Those were never good-faith arguments, just diversionary tactics. They never actually cared about egg prices, insecure email servers, state’s rights, fair markets, …

I typically do, but there is nothing magical about the new year. It is just a convenient time for reflection, often motivating a course correction. Long hikes also have a similar effect on me.

* 𝙾𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑: 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝟸𝟶𝟶𝟿 (𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚍).

I feel seen.

Just the command line.

One of the reasons Bluesky is seeing more engagement: other platforms have adopted the behaviour of de-prioritising external links (like, say, to research papers) due to Ad models.

See this: bsky.app/profile/alt...

Here links can be freely shared without being drowned out or de-emphasized

Often an outlier among reviewers, I view judging significance as an inherently subjective role for the community to consider through citation. My role should be as a more objective garbage filter: does the paper support its claims, appropriately build on prior work, and use sound methods/analyses?