Matthew Gillikin
@mtgillikin.bsky.social
trying to figure out what's going on here, co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social
Relevant to Charlottesville. Like very very relevant.
there's a parallel between nonprofit world and academia, where there's a constant tide of idealistic, hopeful people coming in the door, and the people on top are able to lever that commitment to The Cause to extract from them in a way that's harder when everyone's just there to make a buck
December 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Relevant to Charlottesville. Like very very relevant.
Can anyone recommend a book (or two) on the Temperance Movement in the U.S. and the lead up to Prohibition?
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Can anyone recommend a book (or two) on the Temperance Movement in the U.S. and the lead up to Prohibition?
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I haven’t been able to look at anything this weekend (out of town) but a quarter-inch of snow shouldn’t close down the area. Based on what data I saw Friday I don’t think this is going to be remotely close to what snow we actually got on Friday.
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I haven’t been able to look at anything this weekend (out of town) but a quarter-inch of snow shouldn’t close down the area. Based on what data I saw Friday I don’t think this is going to be remotely close to what snow we actually got on Friday.
Whoever originally created HOAs
That’s a new dinner party conversation: Who is someone that you hate so much that, if given the time, energy, and crew, you’d produce a 4-part documentary on them?
December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Whoever originally created HOAs
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Oh, the shitty plagiarism machines floating on hype are attracting shitty researchers who plagiarize in order to get in on the hype? Color me shocked, shocked I say
“Farid says that he now counsels students to not go into AI research, because of the “frenzy” in the field and the large volume of low-quality work being put out by people hoping to better their career prospects”
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’
AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Oh, the shitty plagiarism machines floating on hype are attracting shitty researchers who plagiarize in order to get in on the hype? Color me shocked, shocked I say
My haters
Will be my waiters
At the table of success
Will be my waiters
At the table of success
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My haters
Will be my waiters
At the table of success
Will be my waiters
At the table of success
Today at Decades Arcade I high-fived another dad who I barely know after he unlocked a hidden level on Super Nintendo Mario. Dudes rock.
December 7, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Today at Decades Arcade I high-fived another dad who I barely know after he unlocked a hidden level on Super Nintendo Mario. Dudes rock.
Another day fades away in the Warehouse District
December 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Another day fades away in the Warehouse District
This morning my 14 year old walked with a friend to a restaurant (Mejicali) that is hosting a holiday party sponsored by his middle school. Awesome all around.
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This morning my 14 year old walked with a friend to a restaurant (Mejicali) that is hosting a holiday party sponsored by his middle school. Awesome all around.
Reposted by Matthew Gillikin
News: After 5 months, UVA has finally produced billing records from its outside counsel (McGuireWoods LLP) related to DOJ investigations. UVA spent over $1.7 million through end of August! Link to the heavily redacted invoices here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ev8ke...
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
News: After 5 months, UVA has finally produced billing records from its outside counsel (McGuireWoods LLP) related to DOJ investigations. UVA spent over $1.7 million through end of August! Link to the heavily redacted invoices here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ev8ke...
Somehow this has become a load bearing post for me
women are always saying “lord grant me the confidence of a mediocre man.” ok well he did. now what. is the world a better place? look at what you’ve wrought.
Olivia Nuzzi's 'American Canto': Read the Exclusive Excerpt
She flamed out and she faded away. 'Vanity Fair'’s West Coast Editor returns to the written word to survey scorched earth.
www.vanityfair.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Somehow this has become a load bearing post for me
This is the Charlottesville bike experience
In the 4.5-mile bike ride to pick up my kids from school, I found the following in painted bike lanes: at least 6 trash bins, a parked car, a parked firefighter truck (likely lunch break), and a parked city maintenance vehicle. This is unacceptable, and another reason why paint is not infrastructure
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is the Charlottesville bike experience
Major credit to the city for improving its snow removal systems over the course of this year. I’m impressed with the work that was done today in Fifeville.
December 6, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Major credit to the city for improving its snow removal systems over the course of this year. I’m impressed with the work that was done today in Fifeville.
Don’t drive unless you absolutely have to. Saw multiple cars spin out on this stretch of Cherry plus these two stuck buses
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Don’t drive unless you absolutely have to. Saw multiple cars spin out on this stretch of Cherry plus these two stuck buses
Forest Hills Park is gorgeous
December 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Forest Hills Park is gorgeous
LeBron’s double digit scoring streak finally ended tonight. One of the best records in sports.
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
LeBron’s double digit scoring streak finally ended tonight. One of the best records in sports.
In the talk I gave a couple weeks ago I had a slide that briefly made the case that unionizing should be considered part of the mechanism to prevent moral distress in healthcare workers
the answer to so many questions is Unionize Your Workplace
Some rare good news: Journalists at the PEN Guild won their arbitration case against Politico, which deployed two separate faulty AI products (a "report builder" and a headline and summary generator on the homepage) without their knowledge or input.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
That violated their contract, the arbiter found.
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
In the talk I gave a couple weeks ago I had a slide that briefly made the case that unionizing should be considered part of the mechanism to prevent moral distress in healthcare workers
The current BOV is so bad that even Jefferson’s advice seems good
December 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The current BOV is so bad that even Jefferson’s advice seems good
I’m very annoyed that the city is spending any money on this. It should be closed to cars. Why is the city so committed to the Downtown Mall never meeting its potential?
Bids are now being accepted for the removal and replacement of the brick and granite pavers at the Downtown Mall Crossings on 2nd Street and 4th Street, which will include custom drop inlets, concrete pipes, concrete curbs, and sidewalks. Bids are due on 1/9 and works is scheduled to begin on 2/16.
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I’m very annoyed that the city is spending any money on this. It should be closed to cars. Why is the city so committed to the Downtown Mall never meeting its potential?
The Cavalier Daily is doing such good work!
Once again: the presidential and provost search must be paused, Sheridan and Wilkinson must resign, and the student newspaper is utterly outpacing all other news sources. Wahoowa!
Sources say the provost search this spring was ‘unusual.’ Here’s why.
Sources qualified the search or elements of the search as “highly unusual” in large part because of the actions of Porter Wilkinson, who was at the time a member of the Board of Visitors and is now vi...
www.cavalierdaily.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The Cavalier Daily is doing such good work!
Had access to Sbrocco’s donuts throughout the day. The definition of a good day.
December 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Had access to Sbrocco’s donuts throughout the day. The definition of a good day.
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Our forecast remains unchanged from yesterday: up to 2" of light, fluffy snow expected for most in central VA. Time frame: midnight to 11am Friday. Not a lot, but a moderate impact storm because it will affect travel Friday morning. Temperatures will stay near freezing through the afternoon.
December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our forecast remains unchanged from yesterday: up to 2" of light, fluffy snow expected for most in central VA. Time frame: midnight to 11am Friday. Not a lot, but a moderate impact storm because it will affect travel Friday morning. Temperatures will stay near freezing through the afternoon.
Relevant to Charlottesville
City: We unanimously declare a climate emergency! We must make change no matter what the cost, humanity's survival depends on it!
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
Community: Can we put in a protected bike lane to get more people cycling.
City: No, we'll lose parking spots.
December 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Relevant to Charlottesville
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
