Carrie Allen
@carrierae.bsky.social
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In this scary moment, it matters for each of us to affirm that political violence is wrong and will destroy our democracy.
September 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In this scary moment, it matters for each of us to affirm that political violence is wrong and will destroy our democracy.
What a dark fucking day. God help us all with whatever comes next.
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What a dark fucking day. God help us all with whatever comes next.
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If anyone tells me to Chat GPT anything, I am, without even a half second of pause, like as the words leave their mouth, going to tell them to shut the fuck up.
August 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
If anyone tells me to Chat GPT anything, I am, without even a half second of pause, like as the words leave their mouth, going to tell them to shut the fuck up.
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“Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity.”
- a bumper sticker I had in high school
- a bumper sticker I had in high school
June 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Bombing for peace is like fucking for chastity.”
- a bumper sticker I had in high school
- a bumper sticker I had in high school
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My big reframing for next year is not operating in scarcity mode; I will not let what is broken with the system define me as an educator.
June 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM
My big reframing for next year is not operating in scarcity mode; I will not let what is broken with the system define me as an educator.
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so important to save all this time so you can spend your 58 or 118 minute coffee break staring into the middle distance instead of, like, enjoying a book
June 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
so important to save all this time so you can spend your 58 or 118 minute coffee break staring into the middle distance instead of, like, enjoying a book
Covid still sucks, y'all.
June 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Covid still sucks, y'all.
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This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.
In preparation for next week’s parade/demonstration, tanks are being moved into Washington, DC today. Unprecedented.
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
(Photo from a colleague in DC)
June 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This is so jarringly unAmerican that I sort of hope it wakes some normies up. It is occurring in a context where military-style equipment is being used to enforce immigration roundups and conveys the notion that we are increasingly living in a police state.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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i'm starting to see some scoldy posts pointing out that we are laughing about a fire on the deck of our sinking ship and i have to be honest once the ship started sinking i decided i would take the laughs where i found them
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
i'm starting to see some scoldy posts pointing out that we are laughing about a fire on the deck of our sinking ship and i have to be honest once the ship started sinking i decided i would take the laughs where i found them
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higher ed institutions that are pushing faculty to adopt and love AI are incredibly short sighted. the entire point of the genAI project is to make stuff like this possible, to erode any semblance of adherence to standards of truth and submit to the machine generated slop our overlords create
Seven of the sources cited in MAHA commission's report do not exist:
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with," says one researcher.
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
higher ed institutions that are pushing faculty to adopt and love AI are incredibly short sighted. the entire point of the genAI project is to make stuff like this possible, to erode any semblance of adherence to standards of truth and submit to the machine generated slop our overlords create
Having called Erie, PA, home for four years (and enjoying many evenings watching the Seawolves play at UPMC Park), this makes me ridiculously happy.
HBO late night host John Oliver chooses Erie SeaWolves for rebranding promotion
On May 19, Erie SeaWolves were announced as the winners to HBO host John Oliver's MILB rebrand promotion. Here's what the promotion could entail.
www.goerie.com
May 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Having called Erie, PA, home for four years (and enjoying many evenings watching the Seawolves play at UPMC Park), this makes me ridiculously happy.
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Exactly.
It's like back in the olden days, when we told kids not to smoke but then made every hero in every movie light up in the coolest ways possible.
It's like back in the olden days, when we told kids not to smoke but then made every hero in every movie light up in the coolest ways possible.
May 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Exactly.
It's like back in the olden days, when we told kids not to smoke but then made every hero in every movie light up in the coolest ways possible.
It's like back in the olden days, when we told kids not to smoke but then made every hero in every movie light up in the coolest ways possible.
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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TL;DR: AI is so much dumber than you think, aka it is not actually „intelligent“ at all, it can‘t remotely do what most people seem to think it already can, it‘s just good at faking human „thinking“. There is no ghost in the machine. Please stop falling for the grift.
🚨Our paper `Reclaiming AI as a theoretical tool for cognitive science' is now forthcoming in the journal Computational Brain & Behaviour. (Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...)
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#metatheory #AGI #AIhype #cogsci #theoreticalpsych #criticalAIliteracy
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#metatheory #AGI #AIhype #cogsci #theoreticalpsych #criticalAIliteracy
May 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
TL;DR: AI is so much dumber than you think, aka it is not actually „intelligent“ at all, it can‘t remotely do what most people seem to think it already can, it‘s just good at faking human „thinking“. There is no ghost in the machine. Please stop falling for the grift.
Fantastic
May 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Fantastic
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Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement
May 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just hit me that the importing of white folks from South Africa and exporting of brown people is actually, literally an attempt at a great replacement
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Had the chance to talk tonight with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about the significance of the firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden & the ban on books about gay, trans people, and about race and racism from libraries in military academies.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Had the chance to talk tonight with @andersoncooper360.bsky.social about the significance of the firing of Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden & the ban on books about gay, trans people, and about race and racism from libraries in military academies.
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Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
May 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Actually the best life advice I ever got: Anything worth doing is worth doing poorly. A half-cleaned room is better than an uncleaned room. Occasionally flossing is better than never flossing. A 10-minute workout is better than no workout. When it’s all you can do to get out of bed, get out of bed.
Worth noting that she was addressed only by her first name in her termination "letter," even though she has a PhD from the U of Chicago. Just blatant, unadulterated racism.
Trump Fired Librarian of Congress Over D.E.I.
www.nytimes.com
May 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Worth noting that she was addressed only by her first name in her termination "letter," even though she has a PhD from the U of Chicago. Just blatant, unadulterated racism.
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If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Questioning AI Resource List
Excellent summary of major problems with companies’ focus on AI written by expert in machine learning: https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/ Another g...
docs.google.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you need any sources on AI being shitty, I've been collecting and compiling them: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
SSRIs are life-saving medications. Millions of people, myself included, need them to function. My darkest days and deepest spirals are manageable because I have access to these meds. Secretary Brain Worm can fuck ALL THE WAY OFF.
RFK Jr. is already taking aim at antidepressants
The new HHS secretary has made baseless claims that the drugs are addictive and cause violent behavior.
motherjones.com
February 17, 2025 at 3:54 AM
SSRIs are life-saving medications. Millions of people, myself included, need them to function. My darkest days and deepest spirals are manageable because I have access to these meds. Secretary Brain Worm can fuck ALL THE WAY OFF.