Rachael French

Huh. Baby possum at the door.

ALICE: wait what the fuck, is Jadzia dead?? ALICE: DID THEY KILL JADZIA???????????? ME: okay so I definitely thought going into this that you knew that happened and I started to get concerned at the end of the last episode that you did not

please send condolences to @starinthetitle.bsky.social who just went into “Tears of the Prophets” completely unspoiled and experienced the slow march toward Dukat’s entrance in the Bajoran temple in real time

Did some eavesdropping and was accosted by a serpent! #Venture

Did some eavesdropping and was accosted by a serpent! #Venture

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

In Discworld, cities thrive because they welcome dwarfs, trolls, vampires, and humans alike. Ankh-Morpork works because everyone belongs. Funny how fiction can seem more humane than policy sometimes.

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

I also don’t think that children who might grow up to be sex workers or drug users deserve to suffer from preventable diseases

Escaped The Black Vault with important intel #ZombiesRun

Escaped The Black Vault with important intel #ZombiesRun

Six was outstanding, by the way. And I don’t even like musicals.

Daughter and her friends are every kind of nerd. Earlier they were watching Doctor Who. Then they played some video games.

Now they’re karaoke-ing the songs from Six.

“Divorced, beheaded died…divorced, beheaded, survived!”

as a girl with a PhD in natural language processing and machine learning it's actually offensive to me when you say "we don't know how LLMs work so they might be conscious"

I didn't spend 10 years in mines of academia to be told ignorance is morally equal knowledge.

We know exactly how LLMs work.

It’s also massively exaggerated, and definitely hates on PG&E a lot, which I’m on board with.

We enjoyed it while also knowing the reality was a lot less dramatic.

California peeps, The Lost Bus should come with a trigger warning.

Good, for this kind of movie. But I’m afraid for my blood pressure.

But yeah, in the 90s if you weren’t married and making babies by 25, you must be gay or in some way repulsive.

I got married at 34, after college and a PhD, and AT MY WEDDING one of my dude cousins said to me, “I gotta say, we were starting to think you were a lesbian.”

To her credit, my sister and matron of honor said, “Don’t be stupid. If Rachael was a lesbian, it wouldn’t be a secret.”

Infiltrated a Dedlock-filled old Ministry building #ZombiesRun

Infiltrated a Dedlock-filled old Ministry building #ZombiesRun

Strong statement today from UC's Academic Senate:

1) I am already fully promoted at a University in California. Why would I take a "tenure track" position in a state that doesn't believe in tenure?

2) They addressed me as "Ms. French" which further indicates that they have no idea who I actually am.

3) Sorry, but Florida.

There’s a Medical Lab Science program at a Community College in FLORIDA that’s trying to recruit me to apply to a job there.

They should really spend more money on the folks identifying candidates for them.

Hey, folks at the White House and the Council of Economic Advisers! You guys ready to issue a correction yet?

This isn't controversial: It's arithmetic. Indeed, it's your arithmetic, but I fixed your errors.

The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. Congress has not authorized the use of military force.

FAA has issued MASSIVE temporary flight restriction which prohibits drones (i.e., photography) over Chicago.

They did similar around federal buildings in Los Angeles since June protests, but really no comparison...

Chicago's TFR covers 900x more area than ones in LA! 🧵👇
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...If, for any reason, the federal government shutdown extends beyond the reserve runway, SJSURF management will work with the Board to explore options for accessing other funding sources to extend the federal research operation even longer.

The answer, from our OSP: The SJSURF Board has designated reserves specifically to continue federally-sponsored research during a government shutdown for approximately one month. These reserves enable us to cover federal research expenses without requiring immediate reimbursement.

Also, the answer is, "Because doctors and nurses have a duty to treat patients, and aren't supposed to care who those patients are."

Weirdly, I've never wandered the emergency department asking other patients for their immigration papers.

Investigated the calliope, but got implicated in the theft! #Venture

Investigated the calliope, but got implicated in the theft! #Venture

This is also why the Saudis don't do 1970s style production shutdowns anymore, they got most of what they wanted diplomatically, but lost a significant chunk of their market share.

If you're blaming the Democrats for the shutdown of a government that is run entirely by Republicans, why stop there?

Go wild, man. Blame the shutdown on leprechauns, or the Seattle Mariners, or maybe the cast of "She's the Sheriff."

You've decided facts don't matter, so have some fun with it!

Tomorrow she wants me to help her find sources about the AIDS epidemic. She thinks many of her classmates won’t know anything about it and that it’s very important to talk about as part of this project.

I’m really proud of this kid.