Mike Deutsch
@mdeutschmtl.bsky.social
Edu tinkerer and connector. Math & CS pedagogy. @mdeutschmtl here and elsewhere. Montréal.
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📣 Friends, it's thesis writing time for me! 🤓 I should NOT be spending my precious time & attention here!
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
✨ @jeffpearlman.bsky.social is WEARING AN EXPOS CAP and TALKING ABOUT THE BILLY RIPKEN 1989 FLEER "FUCK FACE" CARD. youtu.be/hcgMH4qMVYw?...
Billy Ripken & The F*** Face Card | The Funniest Baseball Card Of All-Time
YouTube video by Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
✨ @jeffpearlman.bsky.social is WEARING AN EXPOS CAP and TALKING ABOUT THE BILLY RIPKEN 1989 FLEER "FUCK FACE" CARD. youtu.be/hcgMH4qMVYw?...
Realizing via some new followers that some of my recent threads are easy to mix up.
To recap: (1) my wife’s recovering from cancer, (2) i just lost a very close friend & mentor, and (3) I’m struggling to finish my master’s thesis.
Oh. #3 makes sense now. 🥺
To recap: (1) my wife’s recovering from cancer, (2) i just lost a very close friend & mentor, and (3) I’m struggling to finish my master’s thesis.
Oh. #3 makes sense now. 🥺
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Realizing via some new followers that some of my recent threads are easy to mix up.
To recap: (1) my wife’s recovering from cancer, (2) i just lost a very close friend & mentor, and (3) I’m struggling to finish my master’s thesis.
Oh. #3 makes sense now. 🥺
To recap: (1) my wife’s recovering from cancer, (2) i just lost a very close friend & mentor, and (3) I’m struggling to finish my master’s thesis.
Oh. #3 makes sense now. 🥺
I lost a dear friend last week; suffered for years in his gradually-degrading shell. He was a scientist & humanist and loved using a bit of calm bluntness to cut through my sentimentality... so this was a perfect reminder to find in our old emails. by @humanistengineer.bsky.social
😔 Rest now, Guy.
😔 Rest now, Guy.
medium.atheistengineer.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I lost a dear friend last week; suffered for years in his gradually-degrading shell. He was a scientist & humanist and loved using a bit of calm bluntness to cut through my sentimentality... so this was a perfect reminder to find in our old emails. by @humanistengineer.bsky.social
😔 Rest now, Guy.
😔 Rest now, Guy.
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Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy Thursday, Canada 🍁
New, in Honest Names for LLM Output:
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
Why you need your whole body – from head to toes – to think | Aeon Essays
Contemplating the world requires a body, and a body requires an immune system: the rungs of life create the stuff of thought
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What if thinking doesn’t begin in the brain, but in the ceaseless labour of our cells? Today’s essay rethinks the question of how we become minds, arguing that cognition begins not in the mind but in the collective processes that keep a body alive @annaciaunica.bsky.social
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When you have kids one day you just start talking like a dad. My kid slept in this morning and I greeted him with, "Glad to see you among the living!"
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
When you have kids one day you just start talking like a dad. My kid slept in this morning and I greeted him with, "Glad to see you among the living!"
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
I've never used that phrase in my life. It just came out.
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Previous research makes plain that student response opportunities are an essential component of good instruction and student learning. However, much more evidence is needed to determine what defines high quality student responses during mathematics instruction.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Previous research makes plain that student response opportunities are an essential component of good instruction and student learning. However, much more evidence is needed to determine what defines high quality student responses during mathematics instruction.
I haven’t read xkcd regularly in years, then I happened to visit today because my xkcd-loving buddy just died… and today’s cartoon captures the dominant arc in my life right now.
I mean… the personal ones… 🥺
They’re just sublime.
xkcd.com/3172/
I mean… the personal ones… 🥺
They’re just sublime.
xkcd.com/3172/
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I haven’t read xkcd regularly in years, then I happened to visit today because my xkcd-loving buddy just died… and today’s cartoon captures the dominant arc in my life right now.
I mean… the personal ones… 🥺
They’re just sublime.
xkcd.com/3172/
I mean… the personal ones… 🥺
They’re just sublime.
xkcd.com/3172/
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
📣 Friends, it's thesis writing time for me! 🤓 I should NOT be spending my precious time & attention here!
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
November 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
📣 Friends, it's thesis writing time for me! 🤓 I should NOT be spending my precious time & attention here!
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
I IMPLORE YOU: now thru Dec 31, if you see me enjoying myself here in any way, GET IN MY FACE and TAP THE SIGN. Thank you. -md 🫣
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"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
New, in Honest Names for LLM Output:
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
Next in our ongoing series, Honest Names for LLMs.
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
"word schmear" 🤣
@garymarcus.bsky.social garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
New, in Honest Names for LLM Output:
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
writing: "essay-shaped objects" @emilymbender.bsky.social
vibecoding: "solution-shaped objects" @retr0.id
Reaching NEW HEIGHTS OF AVOIDANCE this morning! ✨😎
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Reaching NEW HEIGHTS OF AVOIDANCE this morning! ✨😎
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Why is generative AI bad??? I promise there are tons of articles and books that will explain why that have been out for decades.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Why is generative AI bad??? I promise there are tons of articles and books that will explain why that have been out for decades.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
If you need suggestions let me know. There are several people of here that wrote them.
Oh. 😳
I know what I’m doing with that last bit of buttermilk in the fridge.
I know what I’m doing with that last bit of buttermilk in the fridge.
November 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Oh. 😳
I know what I’m doing with that last bit of buttermilk in the fridge.
I know what I’m doing with that last bit of buttermilk in the fridge.
Oh. That word, “samefood.”
Never heard that but I instantly understand it and can taste a few of mine just by imagining them. Huh.
Never heard that but I instantly understand it and can taste a few of mine just by imagining them. Huh.
I feel like this might be an autistic horror trope at this point. Loss of a samefood, safefood or comfort food is piffling in the grand scheme of things, sure, but it does affect your life.
I had that thing today where a place you used to love is suddenly not so good anymore.
It’s been my go-to for awhile. You know this kind of spot. A little happy place bubble.
One day you go and the food is off, the employees are younger/worse, and it’s just not good but it also isn’t *bad*.
It’s been my go-to for awhile. You know this kind of spot. A little happy place bubble.
One day you go and the food is off, the employees are younger/worse, and it’s just not good but it also isn’t *bad*.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Oh. That word, “samefood.”
Never heard that but I instantly understand it and can taste a few of mine just by imagining them. Huh.
Never heard that but I instantly understand it and can taste a few of mine just by imagining them. Huh.
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If you would like your own READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS bumper sticker, or T-shirt, BookMoon carries them.
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
If you would like your own READ BOOKS PUNCH NAZIS bumper sticker, or T-shirt, BookMoon carries them.
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
I get more compliments on this bumper sticker, I swear…
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Libraries are SO important 🥹
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Libraries are SO important 🥹
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“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
🎯 Clearing the way for abusers and cheats of all kinds, all the way down.
It is interesting to me how many of the “deprofessionalized” professions on the Dept of Education lists are people in the position to encounter evidence of abuse - especially for children- and are mandated reporters.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
🎯 Clearing the way for abusers and cheats of all kinds, all the way down.
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Just ported @ryanfeigenbaum.com's amazing color logic into a standalone, MIT-licensed library. Perceptually uniform palettes for your next generative art or design project. 🎨 meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Just ported @ryanfeigenbaum.com's amazing color logic into a standalone, MIT-licensed library. Perceptually uniform palettes for your next generative art or design project. 🎨 meodai.github.io/pro-color-ha...
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“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.”
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
- Stephen Jay Gould, 1979
“I think we’ve all seen YouTube clips of a toddler asking Alexa to play a song, and getting something completely different and really inappropriate,” she said.
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, HOW?!
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, HOW?!
“This study is trying to understand how we can leverage AI and machine-learning principles to improve recognition for toddlers and preschoolers.”
Canadian researchers look into how AI can better understand toddler talk like 'doodidees' | CBC News
Two researchers at Western University in London, Ont., are studying how to improve the way artificial intelligence understands toddlers' speaking patterns. They're recruiting preschool-age children to...
www.cbc.ca
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
“I think we’ve all seen YouTube clips of a toddler asking Alexa to play a song, and getting something completely different and really inappropriate,” she said.
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, HOW?!
AND THIS IS A PROBLEM, HOW?!
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really wish that Fridays on Bluesky were "everyone post your weirdest finds / shower thoughts of the week"
I mean, we could just do it
I mean, we could just do it
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
really wish that Fridays on Bluesky were "everyone post your weirdest finds / shower thoughts of the week"
I mean, we could just do it
I mean, we could just do it