Jeff Lockhart
@jwlockhart.bsky.social
Cat person. Sometimes sociologist of science, sex, & other stuff.
Look, I get that many substack authors are talking out of their asses. But the number of them who then confess they don't know what they're talking about and ask for people to teach them the basics... What are you doing? Why did you write a whole thing and then ask someone to teach you intro to it?
November 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Look, I get that many substack authors are talking out of their asses. But the number of them who then confess they don't know what they're talking about and ask for people to teach them the basics... What are you doing? Why did you write a whole thing and then ask someone to teach you intro to it?
I should not have to be in the apple store often enough to have the detailed feelings about it that I do. And yet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I should not have to be in the apple store often enough to have the detailed feelings about it that I do. And yet.
Donna says hello from the balcony.
November 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Donna says hello from the balcony.
I installed Linux on 3 different computers last night in less time than the apple store can put an OS on a MacBook.
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I installed Linux on 3 different computers last night in less time than the apple store can put an OS on a MacBook.
"Are you able to floss twice a day?" Question wording doing a lot of work here.
November 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"Are you able to floss twice a day?" Question wording doing a lot of work here.
In awe of my paper-based colleagues who manage to produce on request copies of unpublished manuscripts they read 31 years ago.
November 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
In awe of my paper-based colleagues who manage to produce on request copies of unpublished manuscripts they read 31 years ago.
Typed "medial sociology" instead of "medical sociology" and now I wonder what a medial sociology would be.
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Typed "medial sociology" instead of "medical sociology" and now I wonder what a medial sociology would be.
Move over sandwich discourse.
A calzone is a type of samosa
November 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Move over sandwich discourse.
My chancellor is having a laugh with this "Nimble Strategy for Berkeley’s Future." We're the living embodiment of bureaucracy and static documents.
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My chancellor is having a laugh with this "Nimble Strategy for Berkeley’s Future." We're the living embodiment of bureaucracy and static documents.
Me: "What fool would actually be persuaded by a politician going to a diner as if he's one of the common people?"
Also me: "Mamdani making a video standing on a random rooftop? He's so real and in touch with the city."
Also me: "Mamdani making a video standing on a random rooftop? He's so real and in touch with the city."
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Me: "What fool would actually be persuaded by a politician going to a diner as if he's one of the common people?"
Also me: "Mamdani making a video standing on a random rooftop? He's so real and in touch with the city."
Also me: "Mamdani making a video standing on a random rooftop? He's so real and in touch with the city."
Stated preference: move out of the way of a car running a red light.
Revealed preference: stand my ground, arms wide, with "what do you think you're doing?" written on my face.
Revealed preference: stand my ground, arms wide, with "what do you think you're doing?" written on my face.
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Stated preference: move out of the way of a car running a red light.
Revealed preference: stand my ground, arms wide, with "what do you think you're doing?" written on my face.
Revealed preference: stand my ground, arms wide, with "what do you think you're doing?" written on my face.
[Picard voice] There. Are. Four. Borroughs.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
[Picard voice] There. Are. Four. Borroughs.
Mad that my favorite question from the Kinsey sexual histories data (do you think about homosexual things while having sex with your wife?) wasn't reported in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Mad that my favorite question from the Kinsey sexual histories data (do you think about homosexual things while having sex with your wife?) wasn't reported in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
Sickos yes.
Another casualty of the LLM revolution.
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
In "arXiv’s CS category, review articles and position papers must now be accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review."
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Sickos yes.
Power outage caused me to think about being a prepper. Lasted about 20 minutes. Went to a bar down the street instead. City boy just isn't made to live without the World Wide Web and global supply chains.
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Power outage caused me to think about being a prepper. Lasted about 20 minutes. Went to a bar down the street instead. City boy just isn't made to live without the World Wide Web and global supply chains.
Power's out. Only books I have at home are cook books. Stove is electric. Guess it's time to snuggle my cat.
November 2, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Power's out. Only books I have at home are cook books. Stove is electric. Guess it's time to snuggle my cat.
spooky friday activities - hunting for a copy of an unpublished manuscript from 31 years ago.
November 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
spooky friday activities - hunting for a copy of an unpublished manuscript from 31 years ago.
Scrapping my favorite section of this draft because I read a good article.
October 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Scrapping my favorite section of this draft because I read a good article.
"Do you have anything to add?"
"No." [talks for several minutes anyway]
"No." [talks for several minutes anyway]
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Do you have anything to add?"
"No." [talks for several minutes anyway]
"No." [talks for several minutes anyway]
Got my first choice teaching assignments for next year and I'm very happy about it.
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Got my first choice teaching assignments for next year and I'm very happy about it.
My zotero failed me, so history of science bsky, help! What's the book about debates over whether snakes have venom or angry spirits? 1600s era debate, I think, with one of the parties in northern Italy?
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
My zotero failed me, so history of science bsky, help! What's the book about debates over whether snakes have venom or angry spirits? 1600s era debate, I think, with one of the parties in northern Italy?
Whenever I post something about public health that goes viral and turns out to be totally wrong / made up, I just add a little correction 12 skeets down in the thread and leave up the original viral post for clout.
This has been a skeet about monkeys.
This has been a skeet about monkeys.
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Whenever I post something about public health that goes viral and turns out to be totally wrong / made up, I just add a little correction 12 skeets down in the thread and leave up the original viral post for clout.
This has been a skeet about monkeys.
This has been a skeet about monkeys.
[Whining voice] reviewerrrrrrs! Come on.
October 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
[Whining voice] reviewerrrrrrs! Come on.