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Pope Leo XIV on X: "The world needs honest and courageous entrepreneurs and communicators who care for the common good. We sometimes hear the saying: “Business is business!” In reality, it is not so. No one is absorbed by an organization to the point of becoming a mere cog or a simple function. Nor" / X
The world needs honest and courageous entrepreneurs and communicators who care for the common good. We sometimes hear the saying: “Business is business!” In reality, it is not so. No one is absorbed by an organization to the point of becoming a mere cog or a simple function. Nor
x.com
I want to pin this to my wall to read every day
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
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My conspiracy theory about yann is that:
- he is too fixated on older-school methods
- zuck wants someone more dynamic
- yann is too powerful to oust from meta
- zuck just made the AI world at meta so chaotic that yann wanted to leave
techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/...
- he is too fixated on older-school methods
- zuck wants someone more dynamic
- yann is too powerful to oust from meta
- zuck just made the AI world at meta so chaotic that yann wanted to leave
techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/...
Meta's chief AI scientist Yann LeCun reportedly plans to leave to build his own startup | TechCrunch
Yann LeCun, a chief AI scientist at Meta, is planning to leave the company to build his own startup, which will focus on continuing his work on world models.
techcrunch.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 AM
My conspiracy theory about yann is that:
- he is too fixated on older-school methods
- zuck wants someone more dynamic
- yann is too powerful to oust from meta
- zuck just made the AI world at meta so chaotic that yann wanted to leave
techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/...
- he is too fixated on older-school methods
- zuck wants someone more dynamic
- yann is too powerful to oust from meta
- zuck just made the AI world at meta so chaotic that yann wanted to leave
techcrunch.com/2025/11/11/...
I will never understand Public Relations.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I will never understand Public Relations.
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You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
November 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
You can now copy our charts to the clipboard for easy sharing!
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Just click the “Share” icon in the bottom right of any chart and select “Copy chart as image”. No need to take a screenshot.
Not going to pretend that I know what this means.
This paper received the perfect score for upcoming NeurIPS at San Diego or is it Mexico City?
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Not going to pretend that I know what this means.
Listening to The Martian soundtrack while studying statistics. (copying flashcards is not too cognitively demanding)
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcR...
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcR...
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
YouTube video by 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈 𝐎𝐏𝐔𝐒
www.youtube.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Listening to The Martian soundtrack while studying statistics. (copying flashcards is not too cognitively demanding)
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcR...
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWcR...
My mom has untreated RA. She doesn't want meds.
This is important to me.
This is important to me.
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
My mom has untreated RA. She doesn't want meds.
This is important to me.
This is important to me.
reposting for visibility.
Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information Science
Duties & Responsibilities
illinois.csod.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
reposting for visibility.
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found this lil guy in a sand sample recently 😍🦑
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
September 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
found this lil guy in a sand sample recently 😍🦑
#protistsonsky
#protistsonsky
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Plus — my own pet peeve — the incomprehensible way we are allowing our libraries to be used for AI training by corporations while mostly preventing faculty from using them in the same way. That's just a shotgun aimed at our own feet.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Plus — my own pet peeve — the incomprehensible way we are allowing our libraries to be used for AI training by corporations while mostly preventing faculty from using them in the same way. That's just a shotgun aimed at our own feet.
I want to pin this to my wall to read every day
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
Pope Leo XIV on X: "The world needs honest and courageous entrepreneurs and communicators who care for the common good. We sometimes hear the saying: “Business is business!” In reality, it is not so. No one is absorbed by an organization to the point of becoming a mere cog or a simple function. Nor" / X
The world needs honest and courageous entrepreneurs and communicators who care for the common good. We sometimes hear the saying: “Business is business!” In reality, it is not so. No one is absorbed by an organization to the point of becoming a mere cog or a simple function. Nor
x.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I want to pin this to my wall to read every day
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
I hope Pope Leo gets a Bluesky account
It's a pain to switch between platforms because people are too divided to use just one.
#Family
#Work
#Motivation
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
x.com/Pontifex/sta...
Mining near-earth asteroids for rare earth metals. My personal opinion? He's too early, but I'm just an observer. But still fascinating. I admire his forward-thinkingness:
Matt Gialich of AstroForge.
Matt Gialich of AstroForge.
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Mining near-earth asteroids for rare earth metals. My personal opinion? He's too early, but I'm just an observer. But still fascinating. I admire his forward-thinkingness:
Matt Gialich of AstroForge.
Matt Gialich of AstroForge.
Ah, I remember like it was yesterday....
About 33.4 million years ago, one of the major shifts in the Earth system occurred: the Eocene ended, and the Oligocene started. With that, sea level dropped globally, resulting in a massive truncation worldwide, an unconformity in the record. 🧪⚒️
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Ah, I remember like it was yesterday....
Watched at 2X speed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPx...
They talked about the importance of using social media a lot less
and reading great books
and climatology
great stuff.
Should consider reading the books mentioned in the pod.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPx...
They talked about the importance of using social media a lot less
and reading great books
and climatology
great stuff.
Should consider reading the books mentioned in the pod.
935: Global Issues Accelerated by AI (with Solutions), feat. Stephanie Hare
YouTube video by Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Watched at 2X speed
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPx...
They talked about the importance of using social media a lot less
and reading great books
and climatology
great stuff.
Should consider reading the books mentioned in the pod.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRPx...
They talked about the importance of using social media a lot less
and reading great books
and climatology
great stuff.
Should consider reading the books mentioned in the pod.
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A study in Nature Neuroscience shows that the moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement. #neuroskyence 🧪
Attentional failures after sleep deprivation are locked to joint neurovascular, pupil and cerebrospinal fluid flow dynamics - Nature Neuroscience
Yang et al. show that moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement.
go.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
A study in Nature Neuroscience shows that the moments of failed attention we experience after sleep deprivation reflect brief ‘sleep-like’ episodes in the brain, corresponding to a brain- and body-wide event with altered brain activity, pupil size and brain fluid movement. #neuroskyence 🧪
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This sounds cynical—but represents a huge advance over empty “AGI” speculation.
It’s a political question, not a technical one. Without social equality models *cannot do* many kinds of work (eg, negotiate agreements or manage workers). So they will only be human-equivalent if we decide they are.
It’s a political question, not a technical one. Without social equality models *cannot do* many kinds of work (eg, negotiate agreements or manage workers). So they will only be human-equivalent if we decide they are.
intelligence is the thing which i have. admitting things are intelligent means considering them morally and socially equal to me. i will never consider a computer morally or socially equal to me. therefore no computer program will ever be intelligent
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This sounds cynical—but represents a huge advance over empty “AGI” speculation.
It’s a political question, not a technical one. Without social equality models *cannot do* many kinds of work (eg, negotiate agreements or manage workers). So they will only be human-equivalent if we decide they are.
It’s a political question, not a technical one. Without social equality models *cannot do* many kinds of work (eg, negotiate agreements or manage workers). So they will only be human-equivalent if we decide they are.
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Mohamed Salah's goal in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Aston Villa tonight was his 276th goal involvement for the Reds in the Premier League, taking him level with Wayne Rooney for the most G+A for a single club in the competition.
#LFC
#LFC
November 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Mohamed Salah's goal in Liverpool's 2-0 win over Aston Villa tonight was his 276th goal involvement for the Reds in the Premier League, taking him level with Wayne Rooney for the most G+A for a single club in the competition.
#LFC
#LFC
Have an anonymous, muted, low-profile on X just to follow some people not on here. Like Andrej Karpathy
The vibes here on Bluesky are way, like 1000X better though
My experience on X has been criminals following me -- that's why I anonymized my account
But the Pope's there, that's cool
The vibes here on Bluesky are way, like 1000X better though
My experience on X has been criminals following me -- that's why I anonymized my account
But the Pope's there, that's cool
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Have an anonymous, muted, low-profile on X just to follow some people not on here. Like Andrej Karpathy
The vibes here on Bluesky are way, like 1000X better though
My experience on X has been criminals following me -- that's why I anonymized my account
But the Pope's there, that's cool
The vibes here on Bluesky are way, like 1000X better though
My experience on X has been criminals following me -- that's why I anonymized my account
But the Pope's there, that's cool
Reason why I do not do my own posts is because the most profound things I can share about my interests are study notes
and study notes are boring.
I've been writing statistical analysis glossary definitions for a chunk of the afternoon.
Hope your All Saints Day / CTA Heat Lamp Day has been OK
and study notes are boring.
I've been writing statistical analysis glossary definitions for a chunk of the afternoon.
Hope your All Saints Day / CTA Heat Lamp Day has been OK
November 1, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Reason why I do not do my own posts is because the most profound things I can share about my interests are study notes
and study notes are boring.
I've been writing statistical analysis glossary definitions for a chunk of the afternoon.
Hope your All Saints Day / CTA Heat Lamp Day has been OK
and study notes are boring.
I've been writing statistical analysis glossary definitions for a chunk of the afternoon.
Hope your All Saints Day / CTA Heat Lamp Day has been OK
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If you missed this event and you want to catch the replay, videos are up at this link:
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
See this thread for Day 1 highlights, and the next post for Day 2.
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
See this thread for Day 1 highlights, and the next post for Day 2.
Today and tomorrow 11a-3p EST, I'll be live posting this terrific workshop. It's open to all! So register at this link if you'd like to watch too (or follow this 🧵 for the highlights).
Agenda: 16 presentations + overviews, discussions, recaps and reviews.
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
Agenda: 16 presentations + overviews, discussions, recaps and reviews.
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
November 1, 2025 at 3:19 PM
If you missed this event and you want to catch the replay, videos are up at this link:
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
See this thread for Day 1 highlights, and the next post for Day 2.
www.nationalacademies.org/en/event/451...
See this thread for Day 1 highlights, and the next post for Day 2.
data journaling looks fun :)
Read our match report and analyse the game yourself with our match centre below.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
data journaling looks fun :)
how *does* one tell a good one from a less-than-good one i wonder
Daniel Dennett has a nice story about a seminar where the speaker kept ragging on a paper so he retorted "if this paper is so bad, why are you wasting our time discussing it?" And I think there's some nice lesson in there about what you let into your headspace
November 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
how *does* one tell a good one from a less-than-good one i wonder
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS: "much done, much more to do" is our summary of the new UK government's first year on #climate policy, achieving moderate success in addressing the implementation gap.
Overall rating remains "Insufficient"
bit.ly/CAT_UK
Overall rating remains "Insufficient"
bit.ly/CAT_UK
October 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
COUNTRY ANALYSIS: "much done, much more to do" is our summary of the new UK government's first year on #climate policy, achieving moderate success in addressing the implementation gap.
Overall rating remains "Insufficient"
bit.ly/CAT_UK
Overall rating remains "Insufficient"
bit.ly/CAT_UK
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The simplex algorithm is super efficient. 80 years of experience says it runs in linear time. Nobody can explain _why_ it is so fast.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.
Beyond Smoothed Analysis: Analyzing the Simplex Method by the Book
Narrowing the gap between theory and practice is a longstanding goal of the algorithm analysis community. To further progress our understanding of how algorithms work in practice, we propose a new alg...
arxiv.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The simplex algorithm is super efficient. 80 years of experience says it runs in linear time. Nobody can explain _why_ it is so fast.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.
We invented a new algorithm analysis framework to find out.