Demetrios Pagonis
@dpagonis.bsky.social
Outdoor and indoor air quality, teaching, science communication, and the outdoors.
Ogden, Utah | he/him
Ogden, Utah | he/him
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60/ this is barely even a meme, these are all actual products sold by Swagelok for use as thread lubricants, sealants, and leak detectors
December 9, 2024 at 11:28 AM
60/ this is barely even a meme, these are all actual products sold by Swagelok for use as thread lubricants, sealants, and leak detectors
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Important update from two months into my “experiment” (lol) assigning college juniors and seniors to read whole physical books and then having a seminar where they use the physical book and physical notebooks and their ideas and questions to fill three hours of class time:
It rules
It rules
October 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Important update from two months into my “experiment” (lol) assigning college juniors and seniors to read whole physical books and then having a seminar where they use the physical book and physical notebooks and their ideas and questions to fill three hours of class time:
It rules
It rules
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npr: so, no kings
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
October 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
npr: so, no kings
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
tyrannosaurus rex: yes
npr: how shall I put this
trex: this interview is over
Good essay
The various people trying to shame me for using large language models to do actual research and produce detailed teaching materials on their harms, instead of simply preaching against them on a street corner—they provide a perfect illustration of wank.
An essay on wank | deadSimpleTech
This captures well the uncomfortable, slightly disorienting feeling that wank creates when you're subjected to it, wherein you're expected to speak about and think about the statement as though it say...
deadsimpletech.com
October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Good essay
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So the trick to being a Linux person is wanting a computer to satisfy the same niche in your life that other people fill with lovably neurotic pets.
October 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
So the trick to being a Linux person is wanting a computer to satisfy the same niche in your life that other people fill with lovably neurotic pets.
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We’re getting rid of leaf blowers by eating 50 leaves a day each. Get out there
October 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
We’re getting rid of leaf blowers by eating 50 leaves a day each. Get out there
Been 90 days. Props to Joan www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-spent-90...
I Spent 90 Days Rebuilding My Brain. Here's What I Learned.
No Hacks. No Apps. Just Rules, Paper, and Silence.
www.joanwestenberg.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Been 90 days. Props to Joan www.joanwestenberg.com/p/i-spent-90...
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Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
October 3, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:
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Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped
Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped
October 2, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Babe wake up -- new Vow of allegiance of the Professors of the German Universities and High-Schools to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialistic State just dropped
That's really bad!!!
there’s only like two sentences between “excel is incredibly important to worldwide business” and “we have a 57% accuracy rate”! What are we doing!
![Microsoft has taken a gradual approach to adding Al elements to Excel, particularly because the data it handles powers some of the most important parts of businesses worldwide. "[Agent Mode] lets you build sheets that are auditable, refreshable, and verifiable," Chauhan says. "We have spent a ton of time making sure that the validation loop on all of these sub-agents is pretty tight."
Microsoft says its Agent Mode in Excel has an accuracy rate of 57.2 percent in SpreadsheetBench, a benchmark for evaluating an Al model's ability to edit real world spreadsheets. This result places Agent Mode above Shortcut.ai, ChatGPT agent with xIsx support, and Claude Files Opus 4.1. It's still behind the human accuracy of 71.3 percent, though.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sbiggn5vgn5dzf5cgt7mconf/bafkreifmgob5h3zxv6yu4m52rzctgmfkjruwuudo54rkbj2mq6htxvyjcy@jpeg)
October 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
That's really bad!!!
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Computer did nothing wrong. let us not confuse Holy Computer with the evil software men build upon its perfect silicone
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
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September 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Computer did nothing wrong. let us not confuse Holy Computer with the evil software men build upon its perfect silicone
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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A colleague working through stats problems in my office just sighed and said “I hope my models aren’t as broken as I am” and I’m considering getting that as my next tattoo.
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A colleague working through stats problems in my office just sighed and said “I hope my models aren’t as broken as I am” and I’m considering getting that as my next tattoo.
Having the kind of amazing stretch where your special interests intersect perfectly with parenting. 6yo is obsessed with making our own expansion deck for the LOTR trick taking game. Going to need to get proper paper that doesn't feather so badly with the dip pens.
September 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Having the kind of amazing stretch where your special interests intersect perfectly with parenting. 6yo is obsessed with making our own expansion deck for the LOTR trick taking game. Going to need to get proper paper that doesn't feather so badly with the dip pens.
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I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
September 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
I can’t help it. The grackles are still here, and need to be photographed 🤣
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
The male Common Grackles usually take every opportunity to display, especially in the spring! But it’s Fall, and this male was displaying a lot! Apparently, he knows what he looks like🤣
#Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶
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Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Earth, Wind & Fire tonight
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Just doing some Chemical Ionization research with Google AI - I'm learning a lot!
September 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Just doing some Chemical Ionization research with Google AI - I'm learning a lot!