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Erik Angner

@erikangner.com

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se

Infographic with AI slop published in Nature Scientific Reports

November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM

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@luna-li.me

I need a three year break from all of this

November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM

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John Holbein

@johnholbein1.bsky.social

Does blinding--i.e., concealing applicants' identities--reduce gender gaps in academic conference paper acceptances?

Nope!

Does blinding do anything?

It does! Blinding reduces gaps in acceptances by institution rank.

haruka-uchida.github.io/websitefiles...

November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM

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legal cat 🐾👻

@legalcat.bsky.social

remember to stream your family fights live tomorrow! share that holiday spirit with those of us without our own seasonal tension!

November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM

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@luna-li.me

really regretting monetizing my hobbies (getting a phd)

November 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM

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Kate Ozment

@grubstreetwomen.bsky.social

A little treat on my day off, because I deserve it 💚

Snap of a book titled Female Printmakers, printsellers, and print publishers in the eighteenth century: the imprint of women c. 1700-1830

November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM

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Tim Onion

@bencollins.bsky.social

This is true. It is the best email I got this year.

I work as an elder and hospice caregiver, which I am oddly passionate about. I can love on them shamelessly and no one complains about my codependence. It's a win-win situation.

Many of my caregiving colleagues complain about the repetitive questions and, sometimes reactions, of the elderly, especially when those patients happen to read the newspaper, especially with the current downward spiral of our country — as if these people haven't lived through enough horror...

I love my dementia peeps, but sometimes wonder if there's a Guinness Book World Record for how many times an hour a dementia patient can repeat the same question — it's got to be in the hundreds. At least with small children, they ask different questions. Dementia patients will get stuck on one short question and ask it until you can interrupt their train(carousel) of thought and successfully redirect their attention. That carousel is pretty manic sometimes.

A couple days ago, I picked up my mail from the post office and drove over to the nursing home to take (let's call her "Miss Daisy") Miss Daisy out for a drive. Before we took off on our road trip, to the end of The Road and back, in our landlocked little town (Juneau, Alaska), I set my copy of The Onion down in front of her.

Over our two-hour excursion, tiny Miss Daisy read that front page at least a dozen times and each time she would snicker, giggle, and guffaw, then put it down on the dash board and, a minute later, discover it anew. I think it was the best afternoon of my life. We don't often hear them laugh and when they do, it's the sweetest thing you've ever heard.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the really important work all of you do. You make the world a better place.

November 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM

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Kenzo Nera

@kenzonera.bsky.social

New working paper about a question that’s been a splinter in my brain for years – and I know I’m not alone: can researchers draw conclusions about “belief in conspiracy theories” while our research samples consist mostly of people who reject such beliefs? 1/10

link: osf.io/preprints/ps...

November 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM

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Colton Casto

@coltoncasto.bsky.social

What does it mean to understand language? We argue that the brain’s core language system is limited, and that *deeply* understanding language requires EXPORTING info to other brain regions.
w/ @neuranna.bsky.social @evfedorenko.bsky.social @nancykanwisher.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2511.19757
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What does it mean to understand language?

Language understanding entails not just extracting the surface-level meaning of the linguistic input, but constructing rich mental models of the situation it describes. Here we propose that because pr...

arxiv.org

November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM

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@luna-li.me

sorry but consciousness is something a living thing does if it ain’t alive it ain’t conscious

November 26, 2025 at 7:47 AM

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Dax Kellie

@daxkellie.bsky.social

If you missed my talk but still want some tips for writing good code for scientists, my slides are here:

daxkellie.quarto.pub/a-guide-to-w...

All the links and references are there too in case you want to see more! 😀🧪🌏

#ESA2025 #rstats #quartopub

Title slide with text:
A guide to writing good code for the busy scientist

Black text over stripey pale brown-green background

November 26, 2025 at 6:12 AM

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@luna-li.me

I want to work for this organization so badly

YouGov America @today.yougov.com · 1d

New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...

A chart of YouGov polling data with the headline: "A majority of Americans believe that aliens exist."

The chart's sub-headline is: "How likely do you think it is that each of the following beings exist? (% who believe they definitely or probably exist) ."

The chart has the note: "Note: Responses of "probably does not exist," "definitely does not exist," and "not sure" are not shown. "

November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee 52A @ MICE

@alexandragallant.com

People keep saying stuff like this, while companies have been literally advertising 'AI can do your laundry, just have it analyze the tag' and then showing someone WASHING SEQUINED CLOTHING. Even the use cases they advertise are SO WRONG.

November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM

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Surly Amy

@surlyamy.bsky.social

Just listed two new neuron mugs. Surly.etsy.com #sciart

A purple stoneware mug with a multipolar neuron design in black.

A wavy pale blue mug with various neurons all around the surface.

November 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM

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Daniel Lakens

@lakens.bsky.social

Many Gen AI tools are free now. If you do not train yourself (e.g. you never learn how to program without them) you will be dependent on them. In the future they will increase their prices drastically, and you will have to pay, because you can't do without them anymore.

November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM

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@luna-li.me

im going to throw up

ProPublica @propublica.org · 2d

8/ So why are children being left to languish in federal shelters?

Advocates for immigrant kids believe it's to pressure them to self-deport. Last week, lawyers obtained a document the government provides to kids in the shelter system:

Document in both English and Spanish. The English section (top) reads: You have been identified as an unaccompanied minor. This information is intended to provide clarity about the steps involved. You have the option to voluntarily return to your country of origin, and you can return to your country within 72 hours. If you choose to voluntarily return to your country, there will be no administrative consequence, and you will still have the opportunity to apply for a visa, through legal means in the future. If you choose to seek a hearing with an immigration judge or indicate a fear of returning to your country, you can expect the following:

-You will be detained in the custody of the United States Government, for a prolonged period of time.
-If your sponsor in the United States does not have legal immigration status, they will be subject to arrest and removal from the United States. The sponsor may be subject to criminal prosecution for aiding your illegal entry.
-If you cannot substantiate your claim of fear of returning to your country, you can be barred from legally applying for a visa.
-If you turn 18 years of age while in U.S. Government custody, you will be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for removal (deportation) from the United States. This can result in being barred from applying for a visa in the future.

November 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM

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@luna-li.me

"couldn't hurt to try" I say as I fail so hard in each attempt it haunts me for the rest of time

November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM

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Hiddenherstory

@hiddenherstory.bsky.social

Tye Leung Schulze became the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election in 1912. She worked as a translator at Angel Island and fought for immigrant women and girls. Her courage opened doors in a country that tried to keep them shut. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
shorturl.at/psm1I

November 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM

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@luna-li.me

it's weird that I've never been taught how to write

November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM

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Mindy Weisberger

@laminda.bsky.social

Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇

www.nature.com/articles/s44...