Dan Valen
@danvalen.com
@digital-science.com by day, beer league hockey by night. Evangelist of #OpenData, WFPB-ing, and Z-O Swing%/NPxGI/Corsi/all the advanced metrics… I like the Flyers, Phillies, and Arsenal Football Club very much
PHL ➡️ NYC ➡️ NHV 🚴
PHL ➡️ NYC ➡️ NHV 🚴
TLDR;
- Open Gmail on your desktop
- Click the gear icon → See all settings (desktop)
- Find the section called Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet
(You’ll need to scroll down quite a bit)
-Smart features settings
- Uncheck this option
- Save changes.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
- Open Gmail on your desktop
- Click the gear icon → See all settings (desktop)
- Find the section called Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet
(You’ll need to scroll down quite a bit)
-Smart features settings
- Uncheck this option
- Save changes.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
TLDR;
- Open Gmail on your desktop
- Click the gear icon → See all settings (desktop)
- Find the section called Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet
(You’ll need to scroll down quite a bit)
-Smart features settings
- Uncheck this option
- Save changes.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
- Open Gmail on your desktop
- Click the gear icon → See all settings (desktop)
- Find the section called Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet
(You’ll need to scroll down quite a bit)
-Smart features settings
- Uncheck this option
- Save changes.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. An additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%)
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect - npj Mental Health Research
npj Mental Health Research - Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train. An additional experimenter dressed as Batman entered from another door. Passengers were significantly more likely to offer their seat when Batman was present (67.21% vs. 37.66%)
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Want to change an AI's mind? Argue with it. Or just give it more information. Turns out the beliefs of language models are surprisingly malleable... That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
a black and white logo for a company called chatgpt with a knot in the middle .
ALT: a black and white logo for a company called chatgpt with a knot in the middle .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Want to change an AI's mind? Argue with it. Or just give it more information. Turns out the beliefs of language models are surprisingly malleable... That and more of the best in @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
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A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
Whales are dying. Don’t blame wind turbines.
A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
www.technologyreview.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
A wildlife veterinarian who performs necropsies shares what it takes to investigate a whale stranding.
I am trying not to post about politics on this politics-adjacent social media site, but it’s really hard!
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am trying not to post about politics on this politics-adjacent social media site, but it’s really hard!
Starting to think this kid is good
19-year-old Macklin Celebrini is tied for the NHL lead in points. 🔥
Only four other players in NHL history have tallied 20+ points as a teenager through their team's first 14 games: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
Only four other players in NHL history have tallied 20+ points as a teenager through their team's first 14 games: www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tin...
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Starting to think this kid is good
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Reposted by Dan Valen
A morbidly curious Patrick Redford attends an evening with Sam Altman and Steve Kerr: defector.com/an-evening-w...
An Evening With Sam Altman And Steve Kerr | Defector
SAN FRANCISCO — “I don’t think this will be an only good story,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said after being asked a question about whether his company, valued around $1 trillion, might bring some bad…
defector.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A morbidly curious Patrick Redford attends an evening with Sam Altman and Steve Kerr: defector.com/an-evening-w...
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Two Arsenal wins in one day. Nice.
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Two Arsenal wins in one day. Nice.
Shiitake mushrooms being harnessed to function as living processors 😳 newatlas.com/computers/mu...
Biochips made from mushrooms rival power of manmade semiconductors
They may be better known for stir-fries than supercomputing, but shiitake mushrooms have now been harnessed to function as living processors, storing and recalling data like a semiconductor chip but w...
newatlas.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Shiitake mushrooms being harnessed to function as living processors 😳 newatlas.com/computers/mu...
Read a description of MAHA as the Granola-to-Fascist Pipeline and I can't stop thinking about it
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Read a description of MAHA as the Granola-to-Fascist Pipeline and I can't stop thinking about it
As tough as it is to listen to this story, this is something we should all listen to
over the past 9 months, the Trump admin has used just about every lever available to pressure universities to follow his vision for higher ed...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main ...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As tough as it is to listen to this story, this is something we should all listen to
Oh no! This guy ruled. Revisiting the 2017 album, Hudson, with Medeski and Scofield music.apple.com/us/album/hud...
October 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Oh no! This guy ruled. Revisiting the 2017 album, Hudson, with Medeski and Scofield music.apple.com/us/album/hud...
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COUNTER VIEW: T&F study insights.taylorandfrancis.com/research-imp... indicates good activity in open research, noting 52% of sampled articles included data availability statement.
But evidence is that only 17% articles w statements actually shared data upon request. See open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
But evidence is that only 17% articles w statements actually shared data upon request. See open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
Moving the needle on open data: A new study from Taylor & Francis
Analysis of Open Research activity on Taylor & Francis journals, supported by the AI-solution provider DataSeer.
insights.taylorandfrancis.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:31 AM
COUNTER VIEW: T&F study insights.taylorandfrancis.com/research-imp... indicates good activity in open research, noting 52% of sampled articles included data availability statement.
But evidence is that only 17% articles w statements actually shared data upon request. See open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
But evidence is that only 17% articles w statements actually shared data upon request. See open.lnu.se/index.php/me...
:eek:
Butterfly 3000
October 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
:eek:
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I love football. Specifically, Arsenal.
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I love football. Specifically, Arsenal.
I mean... Arsenal earn more set plays because they dominate possession—opponents pack the box with 10/11 players, making open-play goals tough! Set-piece goals are a small advantage that Arsenal can create to win games. I'd prefer this over a track meet and I'm sure Arteta does as well
I've always wondered (and feared) what might happen if everyone started taking set pieces seriously. The first eight weeks of the Premier League season might be giving us a glimpse into the future, where soccer no longer features much, well, soccer: www.espn.com/soccer/story...
Are set plays ruining the Premier League? How throw-ins are boosting Arsenal, but adding boredom
As Premier League teams learn set pieces are a more efficient way to score, open play goals become rarer. Can the game withstand such a shift?
www.espn.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I mean... Arsenal earn more set plays because they dominate possession—opponents pack the box with 10/11 players, making open-play goals tough! Set-piece goals are a small advantage that Arsenal can create to win games. I'd prefer this over a track meet and I'm sure Arteta does as well
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GABRIEL SCORES!
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
GABRIEL SCORES!
Tremendous
Excellent dugout watch fun just now as Simeone and Arteta were both flinging their arms around furiously in Olympic quality synchronised gesticulation.
October 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Tremendous
This is why no self-respecting Phillies fan can be pulling for this team. Make more history, Shohei
THE BLUE JAYS ARE HEADED TO THEIR FIRST WORLD SERIES SINCE 1993.
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
This is why no self-respecting Phillies fan can be pulling for this team. Make more history, Shohei