Alan J. Card

Ooh, that could be me! I’m definitely extraordinary (by some definitions 😂).

Absolutely killing this #Xiennial late #GenXer. No shade at all to OP, but this is not only an awesome song, it was also prescient since it accurately predicted what the rise of music videos would do to major commercial radio. Wayyy ahead of its time.

“Pivot to video” has been making things worse for longer than people realize!

a kitten is walking on a tile floor and looking at the camera Alt: A cute floofy kitten being a cute floofy kitten

Sending support in These Difficult Times.

‘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...

Sometimes you really need a private injera attorney:

So relatable! 😂

This just popped into my timeline and is so apt a simile that I’m jealous that I didn’t think of it.

a woman with glasses is making a face and saying `` no thank you please '' . Alt: A woman, looking disgusted and concerned, says “No thank you, please.

#DoNotLike

They lack a First Amendment and their libel laws are a horror, but I am nevertheless sometimes envious of UK journos, because they get to use words like "grandee" and no one objects.

(Also "quango" and "gong" — not a musical instrument — and sometimes even "anorak." Bliss.)

Shambolic and omnishambles top my list!

A box of paper ARCs of Radiant Star

Whenever I get a notification of a Mystery Package on the way it's almost always from my publisher.

Check out our latest paper, “Psychosocial Safety Is Patient Safety: Gender-affirming Care as an Exemplar for Health Equity.”

It’s a quick read and my coauthors are brilliant, so you’ll probably find it worth your time. 😄

#PatientSafety
#QISky
#MedSky

Library Journal just reviewed my forthcoming book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States and wrote that "this examination of the American health insurance system is an essential read." It's out 4/23, available for pre-order with CUP, Amazon, Strand, or Powell's!

Oh no, is someone infringing on your intellectual property? You’re saying they feel entitled to steal work to train their LLMs?

Wow, that’s a shame. Criminal, even.

In 2023 I was asked to take a meeting with [charity we all mostly like] about technology they can use to support their cause (annnd see if I could give them more money, because that’s what they do right?)

About 3/4 of the way through, they bring up their support for online age verification.

something abled people don't get is you can have just one day a week where you are too sick to work, and that's enough to disqualify you from nearly all full-time jobs. it doesn't take a lot

Yet again I will repost this (because the link periodically trashes itself).

If you are wondering about my extensive backlist, and which book/series might best fit your current reading needs/tastes, I wrote this post for you (boy-band style):

imakeupworlds.com/where-should...

Took my kid to urgent care this morning and was asked for permission to use an “AI scribe.” I’ve declined multiple times for myself because, as a data scientist (and, like, a person observing the political economy of AI), I have grave concerns. Today I relented, and not for lack of concern 🧵 1/

LLM responses which do not reflect consensus reality & facts are produced via the Same Process which generate responses which *Do* broadly conform to consensus reality & facts.

The Same Processes.

The Same Ones.

"Hallucination" is just a word to distance yourself from the outputs you don't like.

Indeed. Though I will point out that this is yet another set of data points showing that all the vocational arguments against the humanities/liberal arts rest on vibes & not actual data.

bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Go, you!

Nothing cringe about that at all. The world is designed to steal our joy these days. Steal it back when it comes within reach.

@npr.org, otherwise one of my favorite journalism shops, almost never fails to disappoint on COVID-related coverage.

You don't really want to know, but...

2021: 412 awards
2022: 430 awards
2023: 442 awards
2024: 497 awards
2025: 252 awards
2026 (to date): 0 awards

Alas, I deleted my Twitter account a long time ago, but maybe I should have tried harder to recruit them here. I’m not sure I’m that big a draw, though! 😂

As a person who is famously (infamously?) bad with names, one thing I miss about Olde Twitter was that I knew how to track down so many brilliant researchers by scrolling through my following list. A lot of folks never made it over to BlueSky and it’s a sad loss.

It’s so strange to me that “golden age” sci-fi somehow got labeled as such. The standard of writing—and expectations from readers—is so much higher now. If I had to label one era or the other as the “golden age,” of science fiction, I’d pick today, hands down!

Important paper. Schools are high-risk environments for respiratory disease transmission MAINLY because classrooms are underventilated. This problem has a workable solution - it just needs political will. Air quality is as important as water quality for public health. MT @martinmckee.bsky.social