Paul Robinette
@paulrobinette.bsky.social
Roboticist. Asst prof at UMass Lowell.
Fritz’s contribution to National Black Cat Day
October 28, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Fritz’s contribution to National Black Cat Day
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Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Instability and confusion’ as CDC slashes 1,300 jobs before reinstating half
Trump administration says 700 notices were sent in error, while top CDC officer says ‘they didn’t think through what they were doing’
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Dismantling the Institutional Review Board (IRB), that oversees all human subjects research, is bad. Really bad.
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I also wish ill on JK Rowling and if you want to suspend me for that I guess so be it
it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous
August 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I also wish ill on JK Rowling and if you want to suspend me for that I guess so be it
Fritz has been sleeping in this window, so I put a blanket there for him. Apparently this was wrong….
July 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Fritz has been sleeping in this window, so I put a blanket there for him. Apparently this was wrong….
Nice day for good trouble! #goodtrouble in Powderhouse Park, Somerville, MA
July 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nice day for good trouble! #goodtrouble in Powderhouse Park, Somerville, MA
Fritz had to go to the vet today. He’s been trying to find the exact right position to shun me properly.
July 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Fritz had to go to the vet today. He’s been trying to find the exact right position to shun me properly.
Well worth the read to learn about what it is like inside the fbi right now. Can’t help but think his story is adjacent to a leopards at my face story though.
“I was in the midst of preparing for a potential move to Washington, D.C. to take on a new position at FBI headquarters…But, it turned out, I had made a terrible mistake: I had remained friends with someone who had appeared on Kash Patel’s enemies list.”
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
July 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Well worth the read to learn about what it is like inside the fbi right now. Can’t help but think his story is adjacent to a leopards at my face story though.
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The Republican plan for fighting climate change
Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.
Nearly all of Utah is in drought. Gov. Cox again asks Utahns to pray and fast for rain.
Gov. Spencer Cox has asked Utahns, again, to join him in a "Day of Prayer and Fasting for Rain" as nearly all of Utah experiences drought conditions.
www.sltrib.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Republican plan for fighting climate change
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🚨 Ready, (re)set, write! Be part of another inspiring year of robots at #HRI2026 in Edinburgh, March 16 to 19 🏴
📣 Abstracts due: Sept 22
📜 Full papers: Sept 30
Theme: #HRI Empowering Society 🤖
📌 Info on submissions and ACM open-access fees: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/
📣 Abstracts due: Sept 22
📜 Full papers: Sept 30
Theme: #HRI Empowering Society 🤖
📌 Info on submissions and ACM open-access fees: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/
June 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🚨 Ready, (re)set, write! Be part of another inspiring year of robots at #HRI2026 in Edinburgh, March 16 to 19 🏴
📣 Abstracts due: Sept 22
📜 Full papers: Sept 30
Theme: #HRI Empowering Society 🤖
📌 Info on submissions and ACM open-access fees: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/
📣 Abstracts due: Sept 22
📜 Full papers: Sept 30
Theme: #HRI Empowering Society 🤖
📌 Info on submissions and ACM open-access fees: humanrobotinteraction.org/2026/
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Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.
Trump is no stranger to setting 2-week deadlines. Here's how others have played out
Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.
n.pr
June 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Since his first term, Trump has promised action on everything from tax legislation to health care within a fortnight — only for his announcements to materialize months later or not at all.
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If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
June 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.
Nice welcome in Atlanta for ICRA 2025!
May 18, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Nice welcome in Atlanta for ICRA 2025!
How is your grading going? Fritz thinks I should be playing with him instead… #academicsky
May 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
How is your grading going? Fritz thinks I should be playing with him instead… #academicsky
A reminder from IEEE that engineering isn't ALL about math: spectrum.ieee.org/engineering-...
#academicsky
#academicsky
Engineering and the Humanities: It's Complicated
As an electrical engineer turned historian who now studies engineers of the past, I have a good sense of how the engineering profession evolved. And what I've learned is this: Engineers have long reco...
spectrum.ieee.org
May 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A reminder from IEEE that engineering isn't ALL about math: spectrum.ieee.org/engineering-...
#academicsky
#academicsky
Ditto
I am advocating for due process for Abrego Garcia.
JUST IN: Deputy Assistant to the President and "Counterterrorism Czar" Sebastian Gorka says anyone advocating for due process for Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be viewed as "aiding and abetting a terrorist" and be federally charged. (h/t Philip Germain)
April 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Ditto
Closing out posting today with some #caturday photos of Fritz from the last week. We just moved into a new place and he’s still getting used to it.
April 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Closing out posting today with some #caturday photos of Fritz from the last week. We just moved into a new place and he’s still getting used to it.
