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08.03.2026 15:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’ve been reading a lot about accessibility for all sorts of reasons. Something that keeps coming up is ‘designing for cognitive load’.

What is the cognitive load of war, war, environmental catastrophe, political catastrophe, observation of near constant suffering, trying to teach/learn math?

08.03.2026 15:04 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0

An Indeed commercial about finding a COBOL engineer to fix a malfunctioning assembly line. Followed by an AI commercial about - I stopped paying attention.

08.03.2026 02:47 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Because some of us generally don’t think it should be forcefully used in such a widespread and reckless way, given all of its costs.

Or at all for most things.

We’re replacing things that humans have developed, learned, and understood for hundreds and thousands of years with nothing.

08.03.2026 02:13 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

PreTeXt on GitHub Pages is worth a look.

06.03.2026 12:21 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Losing stars, gaining starlings.

06.03.2026 12:19 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

We’d be out of oil before making that back up.

06.03.2026 02:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s probably not legal to steal $254M from a state employees pension system for a one time expense, is it?

06.03.2026 02:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Not The Onion. 😭

06.03.2026 02:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
COMMENT
Al agents are 'aeroplanes for the mind": five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots
As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and surprise.
Dashun Wang

COMMENT Al agents are 'aeroplanes for the mind": five ways to ensure that scientists are responsible pilots As artificial-intelligence systems take on more of the scientific workflow, the central goal should not be complete automation, but designing platforms that preserve creativity, responsibility and surprise. Dashun Wang

Leaving the plane in the hangar and scrapping it for parts.

05.03.2026 17:07 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah. That part.

05.03.2026 14:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Can we start referring to GAI as SVR because instead of creating intelligence it creates a selfish virtual reality where you get what you want at whatever cost to others it brings.

05.03.2026 14:29 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think there must have been a sign error.

05.03.2026 12:10 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It seems like now would be a good time to stop using this and every other robot death machine.

05.03.2026 05:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Is there some way to clearly indicate “yes I know that this page isn’t a11y-friendly, I am try to illustrate bad color schemes and other decisions intentionally.”?

05.03.2026 05:24 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Monday I fumbled my way through the building door on the phone, carrying two bags, past a student, and spilled my coffee down my arm (it gets worse).

Tuesday, I kicked over my coffee while feeding the chickens in the morning before leaving.

Today I did not spill my coffee.

05.03.2026 05:15 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

These are pretty reasonable requests.

04.03.2026 21:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ahem. bsky.app/profile/dcei...

04.03.2026 18:22 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Someone I trust said “you should probably learn python”… ouch.

04.03.2026 17:08 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Preview
Higher Ed Is at a Turning Point. 11 Scholars Predict What’s Next. AI, enrollment, finances, politics, and the turbulent road ahead.

These pointy finger clock numbers look too much like the state of Oklahoma and I wasn’t ready for that.

www.chronicle.com/article/high...

04.03.2026 14:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The tool is the flaw, can we stop now?

04.03.2026 13:54 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
MUTINY AFTER MIDNIGHT
MUTINY AFTER MIDNIGHT YouTube video by Johnny Blue Skies

While nervously over preparing something, this is good company.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKHG...

cc: @dfrankdt.bsky.social

03.03.2026 23:17 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I currently have too much time to do nothing, but not enough time to do anything.

03.03.2026 22:51 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

For sure, lately my students have been responsible number-pickers though.

03.03.2026 22:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I want to address the problem subtly. Though you seem to have focused in on the heart of the matter.

03.03.2026 22:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

What should I say to my #DataViz class about violin plots?

03.03.2026 21:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Weird Al writes hits though.

03.03.2026 18:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love how easy it is to do everything now that technology has made our lives better.

03.03.2026 17:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Stop making RAM.

03.03.2026 16:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Every day, chickens jump on my shoulder. I know it is love and I wish I could walk around like a pirate all day, toting them around.

(Maybe someone needs chickens?)

03.03.2026 16:23 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0