Mastodawn

Leonardo Uieda 2h ago

The research fairy Aug 15, 2024

"You didn't protest correctly"

- Old centrist proverb

Leonardo Uieda 10h ago

The research fairy Apr 27

Tom Bombadil is a god from a pantheon unrelated to Eru Iluvatar that Manwë doesn't want you to know about

Leonardo Uieda 1d ago

Noam Ross 1d ago

Very proud of, and sad for, our friends at @thecarpentries for turning down a $1.5M #NSF grant rather than abandon their values. The (illegal) demands that they abandon DEI work were fundamentally at odds with their mission, and they made a hard and principled choice.

Click through for ways you can support them, financially or otherwise.

https://carpentries.org/blog/2025/06/announcing-withdrawal-of-nsf-pose-proposal/

Announcing Withdrawal of NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems Proposal

In September 2024, The Carpentries submitted a proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) Program. This project would position The Carpentries as a leading open source ecosystem and further solidify our independence as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation. Developing a proposal of this magnitude (1.5 million USD) involved a significant amount of preparation, from conceptualisation of the idea to navigating the complex submission process. It was the first time The Carpentries did it on our own, with our Associate Director, Erin Becker, leading as principal investigator.

The Carpentries

Leonardo Uieda 1d ago

Mark Wieczorek 2d ago

If you are impressed by the recent advances in artificial intelligence, you shouldn't be.

The human brain is powered by only 20 W. That is how much energy a traditional incandescent light bulb uses.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8364152/

Brain power

PubMed Central (PMC)

Leonardo Uieda 2d ago

Dan Gillmor 3d ago

Seen on Bluesky:

Guy explains to CEO of Signal (messaging) that it's going to add "AI" to the service. She says no. He insists, not knowing or caring who he's talking down to.

Leonardo Uieda 3d ago

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chris martens 3d ago

love to see it

Leonardo Uieda 3d ago

Dr. Or M. Bialik 3d ago

We talk a lot about #sea level rise due to #warming and ice melt. That it's not just based on models. We have a robust #geological record of ice melt events to talk about this with relative confidence*.

* Science speak for "we're fairly sure"

Link: https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.aaa4019