Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
Study how marginalized groups are empowered by the internet.
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
Retired teacher - web development and thinking skills.
AAAS Section X, Science and Society
Nobody is safe until everybody is safe
My old Blogger: http://www.bobcalder.net/
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Bob Calder
@bobcalder.net
· Jan 27
I will follow you back if you're an academic in history, computational sociology, or hard science. If you make things with your hands like art or furniture, that's cool.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
I will block you if you trade anything or offer advice on trading whether it's crypto or securities.
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Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Banging this sign from now until I stand before the gates of Sto’vo’kor
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Explosions in Chernihiv region . Drone attack
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Explosions in Chernihiv region . Drone attack
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A key part of the story of the 2000 election is that the Gore campaign chose a litigation only strategy while the Republican shipped a bunch of staffers down to disrupt recounts.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A key part of the story of the 2000 election is that the Gore campaign chose a litigation only strategy while the Republican shipped a bunch of staffers down to disrupt recounts.
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⚠️ From January 2026 onwards, Gmail on web will no longer support POP connections. That means the “Check mail from other accounts” option will go away.
I’m using it frequently and I’m wondering what others will do as a workaround? 🤔
Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated. 🙏
I’m using it frequently and I’m wondering what others will do as a workaround? 🤔
Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated. 🙏
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
⚠️ From January 2026 onwards, Gmail on web will no longer support POP connections. That means the “Check mail from other accounts” option will go away.
I’m using it frequently and I’m wondering what others will do as a workaround? 🤔
Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated. 🙏
I’m using it frequently and I’m wondering what others will do as a workaround? 🤔
Any tips or tricks would be much appreciated. 🙏
Without knowing where it came from, there is only one place this *could* have happened and that's exactly where it came from.
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Without knowing where it came from, there is only one place this *could* have happened and that's exactly where it came from.
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Roger, I was not aware about this episode, but I thank you for the enlightenment.
www.openculture.com/2013/07/slav...
My problem with Chomsky is his fondness for defending Russia and learning he was a Cambodia genocide denialist.
www.openculture.com/2013/07/slav...
My problem with Chomsky is his fondness for defending Russia and learning he was a Cambodia genocide denialist.
Slavoj Žižek Responds to Noam Chomsky: ‘I Don’t Know a Guy Who Was So Often Empirically Wrong’
Earlier this month we posted an excerpt from an interview in which linguist Noam Chomsky slams the Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek, along with the late French theorists Jacques ...
www.openculture.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Roger, I was not aware about this episode, but I thank you for the enlightenment.
www.openculture.com/2013/07/slav...
My problem with Chomsky is his fondness for defending Russia and learning he was a Cambodia genocide denialist.
www.openculture.com/2013/07/slav...
My problem with Chomsky is his fondness for defending Russia and learning he was a Cambodia genocide denialist.
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My crazy idea to cram all of the AT Protocol into a single deployable container. Works with SQLite, Postgres and potentially more data stores in the future. Steps are literally deploy container -> import your lexicons -> backfill -> build your app with the GraphQL APIs.
quickslice.slices.network
quickslice.slices.network
quickslice - Introduction
quickslice.slices.network
December 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
My crazy idea to cram all of the AT Protocol into a single deployable container. Works with SQLite, Postgres and potentially more data stores in the future. Steps are literally deploy container -> import your lexicons -> backfill -> build your app with the GraphQL APIs.
quickslice.slices.network
quickslice.slices.network
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POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
POSTDOC ALERT🚨
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Two exciting social evolution postdoc positions live today!
We're looking for two excellent field biologists. Join us to explore the evolution of sociality in wasps across Africa. Apply by 11th January.
Collaboration with
@dustinrubenstein.com
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
I wrote about why we should not celebrate someone losing their job, especially in today’s America, even when they’ve done terrible racist things.
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
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…I'm so goddam tired. Ppl are increasingly in their city halls about "AI" data centers making their water & power bills & air quality worse, & literally all Dems would have to do sew up up that bloc is *Vibe With That Energy.*
It's affordability & billionaire overreach all in one package you dorks!
It's affordability & billionaire overreach all in one package you dorks!
Hakeem Jeffries' AI Commission is littered with corporate and tech-friendly Dems. AI is wildly unpopular, yet too many national Democratic leaders are rejecting that reality in favor of wooing back Silicon Valley. From our friends at @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social:
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/d...
Democratic Voters Are Clamoring for AI Regulation. Their Leaders Aren’t Interested. - The American Prospect
A new AI commission established by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries includes several corporate-friendly legislators.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
…I'm so goddam tired. Ppl are increasingly in their city halls about "AI" data centers making their water & power bills & air quality worse, & literally all Dems would have to do sew up up that bloc is *Vibe With That Energy.*
It's affordability & billionaire overreach all in one package you dorks!
It's affordability & billionaire overreach all in one package you dorks!
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Why America gave up on economists www.vox.com/politics/472...
Why America gave up on economists
Both parties have turned their backs on traditional economic advice. Is the country paying the price?
www.vox.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why America gave up on economists www.vox.com/politics/472...
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This is absolutely wild. “hey remember six years ago when there was no final order of removal? Sorry about that there is one now”
A federal judge ruled Thu morning that no order of removal for Abrego Garcia had ever existed. By Thu evening, an immigration judge had conjured a “Immigration Court’s Sua Sponte Order Correcting Scrivener’s Error," Abrego Garcia's lawyers tell the judge in the emergency overnight filing:
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is absolutely wild. “hey remember six years ago when there was no final order of removal? Sorry about that there is one now”
People from Indiana talk about how nice they all are. I wonder how much their culture was a factor.
Buttigieg on Indiana: "The big part of how Trumpism works is to make you feel totally disempowered. To make him feel inevitable. And yet the clear takeaway from this is he is not unstoppable and you are not without power."
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
People from Indiana talk about how nice they all are. I wonder how much their culture was a factor.
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Debut drone competition for Army won by Spanish squad; Hohenfels team moves on to US event www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
Debut drone competition for Army won by Spanish squad; Hohenfels team moves on to US event
The competition featured 10 teams, including rotational units from Poland and NATO allies Italy and Spain, all of whom had different drone platforms.
www.stripes.com
December 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Debut drone competition for Army won by Spanish squad; Hohenfels team moves on to US event www.stripes.com/branches/arm...
As you get older, your medical expenses get higher as a result of low frequency, high cost medical interventions. Basically end of life skewed downward because of low quality healthcare in early years and a punishing occupation. Our "two tier system".
December 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
As you get older, your medical expenses get higher as a result of low frequency, high cost medical interventions. Basically end of life skewed downward because of low quality healthcare in early years and a punishing occupation. Our "two tier system".
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Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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Once again, LLMs can’t believe reality is real.
December 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Once again, LLMs can’t believe reality is real.
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Trump’s dangerous Tylenol claims weren't “parroting” published research, and that they'd be mistaken for such highlights a worrying deficit in scientific literacy. www.cambridgeskeptics.org.uk/post/like-gi...
Like Giving Certain Elements of Genius to a Baby
Trump’s dangerous Tylenol claims weren't “parroting” published research, and that they'd be mistaken for such highlights a worrying deficit in scientific literacy.
www.cambridgeskeptics.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Trump’s dangerous Tylenol claims weren't “parroting” published research, and that they'd be mistaken for such highlights a worrying deficit in scientific literacy. www.cambridgeskeptics.org.uk/post/like-gi...
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Former interim athletics director of #Florida university is accused of defrauding school of nearly $60,000 www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/05/f... via @sun-sentinel.com
Former NSU interim athletics director accused of defrauding school of nearly $60,000
The former interim athletics director of Nova Southeastern University was booked into the Broward County jail Friday on charges of organized scheme to defraud and grand theft.
www.sun-sentinel.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Former interim athletics director of #Florida university is accused of defrauding school of nearly $60,000 www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/05/f... via @sun-sentinel.com
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More senseless #HigherEd cuts. (This one clearly isn't about the money, so "senseless" unless somebody has a better term.)
#UNL #Nebraska
#UNL #Nebraska
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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#Florida legislators always stand up for the lowest, but never for the lowliest. Sen. Don Gaetz, btw, is the father of ex-congressman Matt Gaetz.
Florida State Senators Jonathan Martin and Don Gaetz have filed a bill designating October 14 of each year as 'Charlie Kirk Day of Remembrance.'
It would be stunning if it didn't pass.
It would be stunning if it didn't pass.
Senate Bill 194 (2026) - The Florida Senate
www.flsenate.gov
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#Florida legislators always stand up for the lowest, but never for the lowliest. Sen. Don Gaetz, btw, is the father of ex-congressman Matt Gaetz.
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📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #FLORIDA districts soon; for now you can help FL House Dems & the FL Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/flblu...
I'll be filling in competitive #FLORIDA districts soon; for now you can help FL House Dems & the FL Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/flblu...
Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #FLORIDA districts soon; for now you can help FL House Dems & the FL Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/flblu...
I'll be filling in competitive #FLORIDA districts soon; for now you can help FL House Dems & the FL Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/flblu...
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📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #GEORGIA districts soon; for now you can help GA Senate Dems, GA Assembly Dems & the GA Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/gablu...
I'll be filling in competitive #GEORGIA districts soon; for now you can help GA Senate Dems, GA Assembly Dems & the GA Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/gablu...
Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
📣 Now it's time to focus on the 2026 Midterm Main Event!
I'll be filling in competitive #GEORGIA districts soon; for now you can help GA Senate Dems, GA Assembly Dems & the GA Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/gablu...
I'll be filling in competitive #GEORGIA districts soon; for now you can help GA Senate Dems, GA Assembly Dems & the GA Democratic Party.
Donate today! #Blue26
secure.actblue.com/donate/gablu...
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Attended an OU TPUSA event last night. Whenever I attend right-wing Christian events like this I always come away with greater empathy & compassion for attendees (in this case students mostly just trying to figure things out).
Speaker’s talk was a tapestry of falsehoods & right-wing talking points.
Speaker’s talk was a tapestry of falsehoods & right-wing talking points.
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Attended an OU TPUSA event last night. Whenever I attend right-wing Christian events like this I always come away with greater empathy & compassion for attendees (in this case students mostly just trying to figure things out).
Speaker’s talk was a tapestry of falsehoods & right-wing talking points.
Speaker’s talk was a tapestry of falsehoods & right-wing talking points.