@jonsig.bsky.social
"There's only one rule that I know of, babies - god damn it, you've got to be kind"
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*
Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.
Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.
August 7, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Stop this. Just… Stop it. Stop using "generative AI" for anything that might actually matter, and especially things that, if it gets them wrong, *Might Fucking Kill You.*
Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.
Why does this need to be said? Why is this not obvious??? Why is this not the default way of fucking operating?! What the FUCK.
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Looking back on the past couple of horrible years I do greatly appreciate the simple moral clarity of Bill Burr when he had that infuriating sit down with Bill Maher and they talked about the campus Gaza war protests and Burr simply said “I’m on the side of the kids.” He didn’t need to …
July 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Looking back on the past couple of horrible years I do greatly appreciate the simple moral clarity of Bill Burr when he had that infuriating sit down with Bill Maher and they talked about the campus Gaza war protests and Burr simply said “I’m on the side of the kids.” He didn’t need to …
Spent Wed to Sun assisting with leadership training at Lake Úlfljótsvatn with some fantastic folks. Great people and a magical place
#scouting
#scouting
June 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Spent Wed to Sun assisting with leadership training at Lake Úlfljótsvatn with some fantastic folks. Great people and a magical place
#scouting
#scouting
Fantastic long weekend of leadership training ahead at Úlfljótsvatn scout centre magical place, wonderful weather and fantastic people #scouting
May 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Fantastic long weekend of leadership training ahead at Úlfljótsvatn scout centre magical place, wonderful weather and fantastic people #scouting
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Over 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan have gone without aid for more than a month. Supplies will run out at the end of May. Fighting has made aid deliveries nearly impossible.
Call your local politicians to demand humanitarian intervention, follow @doctorswithoutborders.org / @msf.ca
Call your local politicians to demand humanitarian intervention, follow @doctorswithoutborders.org / @msf.ca
The UN reports that 60 percent of the country’s 50 million people need humanitarian assistance, amid simultaneous health crises and limited access to public health care.
Our response:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/no-en...
Our response:
www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/no-en...
No end in sight: Sudan’s two years of war
After shocking attack on Sudan's largest displacement camp, MSF repeats call on warring parties to protect civilians
www.doctorswithoutborders.org
May 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Over 60,000 malnourished children in South Sudan have gone without aid for more than a month. Supplies will run out at the end of May. Fighting has made aid deliveries nearly impossible.
Call your local politicians to demand humanitarian intervention, follow @doctorswithoutborders.org / @msf.ca
Call your local politicians to demand humanitarian intervention, follow @doctorswithoutborders.org / @msf.ca
Went to Viðey to prep for the scout camp this coming July. Can't wait to host the camp here!
May 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Went to Viðey to prep for the scout camp this coming July. Can't wait to host the camp here!
A little trip to Snæfellsnes today with @jcthebeerguy.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A little trip to Snæfellsnes today with @jcthebeerguy.bsky.social
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Job interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: I would say my biggest weakness is listening.
Me: I would say my biggest weakness is listening.
April 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Job interviewer: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Me: I would say my biggest weakness is listening.
Me: I would say my biggest weakness is listening.
A little quality time in the westernmost part of Iceland over Easter
April 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A little quality time in the westernmost part of Iceland over Easter
A proper mic drop moment to silence the transphobes
How long do you have?
"Non-variant karyotype (only XX or XY, no mosaicism/chimerism/aneuploidy), SRY present on XY (intact, functional, properly localized to Yp11.2), absent on XX (no translocation/transposition), SOX9 fully responsive to SRY in XY (no loss-of-function mutations), SOX9 not...
"Non-variant karyotype (only XX or XY, no mosaicism/chimerism/aneuploidy), SRY present on XY (intact, functional, properly localized to Yp11.2), absent on XX (no translocation/transposition), SOX9 fully responsive to SRY in XY (no loss-of-function mutations), SOX9 not...
April 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
A proper mic drop moment to silence the transphobes
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Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Die Off
Sometimes older voters aren’t just naturally more conservative. It’s just that wealthier and whiter people tend to live longer and healthier lives.
nymag.com
April 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Hey, just a quiet reminder: it’s not true that people get more conservative as they age. *Populations* get more conservative as they age because poor and marginalized people die sooner.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
A great #erasmus trip came to an end yesterday. Thanks to all the lovely folks at FAU Erlangen who organised this week. I look forward to coming back!
April 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A great #erasmus trip came to an end yesterday. Thanks to all the lovely folks at FAU Erlangen who organised this week. I look forward to coming back!
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goddd the number of things that turn out to be caused (at least partly) by infectious, vaccinatable diseases. apparently some dementia is actually "long chickenpox"?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk
Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
goddd the number of things that turn out to be caused (at least partly) by infectious, vaccinatable diseases. apparently some dementia is actually "long chickenpox"?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Fascinating dive into the horrific ideas that the current US administration endorses
#Unhumans #Yarvin #CurtisYarvin #RAGE #ElonMusk #DOGE #Musk #Trump #JDVance #Project2025 #TheFourthReich #Fascism
The horrifying fascist manifesto endorsed by JD Vance plans a ruthless total war against the “unhuman” left
⏬ Bluesky bite-sized article thread (30 min, July 2024) with added links 📖🍿🔊
The horrifying fascist manifesto endorsed by JD Vance plans a ruthless total war against the “unhuman” left
⏬ Bluesky bite-sized article thread (30 min, July 2024) with added links 📖🍿🔊
The Horrifying Fascist Manifesto Endorsed By J.D. Vance
A disturbing book plans a ruthless total war against the “unhuman” left.
www.currentaffairs.org
March 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Fascinating dive into the horrific ideas that the current US administration endorses
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A group of European countries is devising a strategy to attract researchers in the US with funding and an immigration framework in response to the Trump administration's cuts to education and research. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
March 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A group of European countries is devising a strategy to attract researchers in the US with funding and an immigration framework in response to the Trump administration's cuts to education and research. 👉 www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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🧠 How Healthy Brains Age: Neuron Count
A study of 28 healthy adult brains (ages 25-102, no dementia) found memory regions lost 28–54% of neurons and motor regions 32–48% over 77 years—about 100–250 neurons per day. Surprisingly, neuron loss rates were similar in young & old, suggesting .. (1/3)
A study of 28 healthy adult brains (ages 25-102, no dementia) found memory regions lost 28–54% of neurons and motor regions 32–48% over 77 years—about 100–250 neurons per day. Surprisingly, neuron loss rates were similar in young & old, suggesting .. (1/3)
March 2, 2025 at 12:51 AM
🧠 How Healthy Brains Age: Neuron Count
A study of 28 healthy adult brains (ages 25-102, no dementia) found memory regions lost 28–54% of neurons and motor regions 32–48% over 77 years—about 100–250 neurons per day. Surprisingly, neuron loss rates were similar in young & old, suggesting .. (1/3)
A study of 28 healthy adult brains (ages 25-102, no dementia) found memory regions lost 28–54% of neurons and motor regions 32–48% over 77 years—about 100–250 neurons per day. Surprisingly, neuron loss rates were similar in young & old, suggesting .. (1/3)
Heading home after a great week teaching at Palacký University in Oloumuc. Love this little city and the lovely people
February 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Heading home after a great week teaching at Palacký University in Oloumuc. Love this little city and the lovely people
February 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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January 31, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Word of the day: QUANKED - overcome with fatigue.
January 31, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Word of the day: QUANKED - overcome with fatigue.
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I sooooooo can't wait for Andor Season 2 in April 🤗
January 21, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I sooooooo can't wait for Andor Season 2 in April 🤗
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“. . . those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times.”
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
January 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“. . . those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves. This inward blame has been a treasure for the rich and powerful, who have had to do less for their poor, publicly and privately, than any other ruling class since, say, Napoleonic times.”
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)