@annaphillips.bsky.social
Physics education researcher
Once a high school student accidentally called me Ms. Physics.
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Once a high school student accidentally called me Ms. Physics.
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the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 AM
the Harvard Crimson called Epstein a “child sex offender” while the Chronicle of Higher Ed called him a “disgraced financier” and that pretty much sums up where we are with higher ed journalism
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As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
As Ta-Nehisi Coates said last month:
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
“.. it’s either one of two things: either you’re cowards or you’re with him. And if you’re with him, you never believed in the things you were talking about to begin with.”
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This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
October 19, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This photo accompanying a news story about the heist at the Louvre is perfection.
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RFK Jr. keeps repeating this ridiculous, ignorant bullshit.
Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.
bsky.app/profile/carl...
Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.
bsky.app/profile/carl...
RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
RFK Jr. keeps repeating this ridiculous, ignorant bullshit.
Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.
bsky.app/profile/carl...
Trust in expertise is literally a vital feature of both science and of representative democracy.
I wrote a whole-ass thread about it last time around; maybe worth revisiting.
bsky.app/profile/carl...
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"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
"The single most important behaviour, design or regulation for creating streets conducive to walking and cycling, was physical separation between the modes"
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We've got a new study out, learning from a broad mixture of street users, planners and designers
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Experts along with 5th graders who just learned the definition of percentages.
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Experts along with 5th graders who just learned the definition of percentages.
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> OpenAI’s own advanced reasoning models actually hallucinated more frequently than simpler systems.
An observation I made in my book, even in the first edition two years ago, was that research gave us reason to believe that hallucinations got worse with increasing model size
An observation I made in my book, even in the first edition two years ago, was that research gave us reason to believe that hallucinations got worse with increasing model size
September 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
> OpenAI’s own advanced reasoning models actually hallucinated more frequently than simpler systems.
An observation I made in my book, even in the first edition two years ago, was that research gave us reason to believe that hallucinations got worse with increasing model size
An observation I made in my book, even in the first edition two years ago, was that research gave us reason to believe that hallucinations got worse with increasing model size
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OpenAI “admits” what literally anyone with any training in the subject always knew.
Generative AI models work like this. They are built like this. “Hallucinations” is all they do all the time.
Generative AI models work like this. They are built like this. “Hallucinations” is all they do all the time.
“OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
September 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
OpenAI “admits” what literally anyone with any training in the subject always knew.
Generative AI models work like this. They are built like this. “Hallucinations” is all they do all the time.
Generative AI models work like this. They are built like this. “Hallucinations” is all they do all the time.
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This.
No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued.
This process takes at least a couple of years.
No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued.
This process takes at least a couple of years.
September 20, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This.
No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued.
This process takes at least a couple of years.
No TT/non-TT/VAP job will be offered to an int'l candidate, since it requires an H1-B until the green card is issued.
This process takes at least a couple of years.
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Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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"Multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line, the two sources say, but the threat of Trump administration retaliation loomed."
They will never learn that capitulation doesn't work. Never
They will never learn that capitulation doesn't work. Never
As we’ve reported before at @rollingstone.com, trump and his gang plotted to use the federal government against his enemies in late night tv even before he was reelected.
Now….
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Now….
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Pulled 'Indefinitely' By ABC Over Charlie Kirk Comments
'Jimmy Kimmel Live' has been pulled 'indefinitely' by ABC.
www.rollingstone.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
"Multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line, the two sources say, but the threat of Trump administration retaliation loomed."
They will never learn that capitulation doesn't work. Never
They will never learn that capitulation doesn't work. Never
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ah, well
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
September 17, 2025 at 10:40 PM
ah, well
UTS VC: "Our commitment to public education ... is paramount."
Also UTS VC: *cuts the teacher education program.*
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Also UTS VC: *cuts the teacher education program.*
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
UTS cuts more than 1,100 subjects and 134 full-time jobs in restructure
The University of Technology Sydney will close its schools of education and public health under a multi-million-dollar restructure.
www.abc.net.au
September 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
UTS VC: "Our commitment to public education ... is paramount."
Also UTS VC: *cuts the teacher education program.*
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Also UTS VC: *cuts the teacher education program.*
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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It's "great" to see my employer releasing names and information about *alleged* behavior to the Trump admin, without even telling the people who've been accused what it is that they're accused of. Utterly reprehensible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It's "great" to see my employer releasing names and information about *alleged* behavior to the Trump admin, without even telling the people who've been accused what it is that they're accused of. Utterly reprehensible.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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look Charlie Kirk started, maintained, & promoted turning point usa’s professor watchlist
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
the media rush to canonize charlie kirk is legitimately maybe one of the weirdest things of this nature i have ever seen in my life
September 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
look Charlie Kirk started, maintained, & promoted turning point usa’s professor watchlist
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
I’ve been on it for over a decade and until this year I was the *only* UVM professor on it which means
his life’s work = my death threats
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butler's literally jewish and has written extensively about this topic come on
UC-Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names “related” to anti-semitism, mostly for voicing support for Palestinians. Judith Butler is among them, she calls this “McCarthyism” UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
butler's literally jewish and has written extensively about this topic come on
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Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
September 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Which work? Calling for gay people to be stoned to death? Blaming airplane crashes on black pilots? Anti-vax bullshit? Election denialism? Pushing Great Replacement Theory?
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
Kirk’s murder is awful and ominous for this country. But no, we don’t need to honor him or “continue his work.”
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Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
September 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.
3/4
3/4
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And far too often we still think physics is just quantum mechanics and cosmology - far away mysterious things that don't relate to our everyday life. That's nonsense. Why it is tiring to walk slowly, what limits the height of a tree, why do baby ducks swim in a tight line? Physics will tell you!
It's incredibly disappointing to hear that a quarter of UK schools don't have a specialist physics teacher. It's essential that we can all see the basics of how the world works & it's fun to satisfy that very basic curiosity. Physics gives us all agency in a complex world.
Quarter of schools in England lack a physics teacher, analysis finds
Institute of Physics says ‘critical’ shortage means 700,000 pupils are deprived of a subject specialist
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
And far too often we still think physics is just quantum mechanics and cosmology - far away mysterious things that don't relate to our everyday life. That's nonsense. Why it is tiring to walk slowly, what limits the height of a tree, why do baby ducks swim in a tight line? Physics will tell you!
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Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
September 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.
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There’s an enormous amount of stuff in this book I’d like to highlight, but start with:
“What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
“What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
August 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
There’s an enormous amount of stuff in this book I’d like to highlight, but start with:
“What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
“What emerges as the most elementary insight is that, since we do not now have any ways of making computers wise, we ought not now to give computers tasks that demand wisdom.”
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When the dust settles, and if universities have meaningfully survived, it will be worth asking how institutions usually so resistant to thoroughgoing change chose to leap with both feet into an untested technology they didn't understand and didn't know how to use.
Universities doubling down as public sentiment shifts away from dependence upon AI. This is the problem with the buy-in.
The University of Michigan is now claiming that students have an ‘ethical responsibility’ to use AI.
August 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
When the dust settles, and if universities have meaningfully survived, it will be worth asking how institutions usually so resistant to thoroughgoing change chose to leap with both feet into an untested technology they didn't understand and didn't know how to use.
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The goal:
If Trump's immigration policies drastically reduce foreign students coming to US colleges and universities, small liberal arts colleges and regional universities will be forced to close.
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
Many U.S. Colleges May Close Without Immigrants And International Students, Report Finds
Many U.S. colleges and universities may be forced to close without immigrants, international students and the children of immigrants
www.forbes.com
August 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The goal: