lots of good points have already been made on using AI Agents for cheating (e.g. the latest Canvas-bot), it degrades learning, etc.
One additional thing I'd like to point out: if you use this stuff, you're not being clever, you're just an asshole.
to explain:
Opinion: Professors who play Exit escape room games and "Escape the Dark Castle" style board games in their free time, design the most fun class activities at work.
Play is important for learning! When students are having fun everything is more memorable.
Exhibit A:
**Postdoc position in human category learning**
@thecharleywu.bsky.social, Frank Jäkel and I are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to lead a joint project on human category learning at the Centre for Cognitive Science @tuda.bsky.social.
www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/tu-darmstadt...
close up of a golden retriever sleeping on the couch with her head on a pillow
I was finally able to get her out of the bed.
22.02.2026 17:35 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
a picture of a golden retriever laying upside down, half sleeping on a large, comfortable bed
Golden retrievers are considered "working dogs".
22.02.2026 15:29 — 👍 20 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I'm in for a neverending loop of the first half of Spaceballs, restarting when they start rewatching themselves...
20.02.2026 05:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Book cover. A silhouette of a person's head filled with colorful geometric shapes—perhaps symbolizing cognitive resources or deployment thereof. The style is attractive and modern, if generic. text: The Rational Use of Cognitive Resources Falk Lieder, Frederick Callaway, Thomas L. Griffithts
I'm excited to announce that I had my first (co-authored) book published today! "The Rational Use of Cognitive Resources" with Falk Lieder and Tom Griffiths (@cocoscilab.bsky.social ). You can read it for free! (see thread)
18.02.2026 01:05 — 👍 140 🔁 45 💬 2 📌 0
New preprint
"Human-Like Coarse Object Representations in Vision Models"
arxiv.org/pdf/2602.12486
It’s once again Girl Scout cookie season so it’s time for me remind everyone to please consider buying from NYC’s Girl Scout Troop 6000, which is entirely made up of girls living in NYC homeless shelters 🙏❤️
14.02.2026 22:45 — 👍 1709 🔁 916 💬 20 📌 31
If you work at the intersection of computational neuroscience and machine learning, consider applying for this postdoc position (January 2027 start date):
academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15868
An opportunity to work with a great group of people across Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley.
Students need to remember that Inigo Montoya method for emails and greetings:
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.”
Polite Greeting
Name
Relevant Personal Link
Manage Expectations
Keep it BRIEF.
Fozzie would fit right in with all the other academics that are constantly trying to pun-up each other
07.02.2026 16:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
"The pedagogical question opens up and empowers the child to not only learn about what's been queried about, but also opening up the possibility that there could still be lots of other stuff to explore." --> @ebonawitz.bsky.social on pedagogical questions FTW!
Link to conversation below
Yeah, the new Muppet Show is cute, and Sabrina Carpenter was basically the perfect first guest for it. If they make more they should do Chappel Roan next. The Muppet version of "Pink Pony Club" would be wild.
07.02.2026 03:35 — 👍 1917 🔁 144 💬 66 📌 13
Kids are #learning machines!
But how do they do it?
Cognitive scientist @ebonawitz.bsky.social is helping us understand how children learn to learn and what role #curiosity has to play in those processes.
lynnborton.com/2026/02/05/c...
💥💥💥 I laughed out loud at this affirmation of why I keep doing this!
“I make it extremely clear to the students that they will be dissatisfied if they expect that there will be a clear definition of #curiosity by the end of the class..." @ebonawitz.bsky.social
Probably - from spinning his wheels too much.
05.02.2026 14:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Visual Learning Lab is hiring TWO lab coordinators!
Both positions are ideal for someone looking for research experience before applying to graduate school. Application deadline is Feb 10th (approaching fast!)—with flexible summer start dates.
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
25.01.2026 20:55 — 👍 56348 🔁 13915 💬 1607 📌 1310
I cannot imagine the devastation this family is experiencing today. This statement is powerful and must be read.
25.01.2026 01:52 — 👍 3734 🔁 1423 💬 53 📌 49Every Democratic member of Congress should be on a plane to Minneapolis right now to join the people protesting in the streets. Federal elected officials should physically place themselves between the public and these dangerous thugs sent to terrorize this American city.
24.01.2026 21:03 — 👍 902 🔁 232 💬 24 📌 19
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
MLK warned us not to confuse systems with people. Watching US democracy slide into fascism has demonstrated for me firsthand how states can oppress. That the citizens inside are victims, not villains.
19.01.2026 14:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1“Look what you made me do.”
19.01.2026 13:39 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I'm honored to be named the Pascucci Professor in Learning Differences @harvardeducation.bsky.social . Grateful to follow the late Tom Hehir, whose visionary advocacy for disability rights transformed the field. Im deeply committed to carrying his mission forward www.gse.harvard.edu/ideas/news/2...
15.01.2026 16:35 — 👍 38 🔁 2 💬 7 📌 0
Kimele Persaud: The MC2 Lab (lnkd.in/d3EiHP6f) at Rutgers is hiring a postdoc to work on an NSF-funded project assessing surprise & expectation-driven learning in preschoolers & adults.
If you are interested in memory, computational, & cognitive development, apply! jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/267...
Hatchet!
Just don't stand within six blocks of it.
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
