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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Thanks! I'll be at University of Chicago.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Especially since, most of the time, one can simply wander into the classroom or department buildings!

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I start my new faculty position on friday, and can't get an ID until friday. I can't enter my new library yet. 😐 I know most BIG 10 schools have reciprocal entrance (I've used it to go to the Northwestern libraries) but I wish overall things were less locked down.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

🫠 but also LA tickets are going to be way more of a competition than usual, I'm thinking...

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

When I was trying to decide between schools for PhD, one of my academic relatives advised I choose the best regalia

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I'll be defending my dissertation in a little over a week. If you'd like the zoom info, please email or DM me!

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Evidence I've seen cited for a talent shortage is surveys of employers saying they haven't been able to fill a position. We know there are categories of CS grads who are less likely to actually work in a traditional CS role. I think the reality is more complex than what's been pitched for K12 CS.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The line for a long time was that there's a talent shortage. The other question could be whether that's actually true...

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

the overlap of pro-natalists and people who believe "the strong will survive and that aids evolution" is somehow huge, and is probably just because they think their preferred racial category are superior genetically

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Students are definitely finding ways to use them on projects and presentations. The output is not very good and does not get graded very well, but the student has already missed a learning opportunity.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I know otherwise very educated people who thought the microwave made your food less healthy by breaking it down... yes, that's what cooking does 🫣

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I do think some of this comes from people who are intolerant or irritated in some way by common food processing ingredients not knowing they are

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Oh, I'm not saying they can't or don't. That sounds like they should be analyzing their data in a different way.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Yes, I do too. I think we need to separate "this study used saturation" from "this study is sound."

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your context, but it sounds like confirmation bias is going to arise from the framing of the research questions. If the starting is a hypothesis, I think there are going to be fewer suitable methods. (I wouldn't begin thematic analysis with a hypothesis, for example)

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Not all methods use saturation! Some even recommend against it. (I wish reviewers understood that...) i.e. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

This wasn't even a school sponsored event. I'm pretty sure it was put together by a Black student support group.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The unassigned seating was great for groups like sports teams and school groups. Getting seats together for that can be a whole mess.

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Paul Bruno @paul-bruno.com · 12/02/2025

One of the reasons I've tried to tamp down enthusiasm for "computational thinking" a bit - besides the general lack of theory/evidence - is that a lot of the underlying motivation is, implicitly or explicitly, that people who know computer science stuff think better than others *about everything*.

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

I'm pretty sure last I was on it that's literally how their affiliate program works

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

you're right, but it still needs more trains

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Tamara Nelson-Fromm @tamaraniac.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The pages at the links say nothing of substance either...

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