P. V. Sundar Balakrishnan
@drsundar.bsky.social
Dad! Prof, U of Washington Bothell School of Business. AI/ML pioneer in Marketing.
Academic Editor PLOS ONE; Management & Business Review.
Analytics, Negotiations. Marketing, Analytics, Capt America case. UW Teaching Medal
orcid: 0000-0002-2856-55
Academic Editor PLOS ONE; Management & Business Review.
Analytics, Negotiations. Marketing, Analytics, Capt America case. UW Teaching Medal
orcid: 0000-0002-2856-55
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Has anyone tried the trackdown package for collaborative quarto editing? Love writing papers on Quarto, but switching back to Word for co-author edits is still an awkward missing link claudiozandonella.github.io/trackdown/
Collaborative Editing of Rmd (or Quarto / Rnw) Documents in Google Drive
Collaborative writing and editing of R Markdown (or Quarto / Sweave) documents. The local .Rmd (or Quarto / .Rnw) is uploaded as a plain-text file to Google Drive. By taking advantage of the easily re...
claudiozandonella.github.io
November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Has anyone tried the trackdown package for collaborative quarto editing? Love writing papers on Quarto, but switching back to Word for co-author edits is still an awkward missing link claudiozandonella.github.io/trackdown/
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Inspirational move took only ~8 months. Sets a high bar, but we all contribute in our own way.
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office - CBS News share.google/QezMkPPDpXXx...
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office - CBS News share.google/QezMkPPDpXXx...
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office
Erika Evans will begin her term as elected city attorney of Seattle on Jan. 1.
share.google
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Inspirational move took only ~8 months. Sets a high bar, but we all contribute in our own way.
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office - CBS News share.google/QezMkPPDpXXx...
Ex-prosecutor who resigned in protest amid DOJ purge now poised to lead Seattle City Attorney office - CBS News share.google/QezMkPPDpXXx...
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Food and drinks in #Chennai #MadrasSky
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Food and drinks in #Chennai #MadrasSky
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Donald Trump has reignited his feud with London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan in an unhinged TV rant.
Donald Trump re-ignites feud with London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan in unhinged rant
www.mirror.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Donald Trump has reignited his feud with London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan in an unhinged TV rant.
Amazing re #Typst with #Quarto in #Rstudio #rstats
#YAML for creating #PDF in seconds & looks great!
---
title: "dashboard"
format:
typst:
editor: visual
editor-options:
chunk-output-type: console
---
@typst.app are there templates that i can access for journals? @typstcommunity.bsky.social
#YAML for creating #PDF in seconds & looks great!
---
title: "dashboard"
format:
typst:
editor: visual
editor-options:
chunk-output-type: console
---
@typst.app are there templates that i can access for journals? @typstcommunity.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Amazing re #Typst with #Quarto in #Rstudio #rstats
#YAML for creating #PDF in seconds & looks great!
---
title: "dashboard"
format:
typst:
editor: visual
editor-options:
chunk-output-type: console
---
@typst.app are there templates that i can access for journals? @typstcommunity.bsky.social
#YAML for creating #PDF in seconds & looks great!
---
title: "dashboard"
format:
typst:
editor: visual
editor-options:
chunk-output-type: console
---
@typst.app are there templates that i can access for journals? @typstcommunity.bsky.social
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOTHELL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
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Newsmax: Seattle Mayor Harrell Concedes to Progressive Katie Wilson
Seattle Mayor Harrell Concedes to Progressive Katie Wilson
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell conceded reelection to progressive activist Katie Wilson, marking another win for Democrats frustrated with costs, homelessness, safety, and Trump administration policies.
dlvr.it
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Newsmax: Seattle Mayor Harrell Concedes to Progressive Katie Wilson
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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A vivid blue diamond weighing 9.51 carats and previously belonging to Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, the aristocratic philanthropist and a close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy, sold in Geneva for $25 million, Christie's auction house said on Tuesday.
November 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
A vivid blue diamond weighing 9.51 carats and previously belonging to Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, the aristocratic philanthropist and a close friend of Jacqueline Kennedy, sold in Geneva for $25 million, Christie's auction house said on Tuesday.
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Dinner tonight
Spicy peanut udon noodles with tofu and bok choy with garlic.
Spicy peanut udon noodles with tofu and bok choy with garlic.
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Dinner tonight
Spicy peanut udon noodles with tofu and bok choy with garlic.
Spicy peanut udon noodles with tofu and bok choy with garlic.
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JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
JUST IN: Katie Wilson significantly extends her lead in the Seattle mayoral race.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
She now leads Mayor Bruce Harrell by 1,346 votes, or 0.5%.
That's up from the squeaker-lead of 91 votes in yesterday's update). She won today's batch of nearly 6K ballots by 20% (!).
Not much left at this point.
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918.
In this extract from Peace at Last, Guy Cuthbertson examines how people across the world reacted to the news of peace.
yalebooks.co.uk/peace-at-last/
@guywjc.bsky.social #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
In this extract from Peace at Last, Guy Cuthbertson examines how people across the world reacted to the news of peace.
yalebooks.co.uk/peace-at-last/
@guywjc.bsky.social #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day - Yale University Press London
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace at Last, Guy Cuthbertson focuses solely on the Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour...
yalebooks.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Armistice was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918.
In this extract from Peace at Last, Guy Cuthbertson examines how people across the world reacted to the news of peace.
yalebooks.co.uk/peace-at-last/
@guywjc.bsky.social #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
In this extract from Peace at Last, Guy Cuthbertson examines how people across the world reacted to the news of peace.
yalebooks.co.uk/peace-at-last/
@guywjc.bsky.social #ArmisticeDay #RemembranceDay
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“Katie Wilson takes slight lead in Seattle's mayoral race” — KING5
#SeattleNews #Seattle #KatieWilson
#SeattleNews #Seattle #KatieWilson
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Katie Wilson takes slight lead in Seattle's mayoral race” — KING5
#SeattleNews #Seattle #KatieWilson
#SeattleNews #Seattle #KatieWilson
What a weird take.
The thing about Mamdani is that he’s a talented politician but not otherworldly or one in a billion, he’s just a competent guy with popular ideas who ran against an entitled piece of shit and to me it’s a lot more optimistic to imagine 1000 campaigns like his than to view him as a unique phenomenon
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
What a weird take.
This afternoon harvest
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers.
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This afternoon harvest
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers.
Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers.
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Today’s talk is all about finding the joy in being wrong. How, if we don’t spend time changing our minds, we’ll be wrong a lot! 😌
Don’t tell my husband I’m giving this talk though, I’m never wrong when I talk to him 🫡
Don’t tell my husband I’m giving this talk though, I’m never wrong when I talk to him 🫡
November 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Today’s talk is all about finding the joy in being wrong. How, if we don’t spend time changing our minds, we’ll be wrong a lot! 😌
Don’t tell my husband I’m giving this talk though, I’m never wrong when I talk to him 🫡
Don’t tell my husband I’m giving this talk though, I’m never wrong when I talk to him 🫡
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Hey everyone, is there a literature (can be grey) discussing the ethics of using #generativeAI in #conservation and-or #ecology? I have to persuade some folks to consider the “darker” side of it and some authoritative/academic sources would really help. Thanks for any links.
🌍#conservationscience
🌍#conservationscience
November 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Hey everyone, is there a literature (can be grey) discussing the ethics of using #generativeAI in #conservation and-or #ecology? I have to persuade some folks to consider the “darker” side of it and some authoritative/academic sources would really help. Thanks for any links.
🌍#conservationscience
🌍#conservationscience
participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction MBSR is associated with changes in gray matter concentration in brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotion regulation, self-referential processing, and perspective taking.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071182/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071182/
Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density - PubMed
Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become increasingly popular, but to date little is known about neural mechanisms associated with these interventions. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), one of the most widely used mindfulness training program …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 8, 2025 at 10:04 PM
participation in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction MBSR is associated with changes in gray matter concentration in brain regions involved in learning and memory processes, emotion regulation, self-referential processing, and perspective taking.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071182/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21071182/
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I am not sure whether to laugh or cry at this; Kentucky residents tried to vote against Zohran Mamdani.
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I am not sure whether to laugh or cry at this; Kentucky residents tried to vote against Zohran Mamdani.