Marco Gambarini
@mgamb.bsky.social
engineer, slow biker, train enthusiast
Reposted by Marco Gambarini
This touches on a few of the biggest sources of low morale for me:
- flood of AI slop lands in my inbox as peer review requests
- my critical reviews of said AI slop are then ignored by editors at Journals that won't give my work consideration
- all while I'm expected to ⬆️ research output
- flood of AI slop lands in my inbox as peer review requests
- my critical reviews of said AI slop are then ignored by editors at Journals that won't give my work consideration
- all while I'm expected to ⬆️ research output
It's easy to see shoddy research as a bad actor problem. But if AI slop like this can make it through editors and peer reviewers, it means there are systemic problems at work. And I'd argue that at least part of the problem is the overwork culture in academia-- pressure to do more while caring less.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This touches on a few of the biggest sources of low morale for me:
- flood of AI slop lands in my inbox as peer review requests
- my critical reviews of said AI slop are then ignored by editors at Journals that won't give my work consideration
- all while I'm expected to ⬆️ research output
- flood of AI slop lands in my inbox as peer review requests
- my critical reviews of said AI slop are then ignored by editors at Journals that won't give my work consideration
- all while I'm expected to ⬆️ research output
to add to this, i'm sick of talking to a machine in human language
Getting nervous for the talk I'm about to give at a workshop about "using AI to drive impact" which features slides such as these.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
to add to this, i'm sick of talking to a machine in human language
Reminder for when someone says "Yeah we could start flying less for the climate, but think about the layoffs"
Global airlines group proposes raising international pilot retirement age to 67
A group representing global airlines has asked the U.N.'s aviation agency to raise the international age limit for commercial pilots to 67 years from 65, saying worldwide demand for air travel is outstripping the supply of aviators.
www.reuters.com
August 31, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reminder for when someone says "Yeah we could start flying less for the climate, but think about the layoffs"
Reposted by Marco Gambarini
🧪 TIL of sand batteries ⬇️
Good article, worth a read -
Good article, worth a read -
Sand batteries are literally just silos of sand that retain heat exceptionally well -- so well that they can be tied to heat exchange systems to serve as proxy *electrical* batteries. Finland's new model can store enough power (100 MWh) to heat an entire town for a week.
newatlas.com/energy/large...
newatlas.com/energy/large...
The world's largest sand battery just went live in Finland
Finland has inaugurated an industrial-scale sand battery this week in the southern town of Pornainen, where it'll take over heating duties from an old woodchip power plant for the municipality. It's s...
newatlas.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🧪 TIL of sand batteries ⬇️
Good article, worth a read -
Good article, worth a read -
Reposted by Marco Gambarini
They book-banned “Jaws”, in this #Florida county.
“Titles removed include … “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “Jaws” by Peter Benchley, and “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin.”
“Titles removed include … “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “Jaws” by Peter Benchley, and “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin.”
With 400+ pulled from its schools' shelves, this NW #Florida school district sets the record for having the most books banned in the state. www.pnj.com/story/news/e...
After removing 400+ books, Escambia schools now have most books banned by vote in Florida
Thee Escambia County School Board unanimously adopted a list of books to ban that includes all books removed across Florida by county school districts.
www.pnj.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
They book-banned “Jaws”, in this #Florida county.
“Titles removed include … “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “Jaws” by Peter Benchley, and “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin.”
“Titles removed include … “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, “Slaughterhouse Five” by Kurt Vonnegut, “The Fountainhead” by Ayn Rand, “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline, “Jaws” by Peter Benchley, and “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin.”