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@badastro I'm not always convinced that's an optimal outcome these days.

Why would you write a letter enthusiastically supporting a job candidate, but then say you would not recommend them for a top 10, 20, or 30 program? To use the language of game theory, you're a rat-fucker if you do that. It seems to be a disciplinary norm among economists here in employment thunderdome. Also, why aren't you writing on the letterhead of a top-10 program, Prof. Recommender?

I think I'm past the halfway mark on these applications. Holy hell.

@ProPublica As a monthly subscriber, I believe that your reporters deserver industry-standard “just cause” job security, a fair and transparent disciplinary process, union steward representation when requested, and guardrails ensuring artificial intelligence does not replace journalists. You have a great thing going. Keep it going.

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@forestfern I know for a fact I've had students use AI to apply for scholarships. One was a service scholarship that had a project component, and the student suggested, like, 5 or 6 different projects. These were clearly suggested by ChatGPT. As we talked it through, I pointed out they had no intention or ability to do ALL of the things, that they should focus on one thing. I mean, the student was bound to the project when they got the scholarship, and I presume is carrying it out, but still...

Back in the office, watching the sun come up. I have a lot to do, of course. My Health Fraud seminar students are KILLING it. They have to produce fake YouTube worthy ads for bogus medical products and then, on the back end, explain their inspiration and how it ties into what we read this semester. And they are so funny. They get the fake science babble perfectly, the over the top claims, the emotional manipulation, and the humor suggest to me that they are into it.

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The Pulitzer board deserves a Pulitzer.

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/pulitzer-board-demands-trump-tax-returns-medical-records-as-part-of-his-defamation-suit

#USPol

@SharonCrockett These fucking children. Fuck.

@ProPublica what's this I hear about AI?

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In case you missed it live, a full recording of my rapid-response livestream regarding news surrounding the proposed imminent and sudden dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is now available. https://youtu.be/FTKW68RqdkE

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I know many of you who follow me don't work in climate science, but this is the biggest story in climate right now. Breaking up NCAR makes us all less safe and is another act of self-harm that will take decades to recover from.

https://wapo.st/4p3YwDx

I just saw a letter of recommendation where the author pointed out that the letter was written without AI. That may well become a standard practice, though I've only seen it once in more than 700 letters.

Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱 boosted:

When I open a can of cat food, my cat wants to smell it. If I don't let him smell it, he'll be a pain while I'm trying to feed him. If I let him smell it, he waits patiently.

So now I crack open a can and hold it out for him to smell like I'm serving a bottle of wine in a fancy restaurant.

#cats

My understanding of what an economist has changed from "the type of person who would aroused by the sight of a tax return" to "the type of person who would be aroused by an archive of tax returns."

@wesdym Oh, I would not be surprised if we had simply not recognized them as such. Vera Rubin will catch so many of them. It's a very exciting time!

This, my friends, is an interstellar comet, something we had never seen, like, a decade ago, showing up in my dinky backyard scope. We live in the future. #seestars50 #comet3iatlas