Ashli
mythagon.bsky.social
Ashli
@mythagon.bsky.social
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In the spring of 2008, I feared America was on the verge of war with Iran — and, believing that it’s good style to get to know people before you bomb them, I made “Rick Steves’ Iran,” a one-hour special that could (and would) only debut on PBS. Sadly, this special has become pertinent again today.
Iran
Join Rick as he explores the most surprising and fascinating land he's ever visited: Iran. In a one-hour, ground-breaking travel special on public television, you'll discover the splendid monuments of...
www.ricksteves.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The majority of my taste in humor is thanks to Mel Brooks movies. Cannot wait.
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Allowing other people who are not you to decide what matters to you."
37 minute video. Worth it.
algorithmic complacency and the decline of human agency. youtu.be/QEJpZjg8GuA?...

(Thanks to @techconnectify.bsky.social for helping me understand everything from pinball machines to microwaves to .... the world.)
Algorithms are breaking how we think
YouTube video by Technology Connections
youtu.be
February 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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The Project for Awesome is a very fun and silly but also important event that raises millions of dollars for global health and other charities voted on by YOU. It has just begun. Please join us at ProjectforAwesome.com/live
February 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
And this is an underestimate by a wide margin. Indirect rate costs are not just in labs in schools of medicine.
Very helpful data aggregation on the financial impacts of the proposed 15% #NIH indirect rate 👇 datawrapper.dwcdn.net/l0ZqA/8/
February 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.

I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.

grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is how you get research scientists to leave the US.
February 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I need someone from California who know the CA-CCSS to help me understand why (using grade 8 as an example) 8.EE.7a and 8.EE.7b are standards but 8.EE.7 is not. (ditto for every other standard with a substandard)
January 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Just got emailed (unsolicited) a job posting to be a part time AI Math Instructor (remote). I don't understand anything anymore.
January 8, 2025 at 11:28 PM