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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 6h

University of Tokyo has chosen its first woman president, Yuko Fujigaki.

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Oliver Haimson @haimson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We have a stellar lineup of "actors" for the AI Powder play at #CSCW2026! I'll be announcing our cast gradually leading up to the performance. To start, we have @michaelannephd.bsky.social playing Dr. Putnam, a trauma surgeon who uses AI Powder to "heal" his patients.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We had a (hopefully) last day of rain for awhile in Boston, and while getting out during one of the drier periods I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A swamp on an overcast day. The grassy islands of land are brown, and the leaves on the trees of the forest on the far bank are starting to turn different fall colors.

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Context is 🤌 "A third of voting shareholders objected last year to a pair of $80 million retention bonuses for Chief Executive Officer David Solomon and President John Waldron, the most pushback on executive compensation the firm has ever experienced." ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/goldman...

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Goldman Revamps Shareholder Voting Options After Fight Over Pay

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to give individual shareholders the option of letting the board of directors decide how their votes will be cast, a year after coming closer than ever to having its exec...

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was at a show in Boston tonight and the only thing that got universal boos was a ChatGPT mention. And that includes the Yankees

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As my dog clearly illustrates, it was an inside kind of day in Boston. And while taking it easy while the storm rolls through I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s

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Catherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

MIT spent $3 million on 500 AI-capable surveillance cameras while laying people off, shutting down libraries, and canceling journal subscriptions. In this article, 4 faculty & I discuss our new arts initiative to celebrate surveillance and repression on college campuses: fnl.mit.edu/how-we-learn...

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How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance – MIT Faculty Newsletter

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Luke Yoquinto @lukeyoquinto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tip for jobseekers: don’t drink iced coffee during your interview. Instead hydrate—and demonstrate resourcefulness—by drinking from a nearby flower vase.

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Rod Van Meter @rdvquantum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Geez. I have long described Mike & Ike (Nielsen & Chuang) as a steep climb for beginners in #quantumcomputing. I was just reminded that it reaches teleportation on p. 26! And it's covered in two pages. In our upcoming undergrad textbook, teleportation will be Chapter 8, and will be about ten pages

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My day was pretty hectic, but once again I was able to steal some time in the early evening to get outside and listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me in a pine forest. I’m a bald, middle-aged, white man with a red and white beard. I’m wearing glasses with a metal top rim, a dark blue earbud in my left ear, and a tan t-shirt.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today I reluctantly broke out the sweatshirt, and while contemplating the coming winter I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist! Remember that you can subscribe to these playlists (for free!) here: academicrunplaylist.beehiiv.com

A selfie of me in front of a large pond in the late afternoon light. There are lily pads in the water near the coast, and thick forest on the far bank. I’m a bald, middle-aged, white man with a red and white beard. I’m wearing glasses with a metal top rim, a dark blue earbud in my left ear, and a black zipped up Nike hoodie over a white shirt.

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Dr. Marcus H. Johnson @marcushjohnson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Please ban open source models so we can extract monopoly rents forever. If you don’t we go broke and we’re long hundreds of billions.”

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Elizabeth Lopatto @lopatto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

what did I fucking tell you people about this guy. what did I say

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I had a late start to the week due to Yom Kippur, and after playing catch-up today I got a glimpse of the first day of fall while listening to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A slightly rippling large pond lit by the orange light of the late afternoon. The right bank is forest lit with a yellow glow, while the far bank is also dense woods. The water clearly reflects the cloud streaked sky, and a pair of ducks is flying right over the middle of the water.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Chiba has gotten hit so hard in the last 5 weeks

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I assume we're going to have wall-to-wall front page media coverage of this for weeks, in addition to scrutiny of everything he has said publicly and written since high school. The media must, of course, also interview his middle school classmates to see if this is in character for him

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My two cents on a potentially workable solution: First paper where you're an author/co-author: Free Every subsequent paper: max across all authors of $100^(1+x) x = sum across all your papers(1/number of paper authors)

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I scared off this heron before I could get a good picture, but I was consoled by some great talks at the University of Zurich for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A lilypad and algae filled pond, with swampy grassland and forest beyond, on a sunny day. A great blue heron is flying over the grass.

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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Re-sharing today's #ScholarSunday thread for the lunchtime crowd. I'm not currently able to tag folks featured in the threads, so I'm really going to need help to spread the word on them. Please share if you get a chance, & thanks! @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is such a painful, but vital, piece to engage with, laying out how we're so deeply failing these children and how difficult principled stands can be

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It was a great day to go on a long run in the mountains, and huffing and puffing up the inclines I listened to books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me in front of a river on a sunny day. I'm a middle aged white man with a red and white beard. I'm wearing a grey hachimaki, black sunglasses, and a purple Adidas running shirt.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Today was a nice end to a busy but fulfilling work week, and while getting out in the early evening I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me in front of a pond on a slightly cloudy day. I'm a middle aged white man with a red and white beard. I'm wearing black sunglasses and a tan t-shirt.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was able to go for a nice walk in the early evening, and the short jaunt was accompanied by talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me in a forest in front of a pond on a sunny day. I'm a middle aged white man with a red and white beard. I'm wearing black sunglasses and a maroon MIT t-shirt.

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This event is TOMORROW! Register through the link below. Looking forward to your questions!

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I was able to get out for a short run in the early evening, and while getting a last taste of summer weather I listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me above a bend in the Charles River, with thick green swamp in the foreground and forest beyond. I'm a middle aged white man with a red and white beard. I'm wearing a grey hachimaki, black sunglasses, and a purple adidas running shirt.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Whenever economists say a job is "low skill" (they mean "low compensation") I think of demonstrations of mastery like this youtu.be/SMwTQ1JtQH0?...

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Bed Making Championship - Ozzy Man Reviews

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Hilary Mason @hilarymason.com · 16/09/2026

If we held people personally and criminally liable for the "autonomous" actions of the AI systems they create and deploy, I bet the risky behavior would evaporate overnight.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Every few years I'm reminded of the origins of the term "meritocracy" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ris...

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The Rise of the Meritocracy - Wikipedia

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My dog was certainly interested in what I was doing at my desk, and when I couldn’t resist the urge to take him for a walk I also listened to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

My medium-sized black dog with his nose and one paw poking out while resting on the arm of a faded blue couch, with the arm covered by a red and black flannel blanket.

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Dean Oliver @deanolytics.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Sixers have a lot of "super-users", players who shoot a lot. The NBA history of teams with so many of them has a lot of LeBron teams. What can we see in that history? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

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NBA preview 2026-27: Can the 76ers solve their 'super-user' puzzle?

LeBron, Maxey, Brown, Embiid. Can the 76ers' high-usage stars make it work? Here's what history reveals.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's really frustrating how bad @theguardian.com's AI coverage is, constantly platforming eugenicists and doomers

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I love how the Japanese news covers political speeches. Yeah they pull out a sound bite or two, but they also show the percent of the speech dedicated to different topics

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026

this!!! scroll up and down and read the entire thread too. it explains how "rogue agents" or "loss of control" come down to human incompetence

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It was a gorgeous day in New England, and while taking in the natural splendor I listened to books for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

A selfie of me in front of a large, clear pond on a sunny day. Forest lines the far bank. I'm a middle aged white man with a red and white beard. I'm wearing a grey hachimaki, black sunglasses, dark blue earbuds, and a purple adidas running shirt.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

働くことが健康への影響があるのはよく分かれていますが、日本にその現象はなぜ明確に観測されているのが重要な質問です。この講演に錦谷まりこ教授がこれを調べて日本人女性の例外を深く説明します www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mze...

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BBS No. 235 錦谷まりこ准教授　働く女性の健康課題―なぜ日本ではHealthy Worker Effectが成立しにくいのか―

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

L’Shanah Tovah from Remy! We had a nice family shabbat/Rosh Hashanah dinner, and beforehand I was able to listen to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

My large golden-ish dog wearing a silver kippah.

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