Bee
@brittanica.bsky.social
Dog and cat mom. Runner. Aspiring gardner. All takes are my own.
I deeply, deeply sighed.
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I deeply, deeply sighed.
There is so much joy in developing the question, designing the study, and writing it up. There is also frustration and joy in responding to reviewers. I would actually be devastated to lose that.
3. I appealed to the joy of doing science—and got the predictable question:
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
Would you rather live in a world where AI cured cancer or live in a world where you personally get to do science?
But that's not the dilemma we face at all. There's no cause to think that AI could do anything of the sort.
December 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
There is so much joy in developing the question, designing the study, and writing it up. There is also frustration and joy in responding to reviewers. I would actually be devastated to lose that.
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1. In Hamburg there is a "fully autonomous train" that for some reason has a human operator to press the ON switch first thing in the morning and the OFF switch at the end of the night. In a recent talk about AI in science, I asked the audience to consider whether they want to be like that operator.
All aboard except the driver? A fully autonomous train takes to the tracks in Germany
YouTube video by euronews
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December 8, 2025 at 8:12 AM
1. In Hamburg there is a "fully autonomous train" that for some reason has a human operator to press the ON switch first thing in the morning and the OFF switch at the end of the night. In a recent talk about AI in science, I asked the audience to consider whether they want to be like that operator.
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If you were going to spend a lot of money on playoff tickets, consider donating it to the South Bend Center of the Homeless instead!
🎅 First Day of Christmas Giving Podcast 🎅
@jessicasmetana.bsky.social joined to talk about Notre Dame being left out, the decision to skip a bowl and a bunch more. Mainly a therapy session.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/rakes-repo...
@jessicasmetana.bsky.social joined to talk about Notre Dame being left out, the decision to skip a bowl and a bunch more. Mainly a therapy session.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Donate: www.gofundme.com/f/rakes-repo...
two muppets are standing in front of a pile of apples .
ALT: two muppets are standing in front of a pile of apples .
media.tenor.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If you were going to spend a lot of money on playoff tickets, consider donating it to the South Bend Center of the Homeless instead!
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massive clean hits by guys wearing the Guardian Cap is a Woke 2 indicator
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
massive clean hits by guys wearing the Guardian Cap is a Woke 2 indicator
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My quote of the day
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke
December 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
My quote of the day
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke
Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed, and love of power.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I'm glad that this man no longer has to have a job at 88 years old and this story is a travesty. Just horrible. www.unilad.com/community/vi...
People raise $1 million for army veteran, 88, who still works at supermarket after losing pension
People online have rallied together to raise a million bucks for an elderly army veteran who was forced back into work after losing his pension
www.unilad.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I'm glad that this man no longer has to have a job at 88 years old and this story is a travesty. Just horrible. www.unilad.com/community/vi...
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probably my most traditionalist opinion about the playoff is that they shouldn’t have set up two regular season rematches
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
probably my most traditionalist opinion about the playoff is that they shouldn’t have set up two regular season rematches
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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It feels very silly that I spend so much effort to be a person who is interesting, kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful, informed, curious, smart and good looking but men won't go to therapy, the gym, or ask what books I'm reading.
December 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It feels very silly that I spend so much effort to be a person who is interesting, kind, considerate, funny, thoughtful, informed, curious, smart and good looking but men won't go to therapy, the gym, or ask what books I'm reading.
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I've had to plan cross-border moves, getting into grad school, dealing with layoffs, 800-page immigration applications, reported features, international adventure trips, solo-backpacking nine countries, learning languages, and how to train my dog. I don't have time or energy for men who can't plan.
December 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I've had to plan cross-border moves, getting into grad school, dealing with layoffs, 800-page immigration applications, reported features, international adventure trips, solo-backpacking nine countries, learning languages, and how to train my dog. I don't have time or energy for men who can't plan.
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Trump's second term eviscerated regulatory autonomy. They even randomly fired Democratic commissioners.
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
NEW: SCOTUS will hear arguments Monday on Trump’s attempt to fire the last Democratic FTC commissioner. A ruling for the president could dangerously expand his control over agencies regulating the economy, stock market, campaign finance and communications.
Supreme Court to Hear Arguments In Trump’s Bid for Total Control of Government
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Trump's second term eviscerated regulatory autonomy. They even randomly fired Democratic commissioners.
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
This corruption WILL kill people and cause generational public harm, but it continues to receive less attention in the press than whatever brainfart Sam Altman has each morning
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The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
December 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The Declaration of Independence, the American Constitution and the Gettysburg Address. Liberty and equality for all in a constitutional republic. Not blood and soil nationalism. America is not an ethnostate where your rights depend on ancestry.
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Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Abraham Lincoln said that an “electric cord” connects all our waves of immigrant generations to the founding principles of human equality and republican government. Commitment to these principles, not blood and soil, makes people Americans. www.uvu.edu/ccs/docs/lin...
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Other academics: you have a choice who you are generous with sharing your time and expertise. There is no reason to risk your words being cherry picked and twisted by an organization that overtly engages in propaganda
December 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Other academics: you have a choice who you are generous with sharing your time and expertise. There is no reason to risk your words being cherry picked and twisted by an organization that overtly engages in propaganda
On my TBR list!
The holiday gift giving season is here. An idea: A Conversation with Mvemba Dizolele about my book, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Inside “The Second Emancipation” with Howard French
Podcast Episode · The Africa Program · 12/03/2025 · 53m
podcasts.apple.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
On my TBR list!
I wish I was there.
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I wish I was there.
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what if fda focused more on getting publicity for this?
Faulty glucose monitors linked to 7 deaths and more than 700 injuries, FDA warns www.statnews.com/2025/12/04/a...
Faulty glucose monitors linked to 7 deaths and more than 700 injuries, FDA warns
The FDA is warning people to stop using certain types of glucose monitor sensors after Abbott Diabetes Care said their devices were linked to seven deaths and more than 700 injuries.
www.statnews.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
what if fda focused more on getting publicity for this?
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Is it too late for DeBoer to go to Penn State
December 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Is it too late for DeBoer to go to Penn State
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got almost a week into December before posting the most important Christmas video, my sincere apologies
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
got almost a week into December before posting the most important Christmas video, my sincere apologies
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“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“This irresponsible and purposely misleading guidance will lead to more hepatitis B infections in infants and children.” Read our full statement by AAP President Dr. Susan J. Kressly:
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
www.aap.org/en/news-room...
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This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
This is gambling, and we've essentially decided that it's okay to let it go on entirely unregulated for ??? Reasons.
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For months, have been getting the question: why does Trump let RFK Jr get away with [shocking public health decision]?
The answer is that the two men are kindred spirits on many of these issues — including and especially vaccines.
The answer is that the two men are kindred spirits on many of these issues — including and especially vaccines.
Why is Trump letting RFK Jr dismantle agencies and upend public health?
Shared grievances and skepticism about vaccines, a growing personal bond — and a belief that it’s good politics.
Inside their alliance, with @emilydavies.bsky.social and Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Shared grievances and skepticism about vaccines, a growing personal bond — and a belief that it’s good politics.
Inside their alliance, with @emilydavies.bsky.social and Natalie Allison
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
As RFK Jr. upends America’s public health system, Trump cheers him on
Trump pledged that he’d empower Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to “go wild” on health care. The president has kept his promise.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:20 AM
For months, have been getting the question: why does Trump let RFK Jr get away with [shocking public health decision]?
The answer is that the two men are kindred spirits on many of these issues — including and especially vaccines.
The answer is that the two men are kindred spirits on many of these issues — including and especially vaccines.