I would settle for the McDougle “she’s trying her best” grant.

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 7d

Hiking is better than detention.

Smash that publish button.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d

When the students at this Maine high school got detention, they would sit in a classroom for a few hours after school.

A counselor had the idea to offer students an option to hike instead. After their first hikes, they found it improved their moods.

School offers hikes instead of detention. Teachers are seeing results.

“People seem really different in a good way at the end,” said Leslie Trundy, a Maine high school counselor and avid hiker.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Data Elixir @dataelixir.com · 7d

Your ggplot2 charts work fine, but are they memorable? Real color engineering: brightness first (strongest differentiator), then hue, finally saturation. Most people get this backwards and wonder why their viz falls flat. www.chartography.net/p/color-engi...

Color Engineering

The tool that snaps mercurial design into mechanical focus.

www.chartography.net

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 7d

Cake or cupcakes with no frosting.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 8d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 8d

'We wanted to study the impact of nature, so we showed participants pictures of nature on a computer. We did not find any effect.'

wut

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Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 8d

Repost, but more angry this time.

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 8d

For all our improvements, the Kansas City secondary is still Swiss cheese.

No ability to play the ball at all.

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 8d

For all our improvements, the Kansas City secondary is still Swiss cheese.

No ability to play the ball at all.

Michael Ralph @michaelcralph.bsky.social · 8d

Woof... 99yd pick-six. Ouch.