Jack Lawrence
@jackmlawrence.bsky.social
Scientist working on pancreatic cancer & research integrity. Care about free speech, democracy, magic. Troublemaker. Occasionally write about online political and scientific misinfo. He/him. Email: Bluesky@jlawr.com | Signal: +44 7763 517488
Reading through Reddit forums like r/professors is often deeply depressing.
Some of the educators on there seem to just really hate their students and teaching and have a reductive us vs them mindset.
If you hate and distrust the students that much just quit?
Some of the educators on there seem to just really hate their students and teaching and have a reductive us vs them mindset.
If you hate and distrust the students that much just quit?
November 19, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Reading through Reddit forums like r/professors is often deeply depressing.
Some of the educators on there seem to just really hate their students and teaching and have a reductive us vs them mindset.
If you hate and distrust the students that much just quit?
Some of the educators on there seem to just really hate their students and teaching and have a reductive us vs them mindset.
If you hate and distrust the students that much just quit?
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We love links because we love the open web
It is so incredibly nice to have a social platform that values links again - a breath of fresh air in the poisoned ecosystem of the creator economy
November 19, 2024 at 5:00 AM
We love links because we love the open web
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kitten 😸 or frog 🐸
you decide
you decide
November 8, 2024 at 8:55 AM
kitten 😸 or frog 🐸
you decide
you decide
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Twitter is cratering. Despite the inevitability I still feel sad.
He didn’t buy that place to save it, to grow it…he bought it to shift the Overton window to the right.
But it was also home for millions of people.
He didn’t buy that place to save it, to grow it…he bought it to shift the Overton window to the right.
But it was also home for millions of people.
November 14, 2024 at 11:01 AM
Twitter is cratering. Despite the inevitability I still feel sad.
He didn’t buy that place to save it, to grow it…he bought it to shift the Overton window to the right.
But it was also home for millions of people.
He didn’t buy that place to save it, to grow it…he bought it to shift the Overton window to the right.
But it was also home for millions of people.
Realising I have followed far too many American lawyers on this site today.
Looking for anyone not falling into this category to follow now (unless you’re like a cool American lawyer)
Looking for anyone not falling into this category to follow now (unless you’re like a cool American lawyer)
November 14, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Realising I have followed far too many American lawyers on this site today.
Looking for anyone not falling into this category to follow now (unless you’re like a cool American lawyer)
Looking for anyone not falling into this category to follow now (unless you’re like a cool American lawyer)
Coming back to Bluesky after some time away and seeing gifs are now allowed.
If I see any of you using any of these ones I’m blocking you instantly. Please leave them on twitter.
If I see any of you using any of these ones I’m blocking you instantly. Please leave them on twitter.
An underrated benefit of bluesky only allowing image posts is that I never need to see these goddamn gifs again
November 13, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Coming back to Bluesky after some time away and seeing gifs are now allowed.
If I see any of you using any of these ones I’m blocking you instantly. Please leave them on twitter.
If I see any of you using any of these ones I’m blocking you instantly. Please leave them on twitter.
I have a spare ticket for Lion King on Sunday (tomorrow) at 14:30 at the Lyceum theatre. It is a Disney Magical Mondays ticket so only £29.50 (a big saving on the normal price). The seat is in row ZA at the back of stalls. Anyone interested?
August 17, 2024 at 6:30 PM
I have a spare ticket for Lion King on Sunday (tomorrow) at 14:30 at the Lyceum theatre. It is a Disney Magical Mondays ticket so only £29.50 (a big saving on the normal price). The seat is in row ZA at the back of stalls. Anyone interested?
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I am begging and pleading with the media (I see you @bloomberg.com) to stop taking Elon's false framing that he's a "free speech absolutist" at face value. It is actively misleading people and is journalistic malpractice. www.techdirt.com/2024/08/16/c...
Can We Finally Stop Pretending Elon Musk Is A “Free Speech Absolutist”? He’s Not
A challenge for the mainstream media: can you stop saying that Elon Musk is a free speech absolutist? Over the past few years, we’ve had a number of posts highlighting just how laughable it is that…
www.techdirt.com
August 17, 2024 at 12:28 AM
I am begging and pleading with the media (I see you @bloomberg.com) to stop taking Elon's false framing that he's a "free speech absolutist" at face value. It is actively misleading people and is journalistic malpractice. www.techdirt.com/2024/08/16/c...
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Things we're leaving in 2023:
-apologizing for credit card fraud
-being a people-pleaser with the FBI
-feeling shame about the things that bring us joy (walking around cemeteries looking for names to put on loan applications)
-apologizing for credit card fraud
-being a people-pleaser with the FBI
-feeling shame about the things that bring us joy (walking around cemeteries looking for names to put on loan applications)
January 18, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Things we're leaving in 2023:
-apologizing for credit card fraud
-being a people-pleaser with the FBI
-feeling shame about the things that bring us joy (walking around cemeteries looking for names to put on loan applications)
-apologizing for credit card fraud
-being a people-pleaser with the FBI
-feeling shame about the things that bring us joy (walking around cemeteries looking for names to put on loan applications)
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Giving a big talk tomorrow in Brisbane about the decline of free expression globally, and its particular impact on LGBTQ+ communities and sex workers, and how it's all intertwined, just as human rights are interconnected. I'm excited and also a bit anxious—this is my first keynote since 2019!
August 27, 2023 at 11:23 PM
Giving a big talk tomorrow in Brisbane about the decline of free expression globally, and its particular impact on LGBTQ+ communities and sex workers, and how it's all intertwined, just as human rights are interconnected. I'm excited and also a bit anxious—this is my first keynote since 2019!
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doctor: your parents were in a car accident
me: how are they?
doctor: extremely critical
me: so they're awake, that's good
me: how are they?
doctor: extremely critical
me: so they're awake, that's good
August 19, 2023 at 7:45 PM
doctor: your parents were in a car accident
me: how are they?
doctor: extremely critical
me: so they're awake, that's good
me: how are they?
doctor: extremely critical
me: so they're awake, that's good
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Elon Musk understands the value of the block feature. I know this because he blocked me over this post:
Ken Klippenstein on TikTok
Elon Musk just announced X will be ending the ability to block other users, which reminded me of the time Musk blocked me. #Musk #Elon #ElonMusk
www.tiktok.com
August 19, 2023 at 7:29 PM
Elon Musk understands the value of the block feature. I know this because he blocked me over this post:
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Phew. I'm in, thanks to @jackmlawrence.bsky.social. I feel like a bank robber reaching the vault. Except without the robbing. Or the bank. Or the vault.
August 18, 2023 at 8:10 PM
Phew. I'm in, thanks to @jackmlawrence.bsky.social. I feel like a bank robber reaching the vault. Except without the robbing. Or the bank. Or the vault.
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RFK Jr: Pee is stored in the balls, OK?
Rogan: Wow. In the balls? How does nobody knows this?
RFK Jr: There are literally tens of thousands of studies that show pee is stored there, in the balls
Rogan: Wow. Wow. So like, does that mean girls don’t pee?
RFK Jr: Now you’ve gone beyond my expertise
Rogan: Wow. In the balls? How does nobody knows this?
RFK Jr: There are literally tens of thousands of studies that show pee is stored there, in the balls
Rogan: Wow. Wow. So like, does that mean girls don’t pee?
RFK Jr: Now you’ve gone beyond my expertise
June 19, 2023 at 11:43 PM
RFK Jr: Pee is stored in the balls, OK?
Rogan: Wow. In the balls? How does nobody knows this?
RFK Jr: There are literally tens of thousands of studies that show pee is stored there, in the balls
Rogan: Wow. Wow. So like, does that mean girls don’t pee?
RFK Jr: Now you’ve gone beyond my expertise
Rogan: Wow. In the balls? How does nobody knows this?
RFK Jr: There are literally tens of thousands of studies that show pee is stored there, in the balls
Rogan: Wow. Wow. So like, does that mean girls don’t pee?
RFK Jr: Now you’ve gone beyond my expertise
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Should note I was/am a reporter (still freelance), and I’m trying to sell a book right now.
So I 110% get the business importance of these huge platforms - but I’m not sure I believe it’s *worth* it anymore.
Or ethical.
So I 110% get the business importance of these huge platforms - but I’m not sure I believe it’s *worth* it anymore.
Or ethical.
IMO: nothing wrong with finding a more niche place to hang out on the Internet that you enjoy.
I also believe this idea that we *should* want to be on the biggest possible global platform with as few blocks or barriers as possible helped get us into this mess.
I also believe this idea that we *should* want to be on the biggest possible global platform with as few blocks or barriers as possible helped get us into this mess.
July 6, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Should note I was/am a reporter (still freelance), and I’m trying to sell a book right now.
So I 110% get the business importance of these huge platforms - but I’m not sure I believe it’s *worth* it anymore.
Or ethical.
So I 110% get the business importance of these huge platforms - but I’m not sure I believe it’s *worth* it anymore.
Or ethical.
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Threads stole Elon Musk’s idea, a social media platform that sucks
July 6, 2023 at 8:40 PM
Threads stole Elon Musk’s idea, a social media platform that sucks
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Every screenshot of Threads I've seen is basically
𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐳
who getting they ketch upped??
8,729 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 · 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘣𝘺
𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐳
who getting they ketch upped??
8,729 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 · 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘣𝘺
July 6, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Every screenshot of Threads I've seen is basically
𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐳
who getting they ketch upped??
8,729 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 · 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘣𝘺
𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐳
who getting they ketch upped??
8,729 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 · 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘣𝘺
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The perfect summary of Threads
July 6, 2023 at 7:47 PM
The perfect summary of Threads
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It's somehow so much worse than that. @zitron.bsky.social said it's like a "truncated Facebook comment section where everyone wants you to follow them" and it could not be more accurate.
Only feed you get is filled with random bullshit.
Only feed you get is filled with random bullshit.
July 6, 2023 at 12:35 AM
It's somehow so much worse than that. @zitron.bsky.social said it's like a "truncated Facebook comment section where everyone wants you to follow them" and it could not be more accurate.
Only feed you get is filled with random bullshit.
Only feed you get is filled with random bullshit.
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This is god damn awful. Jesus Christ
July 6, 2023 at 12:53 AM
This is god damn awful. Jesus Christ
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This feels like a platform specifically designed to drive me mad with animal rage
Threads has a single algorithmic feed full of posts from everyone on the app and…that’s it. Unlike Twitter, Mastodon or Bluesky, it doesn’t seem possible to only view posts from people you follow. There’s just one feed full of people and brands I don’t follow. It kind of sucks.
July 6, 2023 at 12:56 AM
This feels like a platform specifically designed to drive me mad with animal rage
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thread review: absolute dog shit app for terminal cases of linked in
everything you hate about instagram with nothing you like, assuming there's anything left of insta to actually like
everything you hate about instagram with nothing you like, assuming there's anything left of insta to actually like
July 6, 2023 at 12:32 AM
thread review: absolute dog shit app for terminal cases of linked in
everything you hate about instagram with nothing you like, assuming there's anything left of insta to actually like
everything you hate about instagram with nothing you like, assuming there's anything left of insta to actually like