Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hBut this is what I’m mulling at the moment. I just don’t see how this winds up being fiscally or socially stable, and “the LLMs will do it” does not seem like a satisfying answer. 2250
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hI am way out of my expertise zone with this framing, but people who think about systems of class and economies and labor have plenty of more rigorous and informed things to say. 1190
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hSomehow all these models of our future assume that there is some OTHER group of very highly trained, insightful individuals who function as an underclass that will somehow be satisfied with endlessly reviewing the products of the Real Scientists to make all this work out. 1343
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hAnd the zillions of pull requests that the Agentically Enabled will be generating for key open source projects. Who exactly is supposed to be verifying and implementing them? Who exactly is supposed to be wading through to find which ones are misguided? 1291
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hThe hundreds of papers collaborated into existence with LLMs? The Real Scientists will be leading these, and the magic of peer review will separate the wheat from the chaff. Who, exactly, is supposed to be executing this tedious search for the wheat? 2312
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hThe Real Scientists of the future are envisioned to be those pushing agentic LLMs to the forefront of rapid knowledge discovery. And then that work is supposed to be tediously verified and translated by who exactly? 2395
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 3hLike many scientists, I’ve been mulling over the impact of LLMs on our fields. I’ve not yet seen it articulated, but I think there is a largely unspoken “invisible labor underclass” framework at play. 77322
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026If you are an MIT alum, and your kid applies to MIT, you promptly get a letter saying “We do not care that you are an alum and do not call us to whine. We do not do legacy admissions so STFU.” It’s glorious. 1253
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Here's a chart showing who funds basic research in the US. It's easy to tell that private funding cannot make up for significant cuts to government funding. 722092
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Vienna’s amazing social housing is often on top on tiny little storefronts that host artists selling (and making!) things, or itty bitty coffee joints. 030
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Seattle has tons and tons of new housing stock, all built over retail spaces that can only hold a CVS. It’s a huge problem long term. 131
Reposted by Julianne DalcantonMatt Weiner @mattweiner19.bsky.social · 17/09/2026it is possible to mathematically prove exactly what is most offensive about this image 5345
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026At fixed luminosity, vastly easier to detect a point source than something fuzzy, so you can be almost dark but modestly detectable. So another reason why I’m old man shakes fist at cloud. 130
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am “grouching at every attempt to brand as New! Exciting! stuff we have perfectly good names and concepts for” years old. 4100
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Maybe they’re flakey at being crunchy like nuts? 000
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 03/09/2026We discussed this extensively in a coop I used to live in in the late 80’s, and eventually wrote to the company to ask. We got a nice typed letter back explaining that the sweetner was derived from grape sugars and it was crunchy like nuts. So that’s the story they’re going with. 2141
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 31/08/2026They definitely have strong sensors for “the way things are done around here”, and will force compliance. 020
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Such a good course, everyone should take it! Taught me everything I know. 051
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 23/08/2026We have had constitutional amendments before. We were extremely close to passing the Equal Rights Amendment. Is there any concerted effort around a Right to Privacy amendment? Surveillance tech (Flock, Palentir, etc), AI scraping of personal communications, bathroom policing are begging for it. 030
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Trump swag has been decreasing at NYC tourist shops, but what I find most baffling is their failure to capitalize on Mamdani and the graphical branding of his campaign. 020
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I tried!!!! But he was on this elevated step thing and tall. I would have absolutely cream pied him if I’d had one. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026It wasn’t a nuanced “maybe wantonly murdering people is bad” take. It was 100% “the winners of extraordinary wealth concentration are beyond reproach” take. 110
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I guarantee you that the man filming this was fine with that. 141
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Just passed a Certain Kind of Man filming his righteous take that the aristocrats in the French Revolution were wrongly targeted, since they were the real wealth and job creators. I am not making this up. It came out of his actual mouth as he huffily tossed his expensive hair. 1140
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Output of the 10% of my brain not thinking about work: 1. Jimothy is a girl. 2. Jimothy’s mom would absolutely fuck someone up for calling her baby weird. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 22/07/2026My mamma don’t like you, and she likes everyone. 070
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I’m failing to find the source for this, and would appreciate a link if someone has it. 000
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Good thing England brought him up from central accounting. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This referee seems like he would absolutely turn the car right around if you don’t stop hitting your brother. 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I quite liked this take on Haaland. bsky.app/profile/r-em... 260
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Not much actually happens, but a huge amount -almost- happens, and that’s the joy (and heartbreak) of it. 030
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Harry Kane looks like he was destined to process forms wearing an ill-fitting suit, but was accidentally good at football. 270
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026I wish I remembered who, so I could give full credit! 000
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Though gracious me, he deserves better than this unfortunate bobblehead. 0200
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Blessings to the person who referred to Haaland as “Norwegian megafauna”. 102930509
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Schism currently winning the Content Quality Award. bsky.app/profile/liam... 091
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I cannot handle trying to keep up with both the World Cup and a schism. 161
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Phil’s new single mom friend certainly did enough this week. 120
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Um, no.media.tenor.comtwo men in suits and hats dancing in front of a sign that says helpALT: two men in suits and hats dancing in front of a sign that says help 010
Julianne Dalcanton @dalcantonjd.bsky.social · 21/06/2026For Father’s Day, my dad in Somalia teaching physics while Aden Adde, the country’s first democratically elected president looks on. 1120