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Dave Klassen

@drklassen

Mars clouds scientist, physics and astronomy prof; Episcopal lay minister; genealogy, RPG, LotR, comics; he or they pronouns

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I wouldn't classify "machine learning" as "AI"

04.03.2026 19:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🀬

04.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh... wow! This is the first time I've ever seen it as the vendor, not the process, being the issue. Kudos to you for finding a new way to be thwarted!

04.03.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

For most of my time here, our entire purchasing process shut down for all of June so they could "close the books for the year". ARGH!

04.03.2026 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Gets my vote.

www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...

24.02.2026 12:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

(They never did)

23.02.2026 20:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really seething at all the "don't worry, you're just hysterical" assholes.

23.02.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn't take any picsβ€”but I did get my old snowblower up and running so at least I can get out tomorrow.

This is one of the reasons I left MN and don't plan to go back (sorry fam).

23.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

😈

23.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Start making all kinds of new states; start chopping blue states into 1–3M-person states (if WY at 500k can be a state, NYC can be 5 2-M person states). And add 10 justices.

23.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ’―

23.02.2026 17:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bingo! I have to fill out a form for *each* *assignment* if I'm going to dock points for cheating. It has have my syllabus attached, a copy of the student's work, a copy of the work I'm using as comparison that let me say it's cheating, and all the silly particulars of my course.

23.02.2026 16:52 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Chewed up all the books...by violating copyright.

22.02.2026 21:53 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And that training probably violates copyright laws.

22.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who is selling ICE the facilites? Name and shame!

22.02.2026 19:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How about Andrew Jackson? Maybe he was 1.5 dimensions? Gotta be the reason trump loves him so much.

22.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How can ICE pull anyone over?! They aren't police.

22.02.2026 02:49 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Both of them were 100% out of line. A dedication isn't "professional"β€”are they confusing it with "acknowledgements"? I think they are. Someone needs to tell them they are wrong.

21.02.2026 21:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Open Borders was super illuminating. Thank you!

21.02.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Socialist

21.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yup. I'll *never* understand limiting the wealth of a nation to the amount of shiny metal you dug out of the ground, only to put back into the ground. Labor creates more value and wealth; if more people are doing productive things than you have shiny metal to account for, you're screwed.

21.02.2026 20:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Right?! All we need do is recover the capital they took for themselves and we'll be just fine.

21.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm trying to figure out the middle ground between "everybody deserves civil rights" and "only white, straight, men deserve civil t"...

15.02.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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two men in suits are standing next to each other and one of them is asking the other if he looks tired . Alt: Doctor Who asking a governmental aide if the Prime Minster looks tired

Someone should tell her she looks... tired.

14.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best part of using this GIF for when bad things happen to Cons and Fascists is Clarkson is a huge Tory.

14.02.2026 20:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just FYI: I love telling students these days I know a "laboratory astronomer" as it blows their mind you can "create a planet atmosphere" in the lab.

14.02.2026 20:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I *love* the idea of threatening the machine! πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

14.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

One reason I went computation/modeling after being observational and at the whims of weather. I never even considered laboratory science. I'm not that brave.

14.02.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How can you tell you're talking with an extroverted physicist?

They're staring at your shoes instead of their own.

08.02.2026 14:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes Very Sad Anyway Loki Sad GIF ALT: Yes Very Sad Anyway Loki Sad GIF

Suicides?!?

07.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0