Seth Jones
@sayeth.itch.io
Lecturer at University of Kentucky Biology Dept. Formerly at UTSW and Emory. Lexington, KY. Ph.D. in Neurosci (fear & olfactory learning). Interests include Pico-8, Twine, UK Basketball, Shadowdark, D&D, bourbon, and raising boys. https://sayeth.itch.io
Starting class at 10 am today with this.
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10 o'clock in the morning, on October the twenty-fourth
YouTube video by The_kind_idiot
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October 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Starting class at 10 am today with this.
youtu.be/Xpn_2pOyPh8?...
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The only king in Lexington is @rexchapman.bsky.social #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The only king in Lexington is @rexchapman.bsky.social #NoKings
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Psst .... We back today 😼
October 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Psst .... We back today 😼
Once, Amazon was like Target: good quality for an affordable price. Then, Amazon was like Walmart: okay quality but cheap and convenient. Now, Amazon is like Dollar General: everything’s trash and all the junk keeps you from finding what you want.
October 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Once, Amazon was like Target: good quality for an affordable price. Then, Amazon was like Walmart: okay quality but cheap and convenient. Now, Amazon is like Dollar General: everything’s trash and all the junk keeps you from finding what you want.
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This year’s #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering how the immune system distinguishes friend from foe. https://scim.ag/3Wt5rdi
Medicine Nobel goes to three researchers who identified immune system’s security guards
Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmune disease
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October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This year’s #NobelPrize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three scientists for discovering how the immune system distinguishes friend from foe. https://scim.ag/3Wt5rdi
I don’t understand why people are putting down Taylor, one of the greatest songwriters of our time. I mean, “Fire & Rain,” “Carolina in My Mind,” “Sweet Baby James”? Dude is a legend.
October 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I don’t understand why people are putting down Taylor, one of the greatest songwriters of our time. I mean, “Fire & Rain,” “Carolina in My Mind,” “Sweet Baby James”? Dude is a legend.
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The Kentucky Lantern has filed an appeal with the state Office of the Attorney General seeking records from the University of Kentucky related to the departure of the president of the now disbanded University Senate.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/30/k...
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Kentucky Lantern appeals UK's denial of records former faculty leader had sought • Kentucky Lantern
The Kentucky Lantern filed an appeal over records from the University of Kentucky about the president of the disbanded University Senate.
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September 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Kentucky Lantern has filed an appeal with the state Office of the Attorney General seeking records from the University of Kentucky related to the departure of the president of the now disbanded University Senate.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/30/k...
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/09/30/k...
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WE ARE... hiring!
Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions.
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Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
September 18, 2025 at 9:56 AM
WE ARE... hiring!
Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
Penn State Biology & the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences is recruiting a tenure track or tenured neurobiologist (Assistant or Associate Professor rank), and the committee is open to a broad scope of scientific questions.
psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PSU_Academic...
No, Mind Flayers don't exist. They've never existed. Why do you ask?
Cephalopods Passed a Cognitive Test Intended For Human Children #Science #Biology #Neurobiology #Cephalopods #CognitiveScience #AnimalIntelligence
Cephalopods Passed a Cognitive Test Intended For Human Children
We, for one, welcome our new cuttlefish overlords.
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September 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
No, Mind Flayers don't exist. They've never existed. Why do you ask?
This is big news!
BREAKING NEWS: NASA has found a potential sign of past life on Mars. www.nasa.gov/news-release...
NASA Says Mars Rover Discovered Potential Biosignature Last Year - NASA
A sample collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from an ancient dry riverbed in Jezero Crater could preserve evidence of ancient microbial life. Taken
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September 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
This is big news!
A band that does country music covers of The Smiths: The Wessons.
August 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A band that does country music covers of The Smiths: The Wessons.
Appropriately, the bridge from Cincy back to Kentucky is beautiful.
June 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Appropriately, the bridge from Cincy back to Kentucky is beautiful.
Camping, star gazing and flying kites in West Virginia this past weekend.
May 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Camping, star gazing and flying kites in West Virginia this past weekend.
Kentucky Gov William Goebel was assassinated for this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Kentucky Gov William Goebel was assassinated for this.
I've been not reading mainstream #comicbooks for few years. What's hot for summer 2025? The new Superman and Krypto titles look good, and I think I'll pick up some Ultimate Spider-Man and Fantastic Four. Anything else I should have on my radar?
May 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I've been not reading mainstream #comicbooks for few years. What's hot for summer 2025? The new Superman and Krypto titles look good, and I think I'll pick up some Ultimate Spider-Man and Fantastic Four. Anything else I should have on my radar?
I was looking through the list of names of the Popes (confirming that yes, there was a Pope Mark who didn’t coach basketball) when I discovered that Pope Hilarious held the papacy in the 460’s. Pope Hilarious!
May 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I was looking through the list of names of the Popes (confirming that yes, there was a Pope Mark who didn’t coach basketball) when I discovered that Pope Hilarious held the papacy in the 460’s. Pope Hilarious!
My colleague at @ukybiology.bsky.social , Pete Mirabito @petemirabito.bsky.social was featured along with his horse retirement farm on the Kentucky Derby coverage: www.lex18.com/sports/kentu...
$5,000 Mint Julep Cup Program benefits retirement farm for fillies and mares
"Derby is all about pomp and pageantry. Why not have an over-the-top mint julep just to celebrate that," McCall said.
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May 5, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My colleague at @ukybiology.bsky.social , Pete Mirabito @petemirabito.bsky.social was featured along with his horse retirement farm on the Kentucky Derby coverage: www.lex18.com/sports/kentu...
I’m not generally in favor of media consolidation, but I wouldn’t be sad if some of the minor streaming services merged. I’m not paying for Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple+ separately, but I might go for a combo if I didn’t have to switch between platforms on my TV.
April 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I’m not generally in favor of media consolidation, but I wouldn’t be sad if some of the minor streaming services merged. I’m not paying for Paramount+, Peacock, and Apple+ separately, but I might go for a combo if I didn’t have to switch between platforms on my TV.
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See how NIH funding supports talented graduate students, the essential partners driving scientific discovery and addressing Kentucky’s health challenges.
Learn more: www.research.uky.edu/news/how-nih...
Learn more: www.research.uky.edu/news/how-nih...
April 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
See how NIH funding supports talented graduate students, the essential partners driving scientific discovery and addressing Kentucky’s health challenges.
Learn more: www.research.uky.edu/news/how-nih...
Learn more: www.research.uky.edu/news/how-nih...
Influencers are just paparazzi for themselves.
April 26, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Influencers are just paparazzi for themselves.
It looks like we need to step up our production, @ukybiology.bsky.social
The distance between Mercury and the Sun correlates with The number of biological technicians in Kentucky (r=0.638)
April 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It looks like we need to step up our production, @ukybiology.bsky.social
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Way too many people hear “language model” and think the algorithm understands language. It does not. It reduces letters to numbers and looks for patterns in the numbers. That’s all it does. That’s all it can do. It does not derive meaning; it does not extrapolate consequences.
“THE ALGORITHM IS NOT AND NEVER WILL BE CAPABLE OF DISCERNMENT.”
Never. AI is a misnomer. It’s not intelligent. It’s a calculator. If you’re like “calculators can’t do language, silly,” that’s the entire goddamn point.
Never. AI is a misnomer. It’s not intelligent. It’s a calculator. If you’re like “calculators can’t do language, silly,” that’s the entire goddamn point.
As a culture, we don’t teach nearly enough media literacy and critical interrogation of sources, but if there aren’t sources, it’s not possible to interrogate them, and with LLMs, sometimes, even if a source is cited, it’s unreliable. The algorithm is not and never will be capable of discernment.
April 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Way too many people hear “language model” and think the algorithm understands language. It does not. It reduces letters to numbers and looks for patterns in the numbers. That’s all it does. That’s all it can do. It does not derive meaning; it does not extrapolate consequences.
I'm going to start submitting fake student testimonies for my evaluations at UK. If the bosses say its okay for them, then it's okay for me, too. #UKY
April 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I'm going to start submitting fake student testimonies for my evaluations at UK. If the bosses say its okay for them, then it's okay for me, too. #UKY
Charlie Harper Exhibit at the Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington! Yay!
April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Charlie Harper Exhibit at the Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington! Yay!
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Please join us on Thursday, April 17th in THM 116 at 2:00pm for our seminar featuring Dr. Valerie Peters of Eastern Kentucky University.
April 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Please join us on Thursday, April 17th in THM 116 at 2:00pm for our seminar featuring Dr. Valerie Peters of Eastern Kentucky University.