Leff Jidz
@jefflidz.bsky.social
Linguist, cognitive scientist, developmental psychologist, mandolin player
Lot of people at the mall today. Fight the power
April 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Lot of people at the mall today. Fight the power
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I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
March 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I helped build a government AI system. DOGE fired me, rolled the AI out to the whole agency, and implied the AI can do my job and the jobs of the others they've fired.
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
It can't. But, what DOGE accidentally revealed about themselves in the process is fascinating. 🧵
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"As scholars of constitutional law, administrative law, and antidiscrimination law who teach at Columbia, we feel compelled to point out some of the most glaring legal problems with this letter."
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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March 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"As scholars of constitutional law, administrative law, and antidiscrimination law who teach at Columbia, we feel compelled to point out some of the most glaring legal problems with this letter."
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
balkin.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-ti...
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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This is worth reading. If you wonder what YOU can do, one very important thing is just to not permit yourself the luxury of denial. Do not gaslight yourself away from the knowledge about what is going on. See the truth, and say it.
An important follow up to his first post about how we're absolutely in the middle of a coup, @brockm.bsky.social explains how simply calling out the truth in the face of a bombardment of lies is critical. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/04/t...
To Stop The Coup, We Must Be Clear About The Truth: Two Plus Two Equals Four
In George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the ultimate act of rebellion comes when Winston Smith insists that two plus two equals four, defying a system that demands he accept whatever re…
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February 5, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This is worth reading. If you wonder what YOU can do, one very important thing is just to not permit yourself the luxury of denial. Do not gaslight yourself away from the knowledge about what is going on. See the truth, and say it.
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For students facing interviews. . .wish I could give credit to the person who put it together, but I'm not 100% certain who it was (if it was you, please LMK). In case helpful for others going through this now. . .please remember these views are never universal, just tips to consider!
January 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
For students facing interviews. . .wish I could give credit to the person who put it together, but I'm not 100% certain who it was (if it was you, please LMK). In case helpful for others going through this now. . .please remember these views are never universal, just tips to consider!
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Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
November 26, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Remember when "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" tried to teach us about tariffs and no one was paying attention
January 25, 2024 at 12:33 PM