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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

The dark ages were a time when the few remaining nerds were cloistered.

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Hamsa Bastani @hamsabastani.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

We keep saying: "AI will handle the boring stuff, and humans will supervise." But the problem is--as AI reliability improves, it becomes really hard to motivate a human to conscientiously monitor it. In a new WP with Gerard Cachon, we describe the "human-AI contracting paradox."

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Quite on-brand for both Ackman and Gino.

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Data Science Learning Community @dslc.io · 01/01/2026

From the DSLC.io aRchives: 🔵 Methods for Network Analysis: Network Visualization and Aesthetics youtu.be/H8ihh6AyZ4I 🔵 R Packages: What am I working on? youtu.be/Dh-kbknqa3E Visit dslc.video for hours of new #DataScience videos every week! #dataBS #RStats

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Methods for Network Analysis: Network Visualization and Aesthetics (mnetanal01 7)

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

This is absolutely wild, and super important. There are zillions of studies claiming that fMRI signals indicate increased brain activity, and it looks like that's often just wrong. If confirmed, this means we've misinterpreted a lot of research.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Elegant creature! From a distance...

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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Mr Cuban, I just wanted to quickly thank you. My husband has XXXX cancer, a rare gastrointestinal cancer. We are between insurance right now and when we went to pick it up we were informed it was $29,000. We were able to get it from CostPlus for $990. Thank you for saving my husband's life.

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 19/12/2025

I think this post nails the actual problem, for researchers at least—AI hallucinations would simply not be a problem in academic work if we’d not normalized citation-as-signaling rather than actual engagement—you can only cite a fake paper if you’re not in the habit of reading the papers you cite

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

What am I missing here? How can you review a manuscript by first askiing AI to summarize it? That’s called malpractice. Just. Don’t.

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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

First they cut arts in schools to make way for standards and efficiency. And now we hear we need machines to come up with new ideas for us because we can’t do it. Just say No to these people. It’s dangerous nonsense. And should be disregarded and treated only with scorn.

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I call this "The Lying Screen"

Microsoft pop-up inviting me to click a box to "stay signed in". I always tick the box. Microsoft never keeps me signed in.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Dumping Calibri for Times New Roman is a reform I can get behind.

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Mark @njdoc.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

With this latest mass shooting at Brown University, this might be a good time to mention that Bill Clinton’s assault weapons ban reduced mass shooting deaths by 43% - but after George W Bush & Republicans let it expire, mass shooting deaths spiked by 239%. It's the guns!!! :(

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Andrew Perfors @perfors.net · 11/12/2025

Hey #rstats and #stats people, does anyone know of any references that explain the hazards of trying to run or interpret models with all combinations of many predictors? (i.e., including multiple 2-way and 3-way interactions)

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Koustuv Saha @kous2v.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Excited for my new oped on the complexities of the screen time debate. Huge thanks to my mentor @micheleweldon.bsky.social and @medpagetoday.com editor @gfriedman.bsky.social

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 02/12/2025

New preprint! @marentierra.bsky.social @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I have been working on what CAIL means to showcase & propagate the idea of thinking very differently to tech industry norms on "artificial intelligence" Towards Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacies doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 1/

Figure 1: The important dimensions of CAILs across research and education; clockwise from 12 o’clock: Con-
ceptual Clarity is the idea that terms should refer. Critical Thinking is deep engagement with the relationships
between statements about the world. Decoloniality is the process of de-centring and addressing dominant
harmful views and practices. Respecting Expertise is the epistemic compact between professionals and society.
Slow Science is a disposition towards preferring psychologically, techno-socially, and epistemically healthy
practices. The lines between dimensions represent how they are interwoven both directly and indirectly.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

UCSD (30% acceptance rate) was just profiled in a story where it stated they went from 30 freshmen in remedial math 5 years ago to 900 last year.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Interesting and well written experiences of an English professor updating their curriculum to be AI resistant. Recommended reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

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I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

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The Haunted Bookshop @thehauntedbookshop.com · 27/11/2025

Communities need used-book shops. As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories... We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.

On the left, a narrow, glass-fronted display case with a mix of letterpress, hand-bound, antiquarian, and collectors' books; stretching off to the right, 8-foot bookcases laden with literary and contemporary commercial fiction, about one thousand books out of the 6-7 thousand in that section. LED lighting and light-colored wood cases and flooring keep the room feeling relatively spacious despite the sheer quantity of books.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

In wartime, it is customary (the law?) to render aid to enemy sailors when their vessel is sunk and/or no longer capable of fighting.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Yes, LinkedIn’s self-presentation and promotion first and foremost. Constructive debate is near verboten and authentic connection is stilted because of both of these.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

PROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! gonna be reposting your books because hoo you made a book! www.versobooks.com/products/303...

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

My twitter folks either remained and mostly disengaged or moved to LinkedIn or idk. I’m not a fan of the “I’m excited to announce…” culture on LinkedIn. So, now flit between academic groups somewhat related to my discipline on here.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Thanks for sharing your story. One purpose is thick description—to deeply understand one or a few experiences embedded in particular contexts. I’m also a quant but I have deep respect for my colleagues who toil away with qual work. It seems so challenging and uncertain. 😀

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

If LLMs can write dissertations, why can’t my iPhone properly correct my spelling in a message?

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Adam Grant @adamgrant.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

It's time to remove laptops from classrooms. 24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images. The pen is mightier than the keyboard.

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🎃 🕯️ Monica Valentinelli is Sipping Tea. 🐈‍⬛ ☕ @booksofm.com · 20/11/2025

If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features." There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This isn’t fair to service members. The office of legal counsel is saying the actions are legal. Asking individual service members to 100% go to prison and destroy their lives is not the right approach.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The only ”solution” being considered is even more tech. Zoom, smartphones, social media, and now LLMs…I genuinely feel sad for the Gen Z and Gen A who will never know what it’s like to read books deeply, have and develop your own ideas, or be alone in your own thoughts without distraction

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The illiterate and innumerate generation is here. How do we address it? (The Atlantic)

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I do like the Penguin Books vending machine at Exeter train station but I won't be truly happy until there's another one next to it solely selling rare freakbeat 45s made between 1965 and 1967.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

But he wasn’t deeply ashamed when he openly questioned if women were bad at math?

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Stuff I don’t want to know about.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

He’s just, like, the former president of Harvard. No big deal.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

2018 emails too. Not like it was in the distant past.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

It was time but I’m already feeling nostalgic.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I get this occasionally but have gotten in the habit of making sure I cite at least one salient paper from a journal I’m submitting to. It’s a good sanity check for me—why would I submit somewhere I’m not even citing?

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

It enrages me when I hear of young women volunteering to serve their country and then being raped by their comrades or even superiors.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

“I do believe that we should have the right to refuse AI in our education now”

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Exactly! It’s a big win or a small win.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Students who cannot hand write can get an accommodation.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

That’s their choice, of course.

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Kevin P. Taylor @ktaylor.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I’m requiring all handwritten work this semester as an experiment. It’s been tough going for me.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 28/10/2025

Cheating with an LLM is the easiest thing in the world for a student to do, but it creates a massive, laborious headache for a prof, if you intend to take it seriously. There’s meetings, emails, discussions, moral dilemmas. It’s just incredibly burdensome, on top of everything else right now.

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