Kris Shaffer
@krisshafferphd.com
Consultant in data science and web intelligence. Adjunct instructor in information science. PhD, Yale University. Formerly music theory and critical digital pedagogy.
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Anyone who says you can just have #AI write your code for you... hasn't had AI write code for them!
You can totally do it! And there are some very powerful possibilities. But you have to be a project manager, QA engineer, and helicopter parent all at once.
It's both liberating and exhausting.
You can totally do it! And there are some very powerful possibilities. But you have to be a project manager, QA engineer, and helicopter parent all at once.
It's both liberating and exhausting.
September 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone who says you can just have #AI write your code for you... hasn't had AI write code for them!
You can totally do it! And there are some very powerful possibilities. But you have to be a project manager, QA engineer, and helicopter parent all at once.
It's both liberating and exhausting.
You can totally do it! And there are some very powerful possibilities. But you have to be a project manager, QA engineer, and helicopter parent all at once.
It's both liberating and exhausting.
WhatsApp: “Our app is so private, even we can’t read your messages… while we’re looking at you through your cell phone camera.” 😂😂😂
July 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
WhatsApp: “Our app is so private, even we can’t read your messages… while we’re looking at you through your cell phone camera.” 😂😂😂
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Parents’ genes – even when not directly inherited by a child – may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by @uclpals.bsky.social.
Non-inherited genes affect children’s development
Parents’ genes – even when not directly inherited by a child – may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by UCL researchers.
buff.ly
May 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Parents’ genes – even when not directly inherited by a child – may play a role in their educational and mental health outcomes, finds a new report by @uclpals.bsky.social.
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Extremely funny to me that right wingers are combing through the new pope’s old tweets and trying to cancel him like Disney just cast him in a live action Frozen remake
May 8, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Extremely funny to me that right wingers are combing through the new pope’s old tweets and trying to cancel him like Disney just cast him in a live action Frozen remake
I hear there’s a new tribute album in the works.
May 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I hear there’s a new tribute album in the works.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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Interesting point about "delve," "leverage," other "AI words."
May 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Interesting point about "delve," "leverage," other "AI words."
Well, that was fast!
Also... "poopbutt".
Also... "poopbutt".
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Well, that was fast!
Also... "poopbutt".
Also... "poopbutt".
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NSO to pay almost 168 million in damages!
Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group!
This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice!
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group!
This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice!
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
NSO Fined $168 Million for Pegasus Spyware Attack on WhatsApp
In a landmark verdict, NSO Group must pay almost $168 million in damages for using Pegasus spyware to target WhatsApp.
www.accessnow.org
May 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NSO to pay almost 168 million in damages!
Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group!
This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice!
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Congrats to WhatsApp on this historic (yes, historic) jury verdict against NSO Group!
This is also a win for all the researchers, advocates & victims who have been tirelessly exposing NSO's abuses & advocating for justice!
www.accessnow.org/press-releas...
Asking the latest GPT advanced reasoning models (o3 and o4) to perform complex data analysis/machine learning tasks is both entertaining and instructive.
May 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Asking the latest GPT advanced reasoning models (o3 and o4) to perform complex data analysis/machine learning tasks is both entertaining and instructive.
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NEW: Denver City Council votes unanimously not to renew a contract for vehicle tracking cameras over fears that ICE will use the camera network for immigration enforcement. #copolitics
May 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
NEW: Denver City Council votes unanimously not to renew a contract for vehicle tracking cameras over fears that ICE will use the camera network for immigration enforcement. #copolitics
"Technology can identify locations from photographs now. It’s vitally important that people understand how easy this is."
This is a really cool new feature AND a major security/privacy risk that you really can't do anything about. So, you know, Generative AI...
This is a really cool new feature AND a major security/privacy risk that you really can't do anything about. So, you know, Generative AI...
Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...
simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/26/...
Watching o3 guess a photo’s location is surreal, dystopian and wildly entertaining
Watching OpenAI’s new o3 model guess where a photo was taken is one of those moments where decades of science fiction suddenly come to life. It’s a cross between the …
simonwillison.net
April 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
"Technology can identify locations from photographs now. It’s vitally important that people understand how easy this is."
This is a really cool new feature AND a major security/privacy risk that you really can't do anything about. So, you know, Generative AI...
This is a really cool new feature AND a major security/privacy risk that you really can't do anything about. So, you know, Generative AI...
Gonna be Barsenalona for the #UEFA women’s #championsleague final this year. And there’s a good chance it will be for the men, too!
April 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Gonna be Barsenalona for the #UEFA women’s #championsleague final this year. And there’s a good chance it will be for the men, too!
Do people normally watch movies they like fewer than six times???
a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a blurred background
media.tenor.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Do people normally watch movies they like fewer than six times???
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In the cogsci discussions I have with students I get asked this a lot.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/impact-...
#cogscisci
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/impact-...
#cogscisci
April 18, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In the cogsci discussions I have with students I get asked this a lot.
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/impact-...
#cogscisci
www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/impact-...
#cogscisci
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Like you don’t even really need to say why, though if it’s significantly inspired something in your own research or teaching, do say so.
Ditto if you give someone’s work to students and they enjoy it or it sparks lively discussion.
Normalise telling people how awesome they are.
Ditto if you give someone’s work to students and they enjoy it or it sparks lively discussion.
Normalise telling people how awesome they are.
April 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Like you don’t even really need to say why, though if it’s significantly inspired something in your own research or teaching, do say so.
Ditto if you give someone’s work to students and they enjoy it or it sparks lively discussion.
Normalise telling people how awesome they are.
Ditto if you give someone’s work to students and they enjoy it or it sparks lively discussion.
Normalise telling people how awesome they are.
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I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I don’t know which academic needs to hear this but yes you should absolutely email other academics just to tell them you enjoyed their article/book/chapter. Just do it. Don’t overthink it.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
Hello So-and-so, just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed ‘Title’. Hope you’re well. Best, You.
Done.
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🧠💉 Psychology & vaccines
A new study identifies four psychological profiles linked to vaccine attitudes – from eco-humanists to sceptics.
Connectedness to nature predicts vaccine trust, while egoism & conspiracy thinking predict hesitancy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415...
#SciComm #Vaccines 🧪
A new study identifies four psychological profiles linked to vaccine attitudes – from eco-humanists to sceptics.
Connectedness to nature predicts vaccine trust, while egoism & conspiracy thinking predict hesitancy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415...
#SciComm #Vaccines 🧪
Individual voices, collective health: a person-centered cross-sectional study to identify psychological drivers of vaccination attitudes - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Individual voices, collective health: a person-centered cross-sectional study to identify psychological drivers of vaccination attitudes
doi.org
April 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
🧠💉 Psychology & vaccines
A new study identifies four psychological profiles linked to vaccine attitudes – from eco-humanists to sceptics.
Connectedness to nature predicts vaccine trust, while egoism & conspiracy thinking predict hesitancy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415...
#SciComm #Vaccines 🧪
A new study identifies four psychological profiles linked to vaccine attitudes – from eco-humanists to sceptics.
Connectedness to nature predicts vaccine trust, while egoism & conspiracy thinking predict hesitancy.
🔗 doi.org/10.1057/s415...
#SciComm #Vaccines 🧪
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It is becoming increasingly funny to me when I see things like 'AI will be able to do all research!'
Buddy I don't know how to break it to you, but the amount of information that is not in any sort of digital form, let alone machine readable, is massive.
Buddy I don't know how to break it to you, but the amount of information that is not in any sort of digital form, let alone machine readable, is massive.
April 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It is becoming increasingly funny to me when I see things like 'AI will be able to do all research!'
Buddy I don't know how to break it to you, but the amount of information that is not in any sort of digital form, let alone machine readable, is massive.
Buddy I don't know how to break it to you, but the amount of information that is not in any sort of digital form, let alone machine readable, is massive.
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✅ Writing isn’t about sounding smart. It’s about being understood.
🗣️ Keep your voice. Write for students. Write for your parents. Write like it matters; because it does.
💟 Writing is thinking. It keeps your science on track, your ideas evolving, and your impact real.
9/10
🗣️ Keep your voice. Write for students. Write for your parents. Write like it matters; because it does.
💟 Writing is thinking. It keeps your science on track, your ideas evolving, and your impact real.
9/10
March 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
✅ Writing isn’t about sounding smart. It’s about being understood.
🗣️ Keep your voice. Write for students. Write for your parents. Write like it matters; because it does.
💟 Writing is thinking. It keeps your science on track, your ideas evolving, and your impact real.
9/10
🗣️ Keep your voice. Write for students. Write for your parents. Write like it matters; because it does.
💟 Writing is thinking. It keeps your science on track, your ideas evolving, and your impact real.
9/10
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A collection of modules, datasets, and other resources for learning to program in R, geared toward students in psychology and neuroscience: ritcheym.github.io/ppn/
Programming for Psychology and Neuroscience – PPN
ritcheym.github.io
April 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A collection of modules, datasets, and other resources for learning to program in R, geared toward students in psychology and neuroscience: ritcheym.github.io/ppn/
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Move major scientific journals out of the reach of US jurisdiction NOW
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
‘Vaguely Threatening’: Federal Prosecutor Queries Leading Medical Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Move major scientific journals out of the reach of US jurisdiction NOW
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/h...
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"Signal is a commercially available app that is not authorized to be used for sensitive or classified information. It’s encrypted, but can be hacked."
This is just sloppy writing, implying that the problem with Signal is that someone might break its encryption.
apnews.com/article/hegs...
This is just sloppy writing, implying that the problem with Signal is that someone might break its encryption.
apnews.com/article/hegs...
Hegseth had an unsecured internet line set up in his office to connect to Signal, AP sources say
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his office to use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer.
apnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Signal is a commercially available app that is not authorized to be used for sensitive or classified information. It’s encrypted, but can be hacked."
This is just sloppy writing, implying that the problem with Signal is that someone might break its encryption.
apnews.com/article/hegs...
This is just sloppy writing, implying that the problem with Signal is that someone might break its encryption.
apnews.com/article/hegs...