Dr. Aure Schrock

Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? No. No it can't. Come on, now.

This blog post by @davekarpf.bsky.social is really worth reading and reflecting upon.

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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

U.S. forces likely bombed an Iranian elementary school on Feb. 28 during an operation targeting a nearby military base, a New York Times analysis suggests. It is the deadliest known episode of civilian casualties since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran — and no side has yet taken responsibility.

Judith Butler Apology Form: Reason for Behavior: The media convinced me that feminism was solved in the 1980s I miss not thinking about gender I was jealous of their nonbinary swag I never actually read their work I didn’t realize how much of society is built on gender Mercury was in retrograde I will hereby respect Judith Butler and I will NOT talk down on the best feminist thinker of our lifetimes

This is how you write a goddamn headline.

May the power of young Dolly Parton guide you today and always!

I treasure this Harry Horenstein print, which was my late partner's, and greets me every morning. Taken at Symphony Hall, Boston, MA, 1972.

me: starfish

Scientist: not a fish

me: jellyfish

Scientist: not a fish

me: seahorse

Scientist: fish

Making sense of a non-binary world <p class="FirstParagraph"><em>For centuries we’ve divided the world into tidy pairs: good and evil, male and female, gay and straight. But what if the need to draw such sharp lines tells us more about...

"Making sense of a non-binary world: Humans think in binaries, but reality is more complicated"

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I'm sorry, if you're going to make a big show about how you've got a Department of WAR helmed by a Secretary of WAR and staffed by WARfighters, it's totally inane to then claim that your massive bombing of a foreign country constitutes something other than a war.

every time i look at instagram, i feel like im the only adult who doesn't know how to make money

N.Y. Attorney General Orders Hospital to Resume Youth Transgender Care

The New York attorney general's office has ordered NYU Langone to resume gender affirming care for trans youth due to violating New York Human Rights law.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/n...

Bypass here.

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‘Unbelievably dangerous’: experts sound alarm after ChatGPT Health fails to recognise medical emergencies Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Media Studies’ Dr. Josh Shepperd is completing the final project of the now-defunct CPB: the official history of US public media. Stay tuned.

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Pump N Munch
Minneapolis, MN

Nora is out-gaying me again. She knows more Charli xcx tracks than I do, and which ones are the bangers. (Like, even the early albums?)

If I ever do standup, I swear I'll lead with these very niche "real widowed bisexual dad problems."

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Or you get feedback from reviewers

Her husband wanted to use ChatGPT to create sustainable housing. Then it took over his life. Kate Fox says Joe Ceccanti was the ‘most hopeful person’ before he started spending 12 hours a day with a chatbot

“It’s difficult to understand the scale of the problem, but OpenAI itself estimates that more than a million people every week show suicidal intent when chatting with ChatGPT.”

Words are dead, long live words

And record-breaking daily-to-monthly high temperatures are occurring, in even more widespread fashion, yet again today. #CAwx #AZwx #NMwx #COwx

This thread is a work of art

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Phase 7: Your mind wipes itself of all memory of the experience until you start on the next writing project.

Phase 6: Acceptance. You hit send and submit the manuscript.

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Phase 5: Repeat phases 2–5 until you over-edit, give up, or accept your fate.

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Phase 4: Desperation. You find yourself obsessing about your h-index, and stalk the managing editor of the journal's Facebook profile.

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Phase 3: You start revising and lose track of where you're going.

Time becomes a flat circle. You fall asleep at your desk and wake up with keyboard face.

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Phase 2: Realizing how far the draft has to go before it is ready for submission.

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Revising an academic manuscript, as told in Matthew McConaughey GIFs.

Phase 1: Completing the first draft and deluding yourself it's perfect. You did it!