In this interview, I explicitly discussed the genocide unfolding in Gaza and how DEI convos and spotlights cannot and should not continue without mentioning the on-going genocide and ethnic cleaning in occupied Palestine. None of that is in here.

Student journalism: In his 17 months as UF president, Ben Sasse more than tripled his office’s spending, directing millions in university funds into secretive consulting contracts, high-paying positions for his GOP allies. Garrett Shanley The Alligator alligator.org/article/2024/0…

Reminds me of lx.uts.edu.au/blog/2024/08/0… , which Liz Stokes shared in Carpentries slack last week. TLDR; when asked to evaluate learning and teaching, students often rate "satisfaction" (see also attribute substitution); satisfaction and learning are often at odds with each other!

For #FollowFriday my friend Ambika Kamath (and coauthor) are writing a book about how human biases shape our understanding of animal behavior!! If this sounds up your alley, please preorder it to help boost sales! :D bookshop.org/p/books/femini…

Queen guitarist Brian May on science: "Everything comes down to asking the right questions and keeping an open mind, and resisting the terrible inclination that scientists have, because they’re human beings, of finding what you expect to find." go.nature.com/4dT5kOU

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

A few years ago, The Kavli Foundation funded me on a project to launch a learner- and educator-facing set of resources for working with NeurodataWithoutBorders files. I'm excited to say that the first set of "nwb4edu" lessons are now live and ready for adapting! nwb4edu.github.io

I'm curious who signed off on this part: "UF agreed to continue to pay Sasse a base salary of just over $1 million through February 2028 ..., according to a contract addendum dated July 18, the same day Sasse publicly announced his resignation."

We are at the annual C4R Community For Rigor (C4R) meeting in Philadelphia this week! There have already been great discussions about improving education in the principles of rigorous research!

Mid-interview Philly protester goes off on Philly Police after they violently shut down #FreePalestine rally during #Debate2024. The realest, most accurate post-protest debate analysis you won’t see on TV #StopCopCity

Relatedly why do ppl not see fares as a regressive tax? We want less driving and more transit riding. And ppl of lower incomes ride more transit. So why do we let drivers use roads for free, but charge ppl to ride transit? Again genuine question - I actually want u to say why lol

Openscapes is at the White House this week! We're so thrilled to see our colleagues recognized that we had to boost this signal! Congratulate them and hear more at their community call next week: openscapes.org/events/2024-09…

From the perspective of maintaining an academic record, this functionality of Center for Open Science does seem like a problem. I wonder if there is some technical feature of OSF that could be enabled to set up in a way to make a record permanent?

Fact-check: Tlaib did not say Nessel charged pro-Palestinian protesters because she’s Jewish metrotimes.com/news/fact-chec…

I want to commend whoever was involved with this branding design - it's VERY nice!

It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. They do still turn up though. Two were found in Cornwall this

The City just announced plans to upgrade Spruce & Pine bike lanes with real physical protection 🎉 ATTEND the Open House: Thursday, October 17, 7 PM Jefferson University Bluemle Bldg 233 S. 10th St WE NEED TO SHOW UP FOR SAFETY!

The Philadelphia City Council has officially UNANIMOUSLY passed the Get Out the Bike Lane bill banning stopping, standing, and parking in bike lanes citywide and increasing penalties. Thank you to Kenyatta Johnson Councilmember Jamie Gauthier and the other sponsors of this bill!!