Andrea Lathrop
@cabernet.bsky.social
Wine... Cognitive Science... Photography... tech stuff... former Aslin Lab (Master's) and Eppler Lab (with Jackie Gibson emeritus) so I'm a weird mix of Gibsonian affordances, visual statistical learning and anticipatory eye movements. Sometimes academic.
This is interesting, from Ask a Manager, on alumni networking. I had sort of been lamenting that due to small class sizes, my college only has around 30k living alumni at any given time, many are retired, some are recent grads. Of the rest, how many are even in your field? But...
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This is interesting, from Ask a Manager, on alumni networking. I had sort of been lamenting that due to small class sizes, my college only has around 30k living alumni at any given time, many are retired, some are recent grads. Of the rest, how many are even in your field? But...
I don't think they thought this character art all the way through. (Or maybe they did... a tongue-in-cheek nod to foam prosthetics because prosthetic?)
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I don't think they thought this character art all the way through. (Or maybe they did... a tongue-in-cheek nod to foam prosthetics because prosthetic?)
I actually completely believe that the closest thing to a remote AI job in Ferrisburgh, VT, is 'livestock slaughter assistant.'
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I actually completely believe that the closest thing to a remote AI job in Ferrisburgh, VT, is 'livestock slaughter assistant.'
I assume others have noticed how misleading and partisan this official government website is:
November 2, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I assume others have noticed how misleading and partisan this official government website is:
Linguistic ambiguity.
October 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Linguistic ambiguity.
I quote-tweeted Variety's video post of Sidney Sweeney at an award ceremony.
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I quote-tweeted Variety's video post of Sidney Sweeney at an award ceremony.
A friend just posted the Gartner hype cycle in a conversation on Twitter/X, and it reminded me of a neural spike with refractory period.
October 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A friend just posted the Gartner hype cycle in a conversation on Twitter/X, and it reminded me of a neural spike with refractory period.
Don't worry, guys, if you don't have investment income or rental property, there are welfare payments:
October 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Don't worry, guys, if you don't have investment income or rental property, there are welfare payments:
It has been raining for hours, already. I am going to lose my freaking mind.
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It has been raining for hours, already. I am going to lose my freaking mind.
I bet he has three letters of recommendation.
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I bet he has three letters of recommendation.
Let this be the end of the engage-bait factory:
October 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Let this be the end of the engage-bait factory:
Continuing to read Mark Fisher:
October 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Continuing to read Mark Fisher:
The linked piece is really good. I particularly like this bit:
October 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The linked piece is really good. I particularly like this bit:
If the world does convert to cryptocurrency as money, rather than a speculative asset, it should be a new universal one, not one that has already been massively hoarded by early speculators.
October 8, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If the world does convert to cryptocurrency as money, rather than a speculative asset, it should be a new universal one, not one that has already been massively hoarded by early speculators.
Marine Biologist: $37k
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Marine Biologist: $37k
My bedtime interlibrary loan reading arrived.
October 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My bedtime interlibrary loan reading arrived.
