Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.David Gerard @davidgerard.circumstances.run.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026 30127563974
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.AAAAHH-lex Plante 🐀👑 @aplante.com · 02/10/2026happy october 1944294
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A humbling reminder from Carl Sagan: Even if you read 1 book a week for your entire life, you'd only scratch the surface of human knowledge. 221136294
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Omg 06311
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 16/09/2026the hardest thing for the politician-bureaucrats to understand -- but which NSF staff *absolutely do* understand and always have -- is that you actually make scientific progress by giving young people money and promising not to bother them 430084
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Paul J. Dauenhauer @pauldauenhauer.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Boom. Ideal professor. 041
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Mike Elgan @mikeelgan.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Phrase of the moment: “difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it” www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/with-the-b...bloodinthemachine.comWith the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.The backlash against data centers is difficult to understand if your salary depends on your not understanding it. 240687
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.tinybaby @tiny.baby · 24/08/2026It's pretty easy to tell who it is, he's just wearing a chef outfit 222148226
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 18/08/2026they were playing 70s music on the radio in the waiting room today. did they play 1920s music on the radio in the 70s or are the last few decades of the 20th century just locked in as american pop culture until further notice? 211357
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Yaroslav Barsukov #NoToWar #НетВойне @barsukov.com · 17/08/2026AI RANT Following the cancellation of three major debut book deals over AI suspicions, I decided to put my own (needless to say, 100% human-written) prose to the test. My detector of choice was Originality AI, and the results proved to be jarring, to say the least. 🧵1/5 3924841148
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.another morgan @mheslin.bsky.social · 13/08/2026east coasters going "okay well our mountains are older". sorry but I'm off to cavort in my fresh, tall mountains and their blessed arid climate. enjoy humid bingo night at the geographical feature retirement home 1122629
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Physghoul 👻 🎃 @physgal.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Fascinating paper on the progression of women in academia. 👩🏻🔬 ⚛️ 🧪 #AcademicSky docs.iza.org/dp18477.pdf?... Here's an excerpt from the conclusion: 010852
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/07/20261. The new Trump / Kratsios plan for US science appears explicitly designed to destroy US universities. Diverting money to tech donors is probably just a bonus. Gift link.nytimes.comTrump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities (Gift Article)Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science. 5120221139
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I am once again begging Hollywood to stop using the Greek alphabet for an Ancient World movie, if they can't afford to even throw a couple of quid at anyone with an inkling of the language. Unless they really think audiences are dying to see THS THDPSSSSPS 59792321803
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Ants @dressupforflying.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Really interesting tidbits in this latest NYT focus group 2164051143
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The Economist BBQ tracker, across US cities 1167
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Benjamin Pope @benjaminpope.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I’m finding this to be a problem when talking to students and the public about our work - anything ML is now thought of as Super ChatGPT instead of stats/physics/signal processing like it actually is 1044168
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 28/06/2026‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios 141180885570
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/06/2026this is a great illustration of one of the fundamental insights of democracy — that there is no such thing as "the people" and that majorities are elusive and ever shifting. no election, no decision, is final and treating an election as a final decision is profoundly undemocratic. 13588061701
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Jeffrey Tumlin 🏳️🌈 🌁 @jeffreytumlin.bsky.social · 22/06/2026With extraordinary graphics, NYT examines how federal policies prioritizing car passenger safety have resulted in big increase in pedestrian deaths. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comThe Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found. 3239
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.David Noll @david.noll.org · 22/06/2026I hope someone is looking at products liability litigation on behalf of all the kids these trucks kill and injure. 84014
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.futuredadOfTwo🙋🏻♂️ @lacroixboi.dadguy.pro · 20/06/2026 74130943095
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026One reason i think everyone should take an archaeology class is to internalise with tangible examples that there is no pure, natural past utopia and that antibiotics and vaccines are what stand between us and a 50% child mortality rate and scores of women dying needlessly during pregn and birth 23106830
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 09/06/2026 72652730
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Zac Estrada @zacestrada.com · 08/06/2026"Of course, it's the fate of every true craftsperson to love a job that can't love them back. Money and prestige are nice if you can get them. But in the balance of life, talent is something you give away." Damn. 0185
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss told him to lie about the killing Renee Good. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/m... 411522536
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.ceej @ceej.online · 23/02/2025JNCOs were tragically ahead of their time considering how big phones have gotten 2272859
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Last year, Trump and DOGE gutted funding for thousands of USAID programs, including monitoring and containing New World screwworm in Central America. Now, the parasite has moved north and infected American livestock. "Efficiency."forbes.comScrewworm Is Back In Texas Cattle—Is DOGE To Blame?The government cut funding for the New World screwworm monitoring program and then reportedly ignored ranchers warning the parasite was working its way to the U.S. 1282415969
Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D. @danielpineda.bsky.social · 03/06/2026It's a tragedy that those among us who aren't even good enough to have imposter syndrome are the ones who need a healthy dose of it the most 000
Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D. @danielpineda.bsky.social · 03/06/2026The same Nick Bilton who wrote an NYT trend piece about how pens were no longer useful in the age of tablets, and who searched for his own name on Twitter to reply to people (correctly) criticizing him for it (the Apple Pencil was released the next year)? I guess this insecurity is a lifelong trait. 000
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Dread VanVleet 🎃🕷️ @velodus.bsky.social · 31/05/20261999: we are BACK 226268
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 29/05/2026Of all the harm this administration has done to US science, today's proposed changes to the way federal grants are awarded and administered is the most damaging yet. The text of the federal register document is impenetrably tedious by design, so here's an excellent summary of what it says. 331657977
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22/05/2026It’s going great.techcrunch.comYou can no longer Google the word 'disregard' | TechCrunchAfter Google Search's AI update, the word "disregard" now effectively breaks the search interface. 942190624
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I just want to point out, politely, that there are other colleges apart from Ivy League institutions. They are where most college students go. They are where, believe it or not, America's massive comparative advantage in higher education exist. You would never know this if you read the Times. 661954345
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Surely they've suffered enough? 250189332528
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 08/05/2026now thats an anecdote with a punch, from Gillian Tett www.ft.com/content/c0ae... 7142961459
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Come get a $25k bonus to work for the Mid Legal Gestapo and if you work real hard maybe you get promoted to the Seashell Crime Division 631215186
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 28/04/2026when we mourn le guin, we mourn one of our greatest writers & thinkers. but we also mourn one of our all-time greatest haters 163184395685
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.alyssa || lovelandisle @lovelandisle.bsky.social · 12/04/2026i don’t want my appliances to be smart or connect to the internet. i want them to do one mechanical task for 100 years 17793202287
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.James Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 10/04/2026i don't think that'll make the result any more precise, but sure 231638264
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Brittany Marshall @thebrittanyempire.bsky.social · 07/04/2026It’s funny how while we kinda were aware of the Artemis program it went largely under the public radar and then suddenly successful launch and humans zipping around the moon again because NASA doesn’t need to generate cool videos to impress people into another round of investments every few months 213113
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026One of these political leaders has been repeatedly portrayed as an untrustworthy radical hostile to others because of his religious beliefs. You’’ll never guess which one! 4145671291
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 31/03/2026you notice this everywhere when you really start paying attention, and it’s totally infuriating 212466367
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Noam Ross @noamross.net · 30/03/2026For #NSF and #NIH watchers, Grant Witness now has interactive data on numbers of grants and total funding obligations, broken down by institute and directorate, new awards and non-competitive renewals. The stranglehold on new awards is still a disaster. grant-witness.us/funding_curv... 5280153
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 27/03/2026the thing about Mamdani is, however mad he makes you for not being socialist enough, he is raising public expectations for politicians "oh look at what Mamdani is doing in NYC, why can't WE have that?" he's showing how much they can easily do IF THEY WANT TO 1037762
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.GOLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 26/03/2026hot damn, this is fantastic writing 856072
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Chelsea Whyte @chelswhyte.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My local industrial gas supplier also wanted people to know this recently 332364447
Reposted by Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/03/2026This is deeply, profoundly embarrassing for us as a civilization (which studying classics and regional studies would really help you understand). 116731
![That’s probably the most famous scene in the movie, the campfire scene.
I know. He said, “You can’t punch a horse.” I said, “You’ll never see it again.” I kept saying, “You’re absolutely right. It’s out!” Then, when he left, I crumpled up all his notes, and I tossed it in the wastepaper basket. And John Calley, who was running [production at] Warner Bros. at the time, said, “Good filing.” That was the end of it. You say yes, and you never do it.
That’s great advice for life.
It is. Don’t fight them. Don’t waste your time struggling with them and trying to make sense to them. They’ll never understand.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yvbszlkc7d75ixkid5g2zmw7/bafkreiar4z6n6pfk7wob2gznv6l6euw7ltxbetgto5drfd4wqzjalldp5m)
