Ted Pavlic (he/him/his)
@tedpavlic.bsky.social
ASU Assoc. Prof in SCAI and SOLS.
Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory.
mastodon: @tedpavlic@mas.to
Twitter/X: @TedPavlic
@TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
Decision making and behavior in living and artificial autonomous systems. I ❤️ ants, bees, wasps, robots, and optimal foraging theory.
mastodon: @tedpavlic@mas.to
Twitter/X: @TedPavlic
@TEDx: http://youtu.be/9GWXCRetOjk
"In a profession that already demands enormous sacrifices, precarious positions and geographical flexibility, with work that consumes evenings and weekends more often than we’d like to admit, we owe it to ourselves to at least understand how we’re being compensated."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Client Challenge
www.nature.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
"In a profession that already demands enormous sacrifices, precarious positions and geographical flexibility, with work that consumes evenings and weekends more often than we’d like to admit, we owe it to ourselves to at least understand how we’re being compensated."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
#Science in America right now – Half of the tenure-track jobs in math have been lost between 2024 and 2025 (150 to 70) and the Simons Foundation is funding 1/7 of the remaining jobs. Science is being held together with philanthropy and dental floss. 🧪
issues.org/american-sci...
issues.org/american-sci...
“There Are Two Possible Futures for American Science.”
The Simons Foundation president talks about science philanthropy, the future of the research enterprise, and remaining hopeful.
issues.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
#Science in America right now – Half of the tenure-track jobs in math have been lost between 2024 and 2025 (150 to 70) and the Simons Foundation is funding 1/7 of the remaining jobs. Science is being held together with philanthropy and dental floss. 🧪
issues.org/american-sci...
issues.org/american-sci...
I told #AlexaPlus a dad joke about bookstores. She understood the joke and inferred that it probably caused my wife to give me an eye roll that "could shutdown a bookstore faster than Amazon."
I was taken aback a bit by an #Amazon AI joking about killing bookstores!
I was taken aback a bit by an #Amazon AI joking about killing bookstores!
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
I told #AlexaPlus a dad joke about bookstores. She understood the joke and inferred that it probably caused my wife to give me an eye roll that "could shutdown a bookstore faster than Amazon."
I was taken aback a bit by an #Amazon AI joking about killing bookstores!
I was taken aback a bit by an #Amazon AI joking about killing bookstores!
At least three robot vacuums are in development that aim to conquer stairs. #RoboRock already has a robot with an arm that picks up your dog toys, and the stair climber it is testing has two independent *legs* that make it particularly agile.
www.techradar.com/home/robot-v...
www.techradar.com/home/robot-v...
I just saw Roborock's leggy new robovac, and it would make a better dodgeball player than me
It can clean your stairs... but that's not all it can do
www.techradar.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:39 PM
At least three robot vacuums are in development that aim to conquer stairs. #RoboRock already has a robot with an arm that picks up your dog toys, and the stair climber it is testing has two independent *legs* that make it particularly agile.
www.techradar.com/home/robot-v...
www.techradar.com/home/robot-v...
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The fix is out – see link below. I don't think their explanation tells the whole story (otherwise, why would installing an older version fix the issue as well as it did?).
Download the fixed version manually (affected computers must have this done manually) from:
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Download the fixed version manually (affected computers must have this done manually) from:
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Options+ and G HUB macOS Certificate Issue
Description of the issueA new ‘patch’ installer for Logitech Options+ and G HUB is now available to fix an issue that caused the apps to stop working on macOS.The problem was caused by an expired c...
support.logi.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The fix is out – see link below. I don't think their explanation tells the whole story (otherwise, why would installing an older version fix the issue as well as it did?).
Download the fixed version manually (affected computers must have this done manually) from:
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
Download the fixed version manually (affected computers must have this done manually) from:
support.logi.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Hey, @drdorotask.bsky.social is here on Bsky!
Such cool work.
We think that retinas degenerate with time and that if all of us live long enough, we’ll get AMD or other neurodegenerative diseases.
But Greenland sharks manage to live for hundreds of years and repair their eyes.
How?
Such cool work.
We think that retinas degenerate with time and that if all of us live long enough, we’ll get AMD or other neurodegenerative diseases.
But Greenland sharks manage to live for hundreds of years and repair their eyes.
How?
January 7, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Hey, @drdorotask.bsky.social is here on Bsky!
Such cool work.
We think that retinas degenerate with time and that if all of us live long enough, we’ll get AMD or other neurodegenerative diseases.
But Greenland sharks manage to live for hundreds of years and repair their eyes.
How?
Such cool work.
We think that retinas degenerate with time and that if all of us live long enough, we’ll get AMD or other neurodegenerative diseases.
But Greenland sharks manage to live for hundreds of years and repair their eyes.
How?
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Anyone else on macOS #Tahoe (26.2) notice today that your Logitech mouse/hardware stopped working as expected? #Logitech pushed out a broken #LogiOptionsPlus update. To fix, reinstall version 1.44.415778 (link below from LogiTech) and TURN OFF AUTO UPDATES. 1/2
download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/...
download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/...
January 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Anyone else on macOS #Tahoe (26.2) notice today that your Logitech mouse/hardware stopped working as expected? #Logitech pushed out a broken #LogiOptionsPlus update. To fix, reinstall version 1.44.415778 (link below from LogiTech) and TURN OFF AUTO UPDATES. 1/2
download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/...
download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/...
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We all still need good news. This is the story of Cronutt the sea lion. He had his epilepsy cured as a consequence of basic science that was funded initially by @NIH to my colleague Scott Baraban. Amazing work and so good to see Cronutt doing so well. #epilepsy
youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo?...
youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo?...
Meet Cronutt the Sea Lion—and the Scientists Who Helped Stop His Seizures
YouTube video by UCSF Neurosurgery
youtu.be
January 6, 2026 at 9:44 PM
We all still need good news. This is the story of Cronutt the sea lion. He had his epilepsy cured as a consequence of basic science that was funded initially by @NIH to my colleague Scott Baraban. Amazing work and so good to see Cronutt doing so well. #epilepsy
youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo?...
youtu.be/hZpFH5J5lbo?...
Free high-speed WiFi reaches American Airlines too. It's becoming harder and harder to count on digital dead zones for some forced time away from The Algorithm.
American Airlines begins free inflight Wi-Fi launch this week - The Points Guy
share.google/sgIPyb3vPOO4...
American Airlines begins free inflight Wi-Fi launch this week - The Points Guy
share.google/sgIPyb3vPOO4...
American Airlines begins free inflight Wi-Fi launch this week - The Points Guy
American Airlines is shifting to free Wi-Fi for members of its AAdvantage loyalty program, following similar moves by competitors in the airline industry.
share.google
January 6, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Free high-speed WiFi reaches American Airlines too. It's becoming harder and harder to count on digital dead zones for some forced time away from The Algorithm.
American Airlines begins free inflight Wi-Fi launch this week - The Points Guy
share.google/sgIPyb3vPOO4...
American Airlines begins free inflight Wi-Fi launch this week - The Points Guy
share.google/sgIPyb3vPOO4...
"Excuse me. It's January 3. When, exactly, will the fireworks stop?"
January 4, 2026 at 3:21 AM
"Excuse me. It's January 3. When, exactly, will the fireworks stop?"
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When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I don't think you non-science people realize what it takes to get a grant funded by NIH. Started experiments in Sept 2021 to generate 3 new mouse mutants to model human disease. Prelim dara shows they have relevant disease phenotypes worthy of study. Need a small grant first to characterize /1
January 3, 2026 at 1:14 AM
When I explain to people what is involved with writing a successful grant, they simply don’t believe me.
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
I explained it once to a famous person from Pixar, and he looked me square in the eye and said: You mean all the cancer and Alzheimer’s grants work that way? You’ve gotta be &$%#ing kidding me!
J wasn't expecting that response. Appropriately, she was floored.
J: There is a new Barnes & Noble at Biltmore. It has two stories.
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
January 1, 2026 at 8:34 PM
J wasn't expecting that response. Appropriately, she was floored.
J: There is a new Barnes & Noble at Biltmore. It has two stories.
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
January 1, 2026 at 7:59 PM
J: There is a new Barnes & Noble at Biltmore. It has two stories.
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
T: Wow. The market for fiction novels must be in bad shape if B&N is only carrying two stories!
It seems appropriate that Bark's boxes expand to look like bark scorpions 🦂.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It seems appropriate that Bark's boxes expand to look like bark scorpions 🦂.
How many Sidney Sweeney movies will bomb in 2026? 🤔
December 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How many Sidney Sweeney movies will bomb in 2026? 🤔
Crazy video of a #Disney cast member jumping in front of a stunt boulder that had gone off course and was heading straight into the audience.
#DisneyDanger
ktla.com/news/nationw...
#DisneyDanger
ktla.com/news/nationw...
ktla.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Crazy video of a #Disney cast member jumping in front of a stunt boulder that had gone off course and was heading straight into the audience.
#DisneyDanger
ktla.com/news/nationw...
#DisneyDanger
ktla.com/news/nationw...
The universe gave me a gift I've been wishing for for years – Someone called out, "Whose cup of tea is this?"
December 25, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The universe gave me a gift I've been wishing for for years – Someone called out, "Whose cup of tea is this?"
Did I do this right? Merry #Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Did I do this right? Merry #Christmas!
An introvert at Christmas
December 25, 2025 at 1:48 AM
An introvert at Christmas
Oh, ChatGPT, you knew exactly what I wanted!
December 25, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Oh, ChatGPT, you knew exactly what I wanted!
Hoping Santa brings you all the B horror movies you've been wishing for!
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Hoping Santa brings you all the B horror movies you've been wishing for!
On a more serious note, you do cook elements of no-bake cookies. So, ironically, no-bake cookies are perhaps the best contender for the title of "bakies".
But, sadly, the complementary act of cooking bakies has been lost to history...
December 24, 2025 at 2:45 AM
On a more serious note, you do cook elements of no-bake cookies. So, ironically, no-bake cookies are perhaps the best contender for the title of "bakies".
But, sadly, the complementary act of cooking bakies has been lost to history...
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
But, sadly, the complementary act of cooking bakies has been lost to history...