Layne Kyung
@laynekyung.bsky.social
queer hag | cats, prints, ultimate, and watercolors | bi from MI in DC | international vespa menace
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I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
October 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?
But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.
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An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.
Bear Breaks Into California Zoo to Mingle With Other Bears
Officials at Sequoia Park Zoo have no idea how the young bear got into the zoo and went “nose-to-nose” with the three bears there.
nyti.ms
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An employee at Sequoia Park Zoo in Northern California found a black bear who came in from the wild, introduced itself to the zoo’s bears and played with their toys, before being shown the exit.
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I really wish I didn’t need to read or think about this. But we do.
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate. n.pr/3J0HVBC
Study: We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
Antimicrobial resistance is responsible for some 1.2 million deaths a year a year and contributes to millions more. Data in the new report shows that the problem is growing at an alarming rate.
n.pr
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I really wish I didn’t need to read or think about this. But we do.
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One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
October 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
One thing that comes through awfully clearly in these ICE videos is how many of these goons gravitated toward the job because being able to assault people with impunity is a big thrill for them.
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All the pun Halloween costumes in BOB'S BURGERS are great but my favorite is Tina going as The Sher-Loch Ness Monster, "A mystery that solves mysteries."
October 2, 2025 at 12:30 AM
All the pun Halloween costumes in BOB'S BURGERS are great but my favorite is Tina going as The Sher-Loch Ness Monster, "A mystery that solves mysteries."
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I feel like not nearly enough people understand this:
"Where real thinking involves organic associations, speculative leaps, and surprise inferences, AI can only recognize and repeat embedded word chains, based on elaborately automated statistical guesswork."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"Where real thinking involves organic associations, speculative leaps, and surprise inferences, AI can only recognize and repeat embedded word chains, based on elaborately automated statistical guesswork."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I feel like not nearly enough people understand this:
"Where real thinking involves organic associations, speculative leaps, and surprise inferences, AI can only recognize and repeat embedded word chains, based on elaborately automated statistical guesswork."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
"Where real thinking involves organic associations, speculative leaps, and surprise inferences, AI can only recognize and repeat embedded word chains, based on elaborately automated statistical guesswork."
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
I feel like coming generations aren’t getting to see Don Bluth’s films and that’s a serious disservice to them.
September 29, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I feel like coming generations aren’t getting to see Don Bluth’s films and that’s a serious disservice to them.
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🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
www.nsf.gov
September 26, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🧪The NSF has made changes to the GRFP solicitation and eligibility TODAY that may change your eligibility! PLEASE read through the solicitation if you were planning to apply and speak to your mentors about the merits of applying: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...
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I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.
Beware the drive to scale technology
When it comes to technology, scalability—its capacity to be standardized and then distributed en masse and across contexts—is the ultimate goal. Scientists and engineers view scalability as the route ...
www.science.org
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I am a new Expert Voices columnist @science.org and my first article just came out! In it, I argue that scaling technology has a dark side, particularly when it comes to alleviating inequality and injustice. And I suggest what scientists, engineers, and policymakers can do about it.
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The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.
Fat Bear Week is here early, and the bears are fat and playful
The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.
n.pr
September 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The famous bears of Alaska's Katmai National Park are enjoying an abundance of salmon, and even some playtime, as they pack on pounds to prepare for the winter.
Many thanks to @scientistsorg.bsky.social and the National Science Policy Network for hosting a great workshop today on navigating the shifts in the federal S&T policy landscape!
September 18, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Many thanks to @scientistsorg.bsky.social and the National Science Policy Network for hosting a great workshop today on navigating the shifts in the federal S&T policy landscape!
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Your mind is a marvel. Embrace that. It is not difficult to ascertain when students are using AI because the writing is bad. If your goal is to get a good grade, you want to put your best writing forward. I prefer flawed, human writing to mediocre machine writing.
September 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Your mind is a marvel. Embrace that. It is not difficult to ascertain when students are using AI because the writing is bad. If your goal is to get a good grade, you want to put your best writing forward. I prefer flawed, human writing to mediocre machine writing.
DTW 🧡
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
DTW 🧡
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This op-ed from NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is *infuriating*. He says we have to stop funding mRNA vaccine research because it hasn't "earned public trust." Motherfucker, WHO DID THAT.
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This op-ed from NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is *infuriating*. He says we have to stop funding mRNA vaccine research because it hasn't "earned public trust." Motherfucker, WHO DID THAT.
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NSF killing broader impacts as they've been practiced.
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
Updates on NSF Priorities
www.nsf.gov
April 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NSF killing broader impacts as they've been practiced.
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
"efforts should not preference some groups at the expense of others ... projects with more narrow impact limited to subgroups of people based on protected class or characteristics do not effectuate NSF priorities."
www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...
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Reminder: 23andMe has declared bankruptcy and all of its assets will be sold, including any data about you. If you have data with them, delete that data, right now.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Column | Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now
The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”
www.washingtonpost.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Reminder: 23andMe has declared bankruptcy and all of its assets will be sold, including any data about you. If you have data with them, delete that data, right now.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
Concerned About Your OB-GYN Visit? A Guide to What Should Happen — and What Shouldn’t.
As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, many women told us they didn’t know what was normal. With the help of providers, patients and experts, we created this guide.
propub.li
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, we’ve learned that many women felt they didn’t know what was normal during a visit, or didn’t know what they could do to speak up.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
We created this guide to help fill this gap.
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Inter-con, USIP security contractor, had contract terminated by USIP but still had one physical key to building. DOGE went to contractor VP's house and said "you either let us in or we're gonna cancel all your other government business." Inter-con then turned on USIP, and used key to let DOGE in.
March 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Inter-con, USIP security contractor, had contract terminated by USIP but still had one physical key to building. DOGE went to contractor VP's house and said "you either let us in or we're gonna cancel all your other government business." Inter-con then turned on USIP, and used key to let DOGE in.
Noooooooooo this is a bummer 😭
Max has canceled Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble’s ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls.’ But they’re still hoping to transfer.
Max Expels The Sex Lives of College Girls
Max has canceled Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble’s ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls.’ But they’re still hoping to transfer.
www.vulture.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Noooooooooo this is a bummer 😭
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I spoke with @audiosand.bsky.social for @npr.org All Things Considered about the fact that the "Anti-DEI" movement is an anti-Civil Rights Movement.
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
Experts worry that DEIA bans are part of a push to undo the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Civil rights experts worry bans on DEIA in education and government are part of a larger, ongoing push to undo the country's 1964 Civil Rights Act.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I spoke with @audiosand.bsky.social for @npr.org All Things Considered about the fact that the "Anti-DEI" movement is an anti-Civil Rights Movement.
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/17/n...
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My take on replacing federal workers w/AI: "AI does not, in fact, ‘understand’ anything...It’s a use of computational methods to find patterns, based on historical data. And so it is likely to have limited utility, and even reinforce historical biases.” More here. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...
Elon Musk wants to use AI to run US gov’t, but experts say ‘very bad’ idea
Gov’t use of AI can go wrong in many ways, experts say, including lack of transparency on how tools are trained.
www.aljazeera.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My take on replacing federal workers w/AI: "AI does not, in fact, ‘understand’ anything...It’s a use of computational methods to find patterns, based on historical data. And so it is likely to have limited utility, and even reinforce historical biases.” More here. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...