Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 7hI'm generally sympathetic to the need for acronyms to be defined, but since characters are limited on bluesky, the reader has to engage some too. In this case, tapping/clicking on the quoted post, and scrolling to the top of the thread gives the definition of SBE. 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 8hYeah. Speakerphone is not for public use, its for if you're working hands free or sharing a call with a group. 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 15hSophisticated mass spec in a van to study wildfire air composition. 000
Reposted by Jerome MooreNick Cunningham @nickcunningham.bsky.social · 18h"Those claims mask a voluntary system riddled with loopholes that has made scant progress toward stamping out one of the oil industry’s dirtiest practices. The industry helped shape the initiative, which leaves companies to police themselves." 086
Reposted by Jerome MooreKeith Smith @drkeithsmith.bsky.social · 22hThe Nobel Committee's scientific reasoning for the prize cites five key discoveries, made by Halzen and the IceCube Collaboration, that were published in @science.org. I had the pleasure of being the editor who handled four of them. Here's a thread of what each of those studies found. ☄️🔭⚛️🧪 1318
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 21hEven where info is publicly available, LLMs get details wrong. They are definitely not as reliable as primary sources. 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026AI thought leaders talking up doom-soon scenarios are desperate to taken as seriously as the scientists who created nuclear weapons, or work with biosafety level 4 organisms. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Acrobat keeps asking me if I want documents that I wrote summarized. No. I will never want that. 1140
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Also SI.com = Sports Illustrated. SI.edu = the Smithsonian Institution. Nonetheless, I welcome the new initialism as a way for unserious people in the field to self-identify (SI). 000
Reposted by Jerome MooreLake Michigan! Live! @lake-michigan.live · 03/10/2026Current* conditions near Milwaukee, WI: 1194
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yes, evaluate for sure, if it has benefits of course adopt. "Does it contribute to profitability?" is the ultimate gut check. Problem is, even very smart people can be good at fooling themselves about that question. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And some of those people were the same saying blockchain was going to "change everything" in 2017. 030
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I saw that article, interesting. What do you think, was Heisenberg trying his best with what they had, or dragging his feet intentionally? 011
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm generally allergic to hype, which has been fine. Most of the time being a late adopter is more efficient, and you avoid the complete fails and dead-ends. Catching fire is mostly about brand-building I suppose. Nobody cares that you were the first to try Uber in 2011 or whatever. 180
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026People I work with get uncomfortable when I use the terms "illegally" or "in violation of statute", in reference to things like this, but it is a simple observation. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 03/10/2026So much of it there, and so painful to look at. I hope it is just a phase and people will move on. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Company is mine, so if I do that it ends up being me working Sunday anyway. It was a mistake to get shots in the morning though, made it hard to sleep that night and the next day was even worse. Next time I will go after dinner. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Got mine a couple days ago (both). I asked for the new rna flu one and got it, but had to pay extra. 010
Reposted by Jerome MooreSETI Institute @setiinstitute.bsky.social · 02/10/2026We know planets are common. But we still haven't found another planet quite like Earth. On Oct. 7, @aussiastronomer.bsky.social explores the past, present, and future of our hunt for Earth 2.0 at the next Silicon Valley Astronomy Lecture. 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 #bayarea www.seti.org/events/the-s...seti.orgThe Search for Earth 2.0: Why We Think It Exists, and How We’re Going to Find it 06614
Reposted by Jerome MooreCole Donovan @colesci.bsky.social · 01/10/2026But collectively, the narrow focus on grants to universities is misguided, especially when one accounts for the balance of where the money actually goes (source: NCSES). A plurality of federal R&D funding goes to businesses, followed by internal R&D expenditure, followed by higher education. 53813
Reposted by Jerome MooreChicago AQ @chicagoaq.bsky.social · 01/10/2026At 9 AM the AQI was 58 , the dominant pollutant was PM2.5 and the air quality is moderate PM2.5 = 58 or 15.99 µg/m³ PM10 = 26 or 28.5 µg/m³ NO₂ = 25 or 27 ppb SO₂ = 1 or 0.69 ppb O₃ = 3 or 2.67 ppb CO = 3 or 0.3 ppb 021
Reposted by Jerome MooreAdam Becker @adambecker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026165 years ago TODAY, Charles Darwin had a normal one. "I am very poorly today & very stupid & hate everybody & everything. One lives only to make blunders.— I am going to write a little Book for Murray on orchids & today I hate them worse than everything…" I think about this letter a lot.darwinproject.ac.ukTo Charles Lyell 1 October [1861] | Darwin Correspondence Project 311134
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wonderful to hear! I admire people who can teach well, which usually means in some way bringing their passion for the subject to the students. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pretty telling that not only does he have no idea what music is, he descends into insult and slur use. What is it with the boosters that makes them so offended by disagreement? 120
Reposted by Jerome MooreNicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Postdoctoral Associate Position in Biosocial Science in the Human Nature Lab! We have a cutting edge research agenda in human social chemosignaling. Scientists with an interest in olfaction and AI or with experience in GC/MS or animal chemosignaling are especially encouraged. Please repost.academicjobsonline.orgYale University, Sociology - Human Nature Lab Job #AJO30989, Postdoctoral Associate Position in Biosocial Science, Sociology - Human Nature Lab, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US 297
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Good scene! They had such interestingly awkward chemistry. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Genuinely don't understand my colleagues who _prefer_ the AI answers/summaries to just search results. It's so off in unpredictable ways. 000
Reposted by Jerome MooreDave Peterson (He/Him) Ⓥ 🇨🇦 @fedupwithbadair.bsky.social · 29/09/2026electricschoolbusinitiative.org/why-school-d...electricschoolbusinitiative.orgWhy School Districts Say They Love Their Electric School Buses | Electric School Bus InitiativeWRI’s Electric School Bus Initiative aims to build unstoppable momentum toward an equitable transition of the entire U.S. school bus fleet to electric by 2030, bringing health, climate and economic be... 021
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Totally agree. I always thought the Bunsen was a good way to tune in on students "figure it out" skills, including broken or janky equipment. 001
Reposted by Jerome MooreRound360 @round360.bsky.social · 29/09/2026#art #photography #minimalism #round 0303
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026An exceedingly arrow attack vector is preferable to giving your data away freely. 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Tour de force of mass spec imaging with analysis. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reducing vehicles means better air as well, even locally this is a measurable effect. 021
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It can be airgapped. Nothing is perfect, but it's a solution available to users today, which is not true of regulation. 100
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026A Peanuts book I read as a kid had this series: this comes after Chuck had seen a baseball rise instead of the sun, and he worried that it meant that he was going insane. 020
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think there's a genetic taste split between wint-o-green and pep-o-mint life savers. I like the 1st and hate the 2nd one. I'm ok with peppermint in general, so it's something in the life savers recipe ruining it. Maybe same for you with their version of wintergreen. 110
Reposted by Jerome Moorec0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Let's take a minute to 'think about them beans'. Toe beans, that is. Why do some animals have little pink nubs on their feet, while others... don't? Let's start by looking at the-things-between-the-beans minus the fur. Time to look at a Sphynx cat's foot, up close. CW: cannot be UNSEEN.😬static.klipy.comCute Cat PawsAlt: Cute Cat Paws: An orange and white marmalade cat is off-screen, with just the rear paws extended over a grey sofa arm. The toe beans flare outward as the cat flexes. 15578116
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026We do! She's not as into it as our other cat, prefers back scratches. 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026π going full goblin. She is exceptionally careful with her claws; if they touch skin she retracts instantly, so she enjoys going wild on something inanimate. #caturday 1121
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Same level as "evil will always triumph because good is dumb". 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Annoying casual work "AI" chat: the trivial stuff people claim are amazing features of the new tools. e.g. counting things like bolts or pills. There have been algorithms for doing that for decades. There used to be a button on some scales for doing it by weight; it's just division. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I rarely pre-order books; this will be an exception. 010
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What I saw at this show was far more interesting and impactful than the overcooked LLM/generative news that we are hit with constantly. "Impactful" means positive and negative of course: bsky.app/profile/carl... 000
Jerome Moore @robotnose.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This was my favorite - I got to try laser welding. It was fun and relatively easy at least for this simple piece. 110