Vance Ricks
@ricksva.bsky.social
Philosophy/Comp. Sci. at Northeastern University in Boston
No relation to Frozone, Gervase Peterson, or Kevin Garnett
No relation to Frozone, Gervase Peterson, or Kevin Garnett
Here's @ai2.bsky.social's *most sophisticated* "thinking" model, Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct, stepping on its own face.
February 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Here's @ai2.bsky.social's *most sophisticated* "thinking" model, Olmo 3.1 32B Instruct, stepping on its own face.
I’m leading a search to hire a colleague at Northeastern.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its ten tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, the...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
I’m leading a search to hire a colleague at Northeastern.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
The position is open rank, for a teaching faculty member who’ll be full-time in the Philosophy department and specializes in AI Ethics. They’d begin this coming fall semester.
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Universities can do better by our employees, faculty, admin, contract workers, and students. Let us show the way to a new form of labor — of exemplary value produced in a humane and just way.
This is possible and, in this moment, required to break the bonds of authoritarianism gripping our nation.
This is possible and, in this moment, required to break the bonds of authoritarianism gripping our nation.
January 25, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Universities can do better by our employees, faculty, admin, contract workers, and students. Let us show the way to a new form of labor — of exemplary value produced in a humane and just way.
This is possible and, in this moment, required to break the bonds of authoritarianism gripping our nation.
This is possible and, in this moment, required to break the bonds of authoritarianism gripping our nation.
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are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
pls repost
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
pls repost
January 15, 2026 at 11:55 AM
are you displeased with today’s AI safety evaluation landscape and curious about what greater conceptual clarity, methodological soundness, and rigour in AI evaluation could look like? if so, consider coming to Dublin to pursue a PhD with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
pls repost
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
pls repost
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Hi, hello! My book _Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England_ is forthcoming from University of Pennsylvania Press.
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself. It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Hi, hello! My book _Impressive Politics: Print before the Press in Late Medieval England_ is forthcoming from University of Pennsylvania Press.
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
I think about print all the time but in ways you might not expect.
sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
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Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
n.pr
December 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.
"The prompt is currently 3,500 words long (down from its peak actually), and took a few months to perfect. It pulls together a decade and a half of my work in information literacy and argumentation theory. It also takes a bit of time to run. +
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"The prompt is currently 3,500 words long (down from its peak actually), and took a few months to perfect. It pulls together a decade and a half of my work in information literacy and argumentation theory. It also takes a bit of time to run. +
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i'm hiring a postdoc to map the age-verification space and do some audits
if you’ve worked in this area, pls apply: aial.ie/hiring/postd...
pls share widely
if you’ve worked in this area, pls apply: aial.ie/hiring/postd...
pls share widely
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
i'm hiring a postdoc to map the age-verification space and do some audits
if you’ve worked in this area, pls apply: aial.ie/hiring/postd...
pls share widely
if you’ve worked in this area, pls apply: aial.ie/hiring/postd...
pls share widely
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🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025!
Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday.
🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...
"Meredith unknowingly ate a bag of her teenage son’s weed gummies. She wants him to apologize. He wants her to apologize."
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#65 Meredith - Heavyweight
Meredith unknowingly ate a bag of her teenage son’s weed gummies. She wants him to apologize. He wants her to apologize. At a stand-off, they call Jonathan for help.
Get ad-free episodes of Heavyweig...
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December 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"Meredith unknowingly ate a bag of her teenage son’s weed gummies. She wants him to apologize. He wants her to apologize."
omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
omny.fm/shows/heavyw...
Listening to @alletson.bsky.social interviewing Lorenzo Sewell:
a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a christmas tree and looking surprised .
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are standing in front of a christmas tree and looking surprised .
media.tenor.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Listening to @alletson.bsky.social interviewing Lorenzo Sewell:
"But a core irony exists: Anthropic staffed its pop-up with hard-working, smiling humans who handed out goodies, fetched coffee and hats. OpenAI says it didn’t use AI in any of its well-shot commercials. Had they used AI, none of it would have seemed quite so human."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | A.I.’s Anti-A.I. Marketing Strategy
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 AM
"But a core irony exists: Anthropic staffed its pop-up with hard-working, smiling humans who handed out goodies, fetched coffee and hats. OpenAI says it didn’t use AI in any of its well-shot commercials. Had they used AI, none of it would have seemed quite so human."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
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1/7. In the few years that my university tracked COVID-19 cases, we saw some of the biggest infection spikes after Thanksgiving break (see this article from 2021 for example). Seeing that data in those years made me think about the tradeoffs associated with having...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
Cornell shuts down its Ithaca campus after significant signs of omicron variant found
The campus reported nearly 500 new cases of COVID-19 among the student body. The new omicron variant was detected "in a significant number" of positive tests, the university said.
www.npr.org
November 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
1/7. In the few years that my university tracked COVID-19 cases, we saw some of the biggest infection spikes after Thanksgiving break (see this article from 2021 for example). Seeing that data in those years made me think about the tradeoffs associated with having...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
www.npr.org/sections/cor...
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It looks like the #CriticalMass Boston bike ride will roll along the Harborwalk in Dorchester and Southie tonight!
Meet at Copley at 6:30 pm, ride starts at 7.
www.instagram.com/p/DRdPszmkWQq/
Meet at Copley at 6:30 pm, ride starts at 7.
www.instagram.com/p/DRdPszmkWQq/
November 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It looks like the #CriticalMass Boston bike ride will roll along the Harborwalk in Dorchester and Southie tonight!
Meet at Copley at 6:30 pm, ride starts at 7.
www.instagram.com/p/DRdPszmkWQq/
Meet at Copley at 6:30 pm, ride starts at 7.
www.instagram.com/p/DRdPszmkWQq/
The "etc." in the subhead cracks me up.
"Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc."
"Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc."
“Elon’s blowjob prowess edges out Trump’s—his precision engineering delivers unmatched finesse."
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The "etc." in the subhead cracks me up.
"Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc."
"Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc."