Sam Kastner
@docslaw.bsky.social
way too online oceanographer (he/him)
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AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
Longer statement from Brown University:
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 PM
AS A PROFESSOR, I AM ASKING
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
HOW ARE OUR STUDENTS SUPPOSED TO LEARN IN THESE CONDITIONS?
HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO TO SCHOOL AND TAKE EXAMS KNOWING SOMEONE MIGHT JUST SHOW UP WITH AN EASY TO ACQUIRE AUTOMATIC WEAPON?
HOW??????????
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not only am I reposting this but I am doubling Tony's emphasis on "hard *cannot*"
i mean, we have learned (Gödel, Church, Turing, et al) that we cannot—hard *cannot*—automate the process of proving *mathematical* truths.
general knowledge? forget it
general knowledge? forget it
December 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
not only am I reposting this but I am doubling Tony's emphasis on "hard *cannot*"
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The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Enrollment Cliff is a Miff
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LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
November 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
LLMs like ChatGPT aren't like the AI machine learning that enables better weather forecasts (& search engines, translation etc)
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
@ftrain.bsky.social explained the difference on our recent @flaminghydra.com podcast: Machines shouldn't be pretending to be human beings
flaminghydra.com/podcast-how-...
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god i love the little breakdown when they very shittily play old time religion lmao i wish that existed as a whole track somewhere! i’d never stop listening to it!
November 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
god i love the little breakdown when they very shittily play old time religion lmao i wish that existed as a whole track somewhere! i’d never stop listening to it!
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“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 AM
“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”
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Really sad.
Following on from the senate report last month,
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146
Reporting today about nasa is devastating.
Following on from the senate report last month,
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146
Reporting today about nasa is devastating.
#nasa is shuttering the Goddard #space #flight center in a move that may not be entirely legal, according to critics. For months, our #staff #writer @joshdinner.bsky.social interviewed NASA #employees, read #senate reports and more to give you the deepest dive yet.
www.space.com/space-explor...
www.space.com/space-explor...
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Really sad.
Following on from the senate report last month,
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146
Reporting today about nasa is devastating.
Following on from the senate report last month,
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/B1CC17F2-50CE-4C0B-89C9-B713FE76E146
Reporting today about nasa is devastating.
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Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...
the more things change, the more they stay the same in college football (coaches being showered in cash for not working)
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Just think of how many TT faculty lines, graduate stipends, and resources for teaching and research this kind of money could buy...
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baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
October 11, 2025 at 3:04 AM
baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other
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"Even if your personal circumstances make it difficult for you, where and when you can, do not obey. Find ways to be intransigent; a pain in the ass."
September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Even if your personal circumstances make it difficult for you, where and when you can, do not obey. Find ways to be intransigent; a pain in the ass."
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🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2026.
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
Oceanography MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026
This is an effort to collect the **contact information of potential advisors** for MS/PhD students in Oceanography.
Please note that if you answer **you are agreeing to have your contact information...
docs.google.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🌊With the Fall semester upon us, it's time to start thinking about recruiting/applying to grad school for 2026.
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
If you are a marine scientist looking for a graduate student, I've created a form where you can add your name and other info:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Please share widely! (1/2)
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The thing about this is, a HUUUUUGE amount of what NASA does is earth science. Most of the reason we are able to see Earth and what’s happening here is because of NASA. This would be like blinding us to our own planet.
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency
NASA’s charter clearly states the agency should study planet Earth, however.
arstechnica.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The thing about this is, a HUUUUUGE amount of what NASA does is earth science. Most of the reason we are able to see Earth and what’s happening here is because of NASA. This would be like blinding us to our own planet.
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Imagine writing this in a world where the miracle of MRNA vaccines is deemed untrustworthy.
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Imagine writing this in a world where the miracle of MRNA vaccines is deemed untrustworthy.
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August 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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well. at least there's new worms
Chinese submersible has discovered thousands of worms and molluscs nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) below sea level in the Mariana Trench, the deepest colony of creatures ever observed
u.afp.com/Sg9Z
u.afp.com/Sg9Z
July 31, 2025 at 4:59 AM
well. at least there's new worms
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will say these are business school guys from the looks of it, but either way no professor in any corner of the university should be doing this to students
NEW: While many academics worried about danger to free speech in higher ed during Trump admin's arrests of students for pro-Palestine speech, some liberal arts professors were supporting the groups looking to detain students...sometimes on their own campuses.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/documentin...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/documentin...
The Professors Who Supported the Student Deportation Frenzy
GoFundMe donations, social media posts, and board memberships reveal how a handful of faculty members are backing Zionist doxxing outfits.
www.dropsitenews.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
will say these are business school guys from the looks of it, but either way no professor in any corner of the university should be doing this to students
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Auntie Cathy was a fucking legend, I still say “too bad, too bad” out loud in her accent like twice a day every day, a dozen years later. RIP
July 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Auntie Cathy was a fucking legend, I still say “too bad, too bad” out loud in her accent like twice a day every day, a dozen years later. RIP
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It’s not antisemitism when people say this is evil and must be stopped. I feel like as Jews it’s probably the most important thing we can do
IDF soldiers spoke to Haaretz about the military directive to shoot Palestinians seeking food. The on-the-ground soldiers say they are murdering Gazans for no reason and that the Israeli govt and military are hiding behind the idea of a "threat" that doesn't exist." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
June 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s not antisemitism when people say this is evil and must be stopped. I feel like as Jews it’s probably the most important thing we can do
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If you ban Calvin and Hobbes you’re a straight up fascist son of a bitch and that’s that
How profoundly sad. The kids deprived of reading Calvin and Hobbes are the kids who need them the most. My brother put it best: "We know we’re fucked when they come for your cartoon stuffed tigers."
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
Let's go sit in the grass and crack open "The Days are Just Packed."
pen.org/magic-tree-h...
‘Magic Tree House’ Author, ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ among hundreds of Tennessee book bans - PEN America
The removals in Tennessee are the result of a growing political movement to control information through book banning.
pen.org
June 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If you ban Calvin and Hobbes you’re a straight up fascist son of a bitch and that’s that
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supporting guys like cuomo is a way for wealthy new yorkers who are actually republicans to maintain dem cred without voting against their own interests
June 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
supporting guys like cuomo is a way for wealthy new yorkers who are actually republicans to maintain dem cred without voting against their own interests
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Hello, I’m Jewish. I think genocide is bad and Zohran Mamdani is good. Hope this help.
June 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hello, I’m Jewish. I think genocide is bad and Zohran Mamdani is good. Hope this help.
The sea level in Bermuda is 1 meter higher than in NYC, roughly.
June 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The sea level in Bermuda is 1 meter higher than in NYC, roughly.