Eilat Glikman
@eilatg.bsky.social
Astrophysicist. Quasar enthusiast. Physics professor. Mother, etc. Misanthrope who loves humanity. Why can’t we get this thing right?
Oh to be a woman on a bathroom line at a mall on Black Friday.
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Oh to be a woman on a bathroom line at a mall on Black Friday.
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
(I had no choice about the second half of that sentence)
lol Happy Thanksgiving.
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
November 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
lol Happy Thanksgiving.
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
(I actually don’t mind turkey)
Sitting in a NJ pizza joint while Sweet Child o Mine plays… what decade is it?
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Sitting in a NJ pizza joint while Sweet Child o Mine plays… what decade is it?
BOOM.
Thinking a lot lately about the simple fact that college allows people to spend about 15 weeks immersed in a disciplinary conversation with an expert in that field. And what a special thing that is.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
BOOM.
Duh already.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Duh already.
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No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
November 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No. The chief problem is, AI is literally A TOOL FOR UNLEARNING. The more you use it, the worse you get at whatever it is you’re using it for. It’s the opposite of educating, it’s uneducating. 2/2
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
It’s sickening, of course, but more than anything for me, the Larry summers thing is so fucking pathetic. Pathetic. So pathetic. I keep trying to find a different word but that’s all I got.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It’s sickening, of course, but more than anything for me, the Larry summers thing is so fucking pathetic. Pathetic. So pathetic. I keep trying to find a different word but that’s all I got.
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That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
That’s before I reckon with the ethics of using a thing for ghost efficiency that is pretty societally devastating.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
And on a final personal note, I don’t want to become stupid before my time. I really don’t. I will keep mucking about so that I can keep mucking about, for as long as possible.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
Anyway, AI doesn’t have any value for me in anything I do. I understand this says something about *what* I do. But also? It’s only practically existed for maybe 18 months. I loved and worked almost 45 years without it so yeah, I’m cool.
November 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Took the words right out of my mouth.
“We do hard things” ❤️
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
It doesn’t matter what I think. Also, none of this would ever happen. But if I had a zillion dollars:
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
1. Run a “we do hard things” campaign across southern and rust belt states. Invest heavily in local, state and regional social infrastructure. Sponser later hours at a library, build a skate park…
If I were to sum up my advice to the Democratic party leadership about how to defeat Trumpism, it would be to set aside policy for now and focus instead on articulating a vision of what American society should look like and what role the US should play in a rapidly changing world today.
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
“We do hard things” ❤️
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Man! If we could inject that back into our national ethos…
Piece of shit. This is a small state and I hope this stain shames him everywhere he goes.
A Vermont lawmaker stepped down following revelations regarding his involvement in a racist, pro-Hitler chat associated with the Young Republicans. www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Lawmaker resigns after involvement in racist chat
Vermont state Sen. Sam Douglass will resign after intense pressure from top Republicans in the state.
www.politico.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Piece of shit. This is a small state and I hope this stain shames him everywhere he goes.
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
The random delights you find online!
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 AM
The random delights you find online!
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
I just watched Waiting for Godot (on youtube with my high schooler). I read the play as an angsty teen and freaking LOVED it. It was ok the second time.
But, this review is *chefs kiss*
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Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
1/2
1/2
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy conferred benefits for mother and baby without increased risk, according to an umbrella review of meta-analyses comprising more than 1.2 million women.
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...
Mom's COVID Shot Aided Baby, Too, Large Review Confirmed
Vaccination during pregnancy was safe for both mom and baby
www.medpagetoday.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Vaccination during pregnancy was associated with lowered maternal risks of COVID infection, stillbirth, preterm birth (including a 34% lower risk of severe preterm birth before 28 weeks), neonatal intensive care admission, & congenital anomalies
1/2
1/2
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I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I can’t believe I’m watching interviews of city mayors talking about how they are coordinating with other mayors to discuss how to protect their residents FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
I know we are “used to it” but it is absolutely insane
Physics/math hive mind, I get this question from students and never feel like I am giving a satisfying answer: how do I think about radians, dimensionally?
🧪🔭⚛️
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September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Physics/math hive mind, I get this question from students and never feel like I am giving a satisfying answer: how do I think about radians, dimensionally?
🧪🔭⚛️
🧪🔭⚛️
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I interrupt all the misery in this world for 90 seconds on whether chili is soup.
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I interrupt all the misery in this world for 90 seconds on whether chili is soup.
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rewatching NETWORK for a project 👀 and it is absolutely shocking how prescient this film is. it’s like paddy chayefsky was granted a vision of america in 2025 and he furiously tried to turn what he saw into something intelligible to viewers in the 1970s
September 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
rewatching NETWORK for a project 👀 and it is absolutely shocking how prescient this film is. it’s like paddy chayefsky was granted a vision of america in 2025 and he furiously tried to turn what he saw into something intelligible to viewers in the 1970s
Damn. Clairvoyance is a curse.
“I’m shocked you would make that claim” 😕🤷🏻♂️ 🤦🏼♀️
Another one that hasn’t aged great. (Her condescending looks really seal the deal)
Another one that hasn’t aged great. (Her condescending looks really seal the deal)
September 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Damn. Clairvoyance is a curse.
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Dear @ukri.org,
I think JJ Thomson nailed the perils of having Government agencies use “clear eyes” to decide where to focus research funding to maximise benefit to society. 🧪
(www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...)
I think JJ Thomson nailed the perils of having Government agencies use “clear eyes” to decide where to focus research funding to maximise benefit to society. 🧪
(www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...)
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Dear @ukri.org,
I think JJ Thomson nailed the perils of having Government agencies use “clear eyes” to decide where to focus research funding to maximise benefit to society. 🧪
(www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...)
I think JJ Thomson nailed the perils of having Government agencies use “clear eyes” to decide where to focus research funding to maximise benefit to society. 🧪
(www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...)
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Let's all to take a deep breath & understand that we have reached the phase in fascism where if they want to declare you a criminal, you are a criminal. You can not magically avoid it, or do exactly the right thing to stay off the list. Fascism must always have enemies, and one day you will be one.
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Let's all to take a deep breath & understand that we have reached the phase in fascism where if they want to declare you a criminal, you are a criminal. You can not magically avoid it, or do exactly the right thing to stay off the list. Fascism must always have enemies, and one day you will be one.
The first week of the semester is always a month long. How is it only Tuesday?
September 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The first week of the semester is always a month long. How is it only Tuesday?
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we are however many years into this misery and i still don't know what "teach someone to use LLMs" actually means. like what does that mean??
Why AI?
Because educators should prepare students to properly use LLM tools and be able to effectively compete in the modern knowledge-based job market.
It's as wildly irresponsible for educators to teach abstinence-only AI education as it is for them to teach abstinence-only sex education.
Because educators should prepare students to properly use LLM tools and be able to effectively compete in the modern knowledge-based job market.
It's as wildly irresponsible for educators to teach abstinence-only AI education as it is for them to teach abstinence-only sex education.
September 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
we are however many years into this misery and i still don't know what "teach someone to use LLMs" actually means. like what does that mean??