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I.T. Soon (YEUNG)
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Writer of songs, fiction, and scholarship on early Christianity. https://linktr.ee/yeungmusic
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My second album, "The Flutters and the Feels," comes out this Friday and I'm very excited to share it with you all! You'll be able to find it everywhere music can be found, but if you follow me on Spotify or Apple Music (or YouTube Music) you'll get the album on your new music playlist automatically
Four images in four panels. One of a painting of an octopus holding a mirror. On the foggy mirror a smiley face has been drawn. Another image is of a track list of songs on the album. Another image is of sound waves from a voice note recording. The last is of tracks on music software.
September 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Excerpt: Is this where graduate students will end up applying their expertise?
"Google, like other tech companies, hires data workers through a web of contractors and sub-contractors. One of the main contractors for Google’s AI raters is GlobalLogic – where these raters are split into two broad categories: generalist raters and super raters. Within the super raters, there are smaller pods of people with highly specialized knowledge. Most workers hired initially for the roles were teachers. Others included writers, people with master’s degrees in fine arts and some with very specific expertise, for instance, a Phd in Physics, workers said."
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Some Excerpts. Folks told to rate information which they had no expertise on:
One work day, her task was to enter details on chemotherapy options for bladder cancer, which haunted her because she wasn’t an expert on the subject. “I pictured a person sitting in their car finding out that they have bladder cancer and googling what I’m editing,” she said. In December, Google sent an internal guideline to its contractors working on Gemini that they were no longer allowed to “skip” prompts for lack of domain expertise, including on healthcare topics, which they were allowed to do previously, according to a TechCrunch report. Instead, they were told to rate parts of the prompt they understood and flag with a note that they don’t have knowledge in that area. Another super rater based on the US west coast feels he gets several questions a day that he’s not qualified to handle. Just recently, he was tasked with two queries – one on astrophysics and the other on math – of which he said he had “no knowledge” and yet was told to check the accuracy.
September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Thinking about the Temple of Dendur today at the Met and how it's often characterized as a "gift" to the United States for their financial help (~$80 million) in preserving Nubian temples during the construction of the Aswan High Dam. +
September 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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My next book “Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature” (Cambridge Elements) coming to you soon!
Dear Dr. Soon, Thank you for submitting the final version of your manuscript entitled "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature", which is acceptable for publication in Cambridge Elements.
August 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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August 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It is my pleasure to present to you my debut album, How Can Illusion Feel So True? This set of ten songs is the first of two albums I have coming out this year. +
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April 4, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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I know the world’s on fire and I just happen to be releasing music in the middle of it all. My new single “Ghost” is out now.
March 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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My new single "Locker" comes out January 10th. #DavyJones
December 5, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Some new music coming out next year. Excited to share it with you all.
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December 1, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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My new article on a previously "undiscovered" Life of Jesus by Martha Watson (1885) has been published in the JSHJ. Grateful for the editors and peer reviewers for their valuable feedback. Link: brill.com/view/journal...
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November 15, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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Just an update on the letter to FIIT about the Lautenschläger award. I did receive a reply from Dr. Michael Welker (see image below). Doesn't look like anything will change. (I will tweet the letter since it's too long for alt-text)
October 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM
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Grateful to be in this New Place. My book A Disabled Apostle with OUP is now available digitally via Oxford Academic in anticipation of a print release next month. You can access it here! academic.oup.com/book/46798
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August 27, 2023 at 11:00 AM