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Norman Bier (he/him/yinz)

@normanbier.bsky.social

CMU: Director, Open Learning Initiative. (http://oli.cmu.edu) Executive Director, Simon Initiative (http://cmu.edu/simon). Pittsburgh. Work as though you live in the early days of a better nation.

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What the fuck do you mean I got a longer prison sentence than Diddy

03.10.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 26125    πŸ” 6645    πŸ’¬ 478    πŸ“Œ 155

MOAR!

04.10.2025 00:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Super long shot, but any of you have a connection with author Stephen Deusner? I'm desperately trying to get an autographed copy of one of his books....

30.09.2025 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh no

30.09.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you can't manage the appropriate pre/post Labor Day fabrics, then haven't you already lost?

30.08.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Strong @davidbrin.bsky.social "calculus of forgiveness" vibes, no?

21.08.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Burn it all’: Progressives meet in the Trump-era wilderness The 3,000 attendees of this year’s Netroots Nation conference doubted whether there will be a β€œnext election.”

"There can’t be a free and fair election in 2026, or something resembling one, if we don’t f*ck them up now,” said Evan Sutton, a strategist who helped organize #TeslaTakedown protests.

I said what I said πŸ˜‚
www.semafor.com/article/08/1...

11.08.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Preach, sister.

10.08.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deep cut.

05.08.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fast as lightning?

01.08.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Always look on the bright side of life" energy, Mike.

29.07.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! When did this become a thing?

24.07.2025 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

how unfathomably lucky i am to be here, to be a part of this fight, to be blessed with a moment of light on this timeline where i can make change and prove love. i cannot in my wildest dreams think of a greater gift than breathing with a beating heart and an electric brain, if only for a moment

20.07.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 278    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 3

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter

20.07.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are developers slowed down by AI? Evaluating an RCT (?) and what it tells us about developer productivity Seven different people texted or otherwise messaged me about this study which claims to measure β€œthe impact of early-2025 AI on experienced open-source developer productivity.” You know, when I decid...

@grimalkina.bsky.social’s analysis of this study is a great read: www.fightforthehuman.com/are-develope...

15.07.2025 12:53 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a Jiinn, John. My god. Don't tell us your first wish.

14.07.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feel like I'm getting shortchanged on this hashtag? MOAR!

29.06.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Preach, sister.

28.06.2025 21:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That which we are, we are....etc etc. ;) Joyful pride!

01.06.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

its wild man like every single warning sign is blaring red right now but the president used to shit in a gold toiled and really gave marilu henner whats what on tv that one time in his reality show board room so theres just this blind faith that he knows what hes doing

22.05.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

18.05.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4847    πŸ” 1872    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 62

The golden triangle is lucky to have you.

28.04.2025 22:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fully on board with dems running for office promising to reinstate fired federal employees and jail this administration’s various criminals, but let’s go ahead and add β€œwe will seize by eminent domain any national parkland sold to developers”

26.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 22617    πŸ” 4924    πŸ’¬ 390    πŸ“Œ 271

there really is no alternative to tearing up CBP and ICE root and branch

23.04.2025 15:12 β€” πŸ‘ 28942    πŸ” 8002    πŸ’¬ 516    πŸ“Œ 313

+1 on a single burner induction stand alone. Super useful, inexpensive, versatile. You'll use it after the remodel. Fondu and Hot Pot for days!

09.04.2025 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thursday traffic at Carnegie Mellon 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

03.04.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We simply had to intentionally destroy the world’s strongest economy while dismantling our scientific and educational infrastructure to ensure that a team with a trans girl would never finish second place in the Mountain West volleyball standings again

02.04.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 23475    πŸ” 7170    πŸ’¬ 153    πŸ“Œ 164
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Roses are red
Violets are blue

20.03.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 61810    πŸ” 13601    πŸ’¬ 2525    πŸ“Œ 1381

This is precisely the kind of shit that makes me want to move to a cabin in the woods and become a prepper.

20.03.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 91    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

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