K. Renae P.

They have some good stuff.

It’s rare that I am at a loss for words. There’s so much I want to say so. I think I’m just going to say nothing.

The illegal DOGE just cancelled 169 contracts in the Institute of Education Sciences (the research arm of Dept of Ed). This adds to the devastating cuts to science at NIH and NSF. Someone tell me how eviscerating American science is "government efficiency"

Vera was such a great show. Brenda Blethyn was just amazing. I’m going to miss it.

AI and the Social Contract: How Sam Altman Envisions Tomorrow's World AI is no longer a futuristic concept, it is a transformative force reshaping industries, economies, and daily life. As AI technologies rapidly advance, the world stands at a crossroads, balancing incr...

“In some sense, the history of science has been humans becoming less and less at the center.”

He had a lot of problematic statements, but that one sent a chill through my heart. He had lots of quotes that sent chills through my heart, but that one was the coldest.
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YouTube video by AI for Good AI for Good Keynote interview with Sam Altman (remote) and Nick Thompson (in-person)

I’m excited about the future of ai, but…
- I’m concerned about its environmental impact
- It’s history is not getting the comm it deserves
- I am not confident the people who are the face of AI right now are the most ethical or honest

Anyway, here’s a keynote from Altman

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I’m just going to smile and nod my head for a little while.

Getting this when you log into your Wordle is the absolute worst, most regretful feeling.

YouTube video by Stanford An excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1967 Stanford visit

From Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1967 speech at Stanford .

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“Time itself is neutral; it can be used either destructively or constructively…We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right.”

I wonder those exact same things.

Nasa's Sunita Williams makes first of two spacewalks Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.

Those astronauts who were stuck in space are still stuck in space doing work and spacewalks. 🌌
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Much like Tori Amos, we keep having little earthquakes in north Louisiana.

Could both be an answer? 🤣

From MD Anderson: www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise/c...

The Littles

If you watched them as a kid, please make sure you schedule your first colonoscopy in 2025 if you haven’t had one already.

🩷 xoxo

After the disaster, much of the residential land was used for nonresidential purposes deeply changing how land was used in San Francisco. 2/2
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In 1906, San Francisco suffered devastating fires after a major earthquake. The fires burned for days. 1/2

Hollllla!

The most liberating experience. My rowmate and I are over the moon.

Christmas and New Year should be Friday-Monday ONLY. This middle of the week crap did not work for me.

Make it right, Congress!

Confession: I didn’t go to brunch on Sunday because I wanted to stay home and re-season my cast-iron skillet.

This is the kind of old lady energy I need to leave behind and 2025.

Note: I did get the Wordle today. I’m still mad at Tracy.

Multiple times a month for about 2 years, I've wanted to fight Tracy Bennett. Sometimes hands are the answer.

Tracy could be a very lovely woman to her family, friends, and colleagues. But I know what evil lurks in her heart. She can't keep doing this.

I always want both kinds of tea.

Me to Me: You need to start Christmas shopping!!! 😡

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Hey, friend!

Hey! I've been missing you Threads. Glad to see you here!

It’s that time of year again! You need to put those Thanksgiving leftovers in the freezer or the trash. ❤️

Over 500 fossilized poops show how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth Researchers reconstructed the Triassic food web using nothing but scat.

"Researchers have conducted what could be the largest study ever of dinosaur poop."

^The most glorious first sentence of a news article.
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