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h229.bsky.social
Really thrilled to receive the honor of first place paper at the PhD level🥇in the West Lakes AAG conference paper competition! Thanks WLAAG! @geographers.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
stowersinstitute.bsky.social
At Stowers, #science isn’t just about asking bold questions, it’s about training bold thinkers. From nurturing innovation to reimagining #PhD-level education, we’re building a future where #discovery leads to cures. #Stowers25

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November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
deutscheguardi1.bsky.social
PhD level
ketanjoshi.co Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 7d
just....enjoy this
November 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
olivierpertz.bsky.social
This Wednesday @bgraedel.bsky.social defended his PhD — crowning an extraordinary scientific journey.
He showed how live-cell imaging and computational modeling can reveal and perturb cytoskeletal dynamics at micrometer and second-level scales.
Thanks Benjamin — a wild, inspiring ride! 🚀
November 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
kresten2.bsky.social
Democracy is not guaranteed by the number of people who get a PhD (congrats by the way) but by the level of basic education given to everyone.

In a democracy everyone (as many as possible) needs to be able to participate.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 AM
rusty.todayintabs.com
Three different senses of the word "derivative" in one answer, the first underlining his apparent belief that a derivative, mathematically, is somehow a "deeper" or more meaningful understanding of something (it's just an equation for the slope of a different equation at any point on a graph).
Q: Let’s go back in time a bit. You are an unusual CEO. You aren’t technical. You went to law school at Stanford and didn’t practice but went to Germany for a PhD in philosophy. What do you think Peter Thiel saw in you that led him to choose you to run his defense-related startup? A: God only knows, but I would say my best explanation is the same things that made Peter the world’s best value investor—he finds people that understand the sixth, seventh, eighth derivative of a problem in a business context. And we were friends. I do think there’s a Germanic overlap, in our aptitude for understanding the consequences of a decision very far out. There’s a lot of Germanic culture in Palantir—the whole process of going deeper and deeper and deeper into a problem, what we call the Five Whys, is very Germanic. The level of rigor to understand if something is plausibly true, or at least figure out if it’s definitively wrong, is definitely a derivative of my education. I would say our high standard of quality is somewhat derivative of authors I read and people I dealt with in Germany.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
tulpadog.bsky.social
You could be right. He might not be very smart at all. But his PhD and MBA indicate an advanced level of academic excellence and achievement that I would hope would correspond to a higher than average level of intelligence. That said, I could be wrong. He does not look smart being in that room.
November 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
tombarys.bsky.social
OpenAI na jedné straně tvrdí, že jejich generátory textu jsou úrovně PhD. level doctor, současně se snaží zbavit zodpovědnosti za následky přesvědčivých, ale nepravdivých výstupů.

Nezapomínejme.

Chatboti jsou generátory nejpravděpodobnějšího textu. Ne nositelé znalostí a faktů.
emilymbender.bsky.social Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 5d
Wow -- look at OpenAI trying to shift responsibility to the users:

🧵>>

www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/art...
Screencap reading: "OpenAI dispelled suggestions that it’s changing its terms around legal and medical advice. In a statement to CTVNews.ca, it said “this is not a new change to our terms. ChatGPT has never been a substitute for professional legal or medical advice, but it will continue to be a great resource to help people understand legal and health information.” The AI research company updated its usage policies on Oct. 29 to clarify that users of ChatGPT can’t use the service for “tailored advice that requires a license, such as legal or medical advice, without appropriate involvement by a licensed professional.”"
November 6, 2025 at 7:19 AM
aaronsojourner.org
Bacon x Sojourner at UMN Humphrey School Spring 2026
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November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
brendanl2011.bsky.social
Absolutely dreadful news and a shocking indictment of UoN.

Speaking as a science PhD with decades of research experience, the current UK attitude to wider education, of which the Arts are an essential part, Is appalling.

The narrowness of the English A Level system doesn't help masters
November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
zeblarson.bsky.social
Would it have deterred me? No, I really wanted a PhD and that level of study. But with everything I know now, I probably would have blown off the academic job market entirely.
November 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
baptistecd.bsky.social
I have always wondered if there is a best method/software to process T1w image (at a vertex/voxel wise level). Elise Delzant has some answers in her first published paper from her PhD. She compared FreeSurfer, CAT12 and FSL across several traits and analyses (association, prediction).
November 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
thegoldfishmind.bsky.social
You and @tcrg2012.bsky.social both are incredible! Women in STEM fields is something I’m so passionate about but to get a PhD in the field, next level!!! 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
paris.nyc
Why Is CR's Level of Concern for Lead So Low?

simply put: there is no safe level of lead exposure. (the FDA & WHO agree!) we base our level on CA's Prop 65 MADL for lead bc it's the most protective standard available. some people dunk on it for this very reason, but again: no safe level of exposure
Why Is CR's Level of Concern for Lead So Low? One way we displayed our test results is as a percentage of CR’s “level of concern” for lead, which is based on the California Prop 65 maximum allowable dose level (MADL) of 0.5 micrograms per day for lead. CR uses this benchmark because it has a wide safety margin built in and our food safety experts believe it is the most protective lead standard available. “There is no safe amount of lead, and we think your exposure to it in the food and water supply should be as low as possible,” says Sana Mujahid, PhD, who oversees food safety research and testing at CR. This line of thinking is echoed by public health authorities around the world: Both the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization have repeatedly stated that there is no known safe level of exposure to lead. And, to be clear, we’re not making any legal statements here: We use Prop 65’s threshold of 0.5 micrograms per day, but a different risk assessment method, so no Prop 65 conclusions can be drawn from our results. For more specifics about CR’s risk assessment, see this methodology sheet (PDF).
November 3, 2025 at 8:51 PM
tomhjhill.bsky.social
I can only assume that the reason for the deluge of AI written papers submitted to journals is because of tech companies desperate to get an AI written article through peer review so they can claim “PhD level of intelligence” for their bot.
carnage4life.bsky.social Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 10d
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.

This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.

Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ecuadordoug.bsky.social
Daniel Biss, Mayor of Evanston (just north of Chicago), is a Harvard Grad, has an MA & PHD from MIT in algebraic topology and is standing up to the "Tonto" Drumpf Regime ICE Brigade! Oh, he has at least 5 level lines on his forehead!
November 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
cashmerecoco.bsky.social
And so it begins…
The implosion of the US begins.
PM Carney’s patience in the trade war could be related as a PhD level economist likely could see trouble coming for Trump’s administration on interest rates.
November 3, 2025 at 5:46 AM
ethoges.bsky.social
Award alert! 🎖️🚨 Every other year, the Ethologische Gesellschaft awards the Niko Tinbergen Award to outstanding post-doc level researchers in Behavioural Biology (<=6yrs post PhD exam).
...and this year is one of these years! Please send us your nominations! 🫵 Infos: www.etho-ges.de/wordpress/aw...
Awards – Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V.
www.etho-ges.de
October 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
livfreeorcry.gay
paul can you guess which of these comments made my experience worse, and which were hidden by your new system?
bsky thread ‪liv‬ i have a type and it's girls who look like they can infodump at a PHD level while i go down on them. ‪Benji @potatosocial.bsky.social‬ I hate to be a brag but when I go down on a girl, it melts her brain and she cant barely form coherent words that are more than a syllable. ‪ liv‬ good for you, random stranger ‪Benji We dont HAVE to be strangers, btw. bsky thread liv extremely loud incorrect buzzer quoted post from benji We dont HAVE to be strangers, btw. benji Let's be clear, I have spent my money to medicate my mental health condition on groceries. I am unmedicated and feeling unhinged and Im sorry. ‪scarol spinball‬ This is a dogshit excuse
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
lepphylo.bsky.social
Gelechioidea, that superdiverse superfamily of Lepidoptera that has been a super mess taxonomically, finally gets some structure at the family level with phylogenomics! Read all about it in our article led by PhD student @etkayapar.bsky.social !
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Integrating Sanger and next‐generation sequencing data sheds light on phylogenetic relationships among gelechioid moths (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)
The maximum-likelihood analysis of a phylogenomic dataset of 1767 protein-coding genes from 57 ingroup taxa yields a robust family-level topology for Gelechioidea, revealing novel among-family relat...
resjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
maryfernando.bsky.social
My son is a post doc at Oxford and the level of funding is far beyond what Canada offers. Same for his PhD in 🇺🇸

The problem is attracting our talent back home with such paltry funding after they’re done their training.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
martinowk.bsky.social
We are hiring for a PhD-level Staff Scientist to join our teams in the Translational Neuroscience Division @lieberinstitute.bsky.social. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the intersection of human 🧠 neuroanatomy and molecular neuroscience

recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/j...
Lieber Institute For Brain Development - Staff Scientist I, Translational Neuroscience
A little about us:The Lieber Institute for Brain Development (LIBD) was established in 2010 to plot a new course in biomedical research that would change the lives of individuals affected with develop...
recruiting.paylocity.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
heathercosta.bsky.social
Trans sociologists, there are dozens of us! Though I only have my Masters right now. Just started PhD level work.
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
lastpositivist.bsky.social
Tbf I have a PhD and am a published social theorist, not everyone can be expected to operate on my level.
October 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
roblotsanumbers.bsky.social
They also have an immigration policy that directly works against the skills shortages in construction. Tradespeople don’t need A-Level standard English or a phd. We need a grown up position on the realities of skills shortages, ballooning pension costs and the positive impact of immigration on this
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 AM